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Chris Paul's two foul shots with 17 seconds left sealed the 109-105 come-from-behind win for the Clippers in Denver. Paul and former Nugget Chauncey Billups spearheaded the comeback in the fourth and helped Los Angeles (11-6) gets its second road win of the season.

"As you know, we gotta get better on the road, said Billups, who played with Denver last season before getting shipped to the Knicks midway through the year. "We have to be locked in defensively. Chris hit some major, major baskets at the end. It was a good win for us"

The Clippers were down 10 in the fourth quarter, but went on a 10-point run with shots by the two veterans. The Clippers went up three points late, but Denver's Nene hit two straight dunks and got the host team up by one with 47 seconds left.

Paul then took control of the game for the Clippers.

He drove to the bucket and missed the shot, but got fouled. He hit both foul shots and put the Clippers up one 105-104 with 35.9 left.

The Nuggets then missed the shot to take the lead, but after Jordan got the rebound, he got fouled and was sent to the free throw line. He missed the first and made the second to put the Clippers up 107-105 with 23 seconds remaining.

Denver (14-6) then one last chance to tie, but Nene got called an offensive foul on a drive to tie the score, and the change of possession gave the ball back to the Clippers with 18.1 left. Paul then got fouled and made two foul shots and Denver missed its last-chance shot to end the game.

Billups finished with 32 points - including six of 12 from the 3-point line - and Paul had 25 points, seven assists and six rebounds. Blake Griffin added 17 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.

Nene led Denver with 18 points and Danilo Gaillineri had 17.

The Clippers return to Staples tomorrow to face Oklahoma City, which is the top team in the Western Conference, play in Utah on Wednesday

Nene hit two straight dunks turned a three-point deficit for Denver to a one-point lead with 47.3 seconds left.

The Clippers outscored Memphis 24-17 in the fourth quarter to win at Staples Center 98-91.

Blake Griffin led Los Angeles (10-6) with a near triple-double - 20 points, eight assists and nine rebounds - and Chris Paul almost had one too, with 18 points, seven assists and seven rebounds.

(Chris Paul tries to go around Mike Conley)

(Blake Griffin drives on Rudy Gay of the Grizzlies)

Marc Gasol got the Grizzlies as close as two points with under a minute to go, but then the Clippers clamped down. Caron Butler had a drive and a basket with 58 seconds left to get Los Angeles up four, then Paul had a steal and got fouled, which resulted in two free throws to get the advantage to six, 95-89.

Butler then hit a free throw and OJ Mayo tried a desperation 3-pointer, but missed and Gasol had another chance to score, but also missed.

DeAndre Jordan then hit a free throw and Griffin had another one that ended the game at 98-91.

Along with Griffin's and Paul's near triple-doubles, Jordan finished the game with nine points and nine rebounds and Butler added 17 points.

Rudy Gay led Memphis with 24 points and Gasol added 18 points and 11 rebounds.

(Head coach Vinny Del Negro in the press room)

Kevin Love hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Timberwolves the 101-98 win over the Clippers at Staples Center.

After Ricky Rubio tied the score at 98 with a 3-point shot with 20 seconds left, the Clippers (8-5) had one last chance to win.

Chauncey Billups got the inbounds pass and ran the clock down to a few seconds before he drove into the lane and shot, but it missed and the Wolves (7-8) got the rebound. A foul stopped the clock with 1.5 seconds left and Minnesota gained possession and the chance for the last shot.

Minnesota got to inbound the ball on their end of the court and the pass went to Love, who shot the three from far behind the line at the top of the key. DeAndre Jordan was defending him, but he got stuck behind a screen at the foul line, which delayed his covering Love, who was wide open.

Love finished the game with 17 points and 14 rebounds and Darko Milicic led Minnesota in scoring with 22 points and he grabbed seven rebounds.

(Kevin Love, in black, tries to pass over the Clippers' Blake Griffin)

Mo Williams, who was ejected from the game with three minutes left, led the Clippers with 25 points and Blake Griffin scored 21 and had 10 rebounds. Billups finished with 20 points and Randy Foye, starting in place of Chris Paul, added 12.

(Mo Williams drives into the lane for the Clippers)

Paul didn't play due to his hamstring injury, nor did Caron Butler, who hyperextended his knee in the game against Utah.

The Clippers next play Toronto at home on Sunday. Tipoff is at 12:30 p.m.

