Clippers 124 vs 119 Warriors summary, stats, scores and highlights | NBA
Once the Play-In is settled then it will be time to turn to the first round of the playoffs. Here is how it is looking after the final day of the NBA's regular season.
Harden started the OT session with two straight three balls and then scored 12 of 13 points in the final 5 minutes to lead the Clippers the win and a five seed in the playoffs. LA will play the 4 seed Denver Nuggets in the first round, while the the Warriors will have to play the Memphis Grizzlies in the 7 vs. 8 match up in the Play-In.
The largest lead the Clippers had was 7, the largest the Warriors had was 12 and that was early in the first half. In the final minutes it went back and forth, and the Clippers had a chance to win it at the buzzer. Kawhi missed the game winner, but Harden came through in the clutch in the OT session.
This team isn't just Kawhi and Harden. They have built a team around those two, and Derrick Jones Jr. reminded everyone who he is with his big time jam.
Harden kicked it in to gear in the second half, especially in the 4th quarter and overtime. Every time the Clips needed a bucket, he came through with a big bucket.
This game was tight all the way. Both teams had their share of the lead, and it felt like a playoff game at the Chase Center. This was our first indication that this game was going to got down to the final buzzer, and them some.
Zubac had himself a day with 22 points and 17 rebounds and the big man created plenty of problems for the Warriors who usually play with a pretty small five on the floor.
The Clippers came back to life in the second quarter thanks to the sharp shooting of Kawhi Leonard. Leonard was 4/8 from downtown and was carrying the Clips for much of the first half.
James Harden saved his best work for last, but got involved early on. The Clippers took a little lead in the first quarter, but their offense turned off. A 20-3 run from the Warriors would put the home team up by 10 after the first quarter.
The Los Angeles Clippers are heading to the NBA playoffs after an overtime thriller in the Bay. James Harden had 38 points to lead LA, and took over in the OT session to send the Warriors to the Play-In.
The day started with Kawhi getting hot early thanks to some good looks Ivica Zubac. Leonard has been playing like the Kawhi of old, and that's the reason the Clippers have won 8 in a row, and 10 of their last 11.
IT'S ALL OVER!!!
The Los Angeles Clippers go into Golden State, win their 8th straight game and get the fifth spot in the Western Conference!!! The Warriors are going to have get through the Play-In as a seven seed!
Hield got a good look on the inbound but he didn't get close! Harden goes to the line and he hits both FTs and that's going to do it!
Warriors call a timeout with 6 to go in OT.
Green sends Leonard to the FT line, but he misses one of two FTs!
6 seconds left.
The foul was reversed, but the bucket counts so it's a two point game with under a minute to go.
Butler with the back door cut and he lays it up and in and gets the foul!!
The Clips are challenging the call, they think Dunn didn't foul Butler.
50 seconds left.
Powell send Podziemski to the line and the Warriors are going to take a timeout before he goes to the line.
Timeout with 54.1 to go.
Harden lobs it up on the floater and it got swatted by Butler but it was on the way down, so that basket will count.
Curry off the curl and he bangs home a three from the wing!
Harden to the line after the foul on Payton and he hits both FTs.
Timeout Clippers with 2:34 to go in the overtime session!!!
Green was left alone in the corner and he drills the three ball!
Harden with back to back three ball from the top of the key!!!
Harden hits the corner three to get us started in overtime!
Leonard had a chance to win it with a deep two, but it clanked off the heel of the rim and we are heading to overtime!!!
Timeout Clippers with 17.5 on the clock and 9 on the shot clock!
Zubac skies for the alley oop off the dish from Dunn!
Harden off the dribble and he lays it up and in off the glass with 1:40 to go.
Curry coming in in the clutch and willing his team to the finish line! He drills another three ball!!
Leonard with the step back and he drills the mid range jumper to cout the deficit to one with 2:15 to go.
Curry fouled on the three ball by Harden and he hits all three FTs with 2:34 to go.
Powell drive the baseline and reverses it off the glass.
Curry fouled by Dunn and he makes both FTs with 3:12 to go.
Timeout Clippers with 3:38 to go!
Curry ties the game up from the corner after getting a very friendly roll from the rim here at Chase Center!
Zubac hits the jump hook from inside the lane over Green.
Looney almost lost it but tipped it out to Podziemski who drills the three ball!
