Paul, Griffin lead Clippers to 123-115 win over Raptors

Chris Paul had 26 points and 12 assists, Blake Griffin also scored 26 and Los Angeles beat the Toronto Raptors 123-115 on Monday night in a matchup of early-season division leaders.

DeAndre Jordan added 17 points and 15 rebounds for the Clippers, who improved the NBA's best record to 13-2 with their 10th victory in 11 games.

The Clippers led by 17 in the second half but the Raptors cut the margin to 119-115 on a 3-pointer by Kyle Lowry with less than a minute to play.

Lowry, DeRozan and Jordan were teammates on the 2016 USA Olympic Men's Basketball team that won the gold medal in Rio.

At the end of Sunday night's Toronto-Sacramento game, Terrence Ross' 3-pointer at the buzzer off an inbounds play would have sent the game to overtime, but after a replay review the basket was disallowed and the Raptors lost 102-99.

The play was ruled a clock malfunction because the inbounds pass was deflected, and officials said the clock should have started once the ball was touched.

Paul is the only NBA player since 1983-84 with 120 assists, 42 steals and only 28 turnovers in the first 14 games of a season.

Toronto continues a five-game road trip, its second-longest of the season, on Wednesday at Houston.

The Clippers are 6-0 away from home, the longest road winning streak to start a season in franchise history.