LOS ANGELES – Blake Griffin scored 31 points, Jamal Crawford added 19 to go over 15,000 in his career and the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Utah Jazz 107-101 Monday night.
Reggie Bullock scored all of his 12 points on 3-pointers and Chris Paul notched his first triple-double with the Clippers, finishing with 13 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds. Paul showed no ill effects after spraining his left foot a night earlier. Los Angeles went 3-1 playing four games in five nights to start the season.
Crawford had missed Sunday’s loss to Sacramento because of bruised ribs. He returned to go over the milestone on a floating jumper at 6:53 of the fourth. He has 15,003 points.
Gordon Hayward scored 27 points, Enes Kanter added 17 points and nine rebounds, and Alec Burks 16 points for Utah, which has lost three of four.
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