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Down by 25 at one point, the Clippers (3-13) came back and only lost by eight against the Suns in Arizona.

Phoenix (8-8) jumped out to a huge lead in the first quarter, outscoring LA 42-21 at the end of the first quarter. The Suns went up by 25 at one point in the second before the Clippers started slowly coming back - getting as close as eight late in the fourth.

Eric Gordon led the Clippers with 32 points and six assists while Blake Griffin had 20 points and 14 rebounds. Ryan Gomes added 20 points off the bench (and had three three-pointers) and Brian Cook scored 14 and had 10 rebounds.

Jason Richardson led Phoenix with 29 points on 12-19 shooting from the field, while Steve Nash had 16 points and 10 assists.

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The Clippers next play at home against the Utah Jazz on Sunday at noon. The Clippers only lost by two when they met the first time this season on November 6th.

At one point, the Clippers were down by 25 and now its only nine points with three minutes left

The Suns outscored LA 42-21 in the first quarter to jump out the early lead

The Clippers finally broke their losing streak and won their second game of the year - beating New Orleans 99-95. It is the first time LA (2-13) has beaten New Orleans (11-2) in 14 tries and the Clippers got their first win since November 4th.

LA went on a 10-2 run at the end of the fourth quarter and Eric Gordon's two free throws with four seconds to go secured the four-point win.

Prior to Gordon's two foul shots, Brian Cook hit a free throw to put the Clippers up by two. New Orleans had a chance to tie or win, but an errant pass from Chris Paul went off a teammate's foot and the Clippers regained possession - where Gordon was immediately fouled.

In the back-and-forth last minute of the game, LA's Ryan Gomes' put-back bucket with 38 seconds left put them up by two and then a Gordon foul shot made it three. Trevor Ariza then missed two free throws for New Orleans but teammate Jarrett Jack got fouled seconds later and made two from the line to keep the score close.

The Clippers' free throw shooting wasn't consistent during the game but Gordon, Griffin and Cook hit key foul shots when they counted the most - in the last minute of the game.

Griffin finished the game with 24 points, 13 rebounds, four assists and two blocks while Gordon led his team in scoring with 27. Al-Farouq Aminu had 16 points and DeAndre Jordan had 12.

David West led New Orleans with 30 points and 10 rebounds while Paul had 14 points and six assists and Marco Belinelli also had 14.

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Against the Knicks on Saturday, Griffin became only the fourth rookie in NBA history to score 40 or more points and have 15 or more rebounds in a game - with the only other players to do it being Michael Jordan, David Robinson and Shaquille O'Neal.

Along with that milestone, Griffin is also the second rookie to score more than 40 points, have at least 15 rebounds and dish out at least seven assists in a game in NBA history. The first one was Oscar Robertson.

Against the 11-1 New Orleans Hornets, the Clippers almost tied to the score at the last second of before the halftime break, but Eric Gordon's bucket was too late and LA is down 57-55.

Blake Griffin again is spearheading the Clippers attack with 15 points and six rebounds. After his 44-point outpoint on Saturday night, Griffin is again scoring from all over the place with his usual array of dunks as well as several outside jumpers and some aggressive inside play. Al-Farouq Aminu has also been hot in the first half with 16 points on 6-7 shooting from the field and 2 of 2 from three point land.

Eric Gordon is the other player in double figures with 11.

Immediately after the break, the Clips tied the score.

Griffin's 44 points set the new scoring record for a Clippers rookie.

Unfortunately, the Clippers lost again continuing their worst season start since they went 1-17 in 1999.

Blake Griffin had a career-high 44 points and was close to a triple-double with 15 boards and seven assists, but LA lost to the Knicks 124-115 at Staples Center.

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Eric Gordon scored 25 in the loss for the Clippers - who are now 1-13 - and Randy Foye was the only other teammate who had more than nine points - finishing with 14.

Amar'e Stoudamire (39) and Danilo Gallinari (31) led the Knicks in scoring and Stoudamire added 11 rebounds. Raymond Felton scored 20 while Toney Douglas had 12 and Wilson Chandler added 10.

