As unnecessarily stressful as this win is for the Clippers against an unimpressive Minnesota club, I was reminded of Michael Lewis’ piece last year in the New York Times about Shane Battier and the Houston Rockets. Lewis watched the second half of a Lakers-Rockets regular season game with Hous[...]
After compiling some promising offensive numbers over their first three games, the Clippers turned in a lackluster performance in the second half Saturday night. In 41 possessions after halftime, the Clippers scored an infinitesimal 29 points — a 70.7 offensive efficiency rating that would mak[...]
The Clippers were shown yet again that basketball is a game of runs and droughts, this time suffering a 93-84 loss at the hands of the Mavericks. The inability to stop runs has been one of the themes of the young season, and the Clippers were hit again tonight with a Mavs 18-3 3rd quarter run and a [...]