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Crawford-led Clippers pull off another road win
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Jamal Crawford drained seven of the Los Angeles Clippers’ 16 three-pointers on Monday as the Clippers wrapped up a three-game NBA road trip with a 123-110 NBA victory over New Orleans.
One day after they knocked off the Western Conference-leading Thunder in Oklahoma City, the Clippers showed no sign of a let down against the Pelicans.
Crawford scored 24 points, Blake Griffin added 22 and Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan both notched double-doubles Ñ Paul contributing 19 points and 13 assists against his former team and Jordan scoring 14 points and pulling down 16 rebounds.
Anthony Davis led New Orleans with 26 points and 11 rebounds but was hit with a costly technical foul late in New Orleans’ fourth straight defeat.
Los Angeles connected on six three-pointers in the second quarter as it stretched its lead to 61-53 at halftime.
Crawford added two more from beyond the arc early in the third period and Griffin’s 9-0 scoring run stretched the Clippers’ lead to 76-58 just four minutes into the quarter.
New Orleans trimmed the deficit to 10 points with 7:39 left to play when Jeff Withey put back a Tyreke Evans miss.
But Crawford answered with a three-pointer, and three free throws from Paul after Davis’ foul and subsequent technical gave the Clippers a comfortable 111-95 lead.
“I thought when we started out the game the execution was close to flawless. We were getting dunks,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. “Then we started making threes, and when you make threes it opens the middle back up. It’s just really nice.
“Overall, five starters in double figures, and the ball movement on our team is just terrific,” Rivers added. “When you play that unselfish with that many good players a lot of good things are going to happen.”
Earlier on Monday, the Clippers confirmed they had inked seven-year veteran forward Glen Davis, who became a free agent after he was bought out of his contract by Orlando.
Davis appeared in 45 games this season for the Magic, averaging 12.1 points and 6.3 rebounds.
Elsewhere, Golden State beat Detroit for the sixth-straight time, winning 104-96.
Stephen Curry had 19 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, while Klay Thompson scored 19 points for the Warriors.
Greg Monroe had 23 points for the Pistons, who were held to only 33 points in the second half after 63 in the first.
Golden State’s reserves outscored Detroit’s 42-15. Dallas took a 110-108 win at New York as Nowitzki’s 19-foot jumper hit the backboard, then the front of the rim, bounced up and then fell in as time expired.
Milwaukee beat Philadelphia 130-110 for the 76ers’ 11th straight loss. Utah ended a run of six-successive defeats at the hands of Boston by beating the Celtics 110-98, with Alec Burks scoring 21 points.
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