Clippers didn’t lose this game in the second half, they lost it in the first. The last two quarters were only an anticlimactic continuance of their early game bad habits. “They were more hungry than us but that doesn’t give us an excuse to be that soft,” Vinny said. The most obvious disa[...]
If the Clippers win against the Griz, and go 4-1 on the road trip, it’ll be the best record on a road trip of 5 or more games since the Clips moved to L.A. Had the Clippers not bungled up the New Jersey game (for various reasons beyond Blake’s missed free throw, like Mo’s awful sho[...]
Blake Griffin scored 26 points in the first half, Eric Bledsoe scored 21 points in the second half, Mo Wiliams scored 11 points in both halves and the rest of the Clippers banded to secure not just the win, but a winning road trip. As Patrick O’Neal said, it was the “[f]irst winning road[...]
Before the magnificence of Blake Griffin’s season set in, pundits around the league anticipated a close race for Rookie of the Year. John Wall not only fit as the proposed competition, but many believed he was the front runner. After all, point guards start with the ball in their hands, get to[...]
Blake Griffin will be kicking himself after this one. Down by a point, Blake Griffin called for the ball. 3.8 seconds left in the game, Kris Humphries on his back, and Blake Griffin spun and took the ball hard to the rim. He rose in the air, cocked his arm back and looked like he was going to jam th[...]
When the Clippers first faced the New Jersey Nets, the boys in blue and red were mired in a season worst 9 game slump that would continue through their game against the New York Knicks. Both Kaman and Baron (may he play in Cleveland in peace) were out of the lineup and the backups, DeAndre and Bleds[...]
Mo Williams brought the ball up, waiting for Griffin to set the high screen. The Celtics had relentlessly pushed back, brought the game back to 97-91. Mo dribbled to the left, but Garnett and Rondo trapped early and Mo swung the ball to Blake. Garnett flocked to Blake. But instead of Blake taking Ga[...]
If anything illustrates the difference between the Celtics franchise and the Clippers franchise, in terms of winning, the last game was a perfect. The Clippers played very well, held the Celtics to a lower field goal percentage (41 percent to the Clippers 46 percent), fewer assists (21 to 25), fewer[...]