PHILADELPHIA — Guards Jamal Crawford and J.J. Redick scored 23 points each, and center DeAndre Jordan had four of his 12 in overtime as the Los Angeles Clippers rallied to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 98-92 Monday night.
Guard Chris Paul added 19 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the Clippers, who trailed by 19 points in the first half and eight with six minutes left in regulation. They closed regulation on a 12-4 run, then scored the first eight points of the extra period.
Jordan also had 21 rebounds and three blocked shots.
Redick forced overtime by drilling a 3-pointer with 10.5 seconds left in regulation as the Clippers (35-17) and 19-4 without forward Blake Griffin, who tore his left quadriceps tendon on Christmas Day and broke his right hand punching a member of the team’s equipment staff in January.
Reserve forward Jerami Grant had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Sixers, the NBA’s worst team at 8-44. Guard Ish Smith collected 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists, and backup guard/forward Hollis Thompson scored 16 points.
Center Jahlil Okafor had 14 points and nine rebounds, but his potential game-winning jumper at the buzzer in regulation barely caught iron.
Jordan then dunked a lob from Paul 11 seconds into the extra period to give the Clippers the lead for good.
Crawford and Paul followed with baskets, and Jordan rebounded Paul’s miss and dunked with 3:04 left, giving Los Angeles a 96-88 lead.
The Sixers made their first seven shots en route to a 21-9 lead out of the gate, with forward Robert Covington and Okafor scoring six points each. Crawford answered with seven of his own as the Clippers climbed within 23-22 late in the first quarter, but the Sixers pushed their advantage to 51-32 with 4:24 left in the first half, on a floater by Smith over Jordan.
Moments later, the Clippers reeled off 10 straight points, eight of those by Redick, to cut the gap to 57-49.
By halftime, the Philadelphia lead was 59-49. Covington led the Sixers with 11 points in the half, and Grant had 10.
Redick scored 15 before the break to pace Los Angeles, which shot just 34 percent from the floor in the first half. The Sixers made half their attempts.
The Sixers continued to fend off the Clippers in the third quarter, scoring six of the period’s last eight points after Los Angeles closed to 67-63 on a jumper by Crawford. That enabled Philadelphia to carry a 73-65 lead into the fourth quarter.
NOTES: Los Angeles F Paul Pierce sat out Monday, after playing in the first game of a back-to-back Sunday. … Clippers G Austin Rivers, who missed his third straight game with a broken left hand, saw a hand specialist earlier in the day and was told he will not need surgery. … Sixers F Richaun Holmes was active after missing the two previous game with a sprained right ankle. … Philadelphia G Ish Smith was on a minute restriction after missing Saturday’s victory over Brooklyn with a sprained left ankle.