Washington, March 4 (BUS): Reggie Jackson scored 12 points from his season high of 36 in the fourth quarter while adding nine assists and eight rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers completed a four-game season sweep with the Los Angeles Lakers. A 132-111 victory on Thursday night.
Ivica Zubak scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Clippers, who dominated the landslide victory and their seventh consecutive victory over the Lakers overall by scoring 23 consecutive points during the first six minutes of the third quarter.
The Clippers outstripped their cross-crossing opponent 37-10 late in third before notching their fifth straight win in the past eight days, including two wins over the Lakers, the Associated Press reported.
The victory was the latest in a hot spell for the Clippers, who have won seven of their last eight games without potentially the three most talented players: Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and Norman Powell.
Although none of the trio is believed to be close to making a comeback, Jackson and a gritty support team have kept Clips on track for another accessory rig with an increased chance of avoiding the playing cycle after this win, drawing them into one game from seventh-place Minnesota. .
Jackson fired four three-pointers and embarrassed a string of Lakers defenders, particularly in the fourth quarter show that had a portion of the Clippers crowd chanting his name. After Jackson and former teammate Russell Westbrook clashed and exchanged words, Jackson responded by drilling 3 pointers over Westbrook’s defense to earn one of several standing ovations.
LeBron James scored 26 points and eight rebounds for the Lakers, who lost four consecutive points and seven of eight to lose in their worst eight games of the season below 0.500 (27-35). A proud franchise that started the season with ambitions for the championship is now two games ahead of 11th-placed Portland with little reason to believe the racing vortex will soon be over.
After scoring 14 consecutive points to close out the first half by just three points, the Lakers became cranky early in the third game after the referees failed to foul on James and were unable to challenge the call.
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