Lakers beat 76ers 113-111 in OT on Clarkson's basket

Philadelphia: Byron Scott still has a lot to learn about Jordan Clarkson.

The Lakers coach is already sure of one thing: Clarkson isn't the type to wilt under pressure.


Clarkson scored 26 points and made the tiebreaking basket with 0.7 seconds left in overtime to lift Los Angeles past the Philadelphia 76ers, 113-111 on Monday night in a matchup of two of the NBA's worst teams.


The rookie guard helped the Lakers pull out a game both teams had incentive to lose.


The Sixers currently hold the league's third-worst record and the Lakers the fourth-worst mark. Philadelphia will get the Lakers' first-round pick through a previous trade if it falls out of the top five. But Scott brushed aside any talk of lottery balls and what Monday's win could mean for the draft.


Jabari Brown finished with a career-high 22 points for the Lakers (20-53). Wayne Ellington added seven of his 20 points in OT, including a 3-pointer that put the Lakers up 111-105 with 1:25 left.


Ellington, a Philly native, also fed Clarkson for the go-ahead layup, drawing a double team and finding him wide open under the basket right before time expired.


Philadelphia point guard Isaiah Canaan scored 18 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter. Ish Smith added 17, hitting a go-ahead layup with 31 seconds left in regulation that put Philly up 100-98.


But Clarkson tied the game three times in the final minute of regulation: at 98 with a running layup with 49 seconds remaining, at 100 with two free throws with 22 seconds left and at 102 with two more free throws with 11.1 seconds to play.


Lin was averaging 21.2 points in his last four games before getting sick, including a 29-point outing in the Lakers' 101-87 win over the Sixers on March 22.