Clippers plagued by turnovers in loss to Golden State

LOS ANGELES — Golden State didn’t request the help, but the Clippers obliged anyhow connected Sunday astatine Staples Center.

The NBA’s apical violative and antiaircraft squad entering Sunday, the Warriors flustered the Clippers en way to winning successful an error-filled day affair, 105-90. Golden State forced 25 turnovers (a play precocious some for the Clippers and the squad that caused them) that led to 31 points.

The Clippers were wrong for points — 72-68 — with 29.4 seconds near successful the 3rd period, but past Golden State truly got it going successful the 4th quarter, erstwhile Steph Curry scored 13 of his 33 points to assistance the Warriors (18-2) wrapper up their seventh consecutive victory.

Curry changeable 12 for 22 from the tract and 7 for 13 from 3-point scope to pb each scorers.

For L.A., Paul George was 11 for 24 for 30 points, to spell with 5 rebounds, 5 assists and a career-high-tying 8 turnovers.

Marcus Morris Sr. added 13 points (nine of which came successful the opening quarter) and Eric Bledsoe finished with a double-double, 13 points and 10 rebounds. Bledsoe’s archetypal handbasket — a 3-pointer — pushed him implicit 10,000 for his career.

The archetypal fractional — which the Warriors won, 44-42 — wasn’t overmuch to look at, unless you were looking for grounds of NBA players’ fallibility: They’re conscionable similar you, they dribble disconnected their feet and marque questionable decisions sometimes, too.

The container people offered further evidence: Turnovers piled up for some teams, with the Clippers committing 12 earlier halftime — with George liable for 5 of those — and the Warriors giving it distant 9 times.

Neither squad changeable good to start, either.

The Clippers went into halftime shooting 14 for 41 (34.1%) from the tract — staying afloat connected the ground of their 11-for-15 free-throw shooting.

The Warriors finished 38 for 86 (44.2%) from the tract and 17 of 40 (42.5%) from 3-point range, but aboriginal connected they weren’t overmuch warmer: They went into the interruption having deed conscionable 16 of their 40 shots and, fortunately for their hosts, conscionable 6 of 13 from the foundation stripe.

Counting connected the Warriors to stay stagnant isn’t a look for occurrence — nor is having much turnovers than tract goals.

With 7:50 to play successful the 3rd quarter, the Clippers had 16 turnovers and 15 tract goals, but the crippled wasn’t wholly retired of range, though the Clippers trailed 55-45 aft a 32-footer and breakaway layup from Curry.

A Bledsoe 3-pointer made it 56-54, but aft getting a antiaircraft stop, alternatively of shooting for a necktie oregon a lead, Paul George threw different atrocious walk for his seventh turnover and the Clippers’ 19th — this 1 starring to a Jordan Poole bucket.

The Clippers matched their play precocious with 20 turnovers — with 3:46 to spell successful the 3rd quarter.

After a choppy 2 and a fractional quarters of play, the spigot opened up precocious successful the 3rd period, erstwhile the Warriors’ Jordan Poole scored 15 of his 17 points. The defender reeled disconnected 4 3-pointers and made his method escaped propulsion aft helium was blocked and screamed astatine by Hartenstein.

The Clippers started the play shooting 1 for 6 from the field, but they went 8 for 12 aft that, with George hitting 4 of his past 5 looks successful the 4th to assistance the Clippers enactment successful contact.

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