Game 50: Los Angeles (19-30) VS Miami (36-14)

[ClipperDomination]

Cheap shot from House?

I'm keeping up with the updates, so what happened?

BG was on a fast break and House shoved him. Called a flagrant one...wasn't as bad as Blake's floor slide made it to be.

[PlinkingPanda]

Cheap shot from House?

I'm keeping up with the updates, so what happened?

It was just a fast break with Baron leading the way. Blake was about to go up for an alley oop and Eddie House noticed it and shoved him in the back. Blake fell down somewhat hard against the padding and Baron just ran up to Eddie to confront him.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

Down 21 with about 5 minutes to go, this is a disheartening start to the road trip.

[TheNewEra]

lol can't bring any scrubs in everyone has played.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

I'm surprised that Butler isn't in the game

[TheNewEra]

beat down central

[Leor_77]

Would this be our worst loss of the season?

[thanumba2clippersfan]

Would this be our worst loss of the season?

I thought we lost to the Pacers by 30 or so. The loss to the Nets was also bad

[Leor_77]

I hate how this is such a revenge game for the Heat. Call it a revenge game when we are not crippled by key injuries.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

We wind up losing by 18. That loss against Atlanta really hurts. Maybe the game started too early for the team, or maybe they were still thinking about how the game in Atlanta ended. We were blown out and had a horrible fourth quarter. I don't know what it is but we struggle in either the third or the fourth.

We have Orlando on Tuesday, so hopefully the team can rest up and be ready to go.

[TheNewEra]

biggest problem Ralph Al Horford did not have the ball when Blake hit him.

[mkwest]

Blake Griffin Earns Respect from LeBron James, Dwyane Wade

He's a phenomenon," Wade said after the game. "When you have as much athletic ability that he has, now he's starting to understand the game more, he's starting to see where he can get other opportunities besides just dunking the ball -- even though he tries to dunk often and that's good, he's aggressive -- but now he's working on his midrange jumper and things of that nature." "When you have that much athletic ability, it gives you a lot of time to get the rest of your game going and to work on it," continued James, who was by Wade's side. "We see what he does athletically, he rebounds, he jumps over guys, he dunks the basketball and he's very aggressive. He continues to hone his skills and making his game a little better; handling the ball, passing out of a double-team, which he's starting to learn now because teams are starting to double-team him. He can be really good, only time will tell, we just got to see it happen."

"The problem is if you let him get his (points), he'll have all of your bigs in foul trouble," he explained. "For a rookie, it is an amazing statistic that he averages that many free throws. He is such an impact player. You know he is going to put the ball on the floor. You know he's going to get to the rim. There is not a whole lot you can do to stop it. You have to swarm him with multiple defenders."

"You just have to give a guy like that space," Heat forward Chris Bosh explained. "He goes to the boards every time and sometimes it's very tough to keep him off because he's so relentless on it. Most of the time you just want to stay between him and the basket.

"You don't want to give up dunks because that's what really gets him going."

Surya Fernandez, NBA Fanhouse