Chauncey Billups hit a 3-pointer with one second remaining to give Los Angeles a thrilling two-point win over the defending-champion Mavericks at Staples Center Wednesday night.

With the win, the Clippers (8-4) got victories in two of their three back-to-back-to-back games, beating New Jersey on Monday, before losing badly to Utah yesterday and winning today.

The Clippers led by five with less than a minute to go but Jason Terry's 3-pointer got the Mavericks (8-7) to within two points with 36.7 left. Billups then missed a 12-foot jumper after a timeout and after a timeout, DeAndre Jordan and Dirk Nowitzki got tangled up with the ball, which resulted in a jump ball situation. Jordan then controlled the tip, which went to Billups, but Jason Kidd tied him up and the ball went out of bounds, last touching Billups.

Dallas then inbounded the ball and got it to Terry, who again hit a 28-foot, 3-pointer wth five seconds left to put Dallas up 89-88.

The Clippers then had one last possession to win the game.

Billups, threw the inbounds pass to Griffin, who gave it right back and the wide-open, 14-year veteran hit the trey, which put Los Angeles up two with a second left. (The shot was first thought to be a two-pointer, then determined to be a three.)

With a second left, Dallas got the ball in its end of the court, got the inbounds pass, under the basket, but missed the last-second shot as time expired.

Mo Williams, who returned to the lineup after being injured and playing for Chris Paul who is also injured, scored 26 points in his first game back. Griffin finished with 14 points, 17 rebounds and seven assists, Jordan scored 19 and grabbed nine boards and Billups finished the game with 21 points.

Delonte West and Nowitzki each had 17 points for Dallas, Ian Mahnimi scored 13 and Terry and Shawn Marion each had 12.

Jason Terry hit a 3-pointer with 36.7 to get Dallas to within two points and after a jump ball

The Clippers erased a 12-point halftime deficit at halftime and stormed back to beat Oklahoma City 98-92 at Staples Center Saturday night.

Blake Griffin had 26 points and 16 rebounds to lead LA (30-47) and Deandre Jordan added 12 points and 10 boards.

(Blake Griffin battles Serge Ibaka for the loose ball)

(Deandre Jordan and Russell Westbrook meet at the basket)

The Clippers outscored the Thunder (50-26) by nine points in both the third and fourth quarters to secure the comeback.

Eric Gordon (18 points), Craig Smith (14) and Randy Foye (11) also scored in double figures for the Clippers, who will now go on a four-game road trip and play the Thunder again on Wednesday after traveling to Memphis on Tuesday.

Kevin Durant led Oklahoma City with 23 points and James Harden and Serge Ibaka added 14 and 11 respectively.

(photos by AP)

Eric Gordon hit the tying 3-pointer at the end of the first overtime period and Randy Foye hit a deciding three in the second to lead the Clippers to the 127-119 home win over the Washington Wizards.

Griffin had 33 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists - his first triple-double of the season and career - to lead Los Angeles (28-44) while Eric Gordon scored 32 and Chris Kaman had 28 and 12 rebounds in the high-scoring affair. It's the first time this season that both Gordon and Griffin have scored at least 30 points in the same game and Kaman was two points shy of the team having a third.

Wizards guard John Wall tied it at 102 with a running floater over the outstretched arm of Kaman with 19 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and Griffin missed a 3-point attempt at the other end with a second on the clock. Gordon sent it into a second OT for the Clippers with a 3-pointer out of a timeout with 1.9 seconds left.

Mo Williams also scored in double figures for the Clippers with 17 (and 10 assists) and Foye finished the game with eight points - including the three-pointer in the second OT.

Steve Nash led the Phoenix Suns to the 108-99 win over the Clippers on a rainy afternoon at Staples Center. It marked the third time this season that Phoenix (35-33) had won in the head-to-head matchup and the win kept the Suns alive for a playoff berth.

Nash scored 23 points, had 13 assists and seven rebounds to lead Phoenix, which scored 27 points in every quarter.

The Clippers' Blake Griffin had an off-game, particularly after his 31-point output against the Cavaliers yesterday. The rookie forward fouled out against the Suns after two straight calls late in the fourth then got a technical after complaining about his sixth and final foul and Los Angeles (27-44) had to play the final three-plus minutes without him. Griffin finished the game with 17 points and only two rebounds.

Chris Kaman led the team in scoring with 21 - along with 11 rebounds - and Mo Williams had 18, Randy Foye 17 and Eric Gordon 10 to go with Griffin's 17.

