Warriors upset Clippers in NBA West play-in, extend playoff run

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Golden State Warriors support their NBA playoff hopes alive, eliminating the LA Clippers from the play-in tournament.

Published On 16 Apr 2026

Al Horford connected connected 4 3-pointers ‌in the last 5:37 of a Western Conference play-in game, lifting the 10th-place Golden ⁠State Warriors to ⁠a 126-121 triumph implicit the ninth-place Los Angeles Clippers connected Wednesday successful Inglewood, California.

Golden State advances to a sudden-death matchup against the Suns successful Phoenix connected Friday to ⁠determine the West’s No 8 effect and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s first-round playoff opponent. The nonaccomplishment ends the Clippers’ season.

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Horford’s late-game blistery streak was portion of a game-ending, 27-13 Golden ⁠State run. Stephen Curry punctuated a 35-point nighttime by burying a heavy 3-pointer with 50.4 seconds remaining, putting the Warriors up to stay, 120-117. Curry’s 7 makes connected 12 attempts from beyond the arc paced the Warriors to a 19-of-41 long-range barrage (46.3 percent).

Despite Curry’s contributions, it was Horford who stole the ‌show.

The 39-year-old seasoned had conscionable 2 points disconnected the seat earlier his precocious onslaught. He finished with 14 points, acceptable up for his pivotal baskets disconnected 2 assists from Gui Santos, sandwiched betwixt a brace of assists from Curry.

Santos played a cardinal all-around relation for the Warriors, finishing with 20 points, six rebounds and 5 assists. Golden State besides got 20 points from Kristaps Porzingis, including six consecutive points implicit 1 ⁠stretch successful the 4th quarter.

Porzingis followed up converting a palmy and-one ⁠opportunity with a 3-pointer, the series trimming a nine-point Clippers pb to 3 with 8:17 to go.

Los Angeles answered erstwhile Darius Garland converted his ain and-one, past Garland fed Brook Lopez for an interior bucket. Garland wrapped up his ⁠big agelong with a 3-pointer that pushed the Los Angeles’ pb backmost to 9 with 6:37 left.

That was the past constituent the Clippers ⁠appeared successful power during a crippled that they led for astir ⁠of the way.

Garland and Kawhi Leonard, who each finished with 21 points, helped Los Angeles physique an vantage of arsenic galore arsenic 13 points. The Clippers couldn’t shingle the Warriors successful the 2nd half, however, peculiarly arsenic Leonard ‌went acold connected offence.

Leonard committed a brace of turnovers successful the 4th fourth and scored his lone points of the play connected a dunk successful the last seconds aft Golden State had ‌essentially ‌wrapped up the win. Leonard scored 14 of his points successful the archetypal half, including going coast-to-coast for a slam conscionable earlier halftime.

Bennedict Mathurin led Los Angeles with 23 points disconnected the bench.

Maxey sends 76ers into playoffs

Earlier, Tyrese Maxey scored 11 of his ‌team-high 31 points successful the 4th fourth for the big ⁠Philadelphia 76ers, who ⁠advanced to the Eastern Conference playoffs by beating the Orlando Magic 109-97 successful a play-in game.

The 76ers, who finished successful seventh spot successful ⁠the Eastern Conference with a 45-37 record, volition beryllium the seventh effect and volition look the second-seeded Boston Celtics successful a best-of-seven bid starting connected Sunday.

The Magic, who ⁠were besides 45-37 but mislaid the home-court tiebreaker to the 76ers via Philadelphia’s 2-1 grounds successful the play series, volition look the ninth-place Charlotte Hornets successful a play-in crippled to find the eighth effect connected Friday. The Hornets edged the 10th-place Miami Heat 127-126 ‌in overtime connected Tuesday.

Starter VJ Edgecombe (19 points, 11 rebounds) and reserve Andre Drummond (14 points, 10 rebounds) each had a double-double for the 76ers, who are headed to the playoffs for the eighth clip successful 9 years.

Philadelphia’s Kelly Oubre Jr scored 19 points portion Paul George added 16 points.

Desmond Bane enactment up 34 points for the Magic, who are aiming for their 3rd consecutive playoff appearance. ⁠Paolo Banchero had 18 points portion Anthony Black collected 13 ⁠points disconnected the bench. Franz Wagner added 12 points.

Neither squad led by much than six successful the archetypal half, which ended with the 76ers up 59-55. Bane and Banchero combined for the archetypal ⁠five points of the 3rd 4th earlier Edgecombe deed a 3-pointer to enactment Philadelphia up for bully astatine 62-60 with 10:54 ⁠left, prompting a 14-2 run. The Magic ended ⁠the 4th connected a 12-6 surge to adjacent wrong 79-74.

Bane’s 3-pointer pulled the Magic wrong 83-81 with 9:47 remaining, aft which George missed a 3-point attempt. But Bane besides missed a imaginable go-ahead 3-pointer with 9:16 left, ‌and Maxey answered with a layup to widen the 76ers’ pb to 85-81.

Orlando pulled wrong 1 oregon 2 points doubly more, but Edgecombe and Maxey responded with ‌jumpers ‌on those occasions. Maxey scored 7 unanswered points to springiness the 76ers a 94-86 borderline with 6:25 left. The hosts led by astatine slightest 4 the remainder of the way.

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