KINGS: Nine games left in season

last 22 meetings.

TIP-INS Kings: Skal Labissiere drew the tough defensive assignment against Griffin and committed five fouls in 16 minutes before being taken out early in the third quarter. ... Collison made his first eight shots before missing a 3-pointer with 4:28 left in the third quar- ter. ... The Kings play four of their remaining nine games against teams currently above .500.

Clippers: Coming off a 17-point fourth quarter en route to a game-high 28 points in a victory over Utah on Saturday, Crawford went 0 for 5 in the first half against the Kings. ... The Clippers played without J.J. Redick, who injured his right ankle when he stepped on a basketball in the game against Utah on Saturday.

SCHEDULE QUIRK The Clippers played the second game in a rare back-to-back, with both games with a 12:30 p.m. local start.

“This is one of those games when I saw two 12:30 games, I don’t want that,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. “But we couldn’t get it changed.”