{"id":434019,"date":"2026-01-26T09:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/434019\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T09:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:04:07","slug":"kawhi-leonard-james-harden-fuel-fast-start-as-los-angeles-clippers-rout-brooklyn-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/434019\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard, James Harden fuel fast start as Los Angeles Clippers rout Brooklyn Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Kawhi Leonard<\/a> scored 21 of his 28 points in the first half as the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> built a 38-point lead in the second quarter and beat the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> 126-89 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

James Harden<\/a> scored 19 points, John Collins<\/a> added 18, and Jordan Miller<\/a> had 16. Ivica Zubac<\/a> finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds as the Clippers, who were coming off a victory over the Lakers on Thursday, won for the eighth time in nine games.<\/p>\n

Danny Wolf<\/a> scored 14 points and Egor Demin<\/a> had 12 for the Nets, who shot 28% in the first half and 34% (29 for 86) overall, including 21% (9 for 43) from 3-point range. Brooklyn lost its fourth straight and has dropped 10 of its last 11 games and 13 of 15.<\/p>\n

The Nets were coming off a double-overtime loss on Friday to the Boston Celtics<\/a>, who are in second place in the Eastern Conference. Two days earlier, Brooklyn was beaten 120-66 by the New York Knicks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Clippers charged to a 24-point lead in the first quarter and extended their advantage to 38 points in the second, carrying a 68-37 lead into the break. Los Angeles maintained its lopsided advantage in the third quarter and was ahead 96-66 headed into the fourth.<\/p>\n

It was another lopsided win for the Clippers over the Nets in Los Angeles. When the teams met in LA on Jan. 15, 2025, the Clippers won 126-67, and the 59-point margin of victory is the only 50-point win for the Clippers.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Nets: At the Phoenix Suns<\/a> on Tuesday in the second game of a five-game trip.<\/p>\n

Clippers: At the Utah Jazz<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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

The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Kawhi Leonard scored 21 of his 28 points in the first half as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-434019","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\/434019","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=434019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}