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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Blake Griffin used a banking analogy to describe his dominant performance against the Lakers on Friday night. And most of the time the Clippers got the ball to him, he was right on the money.Griffin scored 39 points and went 11 for 12 from the free throw line, powering the Los Angeles Clippers to a gritty 118-111 victory over the winless Lakers in the first meeting of the season between the Staples Center co-tenants.Just carrying over from last year, and all the work I put in this summer, its confidence-building, Griffin said. I mean, when youve deposited a lot of money, you feel good about writing checks. And thats kind of what Im doing now. Ive put the time in on this, but I still have to do the same things that make us successful.DeAndre Jordan had 11 points and 13 rebounds during a foul-plagued 39 minutes. The two-time defending Pacific Division champions have won eight of nine against the Lakers (0-3) since the start of the 2012-13 campaign, including victories by margins of 36, 48 and 23 points in the final three meetings last season.Chris Paul had 12 points, 10 assists and two steals for the Clippers.Jordan Hill scored 13 of his 21 points in the third quarter and Kobe Bryant had 21, but cost the Lakers down the stretch with his cold shooting.I just tried to make it as tough as possible on him, Paul said. If you cant get excited about trying to defend against him, then youre in the wrong business.After stumbling out of the blocks with an 18-point loss to Houston and a 20-point defeat at Phoenix, the injury-riddled Lakers are 0-3 for the fourth time since the franchise left Minneapolis. They also lost their first three games last season, as well as 1978-79 and 1960-61 — their first season in Los Angeles.Jordan picked up his fifth foul with 6:23 remaining and the Clippers trailing 101-99. Griffins two free throws tied it for the third time in the quarter at 103 before Jeremy Lin beat the shot clock with a 3-pointer over Paul from the right sideline to give Lakers their last lead.Lin finished with 17 points and nine assists.We talked through some things and tried to open it up a little bit tonight, Lin said. We tried to get everything moving and the ball popping. We learned to trust each other more. Were growing and figuring out to trust each other the right way. Just trying to create and attack and make as many plays as possible.Jamal Crawford, last seasons Sixth Man of the Year, had 22 points off the bench — including a 3-pointer that gave the Clippers the lead for good at 112-109 with 1:37 left. J.J. Redick put it away with four free throws in the final 15 seconds.Starting forward Wesley Johnson, 0 for 5 in the first half, made a 3 on his first shot of the third quarter and Hill put the Lakers ahead 62-61 on a layup with 10:01 left in the period after they trailed by 15 points with less than 4 minutes to go in the first.It was just a lack of effort on our part, I thought, Griffin said. We just got complacent — myself, everybody. We didnt have a sense of urgency and then had to push that go button, so to speak. We let our guard down, and we just cant do that.Griffin led the Clippers to a 62-56 halftime lead with 18 points on 8-for-13 shooting, after missing his first six shots in Thursdays 93-90 win over Oklahoma City. His first 3-pointer of the season gave them a 25-12 lead with 4:34 left in the first. The Lakers sliced a 13-point deficit to 45-42 with an 11-1 spurt capped by Bryants 3-pointer with 4:31 left in the half.QUOTE OF THE NIGHTIts just another game. I dont consider Lakers and Clippers a true rivalry yet, Lakers coach Byron Scott said before the game. Obviously, our biggest rivalry has always been the Celtics. Theyve got 17 banners, weve got 16 banners. Thats a rivalry.TWIST OF FATEScott was drafted fourth overall by the San Diego Clippers, who traded his rights to the Lakers in October 1983 as part of a multiplayer deal for Norm Nixon. Scott went on to win three NBA titles with the Lakers.TIP-INSClippers: Griffin was 12 for 44 from 3-point range last season. ... Paul had 42 points, 15 rebounds and six assists against Golden State last Halloween.Lakers: Bryant helped Paul to his feet after knocking him down in the second quarter. ... The Lakers Band made a rare appearance on the court to play the national anthem. Team president Jeanie Buss high-fived each of them as they walked off. ... 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Djokovic piled up six breaks of serve, compared to only one for the overmatched Cilic. The three-time Tour Finals titlist Djokovic topped Rafael Nadal in last years finale in London. Nadal is not playing this year after undergoing surgery to remove his appendix, which opened the door for Cilic to qualify for this exclusive eight-player event. Djokovic (1-0) heads up this weeks four-player Group A, which also features Stan Wawrinka (1-0), Tomas Berdych (0-1) and Cilic (0-1). The 27-year-old Djokovic is now two wins away from clinching the year-end No. 1 ranking for the third time in four years. Also on Day 2 in London, the third-seeded Australian Open champion Wawrinka flattened the sixth-seeded former Wimbledon runner-up Berdych 6-1, 6-1 in a brisk 58-minute affair. Wawrinka broke his Czech counterpart five times while holding his quality serve throughout on Monday. The world No. 4 Wawrinka haad been stuck in a rut since losing in the U.dddddddddddd. 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