Game 25: Los Angeles (11-13) VS New York (8-17)

[mkwest]

Los Angeles Clippers VS New York Knicks
Where: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY
When: December 18th, 2009 @ 5:00 PM
TV:
Radio: KFWB News Talk 980 / KWKW 1330 AM



Clippers Starting 5




Key Reserves

Telfair - Butler - Smith - Skinner


Knicks Starting 5




Key Reserves

Douglas - Gallinari - Curry

Injury Report:
Los Angeles Clippers

Blake Griffin (Left Patella) and Kareem Rush (Right ACL) are out.

New York Knicks

Larry Hughes (Strained Left Groin) and Nate Robinson (D'Antoni's Dog House) are out.

I have couple of videos for you guys.

The first video was posted by BoomRizzle on another Clipper board.
Clipper players show off their dance moves

The second video is back on topic. Last year we swept the Knicks in a glorious fashion.
Here's a mix of our two meetings with the knicks last season and the game-changing plays that made it all possible.








My condolences to the family and friends of Chris Henry.

R.I.P.

[PlinkingPanda]

Z-bo has such little arms for his body...

Anyways we can not take this game lightly(although, I think you can say that for all the games eh?). We had a big win against the T-Wolves, but you folks know that momentum with this team doesn't seem to carry over. This Knicks team is a better compared to earlier this year, winning against teams like ATL and PHX recently. I think Duhon has been playing much better as of late as well.

At this point of the season I'm happy that our injuries have been limited. Is there any update on Telfair?

[mkwest]

We can't take the Nets lightly. The knicks did win 4 in a row and 5 of their last 6 before dropping the last 2. So they are hungry for a win. We have a clear size advantage over them, so I hope we exploit that. We didn't play down to the Warriors earlier this season and it paid off. The Knicks are a little bigger than that, but are still undersized (well most of them are). I think the biggest concern is Gallinari. He's going to have a height advantage over our 3's and will be hanging around the perimeter. He's eager to shoot anywhere from 7-15 3-point attempts on any given night and is hitting 43.5% of them. We can't afford to be negligent in leaving open a lights out shooter.

I'm not exactly sure on Telfair as I haven't read anything on him yet. I would just imagine that he could be dealing with tightness and soreness. Thankfully, he doesn't have to play too many minutes.

[TheNewEra]

We need to take care of them early we needed offenselast game and defensewill play a big part in this one.

RIP Henry

[scratch21]

we have to pound it inside. cant get into a shooting contest.

[mj_shoefanatic]

We better be in top form tonight because the Knickbockers still have a tremendous coach in Mike D.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

I haven't seen much from the Knicks but from what I remember about them this season is that they take a lot of shots. They take what ever is available. We have to be ready to play defense and rebound the ball. I'm still in DC and will be busy at the time of the game so I will probably miss it. I hope that we play well and win this game.

[TheNewEra]

Their D is much better

[TheNewEra]

We kickin @$$ lol

[mkwest]

Clippers are ballin!

I had to listen to the first 7 minutes on the radio, but it's good to see us playing so smoothly. Let's keep it up.

[clipperfan4life]

wow clippers arej ust killing the knicks!

[mkwest]

Jonathan Bender with 5 straight points for the Knicks.

[TheNewEra]

lol

[mkwest]

Bingo by Baron!

Gordon has 6 points, all from free-throws.

[TheNewEra]

I would have loved to have been up by 20

[mkwest]

31-16 Clippers with a 15 point lead at the end of 1. Clippers are looking really fluid so far. We were getting stops on the defensive end and putting the ball in the hole. The guys have to keep their foot on the gas and not slip up. We shot pretty well and the Knicks shot pretty miserably. You kind of expect those numbers to work their way inward. We need to be aware of who's on the perimeter, because they are going to chuck them up and have players that are very capable of making them.

[manohman]

Nice first quarter from the Clips and man, look at Camby's statline already..

[TheNewEra]

Like to get EG back in with Thornton

[cinnamon]

Just now remembered that this game exists, and found a stream.
Up by 15 --- good stuff.
Looking forward to seeing some good Clipper ball for the rest of the game.

[mkwest]

Each of Bender's fouls have been pretty hard.