LAst Night's Action: Clips Can Win, Kings Can't

Clippers 99, Heat 98 - With Shaq in Phoenix and Dwayne Wade injured for the season, the Clippers had an opportunity to beat somebody -- and actually took it. Cuttino Mobley hit a pair of free throws in the final three seconds to seal the deal. He led the way with 29 points.

Since the Clippers won't be lucky enough to face many more horrible teams like Miami, Andrew Kamenetzky atSportsHubLA has some ideas on how to make things more entertaining.

Avengers 65, Rattlers 33 - Los Angeles reeled off a pair of wins to start the arena season and -- surprisingly -- has done it with defense. They blasted Arizona in the desert last night. Sonny Cumbie threw seven touchdowns for the Avengers.

Cannucks 2, Kings 1, OT - Los Angeles was shelled with 37 shots in regulation and managed just 18 of their own, allowing Vancouver to mount a comeback. As you may not care, the Kings have the worst record in the NHL.

Elsewhere - If you want to prove you're popular, it doesn't help to get caught buying your own replica jerseys ... Among the reasons the majority of NBA players go broke within 5 years of retirement? They gamble too much ... Soccer fans love a good riot ... We'll give credit for hanging onto Bynum, but this writer is nuts for wanting to give executive of the year honors to Mitch Kupcake ... Soccer referees under attack. Imagine what they would do to Pac-10 referees in other countries.

Today's Action - Toronto @ Lakers (7:30pm) ... Ducks @ Phoenix (7:30pm).

AP photo by Alan Diaz.