LOS ANGELES >> Once again the Clippers faced a third-quarter deficit. Just like they did two nights earlier, they turned to Jamal Crawford.
The veteran sixth man scored 19 points, all but two of which came in the game’s final 14 minutes. He sealed the Clippers’ second straight victory with a flourish, burying a 3-pointer as the Celtics’ Tyler Zeller collided with him, sending him to the line for a four-point play.
When Raymond Felton blocked the even more diminutive Isaiah Thomas’ jump shot, Blake Griffin sprinted ahead for a thundering one-handed dunk with 3:33 remaining, and the Clippers were on their way to a decisive 116-102 victory at Staples Center.