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LOS ANGELES -- Washington coach Randy Wittman wanted his players fouling DeAndre Jordan, whose free-throw shooting has always been the weakest part of his game. Carl... Fisk Jersey . That strategy didnt work this time. Jordan hit four straight free throws during a 10-4 run over the final 2:48 that gave the Los Angeles Clippers a 110-103 victory over the Wizards on Wednesday night. "Im going to ask Doc if I can shoot the techs from now on," Jordan joked. Blake Griffin led five players in double figures with 29 points as the Clippers won their fourth in a row. Jamal Crawford added 21 points, including two three-pointers from 29 and 33 feet, and Jordan had 14 points and 17 rebounds for the Clippers, who beat the Wizards for the sixth straight time at home. Darren Collison scored 16 points to help the team improve to 11-3 without the injured Chris Paul. "We have a lot of really good players," Griffin said. "Sometimes some of these guys dont get the credit they deserve, thats what Ive learned about our team." Back home for the first time after going 5-2 on their Grammy road trip, the Clippers improved to 19-3 at Staples Center this season. "It was our best opportunity to beat them, especially with Chris Paul out," John Wall said. "But theyre still a great team and theyve been winning games. Its the same as you see without Chris in there. Those other guys play the same way. J.J. Redick can shoot the ball and Jamal Crawfords one of the best at creating his own shots." Bradley Beal scored 10 of his 20 points in the fourth, and Wall had 19 points and 11 assists for Washington. The Wizards, who trailed by 16 points in the game, cut their deficit to 81-80 early in the fourth on Garrett Temples steal and basket. After Crawford scored, Beals basket got the Wizards within one again. "We put ourselves in a great position, but we just didnt have it at the end of the game," Beal said. "They were executing at the other end of the floor and we couldnt get a stop." J.J. Redick, who finished with 20 points, and Crawford combined to score the Clippers first 16 points of the fourth, with Redick hitting two three-pointers in that stretch to put them up 97-90. "Him and J.J. have this thing going," Clippers coach Doc River said. "Its just been really good stuff. We can do that with veterans." Kevin Seraphins basket got Washington to 100-99. Collison scored and the Wizards had a basket disallowed on a shot-clock violation. Jordan got fouled and stepped to the line having made just 2 of 6 to that point. But he sank both to extend the Clippers lead to 104-99. Beal, who was 4 of 6 from the line, got fouled and missed both. Jordan made another pair of free throws for a 106-99 lead. Crawford added two more, going 11 of 12 from the line. "We did a lot of fouling down the stretch and we didnt make plays at the offensive end," Beal said. "We got out of rhythm a little bit." NOTES: The Wizards blew their seventh chance this season to go over .500, slipping to 22-23. They havent won a game to go above that mark since Oct. 31, 2009. ... Los Angeles swept the season series, 2-0. ... Clippers reserve F Antawn Jamison didnt play because of a viral illness. ... Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp attended the game. Blank Chelsea Jersey . Garcia had eight birdies overall to go with a lone bogey on the fourth to move to an 18-under total of 198 at the Asian Tour event. "I was able to hit some really nice shots and then was able to roll two or three really good putts in and it was nice to be able to finish birdie, birdie on this difficult finishing stretch," Garcia said. C... Ehrhoff Sabres Jersey Canada . The Miami Heat star is getting treatment "around the clock" for his aching right knee, and coach Erik Spoelstra said theyll wait until Sunday to decide whether hell play in Game 4 against the Milwaukee Bucks. . Louis Cardinals rallied for a 3-2 win over the New York Mets in a Grapefruit League game. The Cardinals trailed 2-0 heading to the bottom of the third, but Jon Jay ripped an RBI double in the inning to get them on the board and Matt Carpenter added an RBI double in the sixth to tie the game. [url=http://www.officialmlbclub.com/Chicago-White-Sox-Jeff-Keppinger-Jersey.html... Keppinger White Sox Jersey . -- Just about everything had gone as planned for the Golden State Warriors at home this season until 11:26 remained in the fourth quarter against the Utah Jazz on Saturday night.LAS VEGAS -- Former marine captain Brian (All American) Stann had warned nothing good would come to anyone standing in his way on Memorial Day. And the decorated veteran lived up to his words at UFC 130 on Saturday night, stopping highly touted Jorge (The Sandman) Santiago four minutes 29 seconds into the second round despite a broken right thumb. Stann (11-3) has now won three straight since dropping down to middleweight and is showing that his fighting can match his Hollywood backstory as a war hero. A former WEC light-heavyweight champion, Stann is now a predatory middleweight with heavy hands. Renowned trainer Greg Jackson saw something in Stann several years ago and has spent the last three years helping refine his talent in Albuquerque, N.M. "He looks better every time he fights," said UFC president Dana White. "His story is great. Everything that comes out of his mouth is a home run. Hes gold, man. The guy can become a big superstar if he keeps fighting the way he is. "The other thing about him is he goes and fights, man. He goes out and tries to finish people ... Those are the guys that the fans get behind and like to watch. The Wanderleis (Wanderlei Silva), the Chuck Liddells, etc. etc." Stann, who asked to fight on Memorial Day, had too much power for Santiago who had gone 11-1 since a 1-2 stint in the UFC in 2006. Stann chopped away at Santiago (23-9) with kicks in the first round and then dropped him with a looping left. He pounded away from top position but was unable to finish him. Stann punished Santiago in the second with a leg kick to the body and then put him down with an overhand right, finishing him off with six straight blows from above. "It means so much to win today," Stann, awarded a Silver Star for heroism while deployed in Iraq in 2005, said in the cage after the fight. "There are people who arent here anymore. They are the true heroes." Stann and Santiago each got a US$70,000 bonus for fight of the night. The crowd