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LOS ANGELES -- At 6-1, the Los Angeles Clippers are off to the best start in the history of a once-beleaguered franchise. They believe they can be even better.Chris Paul scored 24 points and made five of the Clippers season-high 13 3-pointers in a 114-80 rout of the Pistons on Monday night, their 11th consecutive victory against Detroit.Thats the Clippers second-longest active winning streak against any opponent.We keep talking about not getting complacent, Paul said. One of the biggest things we keep talking about is finishing.Both teams starters rested in the fourth quarter, when Detroits reserves never got closer than 34 points in the final minute.Andre Drummond had 15 points and 13 rebounds to lead Detroit, which shot 37 percent and went 4 for 12 on 3-pointers in its worst loss of the young season.This game will bother me for a couple of days, Drummond said. You need to learn from a game like this and dont brush it off. You dont forget the embarrassment and you dont want to feel like that again.J.J. Redick added 20 points, including three 3-pointers and all five of his free throws for the Clippers, who shot 54 percent. Blake Griffin just missed a triple-double with 13 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.Paul was 8 of 10 from the field and 3 of 4 at the free throw line. He had eight assists and six rebounds in a game featuring the NBAs top-ranked defenses.Los Angeles came in allowing an average of 90.7 points, while the Pistons were giving up 93 points per game.We get excited about stopping teams and trying to keep them under certain numbers, Paul said. That could be contagious all season.The Clippers put the game away in the first quarter, scoring 17 straight points as part of a 24-2 run that extended their lead to 28-8. Griffin had eight in the 17-0 spurt in which five players scored. Los Angeles shot 67 percent in the period and ended it leading 33-15.Even when youre up 30 or 20, there shouldnt be a letup, Griffin said.The Clippers bench kept up the pace in the second quarter, building a 47-19 lead to open the period, helped by consecutive 3-pointers from Wesley Johnson, Raymond Felton and Jamal Crawford. The team had five 3s in the period, which ended with a 10-0 run that sent the Clippers into halftime ahead 62-32.Nothing positive came out of this game. Its like starting at ground zero again, Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said. They dismantled us.Los Angeles hit five 3-pointers in the third, stretching its lead to 91-53. The Clippers scored six straight on Griffins free throw, Pauls step-back 3 in front of Detroits bench and DeAndre Jordans dunk off Griffins alley-oop pass.TIP-INSPistons: F Reggie Bullock missed playing against his old team because of a hip pointer. ... Detroit fell to 0-3 on the road. ... The 15 points in the first quarter were the fewest the Pistons have scored in any period this season, and their 32 at halftime was also a season low.Clippers: They hit a season-high seven 3-pointers in the first half, with Paul making all three of his attempts. ... Their only loss was to Oklahoma City by two points. ... Jordan had 10 rebounds and the Clippers controlled the boards, 46-39.ISH MISSPistons guard Ish Smith was 1 of 9 from the floor and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope missed all six of his shots.I cant say what I want to say (about how we played), but they shot the ball well and we missed lots of shots, said Smith, who was averaging 10.5 points. They punched us in the mouth and they made it tough on us. 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MILAN -- Four months proved to be a long time in international football as Italy drew 0-0 against Germany on Tuesday in a match which bore little resemblance to their enthralling encounter at the European Championship.The teams on a cold night in Milan were very different from those which faced each other in the quarterfinals in Bordeaux on July 2 -- a match won by Germany on penalties after it finished 1-1.Both teams lined up with just four players who had started for them in France, while Italy also had a new coach in Gian Piero Ventura.Yannick Gerhardt made his international debut in a youthful Germany side.It was a very tactical game, well played by both teams, Germany coach Joachim Loew said. It was a great test for our youngsters. We fought well, it was a good match also for the fans. We didnt play as well in the second half maybe but overall Im happy.So many of the lads have little international experience, theyre young. So playing this match, with this kind of crowd, added to their growth ... The result wasnt important, but rather the attitude of these players.Andrea Belotti has scored three goals in his past two Italy matches and he went closest to breaking the deadlock, eight minutes from time. The 22-year-old Belotti carved out space for himself on the right of the area but his effort crashed off the inside of the left upright.We did good things for long periods, Ventura said. We were playing against the world champions. There is still a lot of work to do but the players are ready to do that. They want to grow, they want to improve, they want to train....I think it was a good performance, above all a good reading of the game. I think the future of this team is positive. I see it as rosy ... We are a good team and were working to become a great team.There was an unnsporting moment before kickoff as the German national anthem was booed by a loud number of home fans but Italy captain Gianluigi Buffon led the rest of the crowd in applauding to drown out the jeers.ddddddddddddIt was Buffons 167th match for his country and the Juventus goalkeeper moved level with former Spain shotstopper Iker Casillas and former Latvia midfielder Vitalijs Astafjevs as the most capped players in European football history.Nice forward Mario Balotelli, who has not been selected for Italy since the 2014 World Cup, was in the stands to watch his country.Both teams before the match had said they werent treating it as a friendly but there was little urgency among their play as they struggled to create decent scoring opportunities.Germanys first real chance came in the 12th minute following a delightful pass from Ilkay Gundogan to Leon Goretzka but Buffon did well to block with his feet.Italy went closest in the 25th as Ciro Immobile beat the offside trap to run onto Daniele De Rossis chipped ball over the top but the former Borussia Dortmund striker fired wide of the right post.Teenage goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma replaced Buffon at halftime, to loud cheers from the fans in the stadium in which his club AC Milan plays its home matches.Donnarumma made a rare mistake shortly after the hour when he allowed substitute Kevin Vollands effort to squirm under his body but the goal was ruled out on a marginal offside decision, to the 17-year-olds relief.The match was used as a further test on using video replays to aid match officials in key decisions and the VAR -- Video Assistant Referee -- technology confirmed the offside call was correct. 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