Kawhi Leonard pours in 45 as streaking Clippers dump Jazz

Kawhi Leonard scored 20 of his 45 points in the fourth quarter as the Los Angeles Clippers extended their season-best winning streak to six games with a 118-101 victory over the short-handed Utah Jazz on Thursday at Inglewood, Calif.

James Harden added 20 points, Nicolas Batum scored 14, Kobe Sanders and Derrick Jones Jr. had 10 and John Collins pulled down 11 rebounds as the Clippers improved to 6-0 to open a stretch in which they have seven of eight games at home. Rookie Yanic Konan Niederhauser grabbed 10 rebounds.