The Clippers shot 54% from the floor, 75% from the free throw line and 46% from the three point line - bettering the Knicks in the first of the three categories.

One of the differences in the game was the free throw shooting. New York went 43-51 from the line and LA shot only 29 and made 22 of them.

The Knicks outscored LA 30-24 in the second quarter to take a 58-53 lead going into halftime.

Blake Griffin had a nice rebound there at the end of the 2nd, but heaved an almost fullcourt shot that missed as time expired.

Griffin leads the Clippers in scoring still with 16 points while Stoudamire got more active for the Knicks in the quarter and now he also has 16. Raymond Felton is the second-highest scorer for New York with 14, while no one else in double figures for the Clippers (Gordon has nine)

Clippers lead 29-28 at the end of the first.

Blake Griffin is the only player in double figures from either team and he has 12 points and four rebounds. Ryan Gomes and Randy Foye - both who are 1-2 from the three point line - have five for LA.

Amar'e Stoudamire leads the Knicks with eight points.

So far, the Clippers are shooting 65% from the field and 50% from behind the three point line.

The Clippers start a three-game home stand tonight against the New York Knicks, whose fast-paced offensive style shouldn't be that much of a problem for the young and athletic Clippers.

The most interesting points of the game should be the direct matchup between Blake Griffin and Amar'e Stoudamire in the paint, Knicks Mike D'Antoni's fast similar and the return of Randy Foye for the Clippers. Foye's 37% from three-point land should improve LA, which is statistically the worst three-point shooting league so far.

For a more in-depth pregame report, check out the Clippers Carmax Pregame Report

Tonight's game is the first of three consecutive home games, followed by a quick trip to Phoenix, then home games with Utah (next Sunday) and San Antonio. LA currently has the worst record in the league at 1-12 and have lost eight games in a row. They are obviously looking to turn that around - starting tonight.

A three-pointer by Rasual Butler didn't go in nor did the put back as time expired and the Clippers lost 113-111.

Beasley's 15-foot jumper with 2.3 left won the game for the Timberwolves, which improve to 5-9. The Clippers drop their seventh in a row, now falling to 1-11.

(Beasley shoots over Ryan Gomes: photo by AP)

All of the Clippers starters finished with double figure scoring led by Eric Gordon's 30 points and seven assists. Blake Griffin had 26 points and 17 rebounds, while Al-Farouq Aminu had 17 points, DeAndre Jordan scored 11 and Eric Bledsoe had 10.

Beasley was the top-scorer for Minnesota with 33, while Kevin Love had 24 points and 14 rebounds while Corey Brewer scored 14, Luke Ridnour had 12 and Darko Milicic 11.

Beasley just sank a jumper with 2.3 seconds to put the Timberwolves up 113-111.

Clippers have one more shot to win or tie after this timeout

Clippers and Minnesota are tied at 111 with 39.2 seconds to go

LA has a little less than seven minutes left in the game to catch up with the Timberwolves, which currently lead 101-93.

Blake Griffin has 22 points and 15 rebounds and Eric Gordon has 26 points to lead the Clippers.

LA is trying to snap a six-game losing streak.

Even though the Clippers caught up to the Pistons and took them into overtime, they couldn't outscore them in the extra period and lost 113-107.

Down at halftime, LA made up lost ground in the third quarter, outscoring Detroit 27-17, and then kept pace in the fourth, with each team getting 29 points. The Pistons then used a 9-0 run in the OT to seal it.

Rodney Stuckey made a layup and converted a three-point play then Jason Maxiell followed with three free throws for a seven point lead.

Blake Griffin had 18 points and a career-high 18 rebounds for the Clippers and Eric Gordon - in his first game back after injury - had 28 points and five assists. Eric Bledsoe added 18 for LA, while Craig Smith had 14 and Rasual Butler scored 12 off the bench.

Charlie Villanueva had a game-high 30 for Detroit and five others scored in double figures including Richard Hamilton (12), Rodney Stuckey (17), Tayshaun Prince (10), Austin Daye (12) and Jason Maxiell (11).

