Who:
Where: STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, CA
When: Friday, November 2nd, 2012 @ 7:30PM (PST)
TV:
/ ESPNRadio: KFWB News Talk 980
PG: #3 - Chris Paul SG: #34 - Willie Green
SF: #5 - Caron Butler PF: #32 - Blake Griffin
C: #6 - DeAndre Jordan
Reserves
Bledsoe | Crawford | Barnes | Odom | Hollins
PG: #5- Steve Blake SG: #24 - Kobe Bryant
SF: #15 - Ron Artest PF: #16 - Pau Gasol
C: #12 - Dwight Howard
Reserves
Duhon |Meeks | Ebanks | Jamison | Hill
Inactive List:
Chauncey Billups (Achilles), Grant Hill (Knee - Bone Bruise) and Trey Thompkins (Knee - Bone Bruise) are out.
Earl Clark (Groin) and Steve Nash (Left Leg Contusion) are out.
Team Leaders and Statistics
Jamal Crawford - 29.0 Points (2nd)
DeAndre Jordan - 7.0 Rebounds
Chris Paul - 12.0 Assists (3rd) and 4.0 Steals (4th)
Lamar odom - 4.0 Blocks (4th)
Team Performance
101 Points Per Game - 6th Overall
39.0 Rebounds Per Game - 18th Overall
8.0 Offensive Rebounds Per Game - 20th Overall
17.0 Offensive Rebounds Per Game (Opp.) - 19th Overall
25.0 Assists Per Game - 4th Overall
92.0 Points Allowed - 9th Overall
22.0 Turnovers Per Game - 22nd Overall
21.0 Turnovers (Opp.) Per Game - 6th Overall
33.3% on 3 point field goals - 13th Overall
14.3% allowed on 3 point field goals - 1st Overall
Offensive Rating: 102.2 Points Scored Per 100 Possessions - 9th Overall
Defensive Rating: 93.1 Points Allowed Per 100 Possessions - 6th Overall
Pace: 98.9 possessions per 48 Minutes - 2nd Overall
Kobe Bryant - 26.0 Points (8th)
Dwight Howard - 12.0 Rebounds (4th)
Steve Blake - 4.5 Assists
Ron Artest - 2.0 Steals
Pau Gasol - 1.5 Blocks
Team Performance
98.5 Points Per Game - 8th Overall
45.5 Rebounds Per Game - 8th Overall
15.0 Offensive Rebounds Per Game - 7th Overall
9.5 Offensive Rebounds Per Game (Opp.) -7th Overall
22.5 Assists Per Game - 9th Overall
107.5 Points Allowed - 21st Overall
19.5 Turnovers Per Game - 16th Overall
12.0 Turnovers (Opp.) Per Game - 20th Overall
35.5% on 3 point field goals - 9th Overall
40.0% allowed on 3 point field goals - 17th Overall
Offensive Rating: 105.9 Points Scored Per 100 Possessions - 6th Overall
Defensive Rating: 115.6 Points Allowed Per 100 Possessions - 21st Overall
Pace: 93.0 possessions per 48 Minutes - 18th Overall
CLIPPERS DEPTH SHOWS UP IN A BIG WAY“I may be a little biased, but I think we’re the best bench in the NBA,” Crawford said after practice Thursday. “A lot of us have said that this is the most talented team we’ve ever been on and a lot of that has to do with our bench. It takes more than five guys to win and I think a lot of teams go through that, they’ll have six or seven guys in their rotation and then it’s a big drop off. With us it just gets stronger.”“We have the type of team where we can say, ‘Okay, he’s feeling it, so you guys rebound and defend and we’ll play through him,” said Odom, who missed nearly three weeks with bone bruises in his knees. “And then the next game maybe [another guy is] feeling it, so then you do the intangibles and we’ll play through him.’ We have so many guys that can do so many different things, so many guys that can create their own shot in the post or from the perimeter.”Asked if it is easy to defer to teammates when one player has a hot streak going Odom said, “That’s a winner’s mentality. Some of us make the mistake of competing against ourselves. I think here everybody understands the way we compete in practice carries over into the game.”“We were just talking about it in the locker room that our second unit can hang with any starting five in the league,” Barnes said Thursday. “We’re nursing a couple people back to health, but it’s going to be a problem [for other teams] when we’re at full strength.”
Eric Patten, Clippers.com
