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What do you give the team that made 10 of 14 3-pointers in the first half? All the Clippers had in reserve Monday at Staples Center was Blake Griffin, who reminded the fans why they're buying tickets in the first place. After a remarkable shooting barrage by the Clippers, largely without Griffin, he came in for the close and brought the hammer. Taking a pass from Chris Paul, Griffin left the runway for a dunk, only to meet midair with Oklahoma City's Kendrick Perkins, who might have hospitalized a pretty decent percentage of the rest of the league's players. Griffin still threw down the dunk, igniting a seven-replay barrage on the scoreboard screen, and made the free throw for a 22-point lead. The muscleman mismatch on that...
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