Nov.18: Clippers(7-3) vs Grizzlies(5-5) 10:30et. Game Thread

[#number6ix#]

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Grizzlies-Clippers Preview

By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO
Posted Nov 18 2013 12:25AM
The Los Angeles Clippers won their first division title last season, but further celebrations ended immediately at the hands of the Memphis Grizzlies.
The high-scoring Clippers have a chance to exact a measure of revenge Monday night when they face the Grizzlies for the first time since being ousted in the opening round of the playoffs.
Los Angeles (7-3) set a franchise record with 56 wins and eased to a Pacific Division championship by nine games over second-place Golden State. The Clippers also appeared on their way to advancing in the playoffs after winning the first two games against Memphis, but went on to lose the next four.
A right ankle injury to Blake Griffin played a part in the postseason exit, while the Grizzlies reached the Western Conference finals.
The injury limited the All-Star forward to 13 total points over the last two games of the series, including nine in 13:56 off the bench in a 118-105 loss in Game 6.
Griffin continues to be a force for the Clippers, averaging a team-leading 22.9 points this season. His impact is felt beyond the scoreboard, as he's tied for fourth in the league with 10.4 rebounds per game over his first four seasons.
That's reason enough for Los Angeles to be concerned when he hurt his left ankle in Saturday's 110-103 win over Brooklyn. Griffin left the game in the third quarter, but returned 2 1/2 minutes later to finish with 30 points and 12 boards.
"I just came down normal and felt something in the back of my ankle," he said. "It scared me not knowing exactly what it was. It's better than it was but not normal. I can put full weight on it without unbearable pain."
While Griffin should be ready to face Memphis (5-5), star guard Chris Paul isn't prepared to be without him.
"I need him like none other," said Paul, who had 12 points, 13 assists - six to Griffin - and seven rebounds against the Nets.
Paul averaged 22.8 points and 6.3 assists against the Grizzlies in last season's playoffs, but he was ejected late in Game 6 for crashing into Marc Gasol on a missed free throw.
Griffin also found himself in trouble with officials, wrestling Zach Randolph to the court after a basket in Game 6 to earn the fourth double-foul of the series for the duo.
They'll likely find themselves contending under the basket again, as the Clippers attempt to improve to 6-0 at home for the first time since 2006-07.
Randolph, though, has totaled 50 points and 21 rebounds and shot 20 of 30 from the floor to help Memphis win the first two of this four-game road trip - its first back-to-back victories this season.
He scored 22 on 9-of-12 shooting in Sunday's 97-86 win at Sacramento.
"Zach is playing well right now," said guard Mike Conley, who had 19 points and nine assists against the Kings. "When he's got it going like that and is in a zone, we try to get him the ball."
That certainly was the case in the playoffs against the Clippers. Randolph averaged 24.8 points on 57.4 percent from the field over the final four games after totaling 26 points in the first two.
Randolph and Conley each had 23 points in Game 6.
This time, however, Griffin and Paul may have some help from J.J. Redick, who is averaging 18.2 points at home. He had 26 on 9 of 14 from the field - 5 of 7 from behind the arc - against the Nets.

[Fiasco]

Griffin vs. Randolph is always nice.

[senelcoolidge]

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Always a good game. Memphis is getting long in the tooth and hasn't improved. But these teams hate each other. Plus everyone is healthy which is good.

[KyleKong]

These games are always chippy. It's going to be interesting to see if Griffin will get bullied around by Randolph, or as Griffin promised, he wouldn't be soft this season.

[#number6ix#]

game link for those in need
http://firstrowus1.eu/watch/222227/1/watch-los-angeles-clippers-vs-memphis-grizzlies.html

[AussieG]

Grizz have only played like 1 good game all season, and are a different team without Hollins. The last few have been better but against poor teams. It's always fun when these two teams play.

Tony Allen. :applause:

[#number6ix#]

just about game time... lets watch some motherfvcking basketball!!!!!!!!

[qrich]

Let's go. Have to come out firing and destroy these fruit cakes.

