ClipperBlog contributor Michael Shagrin answers three questions from last night.   Q: What really happened at the end of the 4th Quarter? Chauncey Billups brings me to hell and back. So he made the final shot of the game in the last second and confirmed his role as “Mr. Big Shot.” What about hi[...]

ClipperBlog contributor Michael Shagrin takes a look at the 16-0 run that fueled a Clippers victory last night against the Nets. Read on:   There was a lot to be happy about and a lot to groan about in yesterday’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day victory over the less than impressive Nets. Without t[...]

The setting is modern day Los Angeles, inside a building begrudgingly shared by diametrically opposed basketball teams. Exposition: After playing three games in four nights, the Los Angeles Lakers are a bit weary. They are carried into the game by their aging yet rejuvenated superstar, Kobe Bryant, [...]

There are a bunch of different things to talk about from tonight’s game, a hundred different moments worth reliving, and plenty of stats worth poring over. But the one thing I keep coming back to is an immeasurable, a subjective thing, something you can’t really pin down.It’s frust[...]

Here are five thoughts from the Clippers 105-97 loss to Portland on Tuesday night: Nothing Regular This felt like a playoff game. You can credit the always excellent Rose Garden crowd for part of that feeling, but the play on the court was elevated to a level we haven’t seen from both sides th[...]

Mark Shore’s feeling a little under the weather, so instead of our normal ClipperBlog Live, I’m posting some notes on the game. The first bullet has to be Reggie Evans, who played his first game in a Clipper uniform. He grabbed the first offensive rebound available, got fouled and reboun[...]

Typically I’m very curmudgeonly with my postgame grades, but after witnessing one of the best first quarters the Clippers have ever played (settle down, Mike Smith), I was tossing around A’s like nobody’s business in the Lob City Ledger over at ESPNLA.com.   The rest of the Cl[...]

The more I watch Chris Paul, the more he reminds me of a heavyweight fighter. Against Portland on Sunday, Paul once again conserved his energy and wasted little movement. He felt out the defense of his opponent, occasionally exploring with a jab up the middle just to gauge the reaction. Mostly thoug[...]