Clippers Rally to Give Coach Dunleavy 600th Win

Los Angeles Clippers center Marcus Camby (23) strips the ball from Memphis Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph (50) in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)

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Eric Gordon scored 29 points and the Los Angeles Clippers rallied from a 20-point deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 98-88 on Sunday, giving coach Mike Dunleavy his 600th regular-season victory.

Al Thornton scored seven of his 18 points in the final 2:26 for the Clippers, who held the Grizzlies to just 2-for-18 shooting in the fourth quarter. Marcus Camby added 14 points and 14 rebounds for Los Angeles.

Marc Gasol led Memphis with 26 points and was 13-for-18 from the field after starting the day tied with Portland's Greg Oden for the league's best field goal percentage at .633. Rudy Gay had 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Former Clippers forward Zach Randolph missed his first six shots and was 1-for-8 overall, finishing with five points, six rebounds and three turnovers in more than 40 minutes.

Trailing by 18 in the opening minute of the fourth, the Clippers outscored the Grizzlies 33-5 the rest of the way. After Gordon's three-point play sliced the deficit to 88-78 with 7:02 remaining, Los Angeles kept pouring it on after Gay missed a pair of free throws.

Gordon tied it at 88 with a fastbreak layup after Camby blocked a shot by Gasol, and Thornton converted another fastbreak layup after a missed jumper by Gay with 1:39 remaining to give the Clippers their first lead. Thornton followed up with a three-point play after Randolph threw the ball away, and Sebastian Telfair provided the dagger with a 3-pointer in the final 37 seconds after Gay missed a 17-footer.

Randolph was 0-for-5 in the first half, but the Grizzlies shot 64.9 percent collectively over the first two quarters to build a 58-43 lead. Sam Young made a pair of 20-foot jumpers during a 10-0 run that extended Memphis' three-point lead to 38-25 with 8:08 left in the second quarter.

Clippers center Chris Kaman got in early foul trouble, picking up his third with 7:34 left in the half and his team down by 11. He got his fourth foul with 9:19 left in the third and Memphis leading 59-47. The Grizzlies widened the gap to 77-57 on a 3-pointer by Jamaal Tinsley with 2:43 left in the quarter.