Toronto Raptors fall 103-91 to Los Angeles Clippers

Mo Williams scored 19 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, Blake Griffin had 18 points and nine rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers sent the Toronto Raptors to their eighth straight loss, 103-91 on Sunday.

DeAndre Jordan had 16 points and 16 rebounds and Chauncey Billups had 14 assists for the Clippers, playing their fifth straight game without point guard Chris Paul because of a left hamstring strain.

Caron Butler finished with 15 points for Los Angeles.

Williams scored Los Angeles’ first 17 points of the final quarter to give them a 93-73 lead with 7:22 remaining, after the Raptors trimmed a 22-point deficit to 13 on Leandro Barbosa’s three-pointer with 8:25 to play.

Barbosa scored 19 points and Linas Kleiza added 16 for the Raptors, who began a five-game road trip by missing their first 15 shots and were 35.8 per cent from the field overall.

Toronto’s DeMar DeRozan had 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds.

Raptors leading scorer Andrea Bargnani missed his sixth games in a row with a left calf strain. Guard Jerryd Bayless returned to the lineup after sitting out 13 games due to a sprained ankle. He scored seven points in 18 minutes.

Griffin slammed home Randy Foye’s alley-oop lob in the first minute to start a 22-6 run.

Los Angeles led 49-37 at halftime after Jordan helped them build an 18-point lead late in the first quarter with 10 points and nine rebounds.

The Clippers extended the margin to 60-38 with an 11-1 run capped by Butler’s three-pointer.

Foye got it started when he blocked a 19-foot jumper by DeRozan and went the other way for a driving layup.

Moments later, Jordan converted Billups’ alley-oop lob into a reverse slam dunk.

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