Unfortunately for Baynes, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time three times too many when Blake Griffin came barreling towards the basket.
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It all started when Griffin glided past Baynes for an easy jam with around six minutes left in the third:
Griffin’s second posterization of Baynes came with just over four minutes remaining in the quarter after a nice dish from Chris Paul:
In his third act almost exactly three minutes later, Griffin went solo with a nice spin move down the left side of the lane before another ferocious right-handed flush:
The Clippers eventually won by a final score of 107-92 behind 26 points from Griffin and Paul’s game-high 32 points.