Miami stormed forward by as many as 17 factors within the first quarter, however LA fought again with a robust second quarter to make it 58-56 at half-time.
The Clippers stored their foot on the fuel within the third, outscoring the Warmth 30-20, making it 86-78 heading into the fourth.
Warmth star Lowry put the stress on the Clippers within the fourth, scoring 22 of Miami’s 31 within the ultimate interval, but it surely wasn’t sufficient as LA held on late to select up the win.
Paul George continued his glorious begin to the season, scoring 27 factors, and Reggie Jackson added all of his 22 within the second half.
“We acquired a variety of battle. We battle every recreation, though we’re down, we give ourselves an opportunity to win a recreation, and , we end stronger,” stated Eric Bledsoe, who added 21 factors for the Clippers.
Bam Adebayo had a season-high 30 factors and 11 rebounds for the Warmth and, regardless of the loss, was impress with Lowry’s show.
“I like that Kyle. I like that sort of Kyle,” Adebayo informed reporters after the sport. “I like that aggressive Kyle. I like the best way he acquired to his sports activities. I feed off that.”
After the loss, Lowry stated that the Warmth’s current struggles — Miami misplaced their third straight recreation, and fourth of their final 5 — as motivation for his blistering fourth quarter, but it surely got here up simply brief.
“I used to be attempting to only discover a approach to get a win,” Lowry stated. “I had alternative, I attacked much more. And simply attempting to be just a little bit extra assertive on my group, but it surely would not matter as a result of we nonetheless misplaced the sport.”
The win lifts the Clippers to 7-4 on the season, and sees them again amongst the West’s greatest, made all of the extra spectacular given their 1-4 begin to the season.
