Clippers forward Blake Griffin praised the way Los Angeles finished off a 10-day trip that closed with games on the shores of lakes Erie and Pontchartrain on back-to-back nights. Griffin had 27 points and 10 rebounds, Chris Paul had 17 points and 13 assists, and the Clippers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 114-96 on Friday night. The dominant effort came one night after an equally convincing 113-94 triumph at Cleveland on Thursday night - with a flight from the United States' northern border to the Gulf Coast in between, touching down in the Big Easy around 2 a.m. local time. More...