(SportsNetwork. Custom Denver Nuggets Jerseys .com) - The Los Angeles Clippers struggled with an inferior team the last time out and could be in for a long night Friday against the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center. The Clippers squeezed past the Detroit Pistons, 104-98, on Wednesday at The Palace and Jamal Crawford came off the bench to score 25 points. Chris Paul had 23 points and seven assists, while Blake Griffin added 15 points and DeAndre Jordan grabbed 11 rebounds. Los Angeles made 47.4 percent from the floor and have won two in a row to improve to 4-1 on a seven-game road trip. The Pistons led 51-48 at the half and took a 73-72 lead into the fourth, but the Clippers had a 32-25 scoring advantage over the last 12 minutes. We started making some shots and started moving a little bit, said Paul, who is third in the NBA with 9.7 assists. We got them to turn it over and miss a few shots, and thats when were at our best. The Clippers have scored 100 or more points four times during the road trip and are 5-2 away from home. They are averaging 103.3 points this season and sit third in field goal percentage at 47.2. The Clippers are 8-1 when scoring 100 or more points. LA will close the trip Saturday against the Utah Jazz. In injury news for the Clips, forward Matt Barnes is questionable Friday with a calf strain and has missed the last two games. Barnes is posting 7.8 points this season. Houston will close out a five-game homestand Friday and is 3-1 so far on the stay. In a 102-89 victory over Sacramento on Wednesday, Isaiah Canaan nailed six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 24 points. James Harden had 26 points and made only 10-of-31 shots from the field, and was impressed with Canaan. Isaiah played extremely well at both ends of the floor, Harden said. Our defense turned it up when we needed to. Donatas Motiejunas hit the 20-point mark with 21 and Trevor Ariza ended with 13 points for the Rockets, who made 44.7 percent from the field and have won three in a row and six of eight games. The Rockets registered a 37-19 difference in the first quarter and scored 32 points off Sacramentos 21 turnovers. The Rockets will visit Milwaukee Saturday night and are 6-2 at home. They are first in opponents scoring at 91.5 percent. Rockets center Dwight Howard has missed four straight games and could be sidelined once again. Howard is dealing with a knee issue and is posting an average of 18.8 points and 11.3 rebounds. Patrick Beverley (hamstring) is doubtful and Terrence Jones (contusion) is listed as out for Fridays game versus the Clippers. The Clippers won all four meetings with the Rockets in 2013-14 and are 10-2 in the past 12 matchups between the Western powers. Los Angeles has prevailed in two straight and four of the past five visits to the Toyota Center. Howard averaged 19.0 points and 9.3 rebounds in three games against the Clippers last season and Harden amassed 19.3 points in four. Paul had 20.3 points and 12.8 assists, and Griffin averaged 17.5 ppg in four games against Houston last season. Paul Millsap Jersey . Theres little time for rest, too. The Flyers and Rangers play again Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. Simmonds scored in the first period and twice more in the second for his first career post-season hat trick. Mason survived a busy first period and stopping 31 straight shots until Carl Hagelin scored late in the third. Will Barton Jersey . Its the second of three meetings between these teams this season. Vancouver was a 2-1 winner on home ice December 22nd. http://www.authenticnuggetsproshop.com/ . On paper, it looks a little like Andre the Giant taking on a midget wrestler. It has all the makings of a rout with the Americans adding an eighth win in nine outings of this biennial event. The Yanks have eight players in the top 15 in the world while the Internationals have just one.HOYLAKE, England - Phil Mickelson rolled long putts across the practice green in front of the Royal Liverpool clubhouse, some of them going in, most of them the right distance. He chirped to the caddie of Brandt Snedeker about their money game, a Mickelson tradition at the majors. Lefty was in good spirits Monday at the British Open, except for having to return the claret jug. Even that allowed him to reflect on a year of keeping golfs oldest trophy, and the confidence he finally has when he plays links golf. "Its a different feeling for me coming over here now having won this tournament," Mickelson said. "The way I felt was, Am I ever going to break through and play well on links golf and win an Open Championship? Now I know that I can. I know that Ive done it, and it takes a lot of pressure off me." Confidence in links golf? Yes. In his game? That takes a little more work. Not even Mickelson would have imagined when he left Muirfield last summer with the claret jug that he would not have another tournament anywhere in the world. This is the longest he has gone without winning in five years. And except for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship in January, where he was runner-up, Mickelson hasnt been particularly close. He has missed three cuts. He withdrew twice after narrowly making the cut because of injuries in San Diego and San Antonio. At the Masters, where he is a three-time champion, Mickelson missed the cut for the first time in 17 years. His lone top 10 on the PGA Tour was last August at The Barclays, a tie for sixth when he closed with a 65. So why the smile? "Normally, I would be discourage or frustrated, but Im just not," Mickelson said. "I feel like Ive had some good breakthroughs in some areas. I havent had the results. I know I havent played well. But the parts feel a lot better than the whole right now. And I dont know when it will all click together. I dont know if it will be this week. I dont know if it will be in three weeks or a month or what, but it should be soon." Hes running out of time. Mickelson is No. 12 in the Ryder Cup standings. He has qualified for every team since 1995 — two years after Jordan Spieth was born. He has reached the FedEx Cup finale for the top 30 at the Tour Championship every year since it began in 2007. With only three starts before the playoffs begin, Mickelson is att No. Gary Harris Nuggets Jersey. 97. Then again, its easy for Mickelson not to be overly concerned. He is 44 and has been on tour for half of his life, compiling 42 victories on the PGA Tour and five majors, including that claret jug. Its at least been a good year for the jug. He has taken it to golf clubs and corporate outings, shared it with friends and people he had never met. He has let his caddie, Jim Mackay, take it to pose for pictures. Mickelson had only one rule. "One of the things I stressed is that we have to treat the claret jug with reverence and respect that it deserves, and only put good stuff in it," he said. "No bad stuff was allowed. And each person that I brought it to had a different definition of what the good stuff was." One definition was a bottle of 1990 Romanee Conti, which can range in price from $16,000 to about $35,000. "Now, I didnt know what this was when I drank it," Mickelson said. "I just knew that it was really good. And that was the best bottle that was ever put in there." Like fine wine, Mickelson can only hope he gets better with age. Even though he had to overcome arthritis in the middle of the 2010 season, and only eight players older than he is right now have won majors, Mickelson doesnt see that as an obstacle. Sure, he has to work a little harder, train a little better, stretch a little more. "But I feel better than I have in a long time," he said. Padraig Harrington is the last player to repeat as Open champion. Tiger Woods repeated at Royal Liverpool in 2006. Tom Watson won back-to-back some 30 years ago. Winning majors is difficult enough. Winning the same one two years in a row is even harder. Monday was the first full day of practice for most players, while some took the day off. Woods didnt show up at the course after practicing both days on the weekend. Some players from the Scottish Open werent at Hoylake. Others, like Spieth, arrived Monday morning on a charter from the John Deere Classic and went on to play. Mickelson closed with a 65 at Royal Aberdeen to tie for 11th in the Scottish Open. He won the Scottish Open a year ago, and believes the lag putting into a crossing wind, along with seeing the ball react on links courses is a big benefit. Plus, hes never been so enthusiast about golfs oldest championship, mainly because his name is on the trophy. ' ' '