Game 1: Los Angeles (0-0) vs Oklahoma City (0-1)

Post #1 » by **mkwest** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:55 am

Who:

Where: STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, CA

When: Thursday, October 30th, 2014 @ 7:30PM (PDT)
TV: TNT
Radio:

The Supporting Cast

1 - Jordan Farmar | 9 - Jared Cunningham

11 - Jamal Crawford | 14 - CDR

25 - Reggie Bullock | 15 - Hedo Turkoglu

10 - Spencer Hawes

Starters

Westbrook | Roberson | Jones III | Ibaka | Adams

Reserves

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Telfair | Thomas | Collison | Perkins

Inactive List:

Glen Davis (Strained Groin) and CJ Wilcox are out.

Kevin Durant (Jones Fracture, Right Foot), Reggie Jackson (Ankle), Grant Jerrett (Ankle), Jeremy Lamb (Back), Mitch McGary (Foot Fracture) and Anthony Morrow (MCL Sprain) are out.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEmUyb5lqG4[/youtube]

The Los Angeles Clippers approach this season with a chip on their shoulder and a bad taste in their mouth. After an emotionally charged postseason, the Clippers begin the 2014-15 season squaring off against the very team that wiped out their hopes of becoming the 2014 NBA champions. The Clippers have made strides in improving their product over the years, but still remain behind a pair of western conference powerhouses. The titan known as the Oklahoma City Thunder, have an abundance of youth and talent that should translate into being force to be reckoned with for the foreseeable future. The only thing that can slow them is coaching, injuries or defection. The Clippers and the Thunder should encounter at least a few epic postseason battles in the years to come. Tonight's game won't be of that magnitude, but it will serve the purpose of being day 1 of what they hope to be approximately a 230 day journey.

The Thunder will be without several of their essential pieces and are coming in on the second night of a back-to-back (aka segababa). That should be a recipe for success for the good guys, but anything can happen on any given night. After going through the motions for most of October, will the Clippers be ready to strike on a western conference nemesis?

mttwlsn16 · Post #2 » by **mttwlsn16** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:06 am

Wooooohoooooooo! 48 hours!

Quake Griffin · Post #3 » by **Quake Griffin** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:30 pm

CDR is Blade Brown from Class Act

best pic i could find.
lolz

azncorruptedo17 · Post #4 » by **azncorruptedo17** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 4:02 pm

we should win by 10+ without KD... cmon... andre roberson? wha? lol

EASY HOME OPENER WIN. #Statementgame

LACtdom · Post #5 » by **LACtdom** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:59 pm

I think this will be an ugly game but Blake will drag the team over the line for the win.

Post #6 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:29 am

This seems like a game that we should win, but remember how we lost to the Lakers in the first game of the season last year. I just hope that we come out ready and we play some tough defense tomorrow night.

Wayland The Smith · Post #7 » by **Wayland The Smith** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 11:26 am

This one should be an easy win. However with Durant back, Thunder is the superior team by far.

I don't believe that Redick and Barnes are capable players to start in a championship caliber team. Doc should certainly do something to put team ahead Spurs, Thunder and Rockets.

Post #8 » by **QRich3** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:05 pm

Wayland The Smith wrote:This one should be an easy win. However with Durant back, Thunder is the superior team by far.

I don't believe that Redick and Barnes are capable players to start in a championship caliber team. Doc should certainly do something to put team ahead Spurs, Thunder and Rockets.

Redick is, definitely, he's an important part of why our offense is this good. And he's a competent defender in the sense that he puts in effort and knows where he has to be, so you can't repeatedly attack him like they do Crawford, so you can cover for JJ's deficiencies. Barnes could have been when he was younger, he's declining too much and too fast though. We just need a SF that can be average on defense and hit open shots at an average rate, not much else.

Tonight should be an easy win, they're too decimated and on a back to back. However, we have a history of starting asleep and play down to opponents, and they showed yesterday that they can hang on with a competitive team for 3 quarters. I wouldn't be surprised if they upset us.

mttwlsn16 · Post #9 » by **mttwlsn16** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 1:46 pm

It'd gameday!!!! Ready for a blowout W!

Dynamix · Post #10 » by **Dynamix** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 3:32 pm

After a lackluster pre-season, the team needs to be focused and take care of business. Looking at our schedule, anything less than a 4-0 start to this season would be a disappointment.

NBAfan3024 · Post #11 » by **NBAfan3024** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 4:14 pm

bet westbook will be rather tired tonight

NBAfan3024 · Post #12 » by **NBAfan3024** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 4:15 pm

Wayland The Smith wrote:This one should be an easy win. However with Durant back, Thunder is the superior team by far.

I don't believe that Redick and Barnes are capable players to start in a championship caliber team. Doc should certainly do something to put team ahead Spurs, Thunder and Rockets.

think okc and clippers are very even to me. wouldnt say they are superior at all

illastrate · Post #13 » by **illastrate** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 5:14 pm

Wayland The Smith wrote:This one should be an easy win. However with Durant back, Thunder is the superior team by far.

I don't believe that Redick and Barnes are capable players to start in a championship caliber team. Doc should certainly do something to put team ahead Spurs, Thunder and Rockets.

Don't clump Redick and Barnes together as JJ is the far superior player. Barnes is the weak link and will continue to be. And I don't know how you think OKC is far better when the Clips went back and forth with them all last season and the playoffs. They faced each other 10 times, and it was 6-4 OKC. But Clips should've won game 5. They were only 2 blowouts and the rest of the games could've gone either way.

Also Houston is NOT a better team. They were swept by the Clips last year.

kylem4711 · Post #14 » by **kylem4711** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 5:51 pm

I really hope we see Cunningham defend westbrook as some point.

Neddy · Post #15 » by **Neddy** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:33 pm

Wayland The Smith wrote:This one should be an easy win. However with Durant back, Thunder is the superior team by far.

I don't believe that Redick and Barnes are capable players to start in a championship caliber team. Doc should certainly do something to put team ahead Spurs, Thunder and Rockets.

durant will be coming back from a broken foot. Blake is about to blow up (hopefully) to make that leap into one of the scoring champs this year. I think we are not any lesser then them or are they any better at this point.

Neddy · Post #16 » by **Neddy** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:34 pm

kylem4711 wrote:I really hope we see Cunningham defend westbrook as some point.

of course I want the clippers to win but i hope Westbrook has a good game. he is my go to guy on my fantasy team after all...

LACtdom · Post #17 » by **LACtdom** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 10:19 pm

Can anyone tell me if Udoh is injured or just not in Doc's lineup?

ejftw · Post #18 » by **ejftw** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 11:20 pm

http://mikesmind.sportsblog.com/posts/1 ... under.html

My take

mttwlsn16 · Post #19 » by **mttwlsn16** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 12:35 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/kevinarnovitz/status/527981053651480576[/tweet]

MartinToVaught · Post #20 » by **MartinToVaught** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 12:50 am

mttwlsn16 wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/kevinarnovitz/status/527981053651480576[/tweet]

Save some of those for the game, Blake!

How will the Clippers begin their 2014-15 compaign?