Behind 61 combined points from Terance Mann and Kawhi Leonard, the Los Angeles Clippers took down the Houston Rockets 121-100.
With just over a month until the All-Star Game, The Crypt saw the same levels of defense we’ll likely be seeing in Salt Lake City, as both teams scored over 60 points in the first half. However, it was the home side who tightened things up in the second, as the wheels fell off for Stephen Silas’s lean, mean rebuilding machine.
Here are the takeaways…
Old man energy
After the game, Ivica Zubac said that starting slow had been the Clippers problem for a few years, and he’s right.