{"id":410528,"date":"2026-01-15T08:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/410528\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:38:15","slug":"kawhi-leonard-james-harden-help-los-angeles-clippers-over-washington-wizards-for-fourth-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/410528\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard, James Harden help Los Angeles Clippers over Washington Wizards for fourth straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Kawhi Leonard<\/a> scored 33 points and James Harden<\/a> added 22 points as the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> extended their winning streak to four games with a 119-105 victory over the Washington Wizards<\/a> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Yanic Konan Niederhauser<\/a> scored 16 points and Jordan Miller<\/a> added 11 points with 10 rebounds as the Clippers improved to 11-2 since Dec. 20 after starting the season 6-21.<\/p>\n

The victory came without starting center Ivica Zubac<\/a> (ankle) and starting forward John Collins<\/a> (groin), while Leonard (ankle) was on a minutes restriction. Leonard finished 7 of 11 from 3-point range in 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

Kyshawn George<\/a> scored 23 points and Khris Middleton<\/a> added 17 for the Wizards who lost their fourth consecutive game and fell to 0-2 on a four-game road trip.<\/p>\n

Marvin Bagley III<\/a> scored 15 points with 11 rebounds for Washington, which remained short-handed after CJ McCollum<\/a> and Corey Kispert<\/a> were traded Friday and new addition Trae Young<\/a> (knee, quad) remains out. Young will be reevaluated after the All-Star break.<\/p>\n

The Wizards were further depleted when center Alex Sarr was ejected with 1:45 remaining before halftime after receiving his second technical foul of the game. <\/p>\n

The Clippers led 37-22 after one quarter and were up by 20 at 54-34 with 6:47 remaining in the first half. Los Angeles led by 24 in the first half before settling into a 70-51 lead at halftime.<\/p>\n

The Wizards went on a 30-13 run to open the second half and pull within 83-81 with 3:26 remaining in the third quarter. The Clippers pushed their advantage to 96-89 to start the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

Leonard scored 11 consecutive points for the Clippers early in the fourth quarter with his 3-pointer with 6:14 remaining giving Los Angeles a 110-95 lead.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Wizards: At Sacramento on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Clippers: At Toronto on Friday night.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/p>\n

Doug Padilla, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Kawhi Leonard scored 33 points and James Harden added 22 points as the Los…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-410528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}