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Maybe Friday night in Utah, maybe not for a few weeks, but the Clippers season is going to end before they reach the conference finals, and with Blake Griffin sidelined by injury. It’s an all-too-familiar scene. It will be six seasons of the Chris Paul Continue to Article

April 27, 2017 8:21:pm EST

An Uber driver in Orange County has been charged with raping a passenger who was riding home from a work-related event, authorities said. The alleged rape occurred March 30, when Angel Sanchez, 36, picked up a woman at a company gathering in Newport Beach, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office. The Uber ride was requested by colleagues of the woman, who was under the influence of alcohol at the time, prosecutors said. Sanchez drove the woman near her home in Santa Ana and sexually assaulted her in his 2016 Toyota Sienna, prosecutors alleged. The woman fled Sanchez’s vehicle and called 911. Police arrested Sanchez, a resident of Costa Mesa, on April 1. He was formally charged Continue to Article

April 26, 2017 7:40:pm EST

The Clippers are feeling a lot of pressure these playoffs, and they have suffered a couple tough losses at home now. The Clippers had just dropped Game 5 at home and are staring a 3-2 deficit series deficit in the face, and they have to win those two games without the injured Blake Griffin. This was not a rookie reporter, it was a guy who gets sound for local radio stations and has been a regular at Staples Center games for years. Continue to Article

April 26, 2017 12:36:pm EST

The Jazz are making life very hard for the Clippers. The Utah Jazz evened their first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers with a home win on Sunday, but the meaning of the victory felt much greater than the simple act of drawing even. With Rudy Gobert back in the lineup, Gordon Hayward momentarily limited due to food poisoning, and Blake Griffin out for the remainder of the playoffs, the Jazz managed to avoid a 3-1 hole and were suddenly the ascendant team in the series. Continue to Article

April 26, 2017 4:30:am EST

Still weak and lacking his usual energy after a bout of food poisoning, Gordon Hayward leaned on his teammates. Hayward scored 27 points, Utah controlled the paint and the Jazz beat the Los Angeles Clippers 96-92 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their first-round NBA playoff series. "It was good I got some open looks early," said Hayward, who missed most of Utah's win in Game 4. Continue to Article

April 26, 2017 2:59:am EST