Brand leads Clippers to win over Grizzlies

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01/21/2007 - Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Elton Brand scored 34 points, and the LA Clippers routed the Memphis Grizzlies, 112-91.

Sam Cassell scored 21 points and dished out 14 assists for the Clippers, who won their second in a row and fourth of six. Chris Kaman added 12 points and nine rebounds for LA, and Corey Maggette added 11 points and nine boards. Cuttino Mobley scored 11 points for the Clippers.

Pau Gasol scored 27 points and grabbed seven boards for Memphis, which has lost four of five. Rudy Gay scored 17 points, and Mike Miller scored 13 points for the Grizzlies. Hakim Warrick and Chucky Atkins contributed 10 points apiece off the bench for Memphis.

Memphis trailed by double-digits for the entire second half, never threatening in a game that was essentially over at halftime. The Grizzlies were down 69-49 after three quarters, on their way to the 21-point loss.

Brand scored nine in the first quarter, including a dunk with 42 seconds left that put the Clippers ahead 24-23, but a Roberts layup and an Atkins three at the buzzer sent the Grizzlies into the second quarter ahead 28-24.

The Clippers exploded in the second quarter, and the Memphis offense was nonexistent as LA took control of the game. The Clippers outscored the Grizzlies 39-12 in the second.

A 14-5 stretch was closed by a Maggette layup giving LA a 38-33 lead midway through the quarter. After two Gasol free throws that made it 38-35, LA ripped off 15-3 run, taking a 53-37 lead after a three-point play by Mobley with four and a half minutes left in the first half.

LA closed the quarter with eight straight points, taking a 63-40 lead into the break after a Cassell layup with two seconds left in the half.

Game Notes

The Grizzlies fell to 2-18 on the road...LA outscored Memphis in the paint 60-38...24 of Brand's 34 points came in the first half...Memphis hit only 5- of-20 from behind the arc.

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Big Ten Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.

Should be in:

Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?

Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

Work left to do:

Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.

Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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