D.J. Foster and Mark Shore try to explain the loss to the Cavs and dive into some bigger issues facing the Clippers. To submit questions, use the Twitter hashtag #clipperbloglive or send a direct message to our Twitter account @ClipperBlogLive.
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Did the Clippers miss Chauncey Billups tonight or did Foye fill the void?
Posted on February 8th, 2012 at 7:09 pm
What about the fact that Vinny kept in an ice cold Mo Williams in the clutch? We got close enough to win this one and Williams is out there missing threes and layups!
Randy Foye was playing fine and was the only guy able to sink threes and deserved to be out there for the last minutes.
Posted on February 8th, 2012 at 7:15 pm
Mark Shore, please shut up and stop interrupting DJ mid-sentence.
Posted on February 8th, 2012 at 7:19 pm
The overwhelming reason the Clippers lost to Cleveland was DeAndre Jordan. No sensible person could argue otherwise. He did block two shots last night, which should show people here how ridiculous it is to keep pointing to his shot blocking as an indication he’s good. He’s not good. As a starter, he’s terrible.
He didn’t score any points and he only got four rebounds, which is especially bad since there were so many missed shots.
Anderson Varejao, not surprisingly, torched him. Varejao scored 15 points on 6-8 shooting. That’s not the most points he’s scored this season (though it’s close), but it is his best shooting percentage of the season.
Jordan’s terrible defense also was related to Ramon Sessions attacking the rim in a way he’s usually incapable of doing and scoreing by far his most points of the season and for Antwawn Jamison lighting up the post for 28 points, which was his highest point total of the year.
All in all, Jordan’s defensive disaster was about as bad as a defensive disaster can get. Then his offensive disaster just made everything even worse.
Clearly he’s not any better than he was a year ago, and those who want to pipedream otherwise are deluding themselves.
Kenyan Martin, as many problems as he brings, is far superior at center to Jordan. Martin has to start.
Tim Reply:
February 9th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
When comparing Kamans numbers in his 4th season, to Jordans numbers to this point in his 4th season, the numbers are very much comparable. Jordan averages 8.1pts per game, and Kaman averaged 10.1, so Jordan needs to slightly improve his numbers there. Jordans numbers are favorable in rebounds (8.8 vs 7.8) and blocks (2.8 vs 1.6). Given Kamans poor 4th season by your standards, I guess the Clippers should have demoted Kaman back there too. It took some time for Kaman to develop some of that game you speak so highly of. Allow Deandre to work out his game, and stop judging him to harshly.
Posted on February 9th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
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