{"id":415787,"date":"2023-02-17T01:12:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T06:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=415787"},"modified":"2023-02-17T01:12:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T06:12:17","slug":"clippers-down-suns-in-last-game-before-all-star-break","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/clippers-down-suns-in-last-game-before-all-star-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers down Suns in last game before All-Star break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul George and Terance Mann each scored 26 points and the Los Angeles\u00a0Clippers\u00a0beat the Phoenix\u00a0Suns 116-107 on Thursday night in the final game before the All-Star break.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CLIPPERS WIN!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HY1kLms5Fq\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/HY1kLms5Fq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LA Clippers (@LAClippers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAClippers\/status\/1626455928781565953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kahwi Leonard finished with 16 points, all in the second half, and nine rebounds. Ivica Zubac and Eric Gordon each contributed 13 points and Zubac had 12 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>With his 1.979th career three, George passed Joe Johnson for 16th place on the NBA&#8217;s all-time three-point field goal list.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yg_Trece?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Yg_Trece<\/a>! \ud83d\udc4c<\/p>\n<p>With his 1,979th career three, Paul George passed Joe Johnson for 16th place on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NBA<\/a>&#39;s all-time three-point field goal list. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CoGi7QwAeQ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/CoGi7QwAeQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LA Clippers (@LAClippers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAClippers\/status\/1626438494368452608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Clippers have scored 100 or more points in 20 of their last 21 games.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns stars Chris Paul, Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton, especially, were a step slow all night and the Clips had just enough to keep a good 4-8 point lead all night.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian Josh Okogie, who was active on the defensive front, was able to finish the night with a team-high 24 points.<\/p>\n<p>New guy Terrance Ross, in his 11th NBA season, was able to live up to his scoring reputation, putting up 16 points off the bench in 25 minutes. 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