Apr

13

Jackson, Davis Combine For 53 As Warriors Beat Clippers 122-116

Posted by Stephen Rhodes under Main 

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From now until the final buzzer of the regular season, not only will the Golden State Warriors have to win the remainder of their games, but they will also have to live on the kindness of strangers - in this case, the strangers are the Houston Rockets.? Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers would prove to be just what the doctor ordered as Stephen Jackson and Baron Davis combined for 53 points, leading Golden State to a big 122-116 win over Los Angeles at Oracle Arena; the win boosts Golden State into an 8th-place tie with Denver for the 8th and final playoff berth available in the Western Conference.

The Warriors scored 42 points in the first quarter and held as much as a 20-point lead, but watched it drop to 4 midway through the second quarter; fast-forwarding to the late third quarter, the Clippers sliced the lead to 93-92 on 14 consecutive points - 8 by Cuttino Mobley - spanning the late third and early fourth quarters.? Golden State would reply with a 10-2 run, and after Los Angeles closed to within 5 with 1:46 left, Monta Ellis and Jackson made back-to-back layups to seal the win.? Golden State was led by Jackson with 28 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and a steal while Davis scored 25 with 5 rebounds, 9 assists, a steal and a block; Al Harrington and Monta Ellis added 17 each - with Harrington making 3 treys, grabbing 8 rebounds, dishing out 2 assists, making 3 steals and blocking a shot while Ellis grabbed 4 rebounds, dished out 7 assists and had 2 steals.

Los Angeles?was led by Mobley with 30 points, including 4 three-pointers, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, a?steal and?2 blocks while Al Thornton scored 25 with 11 rebounds, 5 assists, a steal and a block; Corey Maggette came off the bench to add 22 with 7 rebounds, an assist and 2 steals while Elton Brand chipped in with 21, along with 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks.? Golden State (48-32) now will travel to Phoenix to face the Suns Monday while Los Angeles (23-57), with no more home games remaining, travels to the Big Easy to take on the New Orleans Hornets Tuesday.?



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