Clippers beat Heat for 4th straight win

Clippers beat Heat for 4th straight win

In their roughest test yet of this young NBA season, the Los Angeles Clippers measured themselves against the Miami Heat and liked how they heaped up.

On Wednesday night, Blake Griffin and Chris Paul had double-doubles, with Paul doing a third-quarter burst that helped bring the Clippers to a 107-100 victory. They have wins over Memphis, the Lakers, San Antonio and now the defending NBA champions in their first eight games.

''These wins are good, but we're playing at home and we expect to win,'' Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said.

Griffin had 20 points and 14 rebounds and Paul had 16 points and 10 assists to lead five players in double figures in the Clippers' fourth straight win. Jamal Crawford added 22 points off the bench.

''We can even be better,'' Griffin said. ''We can't rest on a win like that.''

Obviously Griffin has been listening to Paul, who cautions an even-keeled approach.

''It's early, very early,'' Paul said. ''We don't want to get ahead of ourselves. Just keep playing the right way every night.''

LeBron James scored 30 points for the defending NBA champions, who lost their fifth in a row against the Clippers in Los Angeles. Ray Allen added 14 points, including four 3-pointers, as the Heat dropped to 2-2 on their current six-game trip.

Wade was held to six points which is well below his 18.4-point average, played with a sprained left foot that kept him out of the morning shoot around.

''Tonight was not a good game for us,'' Dwyane Wade said. ''We have some good moments, but we have to put a full game together on the road. The important thing right now is to figure out how we can get better.''

Posted by Andre Monohan on Friday November 16 2012, 6:29 AM EST. Ref: Yahoo. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0