Griffin: Clippers trying to get to Warriors' level, ‘they're the better team'

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After beating the Clippers on Thursday night, the Warriors improved to 13-0.

The Clippers fell to 6-5.

"They're the better team," Blake Griffin told reporters after the game. "We're trying to get to where they're at."

In 2012-13, the Warriors took three of four meetings with the Clippers.

In 2013-14, the teams split the regular season series, with Los Angeles knocking out an Andrew Bogut-less Golden State squad in Game 7 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals.

Last season, the Warriors beat the Clippers three times.

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This year? In the first matchup back on Nov. 4, the Warriors surrendered a 17-point second quarter lead, and ultimately overcame a 10-point fourth quarter deficit to win 112-108.

On Thursday night, the Clippers led by 23 in the second quarter, and by 10 with about five minutes remaining, but the Warriors stormed back and won 124-117.

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"We've got to find a way to win that game and that's on me," Chris Paul told reporters.

Paul, who finished the game with 35 points (13-for-22 FG, 5-for-9 3s), missed his final four shots (not counting his layup with five seconds left that made the score 124-117).

Griffin, who finished the game with 27 points (11-for-20 FG), scored just one point in the fourth quarter.

Stephen Curry, meanwhile, scored 13 of his 40 points points in the fourth quarter.

As a whole, the Warriors went 11-for-15 from the field in the fourth, made 8-of-9 3-pointers and converted 9-of-10 free throws.

"They made every big shot," Clippers head coach Doc Rivers said. "Their ball found everyone."

 

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