{"id":479704,"date":"2026-02-20T10:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/479704\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:19:08","slug":"bennedict-mathurin-shines-off-bench-in-clippers-gutsy-win-over-nuggets-annenberg-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/479704\/","title":{"rendered":"Bennedict Mathurin shines off bench in Clippers\u2019 gutsy win over Nuggets \u2013 Annenberg Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">INGLEWOOD, Calif. \u2014 Bennedict Mathurin did just a bit of everything against the Denver Nuggets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In just his third game in red and blue after being traded to LA from the Indiana Pacers, the 23-year-old notched 38 points with three steals off the bench to lift the Los Angeles Clippers to a 115-114 win over Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jokic \u2014 despite dropping a double-double with 22 points and 17 rebounds \u2014 was not himself at Intuit Dome. The three-time MVP committed a game-high six turnovers, missed all six of his 3-point attempts and picked up five fouls. The Clippers exploited him, complementing Mathurin with signature performances from Kawhi Leonard and Derrick Jones Jr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jones Jr. set a new season high with 22 points with some clutch buckets down the stretch. LA clinched the win after Denver guard Jamal Murray missed the would-be game-tying free throw with under one second remaining in regulation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After a busy trade deadline, the Clippers appear to be headed in a new direction. Reporter Kasey Kazliner covered the intense matchup and analyzed the Clippers\u2019 critical win on Unclipped, TOT\u2019s Clippers podcast. Listen below!<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INGLEWOOD, Calif. \u2014 Bennedict Mathurin did just a bit of everything against the Denver Nuggets. In just his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[56224,7630,221569,123079,1753,25165,105783,1754,136455,221568,11653,148721,38268,86506,11952,355,221570,1756,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-479704","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-bennedict-mathurin","9":"tag-clippers","10":"tag-clippers-nuggets","11":"tag-clips","12":"tag-denver-nuggets","13":"tag-derrick-jones-jr","14":"tag-intuit-dome","15":"tag-jamal-murray","16":"tag-kasey-kazliner","17":"tag-kaseykazliner","18":"tag-kawhi-leonard","19":"tag-kazliner","20":"tag-la-clippers","21":"tag-lac","22":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","23":"tag-nba","24":"tag-nba-la","25":"tag-nikola-jokic","26":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479704","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=479704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}