chanted "U-S-A!" as an emotional Stann, on his knees, put his face to the canvas after the win. "I try to stay level with all of this and remember whats truly important," he said later when asked when had gone through his mind at that moment. "So Ill just go through a scroll of men that I served with that passed away, who dont get the opportunity to have even the simplest of life experiences. "To be in an arena with people screaming your name is a very great life experience, Im fortunate to have it. But I want to remember them always because thats how I mourn for them." Stann was especially proud that members of Navy SEAL Team Six, the elite unit that went after Osama bin Laden, were in the crowd. Stann does not play up his military background, refusing for example to answer questions about specifics of his tours in Iraq. But he uses his fighting notoriety to help in his day job as president of Hire Heroes USA, which finds work for veterans with an emphasis on wounded vets. Stanns last loss was to highly touted light-heavyweight Phil (Mr. Wonderful) Davis at UFC 109. He says he is two years away from peaking. A win over an elite grappler may be the next box he needs to tick. "My jiu-jitsu is much better than people realize but the limiting factor there was really my wrestling and I focused a lot on that very hard in the last two camps," he said. Former light-heavyweight champion Quinton (Rampage) Jackson battered an outmatched Matt (The Hammer) Hamill en route to a unanimous decision in the main event before 12,816 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. In the co-main event, former heavyweight champion Frank Mir dominated Roy (Big Country) Nelson in a unanimous 30-27, 30-27, 30-26 decision. "Was I thrilled with the main and co-main event?" said White. "No. But everything cant be a knockout, everything cant be a submission." "When youre the co-main or the main event, youve got to go out there and perform and look good," he added. "And when you dont, youre going to hear my opinion about it and the fans and the media Im sure." Therein may lie UFC 130s problem. Neither top fight really deserved its marquee status but they were pushed up the card after the original main event between llightweight champion Frankie (The Answer) Edgar and Gray Maynard was shelved due to injury. Jim Rice Jersey. Hamill, whose was born deaf and built his MMA game on wrestling, was 0 for 17 in takedown attempts and seemed bereft of ideas by the third round. "I think he got shut down," said White. "I think Rampage went in, imposed his will and beat him -- beat him easily. It could have been more impressive if Rampage was in better shape and his timing and everything was there." Jackson led the significant strikes count 55-32 but only rated his performance a five out of 10. "That guy can take a punch. I hit him with everything but the toilet." Jackson said he came into the fight had a broken hand, the result of some drunken play-fighting with a friend in Japan. It was aggravated in training but Jackson opted to fight. That may hinder the UFCs plans for light-heavyweight champion Jon (Bones) Jones, currently recovering from a hand injury of his own. White had hoped to match Jackson with Jones if Jackson beat Hamill. Now that spot may go to Lyoto (The Dragon) Machida or Rashad Evans, if he can beat Davis and then turn around immediately to fight Jones. White, who plans to meet with Nelson next Friday to discuss his future, said the roly-poly heavyweight "looked terrible tonight." He was also surprisingly hard on Mir, who seemed to do a good job varying his attack while using his bulk and wrestling to dominate Nelson. "It was a sloppy ugly heavyweight fight ... Im not happy about the performance from either one of them. I thought it was borderline embarrassing." White was also unimpressed by Mirs previous fight, a win over Mirko (Cro Cop) Filipovic. "I expect more out of him," he said. It was literally adding insult to injiury for Mir, who went to hospital after the fight for a fractured jaw and rib. "Franks in the hospital. Im here," Nelson, looking for a positive, told the post-fight news conference. Welterweight Rick (The Horror) Story did earn kudos, moving up the 170-pound ladder with a decision over Thiago (Pit Bull) Alves. Story, who has now won six straight, was in Alves face all night and showed an iron chin. He absorbed one Alves knee that drove his teeth through his mouthguard. "That knee to the chin would have knocked everybody out," said White. "I was blown away." "That was a good knee," echoed Story, saying he wanted to fight Jon Fitch next. Former bantamweight champion Miguel Angel Torres was unhappy with the judges after his decision loss to Demetrious (Mighty Mouse) Johnson "Bad judging cant hold me down, I will be back," tweeted Torres, who is coached by Firas Zahabi of Montreal. White agreed it was close but gave the nod to the five-foot-three Johnson. The disappointing 10-fight card featured seven decisions, two (T)KOs and one submission. And White acknowledged that as the UFC grows, there are more reasons "to be bummed out and get headaches with." "Its all good, its all positive, its not bad. It just is what it is." NOTES -- Former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar had surgery Friday for diverticulitis. Surgeons removed 12 inches of his colon. "The surgery went well," said White, who added Lesnar feels great if a little sore. They hope he will be back fighting in January ... White says Michael Bisping and Jason (Mayhem) Miller, the new coaches on "The Ultimate Fighter," will face off in the live Season 14 finale card ... The Philippines and Canada are slated to be the first two regional versions of the reality TV show. They will feature all-Filipino and Canadian casts. Whites dream is to hold such regional versions around the globe and then crown a worldwide winner from the regional champs. ... White seemed uncertain about the future of inconsistent middleweight Kendall Grove, beaten by Tim Boetsch. ... White says he expects to wrap up a deal with a U.S. TV network in the next six months. With the pay-per-view menu at its limit, White is looking for more places to air fights. He does not see it as a money-maker at this stage but a way to expose his product. ... A sign of the UFCs popularity -- Whites last video blog from UFC 127 in Australia drew one million views. ' ' '


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