Los Angeles Clippers vs. Los Angeles Lakers 7:30 PT (ESPN)

[Mamba Mentality]

vs.




Friday, January 4, 2013---10:30 PM ET - Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA

Lakers Starting Lineup:
PG-Steve Nash
SG-Kobe Bryant
SF-Metta World Peace
PF-Pau Gasol
C-Dwight Howard

Clippers Starting Lineup:
PG-Chris Paul
SG-Willie Green
SF-Caron Butler
PF-Blake Griffin
C-DeAndre Jordan

After making 10 of 46 (21.7 percent) from 3-point range in their last two games, the Lakers hope to improve their efficiency against a Clippers team that allowed the Warriors to go 12 of 23 from beyond the arc Wednesday.

They're also looking for their fifth win in seven meetings with the Clippers.

The Lakers have won three of four at Staples, but as the home team.

[LA_Sports]

Fingers crossed, but this is going to be a really tough one. The Clippers have lost two and have a lot to prove to L.A. So I seem them coming out blazing tomorrow.

[AcecardZ]

Thankfully this isn't a must win game. Nope! Not important at all....

[Kobe System]

I want us to start with Nash/Bryant/Metta/Pau/Dwight.

[Wreckus13]

Eh I want to be optimistic, so defense first!

[GeneralNash]

Every game counts from this point. Home court advantage makes a big difference. Lakers need to shoot for a top 3 seed.

[TyCobb]

This is gonna get ugly for Gasol.

[Kobe System]

This is gonna get ugly for Gasol.

[DEEP3CL]

Every game counts from this point. Home court advantage makes a big difference. Lakers need to shoot for a top 3 seed.

I agree, but anything in the top 4 is good enough.

[KB24TBOTB]

This is gonna get ugly for Gasol.

It was an offensive foul which was not called. Blake and his offensive foul dunks can gtfo

[KB24TBOTB]

Anyways, looking forward to tomorrows game. Clippers have lost 2 in a row after their 17 game win streak and haven't just lost those games, they got smashed. We lost our last game and the media has been on the Lakers ass( as expected after every lose now). I wonder what Laker team will come out, the one with energy or the one deflated as ever. Hoping for a great game

[LaLa]

Every game counts from this point. Home court advantage makes a big difference. Lakers need to shoot for a top 3 seed.

I agree, but anything in the top 4 is good enough.

Hahahahaha top 4, we need to focus on just making the playoffs.

[Kobe System]

Every game counts from this point. Home court advantage makes a big difference. Lakers need to shoot for a top 3 seed.

I agree, but anything in the top 4 is good enough.

Hahahahaha top 4, we need to focus on just making the playoffs.

This. We are losing against the teams we are supposed to beat. But I'm confident that we will be a different team come playoffs.

[ROballer]

If this team finally clicks ,Dwight gets to 100% health and back to his DPOY days,Gasol is traded for a better PF option for this team(not necessarily better player,but better fit for this team's need) or 2-3 decent pieces (ideally backup PG,wing,solid big man) and we sustain no further major injuries and everyone's healthy...
I couldn't give a **** about playoff seedings as long as we get there....this team's gonna contend

There are a lot of if's,but if all could become true,we don't need HCA to be winning in the playoffs

[Mirjalovic]

Just blowout them +25 pts for the damn sake. We can do it.

[hermes]

go lakers

[Gek]

This is gonna get ugly for Gasol.

It was an offensive foul which was not called. Blake and his offensive foul dunks can gtfo

I concur, but it doesn't change the fact that Blake has made Pau look like a punk repeatedly. Look at that face...

[LAFan24]

it's time for pau to dominate blake!

[therobg125]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3-eavMSBnk
playoffs? playoffs? don't talk to me about playoffs!....

[Kilroy]

Every one of these games is going to be a must win... I like our chances in this one though...

We're the underdogs now. The pressure is all on the Clips to stay in front.