Paul going for 24/12 and 4 steals. Blake will have a decent 19/12 while DJ chips in with 8/13 with 3 blocks.

Dudley has his breakout game, dropping 16 and 3 threes.

[AussieG]

Z-Bo and Griffin will tangle. And DeAndre Jordan will get some lob dunks.. probably 10 of them.

[#number6ix#]

keys for the clippers tonight:
push the ball... if they try to play half court basketball they will lose
double z-bo all game long
bury the 3

[AussieG]

Tony Allen. :applause: :lol

[TaLvsCuaL]

Gasol is so smart

[ZMonkey11]

Blake not looking very engaged.

[qrich]

Another retarded slow start

Great move by Biff there and nice energy by Matty boy.

Mullens time! Lmao

[TaLvsCuaL]

Koufos doing pretty well atm

[MP.Trey]

Tony Allen pulling a Bruce Bowen on CP :bowdown:

[AussieG]

Tony Allen :applause: :lol :lol :lol

[ZMonkey11]

Martial Arts practice. Taking lessons from Bruce Bowen.

[qrich]

Dirty shit. Blatant flagrant one. Not a bball move at all

[TaLvsCuaL]

Tony Allen with the Bowen impersonation :roll:

[DuMa]

LOL i think TA will get ejected. he had no reason to kick that high

[MP.Trey]

LOL i think TA will get ejected. he had no reason to kick that high
Good call. :eek:

EDIT: 1000 posts :party:

[b0bab0i]

Tony Allen karate kick lol

[Ai2death]

Didn't even look anything like a legit move :wtf:

[AussieG]

According to Barkley, every team needs a crazy guy. No points for guessing who that is for the Grizz.

[TaLvsCuaL]

fair call to be honest

[#number6ix#]

tony allen :facepalm:

[Darius]

If Allen did mean to do that he has GOAT level body control

[qrich]

Can they eject Mullens too

[MP.Trey]

According to Barkley, every team needs a crazy guy. No points for guessing who that is for the Grizz.
http://i.cdn.turner.com/dr/nba/teamsites-nbateams/release/grizzlies/sites/grizzlies/files/imagecache/nba_standard/content/images-top/2013/06/172089392-koufos-670.jpg

[Ai2death]

Get out to that Jamal Fkkkkk

[qrich]

Loving Jordans energy tonight. Clippers need to stop with these slow starts

[Grinder]

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/822646587.gif

:lol

[AussieG]

:lol One of the funniest gifs I've seen in a long time.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Somebody make that into a negged gif

[Funnyfuka]

obviously allen needs anger management, it was a frustrated move. Amazing.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

That gif is awesome. :oldlol:

[qrich]

There we go. Need to change the pace.

Three on Conley, ejected Allen. Back court better get it starte.

DJ needs to finish them putbacks

[qrich]

shitty call to take blake out for the half

Go mullens sucks. If your gonna foul make sure they ont get the easy bucket or just give them the free duece

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Clippers should try to get a real stretch-4 type. Mullens is not a long term answer. Someone like Ilyasova.

[DuMa]

Dudley attempting behind the back passes. who the **** does he think he is

[qrich]

8/7/8 forPaul. Definitely on a trip dub watch.

A dozen boards with two blocks for DJ. Though neither of those two are hitting anything from the field. Blake needs to stay on the court andd Clips can not continue to have lackluster efforts to start games, period.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

MVP is gonna come down to Paul and James.

[KyleKong]

That gif haha. Wtf was Tony thinking?

[andremiller07]

Wow Gasol has gone berserk in this quarter

[DuMa]

this game feels like playoffs.

[DuMa]

Clips have to double marc and z-bo. bigs in foul trouble and theyre shooting too well

[andremiller07]

Put Mike Miller in the game Prince has sucked big time he's done zero on both ends.

[qrich]

Blake is doing well on D, considering his foul trouble.

Paul is just amazing conducting everything on the floor. Just needs to buy a bucket.

