Game 76: Los Angeles (49-26) vs Phoenix (23-51)

Post #1 » by **mkwest** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 12:59 am

Who:

Where: STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, CA

When: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 @ 7:30PM (PST)
TV:

Radio:

Clippers lead the season series 2-1
Game 1 in LA on 12/8: W 117-99
Game 2 in Phoenix on 12/23: W 103-77
Game 3 in Phoenix on 1/24: L 88-93

PG: #3 - Chris Paul SG: #34 - Willie Green

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

C: #6 - DeAndre Jordan

A Tribe Called Bench

Bledsoe | Crawford | Hill | Barnes | Odom

PG: #1 - Goran Dragic SG: #17 - PJ Tucker

SF: #2 - Wesley Johnson PF: #14 - Luis Scola

C: #11 - Markieff Morris

Reserves

Marshall | Dudley | Beasley | Morris | O'neal

Inactive List:

Chauncey Billups (Strained Right Groin) is out.

PJ Tucker (Sore Knee) is questionable.
Channing Frye (Heart) and Marcin Gortat (Sprained Right Foot) are out for the season.[/b]

It's time for us to put up or shut up.. The type of basketball "WE'VE" been playing lately is gonna have us on vacation in a couple weeks

Matt Barnes

mike3 · Post #2 » by **mike3** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 1:34 am

Is Chris Paul out?

Post #3 » by **mkwest** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 1:45 am

mike3 wrote:Is Chris Paul out?

Only if we've cloned Bledsoe ;-)

Post #4 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 1:52 am

I hope we can win tonight. Hopefully the Suns can get us in the right direction. I'm hoping for #50 and clinching the division title.

mttwlsn16 · Post #5 » by **mttwlsn16** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 2:43 am

if we lose this...

try again for win 50 and the pacific...WIN

Post #6 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 2:45 am

Good start, it has the Suns taking an early time out. We have a early 6-0 lead

TheNewEra · Post #7 » by **TheNewEra** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 2:47 am

good start

Post #8 » by **mkwest** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 2:48 am

CP3 at the Dodger game yesterday with Lil' Chris.

Post #9 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 2:49 am

Looks like it could be double Ts for Blake and Dragic. Wish he would have walked away from the situation

mike3 · Post #10 » by **mike3** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 2:52 am

well at least we've started well

Post #11 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 2:55 am

Just like that Suns are able to score 10 straight

We should be able to score but aren't getting it done

Post #12 » by **mkwest** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 2:55 am

We scored the first 15 then allow them to rattle off 10 straight themselves....

TheNewEra · Post #13 » by **TheNewEra** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 2:55 am

lead gone down that fast

mike3 · Post #14 » by **mike3** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 2:55 am

and Clippers are back/ 8-0 run to suns

TheNewEra · Post #15 » by **TheNewEra** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 3:08 am

would of been huge if he got it off in time

Post #16 » by **mkwest** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 3:08 am

29-19 Clippers after 1. Phoenix outscored us 19-14 in the last 8 minutes.

Nice shot by Barnes to end the quarter, but a tad too late.

Blake picked up his 14th tech of the season and only has 2 more before he'll be suspended. With only 5.75 games to go, that shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Post #17 » by **og15** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 3:09 am

Good to see a lead, but I know I'm not alone in not being overly excited about beating the sucky teams, still waiting for a quality win. But right now, the "sucky" teams need to be beat too

Post #18 » by **mkwest** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 3:13 am

og15 wrote:Good to see a lead, but I know I'm not alone in not being overly excited about beating the sucky teams, still waiting for a quality win. But right now, the "sucky" teams need to be beat too

Most of our final opponents are sucky outside of Memphis.

I just want us to close the season out on a positive note and hopefully regain some confidence heading to the playoffs.

Post #19 » by **og15** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 3:13 am

A healthy Jermaine wouldn't be a bad addition to the Clippers in the future. Good defense, can hit a mid-range jumpshot, so would fit well next to Blake, just don't want him taking fadeaways from the post up, and while not a great rebounder, he's not bad. But health has been an issue for some years

Post #20 » by **mkwest** » Thu Apr 4, 2013 3:18 am

og15 wrote:A healthy Jermaine wouldn't be a bad addition to the Clippers in the future. Good defense, can hit a mid-range jumpshot, so would fit well next to Blake, just don't want him taking fadeaways from the post up, and while not a great rebounder, he's not bad. But health has been an issue for some years

I was thinking that myself a few minutes ago. The only concern that I have is that we aren't Phoenix. Either the training staff, the weather/climate or whatever it is that they have going for them, it doesn't seem like something that anybody else can replicate.