{"id":412239,"date":"2026-01-17T04:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T04:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/412239\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T04:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T04:32:13","slug":"james-harden-scores-31-as-red-hot-clippers-beat-raptors-in-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/412239\/","title":{"rendered":"James Harden scores 31 as red-hot Clippers beat Raptors in overtime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TORONTO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/player\/201935\/james-harden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Harden<\/a> had 31 points and 10 assists, Jordan Miller scored 19 points and the <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/clippers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clippers<\/a> extended their winning streak to five games by beating the Toronto Raptors <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/statsdmz.nba.com\/pdfs\/20260116\/20260116_LACTOR_book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">121-117<\/a> in overtime on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/player\/1627826\/ivica-zubac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ivica Zubac<\/a> had 16 points and 14 rebounds, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/player\/1642353\/cam-christie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cam Christie<\/a> scored 16 points and <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/player\/1627739\/kris-dunn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kris Dunn<\/a> had 15 as the Clippers won for the 12th time in 14 games since starting the season 6-21.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto\u2019s Scottie Barnes scored 24 points and Brandon Ingram had 19.<\/p>\n<p>The Clippers are 7-14 on the road. They\u2019ve won four of their past five away from home.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/clippers\/story\/2025-12-23\/los-angeles-clippers-houston-rockets-kawhi-leonard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kawhi Leonard<\/a> missed his team\u2019s lone regular-season visit to Toronto because of a sprained right ankle. Leonard won the 2019 NBA championship with the Raptors.<\/p>\n<p>The Raptors lost for the second time in 21 games when leading after three quarters.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto led 109-101 with 3:35 remaining in regulation, but missed six straight shots as Harden forced overtime with a personal 8-0 run. Harden made four straight free throws to begin OT.<\/p>\n<p>Harden shot 10 for 27 and finished two for 15 from three-point range. He went nine for 10 at the free-throw line.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes scored with 55 seconds left in the extra session to make it a one-point game before Harden answered with a pull-up jumper.<\/p>\n<p>           <img id=\"yt-img-en3znWHgR1E\" class=\"absolute\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768624333_742_hqdefault.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                 <\/p>\n<p>Toronto\u2019s Jamal Shead had 15 points and a career-high 13 assists. Ochai Agbaji and Gradey Dick each scored 15 points and Sandro Mamukelashvili had 13.<\/p>\n<p>Zubac returned after sitting out Wednesday\u2019s home win over Washington because of a sprained left ankle.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto\u2019s Immanuel Quickley (back spasms) missed his second straight game, while RJ Barrett (left ankle) missed his fourth straight.<\/p>\n<p>Up next for the Clippers: at Washington on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0James Harden had 31 points and 10 assists, Jordan Miller scored 19 points and the Clippers extended their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[24796,178081,5460,2976,25174,6418,11653,355,4911,13544,35436,197753,197754,25166,99,12378,2002],"class_list":{"0":"post-412239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-assist","9":"tag-cam-christie","10":"tag-game","11":"tag-home","12":"tag-ivica-zubac","13":"tag-james-harden","14":"tag-kawhi-leonard","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-overtime","17":"tag-point","18":"tag-raptor","19":"tag-red-hot-clippers","20":"tag-right-ankle","21":"tag-scottie-barnes","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-toronto","24":"tag-washington"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}