Third loss for Miami in the regular season of the NBA
21.07.2013
Miami champion lost the third visit and total third game of the regular season in the championship of the National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada (NBA) after Blake Griffin recorded an impressive "double-double" and led Los Angeles Clippers to the final victory with 107:100.
Blake Griffin finished with a total of 20 points, and added to them 14 won battles under the basket. He was not the most efficient because the game for Clippers pulled the appeared from the bench Jamal Crawford, who scored 22 points. With the team from Los Angeles headed the Pacific Division in the Western Conference after the main competitor Phoenix stepped with 106:112 after overtime against Chicago.
Miami did lose the second visit of five, despite the efforts of his star LeBron James. U.S. national finished with 30 points, but the next best effective basketball player for Heat was Ray Allen with 14.
Paul Pierce scored 23 points for Boston team which won a third consecutive win in the NBA, having had with 98:93 over Utah.
Celtic striker, who was elected in the first round of the draft in the NBA 14 years ago, added two assists and won two rebounds to his asset with which 17th multiples champions won the third of four away games since the start of the regular season. The center Kevin Garnett scored 11 points and the point guard Rajoy Rondo - with six and ten assists. On the bench for Boston flashed the reserves Jeff Green and Leandro Barbosa, who finished the game with 16 points in their assets.
Utah fell below 50 percent in its balance sheet in the NBA after losing the fifth of nine games, despite the efforts of Paul Millsap, who finished the game with 20 points.
The results of the NBA:
Philadelphia - Detroit 76:94
Boston - Utah 98:93
Milwaukee - Indiana 99:85
Houston - New Orleans 100:96
Minnesota - Charlotte 87:89
Oklahoma City - Memphis 97:107
Dallas - Washington 107:101
Phoenix - Chicago 106:112 after overtime
Golden State - Atlanta 92:88
LA Clippers - Miami 107:100
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