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Two teams hoping to capture their first wins of the 2009-10 NBA season clash in Salt Lake City Friday as the Utah Jazz play host to the Los Angeles Clippers.

Steve Nash simply wouldn't let the Suns falter tonight, carrying them down the stretch by answering nearly every Clippers score with a bucket of his own.

The Phoenix Suns will commence the 2009-10 campaign this evening, when they pay a visit to the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center.

Opening night is always a little dizzying. It's difficult to measure the new versus the familiar, and to banish what you want to forget while still recalling the stuff that's useful to remember.

Crystal Ball The consensus prediction of the TrueHoop Network bloggers ... and the best hopes of Clipperblog.

The first sign the Clippers may be in for better things than the 19-win season of a year is ago when the lottery wound up in their favor, giving them the No.

When Chris Kaman went into hibernation this summer, it sent many members of Clipper Nation into a state of paranoia.

Al Thornton scored six of his 20 points over the final 1:23 and DeAndre Jordan had 16 points and nine rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 91-88 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Friday night in the preseason finale for both teams.

There was his behind-the-back pass setting up yet another Blake Griffin dunk in the first quarter.

Chris Kaman scored 18 points and Sebastian Telfair added 15 to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 108-96 exhibition victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv on Tuesday night.

The Los Angeles Clippers are the NBA's annual train wreck of a franchise and foolishly share Staples Center with that other Los Angeles basketball team.

The Buffalo Braves came into existence in 1970. After eight seasons the franchise moved to San Diego and was renamed the Clippers.

The first overall draft pick Blake Griffin scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds, as the Los Angeles Clippers claimed a 103-96 win over the Utah Jazz in preseason action at the Staples Center.

Power forward Craig Smith, a new member of the Los Angeles Clippers, has been making a strong impression on his new teammates.

No Fantasy Teams Found Blake Griffin started at power forward Wednesday at the Spurs and looked every bit the part, finishing with 23 points and seven rebounds.

Blake Griffin, the overall No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, had 23 points and seven rebounds in 29 minutes to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 93-90 preseason victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night.

Breathtaking? And how about adding breath-stopping to the mix? The Clippers' Blake Griffin managed to do just that in one memorable quarter in his highly anticipated NBA preseason debut, a 97-85 Clippers victory against the Portland Trailblazers on Friday night at Staples Center.

Rasual Butler scored 14 points to lead the Clippers past the Trail Blazers, 97-85, in preseason action from the Staples Center.

It takes a village to raise a free-throw shooting percentage. Or something like that.

The Clippers spent a good part of Tuesday's practice working on defensive rotations.

Last Season: 19-63 Key Additions : Drafted Blake Griffin , traded for Craig Smith, Sebastian Telfair, Rasual Butler.

There was an injury to their No. 1 draft pick before training camp started, and, once the official practices started, there was one to the oldest player on the roster and another to the backup point guard Bring it on.

Look at it this way: The Clippers' training staff and Coach Mike Dunleavy are going to get in excellent shape if the first few days of camp are any indication.

Apparently nothing is guaranteed when it comes to Big 12 power forwards. Last year, after a month-long test drive with the first unit, Michael Beasley was shuffled to the Heat bench for virtually the balance of his rookie season.