LOS ANGELES — Clock ticking down, Derek Fisher has the ball, and he stops to launch a perimeter shot. It’s a scenario the 36-year-old has executed to perfection over the years in the playoffs.

This time, Fisher did something different.

The guy who doesn’t shoot a high percentage inside hit a layup on the left side at the buzzer to give the Los Angeles Lakers an 87-86 victory over the Clippers on Wednesday night after the two-time defending NBA champions trailed most of the second half.

“I assumed most guys would play me to stop and shoot so I just wanted to try and leave a little hesitation in it,” Fisher said.

Kobe Bryant scored 24 points, Shannon Brown added 16 and Pau Gasol had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Lakers, who ended a three-game road losing streak as the visiting team in their own building.

“Yeah!” Bryant said he was thinking as the ball went in. “He just had the lane and took it.”

Eric Gordon scored 24 points, Blake Griffin had 16 points and 11 rebounds, Eric Bledsoe had 11 points and DeAndre Jordan 11 rebounds for the Clippers, who blew a 12-point lead in the third quarter.

“Hopefully, it’s a learning experience to us,” Gordon said. “We lose basically on turnovers. In crunch time, we made a couple of bad plays and that is what gave them a chance.”

Fisher dribbled into the paint and scored over Jordan, capping a wild final 41 seconds.

“My fingertip hit it. I just wasn’t up high enough,” Jordan said.

Fisher added, “Had his fingernails been longer, he probably would have got to it.”

Bryant’s fast-break running jumper drew the Lakers to 84-83 and his 19-footer put them ahead by one with 22 seconds to go.

The Lakers scored on two consecutive turnovers by Gordon before he found Jordan in the paint for a dunk that put the Clippers in front 86-85 with 15 seconds left.

But the Clippers were denied their sixth win of the season when Fisher, the wily clutch shooter in so many NBA finals, found his way into the paint for the winning basket in the first meeting of the season between the Staples Center co-tenants.

“It was a tough shot,” Bledsoe said. “That’s what he’s there for. He has been doing it for years for them.”

Also on Wednesday:

Celtics 105

Nuggets 89

BOSTON — Ray Allen scored 28 points as Boston took advantage of an injury to Carmelo Anthony and won its eighth straight game. The loss left Nuggets coach George Karl stuck on 999 wins. His next chance to reach 1,000 comes Friday at Toronto.

Heat 111

Jazz 98

SALT LAKE CITY — LeBron James scored 33 points, Dwyane Wade added 28 and the surging Heat outscored Utah by 14 in the fourth quarter. The victory extended Miami’s winning streak to six, and avenged a 116-114 overtime loss to Utah at home on Nov. 9.

Knicks 113

Raptors 110

NEW YORK — Raymond Felton’s tiebreaking 3-pointer bounced on the rim five times and finally went in with 2.7 seconds left, giving New York a victory over Toronto that extended its winning streak to six.

Bucks 97

Pacers 95

MILWAUKEE — Andrew Bogut tipped in an inbounds pass from Luc Richard Mbah a Moute as time expired, lifting Milwaukee over Indiana. With 0.5 seconds left, Mbah a Moute made a perfect pass that just missed the rim, but allowed Bogut to deflect it in for the winning points.

Thunder 111

Timberwolves 103

MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin Durant scored 30 points, including 20 in the second half, and grabbed 11 rebounds as Oklahoma City came from 19 points down to beat Minnesota. Russell Westbrook added 25 points and eight assists as the Thunder recovered from their worst shooting performance of the season with one of their best.

Bulls 88

Cavaliers 83

CLEVELAND — Derrick Rose scored 29 points, including a three-point play that put Chicago ahead for good with 19.6 seconds to play, and the Bulls handed Cleveland its sixth straight loss. The losing streak matches Cleveland’s longest since it dropped six in a row from Nov. 28 to Dec. 8, 2007.

Hornets 93

Pistons 74

NEW ORLEANS — David West scored 25 points, Chris Paul had 14 assists and New Orleans beat Detroit to win its first game since the NBA announced its impending takeover of the club. West had 23 in the first three quarters as the Hornets built a commanding lead that was never threatened in the final period by Detroit.

Spurs 111

Warriors 94

SAN ANTONIO — Tony Parker had 19 points and nine assists, and San Antonio beat Golden State to set a franchise record for the best start to a season. DeJuan Blair added 15 points and 13 rebounds for the Spurs (18-3), who have won their last 25 games against the Warriors. It was Blair’s third double-double of the season.

Grizzlies 104

Suns 98

PHOENIX — Zach Randolph scored a season-high 34 points, Rudy Gay had 22 and Memphis rallied to beat Phoenix in overtime.

Kings 116

Wizards 91

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Beno Udrih scored 23 points, Jason Thompson had 22 points and 14 rebounds, and Sacramento snapped an eight-game losing streak by beating Washington.