(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)
Buzzer Reaction
 Los Angeles Clippers |
 Toronto Raptors |
No Dime tonight.
Tweet(s) of the Night
There is no defense in this LAC-TOR game and it's glorious.
— Beckley Mason (@BeckleyMason) January 26, 2014
Hold up, hold my phone, Hedo never loved Canada, Turkoglu never loved the Raptors.
— Andrew Han (@andrewthehan) January 26, 2014
Blake is the kid with the motor mouth
Griffin is the one that you should worry about
— Andrew Han (@andrewthehan) January 26, 2014
Check @andrewthehan’s timeline for all Clippers-related Drake lyrics.
The Depth Charge
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Mullens, C | INACTIVE | |||||||||||||
| Ryan Hollins, C | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 |
| Antawn Jamison, PF | DNP COACH’S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| Hedo Turkoglu, PF | 9 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 |
| Total | 12 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +7 | 2 |
(Photo by NBA.com/Stats)
ClipperBlog Live’s Best Moment
The crew — Andrew, Seerat and Jovan — compares the performances of key Clippers and Raptors players to Drake songs on the Clippers’ version of #DrakeNight (my favorite night of the season).
Check Your Messages
“No Defense Played”
Every so often, there is a game in which neither team can string together multiple stops. Sometimes, it’s because of poor defense. Other times, a player or two is just unconscious from the floor and shoulders most of the offensive burden.
Both scenarios were in play between the Los Angeles Clippers and Toronto Raptors Saturday night in Toronto.
“It was one of those nights that there was going to be no defense played. We played just a little bit more than them, but it was a shot-maker’s game. I thought an ABA game broke out in the middle of it,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers told reporters after the game.
Both the Clippers and the Raptors shot 48.6 percent or better, and little defense was played on either end. At the same time, there was an ongoing shooting duel, as Raptors swingman Terrence Ross scored a career-high 51 points on 16-of-29 shooting (10-of-17 on 3s), and Jamal Crawford nearly matched his output with a season high in both points (37) and assists (11).
The biggest difference in the Clippers’ 126-118 win was that while Ross was the primary source of offense for the Raptors, Crawford had plenty of help. Blake Griffin added 30 points and J.J. Redick chipped in 18 — 10 of which came in the final 6:22 — to put the Clippers ahead late.
– Jovan Buha at ESPN Los Angeles
Jovan Buha
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