Blake Griffin will be kicking himself after this one. Down by a point, Blake Griffin called for the ball. 3.8 seconds left in the game, Kris Humphries on his back, and Blake Griffin spun and took the ball hard to the rim. He rose in the air, cocked his arm back and looked like he was going to jam th[...]

Mo Williams brought the ball up, waiting for Griffin to set the high screen. The Celtics had relentlessly pushed back, brought the game back to 97-91. Mo dribbled to the left, but Garnett and Rondo trapped early and Mo swung the ball to Blake. Garnett flocked to Blake. But instead of Blake taking Ga[...]

Third quarter surge, on the road, with Eric Gordon back in LA. Yes, that really happened. The Clippers started the game off shaky, allowing the Bobcats to shoot almost 70 percent in the quarter and because, improbably, Boris Diaw imposed his will. Buoyed by a strong opening stanza, Diaw had 15 point[...]

Eric Gordon’s mohawk was a rare brash signal from the Clippers leading scorer that he didn’t want to be forgotten. Trust me, Eric, no one forgot you. Over the course of the last month, EJ’s absence has been the obvious go-to excuse any time the Clippers didn’t have enough, wh[...]

Finally, the Clippers played a solid third quarter on the road, setting themselves up for the first road win since their win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. But the Clippers’ offense stalled, scoring 16 points in the fourth quarter, the same amount of points as the newly acquired King Marcus [...]

Despite Randy Foye’s 32 points and 7 assists, the Clippers fell to the Boston Celtics. With the game close for the majority of the fourth quarter, looking for the reasons there would be understandable. There were plenty of missteps, Bledsoe turned the ball over repeatedly, the defense allowed [...]

It’s hard to get too upset by this one. The Clippers were waxed the Lakers last night at the Staples Center, 108 – 95, in a game that couldn’t have felt less like the last Battle of Staples Center. That game, although only a little over a month ago, now seems like something from another era. E[...]

If you were to draw up a typical Clippers loss this season, what would you include? A strong start, brilliance from Blake, lots of turnovers, high energy but confused defense, a third quarter meltdown, stagnant offense, a middling fourth quarter that doesn’t make up for the third, the sinking [...]