May 2012
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Get Ready for Some Bad News...
He’s back bitches!
Mr. I got outcoached into a concussed state, has been re-signed by cheap ass owner for next season.
Prepare for the end of the CP3 and Blake era. Get ready to go back to the bad times.
Haters unite!
IN OTHER NEWS:
Here’s my predictions for the conference finals:
Spurs in 7
Heat in 7
Love you all,
Go Clips!
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A Nod to the Gods: Spurs complete sweep 4-0
So that sucked.
In an almost poetic fashion the Clippers found a way to hurt their fans one last time before fading into the obscure wasteland that is the NBA offseason. The players will now have all the time they need to heal up, work out, and buy expensive automobiles. The Clippers found themselves down by one point with 30 seconds to play and suddenly the stage was set. Chris Paul versus...
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Stapled Shut! Spurs on the brink 3-0
I just finished watching the post game press conference and coach Del Negro gave his political concession speech. There’s still at least one game left, and Del Negro was saying things like, “it’s all part of a learning process” and “this is the first step in building a program for years to come”. I’m enraged by his presumption that he’s even going...
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105-88, Losses are bigger in Texas: Spurs lead...
The Spurs very well might be the best team in the NBA and they might win a their 5th title this year, but there’s absolutely NO reason why the Clips should be playing and losing in this way.
Blake Griffin and Chris Paul are killing the Clippers in this series.
Yes they’re the two best players on the Clippers’ roster. Yes, they’re two of the best players on the planet....
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Spurs don't miss a beat: Clips lose, trail 0-1 in...
The Clippers lost game one of this hopefully long series, 108-92. Many other media outlets were reporting how dominating the Spurs were in this game and that the Clippers should now begin fighting to win just ONE game to preserve personal pride. These media outlets are crazy (I’m looking at you K-ROCK Los Angeles). Chris Paul played one of his worst games of the year AND San Antonio set...
Ho Hum: Clips Advance
I was wrong.
Let that soak in. I was wrong.
The greatest thing that ever happened to the Los Angeles Clippers was dependent on me being painfully wrong.
The Clippers didn’t make shots.
The Refs didn’t help the Clips.
Blake and Cp3 didn’t take over the game.
yet…the Clippers won!
I would ask that you all don’t watch the highlights because I’m afraid...
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Did I miss the pain? Clips LOSE, Series tied 3-3
As Clipper fans we all have some sort of social flaw. There is some basic mental make up that is miss wired in all our brains. What on Earth would make a person choose to do this to themselves? Sports are not fair, nor will they ever be. Some teams win, some teams lose, but they don’t take turns being high or low. The Clippers are losers. I don’t mean that in a derogatory or...
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Injury added to insults: Clips lose, lead series...
Technical fouls? check
Falling behind early? check
Injuries to star players? check
Confused head coach? check
So here we are…
Things couldn’t have gone much worse than they did in Wednesday night’s 92-80 loss at Memphis. Now the Clippers are faced with the game on Friday at Staples Center. Not a game on Friday…the game. Okay not, THE GAME, that would be a game 7,...
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Thrice as Nice: Clips lead 3-1 in series
The Los Angeles Clippers won 101-97 in an overtime thriller last night. When the dust settled on last nights victory something became abundantly clear to me; to win a championship a team needs the best player in the league. I’m not suggesting that the Clippers are going to win a championship purely because of Chris Paul, but with the nature of playoff games someone, preferably an All-Star,...
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It has been a Red Dawn: Clips go up 2-1 in series
It’s really difficult to quantify how big one win can really be. So for lack of better writing skills, I’ll say that yesterday’s win was HUGE. I was fortunate enough to witness yesterday’s game from the 5th row behind the Clippers’ bench. The atmosphere in Staples Center was something I’d never experienced in L.A. before. The Clippers themselves...
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Splitting Headache: Clips lose, series even 1-1
GOOD NEWS:
-The Clippers gained homecourt advantage by splitting the two games in Memphis.
-The Clippers are shooting the ball well (56%), and CP3 appears healthy.
-Blake Griffin actually played BETTER in the loss than the win.
-The Clippers have extra days of rest to rehab their injuries.
BAD NEWS:
-The Clippers are making a bad habit of turning the ball over.
-The Clippers got killed...
April 2012
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Can you hear me now? Clips win best playoff game...
It was the worst playoff game I’ve ever witnessed until it was the best.
