Game 67 | Los Angeles (42-24) vs Houston (43-22) | ABC | 12:30PM

[mkwest]

Who:


Where: STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, CA


When: Sunday, March 15th, 2015 @ 12:30PM (PDT)
TV: ABC
Radio:







The Supporting Cast


0 - Big Baby Davis | 10 - Spencer Hawes | 25 - Austin Rivers

15 - Hedo Turkoglu | 8 - Nate Robinson | 30 - C.J. Wilcox

13 - Ekpe Udoh | 1 - Jordan Hamilton | 31 - Dahntay Jones





Starters

Beverley | Harden | Ariza | Jones | Motiejunas

Key Reserves

Prigioni | Terry | Brewer | Smith | Dorsey


Inactive List:

Blake Griffin (Elbow) is questionable.
Jamal Crawford (Calf Contusion) is inactive.


Dwight Howard (Strained Right Knee) and Kostas Papanikolaou (Right ankle) are inactive.


Team Leaders and Statistics

Scoring

22.5 PPG in 35.3 MPG| 26.8 PPG in 36.7 MPG

Rebounding

14.6 RPG in 34.4 MPG| 11.1 RPG in 32.2 MPG

Assists

10.1 APG in 34.9 MPG | 7.1 APG in 36.7 MPG


Team Performance (Home)
Home Record: 24-9
106.5 Points Per Game
Def. Rebounding %: 76.3
Off. Rebounding %: 21.7
2.07 Assist/Turnover Ratio
12.7 Turnovers Per Game
3P%: 37.7%
Opponent 3P%: 32.5%
Offensive Rating: 109.0 points scored per 100 possessions
Defensive Rating: 100.0 points allowed per 100 possessions
Pace: 96.94 possessions per game


Team Performance (Away)
Road Record: 19-13
104.8 Points Per Game
Def. Rebounding %: 71.9
Off. Rebounding %: 27.9
1.34 Assist/Turnover Ratio
16.8 Turnovers Per Game
3P%: 34.4%
Opponent 3P%: 37.8%
Offensive Rating: 104.8 points scored per 100 possessions
Defensive Rating: 104.2 points allowed per 100 possessions
Pace: 98.66 possessions per game



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[LACtdom]

Chance of Blake playing?

[mkwest]

Chance of Blake playing?

He's officially listed as questionable, but he's very likely to play. He has to play now since I said he would in this thread

[Ranma]

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[Neddy]

Im glad tbh that Jamal is not playing for some time. not that he is just terrible, he has a great value to this team when our bench unit is in offensive funk. but we need to let our bench play better and that was not gonna happen as long as Jamal was available to keep chucking away.

hopefully Jamal comes back healthy and strong before the playoffs and Doc puts him in the right situation for this team to succeed, not just dominating the ball when on the court, and take all the 4th quarter minutes away from JJ.

[nickhx2]

Im glad tbh that Jamal is not playing for some time. not that he is just terrible, he has a great value to this team when our bench unit is in offensive funk. but we need to let our bench play better and that was not gonna happen as long as Jamal was available to keep chucking away.

hopefully Jamal comes back healthy and strong before the playoffs and Doc puts him in the right situation for this team to succeed, not just dominating the ball when on the court, and take all the 4th quarter minutes away from JJ.

agree

[Ranma]

Loved Kermit doing the players introduction.

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[Neddy]

JJ is out of his mind

[nickhx2]

jj da best

[Neddy]

glad to see DJ still staying aggressive even with Blake coming back. I am not liking CP deferring too much on offense tho.

[Ranma]

I agree J.J. is a big key for us, which bugs me when Jamal takes over most of his playing time at the end of games. However, it also doesn't help when Redick hasn't shown the consistency to carry his typical early performance over to the latter part of games or when he goes cold for stretches of games.

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[nickhx2]

I agree J.J. is a big key for us, which bugs me when Jamal takes over most of his playing time at the end of games. However, it also doesn't help when Redick hasn't shown the consistency to carry his typical early performance over to the latter part of games or when he goes cold for stretches of games.

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what bugs me more are the fans who think jamal and jj are the same player or that jamal is the better one and we should trade jj.

like, seriously.. what?

[Ranma]

Griffin needs to get away from playmaking so much and Chris needs to be more aggressive offensively. Part of the reason the team has been able to stay afloat is that the ball has been moving on offense in Blake's absence. Griffin is passing up open jumpers and drives to the basket in favor of forcing passes, which the defense has been easily reading. It's like he's trying to audition for taking time away from Paul's playmaking duties. CP3 needs to score even with Blake back but especially when Griffin doesn't seem apt to scoring points himself.

[Quake Griffin]

This is no longer a game thread.

This thread is now about Spencer Hawes' missed layup.

[Neddy]

I agree J.J. is a big key for us, which bugs me when Jamal takes over most of his playing time at the end of games. However, it also doesn't help when Redick hasn't shown the consistency to carry his typical early performance over to the latter part of games or when he goes cold for stretches of games.

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what bugs me more are the fans who think jamal and jj are the same player or that jamal is the better one and we should trade jj.

like, seriously.. what?

ive been saying this for years and I'll say it again... he is a net zero player and that is after years of being a negative overall player. he now only gives up as much as he score but in his entire career span, he gives up more on defense than he scores.

through out their entire careers, Jamal is a negative 5 and JJ is positive 5, just like Lamarcus lol

[LACtdom]

Whatever Barnes is doing to improve his 3 its working.

[mkwest]

Matty Barn3s!

[Neddy]

Whatever Barnes is doing to improve his 3 its working.

divorce?

[Ranma]

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[mkwest]

Man...