Clippers Get Exhibition Win, 115-99

Jeff Martin came off the bench in the second half Sunday night to score 17 points and lead the Clippers to a 115-99 NBA exhibition victory over the Washington Bullets.

Martin’s three-point basket capped the Clippers’ 13-4 run to open the fourth quarter.

It was the third game in as many nights for the Clippers, who had lost to Detroit in Lincoln, Neb., on Friday and to the Pistons again in St. Louis on Saturday.

The Clippers had a 4:45 a.m. wakeup call and had to fly all day from St. Louis. In fact, the Clippers were so late getting in that the game’s start was delayed from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. EDT.

Benoit Benjamin added 16 points and Ken Norman and Cedric Ball had 14 each. Benjamin also had 12 rebounds and three blocked shots.

Bernard King led the Bullets with 18 points.

“It looked like an exhibition game,” the Bullets’ Pervis Ellison said. Washington committed 25 turnovers and shot .371 (33 of 89) from the floor.

The only interest the crowd of 5,379 showed in the game was when rookies Bo Kimble of the Clippers and A.J. English of the Bullets were in the game at the same time. The leading Division I and II scorers of last season didn’t fare so well offensively. English, from nearby Virginia Union, was three of 13; Kimble five of 16.

The Bullets outrebounded the Clippers, 57-46, led by Greg Foster’s 10.