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Clippers beat coverage with the numbers behind it: live quarter updates, postgame breakdowns, and player deep dives.

First up: Clippers 121, Kings 96. How Garland and a young bench won the opener wire to wire 👇

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Clippers 113, Thunder 112. LA trailed 112-106 with 2:43 left and didn't allow another point: Lopez layup, Lopez pull-up, Garland and-1 at 0:50, then two SGA misses. 11 turnovers after 26 in the Oct. 25 loss, and 48-33 from three. What was your turning point?

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Full recap, quarter by quarter, plus how the CNI pick held up: https://t.co/7S7LD5uIL5

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Clippers vs Thunder recap: LA 113, OKC 112. The Clippers blew a 15-point lead, trailed 112-106 at 2:43, then held OKC scoreless the rest of the way. 11 turnovers after 26 on Oct. 25, and 48-33 from three. Garland 24 and 7, Lopez 26.

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FINAL: Clippers 113, Thunder 112.

LA closed on a 7-0 run over the last 2:43 while OKC missed its last 4 shots. Garland's and-1 at 0:50 won it. LA was +15 from three (48-33) with 11 turnovers, after 26 in the Oct. 25 loss. CNI pick was 113-109, and LA scored exactly 113.

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Two-point game, 1:20 left, OKC 112-110. Darius Garland's 25-footer made it a 1-point game at 3:18, and SGA answered from 24 feet 17 seconds later. That's 40 for SGA, 8 in the 4th. LA has held OKC to 2 free throws over the last 2:43. Now it needs a stop on SGA.

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OKC's two 4th-quarter offensive boards have been worth 5 points: Hartenstein's tip dunk, then Josh Dix grabbing an SGA miss for an Alex Caruso three at 3:59. 102-101 is now 107-103 at 3:22. OKC is +22 in the paint (56-34). LA has to finish possessions with the rebound.

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LA has 5 turnovers in the 4th, and OKC has turned them into 9 points. Darius Garland's two in 35 seconds became a Kenrich Williams bucket and an SGA three, 98-91. LA still clawed back to 102-101 at 4:41, even after losing a challenge. The ball has to stay secure late.

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Isaiah Hartenstein just scored 5 in 10 seconds: floater, Brook Lopez flagrant 1 (upheld on review), free throw, then a tip-in dunk on the kept possession. 88-87 became 93-87. He's 8/9 with 19 and 15 boards. Gradey Dick answered twice, 93-91, OKC timeout at 8:02.

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SGA sat to open the 4th and OKC still won the first 84 seconds 4-1. Keaton Wagler threw bad passes on LA's first two trips, and OKC turned them into 4 points, the last a Jared McCain 28-footer. OKC 88-83 at 10:36. LA won the first half 11-0 off turnovers. That edge just flipped.

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OKC won the 3rd 40-25 and leads 84-82 after three. A 57-44 halftime lead is gone.

OKC shot 16/24 in the quarter and is +26 in the paint (48-22). SGA has 32, 14 in the 3rd. LA's arc edge (13 threes) kept it close, but the rim is deciding this one.

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SGA is the third quarter. 14 points and 4 assists in Q3, directly producing 22 of OKC's 35 points in the frame.

A 57-44 halftime hole is now a 79-77 OKC lead with 0:57 left in Q3. LA still owns the arc (12/35 vs 6/27). The point of attack is the leak.

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13-point halftime lead, gone. OKC is 21-8 in the 3rd and it's 65-65 at 6:32. Jared McCain has 3 threes in the quarter after OKC went 2/17 in the first half, and SGA has 10 in the 3rd, including a dunk off a Lopez turnover. LA's arc edge was the cushion, and it's spent. #ClipperNation

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OKC opened the 3rd on an 8-1 run in 74 seconds, 57-44 to 58-52, forcing a Clippers timeout at 10:46. Jared McCain hit two 25-footers after OKC shot 2/17 from three in the first half. That cold arc built LA's 13-pt cushion. If it warms up, the lead is gone. #ClipperNation

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Halftime: Clippers 57, Thunder 44. The arc is the game: LA 9 of 23 from three, OKC 2 of 17, a 21-point edge that buries OKC's 28-14 paint lead. LA has 11 points off OKC's 10 turnovers, 0 allowed off its own 6. SGA has 18 on 6 of 10; the rest of OKC is 12 of 36. #ClipperNation

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Clippers 52-40 at 3:04 of the 2nd, largest lead of the night at 12. OKC has 2 points since the 8:01 mark and is 2 of 16 from three, 0 for 7 after a 2-of-9 start. The turnover burst did not snowball: LA has 4 total, and the line is 12 of 13 vs OKC 6 of 11. #ClipperNation

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The watch number just turned. LA had 1 turnover in its first 16 minutes, then 3 bad passes in 64 seconds (7:49 to 6:45 of the 2nd), two stolen by SGA and Caruso. Clippers up 43-38, scoreless for 1:48. Last meeting, 26 LA turnovers became 38 OKC points. #ClipperNation

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Clippers 43, Thunder 36 at 8:10 of the 2nd. OKC tied it 33-33 at 10:14, LA called time and answered 8-0 on threes from Keaton Wagler and Rui Hachimura. LA is 7 of 17 from deep to OKC's 2 of 9, a 15-point arc edge covering a 20-8 paint gap. #ClipperNation

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@MaxOnFumes Lopez closed Q1 with 8 on 3-of-4, 2-of-3 from deep. That's the point: with him at 26 feet, OKC's rim protection has to chase, and LA got to the line 11 times in the quarter. Flip side, OKC still won the paint 16-6.

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Thunder timeout, LAC 20-14 with 7:03 left in the 1st. Brook Lopez has 8 on back-to-back 26-foot threes, pulling OKC's rim protection out of the paint.

Clippers still at 0 turnovers, OKC 2. SGA is 1-for-2 with a turnover, and Kris Dunn has 3 assists and a block on him. #ClipperNation

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End of 1: Clippers 33, Thunder 27.

The watch number is flipping: LA has 1 turnover to OKC's 5 and leads 8-0 in points off turnovers. On Oct. 25 it was 26 LA giveaways.

The leak: OKC is +10 in the paint (16-6) and +5 on the glass. #ClipperNation

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OKC cut a 20-14 hole to 23-22 at 3:36 of the 1st. Isaiah Hartenstein scored 6 of their 8 in that run, all from 5 feet or closer, and LA's only points were 3 Max Strus free throws.

OKC leads the glass 11-6. Wall off Hartenstein's rolls or the edge is gone. #ClipperNation