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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Jamal Crawford scored 25 points, Chris Paul had 23 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Detroit Pistons 104-98 on Wednesday night.Blake Griffin added 15 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Clippers, who outscored the Pistons 32-25 in the final period. Crawford, one of the NBAs top reserves, and Paul combined for 31 points in the second half.D.J. Augustin scored 19 points for the Pistons, who have lost six in a row. Andre Drummond had 17 points and 13 rebounds.Detroit used its one consistent strength — rebounding — to build a slim 51-48 halftime lead. The Pistons outrebounded the Clippers 24-17 in the half, including a 7-2 edge on the offensive glass. Drummond had 12 points and seven boards at the break.Paul got more involved in the third quarter, scoring 14 points, but Detroit still led 73-72 going into the fourth. Crawford gave Paul a rest early in the fourth and kept things going, scoring five straight points to put Los Angeles up 81-75.The Clippers increased their lead to 11 with Paul still on the bench, with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope struggling to guard Crawford. Detroit finally adjusted, and Josh Smiths layup cut the lead to 93-91 with 2:39 to play.Griffin answered with a dunk for Los Angeles, and after a Pistons miss, Paul knocked down a 3-pointer to make it a seven-point game. Crawford applied the finishing touches, blocking a Caldwell-Pope shot before hitting a 3 at the other end.___TIP-INSClippers: Coach Doc Rivers got involved in the action in the second quarter. He jumped onto the court to avoid Pistons rookie Spencer Dinwiddie, who was trying to save a loose ball. Unfortunately for the Pistons, Dinwiddies backhanded flip hit Rivers and bounced out of bounds, giving the Clippers the ball. ... Glen Davis showed surprising athletic ability, vaulting a courtside advertising board while pursuing a rebound.Pistons: Detroit had a distinct advantage in fouls early, only being called for one in the first quarter while Los Angeles picked up eight, but Smith and Kyle Singler still picked up first-half technicals for arguing calls. . Brandon Jennings missed his second straight game with a sprained left thumb.UP NEXTClippers: At Houston on Friday.Pistons: Host Milwaukee on Friday. Air Max Australia Running Shoes . The defeat leaves the 41-year-old Nestor to concentrate on the mixed-doubles event after winning 12 straight matches and winning Australian titles in Brisbane and Sydney with two different partners. "This was a little bit of a let down, but all credit to them," said Nestor. Black Air Max Australia . "Win basketball games," Collins said. He will get at least a few more chances. 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The autumn series at Twickenham opens with Saturdays visit of the Springboks, with the hosts keen to claim their 10th successive victory under Eddie Jones since he took over as head coach from Stuart Lancaster.Hartley has noted the recent breaking of unwanted runs in Chicago, with Ireland defeating New Zealand for the first time in their history and the Cubs baseball team claiming the World Series for the first time in 108 years. Hartley looks ahead to Englands first Autumn international against South Africa on Saturday But rather than dwell on Englands poor string of results against the Springboks of nine defeats and a draw, Hartley believes they have the quality to claim a confidence-boosting victory.Whatever happened in the past, the Irish wrote their own history and the Cubs wrote their own history, so we want to do the same as a team, said captain Hartley. England vs South Africa November 12, 2016, 2:00pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass We are a team that have got a goal under Eddie Jones to be the best in the world and winning this game at the weekend is a huge step for us going forward as a team.Losses and wins are all in the past. We have been building for this game for a long, long time. The team is prepared and are desperate to win.The thing for us is the next step as a team. We are always focusing on the next game. Beatiing South Africa this weekend is just the next step in this teams progression.ddddddddddddEngland have built an impressive head of steam under Jones with a Grand Slam and 3-0 series whitewash of Australia among the results that has seen them climb to second in the world rankings. We take a look back at Hartleys reign as England captain But Hartley insists that will count for little against South Africa, while drawing strength from the knowledge they are heading in the right direction.Its not a momentum roll. If we had played the Australia series and then wed gone straight into playing South Africa, then we could take momentum from that, Hartley added.What we can take from it is experience - we know that weve been in tough corners before and weve fought our way out.So its not so much about momentum, its about experiences and trusting your team-mates, knowing what it takes to regain control of the game or make the final push to win a game. We have been building for this game for a long, long time. The team is prepared and are desperate to win. Dylan Hartley People talk about us being on a run but that is only on paper. We have drawn a line under those matches. If you talk about momentum, well we have just come together as a team.South Africa are at the end of a season so they are battle-hardened but we need to find that Test match intensity in those opening exchanges and get up to speed pretty sharpish.Watch England v South Africa on Saturday. Coverage begins on Sky Sports 1 HD at 2pm. Also See: WATCH: Eddie Jones special England v SA: Key battles Paynes predictions Rugby Union on Sky ' ' '