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Wednesday, Feb. 7 10:30pm ET
Golden State 89, Los Angeles 88

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) _ Antwan Jamison wants to forget that he wasn't picked for the All-Star Game and get refocused on the second half of the season.

Jamison scored 27 points, but he was just a spectator as Bob Sura made a free throw with 0.7 seconds remaining to seal Golden State's 89-88 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night, snapping the Warriors' five-game losing streak.

``It's been so frustrating to have this type of season we're having,'' said Jamison, who was playing his second game as team captain. ``I thought I deserved to be at the All-Star game, but that's the way it goes. It will only make me stronger.''

Jamison, enjoying a career season, has led the Warriors in scoring 31 times this season. He added a career-high seven assists against the Clippers.

``I still have a lot to prove, not only to the world, but to this team and this organization,'' Jamison said. ``This is not just a half season. I need to do this over a full season.''

The Clippers tied the game with 3.2 seconds left when Sura's defensive lapse allowed Eric Piatkowski an open 3-pointer from the top of the key.

``I messed up letting Piatkowski get open,'' Sura said. ``I was supposed to switch back on him, but I didn't. Luckily, I was able to redeem myself.''

Sura finished with 22 points, Marc Jackson added 16 points and 13 rebounds and Mookie Blaylock scored 14 points.

``I'll take any W's I can get,'' Warriors coach Dave Cowens said. ``It was real tight all the way, but now instead of seeing Piatkowski in my dreams, I get to see Bobby. He made an aggressive play and got the call. Now we can be happy for a couple of games.''

After Piatkowski tied the game, Sura got the ball in the corner. As he went up for a shot, Lamar Odom fouled him.

``With time running out, I knew they would challenge the shot,'' Sura said. ``I was trying to draw a foul, and that's what happened.''

Odom scored 27 points for the Clippers, who had a three-game winning streak stopped. Piatkowski had 15 points for Los Angeles, which hasn't won four in a row since February 1997.

The lead changed 11 times in the final period and 21 times in the game.

Blaylock's short jumper gave Golden State an 86-83 lead with just over a minute left.

Odom hit a jumper with 21 seconds remaining, making it 86-85, but Sura answered with a pair of foul shots before Piatkowski tied it.

``The bottom line is we shot 12-of-26 from the foul line. We were our own worst enemy that way,'' Clippers coach Alvin Gentry said. ``We gave them 20 offensive rebounds. The game was those rebounds and our free throws.''

Despite shooting 37 percent for the first half, the Warriors trailed just 44-42 at halftime.

Notes: Blaylock had five steals and needs just six to become the eighth player in NBA history to reach 2,000. ... The Clippers' reserves are outscoring their opponents by a 12-point margin, and lead the NBA with 37.3 points per game. ... Golden State's Larry Hughes missed his third straight game with a sprained thumb. ... The Clippers' 46.2 percent free-throw shooting was the lowest by a Warriors opponent this season. ... Jackson is the only NBA rookie with more than seven double-doubles this season.


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