ClipperBlog Live: Clippers 116 Jazz 114

Utah is a well-coached team and their talent is decent. I cannot expect a blowout. We just can’t let any of their shooters get hot like Foye did and we need to stop Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap and we’ll be okay. The game shouldn’t be as out of hand as it was last night because there is no elevation to give the Jazz an advantage.

Uhhhh….. I do not think that that will be the stat-line for Foye….

Foye on December 3 had 19 points on 7 of 11 shooting. He was 3 for 7 from 3 point range with 2 of 3 FT’s.

Mo Williams on December 3 had 20 points on 7 of 11 shooting. He was also 3 for 7 from 3 point range and made 3 of 3 FT’s. He also had 12 assists.

As a team, the Jazz shot 9 for 20 from 3 that night and had an overall FG% of 56.8%. They out-rebounded LAC 41 to 36.

Last night’s game, Foye went for 28 points on 8 of 13 shooting and 5 for 9 from 3pt. range. He also went 7 of 8 from FT. Last night’s game as a team, the Jazz and LAC pretty much played evenly. Rebounds were a wash as were points in the paint. In the second half, the Clippers played more aggressively and executed better on defense and down the stretch. Turnovers and fouls were pretty much a wash. The Jazz though did go 9 for 15 from 3pt range. We also sent the Jazz to the FT line way too much by fouling and playing sloppy. The Jazz shot 40 FT’s last night and made 37 of them. The saving grace was that the Jazz were called for basically the same amount of fouls (32 to LAC’s 29) and LAC shot 41 FT’s but made 33 of them.

Foye just has it in him to have a big game against LAC because he feels slighted and unwanted by them. I know you were a huge Foye supporter last year but Foye is who he is and he is what I knew and expected him to be having watched him play since he was drafted in the league. He is a knockdown shooter who can’t create a shot for himself or others and is terrible off the dribble. He is also a poor finisher at the rim. I said these things last year and you rode me on it. Foye is who he is and if VDN learned something from last night’s game, it’s that tomorrow night, Willie Green can’t guard Foye. I would make a lineup change and stick Bledsoe in to guard Foye and then bring in Barnes to guard Foye to spell him. Green should get a DNP in my book tomorrow for matchup purposes. I hope LAC’s half-court execution isn’t going to be as sloppy as it was last night and I hope they will bring the energy on defense and play clean defense without fouling.

Mv22? I feel like its you and me vs Clips4 and Bong to convince the universe that Vinny is viable. No one else see’s what we see. I read a recent post that still put Lionel Hollins ahead of Vinny, even though Vinny outcoached Hollins, without homecourt advantage, defeated him in a Game 7 situation on the road, and came back against him in Game 1 in historic proportions, coaching a team with a starter in Randy Foye who was the proverbial deer in the headlights, as the Clippers were a flawed line-up by everyone admission, but still defeated this Hollins coached team. How can Lionel Hollins ever be considered a better coach than Vincent Joseph Del Negro going forward, but there are people on here that will tell you Hollins is better. SMH!!!!!