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Griffin scores 27 as the Clippers skip past Spurs
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The Los Angeles Clippers shone on their return home, cruising to an authoritative 115-92 victory over San Antonio in Monday’s clash of NBA divisional leaders in California.
The Clippers performance was the highlight on a day when Detroit handed Indiana its first home-court loss of the season, Atlanta was too good for the misfiring Los Angeles Lakers, and LeBron James led Miami past Utah.
Blake Griffin scored 27 points, hitting 11 of 15 free throws, as the Clippers relished a return to Los Angeles following a seven-game road trip.
Chris Paul added 23 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Clippers, who repelled several threats in the third quarter to maintain their lead.
Tim Duncan had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Spurs, whose four-game winning streak ended.
Detroit’s Josh Smith had 30 points to lead the Pistons to a surprise 101-96 win at Indiana.
Greg Monroe finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds for Detroit, which had lost on its previous nine visits to Indiana.
Lance Stephenson had a season high 23 points for the Pacers, who had won their first 11 home games. The defeat left Oklahoma City as the only team unbeaten at home with a 12-0 record.
Atlanta’s Kyle Korver sank three 3-pointers in a dominant third quarter which set up the Hawks’ 114-100 win over the Lakers.
Al Horford scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Hawks.
Los Angeles’ Kobe Bryant made only 4 of 14 shots for eight points, with his game emblematic of his team’s poor shooting.
“I thought they came out much more aggressive, much more physical,” Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni said. “We didn’t gut it out tonight... We did not compete in the second half the way they did.”
Nick Young led the Lakers with 23 points while making five 3-pointers.
In other games, it was: Celtics 101, Timberwolves 97; Wizards 102, Knicks 101; Magic 83, Bulls 82; and Nets 130, 76ers 94.
Miami’s LeBron James finished with 30 points, nine rebounds and nine assists despite sitting some of the second half after twisting an ankle, and led the Heat to a 117-94 win over Utah.
Dwyane Wade added 27 points for Miami, which notched its 17th straight victory over a Western Conference opponent, the second-longest regular-season streak by an Eastern Conference team in NBA history. Boston won 20 straight over the West during a nine-month span of 1973.
Alec Burks scored 31 points for the Jazz.
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