The maiden voyage of this new look Clippers squad left a bevy of highlights and a lot of enduring moments. Here are the nominees: Chauncey Billups hits a game winning three v. Dallas (01-18-2012) At the time, this was the third game without Chris Paul (who had strained his hamstring two games prior v. Lakers). This sho[...]
With the regular season done and gone, it’s time to dish out some awards. Every player won’t win an award (cue Brian Cook sad face) and there will be no punch and pie. This is serious business. Please direct any and all hatred in the comments section my way, as per usual, since it was my decision and my dec[...]
The Clippers controlled their own destiny going into last night’s game, but now they’ll have to hope Memphis has a similar collapse. Here’s my Lob City Ledger from ESPNLA.com from the regular season finale: Blake Griffin 11-14 FG | 7-14 FT | 10 REB | 6 AST | 29 PTS | +5 GRADE: A- No Chris Paul?[...]
He shouldn’t gloat about it, as the game ended in a loss, but Blake Griffin had a special Tuesday night against the Atlanta Hawks. He didn’t rebound particularly well, nor did his defense look shockingly better. His passing was as good as it always is and that seemingly perplexed (or arrogant) look he gives[...]
Here’s the recap from the loss in Atlanta from Michael Shagrin. Enjoy. Zach Harper of ESPN has coined an incredibly useful acronym that summarily captures the Atlanta Hawks: N.T.T.H.—Never Trust the Hawks. Against the team whose reputation is summed up by unreliability, the Clippers demonstrated those very[...]
There’s been an awful lot of flop talk revolving around the Clippers, so here’s Andrew Han weighing in with his thoughts on the benefits of the flop: After watching the good name of Blake Griffin besmirched these many months as a wretched flopper, the floppiest flip flop to ever flounder, I wanted to[...]