A pair of Clippers broadcasters met with Grizzlies center Hamed Haddadi on Sunday, where they expressed regret for an incident earlier this month.

Clippers play-by-play man Ralph Lawler and color analyst Michael Smith earned a one-game suspension for comments made about Haddadi on Nov. 18.

Lawler and Smith made off-the-cuff remarks about Haddadi, who was born in Iran.

"It went really well," Lawler told the Associated Press, before Sunday's game between the Clippers and Grizzlies.

"It was really good to get a chance to shake his hand and look him in the eye. We reached out to him, he reached back, and I feel real good about it."

Clippers' owner Donald Sterling claims to remain very interested in winning.

"I can visualize a Clippers parade," he says. "I'm telling you, I will win. I promise you that. I will find the combination.

"How long am I going to live? Forever? I will do whatever it takes. I think the Clippers can pay more than any team in America. We have unlimited resources. I'd be thrilled to pay [$121 million as the Lakers will do this season] and do it tomorrow, if I could only sign quality players who warranted it."

When Kobe Bryant was a free agent in 2004, Mike Dunleavy told Sterling that he had worked out a deal to sign the All-Star from the Lakers.

"I drove from my house in Malibu to the Four Seasons in Newport Beach to meet Kobe and Kobe said I didn't need to say anything because he was going to be a Clipper," Sterling says, a day later learning Bryant had been convinced by Buss to remain with the Lakers.

Longtime Clippers announcers Ralph Lawler and Michael Smith were suspended one game for comments made about Grizzlies center Hamed Haddadi.

The duo were penalized by the Fox Sports Prime Ticket cable network.

Lawler and Smith made comments about the Iranian-born center during Wednesday night's telecast from Memphis.

They did not work Friday night's game against the Nuggets.

"That's unfortunate. It was pretty strange not seeing them there," Clippers guard Baron Davis said. "Ralph and Mike are very classy guys, and they didn't do it to hurt anyone.

"A lot of times when you're commenting on games, it's a source of entertainment. And a lot of times, people may take offense. But the viewers need to understand that it's entertainment, and people are entitled to their opinion. I stand by Ralph and Mike because they're great guys and they only want to support and help everybody in the league."

Clippers head coach Mike Dunleavy doesn't think there's a better man for the job than himself.

After the Hornets fired Byron Scott last week, rumors have circulated that Dunleavy could be the next coach to get canned.

"When's the last time you ever saw an interim coach come in and the team be successful and make a playoff run?" Dunleavy said. "It's not happening. Nobody knows these guys better than I know them.

"Give a coach a chance to coach Eric Gordon and Blake Griffin. After that, fine. Let the chips fall where they may. Other than that, you just fall to pressure."

Dunleavy was referring to the fact that both Griffin and Gordon, the team's last two Lottery picks, are out with injuries.

"I understand fans," he said. "I don't blame fans. They're not technically a lot of times savvy. They don't understand and they don't weigh issues the way that you weigh them. They know wins and losses.

"We've had an awful run with this, but my track record is that I have not lost with my players. I have lost without my players, but I haven't lost with my players. From an ownership standpoint, I know there's always a lot of pressure. I'll live with whatever decision our owner makes. I'll live by it."

The Clippers are 4-9 this season.

Clippers guard Eric Gordon could return from a groin injury next week.

The Los Angeles Times reports that it's possible Gordon could return as early as Monday's game against the Timberwolves.

Gordon hasn't played since Nov. 7, missing six games, because of the injury.

Clippers guard Kareem Rush will miss the remainder of the season with a right knee injury.

Rush tore the anterior cruciate ligament in the knee and was hobbling around on crutches after the team's loss to the Hornets Tuesday night.

He suffered the injury late in the first quarter while planting to attempt a driving shot.

"I've never felt pain this bad like this before," Rush said.

Steve Nash nearly single-handedly gave the Suns a thrilling win against the Raptors to highlight Sunday night?s action.

- Dallas 95, Detroit 90

Team FIC Differential: Mavericks +28.5, Pistons -28.5

The Dallas Mavericks (7-3) used an 11-point edge in the third quarter to defeat the Detroit Pistons (5-5) on Sunday night. Dirk Nowitzki starred with 25 points, six rebounds and five assists, Drew Gooden posted 11 points and 11 boards and Jason Kidd added 10 points and seven dimes. Detroit won the rebounding battle by six, but Dallas turned the ball over just eight times. Rodney Stuckey scored 28 points, Charlie Villanueva tallied 13 points and 10 rebounds and Will Bynum chipped in 27 points on 11-for-16 shooting in the loss.

