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Game Thread: Denver at Clippers
On October - 31 - 2008
Baron Davis Dishes to GQ
On October - 31 - 2008
Baron Davis indulges blogGQ in a Q & A. The questions are pretty facile, including the perfunctory circa-2003 Frankie Munoz reference, but it’s still a fun read:
You signed with the Clippers thinking that you’d be playing with Elton Brand. But then he signed with Philly.
That was definitely disappointing. But I’m gonna bring a new generation, the new movement. For a long time, you never really saw the Clippers enjoy each other. With me leading, it’s gonna be fun basketball—play hard and play to win.
Morning Roundup
On October - 31 - 2008
- Ramona Shelburne gets to the bottom of Marcus Camby’s bruised heel. Camby is doubtful for tonight’s game.
- Al Thornton lost sleep over the Clippers’ lackluster performance Wednesday night.
- Carmelo Anthony will sit out tonight’s game at Staples, as he serves out his 2-game suspension for a DUI. His replacement? Linas Kleiza. The last time the Clips faced Denver, Kleiza torched them off the bench for 15 on 7-11 shooting. Thornton will have to be quicker on the rotation tonight.
What They Ran
On October - 30 - 2008
During his tenure as the Clippers’ head coach, Mike Dunleavy has always preferred a more controlled offense. To a large extent that’s due to his natural inclinations, but it’s also been a function of the Clips’ personnel. There wasn’t a member of the Cassell-Mobley-Maggette/Ross-Brand-Kaman core of 2005-2006 that didn’t benefit in some fashion from a set-oriented offense — be it the two-man game of Cassell and Brand, or the iso drives for Maggette. The Clippers short-lived success was due, in large part, to the fact that all the notables on the roster were oriented toward this style of play. But as I mentioned in the wrapup post last night, this Clipper team is a strange amalgamation of styles.
Lakers 117, Clippers 79
On October - 29 - 2008
It’s such an obvious statement that I’m almost embarrassed to state it but the Clippers looked like a team that’s never played together. In that same spirit, it’s probably premature to make a categorical assessment of their ability to win basketball games this season. But it’s still strange to go to a Clippers game and actually know the other team better.