Kawhi Leonard, Clippers best Knicks, get back to .500

Kawhi Leonard recorded 29 points, eight assists and seven rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers reached .500 for the first time in more than four months with a 126-118 victory over the visiting New York Knicks on Monday night.

Bennedict Mathurin added 28 points and seven rebounds off the bench as Los Angeles evened its record at 32-32. The Clippers were most recently at the break-even mark on Nov. 3 when they fell to the Miami Heat for a 3-3 mark.

Los Angeles bottomed out at 6-21 before making the long climb back.