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04/01 00:42 CDT Holiday scores 30, Avdija adds 28 to help Trail Blazers beat
Clippers
Holiday scores 30, Avdija adds 28 to help Trail Blazers beat Clippers
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Deni Avdija had 28 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists,
Jrue Holiday hit seven 3s and finished with 30 points, and the Portland Trail
Blazers snapped the Los Angeles Clippers' five-game win streak, 114-104 on
Tuesday night.
The Clippers (39-37) are eighth in the Western Conference, a half-game in front
of the ninth-place Blazers (39-38). Los Angeles leads the season series ---
which wraps up April 10 in Portland --- with the Blazers 2-1.
Toumani Camara scored 17 points and Scoot Henderson added 15 for the Trail
Blazers.
Kawhi Leonard led the Clippers with 23 points. Darius Garland scored 20, Brook
Lopez 18, John Collins added 17 and Jordan Miller 16 points.
Leonard has scored at least 20 points in 52 consecutive games, the
second-longest active streak of its kind in the NBA (Oklahoma City's Shai
Gilgeous-Alexander has a 136 game streak).
Matisse Thybulle hit a 3-pointer that made it 31-29 with 1:06 left in the first
quarter and the Blazers led the rest of the way.
Garland made a bucket in the lane that trimmed the Clippers' deficit to eight
with 3:44 left in the third quarter but they got no closer. Henderson hit a
step-back 3 at the buzzer to cap a 16-5 run that made it 91-74 going into the
fourth.
Portland had 18 offensive rebounds and 32 second-chance points. The Blazers
went into the game leading the NBA in second-chance points (18.2 per game) and
are second in offensive rebounds (14.1 per game).
Avdija made 11 of 12 from the free-throw line and has 31 games this season with
at least 10 free-throw attempts, second most in the NBA behind Luka Doncic.
Portland's Jerami Grant (calf) missed his second consecutive game.
Up next
Trail Blazers: Host New Orleans on Wednesday.
Clippers: Host San Antonio on Thursday.
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