Plenty of websites will walk you through the last 8 minutes of last night’s game and break down the x’s and o’s that went into mounting a 27 point comeback, but I’m going to write about what it that win means.
After my elation and excitement subsided last night, I felt an emotion that I...
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NBA Playoff Preview: Can the Clips make a title...
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
#1 SPURS VS #8 JAZZ
The Utah Jazz managed to sneak into the playoff and steal the 8 seed away from the Rockets and the Suns. For their trouble, they get the task of trying to take down a very, very, experienced Spurs team. To even play Devil’s advocate and justify the possibility of a Utah upset seems preposterous, but I’ll give them this: they play well at...
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Near Miss: Clips edge Hornets in Home Finale
Once again the Clippers found themselves playing down to their opponents and nearly lost their opportunity for home court in the first round of the playoffs. The Clippers deserve a little slack after having their hearts’ broken earlier yesterday afternoon when Kobe and Co. came back from a 17 point deficit to lock up the 3 seed against OKC. With the Pacific Division championship and the 3...
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Worst Game Under the Suns: Clips lose by 1
The Clippers have really impressed me in the last two weeks and I’ve really felt great about their recent overachieving, but last night probably ruined their chances at the 3 seed and will put more pressure on their final 3 games. The Clippers had what they wanted with CP3 handling the ball with 15 seconds to go while down by 1. The possession was a mess, and the Clippers lost. Sunrise,...
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Destination Unknown
The Clippers have quietly returned to the Western Conference Champion conversation. For a team that wins almost ALL of their games by a small margin in the final minutes of the final quarter, they have done an excellent job of staying under the radar. Only in a season this screwy could a team with an MVP candidate, the most electrifying player under the sun, and having a home court in the 2nd...
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By any means necessary: Clips win 112-104
It’s not going to be pretty from here on out. The Clippers just have to keep on winning. The playoff race is going to be played on the razor’s edge for the rest of the way and CP3 realizes the Lakers, Grizzlies, and even Vinny Del Negro need not stand in his way. The Clippers are luckily flying under the radar and could be a very sneaky team in the 1st round of the playoffs....
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Dying Wolves: Clips win by 13
2 wins in two days. The Clips cut down OKC on the road and then turned around and planted the T-Wolves. Obviously the win over the Thunder looks far more impressive than the victory over a Rubio/Love-less Wolves squad. However, the win tonight was just as, if not more, important than the OKC game. The Lakers, Clippers, and Grizzlies are in a dead heat that will easily go down to the final games...
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Memphis 94 Clippers 85: Mental Disabilities
The final minute of the game told the whole story of the Clippers’ inadequacies. The Clippers couldn’t stop the Grizzlies and they couldn’t create high quality shots on the other end. The Clippers were down 5 with less than a minute to go and Randy Foye had the ball at the top of the key. In this situation the ONLY shots that should be attempted are 3 pointers and very high...
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Clips...Fully Loaded? How the playoffs are shaping...
The Clippers fought hard but ultimately fell to the their talented LA rivals last week, but quickly rebounded and won two “must win” games against the lowly Kings. Now the Clips head on the road to clear the murky waters of the playoff picture for better or worse.
Here’s how the current standings look in the West:
1. San Antonio
2. Oklahoma City
3. Lakers
4. Clippers
5....
I WAS WRONG, Clips win @ Dallas
How could I have known Randy Foye was going to go off?
So much for the Mavs. The Clips dispatched them in a pleasingly disrespectful way on Monday night. The Clippers will take on the Lakers on Wednesday in what will no doubt turn into some kind of bloodbath. The Clips just got an extra game on their #1 opponent for the 4 seed and now they will face off against the Lakers for the division....
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Anonymous asked: How long have you liked the Clippers for?
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5-0 Homestand!!! what now? SCHEDULE WATCH!
The Clips did exactly what they needed to do.
Vinny managed to save his job.
But the Clippers are still in the 4 seed and still struggling to keep pace with the Spurs and Thunder (they never lose you see).
Tonight is a gigantic game against Dallas and it really begins the make or break home stretch for the Clips and will decide their fate in the playoffs (hopefully).
Breaking Down the...
March 2012
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Clips earn their pay, defeat Suns 103-86
Nothing cures a bad losing streak like playing shitty teams at home. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy. Winning is always better than losing, but as the Wolf said, “let’s not start sucking each other’s dicks quite yet.” The Clippers have two more huge home games before heading back out on the road to visit Dallas. The Clips play a short handed Portland squad and a...
