Clippers own the floor

NBA teams don’t receive bonus points in the standings for stylish victories, which is fine with the Clippers.

They’re content to win regardless of how the process unfolds, and they overcame their worst performance in an opening quarter this season while rallying for a record-setting victory Saturday night in a 103-97 win in overtime over the Philadelphia 76ers in front of a crowd of 18,470 at Staples Center.

Elton Brand made two free throws with 17.4 seconds left in overtime to help the Clippers -- who trailed by as many as 16 points in the first quarter -- hold off the 76ers and improve to 6-0 at home for the first time in franchise history.

“I don’t care how we got it, we won,” said sixth man Corey Maggette, who again provided a boost off the bench, scoring 21 points. “I know we played sloppy in the first half, and we didn’t seem to do anything right.

“We had turnovers here and there, but we ultimately made shots in the second half. We won the game.”

Brand scored a season-high 33 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and had five steals for the Clippers (6-2), who despite committing 23 turnovers rebounded from a poor outing Tuesday in a loss to the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center.

On Saturday, the Pacific Division leaders outscored the 76ers, 13-7, in overtime. The Clippers outrebounded the 76ers, 49-33.

“I don’t know what it is going to take to wake us up,” Coach Mike Dunleavy said. “We came out tonight and started the game without the amount of energy needed, and our decision making was poor.

“Obviously, 23 turnovers was a killer for us. But somehow, defensively, we did some good things and made some stops. Guys came into the game and gave us a lift that we needed for the victory.”

Maggette played a key role as the Clippers briefly went ahead in the fourth. And again, Quinton Ross made many timely shots, led the charge on defense and finished with 14 points and four blocked shots.

“We just didn’t make shots and do the things we needed to do in the first quarter,” Maggette said. “But then we just started to execute some of our plays the right way, we got some defensive stops and we started to hit some shots.

“Q made some big jump shots for us, and we just kind of went from there. You can’t just knock off 16 points in a minute, so we had to take it slow.”

The 76ers, who lost to the Phoenix Suns on Friday, got 29 points and nine assists from Allen Iverson. Philadelphia dropped to 4-5.

“This was a game we were supposed to have,” Iverson said. “We went up 16 points ... we let them back in the game.”

The Clippers and 76ers went into overtime tied at 90-90. The Clippers had a chance to win in regulation, but Maggette missed a jump shot as time expired.

It appeared the 76ers would take the final shot in the fourth quarter, but Shaun Livingston stole the ball on a pass intended for Iverson. That led to the Clippers’ first extra session of the season.

Behind the aggressive play of Maggette, the Clippers took their first lead of the game with 4:09 remaining in the fourth. Maggette, who had nine points in the quarter, made a jump shot to give the Clippers an 82-80 lead.

Not long after, a 6-0 spurt put the Clippers ahead, 88-84, with 1:43 left. The 76ers, however, scored the next six points, and Sam Cassell’s two free throws with 24.7 seconds left closed the scoring in regulation. Cassell, who turned 37 on Saturday, had 12 points and a team-high nine assists, but missed 11 of 14 shots from the field.

Said Ross: “The first quarter, we just got off to a slow start, and we’ve been doing that the last couple of games. We were fortunate to get the ‘W’ tonight.”

jason.reid@latimes.com