{"id":550172,"date":"2026-03-28T09:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/550172\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:41:08","slug":"clippers-114-113-pacers-mar-27-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/550172\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers 114-113 Pacers (Mar 27, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

INDIANAPOLIS — \u2014 Kawhi Leonard<\/a> made a jumper with 0.4 seconds remaining<\/a>, and the Los Angeles Clippers rallied from a 24-point deficit to beat the Indiana Pacers<\/a> 114-113 on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Leonard finished with 28 points, reaching 20 for the 50th straight game. Darius Garland<\/a> led the Clippers with 30.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles was run off the floor early by the team with the NBA’s worst record. The Pacers were a sizzling 8 for 11 from 3-point range in the first quarter, opening a 42-21 lead. <\/p>\n

It grew to 45-21 early in the second before the Clippers stormed back for their fourth straight victory, giving coach Tyronn Lue the 400th of his career.<\/p>\n

Indiana had gone back ahead 113-108 on Obi Toppin<\/a>‘s jumper with a minute to play. Leonard answered with a jumper, Garland made two free throws and the Clippers got the ball back after Pascal Siakam<\/a> missed a jumper. They inbounded along the left side to Leonard, who dribbled into the middle and pulled up for the winner.<\/p>\n

The Pacers had a chance to win after the Clippers\u2019 Brook Lopez<\/a> was called for a foul on the inbounds play after a timeout. But Indiana\u2019s Jay Huff<\/a>, an 83.7% free throw shooter, missed both foul shots.<\/p>\n

Leonard become the 14th NBA player to score at least 20 in 50 straight games, a streak that began Nov. 28.<\/p>\n

Bennedict Mathurin<\/a> scored 17 points against his former team, going 12 for 15 on free throws.<\/p>\n

Aaron Nesmith<\/a> scored 26 points and Toppin had 20 for the Pacers, who have dropped two in a row since the victory that snapped their 16-game winning streak. They lost forward Jarace Walker<\/a> after he was evaluated for a concussion in the first half.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Clippers: Visit Milwaukee on Sunday<\/p>\n

Pacers: Host Miami on Sunday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDIANAPOLIS — \u2014 Kawhi Leonard made a jumper with 0.4 seconds remaining, and the Los Angeles Clippers rallied…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-550172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550172","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=550172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}