There isn’t a game on the schedule where Eric Gordon doesn’t come in handy, but against Boston’s ball pressure in the halfcourt, EJ’s absence is especially costly. The Celtics’ defense focuses on cutting off large swaths of the floor with hard traps. The best way to alleviate that pressu[...]
25 Jan 2010
Coming off uniquely heartbreaking losses to two of the best teams in the league in the Lakers and Cleveland, the Clippers looked susceptible to playing victim to the infamous trap game. Aggression tends to be the key for a team wanting to avoid the dreaded letdown game. Counter-punch and let a team [...]
18 Jan 2010
Here’s a piece I wrote recapping the game for ESPN Los Angeles. A couple of additional points, before going to the video of the final possession: It’s a strange game. Strange insofar as the Clippers, whose collective eFG on jumpers is 42.3 percent, drained 11 of 17 shots between 16 feet [...]
17 Jan 2010
Hours before the Clippers knocked off the Lakers on Wednesday, I asked Mike Dunleavy how a coach can tell the difference between real, permanent growth and the fleeting illusion of improvement. “You ask yourself, ‘Is the team able to do what it wants to do?’” Wednesday night,[...]
07 Jan 2010
Juwan Howard may typify this current incarnation of the Blazers perfectly. While most everyone expected the Blazers to fall apart long ago, they simply haven’t. Tonight the 36 year old Howard throws down a devastating jam on Chris Kaman at the end of the first half that defies all logic, but l[...]
05 Jan 2010
Officially, Indy native Eric Gordon is listed as questionable for tonight’s game against the Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse, according to Lisa Dillman of the Los Angeles Times. Nobody is chomping at the bit to get on the floor in Indianapolis more than Gordon, who was 2007′s Mr. Basketball[...]
25 Nov 2009
The Clippers scored 19 unanswered points against Denver over a 4:10 stretch that spanned the first and second quarters. The spurt was fueled largely by the second unit of Sebastian Telfair, Mardy Collins, Rasual Butler, Craig Smith and DeAndre Jordan — along with big contributions from Baron D[...]
21 Nov 2009
The indispensable 82games.com has launched its 2009-10 coverage, and the advanced numbers for the Clippers are both fascinating and encouraging. Improved Ball Movement For the first time in a long while, the Clippers are truly able to space the floor effectively. As a result, the ball has been flowi[...]
08 Nov 2009
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