Open Scrimmage at USC's Galen Center (entire game on pg 3)

scratch21 · Post #2 » by **scratch21** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:02 am

$20 dollar parking :/

jflipclip · Post #3 » by **jflipclip** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:04 am

I wanna go so bad but I have class. Argh.

Post #4 » by **mkwest** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 5:51 am

scratch21 wrote:$20 dollar parking :/

I haven't been to the Galen Center, but maybe you could park down the street and walk.

jflipclip wrote:I wanna go so bad but I have class. Argh.

Do you have a test that night? :wink:

Quake Griffin · Post #5 » by **Quake Griffin** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 7:25 am

i hate living in Wisconsin....i would go to this.

oh well...at least I can get NBA League Pass.
not missing a game if I can help it.

mj_shoefanatic · Post #6 » by **mj_shoefanatic** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:30 pm

I'll be there but no way I pay $20 to watch my Clips scrimmage in the hood. :lol:

You can easily find parking on a backstreet just make sure you read the signs.

Post #7 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Tue Oct 2, 2012 4:02 am

Not sure I could make that either and I'm not a fan of $20 parking as well.

azncorruptedo17 · Post #8 » by **azncorruptedo17** » Wed Oct 3, 2012 4:16 am

wish i can make it, but see you guys opening game! woohoo!!!!

scratch21 · Post #9 » by **scratch21** » Wed Oct 3, 2012 10:08 pm

anyone going?

TheNewEra · Post #10 » by **TheNewEra** » Thu Oct 4, 2012 12:57 am

Any updates

Post #11 » by **mkwest** » Thu Oct 4, 2012 1:49 am

Anybody that went, please give us updates when you get back.

Post #12 » by **mkwest** » Thu Oct 4, 2012 2:17 am

Prior to the game, Blake did a 360 dunk in warm-ups. He also had a bet with Matt Barnes where the loser did push-ups. Blake had to drain a one-handed 3/4 court shot and did on one try, and the crowd went nuts.

Lamar got a huge ovation from the crowd.
Grant Hill received a standing ovation after being introduced by Ralph.

"It's time for the Clippers to move up in the NBA and I think we're on the right track." - Vinny Del Negro addressing the crowd

Jovan Buha

VDN asks rookies and free agents to sing happy b-day to a staffer -- then calls out Trey & Travis. Uh, Vinny those guys aren't rooks or FAs

Steve Perrin

Travis and Trey still getting the rookie treatment.

First unit -- Jordan, Griffin, Butler, Willie Green and Eric Bledsoe. Second unit - Turiaf, Odom, Barnes, Crawford, Thorns

Jovan Buha

Willie Green gets the nod to play with the starters and Turiaf starts at center for the reserves. Hill, Plaisted and Fortson are on the bench for the white team (reserves).

Jordan looking confident in post. Actually looking for shot. Still susceptible to sneaky guards from backside.

Jovan Buha

Blake Griffin just switched hands mid-air and dunked all up on Ronny Turiaf #AirGriffin

Madelyn Burke

First half highlights: Blake lefty dunk off dish from Bledsoe, Crawford wrap around pass to Barnes for dunk on break, DJ turnaround bank.

Eric Patten

first half (12 mins) White 14, Blue 13. No subs that half, so we've yet to see Hill, Hollins, Leslie or most of the camp guys

Steve Perrin

not that it matters, but blue pressure defense is killing white right now. Bledsoe as we know is a defensive game changer

Steve Perrin

Apparently, Blake has been very vocal on defense.

courtesy of Illastrate who said that Lamar has already started shedding some of the weight

Spotty internet at Galen center. Blake and DJ with some big dunks....2 3's for Barnes. Travis Leslie w/ 10 pts in 2nd half.

Dan Woike

Behind the back pass from Blake Griffin to Marquis Blakely down low-- but Travis Leslie gets up for the block #denied

Madelyn Burke

Jamal Crawford nails 3 FTs and brings the white team up 31-30 over blue (starters) with 7 seconds left... #ClippersScrimmage

Madelyn Burke

Crowd chanting "We Want Chauncey" for potential last second shot

Eric Patten

Now Blake got fouled in the post. Only makes one. Which means OVERTIME. Second consecutive season.

Jovan Buha

Make your free-throws Blake.

Actually, scratch that. No OT. Game ends in tie. 31-31. Impressive outing by bench, Hill didn't play.

Jovan Buha

mike3 · Post #13 » by **mike3** » Thu Oct 4, 2012 2:33 am

Any way of seeing these highlights?

Madelyn and Blake's twitter have been going on about all the highlights in the game, sound awesome just for our guys to be out there. Not to mention the crowd going nuts for Chauncey.

Post #14 » by **mkwest** » Thu Oct 4, 2012 2:44 am

mike3 wrote:Any way of seeing these highlights?

Madelyn and Blake's twitter have been going on about all the highlights in the game, sound awesome just for our guys to be out there. Not to mention the crowd going nuts for Chauncey.

LACTV will have some kind of recap later. Possibly there will be some other footage from the Times. There's the possibility that a fan recorded some of the actual game as opposed to just highlights.

Post #15 » by **mkwest** » Thu Oct 4, 2012 3:55 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r-JcNfVjsM[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTVu32EB8qw[/youtube]

Post #16 » by **mkwest** » Thu Oct 4, 2012 4:31 am

OPEN SCRIMMAGE USHERS IN NEW SEASON

LOS ANGELES–Venerable broadcaster Ralph Lawler set the tone for the Clippers’ open scrimmage Wednesday at USC’s Galen Center with a passionate introduction to the new season.

He quipped about veteran Grant Hill’s age, said there’s no player he is happier to welcome back than Lamar Odom, and gushed about the present and future of the team anchored by superstars Blake Griffin and Chris Paul.

If not Lawler it may have been Griffin, who sent the crowd into a minor frenzy after making a basket from 75 feet away on a football-style toss as his teammates were lining up to be introduced.

“I don’t know where that [shot] came from,” Griffin said. “I try that every day and miss.”

“It’s exciting to see the reception that we got from our fans,” small forward Caron Butler said. “Having Lamar back and getting that reception, Chauncey [Billups] putting back on the jersey and getting that reception, it was fun to be back at it.”

“We’ve been better than we were today,” Griffin said. “I think today we were really sloppy offensively.”

Del Negro added, “The guys have been playing hard. You can see the chemistry building a little bit in terms of the communication out there.”

The Clippers coach, entering his third season with the team, was quick to point out the scrimmage was just day five in a season-long process. In that way, Wednesday was something of a grand introduction.

Eric Patten, Clippers.com

scratch21 · Post #17 » by **scratch21** » Thu Oct 4, 2012 5:35 am

http://www.beyondthebuzzer.com/2012/10/ ... scrimmage/

Post #18 » by **mkwest** » Thu Oct 4, 2012 7:08 am

Blake's 75 footer

Post #19 » by **mkwest** » Thu Oct 4, 2012 7:15 am

scratch21 wrote:http://www.beyondthebuzzer.com/2012/10/04/photosvideo-los-angeles-clippers-open-scrimmage/

Props!

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Post #20 » by **mkwest** » Thu Oct 4, 2012 7:25 am

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