Game 62: Los Angeles (21-40) VS Houston (31-31)

[TheNewEra]

That was way to close

[mkwest]

That was way to close

It totally was, but I'm not mad. I'll take any win that I can get over the Rockets. Adelman always has his guys ready to compete, no matter who is out there for him.

[College Boy]

Good win for you guys. I thought Kaman and Eric came up huge for you guys. Your length in the frontcourt proved too much for us to handle. I wish we hadn't shot so many jumpers with y'all being in the penalty in the 4th, but I guess on the 4th game in 5 days you don't make the best of decisions. That's not an excuse btw, cause we had our chances. You guys just wanted it more, and it showed. Congrats.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

Good win for you guys. I thought Kaman and Eric came up huge for you guys. Your length in the frontcourt proved too much for us to handle. I wish we hadn't shot so many jumpers with y'all being in the penalty in the 4th, but I guess on the 4th game in 5 days you don't make the best of decisions. That's not an excuse btw, cause we had our chances. You guys just wanted it more, and it showed. Congrats.

Thanks, I was really getting tired of all the losing. I was really scared that Budinger was gonna make that 3 at the end. I thought it was an entertaining game overall, and I'm happy that Clippers won

[playaloc916]

Finally played the way we should out there. It was great to see Gordon resume his big time scoring after missing so many games. Williams had some nice passes and plays, even though he didn't shoot well. Kaman also had a strong game. Offense also looked a little better too.

And yeah, that Budinger missed 3 was a really close call.

[illastrate]

Good win last night. EJ makes all the difference. IMO, he's the best player on the team right now. And yes, that includes Griffin. The difference is EJ plays on both ends and has the closer's mentality. Blake can disappear in the 4th while EJ gets stronger as the game goes on.

[mkwest]

A couple of things that we got to see last night, that we really haven't much in the past was the 3-man big rotation of exclusively Blake, Kaman and DJ. I loved it and it can clearly be one of the best 4/5 rotations in the league. DJ and Kaman complemented each other well when on the court together. Our 3-guard rotation was also great. It was what Vinny had hoped for from the beginning. I feel that Mo definitely makes it work a bit easier better than Baron, since he can play off-ball as well. Bledsoe played limited minutes, but didn't look all that good when he did play. Thankfully we had others options

We were able to go big on occasion with Moon playing minutes here and there at the 2. We had a couple of stretches with a frontcourt of Kaman, DJ and Aminu. Aminu cannot be counted on consistently at this time, but he did manage to have a solid game. With him in the game with DJ and Kaman, you have 3 guys with a wing span of 7 feet or more with nice vertical reaches. That line-up can be a defensive headache for opposing teams trying to deal with all of that length. I hope that we see it more often in the final 20 games.

The infamous 3 guard line-up to close out the game has switched from Baron to Mo. Mo's shot from beyond the arc hasn't been falling like it's capable of, but it's a much better combination than having Baron in. Having multiple shooters (all 3 have career averages of 36% or higher from 3 and are all great from the free-throw line) in can spread the floor for our bigs or open up kickback opportunities. If the opposing team is in a must foul situation in the final 2 minutes, you have 3 guys that are almost guaranteed to make the free-throws.

Good win last night. EJ makes all the difference. IMO, he's the best player on the team right now. And yes, that includes Griffin. The difference is EJ plays on both ends and has the closer's mentality. Blake can disappear in the 4th while EJ gets stronger as the game goes on.

Agreed.