INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Norman Powell scored 23 points and the Los Angeles Clippers held off the Golden State Warriors 102-99 on Monday night for their fifth straight win at home.

James Harden added 12 points and 16 assists for the Clippers, who had lost their first four games in their new arena. Ivica Zubac recorded seventeen rebounds.

Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 26 points and Andrew Wiggins added 22. Their only lead came on a 3-pointer by Lindy Waters III to start the game, but they closed within three points in the final minutes of the game. Their three-match winning streak came to an end.

The Warriors nearly caught the Clippers, who were on the second night of a back-to-back, in the final seconds. But Curry missed a potential tying goal and Gary Payton II also missed the final shot of the game for the Warriors.

Takeaways

Warriors: Coach Steve Kerr said before the game he didn’t know Curry was on the injured list. “Protocol,” he said. Curry was questionable due to left knee bursitis. He had just eight points in the first half when he was 2 of 7 from 3-point range. Curry hit three of his team’s six 3s in the third when they trailed 75-72 entering the fourth.

Clippers: They got key contributions off the bench on a night when three starters were held to single digits. Their bench outscored Golden State’s reserves 45-28.

Key moment

Powell left the game shortly in the first half with left hamstring soreness. He returned before halftime and hit three timely 3-pointers in the fourth to keep his team ahead.

Key stat

Golden State was held to 36% from 3-point range. Curry was 6 of 15.

Next

Warriors host Atlanta on Wednesday and Clippers host Orlando.

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