Clippers rally from 6-21 start, now a half-game from play-in spot

Cbssports reports the Los Angeles Clippers have turned their season around after a 6-21 start; following a 119-105 win over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday they have won 11 of 13, including four straight, and sit a half-game behind the 10th-place Memphis Grizzlies for the final play-in spot at 17-23.

Kawhi Leonard and James Harden combined for 55 points in the win as the pair continues to pull the team out of a deep hole. Harden said his confidence in the team has not wavered, saying via ESPN 'Some teams, when it gets that bad, they just let the wheels fall off' and that the club needed 'little tweaks' and to be 'a lot better defensively.' The Clippers' defense has improved from 25th, allowing 119.4 points per game, to 13th, allowing 113.9, while L.A.

has had the fifth-best offense in the last month and a half after ranking 20th through the first month. Leonard is averaging 28.2 points this season, a career high, and Harden has his best scoring output since 2019-20 with 42.5 percent efficiency this season and 8.7 assists over the last month, fifth in the league; L.A.

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