Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, and the Clippers dominate the Celtics 113-93

Los Angeles Clippers’ #13 Paul George (SG) layup attempt is being challenged by the Boston Celtics’ #91 Blake Griffin (PF). Photo by Jerry Kelly/TGSportstv1.

LOS ANGELES, CA - Paul George with 26 points, Kawhi Leonard with 25 points, Marcus Morris Sr. with 13 points, and Luke Kennard with 12 points helped the Los Angeles Clippers (16-13) beat the top team in the NBA, the Boston Celtics (21-7) at the Crypto.com Arena 113-93.

By far the best offensive and defensive game the Clippers have played this season, and with everyone on the floor except Norman Powell, hopefully, he will be back soon. Clippers' head coach Tyronn Lue shared his thoughts about their game against Boston.

"I thought defensively we were really good. I thought we did a good job of just attacking the matches we wanted to attack and then later on in that second half they kind of made us kind of stagnant with all those switchable guys. Especially with that small unit, as I talked about, we got to get better offensively. But I thought our guys competed, I thought defensively we were really, really good.

The Clippers trail the Celtics 10-8 in the first quarter after a jump shot by Kawhi Leonard. Marcus Morris Sr. would make a three-pointer to give the Clippers a 14-13 lead, capping off a 6-3 run. Paul George would knock down a jump shot making the score 21-15, and force the Celtics to call a time-out.

Boston Celtics #0 Jayson Tatum (SF) reverse-layup from the right side of the basket. Photo by Jerry Kelly/TGSportstv1.

Morris Sr.'s jump shot gave the Clippers a 24-16 lead. John Wall gave the Clippers a 28-16 lead after making a layup. Jayson Tatum would make a reverse layup that had the Celtics trailing 29-25 at the end of the quarter.

The Celtics led 33-31 with a jump shot by Jaylen Brown. George would tie the game again 33-33 with his jump shot. Nicolas Batum gave the Clippers a 37-36 lead with his jump shot.

Luke Kennard would drive to the basket for a layup giving the Clippers a three-point lead, 39-36, with 6:58 left before halftime. Brogden would make a three-point shot that tied the game 39-39.

Leonard would knock down a jump shot at the top of the key to give the Clippers a 42-39 lead. The Celtics trailed 49-45 with a three-pointer by Tatum.

Batum would make a three-point shot giving the Clippers a 52-45 with 1:34 left in the quarter. Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue would challenge a foul call against George, and after the officials reviewed the play, changed to call to a jump ball.

Los Angeles Clippers #2 Kawhi Leonard (SF) driving toward the basket going for a layup. Photo by Jerry Kelly/TGSportstv1.

Leonard's driving layup had the Clippers leading 54-45. The Clippers would lead 56-47 at halftime with a jump by Morris Sr.

The Clippers led 63-48 in the third quarter with a jump shot by Leonard. Boston trailed 68-55 after a three-pointer by Tatum. Ivica Zubac posted up on the left side of the key with a drop-step move against Blake Griffin in the paint for a layup giving the Clippers a 71-55 lead.

John Wall's jump shot gave the Clippers a 75-61 lead with 3:16 left in the quarter. The Celtics would trail the Clippers 88-72 with Brogdon scoring the last basket to end the quarter.

Kennard would knock down another three-pointer to give the Clippers a seventeen-point lead, 97-80, in the fourth quarter. Leonard's jump shot increased the Clippers' lead to 104-80 with 6:23 left in the game.

The Clippers would end the game with a 113-93 victory after Moussa Diabate's hook shot in the paint with the crowd cheering at the end of the game.

The Clippers did a great job of taking care of the basketball by only committing 9 turnovers, and forced the Celtics to commit 15 turnovers.

Brown would lead the Celtics in scoring with 21 points, Tatum with 20 points, and Brogdon with 18 points.