Game 59: LA Clippers (19-39) vs. Sacramento Kings (27-33)

RIPskaterdude · Post #41 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 6:26 am

Well...the curse of LA strikes again...

And no Martin/Artest obviously hurt...

Good game, good luck in the draft....with us :cry:

PlinkingPanda · Post #42 » by **PlinkingPanda** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 6:28 am

xx_skaterdude_xx wrote:Well...the curse of LA strikes again...

And no Martin/Artest obviously hurt...

Good game, good luck in the draft....with us

Indeed. It was a pretty good game. :clap:

mj_shoefanatic · Post #43 » by **mj_shoefanatic** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 6:30 am

Stupid foul by CAT! :nonono:

PlinkingPanda · Post #44 » by **PlinkingPanda** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 6:30 am

Wow those 2 possessions were awkward...

RIPskaterdude · Post #45 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 6:33 am

Fishy~McFish wrote:Wow those 2 possessions were awkward...

Yeah...Kings kept trying to foul Al but the refs didn't call it...was pretty funny, they were HAMMERING him and nothing. Then the Clippers foul Beno when he's going for 3? :crazy:

Post #46 » by **mkwest** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 6:39 am

Clippers win 116-109 a game where they trailed the majority. Dickau has been the player of the game imo. 20 points and 4 huge 3-pointers. Very solid performance from him providing for us throughout the game. Maggette & Thornton with 20 point performances themselves. Thornton had an off-night for the first 3 quarters shooting something like 3-10. He turned it on down the stretch. 22 of his 27 in the 4th quarter and 2 overtimes. Josh Powell had a great performance tonight hitting some of the biggest shots in his career. He had 10 points & 11 rebounds in 51 minutes. That may not sound like a lot given his playing time but he came through tonight. Exciting finish to a game that was a little lackluster through the first 3 quarters.

mj_shoefanatic · Post #47 » by **mj_shoefanatic** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 6:40 am

Kudos to our underdawgs(i.e. Dickau & Powell) :clap:

JJ LoDuca · Post #48 » by **JJ LoDuca** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 6:53 am

mj_shoefanatic wrote:Kudos to our underdawgs(i.e. Dickau & Powell)

That's what I'm talkin' about...way to do work fellas! But I'm sorry, NOTHIN beats Ralph Lawler's call when Thornton slammed for the +1. That's why my man is the best.

I can't say much about this game b/c I missed literally all of it but the OT...I was checkin the score at work through the first half and didn't like what I saw, but apparently we pulled out a 35pt fourth quarter...? The CLIPPERS did that? It was a great thing to come home to...maybe we can catch SacTo before the end of the season and not finish last in the division! I suppose that would depend on how long Artest & Co. are out for and how much of a difference EB and Shaunie make, but it could happen...

Just to reiterate...GREAT job by Josh Powell. A double-double in all of 51 minutes...that's how you step up. :clap:

Post #49 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 2:23 pm

I was looking at the score last night and I went to sleep before the game was over. I was really hoping for a win and I see it happened in exciting fashion. Dickau and Powell were huge. Thornton really came alive after the third quarter. I saw that he had it close in the fourth and before I went to bed I was hoping that we would win. I saw the highlights and that jam by Thronton was sick.

Remember when the Kings had beat us 13 straight times, well I know we've been beating them lately and the Kings are 0-9 in the Pacific Division. Thats strange for a team with their record being close to .500.

We finally get to win number 20!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cinnamon · Post #50 » by **cinnamon** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 2:39 pm

I couldn't stay up to keep track of this game, and didn't get it on TV anyway, but it looks like I missed a thriller, at least in the second half and beyond.
Congratulations, Clippers!
The art of coming from behind, and knowing how to finish one off, is an extraordinarily useful thing for a team to develop and to experience together.
I'm really happy that so many guys stepped up and had excellent nights, and it was such a team triumph.
And as Ms JJ says, there's something about getting to 20 Ws that has a pleasing resonance to it.