Corey Maggette had 30 points and 10 rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers beat Memphis 100-86 on Wednesday night, sending the Grizzlies to their 11th straight road loss.
Chris Kaman scored nine of his 11 points in the fourth quarter after sitting out most of the third in foul trouble, Tim Thomas added 17 points off the bench and rookie Al Thornton had 13 points before fouling out with 3:21 to play.
Rudy Gay led Memphis with 21 points and Hakim Warrick added 20. The Grizzlies' road losing streak is their longest since the 2000-01 season when they dropped 15 straight during the team's final season in Vancouver.
Memphis center Darko Milicic missed all seven field-goal attempts, helping bring the Grizzlies' shooting percentage down to 36.4 for the game. Mike Miller didn't play because of back problems.
Kaman spent the final 10:34 of the third quarter on the bench with four fouls while 36-year-old forward Aaron Williams filled in for him and helped the Clippers extend their margin from four points to 92-68. The Grizzlies got no closer than 10 points on a layup by Juan Carlos Navarro with 2:41 remaining.
Chris Kaman finished with seven rebounds, but the Clippers improved to 3-10 when he doesn't get a double-double.
The Grizzlies, who blew a 19-point lead in Tuesday's 108-101 loss at Seattle, squandered a 12-point advantage in the first half as the Clippers used a 15-5 second-quarter run to take a 51-47 lead at intermission.
Corey Maggette scored 13 points in the quarter after spending the final 6 minutes of the opening period on the bench with two fouls. Thomas gave Los Angeles its first lead at 42-41 on a 12-footer with 3:47 left in the half.
Notes:@ Los Angeles and Memphis both are last in their respective divisions. The major difference is, the Los Angeles Clippers have a chance to escape the basement before season's end. They trail Sacramento by six games in the Pacific, while the Grizzlies are an insurmountable 19 1/2 games behind Houston in the Southwest. ... The Clippers host Utah on Friday night and will make their 14th attempt to win consecutive games for the first time since opening the season 4-0. ... Memphis is 1-7 since trading Pau Gasol to the Lakers on Feb. 1 for Kwame Brown and rookie Javaris Crittenton. ... The Grizzlies are 2-26 when scoring fewer than 100 points, as opposed to 12-14 when scoring 100 or more. ... The Clippers shot 45 percent against a Memphis defense that came in allowing a league-high 45.9 field goal percentage by its opponents. ... The Clippers had assists on 28 of their 36 field goals.
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