Clippers pull away from Bucks in 4th quarter for 2-0 summer league start

LAS VEGAS — The Clippers scored the first 15 points of the fourth quarter to take control of a tight game and held on to defeat the Milwaukee Bucks, 106-91, in an NBA Summer League game on Sunday night at Cox Pavilion.

Patrick Baldwin Jr. had 22 points, 13 rebounds and three steals to pace the Clippers (2-0), while Cam Christie and Jordan Miller each added 21 points. Trentyn Flowers had 15 points and second-round draft pick Kobe Sanders contributed 13 points in 18 minutes off the bench, while Zavier Simpson added 12 points, four rebounds and five steals in 24 minutes.

Center Yanic Konan Niederhauser, the Clippers’ first-round draft pick last month, had two points, three rebounds, two steals and one blocked shot in 23 minutes. Kobe Brown, who left Friday night’s game against the Houston Rockets with what the team called a right ankle contusion, was held out.

The Clippers led by four points at halftime, but the Bucks closed the third quarter on an 8-2 run to take a 74-73 lead into the final period. The Bucks missed their first 10 shots of the fourth, and the Clippers took advantage, using a 15-0 run to open an 88-74 lead with 6:08 left. Christie scored the first six points of the run with three free throws and a 3-pointer.

Milwaukee used a 10-2 surge to get within 95-86 with 2:48 left, but the Clippers ended the threat.

Chris Livingston had 21 points to pace the Bucks (0-2), while the big man duo of Pete Nance (18 points) and Bogoljub Marković (14 points) provided a steady inside presence.

The Clippers shot 14 for 32 from 3-point range on a night when the teams combined for 42 turnovers (22 for the Bucks) and 53 fouls in the 40-minute game. Baldwin shot 4 for 10 from behind the arc, while Christie was 3 for 6 and Miller was 3 for 7. Simpson shot 2 for 3.