Kawhi Leonard and Key Clippers Players to Watch vs. the Hornets - March 31

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Clippers vs. Hornets: Players to Watch

Clippers Key Players

Kawhi Leonard averages 23.7 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists.

Harden averages 17 points, 5.1 boards and 8.5 assists, shooting 43.6% from the field and 39.1% from beyond the arc, with 2.7 made 3-pointers per game.

Paul George averages 22.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists.

Ivica Zubac is averaging 11.4 points, 1.4 assists and 9 boards.

Russell Westbrook averages 10.9 points, 5 rebounds and 4.4 assists, shooting 44.9% from the floor.

Hornets Key Players

Per game, Miles Bridges provides the Hornets 21.1 points, 7.4 boards and 3.3 assists. He also averages 1 steal and 0.5 blocks.

Per game, Brandon Miller provides the Hornets 16.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists. He also averages 0.9 steals and 0.5 blocks.

The Hornets are getting 9.8 points, 8.4 boards and 0.8 assists per game from Nick Richards.

The Hornets receive 23.9 points per game from LaMelo Ball, plus 5.1 boards and 8 assists.

Grant Williams averages 8.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists. He is sinking 41.3% of his shots from the field and 37.6% from beyond the arc, with 1.7 triples per contest.

Clippers vs. Hornets Stat Insights

Los Angeles Key Stats

The Clippers outscore opponents by 3.5 points per game (scoring 116.1 points per game to rank 12th in the league while allowing 112.6 per outing to rank 11th in the NBA) and have a +253 scoring differential overall.

The 42.4 rebounds per game Los Angeles averages rank 23rd in the NBA. Its opponents grab 41.8 per outing.

The Clippers knock down 12.8 three-pointers per game (14th in the league), while their opponents have made 12.9 on average.

Los Angeles ranks fifth in the NBA with 116.8 points scored per 100 possessions, and 13th in the league defensively with 112.9 points conceded per 100 possessions.

Charlotte Key Stats

The Hornets' -769 scoring differential (being outscored by 10.5 points per game) is a result of putting up 106.2 points per game (29th in NBA) while giving up 116.7 per outing (21st in league).

Charlotte records 40.7 rebounds per game (30th in league) while conceding 45.4 per outing to opponents. It is outrebounded by 4.7 boards per game.

The Hornets connect on 1.7 fewer threes per contest than the opposition, 11.8 (22nd in the league) compared to their opponents' 13.5.

Charlotte's 106.5 points per 100 possessions on offense rank 28th in the NBA, and the 116.8 points it concedes per 100 possessions rank 28th in the league.

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