clippers up to 1st on yahoo powerranking

Angel strike1 · Post #1 » by **Angel strike1** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:16 am

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--nba-p ... 28667.html

Post #2 » by **og15** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 12:46 pm

4th in offensive rating
3rd in defensive rating

The defense is still boggling my mind as to how good it is. Only giving up 99.7 points / 100 posessions. I didn't expect such a huge increase, and Blake has been so good on defense, mostly in non statistical ways, but he's even averaging 1.6 steals a game.

RiversideClips · Post #3 » by **RiversideClips** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 1:19 pm

The defense this year has been so improved and Blake has been more active than I can remember on "D" I love when 2 Clips trap the opposing ball handler, that is when a lot of good defensive plays happen. The new "D" coach has done a great job in putting in his schemes and players have responded!

Post #4 » by **mkwest** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 5:13 pm

og15 wrote:4th in offensive rating
3rd in defensive rating

The defense is still boggling my mind as to how good it is. Only giving up 99.7 points / 100 posessions. I didn't expect such a huge increase, and Blake has been so good on defense, mostly in non statistical ways, but he's even averaging 1.6 steals a game.

The defense is what I am most excited about this season. Perceptions about this team are one thing, but the actual product on the floor is something else. There are some analysts/writers that are just starting to bring up our defensive play. We've added some quality defensive players to the roster, a defensive minded coach in Bob Ociepka and improvement by the likes of Blake and co. and it all shows.

azncorruptedo17 · Post #5 » by **azncorruptedo17** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 5:41 pm

:cheers:

Post #6 » by **mkwest** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 5:49 pm

Also #1 in Stein's rankings for ESPN

The Clippers are only the second team since the NBA/ABA merger in 1976-77 to take a 13-game win streak into a Christmas Day game along with Boston, which has done it twice (14-gamer in 2010-11 and a 19-gamer in 2008-09) in the KG era. They're also No. 1 in average point margin at plus-9.6.

Post #7 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Tue Dec 25, 2012 4:27 pm

I also saw this. We've been playing great and have a huge win streak going. There are still a lot of games to play this season, I just want us to continue to play well the rest of the year.

mj_shoefanatic · Post #8 » by **mj_shoefanatic** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:24 am

great time to be a clipper fan.

biggyfuzz · Post #9 » by **biggyfuzz** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 6:08 pm

well deserved...I'm a knicks fan and i'm glad my team is doing well but the Clippers are playing lights out.

Even the next 5 games you guys are playing teams that are .500 so this streak can get to 19.

again congrats and it's a long time due for your organization.

Ursusamericanus · Post #10 » by **Ursusamericanus** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 7:22 am

Knick fan here too, to continue the above poster's trend. Much respect to you guys for sticking with the Clippers through all the tough years (trust me, I know what that's like). I have to say, this team looks very legit at both ends of the floor and is incredibly exciting to watch. Let the good times roll!