LOS ANGELES -- The Clipper Kawhi gets a crack at Jordan and the Bulls in this first meeting this season. #Clippers #kawhi #jordan #kawhivsjordan #96bulls First quarter was defensive as the Bulls held the CLippers to 20 pts on 40% shooting. Kawhi and George struggled early against MJ and Pip shooting only 4/12 from the field combined. Jordan, on the other hand, had a 16 pt first quarter. In the second, MJ was limited to just 2 pts, while George and Kawhi continued to struggle. Bulls remain up by 6, 51-45 at the half. The Clippers duo started clicking in the 3rd. THe Bulls went up by as much as 12 but the 2 superstars started to get hot, especially Kawhi who would have 17 3rd quarter pts while having 4 stls. George whould have 10 pts of his own in the 3rd. Jordan would not get any help offesively for CHicago. MJ tried to fight off the CLippers rally by himself, getting 18 pts in the period. The Bulls hang on to a 2-pt lead heading into the 4th, 84-82. In the 4th period, the Bulls started strong, and was leading by 7 with over 1 minute to go. The CLippers cut it to 5 with 40 secs to go with 2 FT's from George. On the ensuing play, however, Kerr would hit a 3 off a Jordan double-team and that would be the dagger. Bulls win 122-114. Jordan finished with 40 pts, 10 assts. Pippen added 33 and 8 assts. Paul George led the Clippers with 32 pts, 12 in the 4th. Kawhi had 28 pts, 6 stls.