Blake Griffin scores 31 as Clippers bounce back, crush Bobcats

Final

Regular Season Series (Game 1 of 2)

Bobcats 85

(14-19, 6-9 away)

Clippers 112

(22-12, 14-3 home)

9:30 PM ET, January 1, 2014

STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, CA

	1	2	3	4	T
CHA	27	29	13	16	85
LAC	25	31	25	31	112

Top Performers

Charlotte: A. Jefferson 14 Pts, 12 Reb, 4 Ast, 1 Stl
Los Angeles: B. Griffin 31 Pts, 12 Reb, 2 Ast

Associated Press

Clippers Crush Bobcats

Blake Griffin dropped a double-double on the Bobcats in the Clippers' 112-85 win.Tags: NBA, Los Angeles Clippers, Charlotte Bobcats, Bismack Biyombo, Chris Paul, Jared Dudley, Blake Griffin

LOS ANGELES -- Blake Griffin scored 13 of his 31 points in the final 7:05 and Jared Dudley got 11 of his 20 points in the third quarter, leading the Los Angeles Clippers to a 112-85 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night.

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Dudley faced his second former team in two games, making 7 of 10 shots against the club that selected him with its first pick in 2007, and traded him to Phoenix after one season. He had nine points against the Suns on Monday in the Clippers' 107-88 loss.
Chris Paul had 17 points and 14 assists for the defending Pacific Division champions, who beat the Bobcats for the sixth straight time and sent them to their 17th straight road loss against Western Conference opponents.
Al Jefferson and Kemba Walker each scored 14 points for the Bobcats, whose previous six losses all were decided by five points or fewer.

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