will doc rivers keep blake griffin a and chris paul in the game? a nine-second differential. i'm going to play in transition and go. so they can't get their defensive group back in the game. >> mark: that's a great point, same point that i was about to make. if i get a stop and i'm the clippers, i'm not calling a foul. >> mike: paul on harden. beverley is guarded by redick. ariza has it. guarded by griffin. trying to get to harden. paul won't let it get there. griffin, ariza. contact. it's going to other way. offensive foul on blake griffin! >> jeff: at first glance i liked the call. trevor ariza back pedaling. to me that's a very good call. >> mike: mark? >> mark: i agree. i agree. he takes the hit. again, sacrifices his body. blake griffin, in disbelief. >> mike: the rockets call time-out to advance the ball. 12 seconds left. >> jeff: very physical defensively chris paul locked up with james harden and on the switch, blake griffin with the steal, trevor ariza back pedaling, to me, that's an easy correct call. you have the right to be going backwa

will doc rivers keep blake griffin a and chris paul in the game? a nine-second differential. i'm going to play in transition and go. so they can't get their defensive group back in the game. >> mark: that's a great point, same point that i was about to make. if i get a stop and i'm the clippers, i'm not calling a foul. >> mike: paul on harden. beverley is guarded by redick. ariza has it. guarded by griffin. trying to get to harden. paul won't let it get there. griffin, ariza. contact. it's going to other way. offensive foul on blake griffin! >> jeff: at first glance i liked the call. trevor ariza back pedaling. to me that's a very good call. >> mike: mark? >> mark: i agree. i agree. he takes the hit. again, sacrifices his body. blake griffin, in disbelief. >> mike: the rockets call time-out to advance the ball. 12 seconds left. >> jeff: very physical defensively chris paul locked up with james harden and on the switch, blake griffin with the steal, trevor ariza back pedaling, to me, that's an easy correct call. you have the right to be going backwa

while blake griffin is doubtful golden state says they would love to see him play. >> hopefully playing well tonight. >> i would say there's absolutely a possible we can play him. but we're playing well. >>> and in college hoops, stanford looking to upset arizona. but the wildcats not having it. york from way downtown. zona ends the 18-4 run and more of the same in the second. there's the jam. arizona wins that one big, 91-69. >>> arizona state, first half tied at 28 when atwood puts the sun devils up three. that's the difference at the break. second half cal rallies to pull within one on this wallace three. wallace having a pretty good year. cal down three. matthews for the tie. not so much. arizona state survives with a 74-70 final. full highlights from tonight's sharks game as well as a look at the earthquakes' season opener down in dallas coming up tonight at 11:00. >> looking forward to that. >> i want to say i'm rather pleased with madison's comeback. >> me, too. everyone was worried. should we trade him? >> exactly. >> he's headed in the right direction. >> thanks so much. we'll

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. >>> happy birthday to blake griffin who is 26 today.8 p and actor and comedian jerry lewis is 89. i'm milissa rehberger, thanks for watching "early today." have a great monday. >>> right now at 4:30 chp works to clear a rollover wreck involving a taxi cab and busy bay yas freeway. >> determined to clear his name ray mcdonald taking action against the woman accusing him of rape. >>> infamous murder suspect into arrest. he'll be heading back to california. >>> outside this morning, that of course the bay bridge on your monday, march 16th, you are watching "today in the bay." >>> from nbc bay area this is ""today" in the bay." >> good monday morning to you. >> i'm laura garcia cannon. good monday morning, christina. >> good morning. starting out with mild

noel first rookie with 30 and 14 since blake griffin four years ago.the conversation for rookie of the year. >> i thought he was good. i wished i could say great. i can't. but i thought he was good. when you look at, a 20 years old player who has come from where we all know in november to now he showed a skill package and a competitive spirit where he didn't back down from deandre, he went at him. >> noel not the only entertainment the last night. did you see this? sixers fans patrick cork ran hits the half court shot, the prize season tickets on the house, for next season. how about that. >>> eagles fancy am sure from time to time you wanted tom braid toy jump off a cliff. today he is your lucky day. patriots quarterback tom brady on vacation in costa rica on top of a cliff, one, two, three. he jumps off the cliff into a pool of water. jump is believed to be 40 feet deep. being a superstar in the nfl and married to the super model is not exciting enough afterward brady saying i will never do that again. >> i would love to hear what belichick had to sa

