Clippers 105, Jazz 104
Blake Griffin had 30 points and 11 rebounds and Chris Paul scored the tie-breaking basket as Los Angeles snapped Utah’s perfect home mark for just its third victory in its last 41 visits to Salt Lake City.
Jamal Crawford scored 20 points and Paul had 14 points and nine assists. Paul tallied the go-ahead basket with 39.9 seconds left when he drove around Jazz center Al Jefferson to give the Clippers a 101-99 lead.
Mo Williams had 20 points and 12 assists, Randy Foye scored 19, Gordon Hayward tallied 17 and Jefferson had 16 points and 10 rebounds and for Utah, which fell to 6-1 at home.
The Jazz had a 12-point advantage late in the third quarter before Los Angeles rolled off eight straight points to pull within 83-79 early in the final stanza. The Clippers took a 91-90 lead on Griffin’s dunk with five minutes remaining.
Utah led by as many as 13 points in the first quarter and was up 58-51 at halftime. DeMarre Carroll’s 3-pointer gave the Jazz a 14-point advantage midway through the third quarter.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Los Angeles has won two straight road games against the Jazz after losing 16 straight over a nine-year stretch. … Utah F Marvin Williams (concussion) missed his third straight game and F Derrick Favors (arch) missed his second. … Griffin had 10 of his 11 rebounds in the second half. The Jazz had a 21-10 edge on the boards in the first half and finished with a 41-36 advantage.