Anytime LA Clippers square off with Portland, unexpected things happen. Today it was Portland head coach Bob who gave LA Clippers bulletin-board material and ended up eating crow, thanks to some ill-timed comments he made earlier in the day. Two hours before game-time, Bob said that "LA Clippers shouldn't even show up tonight. We're pumped, we're on a hot streak, and we're just better. We're gonna win so big LA Clippers might never recover." After the game, the only one from LA Clippers to speak was head coach Adnan Bislimovic, who said simply, "Scoreboard, baby." Final score: LA Clippers 107, Portland 79.

LA Clippers was led by Boswell (10 points, 13 assists, 4 steals), Quarles (26 points, 2 assists, a block), Johnson (24 points, 0 assists). Portland was led by Allbritton (15 points, 5 boards, 1 assists, a block), Johnson (13 points, 0 assists, a block), Greem (12 points, a steal, 2 blocks).

LA Clippers keep rolling with a winning streak of 12 games and are now 12-1. They stay at #1 in the Pacific and remain at #1 overall in the Western Conference. Portland fall to 8-5 and 3-1 at home with the loss. They fall to #2 in the Northwest and fall to #5 overall in the Western Conference.

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