LOS ANGELES -- With the clock stuck on 0.7 seconds and the game tied 87-87, Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan held the ball above his head, thinking the game against the Portland Trail Blazers was headed to overtime.

On the final play of regulation, Chris Paul had the game in his hands with about two seconds to go. He drove left, pumped in the air and let a desperation runner soar toward the rim. The shot went off the glass, rolled in the rim and bounced out, right into Jordan's outstretched hands. But rather than tip the ball back in for a seemingly easy game-winner, he came down with the rebound and never went back up.

Paul excitedly motioned for Jordan to shoot -- or at least leap toward the hoop -- but the big man just stood there and the clock expired, sending the game to overtime. The Blazers pulled away in extra time to escape with a 98-93 victory despite LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard combining to shoot 13-for-43 from the field.

"When that happens you move on and get ready for overtime," Paul said of the final sequence in regulation. "It didn't matter.

"I mean, it would've been nice if [Jordan] tipped it back in. It also would've been nice if I made the shot and it didn't come down to that."

Said Jordan: "Tonight was a tough loss. We had our chances. It was a tough game."

Clippers coach Doc Rivers said the play was one of many mistakes the Clippers made late in a game they led by 10 points with 2:38 left.

"I don't know if [Jordan] could've got it up anyway, but he probably could have," Rivers said. "We made a lot of mistakes down the stretch, that being one of them obviously. But we gave up two [3-pointers] that can never happen. I never thought we got our rhythm again."