Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Blake Griffin scored a game-high 39 points to lead the Los Angeles Clippers past the Los Angeles Lakers, 118-111, on Friday. Jamal Crawford had 22 points and five assists off the bench, JJ Redick supplied 15 points and Chris Paul scored 12 points with 10 assists for the Clippers, who were coming off a 93-90 win over Oklahoma City on Thursday. Jamal and Blake made some unbelievable shots down the stretch, said Paul. We know we can score. Our defense has to be our backbone. DeAndre Jordan finished with 11 points and 13 rebounds in the win. Jordan Hill paced the Lakers with 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting, Kobe Bryant had 21 points and seven assists and Jeremy Lin contributed 17 points and nine assists in the teams third straight loss to start the season. Our effort was great, Lakers head coach Byron Scott said. In the second half, we made a couple of boneheaded mistakes. Both teams were playing aggressive. Crawford scored five straight points to pull the Clippers within two and consecutive dunks from Jordan tied the game at 97-97 with 7:55 to play. After the Clippers went ahead on Crawfords free throw, Griffin dished a pass to Crawford, who hit a three from the right side for a 112-109 score with 1:37 remaining. Bryant responded with a fadeaway jumper from a severe angle. Pauls jumper was blocked by Hill, but Griffin jumped on Bryants air ball and knocked down two free throws after getting fouled at the other end with 21.3 to play. Redicks four free throws sealed the win. The Clippers used an 11-1 burst in the first to take an 11-4 lead just over three minutes in. Their lead swelled to 15 points and they finished the frame with a 31-22 advantage on 12-of-21 shooting (57.1 percent). Bryant capped an 11-point swing with a 3-pointer to get the Lakers within 45-42 with under five minutes to play in the first half. Griffin, however drained a shot from beyond the arc with 8.5 seconds remaining and the Clippers took a 62-56 lead into the break. The Lakers charged out of halftime to take a 74-67 edge. Lins running jumper sparked an 18-5 outburst that featured eight points from Hill. Griffin took matters into his own hands by supplying 11 straight Clippers points to trim the deficit to 79-78. Robert Sacre responded with a slam and two free throws and Hills layup restored the Lakers lead to seven points. Crawfords triple right before the buzzer pulled the Clippers within 90-86 heading into the final stanza. Game Notes The Lakers shot 51.2 percent from the floor (42-of-82), while the Clippers made 47.9 percent of their shots (34-of-71) ... The Clippers have won four straight and eight of the last nine meetings with the Lakers ... Bryant shot just 1-of-7 in the fourth quarter. Detroit Tigers Pro Shop . He even addressed his group of relievers Sunday morning. 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Houston shot 35 per cent from behind the arc and hit 28 of 40 from the free throw line.Isaiah Canaan scored nine points after starting in place of Patrick Beverley, who missed the game with a strained left hamstring suffered Wednesday in Utah.Through the first three games of the season, Houston has not allowed an opponent to score more than 93 points and have outscored its opponents by a combined 43 points, which is the largest margin the Rockets have won their first three games by since the 1993-1994 season when they won their first three games by a combined 45 points.Houston coach Kevin McHale said Houstons defence was not bad.I thought that for the most part, we got hands up and challenged them and did a pretty good job defensively, McHale said.Jeff Green had 17 points, and Jared Sullinger added 14 points and nine rebounds for the Celtics, which finished 1 of 25 from behind the arc after starting 0 for 21.Rajon Rondo was held to four points on 2 of 9 shooting to go with 10 rebounds and eight assists.I thought they played really aggressive out of the gate, probably more aggressive than we did on booth ends of the court, especially the first nine minutes or so, Celtics coach Brad Stevens said.dddddddddddd I dont think we ever really caught up to that.The Rockets opened up a 22-8 lead in the first six minutes behind eight points by Terrence Jones and five points from Trevor Ariza. Houstons lead grew to 37-18 on a Jason Terry three-pointer with 29 seconds left in the first quarter.The Celtics closed within 41-28 on a Kelly Olynyk layup with 8 1-2 minutes left in the half, but Houston answered with an 11-2 spurt to take a 22-point lead on a Howard hook shot. Houston led 57-38 at the half.Boston got no closer than 11 in the second half.They were more aggressive, Sullinger said. They got to the basket and all we did was shoot around the basket. We just have to play better.TIP-INSCeltics: Olynyk finished with eight points and was in foul trouble throughout the night after scoring 19 points in the season-opening win over Brooklyn. . Marcus Thornton had nine points, and Brandon Bass, Evan Turner and Tyler Zeller each had eight points off the bench. . Boston finished 15 of 18 from the free throw line, with eight different players shooting free throws.Rockets: Canaan got the start over veteran Jason Terry in part because McHale wanted to keep Terrys minutes down. I try to keep Jets (Terrys) time down some, so if he starts, time seems to get away from me a lot quicker, McHale said. Well bring in Jet as needed for balance. Terry scored seven points in 23 minutes.UP NEXTCeltics: Plays at Dallas on Monday.Rockets: Plays at Philadelphia on Monday.EASTERN HOME DOMINANCEThe Rockets have now won 17 straight home games against Eastern Conference teams. The club said it is the longest active streak of home wins against the opposing conference in the NBA, according to information from the Elias Sports Bureau. ' ' '