Where: AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, FL
When: Friday, February 8th, 2013 @ 5PM (PST)
TV:
/ ESPNRadio: KFWB News Talk 980
Previous Meeting:
11/14: Clippers over HEAT 107-100
PG: #3 - Chris Paul SG: #1 - Chauncey Billups
SF: #5 - Caron Butler PF: #32 - Blake Griffin
C: #6 - DeAndre Jordan
A Tribe Called Bench
Bledsoe | Crawford | Hill | Barnes | Odom
PG: #15 - Mario Chalmers SG: #3 - Dwyane Wade
SF: #31 - Shane Battier PF: #6 - LeBron James
C: #40- Udonis Haslem
Reserves
Cole | Miller | Lewis | Andersen | Anthony
Inactive List:
Chauncey Billups (Left Foot Tendonitis), Jamal Crawford (Sore Right Shoulder, Broken Nose), Blake Griffin (Hamstring) and Chris Paul (Sore Knee) will play.
Trey Thompkins (Knee - Bone Bruise) is out.
Ray Allen (Flu-like Symptoms) and Chris Bosh (Flu-like Symptoms) are out.
Team Leaders and Statistics
Blake Griffin - 18.5 Points and 8.6 Rebounds in 32.7 MPG
Chris Paul - 9.7 Assists (2nd) and 2.6 Steals (1st) in 33.5 MPG
DeAndre Jordan - 1.4 Blocks in 24.8 MPG
Team Performance
Road Record: 15-11
99.9 Points Per Game - 10th Overall
42.0 Rebounds Per Game - 17th Overall
11.6 Offensive Rebounds Per Game - 13th Overall
11.3 Offensive Rebounds Per Game (Opp.) - 17th Overall
23.2 Assists Per Game - 4th Overall
93.4 Points Allowed - 4th Overall
14.6 Turnovers Per Game - 10th Overall
16.7 Turnovers (Opp.) Per Game - 1st Overall
34.8% on 3 point field goals - 19th Overall
37.2% allowed on 3 point field goals - 25th Overall
24.0 Free-Throws Attempted Per Game - 8th Overall
23.8 Free-Throws Attempted Per Game (Opp.) - 24th Overall
Offensive Rating: 108.7 Points Scored Per 100 Possessions - 6th Overall
Defensive Rating: 101.6 Points Allowed Per 100 Possessions - 5th Overall
Pace: 91.7 possessions per 48 Minutes - 4th Overall
LeBron James - 26.8 Points (4th), 8.2 Rebounds, 7.0 Assists (10th) and 1.6 Steals in 38.7 MPG (5th)
Chris Bosh - 1.3 Blocks 33.8 MPG
Team Performance
Home Record: 20-3
102.5 Points Per Game - 5th Overall
39.0 Rebounds Per Game - 30th Overall
8.5 Offensive Rebounds Per Game - 29th Overall
11.5 Offensive Rebounds Per Game (Opp.) - 19th Overall
22.3 Assists Per Game - 14th Overall
96.7 Points Allowed - 13th Overall
13.5 Turnovers Per Game - 4th Overall
15.1 Turnovers (Opp.) Per Game - 11th Overall
38.1% on 3 point field goals - 5th Overall
35.9% allowed on 3 point field goals - 18th Overall
22.8 Free-Throws Attempted Per Game - 11th Overall
22.5 Free-Throws Attempted Per Game (Opp.) - 19th Overall
Offensive Rating: 111.3 Points Scored Per 100 Possessions - 3rd Overall
Defensive Rating: 105.1 Points Allowed Per 100 Possessions - 12th Overall
Pace: 90.8 possessions per 48 Minutes - 21st Overall
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4th meeting between the two teams of which started in October in Beijing, China. Personally, I'm hoping that we have a few more games against each other in June
Miami has won 9 of their last 12, while the Clippers have only won 5 of their last 12. The Clips are in the midst of an 8 game road trip and have 2 more to go after this one. We've been told that it's likely that Chris Paul and Chauncey Billups would return at some point during the Grammy Trip, and while we were waiting for them, we also lost Blake Griffin and Jamal Crawford. PRACTICE REPORT: CLIPPERS WORKING WAY TO FULL STRENGTHBillups concurred with that line of thinking. Asked if planned to play for the first time in 34 games, Billups said, “The plan right now is to get a good gauge and see how it feels tomorrow. I wanted to get a really hard good day of work in. I did that. I feel pretty good and hopefully, I’ll wake up tomorrow and I’ll feel great. Then it’s a go.”“There’s a chance I’ll play tomorrow,” Griffin said. “[It’s] really just how I feel [running] up and down. In the halfcourt all my movements side-to-side, pivot, everything I needed was responding. Tomorrow will just be kind of making sure it’s not any more sore than it is today and we’ll go from there.”
Eric Patten, Clippers.com
This match-up is a lot more exciting if we're at full strength. If we're missing a couple of guys, then it probably won't be pretty. It's not going to be easy one way or the other. Depending on how Billups feels in the morning will determine if he plays or not. I'm optimistic that Paul and Blake will give it a go. Paul is extremely competitive and LeBron and Wade are some of his closest friends in the league.
The Clippers are 8-4 against the HEAT since the 2006-07 season, but we are 2-4 in Miami during that time. We've lost the last 3 against them in South Beach.
