{"id":684001,"date":"2026-03-28T11:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/684001\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T11:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:49:13","slug":"kawhi-leonards-jumper-sends-clippers-past-pacers-114-113-after-they-come-from-24-down-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/684001\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard&#8217;s jumper sends Clippers past Pacers 114-113 after they come from 24 down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>INDIANAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Kawhi Leonard made a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LAClippers\/status\/2037705494035583050?s=20\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\">jumper with 0.4 seconds remaining<\/a>, and the Los Angeles Clippers rallied from a 24-point deficit to beat the Indiana Pacers 114-113 on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard finished with 28 points, reaching 20 for the 50th straight game. Darius Garland led the Clippers with 30.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles was run off the floor early by the team with the NBA&#8217;s worst record. The Pacers were a sizzling 8 for 11 from 3-point range in the first quarter, opening a 42-21 lead.<\/p>\n<p>It grew to 45-21 early in the second before the Clippers stormed back for their fourth straight victory, giving coach Tyronn Lue the 400th of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana had gone back ahead 113-108 on Obi Toppin&#8217;s jumper with a minute to play. Leonard answered with a jumper, Garland made two free throws and the Clippers got the ball back after Pascal Siakam missed a jumper. They inbounded along the left side to Leonard, who dribbled into the middle and pulled up for the winner.<\/p>\n<p>The Pacers had a chance to win after the Clippers\u2019 Brook Lopez was called for a foul on the inbounds play after a timeout. But Indiana\u2019s Jay Huff, an 83.7% free throw shooter, missed both foul shots.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard become the 14th NBA player to score at least 20 in 50 straight games, a streak that began Nov. 28.<\/p>\n<p>Bennedict Mathurin scored 17 points against his former team, going 12 for 15 on free throws.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Nesmith scored 26 points and Toppin had 20 for the Pacers, who have dropped two in a row since the victory that snapped their 16-game winning streak. They lost forward Jarace Walker after he was evaluated for a concussion in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Clippers: Visit Milwaukee on Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Pacers: Host Miami on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDIANAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Kawhi Leonard made a jumper with 0.4 seconds remaining, and the Los Angeles Clippers rallied&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[280,7,363,369,559,86733,791,643,4960,529,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,6,8624,29499,29496,279,29494,62644,29498,73117,73631,1355],"class_list":["post-684001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-clippers","tag-aaron-nesmith","tag-basketball","tag-bennedict-mathurin","tag-brook-lopez","tag-clippers","tag-clippers-pacers-score-leonard","tag-darius-garland","tag-jarace-walker","tag-jay-huff","tag-kawhi-leonard","tag-la","tag-la-clippers","tag-laclippers","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesclippers","tag-nba","tag-obadiah-toppin","tag-package-100024-ap-online","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-pascal-siakam","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-product-32547-ap-online-basketball-game-stories","tag-product-32562-ap-online-other-sports-news","tag-product-40776-ap-california-sports-only","tag-product-40785-ap-indiana-sports-only","tag-tyronn-lue"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}