Manning Is Leader in Clippers’ Win : Sunday’s game: With game-high 28 points, he becomes team’s all-time scorer.

Clipper forward Danny Manning is uncomfortable talking about his accomplishments because he realizes basketball is a team game.

But Manning had little choice but to talk about himself after becoming the leading scorer in Clipper history.

Manning, who scored 28 points in Sunday’s 112-102 victory over the Sacramento Kings before a crowd of 17,317 at the Arco Arena, became the leading scorer in Clipper history with 6,443 points in six seasons, surpassing Ken Norman, who scored 6,432 points in six seasons before signing with Milwaukee last summer.

Typically, Manning credited his teammates.

“I just think I’ve been the beneficiary of playing with some very unselfish players throughout my career in an L.A. Clipper uniform, past and present,” Manning said.

How good can Manning be?

“Don’t ask me that. That’s an unfair question,” said Clipper forward Mark Aguirre, who had 18 points in a reserve role. “The kid’s in his seventh year. Ask me in five more years.

“The sky’s the limit. You’re only as good as you want to be, and as good as he wants to be, he can be that good.

“Danny Manning can do a lot of things. I like playing with him because he knows the game extremely well. He’s a good player that complements what you do and you can complement what he does. Regardless of how many points he scores, he’s an extremely good player.”

Manning, who made 13 of 23 shots, had 12 rebounds and eight assists, both season highs, in recording his first double-double of the season.

But Manning, who was nearly traded to Miami last October, may not be around to establish many other Clipper milestones because he becomes an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season and will probably sign with another team.

Clipper guard Ron Harper, who also becomes an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, said the contract status of himself and Manning has not created any on-court problems.

“We’re happy,” Harper said. “Believe me, this doesn’t bother us. I’ve been there before. This is his very first time trying to deal with it, but we’re just going out and having fun playing. We’re going to worry about next season when the season ends.”

Manning, who had averaged 30 points in the first three games of the Clippers’ four-game trip, scored 20 points in the first half as the Clippers took a 61-58 halftime lead.

Harper, who had 21 points, took over in the second half, scoring 11 points, seven in the final quarter. He also had nine assists and five steals, both season highs.

“We go out and see which one of us can get into the game,” Harper said. “I know that (Manning) likes to get into the game early and I allow him to go out and do his thing and he knows in the third period he’s going to allow me to go out and play.”

Guard Mark Jackson had 13 assists and nine points and center Elmore Spencer, who was starting his fourth consecutive game in place of Stanley Roberts, had a season-high 11 rebounds and eight points as the Clippers outrebounded the Kings, 47-43. It was only the fourth time in 18 games that the Clippers have outrebounded an opponent. However, the Kings have been outrebounded in 16 of 19 games this season.

“We just moved the ball very well, especially in the third quarter, and we were able to hit shots,” Manning said. “This is a start, but we have to continue to play like this if we want to be effective and be the team we think we’re capable of being.”

The Kings (5-14), who have lost five in a row at home, never seemed to be in sync.

“We never could get it together,” said forward Wayman Tisdale, who had a season-high 27 points. “We were fighting uphill all night and when we cut it close they would come down the floor and hit a big shot.”