For about five halves of basketball — the Detroit game, Dallas game, and the first 24 minutes in San Antonio — the surprising, scrappy Clippers played an appealing brand of hustling, aspirational basketball. At some point in the third quarter of the Spurs game, that label expired. Tonight, Eric Gordon appea[...]
Realizing the Clippers don’t have a lot to work with, I’m not sure that a zone is a viable defensive option against San Antonio. With all their firepower from beyond the arc, the Spurs can stretch a zone silly, which is exactly what they do to begin the second half down one to the Clippers: [3rd, 12:00] D[...]
If you want to do some scouting on the Spurs today, you should head over to 48 Minutes of Hell, the dynamite Spurs blog run by Graydon Gordian and Timothy Varner. How good is 48MoH? Their powers of persuasion are almost enough to make you appreciate Bruce Bowen. Prior to Spurs games, 48MoH likes to catch up with blog[...]
There’s news in Lisa Dillman’s notes that the Clippers plan to re-sign Fred Jones to a 10-day contract. Assistant GM Neil Olshey also tells Dillman that the acquisition of Adams was meant as a contingency plan, just in case Jones wasn’t ready to go tonight: “They acquired him from the Toronto Ra[...]