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Jackass 4: starring Donald Sterling
All you need to know is that Dick Cheney thinks this guy is a fucking asshole.
Today he crawled out of his lair to announce his “faith” in coach Del Negro. Why you ask? Because he’s cheap. He is a miserly cheap bastard that has done to the NBA what he’s done to countless tenants of his real estate empire. He continues to make money or save money without putting a quality...
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Winning means never having to say you're sorry
The Clippers embarrassed themselves on the road trip and the whispers and rumors now became loud screams; it was time for Vinny togo. Famous writer and blowhard Stephen A. Smith came out and said that Vinny would be kept on the team until the end of the year because of Donald Sterling’s “thriftiness”. This almost didn’t seems possible, being that the team had a day off...
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A day in the life, by Vinny Del Negro
I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who had it made,
And though the news was rather sad,
I just had to laugh. The team was really fucking bad.
I blew the knees out of my stars,
I didn’t notice that the game had changed.
A crowd of people stood and stared,
They’d seen my face before, but nobody was really sure how many shitty coaches the Clips could afford!
I saw...
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Yes Virginia, the Clippers still do exist: Clips...
I’m confused. I know the Clippers must be more confused. The Clippers played an almost great game last night. They defended, the transitioned the ball, the rebounded the ball, and they didn’t play down to the depleted Suns’ level…until the 2nd half. Neil Olshey was on the foxsports tv broadcast talking about the addition of Nick Young, and he added that the Clippers...
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March Madness! Clips beat Hawks, then trade Brian...
Clips beat Hawks 96-82, hooray, yada yada yada.
The Clippers got rid of Brian Cook!
This is Nick Young. He is a jackass. He wildly shoots the ball from anywhere on the court. He has no idea what shot efficiency is. He’ll fit right in! I love this trade. The Clippers didn’t give up anything that could jeopardize the future (Bledsoe or a 1st rounder) and they got rid of one of the...
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Tic'd off: Clippers lose to Celtics 94-85
I hate to reiterate my post from yesterday, but this team cannot win without playing perfect. If the Clippers have to rely on perfection they are going to be hard pressed to get a playoff spot and are almost assuredly going to be bounced in the first round. Back in January the Clippers were wondering how they matched up with the potential playoff teams and which seed would provide them the...
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Same old song and dance: Clippers lose 97-93
To quickly recap: The Clippers shit the bed in N.J. then turned around and one a big shootout in San Antonio finishing the road trip 3-3.
So going into last night, the Clippers found themselves a half game out of 1st place following the big win of the Lakers over their rival Celtics. The ball was once again in the court of the Clips and once again, they pissed all over themselves. The Golden...
One small step for man...Clips beat Rockets in OT,...
Clipper Nation was waiting for something to be excited about. THIS…was not it. This game was more of the same. Blake struggled offensively, the perimeter defense was awful, and the team made an absolute mess out of the final 2 minutes as usual. This is the first Clipper team that I’ve ever seen that’s actually lucky. The Clippers are known for their bad luck and bad karma, but...
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Dark Days: Clips lose to Suns 81-78
Out coached. Out hustled. Out played.
When the Clippers took the court in Phoenix last night, they again came out with no energy and no will to win. In only the 2nd game of a 6 game road trip, the Clippers looked like an old, worn down team, with no energy to compete in the shortened schedule. This is a terrifying fact. The Clippers are a VERY young team. The Clippers should struggle with...
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Easy Win...the Hard Way 108-100
I’m pretty sure the only point of Sacramento having a basketball team or even existing as a city for that matter is the purpose of losing basketball games (the same goes for Charlotte, NC). So it was much to my surprise and dismay when the Clippers couldn’t seems to shake the Kings for the better part of 3 quarters. Like a bad cold, the Kings kept hanging around and making coach Del...
February 2012
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Clippers 2nd Half Preview
Can the Clips Hold off the Lakers?
Yes. As currently constructed, the Lakers are an inferior team to the Clippers, and with CP3 the Clips should be able to hold off the Lakeshow. It should be a very close playoff chase down the stretch, but I believe both teams realize this season will have little to do with playoff seeding. The west appears to be the stronger conference this year, but all of the...
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Don't Call it a Comeback: Clips 74 Blazers 71
I’m perplexed. Same old pain of being a Clippers fan lingers in my heart, but thanks to Chris Paul the games end in exultation. The Clippers continued their narrative of playing like virtual dogshit in the 1st half, falling behind by 18pts, yet managed to drag themselves back into this one and eventually win it. This game could be the best defensive game of the year for the comeback kids,...
