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NBA: Los Angeles Clippers 91, Minnesota 87

Published: Nov. 24, 2009 at 1:42 AM

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Al Thornton had 31 points and 10 rebounds Monday and the Los Angeles Clippers beat Minnesota 91-87 to hand the Timberwolves their 13th straight loss.

Marcus Camby finished with 12 points and 18 rebounds for LA, which got just one basket from Baron Davis -- a layup with 8.5 seconds left to play that iced the Clippers' second straight win. Davis shot just 1-for-10 from the field.

Sebastian Telfair added 17 points and Chris Kaman scored 15 for LA.

Al Jefferson finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Timberwolves, but also committed eight of his team's 21 turnovers -- including a traveling violation with 29.1 seconds left and his team trailing by just a basket.

Jonny Flynn had 17 points and Ryan Gomes scored 15 for Minnesota.

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