Jazz lose heartbreakers to Clippers 107-105

Thoughts on tonight's game:

- Chris Paul and Blake Griffin make for a scary duo.

- Al Jefferson was a beast inside with his own 27-point, 12-rebound game.

- The injury to Earl Watson hurts.  He tends to rise to the occasion in games like these while Devin Harris wilts.  Watson was +8 in his 20 minutes before he went out with the ankle sprain.  Harris finished with -7.  Jamaal Tinsley, their third point guard, was -8 in his 7 minutes.

- Last time Paul Millsap outplayed Blake Griffin, but last time Blake didn't have CP3 passing him the ball.

- When Blake Griffin got his fifth foul, I was excited.  I figured the Jazz could pound inside and Blake would be afraid to pick up the sixth foul.  But when Millsap had the ball in the post, Blake started to fall before Millsap even bumped him to put up the shot.  The ref called an offensive foul.  Now Millsap made the shot, and it would have tied the game.  But the refs are not about to call Blake for his sixth foul, and I don't know why they didn't do a no-call for a flop that would make Vlade Divac blush.  The Jazz never recovered.

- Beyond that game-changer, the Jazz lost in other ways.  They were outrebounded 50-35.  They missed 10 free throws.

- Derrick Favors played inspired.  He had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks in 18 minutes. And he made all his free throws.  He probably should have had some more of Sap's minutes tonight.

- Mo Williams had the least efficient 19 points ever.

- Josh Howard wound up dribbling down the court three possessions in a row.  If he'd been a faster guard, he could have thrown some passes for easy assists, but since he's Howard, the Clippers guards caught up to him and stopped any quick scoring from happening.  On the third time, the ball was stolen, Josh was benched, and he didn't come back until the second half.

- Millsap and Miles each hit a 3 in the final few seconds trying to keep the Jazz alive.  It all came down to the Jazz not being able to grab the offensive board on a deliberately missed CJ free throw.