Game 40: Los Angeles (23-16) VS Boston (21-19)

[mkwest]

Los Angeles Clippers VS Boston Celtics
Where: STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, CA
When: Monday, March 12th, 2012 @ 7:30PM
TV: / ESPN
Radio: KFWB News Talk 980



PG: #3 - Chris Paul SG: #4 - Randy Foye

SF: #5 - Caron Butler PF: #32 - Blake Griffin

C: #6 - DeAndre Jordan


Reserves

Williams | Bledsoe | Simmons | Gomes | Evans




PG: # 9 Rajon Rondo SG: #20 Ray Allen

SF: #34 Paul Pierce PF: #30 Brandon Bass

C: #5 Kevin Garnett

Reserves

Dooling | Bradley | Pietrus | Pavlovic | Stiemsma

Inactive List:

Kenyon Martin (Bruised Ribs) is questionable.
Chauncey Billups (Achilles) is out.

Jermaine O'neal (Sprained Left Wrist) and Chris Wilcox (Heart) are out.

Team Leaders



Blake Griffin - 21.4 Points (10th) and 11.2 Rebounds (5th)

Chris Paul - 8.4 Assists (4th) and 2.3 Steals (2nd)

DeAndre Jordan - 2.4 Blocks (3rd)

Team Performance
98.2 Points Per Game - 5th Overall
42.9 Rebounds Per Game - 11th Overall
20.9 Assists Per Game - 16th Overall
96.1 Points Allowed - 16th Overall
13.6 Turnovers Per Game - 2nd Overall
13.7 Turnovers (Opp.) Per Game - 24th Overall
Offensive Rating: 108.2 Points Scored Per 100 Possessions - 4th Overall
Defensive Rating: 105.9 Points Allowed Per 100 Possessions - 21st Overall
Pace: 89.8 Possessions Per Game: 26th




Paul Pierce - 18.2 Points

Kevin Garnett - 8.2 Rebounds

Rajon Rondo - 10 Assists (2nd) and 1.7 Steals (8th)

Jermaine O'neal - 1.7 Blocks (9th)

Team Performance
90.9 Points Per Game - 26th Overall
38.8 Rebounds Per Game - 30th Overall
23.0 Assists Per Game - 3rd Overall
89.9 Points Allowed - 3rd Overall
15.1 Turnovers Per Game - 18th Overall
15.5 Turnovers (Opp.) Per Game - 9th Overall
Offensive Rating: 100.4 Points Scored Per 100 Possessions - 25th Overall
Defensive Rating: 99.2 Points Allowed Per 100 Possessions - 16th Overall
Pace: 89.9 Possessions Per Game: 25th

mkwest's game thread record: 7 - 3

[RiversideClips]

Nice Game Thread MK!!
Let's start off HOPING that the reffing is better than last night's game, I thought Donaghy was re-instated.
The Clips need to come out w/ energy & play an entire game. I'm thinking........Clipper Win!

[Angel strike1]

hehe you made it

time to make you 8-3

[apet8945]

If DeAndre and Butler come out with another abysmal performance and our starters don't give an effort for 3 quarters only to have our bench will us back to a comeback, then we need to start seeing new faces in the starting lineup. This trend must stop.

[Cracka2Hi]

Gotta get one tonight!

[Angel strike1]

5-6 point win

[Cracka2Hi]

Good start, looks like no one is here tonight LOL!

[og15]

Good to see DeAndre going early, and was that a rare post move for the first offensive possession of the game? Would like to see a little more of that, I mean it's not crazy to expect him to be able to hit a hook shot once in a while against good matchups.

[mkwest]

Double Tech on Blake and Stiemsma.

[areg789]

Does Bass ever miss that shot?

[thanumba2clippersfan]

Does Bass ever miss that shot?

So far I guess not

[og15]

Does Bass ever miss that shot?

He hardly ever does, he's pretty automatic on the pick and pop from about 15

[mkwest]

Does Bass ever miss that shot?

He knows his range. He was killing it from the elbow yesterday.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

I'm seeing a lot of careless turnovers early

[mkwest]

Bradley. Wow.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

Good K Mart is back

[mkwest]

That might have been the easiest look K-Mart will receive all night.

[Cracka2Hi]

I would be nice if Bledsoe could really assert himself!

[mkwest]

We never had possession, the clock should not have reset.

[og15]

Not the worst start. Chris needs to be more aggressive, because if the defense feels he's in scoring more, they will close in harder on him and it will open up the floor for the screen man and other guys.