NBA: Kawhi Leonard, Terance Mann lead Clippers past Grizzlies

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Memphis, Tennessee— Kawhi Leonard scored 24 points, Terance Mann had a season-high 23 points and 12 rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 101-95 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA on Friday night.

Paul George added 14 points for Los Angeles and Ivica Zubac finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out in the fourth quarter. Mann’s 12 rebounds were two short of his career best.

“We were able to get stops at the end and make shots,” Leonard said of the Clippers play to pull out the victory.

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Jaren Jackson Jr. led Memphis with 29 points. GG Jackson had with 11 points, Ziaire Williams scored 10 and Vince Williams had eight assists for his sixth straight game with at least seven.

Through three quarters, the game remained close as neither team led by double digits and there were 11 lead changes and eight ties at that point. The Clippers carried a 79-75 lead into the fourth, after outscoring Memphis 26-16 in the third. But things remained close in the fourth.

The 17th — and final — lead change came with 1:35 left when Leonard converted a turnover by Memphis into a dunk. Mann rebounded a miss for a dunk 24 seconds later to put the Clippers up 96-93. A 3-pointer by James Harden with 46.2 seconds left, his only basket of the night, put the game out of Memphis’ reach.

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“That’s what great players do,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said of Harden’s basket. “Made that big 3 down the stretch. That was huge for us.”

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