A solid outing by Daniels led Minnesota to a 103-96 win over LA Clippers. "Take away Daniels, and we'd have won this thing," said LA Clippers coach Bob. "It was a very close game most of the way, and he was the one that put Minnesota over the top. I thought we had the right game plan and executed well. What's sad is that I don't know what we'd do differently next time, except for hoping for a more mortal performance by him."

Minnesota coach Bob was happy for the win, but concerned about the team's play. "I didn't think this was a very good team win. Our players seemed tempted to sit around and watch Daniels do his stuff. That was enough for the win today, but on another day maybe Daniels will be injured or our opponents can counter him, and we'll need the rest of the players to step up as well."

Minnesota was led by Daniels (27 points, 18 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks), Johnson (7 points, 6 boards, 14 assists, 2 steals), Prince (10 points, 3 assists, 5 blocks). LA Clippers was led by Celaya (26 points, a steal, a block), Lee (9 points, 4 steals, a block), Reese (9 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, a block).

Minnesota stand at 30-12 and 15-6 at home with today's victory. They hold at #1 in the Northwest and remain at #2 overall in the Western Conference. LA Clippers drop to 21-18. They hold at #2 in the Pacific and move down to #9 overall in the Western Conference.

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