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Clippers let big lead slip in the second half in 128-110 loss to Thunder

OKLAHOMA CITY - First the Los Angeles Clippers couldn't hold onto the ball. Then their 13-point halftime lead evaporated.

Finally, in front of a raucous Chesapeake Energy Arena crowd stoked by a years-old grudge, "we lost our composure," coach Doc Rivers said.

All the momentum from the Clippers' swaggering start to this season screeched to a halt Tuesday amid a 128-110 defeat to the Oklahoma City Thunder in which tempers flared as their first-half lead crumbled.

With owner Steve Ballmer watching

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