Game 70: Los Angeles (47-22) vs Brooklyn (40-28)

[mkwest]

Who:


Where: STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, CA


When: Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 @ 7:30PM (PST)
TV:
Radio:

Previous Meeting:
11/23 in Brooklyn: L 76-86




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: #8 - Deron Williams SG: #7 - Joe Johnson

SF: #45 Gerald Wallace PF: #30 - Reggie Evans

C: #11 - Brook Lopez


Reserves

Watson | Brooks | Stackhouse | Bogans | Blatche




Inactive List:

Chauncey Billups (Strained Right Groin) is out.



Kris Humphries (Sore Lower Back) is questionable.

Team Leaders and Statistics


Blake Griffin - 18.5 Points and 8.6 Rebounds in 32.4 MPG

Chris Paul - 9.6 Assists (2nd) and 2.4 Steals (1st) in 33.2 MPG

DeAndre Jordan - 1.3 Blocks in 24.0 MPG


Team Performance
Home Record: 27-8
100.8 Points Per Game - 8th Overall
94.2 Points Allowed - 4th Overall
41.5 Rebounds Per Game - 19th Overall
11.4 Offensive Rebounds Per Game - 14th Overall
10.9 Offensive Rebounds Per Game (Opp.) - 10th Overall
23.7 Assists Per Game - 4th Overall
14.8 Turnovers Per Game - 18th Overall
16.5 Turnovers (Opp.) Per Game - 1st Overall
35.5% on 3 point field goals - 20th Overall
37.8% allowed on 3 point field goals - 27th Overall
23.4 Free-Throws Attempted Per Game - 9th Overall
23.7 Free-Throws Attempted Per Game (Opp.) - 23rd Overall
0.228 FTA per FGA Allowed: 27th Overall
Offensive Rating: 110.0 Points Scored Per 100 Possessions - 5th Overall
Defensive Rating: 102.8 Points Allowed Per 100 Possessions - 8th Overall
Pace: 91.5 possessions per 48 Minutes - 17th Overall





Brook Lopez - 19.0 Points and 2.1 Blocks (3rd) in 30.6 MPG

Reggie Evans - 10.1 Rebounds (10th) in 23.4 MPG

Deron Williams - 7.6 Assists (5th) in 36.8 MPG

Gerald Wallace - 1.4 Steals in 30.4 MPG



Team Performance
Road Record: 18-14
95.8 Points Per Game - 19th Overall
94.4 Points Allowed - 5th Overall
42.7 Rebounds Per Game - 12th Overall
12.5 Offensive Rebounds Per Game - 6th Overall
10.4 Offensive Rebounds Per Game (Opp.) - 4th Overall
20.1 Assists Per Game - 28th Overall
14.7 Turnovers Per Game - 16th Overall
13.3 Turnovers (Opp.) Per Game - 26th Overall
36.0% on 3 point field goals - 14th Overall
36.6% allowed on 3 point field goals - 22nd Overall
23.5 Free-Throws Attempted Per Game - 8th Overall
18.4 Free-Throws Attempted Per Game (Opp.) - 1st Overall
0.167 FTA per FGA Allowed: 2nd Overall
Offensive Rating: 107.4 Points Scored Per 100 Possessions - 9th Overall
Defensive Rating: 105.8 Points Allowed Per 100 Possessions - 16th Overall
Pace: 88.3 possessions per 48 Minutes - 30th Overall

In order to win, we must overcome history. In their pro head-to-head match-ups, Deron Williams leads Chris Paul 14-4. The last time a Chris Paul led team defeated a Deron Williams led team was on 12/17/10 with New Orleans. Paul has yet to defeat Williams as a Clipper.

[Quake Griffin]

if I'm not mistaken.

this would mark the most wins in franchise history right?

[mkwest]

if I'm not mistaken.

this would mark the most wins in franchise history right?

Most wins in team history. The franchise record is 49-33 by the Braves in 74-75 season. Hopefully we can pass that on Wednesday in New Orleans

[mkwest]

Happy Birthday mttwlsn16. I hope the team can pull out this win for you.

[Neddy]

bledsoe will play, chauncey is no go

[azncorruptedo17]

win by 5

[mkwest]

Reggie Evans Still Roots for the Clippers

Upon hearing what Martin said, Evans gave a look of disbelief and laughed.

“Oh wow. Oh wow. (Laughs) I just hope they lose against us. To be honest with you, I still cheer for them. My mama, we still be talking about them. My mom still be watching them (and saying), “Look at my boys,” and stuff.

“There was no bad blood. It was just an unfortunate situation where they wanted to go a different direction. … I don’t hold any grudges or anything,” Evans said.

“This was my first time in some good weather,” Evans said. “I was happy to come off the bench to play behind D.J. and Blake. It was exciting. Then the whole Lob City thing, that was exciting. At anytime, something could go down, and when it would go down you’d be like, “Wow.” Then we’d do the whole catch people sleeping on the plane and take pictures and ESPN picked that up.

“You got so many great moments. Then you have some down time where we didn’t do so well, but we managed to get out of that hole. We had some adversity and stuff, but that’s all part of nature, especially when you don’t have a training camp and are putting this all together. Vinny (Del Negro) did a good job.”

“Imagine if Chauncey didn’t get hurt last year, what we could have been like.”

Jovan Buha, ClipperBlog

[mkwest]

Willie Green is unconscious!

[mkwest]

Bingo! Blake buries the corner 3.

[Neddy]

thanks for that post, MK. reggie still has a place in our clipper history imo. what a class act although he is a nutcracker.

[Neddy]

caron's bad habits just returned.

[azncorruptedo17]

green being a stud to start us off

[Neddy]

green is playing out of his mind on both side of the court, and good to see DJ active early on the offensive board.

[Neddy]

just because he knocked down a 3 shot, blake is now settling for a long J. he needs to get more aggressive and get to the rim

[Neddy]

oh me oh my. CP3 is down

[mkwest]

Paul is down and reached after his left knee. It looks like he may have bumped knees. He's on his feet and walking under his own power. Hopefully it doesn't keep him out.

[mkwest]

Bledsoe enters the game and immediately picks up where he left off.

[Neddy]

at least we have a 1 point lead.

[mkwest]

25-24 Clippers at the end of 1.

I really hope that Paul's Knee is good. I don't like where he was grabbing (back of his knee) and he walked off the court with a noticeable limp. He has it heavily wrapped in ice atm.

[Quake Griffin]

this dude bumped knees.......


again?
i mean...srsly, is this a joke?
basketball gods throw us a damn bone....sheesh