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\n

LOS ANGELES (AP)\u2014Some strange things have happened to the Los Angeles
\nClippers<\/a> before, during and after games during the team\u2019s 27 seasons in Los
\nAngeles\u2014but nothing like this.<\/p>\n

About 1 1\/2 hours before their 100-92 victory over Cleveland on Saturday,
\nStaples Center was in lockdown while police subdued a man wielding a steak knife
\nin front of the Cavaliers\u2019 bench. Both teams were safely tucked away in their
\ndressing rooms during the tense standoff before the culprit was subdued by a
\nbeanbag gun, handcuffed and led away.<\/p>\n

The incident did not delay the start of the game, which was followed by an
\nNHL contest between the Kings and Anaheim Ducks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was crazy, man. There aren\u2019t too many knife standoffs in Oklahoma\u2014
\nnot that I can remember. So it\u2019s a first for me,\u201d said Clippers rookie Blake
\nGriffin<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> the former Sooners forward. \u201cI was sitting in here next to D.J.
\n(DeAndre Jordan<\/a>(notes)<\/a>)<\/span> and Randy Foye<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> came in and said: `Yo, somebody just pulled a
\nknife.\u2019 I was like, `What?\u2019 And then they explained the whole thing. We were
\ntrapped in here for a while. But both teams had to go through it, so it didn\u2019t
\nreally put us at a disadvantage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coaches Vinny Del Negro of the Clippers and Byron Scott of the Cavaliers
\nrequested some extra time for their teams to warm up, but were turned down by
\nthe league office.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe asked for 15 more minutes. In fact, we agreed on it\u2014myself and Vinny
\n\u2014 and the NBA said five, which I don\u2019t understand,\u201d Scott said. \u201cI mean,
\neither give us 15 or don\u2019t give us any. What\u2019s five minutes going to do? What
\nthe hell is that? That didn\u2019t make a whole lot of sense to me.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a weird day, period,\u201d Scott added. \u201cYou had things happen
\nthroughout the day, but you\u2019ve just got kind of put it in the back of your mind
\nand play basketball. And I think both teams did that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Griffin had 30 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, helping the
\nClippers end a nine-game losing streak against the Cavaliers. Eric Gordon<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> scored
\n29 points in his return to the lineup.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles avenged a 126-119 overtime loss at Cleveland on Feb. 11 that
\nsnapped the Cavs\u2019 NBA-record 26-game losing streak. It was the first time the
\nteam with the league\u2019s worst record lost to the Clippers since Dec. 3, 2005, at
\nLos Angeles.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody was executing out there and hitting shots, and defensively we
\nstepped it up a little bit in transition,\u201d Griffin said. \u201cAnytime Eric\u2019s out
\nthere, it just opens up the court for everybody. He\u2019s such a good scorer, he
\nputs a lot of pressure on teams. So teams have to know where he is at all
\ntimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gordon, the Clippers\u2019 leading scorer, missed 18 games because of a sprained
\nright wrist and small bone fracture that occurred on Jan. 22. He sat out the
\nprevious six games after aggravating the injury in his second game back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really tried to play with no restrictions,\u201d Gordon said. \u201cI tried not
\nto pay attention to it. If it gets knocked or banged, or if I land on the floor
\nwrong like I did the other two times, it is what it is. But I\u2019ve just got to
\nkeep on going out there and playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

J.J. Hickson<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> led the Cavs with 28 points and nine rebounds, and Samardo
\nSamuels<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> scored 17 before fouling out with 1:19 remaining.<\/p>\n

Baron Davis<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> whom the Clippers traded to Cleveland on Feb. 24 for Mo
\nWilliams<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> and Jamario Moon<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> did not play in his return to Staples Center because
\nof back spasms. He scored three points in 14 1\/2 minutes for the Cavs on Thursday
\nat Portland, after missing three games because of the death of his grandmother.<\/p>\n

Williams had 11 points and five assists in his first game against his former
\nteam. Moon spent the entire game on the bench.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles led 54-50 at halftime, sparked by 15 points each from Griffin
\nand Gordon. Craig Smith<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> scored six points during a 14-4 run that turned a
\none-point deficit into a 46-37 lead with 5 1\/2 minutes left in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

The Clippers carried an 82-78 lead into the fourth and increased it to
\n100-90 on a 3-pointer by Williams with 2:07 to play.<\/p>\n

NOTES: Griffin failed to record a double-double for the sixth straight game.
\nHe had a streak of 27 in a row earlier this season, the longest by a rookie
\nsince Elvin Hayes\u2019 60 in a row in 1968. \u2026 Cleveland has to win 10 of its final
\n14 games to avoid its first 60-loss season since 2002-03, when the Cavaliers
\nfinished 17-65 before drafting LeBron James<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> with the No. 1 overall pick. The
\nworst record in Cavaliers history was 15-67, which was set during the inaugural
\n1970-71 campaign and equaled in 1981-82.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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