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Los Angeles Clippers VS New Orleans Hornets
New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 @ 5:00PM PST
TV: Fox Sports West
Radio: 980AM

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS

PG: #3 Chris Paul SG: #11 Nick Young SF: #5 Caron Butler
PF: #32 Blake Griffin C: #6 DeAndre Jordan

Key Reserves

Randy Foye - Mo Williams - Eric Bledsoe - Reggie Evans - Kenyon Martin

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS

PG: #2 Jarrett Jack SG: #8 Marco Belinelli SF: #1 Trevor Ariza
PF: #15 Gustavo Ayon C: #35 Chris Kaman

Key Reserves

Greivis Vasquez - Xavier Henry - Lance Thomas - Al-Farouq Aminu - Jason Smith

Injury Report
LA Clippers - Chauncey Billups, torn left achilles
NO Hornets - Emeka Okafor, sore left knee; Carl Landry, MCL sprain; Eric Gordon, right knee contusion

Preview
CP3 returns to his former team, where he first began his NBA career. Emotion may run high but in the end, the Clippers will need to push it aside or harness that energy to get a win in the final game of their 2nd back-to-back-to-back. After the CP3 trade, the Hornets have plummeted down towards the bottom but have actually made some of the elite teams put to the test. With Eric Gordon out for the season, the play of Jack, Kaman, and well supported cast has made this team fight strong against some of the toughest teams.

The Clippers should not take this game lightly. Though they aren't as tough as the two teams they faced the last two days (Pacers, Thunder), there is little room for mistake as the Clippers downward spiral continues.

lmaooooo kaman the wonder tranny!!!!!

Great job jflipclip, I need something to smile about since we've been losing.

I agree, funny post! Hopefully we'll see some more energy from the Clippers tonight.

Foye needs some playing time, c'mon.

I'm torn. Do we win becasue need a win, or do we lose because we need a new coach?

clips1386 wrote:I'm torn. Do we win becasue need a win, or do we lose because we need a new coach?

We need the win, I'm almost certain Del Negro won't stay beyond this post season. That's all I really wanted.

I just hope we can keep our heads above water for at least a playoff appearance.

Wonder who VDN will rest this game.

Either way, expecting 40/15 from Kaman alone.

Kaman looks very disturbing (well, more so than usual).

Washington is killing Indiana by 20 at the half

Nice behind the backboard layup by DJ.

I hope we can play well throughout the game

We had a pep in our step during the warm-ups. So far that's carried over into the game. It's all about playing hard for 48 though.

Yup bench seems excited...!

Nice block by Smith on DJ.

mkwest wrote:Nice block by Smith on DJ.

I wasn't expecting that. I wish we could stop the Hornets. We're only up by 2 right now

CP3 just picked up a quick 2 fouls

I don't understand our defense

Nick Young really needed that 3 to beat the buzzer

Pretty good quarter on the offensive end by us. Neither team really stopped the other from scoring. Clippers lead 35-29 after the 1st quarter.