SALT LAKE CITY - The Clippers took a 2-1 series leading, winning in Utah 111-106, rallying from a 14 point first half deficit without Blake Griffin, who left the game with a toe injury.
Here are five quick takeaways from the Clippers victory.
1) Chris Paul leads second half comeback - The Jazz opened the game with a different defensive scheme, putting Joe Ingles on Paul, and stayed with the strategy whenever the two’s minutes aligned.
Paul was solid in the first half, scoring 10 points, but in the second half after Griffin was ruled out, Paul switched into “Point God” mode.