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Jan 26, 2012
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. Devin McCourty Jersey. - The Los Angeles Clippers showed they could beat the Lakers even with Kobe Bryant going over the 40-point mark for the fourth consecutive game.Chris Paul scored 33 points, Blake Griffin had 22 points and 14 rebounds, and the Clippers led all the way in winning 102-94 on Saturday night, their second victory in four days over one of the NBAs elite teams.Its early. Were not going to get too high with these wins, Paul said. We definitely made strides in the right direction defensively and with rebounding. We got to make that habit and not a one-time thing.Chauncey Billups added 19 points, former Laker Caron Butler had 13 points and DeAndre Jordan had 10 rebounds for the Clippers, who beat Miami 95-89 in overtime on Wednesday and have won five of their last six.Paul limped off after hitting a jumper in the final minutes and said after the game that he hurt his left leg and would see a doctor.Griffin said he wasnt concerned with the doubters who wonder if the Clippers may finally shed their reputation as perennial losers.Its definitely going to take time if were going to remove that label, he said. We dont care. Were worried about this year.Paul, Billups and Butler — all added before the season began — are paying early dividends. Paul, who had 27 points against the Heat, was originally headed to the Lakers from New Orleans until Commissioner David Stern nixed the deal.They couldnt guard him, Billups said of Paul. Coming off the pick-and-rolls, he was unstoppable. His shot was on point and he really caused them a lot of problems.The Clippers controlled the boards 50-42, including a 17-11 edge on the offensive glass, despite being the leagues worst rebounding team playing against the leagues best.We talked about how they focused on the glass and they just did a terrific job on the boards, Bryant said. Seventeen offensive rebounds is a lot of offensive rebounds. Thats the area that really killed us. We did a pretty good job defensively in holding them to a low shooting percentage, but 17 offensive rebounds and 25 second-chance points, thats tough to deal with.Bryant notched his fourth straight game of 40 or more points but the Lakers had their five-game winning streak snapped by their Staples Center co-tenants, who beat them twice in the pre-season. Bryant was 14 of 28 and made 12 of 14 free throws. He had 42 against Cleveland on Friday, 48 against Phoenix on Tuesday and 40 at Utah on Thursday.When a player of that calibre is looking to shoot that many times, hes going to make shots, Griffin said.The Lakers got no closer than five points early in the fourth quarter as the visiting team. Bryant broke out for 21 points in the third, but he was limited to 10 in the fourth against the Clippers double teams.Kobe got going and we came with some different coverages on him, Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said. He hit some tough shots, but I thought overall we controlled the tempo of the game in the fourth quarter, which was one of the big keys for us.Derek Fisher had no luck in containing Paul and the 37-year-old Lakers guard didnt return until there were four minutes left in the game.We didnt do a good job as a team on him, Bryant said. We were short in our pick-and-roll coverage and let Chris kind of split us, mess around with the ball, dribble through the lane and do all the stuff that were not supposed to let him do.Billups and Paul hit consecutive three-pointers to help the Clippers extend their lead to 67-53 midway through the third.Bryant took over from there, scoring 17 of the Lakers final 19 points of the quarter to close to 76-72. He began and ended the spurt with three-pointers and in between hit 7 of 8 free throws while the Clippers were held to nine points over the final five minutes.I was just getting in spots to be effective and I was hitting my mid-range jumpers, Bryant said. We were struggling and it just seemed like we were kind of dead in the water. I didnt get us off to a good start at all. I took the responsibility to try and generate some energy and try to get us back in the game. We were able to do that, but they made two big threes to stretch it back out.The Clippers biggest first-half lead was 55-42 at the break. They outshot and outrebounded the Lakers, who were better in the paint.The Lakers twice closed within three points in the second quarter, but the Clippers outscored them 16-6 to end the period, with Billups, Paul and Griffin combining for 14 points.The Clippers opened the game on a 13-4 run, then outscored the Lakers 13-9 to lead after the first quarter. Things got chippy in the final 12 seconds when Darius Morris went up for a basket after Paul was whistled for a foul and Griffin pushed off him with both hands as Morris came down.We knew it was going to be a grind and get chippy, Jordan said.Lakers coach Mike Brown got incensed and was called for a technical, while nothing was called on Griffin. Morris had the last word, though, when he sank a jumper from before the half-court line at the buzzer as Paul tried to cut him off. Metta World Peace and Grififin also had technical in the game.Notes: Clippers F Brian Cook left midway through the second quarter with a sprained left ankle. ... The Clippers improved to 5-1 at home and 6-0 this season when taking a lead into the fourth. ... The Clippers have sold out all six of their home games. ... The Lakers were playing their fifth game of the week and their 14th of the season, tying Chicago for most games played. ... The Clippers have played just nine games, fewest in the league. ... Clippers backup G Mo Williams missed the game because of an injured right foot that he hurt on Tuesday at Portland. ... Lakers G Jason Kapono is adjusting to sleepless nights after his wife gave birth to premature twin girls named Campbell and Isla earlier in the week. Thirty minutes is like three hours. Its all been a blur, he said. 