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NEW YORK -- LA Clippers leading scorer Blake Griffin sat out his first game of the season, Tuesday nights 127-122 double-overtime loss to the Brooklyn Nets, to rest.Coach Doc Rivers said the Clippers had identified the game in Brooklyn long ago as one Griffin would miss. It gives him a couple of extra days off before Los Angeles visits the NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.The Clippers have increased their spending on biometrics this season, and Rivers was asked whether he relied on that to determine Griffin would sit.I clearly didnt; Im not smart enough to use biometrics, Rivers said. But the people we hired did, and they told me biometrically that this would be a good day for him to rest.Paul Pierce, who had appeared in just two games this season, started in place of Griffin, who averages 21.1 points and 8.7 rebounds per game.Pierce, 39, finished with five points, three rebounds and a steal in 29 minutes. 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The 1:48.348 he set remained the benchmark for the rest of the session, with Hamilton finishing 0.7s down despite running his own super-soft lap without the Halo on his car.Both Mercedes drivers started the session with new power units, meaning Hamilton has now used turbochargers and six MGU-Hs this year and will incur a 15-place grid penalty for Sundays race as a result. If Mercedes opts to use more components over the course of the weekend to stockpile them for the rest of the season, the grid penalty may still increase and force him to start from the back of the grid.?Rosberg was joined in the Halo test by Red Bulls Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rossos Carlos Sainz and Force Indias Nico Hulkenberg. Despite its rejection for next year, the FIA is determined to carry out extensive research of the Halo ahead of a planned implementation in 2018.Kimi Raikkonen finished third, less than 0.1s down on Hamilton despite his fastest time being set on the soft compound. Sergio Perez was the surprise of the session, splitting the Ferrari drivers for fourth position, finishing half a second up on Sebastian Vettel. Hulkenberg looked pacey in the other Force India, finishing in sixth. Daniel Ricciardo finished seventh for Red Bull aheaad of Williams driver Valtteri Bottas and teammate Max Verstappen.dddddddddddd Red Bull will certainly hope to improve on seventh and ninth later in the weekend. Esteban Gutierrez rounded off the top ten despite several complaints about his brakes during the session.Romain Grosjean finished 11th in the other Haas. The French driver appeared to be struggling with his car, running wide late in the session. Felipe Massa finished 12th for Williams, ahead of Marcus Ericsson, running a Sauber with a raft of new upgrades which the team has finally introduced after its recent takeover. Carlos Sainz finished 14th, splitting Ericsson and his Sauber teammate Felipe Nasr.Manor new boy Esteban Ocon finished an impressive 16th in a session which saw him overshoot his pit box on entry. The Frenchman finished the session over a second clear of teammate Pascal Wehrlein, who set his time on a harder compound and finished behind Daniil Kvyat and Jenson Button in 19th in a frustrating morning for McLaren. Renault drivers Kevin Magnussen and Jolyon Palmer took the next two positions, with the latter complaining of a loss of power in the second half of the session. Fernando Alonsos morning lasted for just three laps, with a water leak curtailing his running -- a disappointing start with Hondas upgraded power unit and the fact the Spaniard came into the weekend hoping to spring a surprise on some of McLarens nearest rivals. ' ' '