I wouldn't mindd some zone to help Blake andd his foul issues out.


Just as I say paul needs to buy a bucket, he gets an and one

[AussieG]

Not a bad game in LA tonight.

[KyleKong]

Juicy.

[Micku]

They may not be the best teams, but the Clips vs the Grizz are the best rivalry in the NBA. They always play each other tough, and every time they play it's pretty close. And they beat each other in the playoffs.

[qrich]

Absolutely nasty three by DC. That atrocious no call on the hold didn't phase him a bit. Love it. Expecting a quick start to the fourth and just controlling the remainder of the game.

[Young X]

Mullens is trash.

[qrich]

Okay, another slow start to a quarter. Smh. Put Paul, Biff and JJ back in already.

[AussieG]

Koufos is balling.

[AussieG]

No stoppages.. :lol

[KyleKong]

a 3 from Reddick and a and one from Paul would be nice.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Griffin destroyed hollins

[bdreason]

Sick putback by Blake.

[qrich]

Blake with the poster of the day over Ryan Hollins :oldlol:

[KyleKong]

Griffin is buying Hollins dinner after posterizing him like that haha.

[qrich]

Griffin is buying Hollins dinner after posterizing him like that haha.

Nah. Hollins is buying Blake inner as a thank you for putting him on a highlight.



Clippers need to push the tempo

[qrich]

Blake is really going after the boards, moreso now with ZBo in it seems.

Clippers push the tempo, get a Paul jumper and now three gimmes for Barnes.

[b0bab0i]

Where was the foul?

[KyleKong]

What the hell that was a clean steal? :eek:

[qrich]

Rrappy call but at least it got hollins out of the game.

another one. Clips need to get the ball up and down now.

[DuMa]

z-bo and griffin guaranteed to get into a wrestling match soon

[qrich]

Smdh. Ddont start with the makeup calls now.

Cmon matt

[b0bab0i]

All these calls are ruining the damn game.:facepalm

[KyleKong]

barnes :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[KyleKong]

Faaaaack.

[qrich]

Way too lethargic to start the game and to start the fourth. I'm not sure why Doc kept Hollins/Mullens in so long over Jordan, nor why he didn't go with a three guard lineup totry to push the pace. Paul also can't buy a bucket tonight but has been amazing in other aspects.

[andremiller07]

Z-Bo and Gasol gang banging the Clippers frontline what else is new, they been missing someone like Reggie Evans against the Grizzlies for two years now.

[Fudge]

Grizz stay ownin the Clips eh?

[qrich]

And that is why Jordan should have came in for Hollins much earlier. Four points, three boards in no time. Just needs to learn when to rotate/close out on picks more efficiently.

[DuMa]

would be disappointing to lose when TA was missing for a huge chunk.

[Pacquiao]

Memphis is the better team and will smash the Clippers if they meet in the 1st round again. CP3 is overrated and will always be!

[AussieG]

Just happy to see the Grizz playing like a playoff team again.

[Inferno]

Grizzlies just seem to have LA's number

[qrich]

Grizz stay ownin the Clips eh?

So 10-11 over two seasons and tonight, if the Grizz hold on is owning? Love that logic.

[Inferno]

So 10-11 over two seasons and tonight, if the Grizz hold on is owning? Love that logic.

Wow, didn't know it was that close. I guess the most recent playoffs series is still fresh in our minds

[Pacquiao]

So 10-11 over two seasons and tonight, if the Grizz hold on is owning? Love that logic.

Good Luck when this Grizzlies beat the Hell out of this overrated Chris Paul whose a total Failure

[Fudge]

Lmaooooooo @ Mike Smith all quiet and shit. ****ing no better feeling than that. Scummy ass commentators.

[LONGTIME]

Clippers wtf :oldlol:

[qrich]

Damn, thought they had the steal.

ZBo is an idiot for not running out more clock though.

And is a fan of the biggest pus.sy in recent boxing really trying to talk shit? Priceless

[Inferno]

Clips took too long on that posession

[Fudge]

So 10-11 over two seasons and tonight, if the Grizz hold on is owning? Love that logic.
Stay owning em.

