THE Los Angeles Clippers avenged a Christmas Day loss with a 113-97 rout of the Los Angeles Lakers in Saturday’s rematch at Staples Center arena.

    The Lakers beat the under-manned Clippers 111-102 three weeks ago as injuries forced Chris Paul, JJ Redick and Blake Griffin to watch from the sidelines.

    It was one of just two wins the Lakers had in the month of December and it halted the Clippers’ 11-game win streak. The lowly Lakers have gone 3-4 in January after losing 14 of 16 games in December.

    The Clippers dominated in every facet in the return engagement as Paul has returned to the lineup and JJ Redick is back at full strength after suffering a hamstring injury in the Lakers contest.

    Griffin is still out with another in a long list of injuries but the Clippers have shown they can have success without him in the lineup.

    The Clippers improved to 28-14 on the season. (SD-Agencies)