Griffin unleashes repertoire to score 47 in Clippers win

LOS ANGELES (AP):

Those critics who label Blake Griffin's offence one-dimensional? The Los Angeles Clippers rookie answered them with the NBA's high-scoring game this season.

Hitting a mix of bank shots, hooks, three-pointers, and turnaround jumpers, Griffin had a career-high 47 points and 14 rebounds for his 27th consecutive double-double, helping the Clippers rally to beat the Indiana Pacers 114-107 on Monday.

"It's cool because all I hear is, "he can dunk and jumps high'," Griffin said. "People question the other skills, and as a basketball player, you take that personally."

It was Griffin's 33rd double-double of his rookie season and his 19 field goals made were a career best. His points topped the previous league high of 46 by Golden State's Monta Ellis.

"Oh my goodness, he caught a feeling today," Baron Davis said of Griffin. "He was unstoppable. We just kept feeding him and he kept producing. That keeps the defence off-balance."

11 free throws

Danny Granger scored 32 points, making 10 of 11 free throws, and former UCLA star Darren Collison added 30 points and eight assists for the Pacers, who practically dared Griffin to shoot by rarely double-teaming him.

"We wanted to keep him from getting to the paint and just make him take tough jumpers. But he was making a lot of jump shots, so it was hard to defend him," Granger said.

Eric Gordon added 23 points and Davis had 14 points and 12 assists for the Clippers, who were coming off a win over the two-time defending NBA champion Lakers a day earlier and have won 10 of their last 14.

In other games on Monday, the scores were: Chicago Bulls 96 Mamphis Grizzlies 84, Utah Jazz 101 Washington Bullets 108, Charlotte Hornets 92 Philadelphia 76ers 96, Toronto Raptors 81 New Orleans Thunder 85, Milwaukee Bucks 84 Houston Rockets 93, Dallas Mavericks 89 Detroit Pistons 103, Detroit Pistons 107 Los Angeles Clippers 114, Sacramento Kings 98 Atlanta Hawks 100, New Jersey Nets 100 Golden State Warriors 109.