Game FIC Scores

Ben Wallace, Detroit ? 18.5

Will Bynum, Detroit ? 18.0

Rodrigue Beaubois, Dallas ? 15.8

Shawn Marion, Dallas ? 14.8

- L.A. Clippers 101, Oklahoma City 93

Team FIC Differential: Clippers +17.8, Thunder -17.8

The Los Angeles Clippers (4-7) used a strong fourth quarter to knock off the Oklahoma City Thunder (5-5) at the Ford Center. Chris Kaman led with 25 points and seven rebounds, Al Thornton scored 20 points on 7-for-16 shooting and Baron Davis stuffed the stat sheet with 24 points, six assists and five boards. Los Angeles held Oklahoma City to 38% shooting, including 3-for-20 from three-point land. Kevin Durant starred with 40 points and eight rebounds, Nenad Krstic tallied 10 points and five boards and Russell Westbrook contributed 17 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.

Game FIC Scores

Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City ? 23.1

Chris Kaman, Los Angeles ? 15.6

Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City ? 14.8

Baron Davis, Los Angeles ? 14.0

- Phoenix 101, Toronto 100

Team FIC Differential: Suns +4.1, Raptors -4.1

Steve Nash converted a three-point play with under a minute remaining to give the Phoenix Suns (9-2) a thrilling win over the Toronto Raptors (5-5). Amare Stoudemire led with 30 points and eight rebounds, Channing Frye tallied 20 points and seven boards and Nash put up 23 points and nine assists. Phoenix outrebounded Toronto by seven and went 23-for-27 from the foul line. Chris Bosh had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Hedo Turkoglu posted 20 points and six boards and Amir Johnson added seven points and nine rebounds off the bench.

Game FIC Scores

Amare Stoudemire, Phoenix ? 19.6

Channing Frye, Phoenix ? 17.5

Steve Nash, Phoenix ? 16.8

Chris Bosh, Toronto ? 16.4

- Houston 101, L.A Lakers 91

Team FIC Differential: Rockets +15.5, Lakers -15.5

The Houston Rockets (6-4) used a stellar second half to shock the Los Angeles Lakers (7-3) at the Staples Center. Aaron Brooks scored a career-high 33 points, Carl Landry posted 15 points and 10 rebounds and rookie David Anderson totaled 19 points and six boards. Houston outrebounded Los Angeles by 22 and held the home team to 38% shooting. Ron Artest led with 22 points and six rebounds, Andrew Bynum tallied 22 points and 11 boards and Kobe Bryant struggled through a groin injury to score 18 points on 5-for-20 shooting.

Game FIC Scores

Andrew Bynum, Los Angeles ? 21.4

Aaron Brooks, Houston ? 18.1

Ron Artest, Los Angeles ? 16.0

Carl Landry, Houston ? 12.9

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Los Angeles Clippers guard Eric Gordon will miss a minimum of ten days with the sore left groin he suffered in the fourth quarter of the Clippers? 113-110 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on November 7th.

In seven games played this season, Gordon has averaged 18.9 points, 4.0 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 38.4 minutes per game.

The Atlanta Hawks' Joe Johnson and the Los Angeles Clippers' Chris Kaman Monday were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Nov. 2, through Sunday, Nov. 8.

Johnson's Hawks finished the week with a 3-1 mark, which included wins over Portland, Denver and Sacramento.

Johnson averaged 20.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists for Atlanta on the week. Saving his best for last, Johnson posted a well-balanced statline of 22 points, seven rebounds and five assists on Saturday nights as the Hawks upended the Nuggets 125-100.

Kaman led the Clippers to 3-0 week, averaging 24.3 points on .574 shooting from the field, 9.7 rebounds and 2.0 blocks.

Kaman, who is currently in the midst of a career-long six-game streak with 20 or more points, tallied a high for the week with 25 points during a 93-90 win over the Timberwolves on Nov. 2.

Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy doesn't think too much should be read into the decision to remove Al Thornton from the starting lineup.

Rasual Butler replaced Thornton in the starting lineup on Monday night.

"You also have to take into consideration the personnel he's playing against," Dunleavy told the Los Angeles Times. "He's had four pretty rough customers: [Ron] Artest in the first game, Grant Hill in the second game, [Andrei] Kirilenko the third game, and then [Shawn] Marion in the fourth game.

"All those guys, other than maybe Grant Hill, are bigger and stronger than he is. I think it's too early to jump the gun on it."

Thornton is averaging 8.2 points and 4.8 rebounds on 33.3% shooting this season.