Clippers Off To Worst Start In 12 Seasons After Losing To Nets

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Brook Lopez scored 24 points, Travis Outlaw added 23 against his former team, and the New Jersey Nets overcame the second-quarter ejection of leading scorer Devin Harris to beat the Clippers 110-96 on Monday night, sending Los Angeles to its sixth straight loss.

Harris had eight points and seven assists in 14 minutes before his sudden departure for the frightening Grade 2 flagrant foul the seventh-year point guard committed against standout rookie forward Blake Griffin by tackling him on a breakaway drive with 6:42 left in the second quarter and the Nets leading 38-27.

The Nets (4-6) already are one-third of the way toward last season's victory total, when they finished 12-70 after an NBA record-worst 0-18 start.

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