Even in the loss, Griffin had several highlight reel plays including a breakaway steal/dunk and a monster two-handed slap in the third.

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Gordon slipped on the potential game-winner and lost the ball, then Richard Hamilton missed the last second shot to break the 103-103 tie. Now its overtime

Rasual Butler just nailed a three to put the Clips up with less than a minute left.

Eric Gordon is also leading the charge with 28 points

The Clippers' season-long third quarter struggles were finally excised - outscoring Detroit 27-17 in the third.

In several games this season, they've been slow coming back from halftime and many times have lost their leads. This game they're tied going into the fourth.

Griffin still has 17 points and now 12 rebounds.

Aminu's shooting and Griffin's inside play have tied the game at 66 with 4:45 left in the third.

.....Now a turnover and Griffin just tried a huge dunk but missed it. He was parallel to the ground and fortunately didn't get hurt with a jump halfway in the paint.

He gets two foul shots though..

Right at the halftime break, the Clippers are down 57-47

Eric Gordon is back in the lineup after a shoulder injury has kept out of action and, coincidentally, the Clippers have lost four in a row in his absence. In his first game back, he has seven points at half (as does Eric Bledsoe) but Blake Griffin leads the team with 11 and six boards.

One of the things that is bogging down LA is Detroit's three-point shooting. The Pistons are 7 of 10 from behind the arc and they have consistently hit the threes at key times - many of the times after the Clippers got as close as three or five.

Charlie Villanueva has three of the three-pointers for Detroit and leads the team with 14 points. Ben Gordon has another two treys and has six.

The Clippers are trying to bounce back from a 0-4 road trip and they not only have to deal with Gordon's injury, but the loss of Chris Kaman - who is out for a couple of weeks with a sprained ankle.

Eric Gordon is back from his shoulder injury, although the Clippers have fallen to the early deficit.

According to Coach Vinny Del Negro, Gordon's condition is considered day-to-day and his playing Friday depends on how he feels around game time.

He did some light shooting and drills today at practice.

Chris Kaman is another story - out two to three weeks with a sprained ankle.

LA had a furious comeback and almost took the lead, but ultimately let it get away and suffered the 12-point-loss.

The Clippers (1-7) had six players score in double figures, led by Rasual Butler, who had 18. Craig Smith followed with 15 off the bench and Eric Bledsoe, Blake Griffin and Ryan Gomes tossed in 11 each and Al-Farouq Aminu hit doubles figures in his second consecutive game with 10.

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LA shot 46% from the field for the second straight game and only had 14 turnovers and grabbed 33 rebounds, but couldn't outlast the Spurs, who had three players score above 20 (Richard Jefferson with 22 and Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili each had 21.)

Certainly a spot that the team will look at is their free throw percentage, which was barely above 50% (57%) while shot San Antonio went 26-30 from the line.

Even though they came were within three points of tying just a minute ago, the Clippers have to hustle to get close again.

Nice alley oop from Bledsoe to Griffin a couple of possessions ago though.

After three quarters, San Antonio is leading 79-65 over the Clippers.

Rasual Butler - starting in place of Eric Gordon - leads the team in scoring with 17 while Eric Bledsoe has 11. Blake Griffin only has eight points, but has seven boards to go with it.

The combo of Richard Jefferson, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili have a combined 51 points for the Spurs.

The Clippers are still looking for their first road win on this four-game swing.

The Clippers were no match for the undefeated Hornets and Chris Paul and lost 101-82 in New Orleans.

Paul had 13 points, eight assists and three steals for the Hornets (7-0), which had six players score in double figures. Willie Green led the team with 19, while Jerryd Bayliss had 15, Emeka Okefor and Trevor Ariza had 12 apiece and Marco Belinelli scored 11.