Dunn with a huge floater down the lane.
Curry floats it up over Zubac and it's a one possession game again!
Powell down the lane and he finger rolls it home.
Curry running the floor and he lays in up and in between two defenders!!!
Timeout Clippers with 6:43 to go!!!
Podziemski gets the floater to go and the foul on Simmons! FT is not good and the Warriors trail by 4.
Leonard off the dribble and he knocks the fade from inside the FT line.
Curry has been quiet in the second half, but he launches a deep three and drills it!!!
Harden was fouled on the three pointer and he hits all three FTs after Payton got him on the shot!
Butler to the line and hits both FTs after the foul on Bogdanovic.
Simmons with an offensive board and he finds Jones with the massive slam down the lane!
TIMEOUT WARRIORS WITH 9:03 TO GO!!
Harden splits through a couple defender and he hits a leaner off the glass from outside the lane!
Leonard drills a three ball from the top of the key off the dish from Harden!
Podziemski with a tough shot on the baseline and he hits it on the double clutch.
Bogdanovic had his shot blocked but got it back and put it up and in in the lane.
Butler turns and fades in the lane to give the Warriors the lead.
WE ARE HEADING TO THE FOURTH QUARTER IN A HUGE FINAL GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON!!
Powell drives into the lane from the left side and he finger rolls it over the defense.
Looney picks off the pass from Simmons and that leads to a Butler baseline lay up and foul!!! FT is good after the foul on Harden.
Podziemski to the line after the foul on Jones and he hits on of two FTs.
Warriors call a timeout with 2:55 to go in the 3rd quarter.
Harden with the floater and he gets it to go after getting bumped to the ground.
Leonard pulls up from the mid range and gets it to fall.
Payton on the up and under lay up around Zubac dow low.
Leonard to the line and he hits one of two FTs after the foul on Moody.
Looney saw the seas part and he jammed it in down the lane!
Harden back into the lane and he floats it up and in.
Curry finger rolls it down the lane off the pick from the top of the key!
Harden pulls up from the top of the key and he drills the three ball!
Zubac follows up the missed floater from Harden and he tips it up and in.
Butler comes out of the timeout and hits the fader off the spin in the paint.
Zubac with the alley oop jam off the lob from Harden!
Timeout Warriors with 7:20 to go in the 3rd quarter.
Butler got the defender to jump down low and he gets the bucket and the foul! FT is no good after the foul on Powell.
Leonard hits the fade away from outside the lane.
Green was left open in the corner and he sinks a second three of the quarter!
Green with the steal and he looks up for Butler for the wide open jam.
Butler into the lane and he floats it up and in over Zubac.
Leonard answers back with a three ball from the top of the key and he's got 20 on the night!
Green was left wide open from downtown and he strokes the three ball from the wing!
Powell missed the floater but Zubac was there for the put back.
WE ARE BACK IN PLAY FROM SAN FRAN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF ACTION!
It's been back and forth all game, and it wouldn't surprise you to see more of the same in the second half. This game means an awful lot to both of these teams and they are looking like they are ready to go all 12 rounds.
The Clips scored 25 points in the last six minutes of the game thanks to some sharp shooting from Dunn and company.
Kawhi is looking like the Kawhi we used to see show up in the playoffs. He is carrying the Clips with 17 points.
It looked like the Warriors might pull away as their defense turned up. Butler as 13 and Curry has 13 at half, after getting hot at the end of the half .
Jimmy had 10 in the first quarter to carry the Warriors on a 17-1 run to give GS a 35-25 lead after 12 minutes.
Harden got going early on thanks to some good vision from Zubac. The big man has 12 points and 3 assists, and Harden has 13 and 5 dishes.
Powell pulls up from the logo and drills the three ball as the buzzer sounds and the Clippers take the lead heading into half!
Curry turns out of traffic and pulls the trigger from the wing, sinking the deep ball!
Harden in the corner and he sinks the step back three ball right in front of the GS bench.
Kawhi pulls up from the wing and drills the three ball!!!
Curry to the line after the foul Dunn and he hits both FTs.
Curry fires a three ball from the wing and he drills it!!!
Zubac down low and he slams it home off the feed from Harden.
Curry running the break and he slips a pass through to Jimmy for the lay up down low.
The call was overturned and the basket is taken off the board and so is the foul.
