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Three takeaways from the LA Clippers’ comeback win over Rockets

By Garrett Chorpenning

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 22: Kawhi Leonard #2 of the LA Clippers reacts during a game against the Houston Rockets on November 22, 2019 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 22: Kawhi Leonard #2 of the LA Clippers reacts during a game against the Houston Rockets on November 22, 2019 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 22: Lou Williams #23 of the LA Clippers handles the ball against the Houston Rockets on November 22, 2019, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 22: Lou Williams #23 of the LA Clippers handles the ball against the Houston Rockets on November 22, 2019, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Lou Williams has a masterful second half

0 points, 0-4 FG, five assists, four turnovers. That was Lou Williams’ line through the first half of Friday night’s game.

Almost inexplicably, he finished with 26 points, three rebounds, eights assists and four turnovers on 9-16 shooting from the floor and 4-6 from three-point range.

He had no business having such a wonderful night against the Houston Rockets, especially after he was a non-factor in the first half. But he did it anyway, because that’s what Lou Williams does.

To put that into perspective a bit: The Clippers scored 67 total points in the second half. Williams scored roughly 39 percent of those and assisted on (at least) another six points.

That’s absurd.

Perhaps his biggest bucket of the night came with 30 seconds left on the clock — the one that put the Clippers up by one and gave them their first lead since the 7:40 mark of the fourth quarter:

https://twitter.com/LAClippers/status/1198122566671405058

Admittedly, he wasn’t great defensively in the second half. He hasn’t been great defensively all season. But when a player is making that kind of a contribution on offense, you let it go. Especially when only three other players have scored at least eight points in the game.

Even with Paul George and Kawhi Leonard on the roster, Williams is still capable of taking over games now and then. And he has every right to do so.

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