OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- Chris Wilcox scored a career-high 21 points as the Los Angeles Clippers withstood a furious fourth-quarter rally by the Golden State Warriors and held on for a 104-98 victory.
The Clippers won their third straight game and gave coach Mike Dunleavy the win in his historic matchup with his son, Warriors forward Mike Dunleavy, Jr. The younger Dunleavy finished with seven points on 2-of-10 shooting.
"I don't relish the opportunity of the times we play," Dunleavy said. "We're conflicting. I hate being in a position where I see him lose or want him to lose and that's the tough part about it."
Wilcox made 8-of-12 shots and grabbed nine rebounds. His previous career high was 19, set three days ago against Atlanta.
"All of us are young and playing hard," Wilcox said. "Our season is going really well for us right now."
Quentin Richardson's jumper with 6:52 left gave Los Angeles a 91-77 lead before the Warriors went on a 17-5 run to cut the deficit to 96-94 with 1:27 remaining.
Eddie House's jumper 18 seconds later and Corey Maggette's breakaway dunk preserved the Clippers' first road win of the season (1-2).
"We just had to keep our composure," Maggette said. "I think the biggest thing we had to say is that we're up, they're chasing us so we continue to press on, press on get some easy buckets, easy shots, play good hard defense, continue to make some big plays."
The matchup between father-coach and son-player was just the second in NBA annals. The first occurred on November 9, 1976, when New Orleans Jazz coach Butch van Breda Kolff faced Jan and the New Jersey Nets.
Richardson scored 19 points, Maggette added 15 and Predrag Drobnjak and Marko Jaric each had 11 for the Clippers. Maggette was held below 20 points for the first time this season.
Brian Cardinal led the Warriors with a career-high 24 points off the bench. Jason Richardson, who returned to the lineup after missing a game with a sprained left ankle, had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Erick Dampier added 12 and 16.
"My role is to come in and try to spark the team whether its on offense or defense," Cardinal said. "I try to do that every night. It's just frustrating to come up short."
The Clippers shot 52 percent (12-of-23) in the first to build a 27-19 lead. Golden State was far worse at 39 percent (9-of-23). Los Angeles opened the period with a 16-7 spurt to build a 43-26 cushion, the largest of the game, with 6:09 left. The Clippers led 60-47 at halftime.
"I am not happy with the way we have been starting," Warriors coach Eric Musselman said. "We were beat in the first quarter, we were beat in the second quarter, we barely broke even in the third and we possibly could have gotten away with a win."
Golden State dominated in the paint outscoring the Clippers, 56-44 and held a 51-40 rebounding advantage. But Los Angeles' shooting and ballhandling proved to be too much for the Warriors to overcome.
The Clippers shot 49 percent (39-of-79) and committed just 11 turnovers. Golden State struggled at 42 percent (38-of-91) and had 14 tunrovers.
