Intro:

LA Clippers guard Chris Paul has said that he was glad to get back to concentrating on basketball after all the controversy surrounding the club.

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SOUNDBITE (English): Chris Paul, Los Angeles Clippers Guard:

"Just happy we pulled it out, you know, it's going to sound crazy but it was all about tonight - everything else was in the past, couldn't dwell on all that different-type stuff and, not to diminish how serious everything's been the past week or so, you know it was all about basketball tonight."

SOUNDBITE (English): Chris Paul, Los Angeles Clippers Guard:

"I'm not that deep or philosophical, you know, at the end of the day for us it was basketball. You know, had we lost this game, it wasn't like they were going to let us go to the next round because of what we've been through. I think it just showed our will, our fight and, moreso then getting through that, it was about getting through tonight. You know, the first half, gave up 64 points I think in the first half, we just showed a lot of fight and a lot of will to come back and win this."