DETROIT _ The Detroit Pistons looked as if they were headed to a laugher.
But instead they suffered their most embarrassing defeat of the season.
An energized Pistons team jumped to an early 19-point lead and eventually led by 25 points only to drop a 111-101 decision to the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday.
Lou Williams scored 18 of his game-high 39 points in the fourth quarter as boos rained from the Little Caesars Arena crowd that had been energized by the hot start.
After a Williams floater gave the Clippers a 107-96 lead with 1:02 remaining, a fan could be heard yelling, "Embarrassing, embarrassing, embarrassing," as he left his courtside seats.
Griffin scored 24 points against his old team, but was 5 for 17 over the last three quarters after a 4 for 6 start.
Reggie Jackson scored a season-high 29 points and added seven assists, continuing a stretch of solid play for the Pistons (22-29).
Griffin, still angered by the blockbuster trade that brought him to Detroit from Los Angeles, was obviously seeking a repeat of his 44-point outing in a victory at Staples Center last month.
But he pressed, and it can be argued he hurt the Pistons over the course of the game.
Griffin was 3 for 12 from the 3-point range.
The three former Pistons involved in the Griffin trade _ Tobias Harris (seven points), Avery Bradley (six) and Boban Marjanovic (10) _ combined for 23 points on 9-for-25 shooting for the Clippers (29-24).
The Clippers bench scored 80 points (led by Williams), while the Pistons bench managed only 17 points.
The comeback is the largest in Clippers history.
The Pistons blitzed the Clippers from the opening tip.
It was 11-1 after a Griffin 3-pointer, 22-7 after a Bullock 3-pointer and then 32-13 after another Griffin 3-pointer.
The Pistons' hot start staked the struggling team to a 40-22 lead after the first quarter.
The Pistons were 8 for 12 from 3-point range and Griffin scored 10 points, grabbed three rebounds and added three assists.
It tied a season-high for scoring in the first quarter and Pistons shot a blazing 63.6 percent from the field.
The onslaught could have been better for the Pistons since Jackson and Bruce Brown both missed relatively easy layups.
