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Lawrence, KS - Perry Ellis poured in 18 points in eighth- ranked Kansas 78-68 win over No. 24 Baylor in a Big 12 clash between teams trending in opposite directions. Andrew Wiggins made 10-of-12 from the foul line and scored 17 for Kansas (14-4, 5-0 Big 12), which capped a stretch of four straight games against ranked opponents unscathed. The Jayhawks have won five in a row and eight of nine overall. "I thought that even though our defense wasnt great tonight I thought it was nice to have energy feeding our run. If we could have secured a defensive board we would have put up some numbers, but we couldnt secure anything," said Kansas coach Bill Self. Baylor (13-5, 1-4) meanwhile has dropped four of five after entering conference play with a 12-1 mark, which included a Dec. 6 victory over then third-ranked Kentucky. "Im proud of our effort. At the end of the day losing is tough, well keep working to get better," said Baylor coach Scott Drew. "Thats what you have to love about the Big 12, though. Every night you get a chance to play against a great team and a team that is going to help your RPI out." Brady Heslip hit six 3-pointers en route to a game-high 19 points while Isaiah Austin and Cory Jefferson donated 16 points apiece in the setback. Baylor made its first four shots from the arc, including a pair of Heslip treys on consecutive possessions for an early 13-8 advantage. Heslip hit two more triples in the period, which featured 12 lead changes. Joel Embiids thunderous alley-oop from Frank Mason at 3:55 gave Kansas a 31-28 edge. The hosts then took their biggest lead of the first half on Wayne Seldens 3 with less than a minute to play, but Jefferson answered with an outside shot of his own. Wiggins split a pair at the line and Kenny Cherys runner missed long as the half came to a close with Kansas in front, 37-35. Neither team led by more than five points in a balanced first 20 minutes. The lead stretched to 41-35 as Baylor was held without a bucket over the first 3 1/2 minutes of the second half. Austin hit a pair of jumpers, including a triple that he banked in, to cut into the deficit, but Kansas responded with nine straight points for a 55-44 margin. Ellis scored seven during the spurt, and Selden made the play of the game when he launched himself out of bounds to save the ball for Embiid, whose hook shot was pure at 11:19. A pair of Selden free throws two minutes later gave the Jayhawks a double digit lead, and it held until Jeffersons jumper at 2:01. The Bears never got closer than nine though. With 59 seconds to play, Frank Mason drove late in the shot clock and snuck a pass to Ellis, who slammed it home with two hands to put an exclamation mark on Kansas triumph. Game Notes Kansas now leads the all-time series, 20-4, and improved to 12-0 in Lawrence ... Embiid had 12 points while Mason finished with nine points and six assists ... 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Aaron Gordon Jersey .J. - The New Jersey Devils know the odds are against them as they chase a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Magic Jerseys China .B. -- Canadian pairs skaters Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford went from elated to frustrated in the span of a few minutes.LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Blake Griffin stepped back and lofted a 3-pointer that bounced off the rim. Everyone in the arena was spellbound, watching the ball go straight up before it dropped through at the buzzer, stunning the Phoenix Suns and the crowd.Griffin took off running and his teammates leaped in celebration of a 121-120 overtime victory Monday night, their eighth in a row.When I shot it, I thought it was off, short, flat, Griffin said, but I got a lucky bounce.Griffin finished with a season-high 45 points — two off his career high — while making 15 of 17 free throws.He was the big cat tonight, said teammate J.J. Redick, who added 17 points.Chris Paul had 20 points and 10 assists, and DeAndre Jordan had 10 points and 14 rebounds in a game featuring rat-a-tat offence from both teams.Griffins buzzer-beater exhilarated his teammates.I feel like I hit the shot, Jordan said, smiling. I held my breath until it went all the way through the basket. After it hit the rim and went up, I knew it was going in. I felt the basketball gods were on our side.Redick wasnt so sure.I thought it was an airball when he shot it, he said. It was one time all season when Ill go to the offensive glass.Eric Bledsoe had a triple-double of 27 points, a career-high 16 assists and 11 rebounds for the Suns.Im mad we didnt get the W, he said. Stats dont mean nothing. At the end of the day, I go out there to play the game the right way.Markieff Morris scored 21 points, including back-to-back 3s in overtime that rallied the Suns from a two-point deficit to a four-point lead.Goran Dragic added 17 points for the Suns, who had six players in double figures. Bledsoe tied his career high in rebounds against his former team. The Suns lost their second straight and fourth in six games.In the 5-minute extra session, Morris hit a wide-open 3 that put the Suns ahead 117-116, after Griffin scored the Clippers first four points.Bledsoe was called for goaltending, leading to a basket by Redick that left the Clippers trailing 120-118. The Suns committed a shot-clock violation with 5 seconds to go, setting up Griffins game-winner from the right wing.Hes a great player and thats what great players do, Bledsoe said. Hes doing a hell of a job.Bledsoes 3-pointer drew the Suns within one with 2:01 leeft in regulation before Paul answered with a step-back jumper that kept Los Angeles ahead, 112-109.ddddddddddddMorris hit a jump hook to draw the Suns within one and then Matt Barnes was called for a foul away from the ball, putting Gerald Green at the line. He made a shot to tie the game at 112 with 27 seconds left.Bledsoe missed a 3-pointer with 5 seconds to go and Green lost the offensive rebound out of bounds near the Clippers bench. Paul dribbled around and put up the potential winning shot only to have it blocked by Bledsoe, forcing overtime.I knew he was going to try to throw a floater up, so I just tried to contest it, Bledsoe said.It was the Clippers closest game after winning their last five by an average of 21.4 points.As far as wins, this was better than all of them (the previous five) because this was one we clearly could have lost, coach Doc Rivers said.The fourth quarter bogged down when Jamal Crawford was called for a loose ball foul after getting tangled with Bledsoe at midcourt and then saying something to referee Mark Lindsay, who hit him with a technical and his first career ejection.Rivers got a tech for arguing the call, which was confirmed after a video review.There was a lot of complaining by both head coaches, by all the players, and thats why I was so surprised by the ejection, Rivers said. Jamals probably the most soft-spoken guy of all of them, and hes the one that gets it.Rivers said Crawford apologized after the game, but he didnt stick around to talk to reporters.That was the craziest ejection Ive ever seen, Griffin said. I heard a guy say worse things tonight.Griffin ran off nine points in a row in the third, when the Clippers built a 12-point lead — their largest of the game. His fast-break dunk in the first left Suns coach Jeff Hornacek shaking his head on the sideline.___TIP-INSSuns: Phoenix had no offensive rebounds in the first half against a team that is averaging the fewest in the league. ... G Isaiah Thomas (bruised right ankle) sat out.Clippers: The guard trio of Jordan Farmar (back spasms), Reggie Bullock (right ankle sprain) and Chris Douglas-Roberts (sore right Achilles) remained out. ... Julius Erving attended the game.UP NEXTSuns: Host Miami on Tuesday.Clippers: At Indiana on Wednesday. ' ' '
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