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LOS ANGELES -- Blowing fourth-quarter leads have cost the Portland Trail Blazers during their current five-game journey.The Trail Blazers will attempt to end their road woes when they visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night at Staples Center.In Saturdays 118-111 defeat to the Indiana Pacers, the Trail Blazers (12-13) gave up an eight-point advantage in the fourth quarter when their offense abandoned them. Portland, which at one point led the Pacers by 20, managed a season-low 13 points in the final quarter while the Pacers scored 28 as the Trail Blazers stumbled to their third consecutive setback.This wasnt a normal loss, said Portland guard CJ McCollum, who finished with 34 points, according to The Oregonian. Weve had a lot of these games we should win, games were up double digits and they make more plays than us down the stretch, they make more hustle plays. They make aggressive moves toward the basket, they get fouls. They finish the game and we dont.Portland, which is 1/3 on the swing, also was unable to finish in back-to-back losses to the Milwaukee Bucks and Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday and Thursday. Against the Grizzlies, the Trail Blazers surrendered a 13-point edge in the fourth.Another tough loss, Blazers coach Terry Stotts told The Oregonian. Thats three games in a row where our offense kind of let us down when we needed it.Starting power forward Al-Farouq Aminu sat out the Indiana game with a back contusion. His status for Mondays contest is unknown.Clippers forward Blake Griffin (sore right knee) is expected to return to face the Blazers. Griffin was held out mainly for precautionary reasons Saturday when the Clippers roasted the New Orleans Pelicans 133-105. The Pelicans played without Anthony Davis and Jrue Holiday.Los Angeles point guard Chris Paul delivered a performance for the ages, scoring 20 points and recording 20 assists with no turnovers. Paul also snatched five rebounds.That helped the Clippers (17-7) end a two-game losing streak.We have to build on this, said Clippers guard J.J. Redick, who had 16 points against New Orleans. We are trying to be more consistent. We started the season consistently. We were playing a certain way almost every night and we have to get back to that. We havent done that the last two weeks and we are more than capable of doing it.Los Angeles started the season with a 14-2 mark, but dropped five of seven before pounding the Pelicans. Despite a pair of wins already in hand against the Blazers this season, the Clippers expect a stiffer test Monday.The Trail Blazers are a great team, Redick said. They beat us last year in the playoffs. If we move the ball like we did (Saturday), I think we are going to score.The availability of Clippers guard Austin Rivers has yet to be determined. 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Open champion Justin Rose birdied the first hole with a blind shot he hit to a foot of the pin, and he stayed in front Tuesday until he completed a 4-under 67 for a two-shot lead over Jason Dufner in PGA Grand Slam of Golf. The Cobras players will apply for the right to strike after failing to resolve concerns over coach Paul Adams with the Western Cape Cricket (WCC) board. The long-standing issues continue after the board refused to implement a recommendation by the countrys dispute resolution body, the Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to appoint an independent assessor to look into Adams suitability for the job.While the CCMA cannot make a binding ruling, it can issue confirmation of unresolved matters which then allows for lawful and protected industrial action.Any kind of industrial action is always a very last resort for players and we hope it doesnt come to that, Tony Irish, CEO of the South African Cricketers Association (SACA), said. However the players have been asking the franchise to properly address this issue for many months, but to no avail, and have exhausted every constructive process available to them with the franchise. We will now seek Cricket South Africas assistance and intervention before considering what further steps to take.At the end of the last season, the players expressed their concerns over Adams tactical acumen and man-management skills following a trophy-less summer - the first since he took over in 2012. Over the winter, Adams underwent a leadership course and was offered a new two-year contract, prompting the players to ask for SACAs assistance.They players raised a formal grievance with the board, who brought in Paddy Upton, the former South Africa assistant coach, as a mediator. In a report which has not been made public, Upton recommended Adams be moved to another role at the Cobras and a new coach be sought.The WCC dismissed Uptons materially deficient report since he had not interviewed all the franchise pllayers.dddddddddddd Instead, they appointed Ashwell Prince as Adams assistant and Alan Dawson as convener of selectors. Dawson has since resigned, citing an inability to make an impact given the fundamental problem between the players and the coach.While the players have not made public their exact complaints about Adams, they continue to speak through SACA about their disappointment in what they see as WCCs unwillingness to solve the situation.SACA and the players are disappointed by the franchises response to our proposals on a process which we believe would have resolved the matter once and for all, Irish said. We had proposed a process for an independent cricket person to monitor and assess the coachs situation on the ground within the team over a three-week period and thereafter to make a recommendation as to what should happen with the coaching situation. His recommendation would be accepted by all, and binding on the players.The franchise has however rejected the proposal out of hand without proposing any alternative, despite having indicated to us that they were in favour of some form of monitoring. It is very obvious that the franchise team is in disarray. The most frustrating aspect is that it appears that the board of the franchise simply refuses to acknowledge that there is actually a problem at all, despite everything that has happened, and is now happening, around it. The unhappiness has spilled onto the field too. The Cobras have lost three of their first four first-class matches and are playing their fifth without captain Omphile Ramela, who is suspended following disciplinary action on an unrelated matter. ' ' '