Star of the Game 3/2 VS Rockets

Post #1 » by **mkwest** » Thu Mar 3, 2011 6:02 am

Win # 22!

One of the very few games where the Clippers actually were able to field a full roster.

Post #2 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Thu Mar 3, 2011 6:06 am

I'm going with EJ, he made big plays down the stretch. All the starters plus Kaman played great

manohman · Post #3 » by **manohman** » Thu Mar 3, 2011 6:08 am

Gotta go with EJ. After missing 18 games, he comes back as if nothing had happened and scores his season average. He also made some key plays down the stretch.

Kaman was also playing well, he was money from mid-range and DJ had his best game in a while.

Post #4 » by **mkwest** » Thu Mar 3, 2011 6:41 am

This was a tough one. Mo was clutch from the line and was able to hook his teammates up with good scoring opportunities. Blake was Blake plus a few fouls.

DJ was a monster on the boards and I loved seeing him in there with Kaman. When you have those 2 or Aminu in, you have mutliple players with a 7'+ wingspan and that can go a long way. It's needs work, but the possibilities are very encouraging. Kaman was money and came up huge off of the bench. Our bench has sucked the majority of the season, because our bench was in the starting line-up. Kaman is a starter, but I love having him come off the bench where he can truly go to work.

Gordon looked great to have not played in 18 games. I love how he's not afraid to attack and get to the basket, even though there's a risk that he's going to get his hand slapped. I wasn't expecting him to start and I surely wasn't expecting 35 mins out of him. It's great to have him back and hopefully we can have a solid finish in the final 20 games.

I went with EJ also.

RiversideClips · Post #5 » by **RiversideClips** » Thu Mar 3, 2011 7:04 am

Mo is horrible, he couldn't handle the rock & turned the ball over so many times! Can we buy Mo out???

DangerCurtis · Post #6 » by **DangerCurtis** » Thu Mar 3, 2011 9:26 am

RiversideClips wrote:Mo is horrible, he couldn't handle the rock & turned the ball over so many times! Can we buy Mo out???

17pts, 11 assists, and 3 rebounds in only his second game as a Clipper and without any team practices I might add. I hope you're being sarcastic.

RiversideClips · Post #7 » by **RiversideClips** » Thu Mar 3, 2011 12:29 pm

A player can score 20 pts and assist on 7 baskets, but if he costs you 40 pts for his lack of defense and his inept ball handling, is he worth it? Offensive has to be balanced w/ defense & Mo just seemed like defensively he was lost, maybe his hip slowed him down ( so why did we trade for a broken down horse?)
Mo looked lost on the court, (offense & defense) and he looked like he had no idea of how to run any play; he wasn't even playing "Black Top" basketball. I am not a fan of the trade to start with, but for 16 mill we should get a skilled savy vet, Mo's defensive cost us the game many times, Houston kept making runs, burning past Mo.
I think this team is much better w/ Foye than Williams running the team and I will continue to be critical on how poorly/ great Mo is playing.
Mo is not worth the money, I probably will sell most of my tickets for the remaining home games so I won't be subjected to Mo's J.V. level skills. Buy him out!!!!!

mcfly1204 · Post #8 » by **mcfly1204** » Thu Mar 3, 2011 2:57 pm

RiversideClips wrote:Mo is horrible, he couldn't handle the rock & turned the ball over so many times! Can we buy Mo out???

He only recorded 3 turnovers. What, a nearly 4 to 1 assist to turnover ratio is not good enough for you?

Forte IV · Post #9 » by **Forte IV** » Thu Mar 3, 2011 3:22 pm

Thats a ton of rebounds between three guys

mj_shoefanatic · Post #10 » by **mj_shoefanatic** » Thu Mar 3, 2011 3:30 pm

Mo is a huge upgrade over BD. Got to give this to EJ bc filling up the stat sheet the way he did after missing 18 games aint EASY.

honorable mentions:
Kaman & Mo

Det the Threat · Post #11 » by **Det the Threat** » Thu Mar 3, 2011 3:39 pm

@RiversideClips:

Did Mo steal anything from you, or what?

He surely isn't shooting at the highest rate right now and isn't as good as a passer as Baron, but at least you can depend on him and he's able to knock down jumpshots, which is needed with Griffin and Jordan down low.
Defensively he isn't a stopper by any means, but I doubt he's worse then Baron, who also got handled by his opponent and only got a couple of steals if he was feeling like playing some defense.

Also, Baron's been a huge dissapointment during his 2 1/2 years with us, as he's never been in real game shape and his age + injury problems showed more and more, with him not being able to dominate anymore, even if he wanted to. He's lost a step and that completely downgraded his value to any team, cause he's always been someone who was depending on his athletisicm.

BTW: Star of the game should be EJ, with Kaman right behind him. It's really good to have a guy like Kaman coming off the bench, especially when he hits his shots, which seems to be happening more and more lately.

mg · Post #12 » by mg » Thu Mar 3, 2011 5:12 pm

+/- can be an overrated stat but nonetheless Mo was +18 which was by far best on the team last night. He's not a great defender but the Clips were still much better with him on the floor.

Leor_77 · Post #13 » by **Leor_77** » Thu Mar 3, 2011 7:50 pm

Great win...Houston beat us twice this year, and is a good team. EJ was the difference here...

Mo is doing really well also - He can hit a mid-range jump shot pretty well. Let's not forget that he was a 43-44% 3-point shooter for a couple years with Lebron. No question, he'll get a ton of open shots, so I expect his shooting % to increase. Nice to have lots of weapons at our disposal...We finally have depth.