LOS ANGELES — DeAndre Jordan had 15 points and 13 rebounds, Chris Paul added 13 points and 14 assists and the Los Angeles Clippers cruised to a 114-90 victory over the Boston Celtics on Monday night.

The Clippers won their third in a row and moved 5½ games ahead of Memphis, which lost to San Antonio on Monday night, for fourth place in the Western Conference with nine games to play. The Clippers clinched a playoff berth on Sunday.

Clippers center DeAndre Jordan dunks as Celtics center Jared Sullinger, left, and guard Avery Bradley can only watch. Jordan finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds in the game.
Clippers center DeAndre Jordan dunks as Celtics center Jared Sullinger, left, and guard Avery Bradley can only watch. Jordan finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds in the game. The Associated Press
Clippers guard Chris Paul drives past Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas in the first half of Monday night’s game in Los Angeles. Paul had 13 points and 14 assists in the game, while Thomas led the Celtics with 24 points.
Clippers guard Chris Paul drives past Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas in the first half of Monday night’s game in Los Angeles. Paul had 13 points and 14 assists in the game, while Thomas led the Celtics with 24 points. The Associated Press

Austin Rivers scored 16 points to lead the Clippers, who shot 52 percent. Jamal Crawford added 13, Wesley Johnson 11 and Jeff Green 10.

Isaiah Thomas scored 24 points and Avery Bradley and Marcus Smart each added 13 for the Celtics, who shot just 35 percent and had a four-game winning snapped.

Jared Sullinger added nine points and 11 rebounds for Boston.

The loss dropped the Celtics, one of four teams separated by two games in a fight for Nos. 3-6 in the Eastern Conference standings, to fifth place, a half-game behind Miami. The Heat beat Brooklyn on Monday night.

Ahead 30-26 in the second quarter, the Clippers ran off a 22-8 burst, taking a 52-34 lead on Rivers’ 3-pointer with 4:47 left in the half. The Clippers led 67-50 at halftime shooting 59 percent, 64 percent on 3-pointers.

The Celtics fought within 79-68, only to see the Clippers reel off 13 of the game’s next 15 points. Los Angeles took a 92-70 lead on Crawford’s second of back-to-back 3-pointers with 33 seconds remaining in the third quarter.

Paul Pierce was removed from the game with 2:06 left in the second quarter after scoring on a driving finger roll. He sprained his right ankle and bruised his right knee on the play, according to the Clippers. He did not return.

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