Norman Powell scored 30 points, James Harden had 23 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 127-105 on Tuesday night.

Amir Coffey scored 19 points and hit five three-pointers, and Derrick Jones Jr. added 15 for the Clippers. Los Angeles shot 55.3% from the field and was 19 of 37 (51.4%) from 3-point range on its way to a season-high.

DeAndre Ayton scored 16 points and Shaedon Sharpe and Deni Avdija each had 15 for Portland.

The Clippers and Trail Blazers each finished 2-2 in Group A NBA Cup West play. Neither team advanced from pool play.

Takeaways

Trail Blazers: Defense continues to be a problem for the Trail Blazers. They have allowed at least 120 points in four of the last five games and have only held an opponent under 100 points once in 22 games this season.

Clippers: Powell continues to be an offensive force in the best season of his career. He scored 14 of the Clippers’ first 24 points, including three 3-pointers, and immediately set the tone. He is averaging a career-best 23.9 points, up from 13.9 points last season.

Key moment

The Trail Blazers overcame an early double-digit deficit and cut the Clippers’ lead to 72-70 with 6:05 left in the third quarter, but the Clippers went on a 34-10 run to turn the game into a rout. Powell, Harden and Mo Bamba made three-pointers for an 11-0 lead, and the Clippers kept rolling from there.

Key statistics

Harden has 26,399 points, passing Paul Pierce and ranking alone for 17th place on the NBA’s career scoring list.

Next

The Trail Blazers host Utah on Friday and the Clippers host Minnesota on Wednesday.