los angeles has a healthy guy back, blake griffin. clippers are winners. pelicans three games back of the final playoff spot in a tie with phoenix. still to come, a story you don't often here in pro sports and final drama in the nascar race in southern california on the last lap. we will be right back. the volkswagen jetta is really fun-to-drive. go for it. okay. wow... woohoo! i'm dreaming... pinch me. no, not while you're driving. and, right now, you can get a one-thousand-dollar volkswagen credit bonus on jetta models. seriously, pinch me. it's not a dream. ow! it's the volkswagen stop dreaming, start driving event. stop dreaming, and test-drive one today. hurry in and you can get 0% apr plus a $1000 volkswagen credit bonus on 2015 jetta and passat models. >>> now retired 49er line -- san francisco 49ers linebacker chris borland, after deciding to call his nfl career quits after one season he announced he is playing back 34ths of his signing -- 3/4th of his signing bonus. he said he is only keeping the money he earned. that means he is paying back 450,0

remember a couple of years ago during nba all-star weekend when blake griffin dunked over a car?ell, this was the golden chihuahua version of that. >> jimmy: he didn't even really come close. those damn driverless cars! earlier tonight on comedy central was the roast of justin bieber. kevin hart was the roast master. his fellow roasters included snoop dogg, shaquille o'neal, martha stewart roasted, jeffrey ross, who will be on our show tomorrow night, was there as he usually is. if you have not seen the roast yet, and those of you here in our audience, i hate to spoil the ending, but justin ends up moving back to canada. [ cheers and applause ] i want to make you aware if you aren't already, wednesday is april fools' day. a lot of people forget. and they're left with their guard down. and i enjoy a good prank. and we have a fun idea for you to participate. this is one of our infamous youtube challenges. we do it most every year. this is from our youtube challenge last year. this is a classic prank weave our viewers pulled on her mother. i used to do this to my mother when i was a

the clippers, they're also on a roll winning seven straight since blake griffin returned from elbow surgery tip-off at 7:30. first round of the playoffs begins april 18th. >> abc 7 is your home for the nba finals. live coverage begins june 4th here on abc 7. >>> washers and dryers pools and gym. those are some of the amenities you'd expect at an apartment complex. >> coming up at 4:00, what else bay area landlords are offering to appeal to eco-friendly tenants. >>> first, a workplace shooting in the central valley turns deadly. the motive police are investigating. >>> and new details on that tragic germanwings crash. thank you for being a sailor, and my daddy. thank you mom, for protecting my future. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are thankful for many things. the legacy of usaa auto insurance could be one of them. our world-class service earned usaa the top spot in a study of the most recommended large companies in america. if you're current or former military or their family, see if you're eligible to get an auto insurance quote. >>> here are your headlines at 4

clippers have been playing without blake griffin out with a staff infection in his left elbow. special event ticket purchased for the game, the warriors will donate a life saving bed net to the united foundation nothing but nets campaign. for the 3rd season, seth curry is holding the 3 for 3 challenge and donate net saving beds for every 3 pointer he makes during the season. curry and the warriors have donated so far close to 2400 nets to help protect families in africa from malaria. >>> coming up sunday night on sports night live. we will go in-depth on how the giants are dealing with the loss of hunter pence. >> and two teams that don't like each other sunday night at 9 after the news. >>> good morning and welcome back to the kron4 morning news. the time is 9:28. taking a look at the golden gate bridge you will notice how overcast it is. cloudy conditions and low clouds along the napa valley and as for temperatures they are pretty mile this morning. san francisco already at 52 degrees and 47 in livermore. by the afternoon we are talking about above-average temperatures. lots