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Scary Movie 3: Clips Win in Charlotte, Lose @...
The Clips killed the Bobcats in Charlotte, 111-86.
The Clips killed themselves in Dallas, losing on a last miss by Caron Butler, 92-96.
The Clips killed me by keeping it close at home against Washington, 102-84.
I’ll write only about last night’s game, being that all Clippers fans have probably read and lamented the end of the road trip by now.
Last night was the worst...
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Intestinal Distress: Clippers 78 Philly 77
Have you ever been to Philadelphia? It’s ugly there. Will Smith claims to be from West Philly on his little television show, and I can’t verify the truth in that, but I can verify that it’s ugly there as well. Ugly buildings, ugly people, ugly food, ugly weather…ugly. This leads me to last night’s game…the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. After a...
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Leggo My Ego: Clippers 92 Cavs 99
Chauncey Billups is hurt, he isn’t dead! The pregame intro music for the Clippers’ starting line up might as well have been a funeral march or Mozart’s requiem. The Clippers dragged their broken bodies up and down the court at the Q last night and just waited for lowly Cleveland to put them out of their misery. After the game coach Del Negro made no excuses and said that his...
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Practical Magic: Clips 107 Magic 102
Here’s what we know as Clips fans:
1. The Clips beat one of the best teams in the East
2. CP3 might be the best 4th quarter player in the NBA
3. Chauncey Billups is hurt BAD.
-Ok, Here’s the part when I call for the Grim Reaper…
The one position where we could possibly stand to deal with an injury or 2 we suffered. BUT: somehow I don’t feel good. I feel like this was...
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Dr. Strangelove (or how I stopped worrying and...
Tonight the Clippers play the 2nd game of the annual 6 game Grammy awards road trip. Orlando is a talented team, with many inconsistencies and a fractured locker room. Dwight Howard is far and away the best center in the league and he could explode for a 20 and 20 night at any time. Yet, I’m not thinking about the Magic. I’m not thinking about Dwight Howard. I’m not even...
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Long Addition: Clips lose to DEN, but gain Martin
Nuggets 112 Clippers 91
Last night, nothing went the Clippers’ way. The shooting was bad. The defense was worse. They couldn’t rebound. They couldn’t create turnovers. They couldn’t do diddly poo. But, I’m not sad. Yes, the game was terribly disappointing, but keep in mind, the Clippers just went 3-1 on a stretch that included Denver twice, the Thunder, and a trip...
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It's a statement NOT a question: Clippers 107 Jazz...
Chris Paul is worth whatever the Hornets want him to be worth. If the Hornets called the Clips front office and demanded several more draft picks, I’d gladly give them whatever they want and I’d smile all the way. Tonight’s virtuoso performance of Chris Paul completed step 1 in the changing the culture of losing game plan. The Clippers have defeated the Lakers, Heat, Blazers,...
January 2012
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Two for the Show: Clips beat OKC and Denver
SO THERE WAS THAT.
A word on “The Dunk”
A lot of times people get too excited about the Slam Dunk in basketball as it only counts for two points. Boring, efficient-shooting teams lulled the high flying Clippers into submission last year in route to another playoff-less season. Last night didn’t fall into that category. Sometimes dunks count for more than two points. Sometimes...
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Clippers beat Grizz and their uniforms 98-91
As any Los Angeles Clipper fan knows, the Clippers hate you. Sure, they want to win games, but you don’t get the joy of bragging to other bar patrons during a 30 point blowout. No, Clipper fans have to sweat. Clipper fans have to loathe. Clipper fans have to enduring the gut-wrenching nausea of a 4th quarter squeaker. Last night was, unfortunately, no different.
The Clippers took one...
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Clippers go down in flames 96-91
There are games of what could’ve been, what should’ve been and what is. This game is what it is. The Clippers are an inexperienced team (save for Chauncey) and 4 quarters of boring (yet intense) playoff basketball is foreign to them. The Lakers were fully prepared to give the Clips their best shot. Kobe has been pissed off all week. Pau was complaining about not scoring. Mike Brown...
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More compelling than Jurassic Park 3, Clippers 103...
Live from the nose bleed section, I witnessed the dismantling of the Toronto Raptors. The game was billed as being the big return of CP3, but since he was ruled out a few minutes before tip off, it became the game before the return of CP3. This game was over shortly after morning shootaround. The Clips took their foot off the gas occasionally but never realistically let the Raptors back in the...