Clippers top Grizzlies to force Western Conference logjam

J.J. Redick and Blake Griffin scored 18 points each, and the Clippers pulled away down the stretch to beat the visiting Grizzlies 94-86 on Saturday night to force a three-way tie for second place in the Western Conference.The Clippers (35-15 against the Western Conference), Grizzlies (35-16) and Spurs (31-18) all stand at 54-26 overall with two games remaining.The Rockets split their season series with the Clippers and Grizzlies and lost to the Spurs.The Trail Blazers are locked into the fourth seed as the Northwest Division champion, but were eliminated from contention for home-court advantage in the first round by losing to the Jazz on Saturday.Zach Randolph had 21 points and 13 rebounds for the Grizzlies, who lost starter Marc Gasol to a sprained left ankle late in the first quarter.The Jazz led by as many as 15 points, but Damian Lillard hit a short jumper to pull the Blazers to 101-99, and Robin Lopez's layup tied it at 101 with 2:33 to go. ...Lou Williams scored 29 points and DeMar DeRozan added 24 as visiting Toronto clinched home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs and put defending Eastern Conference champion Miami on the brink of playoff elimination....