INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Quentin Grimes scored 23 points, Collin Sexton added a season-high 21 points off the bench, and the Los Angeles Lakers \u2014 without Luka Doncic \u2014 beat the Los Angeles Clippers 103-87 on Wednesday night for the second time in a week.<\/p>\n
Doncic sat out with back tightness from the second game of the team\u2019s first back-to-back of the season. Starting forward Ziaire Williams missed the game with a sore left foot. Coach JJ Redick said both moves were precautionary.<\/p>\n
Without Doncic’s NBA-leading 36-point average, the Lakers (4-1) had six players in double figures. Austin Reaves had 16 points and Matisse Thybulle had 15. Sexton and Thybulle had four 3-pointers each.<\/p>\n
Rookie Keaton Wagler scored a career-high 21 points off the bench to lead the Clippers (1-3). They dropped their third in a row, having lost to the Lakers by eight points on Friday. They were without starting forward Rui Hachimura (left quad tightness) against his former team.<\/p>\n
The Clippers again failed to hold onto the ball with 24 turnovers. They had 26 in each of their last two games, both losses to the Thunder and Lakers.<\/p>\n
Down 18 points, the Clippers briefly rallied to open the third, outscoring the Lakers 12-2 to pull within seven. But the Lakers closed the quarter on a 27-15 spurt, with Sexton reeling off 11 consecutive points including back-to-back 3-pointers for an 85-65 lead.<\/p>\n
The Lakers took control in the second quarter, outscoring the Clippers 31-6, including 16 points in a row, to take a 56-38 halftime lead. Six different players scored for the Lakers, led by Reaves with nine.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUp next <\/p>\n
Lakers: At Golden State on Friday night to open NBA Cup group play.<\/p>\n
Clippers: At Minnesota on Friday night to open NBA Cup group play.<\/p>\n
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