An overconfident LA Clippers team overlooked New York today, and ended up paying for it with a 110-101 loss. The mentality could be excused, as New York came in as huge favorites and the game should have been a walk in the park. But some comments along those lines by LA Clippers players got New York fired up and ready to play. Said LA Clippers star Brown coming in, "We're not worried about this one. It's tough to take a team like New York seriously, but it'll be a good tune-up and chance to try out our fifth-stringers."

"I don't blame them for being confident," said New York coach Bob. "I'd have probably the same way coming in, if I were in his shoes, but you've got to be a little wiser in what you say in front of the press. Our team really took it personally, especially Speight who was singled out as the 'leader of the losers', and we were ready to let them have it when the game started."

New York was led by Speight (25 points, 4 assists, 2 steals), Crawford (13 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, a steal, a block), Fuller (17 points, 0 assists, 3 blocks). LA Clippers was led by Brown (21 points, 10 boards, 0 assists), Side (24 points), Patrick (15 points, 0 assists, a steal).

New York are now 19-26 with this win. They hold at #4 in the Atlantic and improve to #8 overall in the Eastern Conference. LA Clippers stand at 31-15 and 15-7 at home after this loss. They remain at #2 in the Pacific and stay at #5 overall in the Western Conference.

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