Griffin had 22 points to go with 26 points and 14 assists in a 112-100 victory Monday night that snapped the winning streak of four games in a thunder matchup of Division leaders Chris Paul.
Griffin downplayed his move Monster after the game, a twinkle only briefly breaking his serious expression.
' CP commands so much attention out there. Came off the pick and roll, and struck me in stride, '' Griffin said.
Paul added: '' I said Blake after the game, ' thanks for letting me be part of this. ' '
DeAndre Jordan Griffin grabbed from behind in a bear hug as celebratory basketball got replayed over and over again in the third quarter.
Jordan, who had 11 points and 11 rebounds, couldn't do the same.
' I was shocked. I didn't know what to do, so I just grabbed him. I hit him sort of hard, ' he said. ' I'm going to go home and watch it again. Probably going to be the screensaver on my phone. '
Griffin said that he knew that he had made a good impression, judging by the raucous crowd response. Then he felt Jordan behind him.
He armlocked me, '' Griffin said. '' I couldn't breathe. '
The reaction on Twitter came fast and furious.
Larry Fitzgerald tweeted the Arizona Cardinals wide receiver: ' Blake Griffin just made one of the top dunks of the season. Perhaps his career. (hashtag) Beast. '
Tracy McGrady of the Atlanta Hawks weighed in with ' yo, crazy crazy dunk by dude Blake Griffin. '
Also ex-wife of Shaquille O'Neal has impressed.
Shaunie O'Neal tweeted: ' OMG!!! Did you all see only Blake Griffin dunk!! Daaayyyummm! '
Paul had 26 points and 14 assists, Caron Butler also had 22 points, Chauncey Billups scored 13 and Mo Williams 12 Pacific leaders as Clippers dunked with high-flying abandonment against the team with the NBA'S best record to 16-4. They won their third in a row to follow up a 109-105 victory in Denver the night before that began a streak of five matches in seven nights.
' We're not going to read too much into it, ' said Paul of consecutive victories. ' Let us know what we can. We exploded offensively. '
Kevin Durant had 36 points and 13 rebounds and Russell Westbrook added 31 for the Thunder leader in the Northwest, where the best road record fell to 8-3. They had won 11 of their previous 12.
' Chris Paul was around, getting what he wanted to get on the floor and making passes at guys for dunks and wide-open 3s, '' Durant said. ' It is difficult to stop. '
Monster mash of Griffin had everyone talking and tweeting, but the Clippers put together a breathtaking sequence enter the first time.
Thunder rocked with four consecutive 3-pointers in less than a minute to lead 64-46. The flurry of Williams (two), Butler (one) and Billups (one) stopped execution of 11-2 Thunder had drawn them within six points.
' Mo said that he could be the biggest Exchange that I have been part of since I was in the NBA, '' said Paul. ' That got the crowd into it. Four 3s in less than a minute is incredible. '
Jordan said: ' we were just hot. I really don't look as if it were real. We were on a high, but we knew we had to go out in the third and knock out the plate. '
The Thunder bumbled their way up to half, with combination of Westbrook and Durant on three straight turnovers that led to the Fireworks long haul of the Clippers. Williams and Butler had two steals in flight.
'' That doesn't happen, and not likely to happen once the rest of the year, that a team will make 3s that many in a minute, ' Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. ' But they did shots. They started the game with a lot of urgency and had us back on our heels. '
Los Angeles shot 71 percent from long range in the middle which also featured a series of huge dunks by Jordan, Griffin, Durant and Westbrook, although both teams lose their share of dunks, too.
Daequan Cook was the only other player Tascott in double figures with 12 points. Durant and Westbrook scored all but two of the 25 points of Thunder in the third quarter, the Clippers ended the 3-pointer from Paul to lead 90-70.
Durant and Westbrook began the fourth on the bench, although both arose when Cook hit his second 3-pointer of the period to get the Thunder 95-81. Griffin then scored five in a row, capped by a two-handed jam that extended the Clippers 100-81.
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