The Clippers defeated the Warriors by a final score of 105-86 in the first game of the Chris Paul-era. The Clippers had a workmanlike performance and were unable to show their new 'Lob City' identity.

"Not every game is going to be just alley-oop left and right," said Blake Griffin who scored 15 of his game-high 22 points in the second half.

"But we'll take a win. If it's like this every game and we get a win, we'll take it."

The Clippers had only two exhibition games with newcomers Paul, Chauncey Billups and Caron Butler.

"I've said it over and over and over. It's going to take time. We have to feel each other out," Griffin said. "Every game's not going to be like a blowout. We're not going to jump right out of the gate.

"You saw the Heat last year, they came together with all those guys. It takes time, and that's what's going to happen with us. We just have to stay calm and use our defense to help win games."

"It's going to take some time," Billups said. "In the meantime, we could just play hard, and have a chance in the fourth quarter, I just really feel good about what we can do when got myself and C.P. out there trying to direct things. … Not a lot of teams have two of those type of guys, and I think it's an advantage for us.

"It's going to take some time but it was good to get this one out of the way."