Hail to big brother Zachary. :bowdown:

[Inferno]

Choking on FT's?

[DuMa]

CP3 has to hoist that up. cant wait and waste all that time. that said. JCraw hits some ridiculous shots

[Fudge]

What happened to Mike Smith?

[NumberSix]

Grizz own the clips soul doe

[Fudge]

Grizz own the clips soul doe
Dis doe.

[andremiller07]

Gizzlies are Cali killers beat all 4 Cali teams fairly easily

[LONGTIME]

Clippers have the worst announcers in the league.

[Inferno]

Gizzlies are Cali killers beat all 4 Cali teams fairly easily

Nice observation, haha :cheers:

[Droid101]

Clippers have the worst announcers in the league.
No they don't. Ralph Lawler is very objective. Mike Smith is at times a homer, but not enough to detract from the game. You don't watch enough Clipper games apparently.

[qrich]

Clippers have the same issue with Doc that they had with Vinny, and that is starting out games, and quarters, lethargically. Basically, every single game, to this point, the Clippers have been playing from behind and that can not continue. It is an issue that can be fixed, rather easily, but how long it has been lingering is worrisome.

Jordan was real solid tonight with 8 points, 16 boards and 3 blocks. Four key late points and three rebounds gave the Clippers a glimmer of hope. 18/9/11 with only two giveaways for Paul was real solid as well as the 23/11 for Biff.

But when your starting guards and center, along with backup three and two guard combine for a meager 17-52, you aren't going to win very many games. Only nine fast break points, against a grind it out squad, just won't cut it either.

All in all, was a good performance, just need a few tweaks and Paul/Redick/Crawford/Barnes aren't all going to be off in the same game very often.

[AussieG]

Clippers have the worst announcers in the league.
BINGOOOOOOOO

[Droid101]

Four key late points and three rebounds gave the Clippers a glimmer of hope. .
And those two key late missed free throws really helped too.

[BallsOut]

Clippers have the same issue with Doc that they had with Vinny, and that is starting out games, and quarters, lethargically.

Does it ever occur to you that maybe, just maybe it's not the coach? If Doc Rivers can't motivate you, who can?

[qrich]

Does it ever occur to you that maybe, just maybe it's not the coach? If Doc Rivers can't motivate you, who can?

Absolutely. I'm not blaming Doc in the slightest, just pointing out my frustration with how little effort is being put into starting the game.


And those two key late missed free throws really helped too.

Not sure if you meant that DJ missed since he was 2-2, iirc, or the Memphis misses, but if its the latter, definitely agree.

Jordan just needed to be in much sooner. His energy to grab boards was vital and could have made a bigger difference. He still has ways to go to become an elite defensive center, but he is definitely climbing towards that area.

[ncrizzle]

Damn, thought they had the steal.

ZBo is an idiot for not running out more clock though.

And is a fan of the biggest pus.sy in recent boxing really trying to talk shit? Priceless

:biggums:
Gasol hit him cutting to the rim for an easy 2 points. Why would zbo gamble trying to save 3 seconds at most before being intentionally fouled?
:coleman:

[qrich]

:biggums:
Gasol hit him cutting to the rim for an easy 2 points. Why would zbo gamble trying to save 3 seconds at most before being intentionally fouled?
:coleman:

If he wasn't a good free throw shooter, absolutely. Otherwise, why give the opposition more time in such a close game when you can knock off 2-5 more seconds and still get to the line?

I just think that is the better way to go, but hey, everyone plays a different way.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

If he wasn't a good free throw shooter, absolutely. Otherwise, why give the opposition more time in such a close game when you can knock off 2-5 more seconds and still get to the line?

I just think that is the better way to go, but hey, everyone plays a different way.
He's a 76.5% ft shooter meaning that there is only a 58.5% chance he makes both free throws. Getting the lay up was absolutely the right way to go.

