Game 77: Los Angeles (50-26) @ Denver (28-48)

[mkwest]

Who:



Where: Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado


When: Saturday, April 4th, 2015 @ 6:00PM (PDT)
TV:
Radio:

Denver Leads Season Series: 1-0
12/19/14 in Denver: L 106-109






The Supporting Cast


0 - Big Baby Davis | 15 - Hedo Turkoglu | 25 - Austin Rivers

10 - Spencer Hawes | 1 - Jordan Hamilton | 30 - C.J. Wilcox

31 - Dahntay Jones | 13 - Ekpe Udoh | 14 - Lester Hudson






Starters

Lawson | Foye | Chandler | Gallinari | Faried

Key Reserves

Nelson | Harris | Barton | Hickson | Nurkic



Inactive List:

Jamal Crawford (Right Calf Contusion) is doubtful.


Darrell Arthur (Calf) is inactive.



Team Leaders and Statistics

Scoring

22.2 PPG in 35.3 MPG | 15.4 PPG in 35.5 MPG

Rebounding

14.8 RPG in 34.5 MPG | 8.7 RPG in 27.5 MPG

Assists

10.2 APG in 35.0 MPG | 9.5 APG in 35.5 MPG


Team Road Performance
Road Record: 23-15
Last 10: 8-2
107.4 Points Per Game
Def. Rebounding %: 75.7
Off. Rebounding %: 23.4
11.7 Turnovers Per Game
3P%: 37.4%
Opponent 3P%: 36.6%
Offensive Rating: 110.8 points scored per 100 possessions
Defensive Rating: 106.4 points allowed per 100 possession
Pace: 96.93 possessions per game


Team Home Performance
Home Record: 12-24
Last 10: 3-7
102.6 Points Per Game
Def. Rebounding %: 75.9
Off. Rebounding %: 27.2
14.4 Turnovers Per Game
3P%: 33.7%
Opponent 3P%: 33.4%
Offensive Rating: 103.0 points scored per 100 possessions
Defensive Rating: 102.9 points allowed per 100 possession
Pace: 99.07 possessions per game


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[thanumba2clippersfan]

This is a game we should win. We've been playing well so I'm not worried. Hope the Nuggets don't spoil what we're trying to do.

[ejftw]

We've lost 14 of 16 in the Pepsi Center, but definitely think we take this one.

[og15]

I believe the Clippers will sweep the rest of the regular season, but I'm not sure if I'm so excited about that if it means getting 3rd and drawing the Spurs in the first round.

2 games vs Denver and 2 games vs the Lakers, then Memphis and Phoenix.

[mkwest]

29-15 Clippers at the end of 1.

[LACtdom]

Our bench doesn't look terrible when we put Hawes on the perimeter to space the floor and play the Rivers & Baby pnr.

[og15]

Our bench doesn't look terrible when we put Hawes on the perimeter to space the floor and play the Rivers & Baby pnr.

Might be because it's the Nuggets

Denver is hanging around

[mttwlsn16]

Would like to see us take over this game. Up 15 is nice, but if we could push it to 20+ by the end of the 3rd that would be great.

Memphis lost today. Hopefully New Orleans can take down Portland.

[Quake Griffin]

Sorry guys.

Badger duties call.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

We have a nice double digit lead, let's keep it that way

[LACtdom]

Our bench doesn't look terrible when we put Hawes on the perimeter to space the floor and play the Rivers & Baby pnr.

Might be because it's the Nuggets

Denver is hanging around

I do this a lot. I think things like "that play looks great" or "wow our 3pt defense looks good", then when we play a contender I realise how wrong I was.

I just want to say that even though our stats say that when they Hack-a-DJ we are 10-0 or whatever, it is mainly because people only Hack-a-DJ when they are desperate and have to overcome a huge deficit. If WE were down 5 and GSW decided to Hack-a-DJ I don't think we could afford to keep DJ in the game.

[mkwest]

Congrats Quake!

[og15]

Our bench doesn't look terrible when we put Hawes on the perimeter to space the floor and play the Rivers & Baby pnr.

Might be because it's the Nuggets

Denver is hanging around

I do this a lot. I think things like "that play looks great" or "wow our 3pt defense looks good", then when we play a contender I realise how wrong I was.

I just want to say that even though our stats say that when they Hack-a-DJ we are 10-0 or whatever, it is mainly because people only Hack-a-DJ when they are desperate and have to overcome a huge deficit. If WE were down 5 and GSW decided to Hack-a-DJ I don't think we could afford to keep DJ in the game.

Yup, the strategy is actually better if you are up a little as opposed to trying to do it to mount a large comeback. Or if you're down maybe 5 points. When you're down 15, it's just too much to make a dent

I understand what you mean, playing bad teams can trick you into actually thinking the bench is effective. I mean Austin has had some good games against some terrible teams, but against the good teams, well...

[Sofia]

Hopefully it's just the asthma, but DJ was moving like a zombie prior to the timeout

[thanumba2clippersfan]

Glad we took care of business and got another win. Seems like we're playing pretty well right before the playoffs. I hope that we can work Jamal in ok so we continue our rhythm in the playoffs.

[mkwest]

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Redick originally said he would try to find some way to make it to the game if Duke advanced.

[mttwlsn16]

Good win. Hopefully another easy win tomorrow.

Off topic but DOWN GOES KENTUCKY!

I hope Wisconsin beats Duke Monday night!

[Quake Griffin]

Thanks MK.

Matt, we wont let you down.

[LACtdom]

Might be because it's the Nuggets

Denver is hanging around

I do this a lot. I think things like "that play looks great" or "wow our 3pt defense looks good", then when we play a contender I realise how wrong I was.

I just want to say that even though our stats say that when they Hack-a-DJ we are 10-0 or whatever, it is mainly because people only Hack-a-DJ when they are desperate and have to overcome a huge deficit. If WE were down 5 and GSW decided to Hack-a-DJ I don't think we could afford to keep DJ in the game.

Yup, the strategy is actually better if you are up a little as opposed to trying to do it to mount a large comeback. Or if you're down maybe 5 points. When you're down 15, it's just too much to make a dent

I understand what you mean, playing bad teams can trick you into actually thinking the bench is effective. I mean Austin has had some good games against some terrible teams, but against the good teams, well...

I'm really hoping we don't get knocked out of the playoffs due to hack-a-DJ / playing Hawes.

Do you think it's a good or bad thing that nearly all of our remaining games are against bad teams? Will our team think we are playing good basketball and then get a shock when the playoffs start? Or is this a nice break to give our bench more minutes to click?