the Los Angeles Clippers beated the NBA defending champion Miami Heat 99-89

With the domination in the paint, the Los Angeles Clippers beated the jordan 4 for sale NBA defending champion Miami Heat 99-89 at the Mercedes-Benz Center here on Sunday.

Chris Paul played in his first preseason game after surgery on his thumb with 4 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan scored 18 points and 9 rebounds with a perfect 8-for-8 from the field and Blake Griffin added 13 points and 10 rebounds.

"Physically, I felt a lot better and try to stay in the best shape as possible......DeAndre had an amazing match and the way he ran the court was what we want in the new season. Blake dominated the inside that made guys get many open shots," said Paul, who averaged 19.8 points and 9.1 assists per game last season with the Clippers, Caron Butler, Jamal Crawford and Mattair max 2014 Barnes also scored in double figures for the Clippers.

LeBron James, who hammered a game high 20 points in the first match the Heat won in Beijing, finished with 11 points,3 rebounds and 4 assists in 20 minutes while Dwyane Wade only played just 8 minutes in the first quarter.

"We have made a lot of progress in the last two weeks with Dwyane. We wanted to make sure we keep him healthy and we didn't want to push it," said Spoelstra, the head coach of the Heat.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, enthusiastic fans began to yell "We want Wade" together, but the "Flash" - Wade' s nickname - didn't show himself up on the floor till the end of the game.