Game 41: Clippers (19-21) visit Kings (13-27) on 01/11 @ 10:00 PM

Here's something to watch for w/LAC as we hit the halfway point of the season:

The Clips are the 28th best team in the league in clutch time net rating. Only the Hawks and Mavs are worse in this department. For middling teams, so often seeding is determined by these coin toss games. A bounce here, a free throw here, a turnover there, it matters a lot

The Clips weren't getting any of these games to go in their favor, hence that 9 game losing streak where a ton of those games were winnable. Over their past 12 games though, (9-3) they've been spectacular in this regard, going plus -24 in clutch time net rating, winning games that either could go either way or that they should of lost.

So moving forward, injuries and not getting killed in these coin toss outcomes is going to be huge in determining where they end up at the end of the season.

esqtvd · Post #11 » by **esqtvd** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:19 am

JGOJustin wrote:Here's something to watch for w/LAC as we hit the halfway point of the season:

The Clips are the 28th best team in the league in clutch time net rating. Only the Hawks and Mavs are worse in this department. For middling teams, so often seeding is determined by these coin toss games. A bounce here, a free throw here, a turnover there, it matters a lot

The Clips weren't getting any of these games to go in their favor, hence that 9 game losing streak where a ton of those games were winnable. Over their past 12 games though, (9-3) they've been spectacular in this regard, going plus -24 in clutch time net rating, winning games that either could go either way or that they should of lost.

So moving forward, injuries and not getting killed in these coin toss outcomes is going to be huge in determining where they end up at the end of the season.

Blake hit a clutch 3 with 2 minutes left tonight to give us the lead. So rare I found it memorable and worth commenting on.

Cool. What if he did that regularly? In the CP3 and JJ era, we were the best 1stQ team in the league. So what.

Popovich · Post #12 » by **Popovich** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:59 pm

DJ wanted to play second half but staff didn't let him so I think he might miss just one game out of precaution but knowing him, he will insist, and probably he will play next game.

donemilio21 · Post #13 » by **donemilio21** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 9:29 pm

one game below .500.
I hope DJ doesn't have a serious injury.

Post #14 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:53 pm

Good to hear that Blake and Milos came back last night. However DJ goes out with an ankle injury (Of course this happens since we got some players back)

We went 2-0 against the Nor Cal teams when honestly I would have just been happy if we won one of the games. Lou Williams is out of his mind right now and I hope that he plays in the all-star game. Crazy that we're only 1 game under .500, I never would have imagined that since we still have important players out. I hope that we can get healthy, stay healthy, and have Lou Williams continue to play the best basketball of his career.

Akklaim1 · Post #15 » by **Akklaim1** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:29 am

There's a very good chance that we will have a team leader in scoring not named Griffin at the end of the year for the first time since 2009-10 (Chris Kaman).