Justin Russo

Tomorrow’s game is the 9th consecutive game that Kawhi Leonard has missed due to ankle and foot injuries. Clippers have gone 1-7. Leonard averaged 24.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 2.5 steals on 50-40-96 shooting before the injuries.

LA Clippers injury report for tomorrow at Orlando:

OUT
Bradley Beal - Left Hip Fracture
Derrick Jones Jr. - Right Knee Sprain
Kawhi Leonard - Right Ankle Sprain
Jordan Miller - Left Hamstring Soreness

Billy Bob Thornton should win every acting award imaginable for his performance in Landman. Incredible show with some of the best dialogue.

Déjà Vu Ball Over Again: Clippers run out of steam, drop to 4-10 Bright spots are visible.

🚨 NEW: James Harden, like he did roughly 24 hours before, rose for a 3-pointer. The clock ticked; fans held their breath. Unfortunately for the LA Clippers, Monday’s game ended the same as Sunday’s -- with a loss. They’re 4-10. But bright spots are aplenty. justinrusso.substack.com/p/deja-vu-ba...

Déjà Vu Ball Over Again: Clippers run out of steam, drop to 4-10 Bright spots are visible.

🚨 NEW: James Harden, like he did roughly 24 hours before, rose for a 3-pointer. The clock ticked; fans held their breath. Unfortunately for the LA Clippers, Monday’s game ended the same as Sunday’s -- with a loss. They’re 4-10. But bright spots are aplenty. justinrusso.substack.com/p/deja-vu-ba...

[Had the wrong stat:] The two shots by James Harden late tonight represented the 7th and 8th shots to tie or take the lead by the LA Clippers inside the final 15 seconds of a 4th quarter or OT this season. That's the most in the NBA. (In other words, a lot of nail-biters so far.)

Regardless of the results of the last 48 hours, it seems apparent this Clippers team over the last three games more closely resembles last year's grit and determination group than was evident through the first 11 games of the season. It's a positive development amidst poor ones.

306 teams have started 4-10 or worse through the first 14 games of an NBA season. 36 of them have made the playoffs. 17 have finished with a winning record.

Final: 76ers 110, Clippers 108. Clippers led most of the way but couldn’t see it out on the second night of a back-to-back. They’re 4-10. James Harden got two looks late to win it. Neither dropped. Clippers at Magic on Thursday.

11.7 left in the 4th: 76ers 110, Clippers 108. Clippers ball. Run out of ways to describe what has happened down the stretch here but the Clippers got a break they needed by winning the challenge.

Kobe Sanders, man. He is everything the Clippers have wanted in a role player. And it's happened so quickly.

Clippers trail for the first time since it was 5-4 with 10:00 left in the first quarter. 76ers lead 95-94. There's 4:56 left.

Been several stints in this game where the Clippers get it to a 10-point lead and then the 76ers claw it back within about four or so only to see the Clippers push it right back up to 10. It's a 91-85 Clippers lead with 7:48 left.

End Q3: Clippers 83, 76ers 73. Kobe Sanders has a career-high 13 points in his first career start. James Harden has 25.

Kris Dunn joins John Collins with four fouls. An already thin Clippers team is going to be a bit thinner with this foul trouble.

10-0 Philadelphia run and the Clippers' 13-point lead is trimmed to just three early in the third.

Long way to go in the season and a lot of kinks to continue to work out, but it's been a rough go of it for John Collins in these first five games as a starter. One would assume it gets better with more reps alongside the starters.

Four fouls on John Collins. Three fouls on Kobe Sanders. Two apiece on Kris Dunn, Bogdan Bogdanović, and Chris Paul.

Halftime: Clippers 56, 76ers 46. James Harden has a game-high 18 points. The Clippers are 7-for-21 on 3s. Every single player who has seen game action tonight for the Clippers is a positive in plus/minus.

Kris Dunn's second dunk of the season wasn't a light one. He got Andre Drummond.

Six combined turnovers from the Clippers and 76ers with 3:22 left in the first half. It's been cleanly played. So clean, in fact, that there have been zero points scored off of them.

Chris Paul is on the floor for the first time since Nov. 6. Paul had experienced 5 straight DNP-CD's.

James Harden has scored 153 points in his last 170 minutes. He's done it on a 66.7 TS%.

End Q1: Clippers 33, 76ers 25. James Harden had a 41-point triple-double on Friday. He scored 37 yesterday. He has 17 in the first quarter tonight. The level he's at is simply preposterous right now.

James Harden, as a 36-year-old guard in his 17th season, is shooting 71% inside the restricted area thus far.

James Harden's last two games:

Clippers fell behind 5-0 early. And then they hit a 14-0 run. Four of the five starters have scored.

James Harden has eclipsed the 28,000 career points mark after his latest made layup.

Tonight’s starting lineup is the Clippers’ 7th different one in 14 games this season. They had 2 different starting lineups at this juncture last season.

Paul George is making his season debut for the 76ers tonight against the Clippers and is in the starting lineup.