HOUSTON (AP) — Ivica Zubac had 22 points and 12 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers pulled away in the third quarter and cruised to a 113-100 victory over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night.
The Clippers used a 40-point third quarter to take a 14-point lead entering the fourth. They then scored the first seven points of the final period, with five from Amir Coffey, to make it 96-75 with 10 ½ minutes to go.
“We came in at halftime talking about the only adjustment we had to make was to play the right way,” coach Tyronn Lue said. “And that was on both ends of the floor… in that third quarter we came out and played the right way and we were able to open the game up.”
Zubac and fellow starters Reggie Jackson, Marcus Morris and Nicolas Batum didn’t play in the fourth quarter with the game out of reach.
Los Angeles routed Houston 142-111 in the last game before the All-Star break, but barely outlasted the Rockets on Sunday night for a 99-98 win. Houston led by as many…