Comments on: Orlando 97, Clippers 86

By: TNT57

TNT57 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:15:13 +0000

KEVIN…Given Sterlings age and the fact he has no children in line to follow him as a hands-on team owner, doesn’t it make sense for him to offer Lebron a 20 percent interest in the team with an option to become majority owner after Sterling passes? Why not secure the one player who can help you attain a banner or two or five and then rest easy knowing this same player will guide the team forward for the next four or five decades? This will be Sterlings last great opportunity to garner the thing he wants most and to stick a fork into the neck of his fiercest rival…Dr. Buss/Kobe/Lakers.

By: bongstradamus

bongstradamus — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:04:10 +0000

I think around the 6 min mark of the 4th, Dun should have subbed DeAndre for Kaman and gone for contact at the rim. We needed to stop the clock and get high percentage buckets that werent jumpshots.

I was actually wishing we had Corey back for that 4th quarter, hed have flailed at the bucket and stopped the clock and given us a chance to come back from the line. He kind of specialized in those moments.

Instead we opted for jumpers and no contact. We also let the clock wind down on each possession. We were out of the game completely by the 4 minute mark and nothing was falling. This was a heartbreaker because we played with poise for 3.5 quarters.

This team is only aggressive at the rim when the second unit is out on the floor. I wish the first unit played as aggressively.

If Kaman could love dunking as much as he liked guns, we’d be a scary team to play.

By: clippafan4life

clippafan4life — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:21:55 +0000

white chocolate made a fool of us. I want revenge!!!!!!

p.s. thornton is badass

By: Curtis

Curtis — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:05:48 +0000

You have to give credit to the Clippers the other night. We are talking about the Orlando Magic. It’s the Eastern Conference champs with the addition of Vince Carter against the Clippers.

If we were to play the Magic 10 times this year, I don’t see us winning more than two games regardless of who’s coaching. They’re an extremely tough team and they locked buckled down on D in the fourth.

As well, I remembering reading KA making the win prediction to be around the 35 win mark. This team is a vast improvement over last year and you can’t deny that they’re making strides

By: RL

RL — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:41:00 +0000

Well said Sam. I do, however, think that over time Gordon can be a true number one option, and he will eventually develop something of a low post game (remember summer league?). My gut feeling is Kaman is the temporary #1 option till Gordon develops. He’s had a couple of good experiences to learn from this season already: end of game of Suns matchup, 4th Q dominance on the Grizz.

By: neil

neil — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:46:41 +0000

Bad freaking coach….bad freaking coach……

By: SamMays

SamMays — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:32:44 +0000

I think the Clips did run some stuff for Gordon, but Orlando just switched all the picks and made sure they got out to him. They took away the looks he was getting in the third quarter with good defense.

They can get away with that because we have no other options from the outside. A guy like Kobe or Lebron can go into a high post and get the ball there. Then if the defense comes at him, he can hit open men. If they don’t come to double, he can make a move and go up over the defender. Gordon doesn’t have that in his game to he can’t take over the way Kobe and some others can… He’s easier to stop than a lot of number one options.

By: crimelaw

crimelaw — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:29:24 +0000

Making significant progress? D.J. you must be kidding. It’s the same old same old with predictable results. Good coach v. terrible coach. If Van Gundy is coaching the Clips they win. They will not be successful until our loser is gone.

By: curtis no

curtis no — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:54:23 +0000

back to moral victories eh? when are some of the fans going to get real? were the same damn team. years past we had enuf moral victories. a loss is a LOSS. this was winnable they blew it

By: eddiec

eddiec — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:49:44 +0000

I thought the game was lost basically because of Dunleavy’s coaching. Going into the 4th, the Clips were down by 4. But Dunleavy leaves his best offensive weapon Gordon as well as Baron on the bench until the team is down by 12. That’s when the offense flat-lined. The Clips needed someone to create and besides Kamen (sometimes) Gordon and Baron are the only Clippers who can do that. The next game isn’t until Sunday, and Gordon is only like 20 – he could’ve played the entire 4th quarter.