Game 51: Los Angeles (11-39) VS Atlanta (29-20)

[mkwest]

Los Angeles Clippers VS Atlanta Hawks
Where: Phillips Arena in Atlanta, GA
When: Saturday, February 7th, 2009 @ 4:00 PM
TV: KTLA the CW
Radio: 710 ESPN


______Clippers Starting 5______

B. Davis - Gordon - Thornton - Randolph - Camby

__________Reserves__________

Jones - R. Davis - Novak - Skinner - Jordan


_______Hawks Starting 5_______

Law - Johnson - Williams - Smith - Horford

_______Reserves_______

Murray - Evans - Jones - Pachulia

Injury Report:
Los Angeles Clippers

Chris Kaman (Plantar Fasciits, left foot), Mardy Collins (strained left calf) and Mike Taylor (right thumb) are out.

Atlanta Hawks

Speedy Claxton (left knee chondromalacia) & Mike Bibby (sprained ankle) are out

[mkwest]

2 quick fouls for Baron in the first 55 seconds of the game.

[mj_shoefanatic]

took long enough

So happy Baron is sitting early due to foul trouble. This allows F.Jones & Gordon to shine.

[mkwest]

lol I don't take pride in being early

Gordon has got to make that shot. We're off to a 17-9 lead. Atlanta missed 11 of their first 12 shots, but have made their last couple.

[mkwest]

27-17 Clippers at the end of one. Clippers are 50% from the field and have 8 assists on 10 baskets. Camby leads all scorers with 9.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

I'm surprised that we're up already

[mkwest]

Nice defensive stop by Smith (although he did get a little hand) and Williams finishes it strong on the other end.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

Three quick baskets by the Hawks

[mkwest]

Hawks with an offensive drought that Johnson just ended there. Clips up 44-27 with 5:06 left in the half.

[mj_shoefanatic]

Clips looking like the team from last night

[PETEY PABLO]

Im at work ...Cant watch game, forgot to tivo it. Whats the score ? quarter? how are we playing?

[mj_shoefanatic]

Baron on fire!!

[mkwest]

Im at work ...Cant watch game, forgot to tivo it. Whats the score ? quarter? how are we playing?

2 plus left in the first half and we are up 17.

[mj_shoefanatic]

Thornton putting on a show in front of his hometown

Nice alley connect between Camby and AL

[mj_shoefanatic]

The curse of the blue jerseys might be on reversal status tonight if we can replicate this performance in the 2nd half.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

Solid first half, let's keep it up in the second

[mkwest]

55-41 Clippers at the half. Al had a little extra motivation playing in front of his family and hometown crowd. You could see he was going to be more assertive tonight from the first minute of the game. With most of the guys healthy, we're looking like we should. Hopefully the team keeps up its strong play in the 2nd half.

I didn't notice it until Milph said that our starters have scored 53 of our 55 points. The backups did play solid minutes though. Jones has 3 rebounds & 4 assists. Jordan had a block and actually made a free-throw. They may not have been putting up the points, but the lack of scoring did not hurt us.

[TheNewEra]

Stay focus and let's finish them off.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

Not a good way to start out the second half, Hawks get the first 6 points

[mj_shoefanatic]

Losing focus right now. Our lead cut to 8