It's All Tied Up By Mark Heisler, Times Staff Writer 8:04 PM PDT, May 14, 2006 Running out of room for error and forced to go small when center Chris Kaman was hurt, the Clippers shot it out with the Suns and lived to tell about it. Elton Brand scored 30 points and Sam Cassell had 28 as the Clippers lost 12 points of a 13-point fourth-quarter lead but held on to beat the Suns, 114-107, Sunday in Staples Center to tie the Western Conference semifinals, 2-2. Game 5 is Tuesday in Phoenix. The Suns trailed, 106-93, midway through the fourth quarter but scored 12 points in a row, cutting it to 106-105 on Leandro Barbosa's driving layup. However, Brand then hit a 16-foot jumper to make it 108-105. The Suns' Tim Thomas then missed a three-pointer and Cassell hit one to put the game out of reach. The Clippers started Game 4 smarting from their Game 3 loss, with Coach Mike Dunleavy, criticized for sitting Brand for a key stretch in the Game 1 loss, criticized again for benching Cassell in favor of Shaun Livingston at the end of Game 3. Before Sunday's game, the mild-mannered Dunleavy bristled at a report he had done it to give Livingston some experience. "Guys are out of their minds," Dunleavy said. "First of all, if you did your homework, you would see that Shaun Livingston started the last game in Phoenix [in the regular season] and played extremely well, 12 points, 13 assists [and] we won, 119-105 .... "If Sam was knocking down shots all over the place like he usually is, then you make that change. But at the game, I'm sitting there saying to myself, 'I've got a great defender out on the floor. I've got [Corey] Maggette rebounding better than I've ever seen him rebound my whole life. I've got [Vladimir] Radmanovic draining threes. I've got Elton Brand doing what he does. I've got Kaman " Unfortunately for Dunleavy, he learned shortly before Sunday's game that Kaman wouldn't be able to play this time and there went the inside game the Clippers had been trying to pound the Suns with all series. Instead, it was small lineup versus small lineup, with Maggette going into the starting lineup. Voila! Maggette scored 16 points in the first half as the Clippers took a 61-51 lead. The Suns jumped out ahead, 9-2, but after that, it was all Clippers for the rest of the half. They went on a 10-2 run to take a 33-28 lead at the end of the first quarter. When Livingston scored on a rebound in the closing seconds of the half, the Clippers had a 10-point lead. Notes: NBA commissioner David Stern said at an informal news conference before the game that he was pleased for the Clippers and their fans. "Good for them. I think it's great," he said. "Thirty years is a long time to wait for the second round." The Clippers won a playoff series this spring for the first time since 1976. ... Counting the playoffs, Kaman has played in 86 games this season, starting 85. -- 你们认为海南高高在上，位於云端吗？他们真的就这麽高不可攀吗？ 他们的成绩的确是有目共睹的。以他们过去的战绩来看，我们和海南的确有天壤之别。 但是---- 我在睡前，都会想像着有一天...... 我每晚都在脑里描绘我们和海南大学附属高中参加IH的战况。 从那一年前起，每晚都如此！ --

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