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MINNEAPOLIS -- Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers burst into Minnesota Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeaus postgame press conference, hollering Can you come on! Im out here waiting! to his longtime friend and former assistant.Thats what happens when you win, a chuckling Thibodeau said.Rivers would know.Blake Griffin had 20 points and 11 rebounds and DeAndre Jordan had 18 points and 16 boards to lead the Clippers to their sixth straight victory, 119-105 on Saturday night.Chris Paul had 19 points and eight assists and J.J. Redick scored 18 points for the Clippers (9-1), who have the best record in the NBA. Los Angeles shot 52.6 percent and outscored the Timberwolves 21-10 in transition.This is the best team Ive had here, Rivers said. But we got to keep doing it. Weve got to keep getting better and performing. But this is a heck of a basketball team.Karl-Anthony Towns had 24 points and 10 rebounds and Ricky Rubio had seven points, six assists and six rebounds in his return from a five-game absence for Minnesota. Andrew Wiggins scored 22 points, but shot just 8 of 24.We had to work for our shots, Wiggins said. The clogged the paint up, switching everything, contesting every shot. They made it hard on us.The Clippers are off to their best start in franchise history and have so far exhibited all the qualities of a team that can make a deep playoff run. Once a weakness, the bench has been a strength this season. And they entered the game as by far the best defensive team in the league, allowing a paltry 90.4 points per game.After slugging it out with Oklahoma City on Friday night, Los Angeles put the clamps on the young and athletic Timberwolves, who entered the game with the most explosive first-quarter offense in the league. The Clippers outscored Minnesota 34-21 in the period, holding the Wolves to 39 percent shooting and forcing four turnovers, and they never looked back.There are some good things, but to beat a team thats rolling like that, we have to obviously play a lot better than we did, Thibodeau said.TIP-INSClippers: Defensive stopper Luc Mbah a Moute scored 15 points on 6-for-8 shooting. ... Redick hit 2 of 7 3-pointers, extending his streak to 66 straight games with at least one made from long distance, the longest active streak in the league. ... F Wes Johnson did not play because of a sore heel. He was injured on Friday night in Oklahoma City after a blocked shot.Timberwolves: Thibodeau fell to 8-9 in his career against Rivers. ... F Brandon Rush was inactive and has not played in the last three games.HACK-A-JORDANThe Wolves went to the Hack-a-Jordan strategy just over midway through the fourth quarter, with Cole Aldrich fouling him on three straight possessions to get Jordan to the line. As Aldrich headed to the bench 30 seconds later, Jordan gave his former teammate a playful shove off the court.The strategy did not work, either. The big man hit 10 of 16 foul shots in the never-ending fourth quarter.Im confident up there. Ive got a routine, Jordan said. Ive got everything I need and Im just going to go up there and shoot.GRIFFINS MILESTONEGriffin entered the game needing 17 points to join an exclusive club with 9,000 career points, 4,000 rebounds and 1,500 assists. Griffin got it on a free throw in the fourth quarter. He became the fastest player to reach that plateau since Larry Bird.Its an honor to be mentioned in that category, but Larry went on to have quite a bit more, Griffin said. Thats the ultimate goal, having a career like that. 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Lucic scored on a power play at 15:46 of the third period, when he tipped a shot over Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen for a 3-1 lead.Heather Poland was been rewarded for her hard work with Eckstein, combining with the talented when they combined for their first stakes win on Saturday.Poland went to the lead on Eckstein ($9) and held on to beat Candika ($11) by a half-neck with a head to the favourite Gibraltar Girl ($5) in the Listed Mode Plate (1200m) at Eagle Farm.Originally from New Zealand, Poland was in Goulburn, NSW, before relocating to the Gold Coast recently.She has a top record on Eckstein having won races at Rosehill and Randwick on the filly in October.It was only my second ride at Eagle Farm and it is my first stakes win. But I am glad do win a big race on this filly. She is very tough, Poland said.Eckstein is trained by Polands partner Kurt Goldman who gave her most of the credit for the win.Heather has been with her on the Gold Coast and done all the work with her, Goldman said.Eckstein can be hard to handle but Heather knows her and that is why she rides her in her races.It was probably a bonus when the Mode Plate was called off last week because Eckstein didnt travel well and had been off her feed. But she picked up this week.Poland will retain the ride on Ecksetin, who has now won three of her six starts, and the paair could have even bigger rewards ahead.dddddddddddd.Goldman said Eckstein would stay on the Gold Coast and tackle either the Magic Millions Guineas or the Magic Millions fillies and mares race on January 14.The filly is likely to have her lead-up race in the Group Three Vo Rogue Plate on December 31.Meanwhile, trainer Matt Dunn would like to run three year old Realing in the Magic Millions Guineas but fears she wont have enough prize money to earn a start.Realing ($13) took his eligible prize money for the Guineas to $65,000 with his win.It is hard to say how much he will need. But it is worth considering running him in the Vo Rogue Plate in three weeks to chase some big prize money, Dunn said.Consistent mare Mystic Opal continued to reap the benefit of a perfect preparation with a win in the Cascade Handicap (1400m).You would like every horse in your stable to have the preparation he has had as it has been perfect, trainer Chris Anderson said.She overcame a few problems to win by nearly thee lengths today. We might even start thinking about the better races in the winter. ' ' '