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Freed from the pesky mask he’d been wearing on court for two weeks, Kawhi Leonard cut loose. Getting a steal and a dunk, hitting 3-pointer after 3-pointer.

Luka Doncic scored 24 points and the Dallas Mavericks led by a NBA-record 50 points at halftime in a 124-73 rout of the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday to earn their first win of the season.

Paul George wants to retire with the Los Angeles Clippers, and he took a step in that direction by signing a multiyear contract extension Thursday.

Confirming what had been widely rumored for about a week, the Los Angeles Clippers Tuesday announced the hiring of Tyronn Lue as the team’s next head coach.

The future home of the Los Angeles Clippers received its final approval for construction Tuesday from the Inglewood City Council.

The NBA fined Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley $25,000 on Monday for verbally abusing a game official in Game 2 of his team’s Western Conference semifinal series against the Denver Nuggets.

The NBA fined Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley $25,000 on Monday for verbally abusing a game official in Game 2 of his team’s Western Conference semifinal series against the Denver Nuggets. The incident took place Saturday night with 1:04 remaining in what became a 110-101 loss for the Clippers. Beverley was demonstrably upset with a foul call against him four seconds…

Kawhi Leonard had 33 points and 14 rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers eliminated Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks from the playoffs with a 111-97 victory Sunday in Game 6 of the first-round series. Doncic capped a superb first postseason with 38 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, keeping it interesting into the fourth quarter even while playing without…

Los Angeles Clippers stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George were playing together at a high level before the coronavirus stopped the NBA in its tracks. They’ve regained their form just in time for the playoffs and a showdown with the talented Dallas duo of Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis. The Clippers were 7-1 in their final eight games before...

The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers are scheduled to resume their coronavirus-interrupted seasons Thursday night, facing each other at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. The game will be the second of what the league has dubbed “seeding games.” The first will be between the Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans. The restart to the season is…

Re-opening night is fast approaching, and Anthony Davis’ status is uncertain. Davis, who left the Los Angeles Lakers’ second scrimmage after getting poked in the eye and didn’t play in the team’s exhibition finale at Walt Disney World, didn’t practice on Tuesday. The All-Star forward is still being listed as day-to-day. “There is some concern that he could potentially...

Los Angeles Clippers guard Lou Williams will miss the team’s first two games — including Thursday’s opener against the Lakers — while he completes a league-mandated 10-day quarantine for visiting a strip club in Atlanta while on approved leave to attend a viewing for a family friend, the NBA announced Sunday.

The Los Angeles Clippers have signed free agent Joakim Noah to a new contract for the rest of the season, three months after he first signed a 10-day deal with the team. The two-time All-Star averaged 7.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 42 games for Memphis last season. Noah originally signed with the Clippers on March 9, two…

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is in “advanced negotiations” to buy The Forum in Inglewood, according to a report published Sunday. The Clippers would neither confirm nor deny the ESPN.com report, but issued a statement, saying, “The Clippers continue to pursue plans to build a state-of-the-art, 18,000-seat basketball arena and entertainment complex in Inglewood and are currently working...

Doc Rivers was thankful to have his full roster against the Philadelphia 76ers. Otherwise, he didn’t think his Los Angeles Clippers would be able to prevail in a game that turned out to be a track meet. The Clippers had four players score at least 24 points for only the second time in franchise history and extended their winning streak…

Reggie Jackson’s 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter gave the Los Angeles Clippers a double-digit lead. Teammate Marcus Morris hit another 3 with 45 seconds left that helped fend off a final Phoenix rally and secure the win. The two newest Clippers had big moments in their team’s 102-92 victory over the Suns on Wednesday night. As the games get…

Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points, Montrezl Harrell added 22 and the Los Angeles Clippers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 124-97 rout of the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night. Leonard had 14 points in the first quarter as the Clippers roared out to a 40-14 lead. The All-Star forward scored 10 straight, including two dunks, to extend Los Angeles’…

The Sacramento Kings realize they might have started playing their best basketball of the season too late to contend for a playoff spot. Beating the powerhouse Los Angeles Clippers on the road twice in less than a month still feels awfully good, even if the Clips are far from the best version of themselves these days. Kent Bazemore scored a…