Los Angeles Clippers VS San Antonio Spurs
Where: AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX
When: Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 @ 6:30PM (PST)
TV: TNT
Radio: KFWB 980AM
San Antonio won regular season series 2-1
12/28: L 90-115
2/18: L 100-103 (OT)
3/9: W 120-108
PG: #3 - Chris Paul SG: #4 - Randy Foye
SF: #5 - Caron Butler PF: #32 - Blake Griffin
C: #6 - DeAndre Jordan
The Goon Squad
Bledsoe | Williams | Young | Evans | Martin
Injury Report:Chauncey Billups (Left Achilles) is out, but will be coaching from the sidelines.
PG: # 9 Tony Parker SG: #4 Danny Green
SF: #2 Kawhi Leonard PF: #33 Boris Diaw
C: #21 Tim Duncan
Reserves
Neal | Ginobili | Jackson | Splitter | Bonner
Injury ReportNone to report.
Playoff Team Leaders and Statistics
Chris Paul - 20.4 Points, 7.1 Assists and 2.7 Steals
Reggie Evans - 8.7 Rebounds
DeAndre Jordan - 2.0 Blocks
Team Playoff Performance
90.7 Points Per Game - 9th Overall
37.0 Rebounds Per Game
16.3 Assists Per Game
91.4 Points Allowed - 9th Overall
15.1 Turnovers Per Game
15.4 Turnovers (Opp.) Per Game
Offensive Rating: 102.0 Points Scored Per 100 Possessions - 9th Overall
Defensive Rating: 102.8 Points Allowed Per 100 Possessions - 9th Overall
Pace: 87.7 Possessions Per 48 Minutes - 12th Overall
Tony Parker - 21.0 Points and 6.5 Assists
Tim Duncan - 8.8 Rebounds, 1 Steal and 1.75 Blocks
Team Playoff Performance
102.3 Points Per Game - 2nd Overall
41.8 Rebounds Per Game - Overall
21.5 Assists Per Game
86.3 Points Allowed - 6th Overall
11.8 Turnovers Per Game
13.5 Turnovers (Opp.) Per Game
Offensive Rating: 111.3 Points Scored Per 100 Possessions - 2nd Overall
Defensive Rating: 93.9 Points Allowed Per 100 Possessions - 2nd Overall
Pace: 91.9 Possessions Per 48 Minutes - 1st Overall
Clippers talked about sitting Blake Griffin
Clippers head coach Vinny Del Negro said the team and training staff has discussed sitting out Blake Griffin for a game early in their series with the San Antonio Spurs, but Griffin’s improvement ended those talks — for now.
“He says he feels fine. We’ll monitor it,” Del Negro said. “If it looks like it isn’t getting better, than we’ll make that decision.”
Griffin said that it’s been hard for the knee to heal while he’s playing with the injury, but the combination of time off and a better understanding of the injury have him ready for Game 1 Tuesday in San Antonio.
“I think I know how to deal with it better now, but these past two days have been good,” he said. “Also, this series might be better for it.”
Griffin said he expects less anchoring and twisting while fighting for position against the Spurs. He sprained his left knee in second half of Game 5 against the Memphis Grizzlies.
Dan Woike, OC Register
