Asked to reflect on last Wednesday’s loss to the Nets, Vinny Del Negro spoke of missed rotations and the need to make shots, but he also praised his team’s effort in fighting back from an 18-point second half deficit. Slow starts had become more frequent, so the following question was, &[...]
The Clippers fell to the Celtics 94-85 last night in a tough loss. We’ve got more coming on the way (including a new episode of ClipperBlogLive) but for now, here’s the Lob City Ledger done by yours truly over at ESPNLA.com. Blake Griffin 9-15 FG | 6-8 FT | 9 REB | 4 AST | [...]
Okay, so that title might be a bit misleading. It’s more like the Clippers just stay the same, but have occasional stretches of offensive explosiveness powerful enough to propel them through bad defensive nights. Tonight, we had a solid effort from Chris Paul (23 points on 18 shots, 5 dimes, 2[...]
The Clippers out-gunned the Spurs 120-108 to get their first win in San Antonio since 2002. Let’s get to five thoughts from the win. That’s, like, a really long time: Fox Sports Prime Ticket ran a graphic during the game that said gas was $1.29 a gallon the last time the Clippers won in[...]
Well, hey. Guess who just lost to the third or so worst team in the NBA? This was a very Clippers performance (for this year, I mean. We’re not doing more Cursed Franchise talk). Chris Paul started slow but finished very strong (4 first-half turnovers, if memory serves, and he finished the gam[...]
We have a special guest preview for tonight’s game. In an attempt to familiarize us with the opponent, Nets are Scorching blogger Justin DeFeo was kind enough to answer a few questions. I did the same, so if you aren’t sick of reading my thoughts, be sure to head over there to check th[...]
Whenever the sky used to fall on the Los Angeles Lakers back in the day, you could always count on the babbling of their fans to be pacified with the mention of one single phrase: “The Switch.” Even if it wasn’t always logical, there was this faith that the Lakers could turn it on [...]