Overview
- Reserve guard Vit Krejci hit 8 of 10 from three for a career-high 28 points in 30 minutes off the bench.
- His deep three with 36 seconds remaining pushed Atlanta ahead 105-98, and he blocked the Clippers' final 3-point try to secure the win.
- Atlanta erased a 17-point deficit with a 20-3 second-quarter surge and carried a 79-76 edge into the fourth.
- Kristaps Porziņģis scored 20 points, and Jalen Johnson had 16 points and 10 rebounds after both returned from absences.
- Trae Young and Nickeil Alexander-Walker did not play for Atlanta, Kawhi Leonard and Bradley Beal were out for Los Angeles, and the teams next face the Kings and Nuggets on Wednesday.