Blake Griffin/Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Clippers

The Sacramento Kings erased all of a 15-point early fourth-quarter deficit to take a 1-point lead on the Clippers, but the Clippers pulled together and came away with a 111-104 victory over the Kings in a season-opener Wednesday at Sacramento.

The Kings took a lead at 93-92 with 6:50 to play, but the Clippers fought back to outscore Sacramento 19-11 down the stretch.

Blake Griffin led all scorers with 33 points on 14 of 20 from the field. He also had eight rebounds and four assists. Chris Paul had 18 points, 11 assists, five rebounds and two steals. J.J. Redick scored 15 points, DeAndre Jordan had eight points, 12 rebounds and four blocks; and Paul Pierce and Jamal Crawford scored 12 and 11 off the bench, respectively. Josh Smith had four blocks and six rebounds.

DeMarcus Cousins had 32 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Kings and Rudy Gay scored 16.

The Clippers shot 52.5 percent from the field