ATLANTA – Ball movement is a beautiful thing. That Spalding moves faster than a human being, faster than even Josh Smith. When it goes into the right player in the right place at the right moment, it can produce miracles. To wit: The Clippers generate 38 assists on 49 field goals tonight. The waters part in [...]
Baron Davis, Zach Randolph and — to a lesser extent — Marcus Camby clearly aren’t 100% yet, but you can’t look at a squad whose primary post defender is Zach Randolph and see anything other than a team that will rank in the bottom 35 percentile in defensive efficiency. The only potential silver[...]
“This is borderline embarrassing” –- Ralph Lawler [2nd, 6:25] Want to watch something truly embarrassing? Take a look at Baron Davis and Marcus Camby defend a high screen by Rashard Lewis at the top of the arc: [2nd, 0:40] In the pantheon of NBA power forwards, Lewis isn’t exactly a bruiser. But on this set, yo[...]
Peter Newmann, researcher extraordinaire at ESPN, tells me that on February 3, 1998, Bill Fitch tied Red Auerbach for second place with 938 all-time coaching victories as the Clippers defeated Utah, 111-102. Note the positively Odomian line from Lorenzen Wright in his sophomore campaign. Nice effort from former SEC st[...]