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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Jamal Crawford never stews over statistics. As a prolific scorer, he knows hes usually one shot away from triggering an offensive outburst.So it was easy for him to shrug off his 20-of-62 shooting in five previous games and let things fly. Crawford scored 21 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Clippers held off the struggling Denver Nuggets 102-98 Monday night for their fifth straight victory.I wanted to be aggressive and try to open up stuff, said Crawford, last seasons Sixth Man of the Year.Crawford scored Los Angeles final five points and had a key save that led to a basket in the closing seconds, when the Clippers completed their biggest comeback of the season after trailing by 16 earlier in the game.During timeouts, Crawford kept telling his teammates they were going to win.He was guaranteeing it, coach Doc Rivers said.The usually soft-spoken Crawford said, I always have belief.Ty Lawson led the Nuggets with 19 points and 11 assists. Arron Afflalo scored 18, Wilson Chandler had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Jusuf Nurkic grabbed 10 rebounds in Denvers seventh straight loss.Matt Barnes added 18 points for Los Angeles, and Blake Griffin had 14 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists. Chris Paul scored 15 points.Griffin and Paul credited Crawford and the rest of the Clippers bench for bringing them all the way back.He was huge, Griffin said about Crawford. His scoring was unbelievable and it can come in a flash. Thats what he does for us.The Clippers trailed by 10 early in the fourth before Crawford found his shooting touch. He hit a tying 3-pointer, and then followed with another basket that made it 94-92 with 2:30 remaining.Glen Davis exhorted the crowd, shouting Lets go at fans and waving his arms.His energy can lift a whole building, Crawford said. His energy is contagious. That can turn into wins for us.Afflalo tied it again before Barnes go-ahead basket. Pauls pass was on its way out of bounds before Crawford saved it and passed to Barnes as Crawford was running out of bounds on the baseline. Barnes converted for a 96-94 lead.I knew if I saved it, hed be right there under the basket, Crawford said.Crawford converted three free throws to make it 99-94.Chandlers floater and two free throws by Darrell Arthur drew the Nuggets to 99-98.Crawford made two trips to the line in the final 5 seconds, going 3 of 4 to seal the victory.In the fourth quarter, I thought we fell asleep a few times when he was off the ball, and he was able to get clean looks coming off a pick, Nuggets coach Brian Shaw said. We rotated over to their lesser shooters a few times, and Matt Barnes was able to swing it over to Crawford a couple of times.Denver led 77-69 going into the fourth, having padded its lead with an 11-0 run in the third.The effort is there, but weve got to develop some killer instinct, Shaw said.The Clippers defence started getting stops with 5 minutes left in the second quarter, triggering their transition game. They outscored the Nuggets 22-6 to take a 50-47 lead at the break. Griffin hit a layup off an alley-oop pass from Paul after Griffin got the offensive rebound. On the Clippers next possession, Griffin returned the favour with an alley-oop pass that DeAndre Jordan dunked.The Nuggets came out strong to start the game, shooting 59 per cent and building a 16-point lead in the first quarter. Chandler hit back-to-back 3-pointers while scoring their first 10 points before Kenneth Faried and Afflalo teamed on a 12-0 run.___TIP-INSNuggets: They lost their third in a row on the road, where they are 6-15.Clippers: Barnes had a strained abdominal muscle, and re-aggravated it in the fourth quarter. ... The previous largest deficit Los Angeles had overcome this season was 14 points against Portland on Nov. 8. ... The Clippers evened the season series 1-all.NURKICS PROGRESSThe rookie centre made his 10th start in 33 games. He finished with six points, and all 10 of his rebounds were on the defensive end to go with three blocked shots. But the 7-foot Bosnian Beast committed four fouls.He gets in foul trouble because the benefit of the calls are going to go against the rookie most of the time, Shaw said. He plays a physical game and hes fearless. His games been up and down, but hes had his moments.JORDANS BIDJordan had seven points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots in the first half. The Clippers centre will have to wait until Thursday to find out if he will be a reserve pick for the All-Star game.That