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,...