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SPORTS Thursday 23 January 2020
Leonard scores 36 to lead

Clips past Mavs 110-107

By DAVE JACKSON But Dallas rallied, as Don- Barea — who tore his right
Associated Press cic hit a 3 and Maxi Kleber Achilles tendon last season
DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas a dunk. After a Clippers — was distraught as Powell
Mavericks brought back turnover, Tim Hardaway was taken off the court.
one big man but lost an- Jr.'s potential tying 3 spun Powell was averaging
other Tuesday night, and in around and out. JaMychal nearly 10 points a game in
the end, they couldn't rein Green missed two free 39 games prior to the injury.
in the reigning Finals MVP. throws for LA, but then With Porzingis out, Powell
Kawhi Leonard scored 36 Doncic missed two — the averaged 13 points over 10 Dallas Mavericks forward Dwight Powell (7) stumbles due to in-
points, Landry Shamet hit second intentionally — and games on 71% shooting. jury in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Los
two clutch 3-pointers late Leonard sealed it with two With Powell out, Dallas got Angeles Clippers Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 in Dallas.
and the Los Angeles Clip- free throws. 16 valuable minutes from Associated Press
pers beat the Dallas Maver- POWELL'S INJURY former Clipper Boban Mar-
icks 110-107 Tuesday night Powell went down when janovic, who had 12 points with right knee soreness. He have high expectations for
for their fourth straight win. he started to drive toward and seven rebounds. His added nine rebounds, but myself and I'm disappoint-
Dallas ended a four-game the basket but his right leg turnaround hook with 6:23 after the game, he blamed ed I wasn't able to shoot
winning streak, and more gave out. He fell to the to play tied it at 90, cap- himself for the Mavericks' the ball better."
importantly, lost a key piece ground and immediately ping a rally from a 14-point, loss. "If I played just a little LEONARD STEPS UP
in center Dwight Powell just slapped the floor in pain. second-half deficit. bit better, we would have With teammate Paul
as they welcomed back He was helped to the lock- KP RETURNS won the game," Porzin- George out over the last six
Kristaps Porzingis. er room putting no weight Porzingis scored 10 points gis said. "This loss is on me. games, Leonard has aver-
Powell went down to a on his right leg. on 4-for-17 shooting in his re- That's how I feel. I know it's aged 36 and at least 30 in
non-contact, right Achil- Powell's teammate J.J. turn after missing 10 games my first game back but I every game.q
les tendon injury in the first
quarter, and though he will
have an MRI on Wednes-
day, the team is fearing a
worst-case scenario.
"Guys like him define the
culture we want here," Dal-
las coach Rick Carlisle said.
"It doesn't get much tough-
er than this, if it ends up be-
ing what we fear it might."
Luka Doncic had 36 points,
10 rebounds and nine as-
sists for Dallas. He scored
24 points in the second half
to help rally the Mavericks
after they trailed by double
digits from late in the sec-
ond quarter through most
of the third.
Shamet helped the Clip-
pers seize the game late
in the fourth quarter. His 3
from the left wing to give
Los Angeles a 100-98 lead
with 2:48 to play. Montrezl
Harrell added two free
throws, then Shamet sank
another 3 from straight-on
to put the Clippers up by
seven. He finished with 18
points.
"We just kind of found a way
to win," Shamet said. "We'd
loved to keep that lead the
whole game, but that's not
how it's going to be. It's a
long season. We got to find
different ways how to win
like we did tonight."
Leonard added 11 in the
fourth quarter, including
his only 3 of the game with
1:15 left, which put the Clip-
pers up 108-100.