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The Clippers starters had a rough game with Eric Bledsoe only scoring six and Kaman two (in limited minutes), but Ryan Gomes had 11 and Blake Griffin and Rasual Butler (in a rare starting role in place of Eric Gordon) had 10 each. Because of the blowout and Kaman's limited playing time, Al-Farouq Aminu played considerable minutes and led all scorers with 20 points on 7-10 shooting.

Even though the Clippers outrebounded New Orleans 39-33, the Hornets shot over 50% from the field and capitalized on 25 LA turnovers.

The Clippers missed a last attempt to tie in the last seconds of double OT and lost to the Utah Jazz 109-107 in Salt Lake City.

Eric Gordon scored 27 points for the Clippers (1-6) while Chris Kaman had 23 and Eric Bledsoe added 14. Blake Griffin, who fouled out in the second OT, scored 16 points and had 17 rebounds.

Deron Williams - who had the tie-breaking layup with 6.8 seconds left in the second OT - scored 30 for Utah (3-3) and Paul Milsap added 25 points and 12 rebounds.

Gordon tied the game at 91 at the end of regulation, but missed a runner in the lane at the end of the first overtime that could have won it.

After coming out strong to start the game, the Clippers again hit a snag in the third quarter, scoring only 18 points while allowing 31 and losing their lead.

Despite being down by 18 at one point, Utah continues its domination of LA - with winning eight of their last nine meetings.

Blake just fouled out of the game with 1:20 left in the second OT period - with Utah up 103-101

First time in a very long while to have a double OT game.

Right now is 99-99 at the 4:09 mark in the 2 OT

Like in yesterday's game, the Clippers got manhandled in the third quarter by an opponent.

The Jazz outscored LA 29-16 in the third and cut their deficit to three going into the fourth.

Griffin and Kaman continue the lead the Clippers with 15 and 18 points, but neither scored in the third. Eric Bledsoe and Eric Gordon stepped up though and now Bledsoe has 10 points in the game and Gordon has 11.

Deron Williams leads Utah with 19

The Clips have taken a 55-39 lead into the halftime break

LA has certainly established an inside presence with Blake Griffin scoring 15 points and grabbing 12 rebounds already and center Chris Kaman putting in 18 points.

The Clippers have shot over 50% from the field in the first half compared to the Jazz shooting a paltry 37%.

The Clippers came out aggressive against the Jazz and lead Utah 35-22 at the end of the first.

Blake Griffin has 13 points and seven rebounds already while Ryan Gomes and Chris Kaman have eight points apiece. Blake is all over the court.

LA is shooting at a 61% pace already with the combination of Kaman and Griffin only missing one shot together.

With 5 minutes left in the first quarter, Ryan Gomes 3-pt play put the Clippers up by 11, 23-12.

The Clippers couldn't overcome a dominant third quarter by the Nuggets and suffered their fifth loss of the season 111-104.
LA (1-5) outscored Denver (3-2) in two of the four quarters - including the fourth - but were outscored
29-17 in the third, led my Carmelo Anthony.
Anthony finished the game with 30 points, six assists and five rebounds and Aron Afflalo added 16 points and Al Harrington had 18 off the bench to lead Denver
Blake Griffin got his third double-double of the season with 26 points (on 11-18 shooting) and 10 rebounds to lead the Clippers while Eric Gordon had 21 points and Eric Bledsoe added 12 from the starting five and Craig Smith and Rasual Butler scored 18 and 12 respectively from the bench.

LA plays at Utah on Saturday.

The Nuggets outscored LA 29-17 in the third quarter to take an 11-point lead going into the fourth.

Carmelo and Chauncey Billups led the charge in the third and lead their team with 22 and 12 points respectively for the game.

Denver has outscored the Clippers 21-7 since late in the first quarter and have an 11-7 advantage in scoring in the third

Clippers finish the first half with the slight 54-53 lead. Blake Griffin almost had a put back on an alley-oop inbounds pass with one second left, but he missed it as time expired.

Griffin leads LA with 13 first half points and six rebounds, while Rasual Butler has 12 as the sixth man and Craig Smith has 9 off the bench.

Carmelo Anthony leads all scorers with 14 points for Denver.

