…for Baron Davis last night at Salt Lake City [hat tip, Basketbawful]:[...]

Ross Siler of the Salt Lake Tribune: “The Clippers are probably five times as talented as the Golden State team that beat the Jazz with seven players on Saturday, but they sure didn’t play like it. Baron Davis – - no C.J. Watson – - was 1-for-13 and finished with three points[...]

This season, a procession of visiting coaches delivered identical pregame bytes to the media prior to taking the court against the Clippers. “I told my guys that this is a talented NBA team they’re facing.  The Clippers have a lot of guys who can play.”  The 2008-09 Clippers’[...]

In a rare confluence of offensive efficiency and defensive moxie, the Clippers put together their most impressive half of basketball this season. They outscore Sacramento 35-13 in the first quarter, missing only eight shots in 24 possessions, and go into halftime with a 58-32 lead. Everything works.[...]

One number jumps out from the box score: The 24 turnovers. Squandering more than a quarter of possessions signifies a sloppy team– and by a fair measure, the Clippers are pretty sloppy tonight.  Somehow, though, this game stirs an earnest hope. Gutsy performance would be the rote characterizat[...]

First off, tremendous thanks to D.J. Foster for holding down the fort this weekend. The Associated Press’ Jeff Latzke has a profile of Shaun Livingston, making his way back with the Tulsa 66ers: “Livingston has no intention of ever watching the replay of that fateful night, believing tha[...]

By all measures, the Clippers should be buried after a first quarter in which they give up 31 points on 24 possessions.  Guards are getting to the rack at will on the Clippers, whether it’s Rajon Rondo, Will Bynum, or even Roko Ukic.  Rondo shreds the Clippers defense tonight in the first peri[...]

From Marc J. Spears in the Boston Globe: “Several NBA sources said the Clippers are quietly considering relieving coach/general manager Mike Dunleavy of his GM duties and bringing in someone else. Rumored candidates include former Heat GM Randy Pfund, a former Lakers coach, and ex-Lakers and G[...]