Ivica Zubac collected 26 points and 15 rebounds and Norman Powell also had 26 points as the Los Angeles Clippers rallied from a double-digit deficit in the first half to earn a 130-110 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz on Saturday at Inglewood, Calif.
James Harden scored 23 points with a season-high 17 assists and Amir Coffey had 17 points as the Clippers ended a three-game losing streak, which had matched their longest of the season.
Jordan Clarkson scored 14 of his 24 points in the first quarter and Keyonte George added 21 points for the Jazz, who lost for the 11th time in their past 13 games. Johnny Juzang scored 19 points and Kyle Filipowski had 13 as Utah’s road losing streak reached eight games.
Intent on getting off to a fast start after losing a heartbreaker at Phoenix in overtime on Friday, the Jazz led by as many 12 points in the first quarter and had a 30-29 advantage after the opening 12 minutes. Clarkson was 4 of 6 on 3-pointers in the period.
The Jazz again made a push in the second quarter, leading 48-35. A 20-6 run gave the Clippers a 55-54 advantage with 1:03 remaining before halftime, and Los Angeles went into the break leading 58-56.
The Jazz opened the game 8 of 11 from 3-point range but went 2 of 17 from distance for the rest of the half.
The Jazz led by five in the third before the Clippers turned an 8-0 run late in the period into a 94-86 lead heading into the fourth.
Utah was within 103-101 with 7:15 remaining before a 10-0 run put Los Angeles up 113-103 on a Zubac dunk with 4:38 left.
The teams will meet again one week after completing a trade that saw the Clippers acquire Drew Eubanks and Patty Mills, while the Jazz received Mo Bamba and P.J. Tucker. Bamba has since been waived, and Tucker has been traded twice more.
Eubanks scored four points for the Clippers in six minutes before departing in the first half with a sprained left ankle. Mills played two minutes but did not score.
–Field Level Media
