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Clippers set franchise record with 59-point rout of Nets

INGLEWOOD — Two days earlier, Clippers star Kawhi Leonard said he was content to take his comeback slowly, patient to play limited minutes while continuing to get his game in order after a lengthy layoff.

On Wednesday night, he showed what he could do if the restraints were loosened.

Leonard, who missed the first 34 games of the season while tending to his surgically repaired right knee, scored a game-high 23 points on 8-of-11 shooting in his first significant minutes since returning to the lineup three games ago. After averaging 20 minutes in his first three appearances, the six-time All Star stayed on the court for 24 minutes in the Clippers’ 126-67 victory over the Brooklyn Nets at the Intuit Dome.

The victory was the largest margin of victory in franchise history, topping a 50-point victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on April 10, 2022. It also was the worst loss in Nets’ history, eclipsing a 52-point defeat to Houston on Oct. 18, 1978.

Leonard took his performance as just another step in his return. Nothing surprised him about his ability to cut and aggressively drive to the basket considering the work he has put in to reach this point.

“It felt good, but like I said before, I’m taking my time and just because I made shots doesn’t mean nothing to me,” Leonard said. “It’s about how I’m moving and feeling and like I said before, I was feeling well in the first few games and still going to be a moving progress.”

Coach Tyronn Lue said before the game that Leonard would come off of a minutes restriction against the Nets.

“He needs to do that all the time, you know what I mean?” Clippers point guard James Harden said of Leonard’s solid all-around play. “Which is difficult because he’s just now getting back.

“So, you want to build the confidence up, make sure his legs and everything’s going to be under him, but the only way to do it and build the confidence is just going out there and doing it at a high level. So, tonight was a great sign obviously for him and the rest of our team and (he) just needs to continue to keep doing it.”

Lue said that while Leonard’s play was “really good,” he needs to keep producing at a higher level each time he steps onto the court.

“He has put the work in to get to this point and so tonight was a good test for him to really go hard and really test it out and feel good about it,” Lue said. “I thought he did that tonight and he looked pretty good.”

Leonard might have played more Wednesday, but the Clippers (22-17) didn’t need him – or any of their starters – to play in the fourth quarter.

Harden took a seat after posting 21 points, six rebounds and 11 assists as did fellow guard Norman Powell, who finished with 18 points. Ivica Zubac had 11 points and nine rebounds.

The Clippers outscored the Nets 81-30 in the middle two quarters, which allowed Lue to empty his bench for the fourth. It was 58-35 at halftime before the Clippers scored the first 13 points of the third en route to a 29-3 run. It was 102-51 by the end of the period.

The bench didn’t lose the momentum in the fourth, leading by as much as 64 before finishing off the Nets (14-27) to wrap up the 59-point win.

Nets star Ben Simmons sat out the second game of a back-to-back. The Nets were also without their top two scorers – Cam Thomas (hamstring) and Cam Johnson (ankle) – as well as Bojan Bogdanovic (foot), who has not yet played this season.

“We know (Nets coach) Jordi (Fernandez) didn’t have his guys tonight, and so we had to take full advantage of it,” Lue said. “They played hard, they scrapped, they competed, and so we just had to have a professional mindset coming out in that third quarter and we did that.

“So, our guys are able to get some rest going into tomorrow, to a back-to-back (at Portland). So, we got to be ready for tomorrow night.”

Lue credited his role players for showing up every night prepared to play and ready to make a difference. Derrick Jones got that chance on Wednesday. A second chance.

Jones returned to the starting lineup against the Nets after being bumped out by Leonard’s return and he made the most of his 19 minutes with 11 points, including a high-flying dunk off an assist from Harden in the third quarter.

This game was one of the easier challenges the Clippers will face over the next several days, a respite they might need.

Starting with Wednesday’s lopsided result, the Clippers play six games in a nine-day stretch, including games against the Lakers (Sunday) and the Boston Celtics (Jan. 22).

The challenging schedule is part of the league’s makeup dates for some of the Clippers and Lakers games that were postponed because of last week’s fires and inclement weather in Atlanta.

“It is what it is,” Lue said of the adjusted and compact schedule that has the Clippers playing two sets of back-to-back games. “We played, I think, pretty much the top two hardest schedules in the league so far this year, so it just adds to it.

“We just got to take it game by game, can’t fall victim to the schedule. … We just have to lock in and take it game by game and then just go from there.”

NOTES

Clippers guard Terance Mann did not play in the second half due to left calf soreness. Mann scored five points in eight minutes. … The Clippers trailed 25-24 with 10:07 remaining in the second quarter before going on a 21-4 run over the next 5:35. … They shot 54.4% from the field for the night (43 for 79) while the Nets were at 30.5% (25 for 82), including 5-of-27 from 3-point range.

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