Green bounces it to Butler in the lane and Jimmy goes up and gets a bucket and the foul!
The Clippers are going to challenge whether Dunn got a piece of Butler on the way up.
Harden gets the roll off the lay up from the left side and the Clippers lead!
Powell to the line and he hits both after the foul on Moody.
Curry missed the three ball from the corner but Podziemski is there to tip it in.
Nunn drills a three ball from the top of the key and we have a one point game from the Bay.
Leonard slams it home down the lane and he's starting to turn it on.
Curry gets into the paint and finds Looney for the jam.
Zubac rolling to the bucket and Leonard finds him for the lay up.
Timeout Warrios with 5:24 to go in the half.
Harden connects with Dunn and he drills the three ball in the corner!
Zubac slams it home after the pick and roll from Harden.
HIeld on the back door cut and he lays it up and in after Butler found him again.
Leonard lays it up and in off the find from Harden.
Hield drills the three ball from the wing off the dish from Butler.
Timeout Lakers with 7:24 to go in the first half.
Bogdanovic in the corner off the feed from Leonard and he drills the corner!
Moody strips Powell and he takes it to the house for the slam.
Leonard on the catch and shoot off the kick out from Zubac down low.
Butler to the line after the timeout and he hits one of two FTs.
TImeout Clippers with 9:41 to go and Butler will be at the line shooting FTs after the break.
Green in the corner off the extra pass Butler and he hits the three ball!
THE FIRST QUARTER COMES TO AN END WITH THE WARRIORS ON TOP THANKS TO 10 POINTS FROM JIMMY BUTLER
Payton ripped Harden and found Podziemski for a transition lay up and the Warriors end the quarter on a 13-3 run!
Butler going strong to the rack again and he flushes it home and gets the foul! FT is good after the foul on Coffey.
Butler to the line after the foul on Bogdonovic and he hits one of two FTs.
Butler goes right down Main Street and powers home a two handed slam.
Podzeimski on the step back from the top of the key and he drills it. He's got a couple of those already and the game is tied.
Jones Jr. to the line after the foul on Hield and he hits one of two FTs.
Butler saw a lane and took it right to the rack with the two handed slam!
Timeout Clippers with 2:40 to go in the 1st quarter.
Zubac puts his head down and lays it up at the cup. He's been the best so far for LA.
Hield off the screen and he drops the three from the wing!
Harden to line after the second foul on Curry and he hits one of two FTs.
Zubac on the lay up off the dish from Dunn.
Looney with the hook shot from down low off the feed from Moody.
Leonard with an and one from the paint and he hits the FT after the foul on Curry.
Butler pulls up off the dribble and hits it in the lane.
Zubac follows up the Harden miss with a tip in from down low.
Harden pulls up from the baseline and he hits he mid range jumper.
Moody with the steal and he takes it to the rack for a transition slam.
Green off the pick and roll and Curry finds him for the lay up.
Curry strokes the three ball out of the timeout for his first field goal of the day.
Harden off the dribble and he hits the floater in the lane as the Warriors take a timeout with 8:58 to go.
Curry to the line after the foul on Dunn and he hits both FTs to open his account.
Leonard with back to back buckets after getting into the paint.
Leonard gets on the board with a floater in the lane.
Poziemski pulls up from the mid range and he knocks it down from the elbow.
Dunn from the wing off the kick out from Zubac and he drops the three ball.
Harden on a catch and shoot from the wing off the kick out from Zubac.
Powell sends Podziemski to the line and he hits both FTs to start the game.
WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM GOLDEN STATE!!!
Clips starting five
The Clips have been rolling and they are going to be looking to head into the post season on a hot streak. It'll be up to James Harden, Kawhi, Dunn, Powell and Zubac to get things off to a hot start from Chase Center this afternoon.
Warriors staring five
The Warriors are going with their big five highlighted by Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler. Podziemski is the Swiss army knife that will do a little bit of everything while Green and Looney will look to pound away down low.
Home court on the horizon?
If the Clippers go into Chase Center and beat the Warriors they could be hosting Game’s 1 and 2 in the playoffs. That all depends if the Nuggets lose to the Rockets, who have been resting players as they get ready for a postseason push. The Clippers would jump the Nuggets if they win and Denver loses and that would most likely set up a match up between the Clips and Nugs in the first round.
