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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Tim Tebow Patriots Jersey Pink . -- The Los Angeles Clippers are learning to adapt. Playing their fourth road game in seven nights, they could have easily been overrun by the often overlooked Detroit Pistons. Not this club. Jamal Crawford scored 15 points and Chris Paul added 14 to lead the weary Clippers to their 10th straight win, 88-76 over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night. "We didnt shoot very well, and we didnt do a lot of things we wanted to do," said Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro. "We just had a lot of guys make plays down the stretch and we get to go home with another win. Early in the season, we probably lose that game, but now weve gotten to the point where we can win ugly." No Clippers player scored more than 15 points, but they had five players score in double figures. "This was a tough one, because weve been playing every other night and were ready to go home," said Detroit native Willie Green. "This was a great test for us, and we passed it." Blake Griffin also had 15 points for Los Angeles and Paul had seven assists. Griffin had two breakaway dunks in the last 30 seconds, one on a pass banked off the backboard by Matt Barnes. "When I saw that it was just the two of us, I told him to keep coming," Barnes joked. "I figured a lot more people wanted to see Blake dunk than wanted to see me lay one in." Brandon Knight led the Pistons with 16 and Tayshaun Prince added 15. Detroit, which committed 17 turnovers, lost its fifth straight. "We did enough defensive things to win the game, but when you are going against a team that strips and steals the ball and is very aggressive, everything has to be sharp," said Pistons coach Lawrence Frank. "We have to be more precise, and in the last six minutes, you know it is going to be harder against a team like that, but we have to be able to do it." Both teams struggled in the first half, with the Clippers taking a 42-40 lead into the intermission despite shooting just 39 per cent. Detroit hit 42.5 per cent of its shots, but managed only one free throw and two offensive rebounds. The Clippers tried for the last shot of the half, but Prince stole the ball and two quick passes gave Greg Monroe a wide-open layup at the buzzer. Los Angeles got things in gear in the third quarter, quickly taking a 12-point advantage, but Griffin went to the bench with four fouls and Detroit was able to work its way back into the game. The Pistons were within 63-60 at quarters end behind 13 points from Prince, but couldnt keep up the pressure. "We played a good first half, but once we turned it over a couple times in the third, we let them get out and do their thing," Prince said. "We didnt execute in the second half, and thats when you need it the most." Detroit committed three turnovers in a period of four possessions and Jason Maxiell missed a pair of free throws on the fourth, allowing Los Angeles to take an 11-point advantage with 6:45 to play. Brandon Knight also missed a technical-foul free throw in the stretch. "We werent hitting a lot of shots, but we trusted our defence to make plays," Barnes said. "That was the way we finally won the game." The Pistons kept up the pressure, pulling down four offensive rebounds on one possession in the last 90 seconds, but couldnt hit enough shots to make a serious rally. "They turned on that playoff mentality, stepped up their defence and kind of shut us down," said rookie Andre Drummond. "The fourth quarter has been an issue all year. We arent closing games out." NOTES: Former Pistons All-Stars Chauncey Billups (foot) and Grant Hill (knee) were both inactive for the Clippers, while Rodney Stuckey (back spasms) missed the game for Detroit. Billups, the MVP of Detroits championship win in 2004, received a loud "Chaun-Cey!" chant from the crowd during a fourth-quarter timeout. ... Several members of the University of Michigan football team attended the game, including team captains Denard Robinson and Jordan Kovacs. Robinson, who hasnt thrown a pass since late October due to an elbow injury, tossed a Nerf football to the Pistons mascot during a timeout. Tim Tebow Patriots Jersey Blue . Cleveland has been awaiting a second meeting with Kelly, the Ducks offensive mastermind, on Saturday to hopefully complete a deal to make him the Browns sixth fulltime coach since 1999. Tim Tebow Patriots Jersey Authentic .A. Dickey to close out a trade with the New York Mets for the veteran right-hander. General manager Alex Anthopoulos pitched his vision of what the Blue Jays would be now and in the future. http://www.timtebowpatriotsjersey.co... . LOUIS -- The St. [url=http://www.timtebowpatriotsjersey.com/]Patriots Tim Tebow Jersey . UFC president Dana White used a news conference for Saturdays televised card in Seattle to announce Rouseys UFC launching pad. He bounded on stage with a spare championship belt, declining to say why until he ended the mystery some 20 minutes later. Tim Tebow Patriots Jersey Youth . The 50-year-old Clemens is scheduled to pitch Saturday for the Sugar Land Skeeters against the Bridgeport Bluefish in the independent Atlantic League.PHOENIX -- Daniel Hudson has been more than a little lost on the mound the past two weeks. "I dont know whats going on right now," Hudson said after the Arizona Diamondbacks 12-9, 10-inning loss to the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night. "Ive just got to figure it out. Its just a stretch where when I make a good pitch it finds a hole and I cant make a pitch to get out of an inning." Hudson appeared to be back on track when he scattered five hits over seven innings against the Rangers six days after giving up six runs in only 1 2-3 innings versus Oakland. But things unraveled for him anew against Seattle. Hudson carried a 5-2 lead into the fifth inning, but faced only five batters without recording an out in the frame before being sent to the dugout to watch the end of what would be a six-run inning for the Mariners. "He wasnt consistent in hitting his spots," said Arizona manager Kirk Gibson. "The balls they hit were mistakes. He got a little frustrated." Hudson lasted four innings, giving up seven runs on 10 hits and two walks with six strikeouts. "If I could put a finger on it, I would," he said. The Diamondbacks rallied from that 8-5 deficit with three runs in the bottom of the fifth and took a 9-8 lead in the sixth on an RBI single by Miguel Montero. But the bullpen couldnt hold the lead. First David Hernandez gave up a game-tying sacrifice fly to Ichiro Suzuki in the eighth to tie the game 9-9. Then J.J. Putz (1-4), going out for a very rare second inning of work after not pitching for eight days, allowed two runs with recording an out in the 10th. Tim Tebow Jersey Patriots. "Asking J.J. to go out there for the 10th, I knew it was going to be a tough task," Gibson said. "He hasnt pitched in eight days then we ask him to go out for a second inning. Its a situation where youre just trying to get as much out of your pitchers as you can." Aaron Hill, Gerardo Parra and Paul Goldschmidt homered for the Diamondbacks, who saw their six-game home winning streak snapped. Ichiro Suzuki led off the game with his 2,500th career hit and finished 4 for 5 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored for the Mariners. Justin Smoak, Brendan Ryan and Kyle Seager homered for the Mariners, who have won three of their past four. Charlie Furbish (3-1) struck out four over two scoreless innings and Tom Wilhelmsen struck out the side in the ninth for his fifth save. NOTES: Wells is 9 for 17 with a homer and four RBIs since he was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on June 13. . Mariners relievers had allowed only one run in their past 19 innings before giving up four runs in their first two innings Tuesday. ... Hill doubled in the first for his fifth consecutive hit before hitting a sacrifice fly to shallow centre in the third to end his streak. ... RHP Trevor Cahill takes the mound for Arizona against LHP Jason Vargas in an afternoon getaway day game on Wednesday. Vargas is 2-0 in his career against the Diamondbacks but hasnt started against Arizona since June 20, 2009. Cahill is 3-0 with a 0.77 ERA in his last three starts. ' ' '
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