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03/21 22:31 CDT Garland scores 41 and Leonard adds 34 as Clippers extend Mavs'
home losing streak to 11 games
Garland scores 41 and Leonard adds 34 as Clippers extend Mavs' home losing
streak to 11 games
By SCHUYLER DIXON
AP Sports Writer
DALLAS (AP) --- Darius Garland scored a season-high 41 points, Kawhi Leonard
added 34 with a tying bucket late in regulation and the Los Angeles Clippers
beat Dallas 138-131 in overtime on Saturday night, extending the Mavericks'
longest home losing streak in 32 years to 11 games.
Derrick Jones Jr. scored 15 points with a pair of 3-pointers in the extra
period, and Garland had 11 assists as the Clippers ended a four-game skid that
followed a four-game winning streak.
Los Angeles pulled even with Portland for eighth in the Western Conference.
Both teams are safely in the mix for the play-in tournament.
Naji Marshall scored 28 points for the Mavericks, who are on their longest skid
at the 25-year old American Airlines Center. Dallas had home losing streaks of
19 and 12 games during the 1993-94 season at since-demolished Reunion Arena.
Marshall's steal and assist for P.J. Washington's dunk put Dallas ahead
122-120, but Leonard scored after a timeout to get the Clippers even with 19
seconds to go.
Cooper Flagg, who scored 18 points, missed a jumper in the final seconds, and
Washington was just late when he swished a jumper after grabbing an offensive
rebound. Washington scored 21 points.
Garland also had a season high with eight 3-pointers, the last following one
from Jones that put Los Angeles ahead for good at 125-124 in overtime. A bucket
from Leonard and another 3 from Jones put the Clippers up by nine.
Leonard, who has alternated between playing and sitting over the past four
games while nursing a sprained left ankle, played 36 minutes, including all of
overtime.
Flagg, the rookie No. 1 pick, had nine rebounds and seven assists while
matching his season high with four blocked shots.
Up next
Clippers: Milwaukee visits on Monday.
Mavericks: Golden State visits on Monday.
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