SAN FRANCISCO - Japan forward Rui Hachimura scored his season-high 24 points Sunday as the Los Angeles Clippers went down 124-112 to the Golden State Warriors for their fifth straight defeat in the NBA.
Hachimura led his team in points after going 10-from-16 from the field, connecting with four of his seven attempts from behind the arc at Chase Center in San Francisco.
Yaxel Lendeborg scored a game-high 37 points for the Warriors, including six three-pointers, as the visitors recovered from a 37-29 first-quarter deficit to prevail.
Hachimura bagged seven rebounds in the game, one behind Isaiah Jackson and level with Derrick Jones Jr. for the Clippers. Charles Bassey had eight for the Warriors.
After joining the Clippers in the summer after the expiry of his contract with cross-city rivals the Lakers, Hachimura is averaging 13.4 points and six rebounds in six games so far this season.
