LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Jamal Crawford scored 11 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Utah Jazz 107-96 on Sunday night for their 17th consecutive victory, becoming the third team in NBA history to record a perfect month.

The Clippers went 16-0 in December to join the 1995-95 San Antonio Spurs and 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers as the only teams to go undefeated in a month. Their franchise-record winning streak is the longest in the NBA since Boston won 19 in a row four years ago.

Caron Butler led the Clippers with 29 points, making all six of his 3-pointers. Chris Paul added 19 points and nine assists to help them maintain the league's best record at 25-6.

Al Jefferson scored 30 points — one off his season high — to lead Utah, which lost for the third time during the Clippers' streak.

Gordon Hayward added 16 points as the Jazz lost their third in a row and seventh in the last nine games.

SPURS 111, MAVERICKS 86

DALLAS (AP) — Tony Parker had 21 points and nine assists, Manu Ginobili made several key baskets among his 20 points and San Antonio handed Dallas its sixth straight loss.

Dirk Nowitzki had eight points on 3-of-9 shooting a week after making a surprise return in a 38-point loss to the Spurs in San Antonio.

The Spurs led all the way, with Tim Duncan helping a 20-6 start by hitting several jump shots. He finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks.

Darren Collison scored 18 points to lead the Mavericks, whose losing streak is their longest since January of their championship season in 2010-11.

KINGS 118, CELTICS 96

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Isaiah Thomas scored 27 points and made one of Sacramento's two four-point plays in the second half as the Kings handed Boston its third consecutive lopsided loss on a California road swing.

John Salmons added 23 points off the bench, Jason Thompson scored 20 and DeMarcus Cousins had 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his first career triple-double for the Kings, who ended the calendar year by winning their sixth home game out of the last seven.

The Celtics are going in the other direction after handily beating Brooklyn on Christmas Day. They followed that win with a trip to California to face the Los Angeles Clippers, Golden State and Sacramento and got outscored by 69 points in losing all three.

Paul Pierce and Jason Terry both scored 20 points for Boston.

PISTONS 96, BUCKS 94

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Tayshaun Prince made two free throws with 10.9 seconds left to give Detroit a victory over Milwaukee after the Pistons blew a 14-point lead.

Prince scored 20 points, and Greg Monroe added 14 points and 10 rebounds for Detroit, which had five players in double figures. Charlie Villanueva and Brandon Knight added 11 points apiece, and Jason Maxiell scored 10.

Monta Ellis had 30 points and nine assists, and Erson Ilyasova scored 24 for the Bucks.

Both teams were coming off wins over the defending NBA champion Miami Heat.

News from © The Associated Press, 2012