Kaman Leads Clippers to Opening Win Over Warriors
L.A. Clippers 120, Golden State 114
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 (AP) -- Chris Kaman had 26 points and 18 rebounds, Cuttino Mobley hit two fadeaway jumpers in the final 76 seconds, and the Los Angeles Clippers opened their season with a 120-114 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night.
Kaman missed part of the third quarter, leaving the floor to get three stitches to close a cut above his left eye. He was hit when he tried to block a driving dunk by Kelenna Azubuike 1:10 into the period. He returned to the court with 2:58 left in the quarter.
Mobley, who finished with 21 points, made a 16-footer for a 115-112 lead with 1:16 left, then added a 15-footer off the glass for a five-point lead with 48 seconds to go. Kaman added three free throws in the closing seconds.
Tim Thomas added 20 points for Los Angeles, and Corey Maggette had 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
Azubuike had 33 points and eight rebounds, and Baron Davis had 22 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds for the Warriors, who lost their second straight. Utah beat them 117-96 on Tuesday.
The Clippers are missing their best player, Elton Brand, and point guard Shaun Livingston, with neither expected back for several months.
Brand tore his left Achilles' tendon working out in August. Livingston tore three ligaments in his left knee in a game last Feb. 26.
The Warriors were without Stephen Jackson, sitting out the second game of seven-game suspension levied by the league following his guilty plea to a felony charge of criminal recklessness for firing a gun into the air outside an Indianapolis club.
The Clippers were behind 95-94 when they went on a 13-0 run started by Ruben Patterson's layup with 10:44 left. Mobley scored six points during the run, capping it with a 21-footer with 7:22 remaining.
The Warriors responded with a 17-6 spurt to trim the deficit to 113-112 on a fastbreak layup by Monta Ellis with 1:31 left. But they got no closer.
Los Angeles led 92-90 heading into the fourth quarter, with Thomas scoring 12 points in the third.
Notes: The game was Mike Dunleavy's 329th as coach of the Clippers, most in franchise history. Jack Ramsay (1972-76) and Bill Fitch (1994-98) both coached the team in 328 games. Dunleavy has 153 wins as the Los Angeles coach; Ramsay is first on the team's list with 158. ... The Clippers and Warriors split their series 2-2 last season, both winning their two home games.
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Good defense by the Los Angeles Clippers drama boys, if only we could patch up the difference, this will be a Los Angeles good season. They are running, switching in defense, rebounding see those efforts. We don't have yet the Clippers team down.
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I like the pic n roll,i like the given goal its basketball yo, yo lets go!
Go Clippers Go!!!
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