03/06 Player of the Game vs Rockets

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Season tally so far:

1. Kawhi Leonard - 19 POG
2. Paul George - 11 POG
3. Montrezl Harrell - 3.5 POG
4. Lou Williams - 2.5 POG
5. Landry Shamet - 2 POG
6. Pat Beverley - 1 POG
6. Moe Harkless - 1 POG
8. Marcus Morris - 0.5 POG
9. Patrick Patterson - 0.5 POG
10. Everyone else - 0 POG

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Zubac!!

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ADD ZUBAC:

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Clippers’ Ivica Zubac proves a problem against Houston
His teammates wanted the developing center to make his presence felt and he obliged against the undersized Rockets

“Game ball goes to ‘Zu’ tonight, G,” Patrick Beverley says in the video the Clippers posted online depicting the team huddling in the locker room after Thursday’s 120-105 runaway victory in Houston. “Way to hoop.”


Following direction, in other words.

“We told him before the game, he’s definitely got to make an impact tonight,” said forward Paul George to reporters after the game, referencing the Clippers’ game-planning in preparation for the Rockets’ ambitious small-ball system.

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“Everybody’s on him and he don’t fold,” Beverley said earlier this season, describing an instance when six or seven coaches were in Zubac’s ear. “He stays mentally strong. He’s never barking back. He’s never fighting back. He’s taking all of the constructive criticism, and each game he’s been getting better and better.”

Montrezl Harrell said his fellow big man takes it all to heart, which his teammates recognize and respect.

“Zubac’s a young guy, he really gets down on himself at times, but it’s all about playing the correct way and picking each other up,” Harrell said. “We’re a team; we’re gonna win together, we’re gonna lose together, we’re all cheering for each other no matter what.”

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“He really was felt tonight,” said Kawhi Leonard, who had five assists Thursday – three on Zubac buckets. “He was a factor for us, being a big target, rolling to the basket, getting rebounds.”

“He had to be huge for us and he stepped up to the plate and made himself available,” George added. “And he was physical with those guys.”

Added Marcus Morris Sr.: “Big guys can’t guard him, let alone somebody smaller.”

Zubac, who is shooting 60.6% from the field this season, hasn’t missed a shot since Feb. 26, going 14 for 14 in four games since.

He also currently ranks second in the NBA offensive rebounding percentage (14.8) and is the only member of the Clippers who’s played in all of 62 of their games this season.

Zubac’s squad will be riding a six-game winning streak, including Thursday’s rout of the Rockets in which he played such a big role and, as he put it, channeling the Clippers’ marketing department: “We played our way.”

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