Los Angeles Clippers defeat Sydney Kings, 110-91
The Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Sydney Kings of Australia’s National Basketball League 110-91 in the Clippers Hawaii Classic exhibition today at the Stan Sheriff Center.
The Clippers, playing at the Sheriff for the second straight preseason, got 20 points from forward Tobias Harris and 19 from forward Danilo Gallinari. The NBA franchise now heads back to the mainland for its remaining four preseason games.
The 10,300-seat arena was at about two-thirds of its crowd capacity.
Sydney was led by point guard Jerome Randle, who put in a game-high 25 points.
Los Angeles led 59-54 at halftime and pulled within four points in the second half on a dunk by center Andrew Bogut. But Gallinari and Harris pushed the lead late with 3-pointers.