The Los Angeles Clippers (44 - 27) defeated the Portland Trail Blazers (37 - 36) 96 - 94 at Staples Center on Thursday. J.J. Redick capped off a wild fourth quarter with a fading buzzer beater from just inside the three point line. Chris Paul inbounded the ball with a pretty between the legs pass, as Redick came off a DeAndre Jordan screen, which sent Staples Center into a frenzy. The fourth quarter was a roller coaster for Los Angeles, as they went from letting the game slip away, to rallying behind an inspired Jamal Crawford. Prior to Redick’s bucket, Damian Lillard, in typical late game fashion, buried a contested step - back three to take a three point lead, but Crawford answered right back with a deep, high arcing trey to tie the game. Los Angeles looked gassed during most of the second half, and Portland had them playing ugly basketball, which they took advantage of throughout the third quarter. Jamal Crawford was pivotal down the stretch, and finished with 25 points on 3 - of - 6 shooting from deep in 33 minutes off the bench. Reddick added a 11 points in his starting role, but his lone three pointer came at the most needed moment of the game. Paul added 25 points, five rebounds and seven assists, but his biggest play of the game came on the possession before the game winner, where Paul played tremendous defense disallowing Lillard to get the ball when the Blazers needed him most. DeAndre Jordan completed a double - double with 12 points and 13 rebounds, while Paul Pierce went scoreless on five shots in his 14 minutes of action. Lillard lives for the fourth quarter, and almost sucked the life out of the Clippers when he hit the game tying three, but leading up to that point, he came close to shooting his team out of contention. The Portland point guard finished with 18 points on 4 - of - 16 shooting. The absence of Meyers Leonard (shoulder), who received season ending shoulder surgery, proved to be troubling for coach Terry Stotts, as he had to heavily rely on his other bigs in moments where Leonard was growing accustomed to playing. Mason Plumlee saw increased playing time, and added 11 points and six rebounds, while C.J. McCollum scored 17 points on 6 - of - 12 shooting. The Blazers will host the Philadelphia 76ers (9 - 63) on Saturday, while the Clippers will welcome the Denver Nuggets (30 - 42) on Sunday.
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 "TeamStat(G,'Trail Blazers') has 36 Losses ,has 94 Total points ,has 18 Points in 2nd quarter ,has 37 Wins ."]