Yaxel Lendeborg scored a career-high 37 points (eight during a 14-0 run in the fourth quarter, on two 3-pointers and two free throws), and the Golden State Warriors beat the LA Clippers 124-112 for their fourth straight win.
The Warriors took control with a 23-7 run bridging the third and fourth quarters and led by as many as 22.
De'Anthony Melton scored 21 points (18 on six 3-pointers) on 6-of-9 shooting, and Brandon Williams added 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting off the bench. Lendeborg and Brandin Podziemski set each other up for six baskets and 15 points, two of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Clippers, Rui Hachimura scored 24 points on 10-of-16 shooting, and Darius Garland missed six of his seven 3-point tries. Kris Dunn had 12 points and a career-high seven steals.
The Warriors shot 53.5% from the field and 44.9% from 3 to the Clippers’ 44.0% and 35.9%. The Warriors made 22 3-pointers, six of them by Lendeborg and six by Melton. They took 13 of their 86 shots at the rim (15%), the lowest share of their season. They had averaged 29%.