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The Clippers began their week with a resounding home victory over the Celtics (2-1), but were outclassed the next night against the Trail Blazers (2-1). The Clippers then finished the week off with wins over the lowly Bulls (0-3) and the Nets (1-3) who are fighting for their first playoff appearance in 4 seasons.

The Clippers have a 6-game advantage over the Kings (7 when you consider the Tie-Breaker), but are in a near deadlock with the Jazz and the Spurs where we are separated by 1/2 game or mere percentage points. The final game of the season will be against the Jazz and that may be the game that decides who has the honor of facing off against the Warriors in the first round.

The upcoming week will see us hosting the Pacers before going on an east coast road trip to visit the Cavaliers and Knicks.

How the Clippers compared to rest of the league...

1st in 3P%%: 46.8%
1st in Bench Scoring: 58.3 ppg
1st in Off Rebounding: 16.5 rpg
1st in 2nd Chance Points: 22.5 ppg
2nd in Scoring: 122.85 ppg
2nd in FTM: 23.3 pg
2nd in FTA: 28.8 pg
6th in FT%: 80.9%
6th Most Points in Paint: 56.5 ppg
7th in Points Off Turnovers: 18.8 ppg
9th in Rebounding: 48.8 rpg
21st in OPP FG%: 47.7%
24th in Def Rebounding: 32.3 rpg
25th in Starter Scoring: 64.5 ppg
26th in Opp 3P%%: 40.5%
26th in Opp Fast Break Scoring: 16.0 ppg
22nd in Opp Points in Paint: 52.5 ppg


Player of the Week Season Totals

Lou Williams: 9.50
Montrezl Harrell: 9.00
Danilo Gallinari: 8.00
Tobias Harris: 7.33
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 3.50
Patrick Beverley: 2.67
Boban Marjanovic: 0.33

Week 1: Gilgeous-Alexander; Gallinari/Harris/Marjanovic*
Week 2: Harrell; Harris
Week 3: Gallinari/Harris/Williams*
Week 4: Harrell; Gilgeous-Alexander
Week 5: Harrell; Williams
Week 6: Harris; Harrell
Week 7: Gallinari; Harrell
Week 8: Gallinari; Harris
Week 9: Gallinari; Harris/Gilgeous-Alexander
Week 10: Gallinari; Harris
Week 11: Williams; Harrell
Week 12: Gallinari; Williams
Week 13: Harrell/Williams
Week 14: Beverley'Harris/Williams
Week 15: Williams; Harris
Week 16: Williams: Gilgeous-Alexander
Week 17: Harrell; Beverley
Week 18/19: Williams; Harrell
Week 20: Gallinari; Beverley
Week 21: Gallinari/Williams

*Points are split in the event of a tie.

I'm happy to report we're back in "two poll choices just aren't enough" territory.

2nd in FTA: 28.8 pg


and we're 1st overall for the year

make no mistake, that's Doc's whining
he's the best

league median this year is around 23.5

since he got here, we've finished 2nd twice, 3rd twice and 4th once
[under Vinny, we were 10th]

Doc's act is worth 2 or 4 points a game
that's no small thing

21st in OPP FG%: 47.7%

this sucks, but I wonder if there's more to the story
we're always gonna be weak on rim protection with Harrell at C

but iirc, we've done a great job enforcing the 3-point line

esqtvd wrote:21st in OPP FG%: 47.7%

this sucks, but I wonder if there's more to the story
we're always gonna be weak on rim protection with Harrell at C

but iirc, we've done a great job enforcing the 3-point line

This team had many games in the first 3 months where they defended outside and inside poorly so if its now down to just inside that is a major improvement.