With five games left to go in the regular season, the questions surrounding the Clippers’ postseason future still feel somewhat complex and insoluble. Are they playoff roadkill? Are they first-round fodder? A contenders’ punching bag? Can I think of more ways to reword the same question?[...]

In the NBA, there’s a fine line between being good and great. The Clippers have straddled that line throughout the season. Lately, a recurring theme for the Clippers’ struggle has been their defensive tenacity, or lack thereof. Be it a glitch in the system, a lack of effort, awareness, p[...]

The Clippers are a merciful king! That’s how we’ll have to spin a pretty lackluster effort from the Clippers against the injury-ravaged Timberwolves. Perhaps it’s understandable that on the last game of another swept road trip, the Clippers exerted the minimal effort required and n[...]

Consecutive back-to-back road wins are tough for most teams, but when you have an A Team (pity the fool that steps to DeAndre Jordan, pity him) and a B Team (A Tribe Called Bench, Chip Clip, Merchants of Chaos, or whatever), it’s almost like the burden isn’t quite as heavy. Gather around[...]

Through the early segment of the season, the dialogue here at ClipperBlog has revolved around the rotation and if the roster’s wellspring of talent is being milked for all it’s worth. Andrew Han, our resident Socrates, posed the following: “Who is the fifth-best Clipper on the team? Who is the[...]

Why not have a throwback performance when you’re going up against Mo Williams, Randy Foye, and a Jazz team that was undefeated in Utah? Blake Griffin got it going again in a big way, Chris Paul saved the day, and hey, Lamar Odom even came to play. Less rhyming and more recapping from the Clipp[...]

It was a fitting way to end a disappointing game. Four 3-pointers consecutively missed, intermitted with offensive rebounds and collective sighs among the Staples Center crowd, leading to the Clippers’ fourth loss in a row. After a discouraging road trip in which the Clippers went 1-3 – and easily c[...]

“It’s pretty disheartening the Clippers played so poorly this game. They were completely unprepared for the intensity of the playoffs,” I said as the fourth quarter began. “Oh look, and now they’re going on the patented ‘too-little-too-late’ run to make the final score look respectable.” After the t[...]