Clippers beat Suns for franchise record 50 wins

The Clippers got their franchise-record 50th victory in their fourth try. It didn’t come without some fireworks that had nothing to do with celebrating.

The Clippers got their franchise-record 50th victory in their fourth try. It didn’t come without some fireworks that had nothing to do with celebrating.

LeBron James scored 30 points in another efficient performance, Dwyane Wade added 20 and the Miami Heat dominated the middle two quarters on the way to an easy 111-89 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night.
The way Blake Griffin saw it, a sloppy effort by the Los Angeles Clippers only made things easier for Rudy Gay and the fired-up Raptors.

Rudy Gay wowed a sellout crowd by scoring 20 points in his Toronto debut, leading the Raptors to a 98-73 rout of the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night.

Chris Paul had 30 points and 13 assists, Blake Griffin added 24 points, and the Los Angeles Clippers led all the way in beating the Lakers 107-102 on Friday night.

Having wrapped up December with just the third 16-0 month in NBA history, the Los Angeles Clippers face tough challenges starting the new year.

Lob City in the PBA?
Youthful B-Meg import Denzel Bowles and guard Josh Urbiztondo channeled some ‘Lobs Angeles’ Chris Paul-to-Blake Griffin connection Friday in the Llamados’ debut victory in the PBA Commissioners’ Cup and expect it to happen pretty often.

The Los Angeles Clippers did not just stop the Oklahoma Thunder’s winning streak. Blake Griffin also gave them something to remember him by.
SACRAMENTO—“Yippee, we have a season,” Cathy G. exclaimed. She is the big chief’s executive assistant whose office is close to mine. Cathy jokes with me a lot. “You just can’t let go of this place, you keep turning up,” she would tease me each time I get the call to work for a few months [...]
In the hoopla over the start of the NBA season and the trades that have happened just before the opening tip-off on Christmas Day (Monday in Manila), there hasn’t been much speculating on whether the Dallas Mavericks can repeat as champions. Chris Paul’s move to the LA Clippers grabbed a chunk of the headlines simply [...]
The NBA’s 2011-2012 season starts its 66-game schedule per team on Christmas Day (Dec. 26 in Manila).

New acquisitions Chris Paul and Chauncey Billups provided sterling numbers in their Los Angeles debuts as the Clippers crushed the Lakers, 114-95, in a preseason game Monday night.

Chris Paul is going to Los Angeles after all, but to join the Clippers, not the Lakers.
The New Orleans Hornets traded Paul to the Clippers on Wednesday for guard Eric Gordon, forward Al-Farouq Aminu, center Chris Kaman and a first-round draft choice.