Wednesday, January 16

Clippers Get Rare Win



Jonathan Raber
SportsTicker Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Sam Cassell found his shooting touch and the Los Angeles Clippers found a win. Struggling in his previous four games, Cassell bounced back to score 32 points to lead the Clippers to a rare home victory, 97-90, over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. Corey Maggette finished with 21 points and Tim Thomas added 11 for Los Angeles, which had lost 17 of its previous 22 home games to the Suns. "Sam shot lights out, which was really big, that was a big key to this game," Maggette said. "He just caught fire and propelled our team to the next level." The Clippers, who had lost 10 of their last 11 games, also snapped a four-game losing streak - all of which came at Staples Center.