was a postcard to all the coaches, Rivers said of Jordans blocks.Rivers said he called his peers around the NBA in an effort to get Jordan a trip to New York along with Griffin for All-Star weekend.Theres some begging, Rivers joked. I offer them food, drinks.UP NEXTNuggets: At New Orleans on Wednesday.Clippers: At Utah on Wednesday in the opener of their eight-game Grammy trip. Patrick Roberts Jersey . Louis Blues brought in the premier unrestricted free agent centre, and did it without breaking the bank. Nicolas Otamendi Jersey . Bjoergen pulled away from Swedens Charlotte Kalla on the final straight to win in 38 minutes, 33.6 seconds and defend her title from the 2010 Vancouver Games. Kalla was 1.8 seconds back. 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Owings, Paul Goldschmidt and Miguel Montero homered as the Diamondbacks reached double-digits against the Colorado Rockies again, completing a sweep with a 12-7 win Thursday night. Arizona took all three games at Coors Field for the first time since April 2008. This series was quite an offensive display by the Diamondbacks, too, as they scored 32 runs and collected 48 hits over the three games. "(This) happens every other week here, doesnt it?" Bronson Arroyo said. "Doesnt usually happen to those guys, though. We just happened to put all the runs on the board this time." Even Arroyo (5-4) pitched differently in this park. He went with fastballs 60 per cent of the time -- something the 37-year-old usually doesnt do. But hey, this quirky park sometimes calls for an unorthodox approach. "I threw an offbeat game," said Arroyo, who allowed four runs and six hits in 6 1-3 innings. The Rockies were once again off their game as they lost their seventh straight. Its their longest skid since losing nine in a row late in the 2012 season. "We come to play every single day," said Troy Tulowitzki, who had a homer and a double. "Its just not happening right now. A night after the Diamondbacks put up 16 runs, they pounded Rockies starter Juan Nicasio (5-4). The right-hander struggled with his command, allowing a season-high seven runs in 5 1-3 innings. Manager Walt Weiss called a team meeting before the game, just so he could check in with his team during this horrendous stretch. He said there are "no magic words in this game or magic words for success." Is this rock bottom? "I dont know," Weiss said. "We have a game tomorrow. Well try to win a game tomorrow." The top five hitters in the Diamondbacks lineup -- Gerardo Parra, Owings, Goldschmidt, Montero and Martin Prado -- feasted on Rockies pitching, going a combined 13 for 24 with nine RBIs. "I know weve got a good hitting ball club. I knnow that," Montero said.dddddddddddd "We showed it the last couple of games." Did they ever. According to the Diamondbacks, its just the second time the team has had back-to-back games with 18 or more hits. Its only the fifth time theyve scored 12 or more runs in two straight. "You hear stuff about Coors Field coming up through the minors leagues," said Owings, who finished 3 for 5 with four RBIs. "You watch a lot of games here, see a lot of runs scored. But I wouldnt say that plays into anything you do differently here. You hit the ball hard. "The ball might do some different things here." Owings had a two-run homer in the eighth that gave Arizona a 9-6 lead. The cushion was valuable at the time as Rockies pinch hitter Brandon Barnes hit an inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the inning, when the ball sailed over the head of centre fielder Ender Inciarte, hit off the base of the wall and caromed away. It was the 14th inside-the-park homer in Rockies history and first since Eric Young Jr. had one on Aug. 8, 2012, in Los Angeles. Arizona added to its lead in the ninth with three more runs. Inciarte ended the game by making a leaping catch at the wall on Wilin Rosarios deep drive. Arroyo had a 7-3 lead heading into the seventh inning, when he ran into trouble. A usually reliable bullpen struggled, too. The Rockies scored three times on RBI singles from Drew Stubbs, Michael Cuddyer and Corey Dickerson. With the bases loaded and two outs, Oliver Perez was brought in to face pinch hitter Justin Morneau, who grounded out to third to end the rally. "That was huge," Arroyo said. "He came in and gave us that one out we needed and really broke the game open for us." NOTES: The Diamondbacks open a three-game home series against Atlanta on Friday, with RHP Brandon McCarthy taking the mound. ... Colorado held a moment of silence for Don Zimmer, who died Wednesday at 83. 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