For eight minutes Friday, the Clippers played like the team that left training camp openly declaring its championship aspirations - their long-armed defenders forcing consecutive stops on one end, their litany of shooters blowing open a lead with ruthless efficiency on the other.For the final 40 minutes, though, they looked like the team they have actually been since the season's start - uneven, uncomfortable, unexpectedly missing a key player and unable to hold onto a lead.
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