Young scores 30, Hawks rally to beat Clips 112-108.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Trae Young scored 30 points and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Clippers 112-108 on Sunday night, sending Los Angeles to its worst sixth straight loss of the season.
De’Andre Hunter added 20 points for the Hawks, who blew a 17-point lead in the first half before rallying from 11 points down in the fourth to win.
Trailing 102-91, Young went on a 17-4 run that ended with two free throws to tie it before his basket gave Atlanta a 108-106 lead.
Kawhi Leonard answered with a layup that tied the game for the second time with 1:16 left.
Young made it 110-108 before Leonard and Marcus Morris missed 3-point attempts in the same possession. Young was fouled and made both free throws to close out the win. He added 14 points in the decisive quarter.
Leonard led the Clippers with 29 points. Ivica Zubac had 17 points and 18 rebounds on a night when Paul George missed his second straight game with a sore right hamstring.
The Clippers trailed by 17 points in the second after giving up 41 points. They rallied in the third behind three 3-pointers by Morris on a 21-4 run that put them back in front.
That set the stage for the fourth, when they raced out to an 11-point lead before the Hawks took over the final six minutes.
Atlanta rattled off 11 straight points to tie it, 102-all, on Dejounte Murray’s basket. Young hit a 3-pointer and made three free throws in the run.
The Clippers stormed back in the third, outscoring the Hawks 21-4, including 13 straight, to take an 83-79 lead. Morris opened and closed the run with 3-pointers and hit another in between. Los Angeles led 87-85 entering the fourth.
The Hawks exploded for a 41-point second quarter, punctuating the final seconds with back-to-back dunks. John Collins hit an alley-oop pass from Young. Hunter stole the ball from John Wall and scored on a layup to give the Hawks a 66-52 halftime lead.
Atlanta broke open a one-point game with runs of 13-0, 7-0 and 7-0 in the second, while the Clippers fell behind by 17 points. Jalen Johnson scored nine points in the Hawks’ first big drive, including two 3-pointers.
ADVICES
Hawks: Improved to 8-13 on the road. … He had lost five of the previous six. … Clint Capela (right calf strain) remains out.
Clippers: Luke Kennard (right calf soreness) sat out.
UNTIL THE NEXT
Hawks: Host Milwaukee on Wednesday in one of five home games in January.
Clippers: Host Dallas on Tuesday.
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