Game 21: Los Angeles (14-6) vs Chicago (11-8)

[mkwest]

Who:


Where: United Center in Chicago, IL


When: Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 @ 6:30PM (PST)

TV: / ESPN

Radio: KFWB News Talk 980


Previous Meeting:
11/17 in LA: W 101-80

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gczRr94INqI[/youtube]




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 | Turiaf





PG: #12 - Kurt Hinrich SG: #8 - Marco Belinelli

SF: #9 - Luol Deng PF: #5 - Carlos Boozer

C: #13 - Joakim Noah

Reserves

Robinson | Teague | J. Butler | Gibson | Mohammed



Inactive List:

Chauncey Billups (Left Foot Tendonitis), Grant Hill (Knee - Bone Bruise) and Trey Thompkins (Knee - Bone Bruise) are out.


Kirk Hinrich (Bruised Left Elbow) is questionable.
Richard Hamilton (Torn Right Plantar Fascia) and Derrick Rose (Left Knee - ACL) are out.



Team Leaders and Statistics



Blake Griffin - 18.0 Points and 9.1 Rebounds in 32.5 MPG

Chris Paul - 9.3 Assists (2nd) and 2.7 Steals (1st) in 33.4 MPG

DeAndre Jordan - 2 Blocks (10th) in 26.0 MPG



Team Performance
102.3 Points Per Game - 6th Overall
40.6 Rebounds Per Game - 22nd Overall
11.1 Offensive Rebounds Per Game - 20th Overall
11.9 Offensive Rebounds Per Game (Opp.) - 23rd Overall
22.7 Assists Per Game - 7th Overall
94.5 Points Allowed - 8th Overall
14.9 Turnovers Per Game - 13th Overall
17.9 Turnovers (Opp.) Per Game - 1st Overall
34.8% on 3 point field goals - 15th Overall
37.6% allowed on 3 point field goals - 24th Overall
Offensive Rating: 110.5 Points Scored Per 100 Possessions - 4th Overall
Defensive Rating: 102.1 Points Allowed Per 100 Possessions - 7th Overall
Pace: 92.1 possessions per 48 Minutes - 14th Overall





Luol Deng - 18.3 Points in 41.2 MPG (1st)

Joakim Noah - 10.8 Rebounds (6th), 1.4 Steals and 2.3 Blocks (7th) in 39.8 MPG (2nd)

Kirk Hinrich - 5.6 Assists in 27.1 MPG



Team Performance
94.1 Points Per Game - 24th Overall
44.2 Rebounds Per Game - 7th Overall
12.5 Offensive Rebounds Per Game - 10th Overall
11.2 Offensive Rebounds Per Game (Opp.) - 11th Overall
22.5 Assists Per Game - 9th Overall
91.3 Points Allowed - 2nd Overall
15.7 Turnovers Per Game - 24th Overall
14.1 Turnovers (Opp.) Per Game - 23rd Overall
33.2% on 3 point field goals - 25th Overall
31.7% allowed on 3 point field goals - 2nd Overall
Offensive Rating: 103.6 Points Scored Per 100 Possessions - 19th Overall
Defensive Rating: 100.5 Points Allowed Per 100 Possessions - 3rd Overall
Pace: 90.3 possessions per 48 Minutes -26th Overall

In the past 21 meetings (2001-2012), the Clippers have a 17-5 record against the Bulls. During that same time, we are 9-2 in Chicago with both losses coming in overtime.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8H9vvGLwGQ[/youtube]

According to Yahoo! Sports, Rose is ahead of schedule and could return well before February. The Bulls will be cautious with his return on the court as they should be. It always sucks to see a young talented player (or any player for that matter) go down with a serious injury. I hope to see him back on the court soon and that he's able to resume playing at the level that he was capable of playing at.

[mike3]

Gonna watch this one.

Team's always seem to burn us with the 3 ball and players that you don't expect to play awesome on the offensive end, happened a lot this year against us Clippers.

So I'm putting my money on Belinelli or Nate Robinson going off on us from deep.

But lets pull out this win and play with the energy we've been seeing lately! Bulls are solid at home, no question.

[azncorruptedo17]

Should be an easy win! i went to a bulls game last month in chicago vs minn, that crowd is LOUD!

with that said... we should win by at least 7.

[illastrate]

Turiaf is ahead of Hollins in the rotation.

[scratch21]

Gotta get the W for Coach Vinnys old stomping grounds

[JayClips92]

I go to school in chicago, so I'm going to the game tonight. I'll be rocking my clipper gear at the United Center.

[azncorruptedo17]

I go to school in chicago, so I'm going to the game tonight. I'll be rocking my clipper gear at the United Center.

daaaang lucky you!

[mkwest]

Blake and Thate working together at the foul line prior to the game.

Turiaf is ahead of Hollins in the rotation.

Thanks, I've been guilty of copying/pasting our line-up.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

I'm excited to watch this one. Hoping we come out on top, I know it won't be easy in Chicago.

[TheNewEra]

Time to ball so hard

[Neddy]

2 minutes to score the first basket of the game... this is their pace we are playing into

[Neddy]

come on DJ... 1 for 4 at the line......

[mike3]

Rough start but you can tell we just need to run these guys and our shots will start to fall

[Neddy]

wow we got bailed out on that foul. time for caron to balance out the FT statsheet.

[TheNewEra]

great for Butler to hit all these

[Neddy]

griffin finally gets on the stat sheet. 1 for 5 hope that improves in a hurry

[mike3]

Beautiful lob from CP to Griffin

[TheNewEra]

keep playing aggressive inside

[Quake Griffin]

why do people keep asking for griff to be a shot blocker?

his arms are short as hell.
shot blocking is a length/ timing thing....not a "wow u can dunk, u should be blocking shots" thing.
foh

[Neddy]

griffin is having a poor game offensively, glad he is rebounding tonight.