By Mike McDaniel New Orleans used a 31–14 scoring spurt to beat the Clippers on Friday night in Los Angeles to grab the No. 8 seed. View the original article to see embedded media. After trailing by 10 heading into the fourth quarter in Friday night’s Western Conference play-in game, the Pelicans used a 31–14 run over the final 10:30 of regulation to beat the Clippers 105–101 and advance to the playoffs. Following a tightly-contested first half in Los Angeles, the second half proved to be filled with massive scoring swings in both directions. The Pelicans led the Clippers 56–46 at halftime bef…