Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials: #11 Derrick Collins, #12 CJ Washington, #19 James Capers
Attendance: 1714
Paul George scored 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers rallied late to defeat the visiting Toronto Raptors 105-100 on Tuesday night.
Marcus Morris Sr. also had 22 points as the Clippers (44-22) ended a three-game losing streak. Los Angeles overcame a six-point deficit in the last six minutes.
Fred VanVleet had 27 points and 13 assists for the Raptors (37-29), who ended a Western trip at 1-3.
Reggie Jackson added 18 points for the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard contributed 13. Patrick Beverley returned to the Los Angeles lineup for the first time since April 9 and scored eight points in 15 minutes. He had been sidelined due to a fractured hand.
Toronto's Pascal Siakam scored 11 of his 24 points in the first quarter. Khem Birch scored 13 points for the Raptors, and rookie Jalen Harris had a career-best 11 points.
The game was tied at 82 entering the fourth quarter, and the Clippers took a four-point lead on a Jackson layup. The Raptors answered with 10 consecutive points, capped by VanVleet's 3-pointer with 6:10 to play for a 94-88 advantage.
The Clippers cut the deficit to one on a 3-pointer by Morris with 4:39 remaining. Morris gave the Clippers a one-point lead with a jumper, but Siakam restored Toronto's one-point lead by sinking a jumper with 3:41 left.
The Clippers tied the game and then led by three when George made a block and then hit a 3-pointer with 2:06 to go. One minute later, Jackson canned a 3-pointer to bump the lead to five.
The Raptors were on top 30-26 after one quarter and 54-48 at halftime.
In the third quarter, Leonard's trey tied the game at 71 with 3:30 left. Harris hit a 3-pointer to level the score after three quarters.
The Clippers grabbed sole possession of third place in the Western Conference, a half-game ahead of the idle Denver Nuggets. The Raptors fell 3 1/2 games behind the Washington Wizards in the chase for the final spot in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament.
Kyle Lowry (back) and OG Anunoby (calf) did not play for Toronto.
--Field Level Media
| Toronto | L.A. Clippers | |
| Fred VanVleet 27 | Scoring | Paul George 22 |
| Fred VanVleet 13 | Assists | Reggie Jackson 5 |
| Khem Birch 8 | Rebounds | Paul George 9 |
| Pascal Siakam 3 | Free Throws Made | Kawhi Leonard 6 |
| Pascal Siakam 3 | Steals | Rajon Rondo 3 |
| Freddie Gillespie 1 | Blocks | Ivica Zubac 2 |
| Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
| Toronto | 100 | 46.0 | 12-35 | 8-13 | 22 | 37 | 3 | 10 | 12 |
| L.A. Clippers | 105 | 52.0 | 15-34 | 12-13 | 28 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
- L.A. Clippers will play their next game at home against L.A. Lakers. The Clippers have a W/L % of .628 after a win and .739 after a loss.
- Toronto will play their next game at home against Washington. The Raptors have a W/L % of .481 after a win and .359 after a loss.