Star watch: Clippers
James Harden had a triple double last game, and we all know he can score the rock, but there is no one that makes a bigger difference on the Clippers than a healthy Kawhi Leonard. He’s played just 36 games this season, but he is hitting stride at the perfect moment. He looks like the Kawhi of the Toronto days when he led the Raptors to an NBA title. He struggled to start the season which didn’t begin for him until January, but over the last two months he is averaging 25 ppg, and is playing defense like the lock down Kawhi from a couple years ago. The Clippers are going to go as far as Kawhi takes them. Clippers fans just have to hold on and hope that he stays healthy.
Curry questionable
The Warriors need this game, and they are going to get a big boost from with the news that Steph Curry will be available. He is dealing with a thumb injury that visibly affected him against the Trail Blazers last game. He hit just 2 of 8 threes he took and came into today listed as questionable. He assured the media before the game that he is dealing with some pain, but he’s going to be alright. We are about to find out just how alright he is against a Clippers team that have been running through teams.
What Warriors need to get to the playoffs
The goal for Steve Kerr and the Warriors has been to avoid the Play-In since Jimmy Butler. They need a win today to lock up the six seed in the West, but if they lose, things could get awfully complicated. It’s not going to be easy against a Clippers team that has won seven straight games. There is also the question of perhaps getting the seven seed with a Play-In win to take on the Houston Rockets and not the Los Angeles Lakers as the sixth seed, but Steve Kerr and his guys are going to come out to win and then worry about where they end up and who they have to play in the playoffs.
NBA Standings
It’s the final day of the regular season and there has never been more of a reason to take a look at the standings coming into the day. The Thunder are the top team in the West by a long shot. They are 15 games ahead of the second placed Rockets, and behind Houston sit the Lakers locked in third. The Nuggets are currently tied with the Clippers, but Denver has the tie break which would leave them in 4th should they end the night with the same record. A game behind them are the Warriors in 6th and the T’Wolves in 7th. We could potentially see a four way tied from the 4 to 7 seed, if the cards fall in the right place.
Star watch: Warriors
The Golden State Warriors have been on a resurgence since Jimmy Butler has joined forces in the Bay. He has lightened the work load for Steph Curry which hasn’t just made Steph a better, more dangerous player, it’s freed up guys like Brandon Poziemski and Johnathan Kuminga to be able to take over games. Butler has rekindled his love of basketball and it’s showing. Now all the Warriors will have to do is win tonight to stay out of Play-In position. Jimmy is going to have to come up huge tonight before unleashing the beast we know as “Playoff Jimmy.”
Last game: Warriors
The Warriors went to Portland following a skid that saw them lose two of three games, and they needed a win against the Trail Blazers to keep from sinking into playoff position. Jimmy Butler lead the way with 24 points and Buddy Hield had 16 coming off the bench as Stephen Curry struggled from the field in Portland. The Warriors took the lead late in the first quarter and kept the Trail Blazers to just 37 first half points. The lead stretched out to 25 and Golden State was able to take their foot off the gas for the final quarter of the game in preparations for today’s massive match up.
Last game: Clippers
The Clippers went into Sacramento needing a win to have any chance at the top four in the West, and they went down to the wire with the Kings. The biggest lead of the game was 10, held by LA but the lead went back and forth all game. Kawahi Leonard put up 28 points to lead all Clippers and James Harden had a 23 point triple double, but Zach LaVine kept Sacramento in the game with his 26 points and Domantas Sabonis had 19 and 16 rebounds as the Kings came back from 9 down with less than three minutes to go and pulled to within a point but DeMar DeRozan missed the game winning three pointer at the buzzer and the Clippers won their seventh straight.
We are live from the Bay
Hello everyone and welcome to the Chase Center where the Warriors are right above the Play-In live spot sitting in 6th place but a loss tonight could mean they would have to play in the knockout tournament just to get the post season. The Clippers have jumped up and over the Warriors and come into to today having won 9 of 10 games and and have a chance to jump the Nuggets to steal home court advantage in the first round. Make no mistake. The playoffs haven’t started, but this is going to feel like a playoff game from the Bay.
Clippers vs. Warriors
It’s the final day of the regular season and playoff seeding has still not been finalized. Some teams are looking to steer clear of the Play-In while others are trying to steal a top four spot and today the red hot Los Angeles Clippers take on the Golden State Warriors. AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis of tonight’s must win game from the Chase Center.