Eric Gordon had just sliced by the Lakers defenders and dumped off a pass to DeAndre Jordan for a dunk and the lead. Then Gordon fouled Kobe, on the floor, and forced the Lakers to take it out of bounds with only three seconds left. Derek Fisher picks the ball up at the top of the key and, for a mom[...]
Special guest Brian Kamenetzky from Land O’Lakers Blog and I talk ball about tonight’s teams and matchup. Know thy opponent: Breene Murphy: The Lakers front line is thin right now, Pau’s playing lots of minutes, so how have they defended opposing bigs? What has been their weakness?[...]
Should the Clippers have blown the Kings out? Should the Clippers have lost? Was it just right? Yes to all of those. The Clippers oscillated between looking terrible, like coherent team and like a team just good enough to beat the Kings. On the whole the Clippers are still just good enough to beat a[...]
The road has not been good to the Clippers this year and last night was just another example. The Clips came out flat and fought their way almost all the way back only to make stupid mistakes in the final minutes to lose the game. Their confidence in tight situations on the road doesn’t seem t[...]
No one knows better than Clipper fans that not all lost seasons are created equal. Clipper fans have cheered for unlikeable teams, soulless teams, talentless teams, and teams full of guys we knew wouldn’t be around long. Some seasons have been fiascoes, some embarrassments, many simply forgettable. [...]
Again, the Clippers find themselves matched up against an opponent that, in the recent history, has dominated the Clippers. The Clippers have lost the last three games to the Blazers (one being the season opener) and 10 of 12 overall. The Clippers still haven’t won a game on the road (0-9) but[...]
There goes another opportunity to win on the road. The Clips are now 0-9 for the season and keep finding ways to lose road games. They fought hard to the end, even getting some timely threes from Cookie and some slashes to the rim by Gordon in the final plays to keep the game close. But no matter wh[...]