LeBron James vs. Blake Griffin: 2nd quarter heats up. Clippers lead, 68-58 | The Fabulous Forum | Los Angeles Times

Blake Griffin'sdrive and basket pushed the Clippers' lead to 20 points, 51-31, early in the third, but this game has largely featured the other Clippers, who have been doing most of the scoring. All eight Clippers who played in the first quarter scored.Dwyane Wadeis carrying the Heat with 14 points after five minutes of the second.

LeBron Jamessat for the first five minutes of the quarter and returned to the game to a prolonged boo from the crowd, with the Clippers leading, 55-38. The Clippers have done a good job of sealing off the lane when James has tried to drive.

Griffin's runaway-train drive on the baseline and reverse layup failed to go down, but he made both free throws after being fouled. The Times' NBA guruMark Heisler, who has seen, oh, 5,000 NBA games, said,"I think he's the most exciting player I've ever seen."

Shortly after that, Griffin canned a 12-foot banker from the left side.

James' three-pointer with four minutes left cut the Clippers' lead to 62-48. You didn't think the Clippers were going to run away from this team, did you?

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