Los Angeles Clippers president Lawrence Frank said Thursday that the team planned to keep injury-prone star players Kawhi Leonard and Paul George as the core of their team. Frank addressed reporters after the fifth-seeded Clippers bowed out of the playoffs in a first-round series loss in five games to the Phoenix Suns. At the same…

LOS ANGELES—Kawhi Leonard scored 30 points, Paul George had 24 and the Los Angeles Clippers overcame Stephen Curry’s 50-point night to beat the Golden State Warriors 134–126 on Wednesday night, March 15. The Clippers (37-33) have won four straight to move into fifth place in the Western Conference. The defending NBA champion Warriors (36–34) are…

LOS ANGELES—Kawhi Leonard scored 24 points, Paul George had 23 and the Los Angeles Clippers broke away in the second half to beat the Toronto Raptors 108–100 on Wednesday night. Leonard also had season-high 12 rebounds against the team he helped lead to the NBA title in 2019. Pascal Siakam and Scottie Barnes each scored…

LOS ANGELES—It had been a rough week for the Los Angeles Clippers. A five-game losing streak. The team plane got struck by lightning. They gave up 51 points in the third quarter against Memphis. Then their fortunes turned. Paul George scored 42 points and led a fourth-quarter comeback to help the Clippers beat the Grizzlies…

LOS ANGELES—Kyrie Irving scored 24 points in his Dallas debut and the Mavericks defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 110–104 on Wednesday night, Feb. 8. The eight-time All-Star was traded to the Mavs on Sunday from the Brooklyn Nets. He was part of a 13–0 spurt early in the game, scoring eight points on a jumper…