Kanter’s 17 points not enough for Jazz agains Clippers

Turkish center Enes Kanter posted 17 points and 9 rebounds fort he Utah Jazz against the Los Angeles Clippers Nov. 3, but his performance could not stop a 107-101 loss.

Chris Paul stole defensive rebounds from his own big men, the Clippers got 39 points from their bench, and it was all too much for the young Jazz.

Gordon Hayward scored 27 points Alec Burks 16 points for Utah, which has lost three of four.

Paul notched the NBA’s first triple-double of the season and his first with the Clippers, finishing with 13 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds. He showed no ill effects after spraining his left foot a night earlier.
“We won, so that’s all that matters,” said Paul, who got 2 1/2 hours of treatment on his foot to be able to play.

Paul was the leading rebounder for the Clippers, who got outboarded 51-37.

“When he’s going after rebounds like that, I guess it’s hard for our bigs to crash,” Utah’s Gordon Hayward said. “A lot of those rebounds were defensive, so when our bigs are crashing that can be a load down there.”

Blake Griffin scored 31 points, Jamal Crawford added 19 to go over 15,000 in his career and Reggie Bullock scored all of his 12 points on 3-pointers for the Clippers.

Crawford had missed Sunday’s loss to Sacramento because of bruised ribs and he said he still feels only 70 percent. He returned to go over the milestone on a floating jumper at 6:53 of the fourth and has totaled 15,003 points in his 14-year career.

“It’s a pretty good number,” Crawford said. “I’ve been really consistent.”

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