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With two men on and the game tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh, the Yankees Alex Rodriguez hit a two-out bouncer to Baltimore third baseman Miguel Tejada, who one-hopped the throw to first and the ball skipped past teammate Ty Wigginton. Both Derek Jeter and Nick Swisher scored on the play, giving New York the deciding runs in an eventual 3-1 win. Tejadas error made a winner out of Javier Vazquez (4-5), with the Yankees starter holding Baltimore to one run and four hits while striking out seven over the first seven innings. Mariano Rivera finished up with a scoreless ninth for his 11th save of the year. Curtis Granderson hit his first home run since April 7 -- a stretch of 81 at- bats -- and Robinson Cano extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a 2- for-4 effort for New York, which has now won three in a row and improved to 4-1 on its current seven-game homestand. Brian Matusz (2-6) was stuck with the hard-luck loss, with the rookie starter being charged with all three Yankees runs -- two of which were unearned due to Tejadas miscue. He yielded just six hits and fanned five before exiting after 6 2/3 innings. I slowed everything down [Tuesday], worked on some mechanical things and got back to throwing the way I should, Matusz said afterward. I felt good out there [Tuesday] and was able to make pitches at the right times. Corey Patterson accounted for Baltimores lone run with a solo homer off Vazquez in the top of the sixth. The Orioles have now lost six consecutive contests and fell to an MLB-worst 15-37 on the season. Baltimore also owns the worst road record in the majors at 6-23 and have been dealt defeats in six straight and 10 of its last 11 as the visitor. The Orioles havent had much success at the new Yankee Stadium as well, having won just two of 13 matchups with New York since the venue openedd last season. Devin McCourty Jersey The Yankees are also 19-4 in the past 23 overall encounters between the clubs. The task doesnt figure to be any easier for Baltimore tonight, with Phil Hughes set to take the mound for the Bronx Bombers. The young right-hander has been sensational over the seasons first two months, having amassed a 6-1 record and a 2.70 earned run average in nine starts. In four Yankee Stadium assignments in 2010, Hughes has gone 3-0 with a 3.38 ERA and his team has won each of those games. Hughes delivered another outstanding performance in Fridays 8-2 home win over Cleveland, limiting the Indians to two runs on five hits and racking up eight strikeouts over seven sharp innings. He also pitched effectively in a no- decision against the Orioles in Baltimore back in April, permitting just one run and two hits in 5 2/3 innings of work. The 23-year-old owns a shaky 5.97 career ERA versus the Os, however, along with a 2-2 record over nine lifetime appearances (six starts). Baltimore counters with Brad Bergesen, wholl be making the 10th start of whats been an inconsistent season. The sophomore right-hander was sent to the minors in late April after going 0-2 with a horrid 12.19 ERA over his first three starts, then ripped off three consecutive wins upon being recalled on May 1. Hes struggled again as of late, however, having allowed four runs or more in each of his last three outings. Bergesen was putting together a very strong start this past Thursday, when he held Oakland to two runs and only two hits through the first seven innings but gave up back-to-back singles to start the eighth. Both runners came around to score off the Baltimore bullpen, leaving him without a decision in a game the Athletics rallied to win by a 7-5 count. The 24-year-old faced the Yankees once as a rookie last season, which took place at Yankee Stadium on May 19, 2009. He was handed a loss that night after being reached for four runs in a 6 1/3-inning stint. Bergesen will be taking on a New York lineup thats expected to have Jorge Posada for the first time in over two weeks. The veteran catcher, whos batting .326 in 26 games this season, has recovered from a fractured right foot and is slated to be activated from the disabled list for tonights clash. He will likely serve as the designated hitter. First baseman Mark Teixeira is a question mark for the Yankees, however, after leaving Tuesdays win in the fourth inning after bruising his left foot by fouling a ball off his leg. ' ' '
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