The Clippers are shooting a .478 field goal percentage, although Chris Kaman is a cold 3 for 11. The Nuggets are keeping it close, going 20-42 from the field.

Carmelo Anthony's two free throws in the last two seconds cut the Clipper lead to 28-24 at the end of the first.

Blake Griffin has eight points and four rebounds already for LA and Rasual Butler has seven coming off the bench.

The Clippers are looking for their second straight win their first matchup in a four-game road trip.

Davis may not go on the four-game road now because of a cyst behind his knee.

He missed his second consecutive game Wednesday in the Clippers first win of the season because of the injury and he most likely won't be with the team on the road trip that starts tomorrow. The trip includes games at Denver, at Utah, at New Orleans and at San Antonio before the Clippers come home to play Detroit on the 12th.

Eric Bledsoe has started in Davis's place in the last two games, scoring nine against San Antonio and contributing 17 points and eight assists in the win against Oklahoma City.

"We're kind of just throwing him in there so I want to make sure I keep his confidence up, his aggressiveness up, so he can work through the mistakes as he goes through them," Del Negro said of Bledsoe.

"It's a growth period for him. It's kind of a difficult situation for him a little bit, but it's also a great situation and he's handling it well. I expect him to play hard and get us into our sets when we need to, but obviously we're not as versatile with what we could do in having a lot of young guys out there."

After starting the season 0-4, the Clippers - along with new Head Coach Vinny Del Negro - won their first game of the season against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Staples Center.

In the first four games, LA (1-4) shot dismally, but turned it around this time while concurrently, the Thunder (2-2) went 34-90 from the field and 4-26 from the three-point line in tonight's loss.

The one-two-three punch for the Clippers was a third-year player, a rookie and a technical rookie. Eric Gordon led all scorers with 27 points while Eric Bledsoe - starting in favor of the injured Baron Davis - had 17 points and eight assists and Blake Griffin, who missed all of last year due to injury, had 18 points and nine rebounds.

Kevin Durant had a terrible night shooting for Oklahoma City, which has now lost its last two games. Durant went 6-of-24 from the field and 0-10 from 3-pt land and finished with 16 points. Jeff Green led the Thunder with 19 points and Russell Westbrook added 16.

The Clippers will next play at Denver on Friday while Oklahoma City plays at Portland tomorrow.

What a nice high bank shot Griffin just made. Looked like a trademark Tim Duncan shot.

He's one rebound away from a double-double - 17 points and nine boards. Gordon leads the Clips with 27 points and they're up 104-85 with 2 minutes left in the game.

Have you noticed how cold-shooting Durant is? At the moment, he is 5-22 from the field and 0-10 from the 3-pt line.

Clippers up 89-70 with 7:49 left in the game.

LA is up 80-66 at the end of the third. Its still the play of the guards that is propelling the team with Gordon with 19 points and Bledoe with 14. Griffin has 15 also and Gomes has scored 12 for LA - which is looking for their first win of the season.

Oklahoma City is led by Jeff Green with 17 points and Durant has 14 along with Russell Westbrook.

Clippers 53-43 at the halftime break.

The Thunder used a little press defense and capitalized on some LA turnovers to shave an 18-point to eight then the Clippers added two late for the 10-point lead.

The guards, Eric Gordon and Eric Bledsoe, lead the scoring for LA with 14 and 10 points, respectively. Blake Griffin only has six points and four rebounds at the moment and Rasual Butler also has six.

Jeff Green leads the Thunder with 17 points and Kevin Durant has only 10.

With 4:24 left in the 2nd, LA is up 46-27. they've shut down Durant so far - he has 6 points

Clippers are up 27-21 at the end of the first quarter.

LA has a nice variety of people scoring with Rasual Butler who has six points, Eric Gordon five, Ryan Gomes and Blake Griffin four each and four other players with two each. Chris Kaman and Ryan Gomes have three rebounds apiece and Eric Bledsoe has two assists for the Clippers

So far, Kevin Durant leads the Thunder with six points on 2 of 9 shooting.