Along with Nash, Channing Frye had 19 points and five 3-pointers, Marcin Gortat scored 17, Jared Dudley had 14 and Hakim Warrick added 12.

The Clippers' DeAndre Jordan sat out today's game with a mild bout with pneumonia and was hospitalized. He responded well to treatment overnight and was released at 1 p.m. today.

Weird things went on before, during and after the game on Saturday, but the Clippers focused enough to get revenge on Cleveland, beating them 100-92, avenging their Feb. 11 loss.

Before the game, there was a knife-wielding intruder who made it out to the court before being subdued and the arena was extra cold in preparation for a hockey game, which took place later in the day.

The game itself marked the return of Eric Gordon, who had been out six games after re-aggravating his wrist injury. In his return, he had 29 points and six 3-pointers to lead Los Angeles (27-43) to the win.

The matchup was also significant because of the previous Cavaliers (13-55) upset win in February and the mid-season trade between the two teams that sent Baron Davis east and brought Jamario Moon and Mo Williams to LA. To top if off, neither Davis nor Moon played against their previous teams and Mo Williams, who was instrumental in the previous Cavs win over the Clippers, returned the favor and scored 11 points to compliment Gordon's 29 and Blake Griffin's 30.

Craig Smith also added 12 points for the Clippers, who used a three-guard set in much of the game, employing the smaller team of Gordon, Randy Foye and Williams and the undersized Smith and Griffin in the middle. With that setup, the biggest players Chris Kaman and DeAndre Jordan only combined for four points.

Gordon's 6-three pointers came one shy of his personal best of seven.

The Clippers do the matinee again Sunday, when they meet the Phoenix Suns at home. Tipoff should be at 12:30.

The Clippers squandered a 20-point first half lead and Jordan Farmar scored all of his points in the second half to lead New Jersey to the come-from-behind 102-98 win in overtime in Newark.

Farmar - playing extensive minutes due to the absence of Deron Williams - caught fire in the second half, scoring all of his 24 points which led led the Nets (21-43) outdual the Clippers 31-16 in the third.

(Jordan Farmar and Blake Griffin (on the floor) go after a loose ball in Friday night's game)

The Nets could have won it in the last 30 seconds after Kris Humphries drew two consecutive offensive fouls on Blake Griffin and then they took a one-point lead with seconds to go in regulation.

Griffin then tried to win it for the Clippers with a drive for the final shot, but he was fouled and sent to the line for two free throws. He made the first attempt - which tied the score - but missed the second one and the game went into overtime.

The Nets used 7-footer Brook Lopez on consecutive plays in overtime and outscored the Clippers 8-4 to win it.

"Turnovers and down the stretch they attacked and we backed up," said Griffin, when asked what the difference was in the second half. "I thought we did a good job, especially in the first half. In the second half we just let up. They applied the pressure and we didn't do too well."

The Nets started the game slowly and shot a measly 28% in the first half and, at the same time, the Clippers played like they did against the Celtics two nights ago and took a 14-point lead at halftime

New Jersey then caught up to the Clippers (25-41) in the fourth and each team traded baskets and took the lead the from each other in the last several minutes.

"We didn't come out (in the second half) defensively with the urgency we needed to. We let the Nets get back in the game," said head coach Vinny Del Negro.

Griffin and Chris Kaman led the Clippers with 23 points and 10 rebounds apiece and Randy Foye added 19 points and seven assists.

(Blake Griffin drives against Kris Humphries in third quarter action)

Lopez scored 24 along with Farmar and Kris Humphries had 19 points and a career-high 20 rebounds to lead New Jersey. Deron Williams was out of the lineup for the Nets because he was with his wife, who had recently given birth to the couple's fourth child.

The Clippers play the Washington Wizards and rookie John Wall for the first time this season on Saturday at 4 p.m. in the nation's capital and New Jersey plays Monday at 5 p.m. in Memphis.

The Clippers used an 11-point third quarter advantage and fought off a late Rockets surge to win at home.

Four Clippers scored in double figures led by guard Eric Gordon - who returned from a long absence due to a wrist injury - who had 24 points and Chris Kaman added 21. Two players got double-doubles for Los Angeles (22-40) including Blake Griffin (20 points, 14 rebounds) and Mo Williams with 17 points and 11 assists.

Kaman was one rebound away from his own double-double with 20 and nine boards and DeAndre Jordan had eight points and led the team with 16 rebounds.