[Droid101]

He's a 76.5% ft shooter meaning that there is only a 58.5% chance he makes both free throws. Getting the lay up was absolutely the right way to go.
qrich is kind of a dumb homer... don't listen to him in cases like this.


"Hurr hurr! Zbo should have done this or that.... then CP3 and MBarney could have stolen the ballz for the 3 pointerzz!Q"

[qrich]

He's a 76.5% ft shooter meaning that there is only a 58.5% chance he makes both free throws. Getting the lay up was absolutely the right way to go.

From his time with the Clippers, and the majority of times I have seen him, ZBo is real solid in the clutch from the line, and I'm definitely sure, percentage wise, he is in the high 80s.

I just think time is more vital with a trip to the line for a 80% guy from the line is better than four seconds.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

From his time with the Clippers, and the majority of times I have seen him, ZBo is real solid in the clutch from the line, and I'm definitely sure, percentage wise, he is in the high 80s.

I just think time is more vital with a trip to the line for a 80% guy from the line is better than four seconds.
Even if he is an 80% shooter in the clutch that's still only a 64% chance of getting 2 points. A layup is like a 99% chance. Not worth 2-3 seconds to risk it imo.

[qrich]

Even if he is an 80% shooter in the clutch that's still only a 64% chance of getting 2 points. A layup is like a 99% chance. Not worth 2-3 seconds to risk it imo.

We definitely see it differently, but it is what it is.

[All Net]

Zach did some work..

[Droid101]

We definitely see it differently, but it is what it is.
You see it stupidly.

Math, how does it work?

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[qrich]

You see it stupidly.

Math, how does it work?

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8379/magnets.jpg

Because everything is played on paper.

DJ 2/2 from the line on the night, should have been 0-2.

JJ something like 1-6 from three, should have been 3-6.

:rolleyes:

[inclinerator]

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[RoundMoundOfReb]

Because everything is played on paper.

DJ 2/2 from the line on the night, should have been 0-2.

JJ something like 1-6 from three, should have been 3-6.

:rolleyes:
No but you play the odds. In this case the lay up is essentially a 100% sure thing the fts is the risk.

[DuMa]

Clips should have never let Reggie Evans go. he was the key to stopping Z-Bo

[Droid101]

Because everything is played on paper.

DJ 2/2 from the line on the night, should have been 0-2.

JJ something like 1-6 from three, should have been 3-6.

:rolleyes:
I guess you're right. I'll never question your logic again, since according to your logic, the Clippers win every game.

:bowdown:

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Clips should have never let Reggie Evans go. he was the key to stopping Z-Bo
They could probably get him back at the deadline considering how bad Brooklyn is playing.

[qrich]

No but you play the odds. In this case the lay up is essentially a 100% sure thing the fts is the risk.

Which I'm well aware of.

But Z-Bo is solid in the clutch, and I would personally prefer one of my clutchest players to be at the line, shooting two and an additional 2-5 seconds to be burned off the clock.

[qrich]

Clips should have never let Reggie Evans go. he was the key to stopping Z-Bo

Think they should have went for Brand this summer over Mullens, Jamison and Hollins. Evans can be reacquired with ease, imo.


I guess you're right. I'll never question your logic again, since according to your logic, the Clippers win every game.

:bowdown:

Nice reach.

[andremiller07]

Clips should have never let Reggie Evans go. he was the key to stopping Z-Bo

You have given out too much Reputation in the last 24 hours, try again later

What's Ivan Johnson doing? I'm sure they could use that guy he's a bull with a tough attitude and could really help them.

[b0bab0i]

Clips should have never let Reggie Evans go. he was the key to stopping Z-Bo
If I remember correctly, they couldn't offer him anymore than vet min because of salary reasons. Clippers knew they couldn't resign him because of how well he performed during playoffs so they helped him do a Sign and trade to Nets.

[senelcoolidge]

Clippers bench is horrible. On top of that Redick, Crawford, and Dudley were off. Paul and Griffin can't do everything. DJ rebounded well. But it seemed like every time the bench came in Memphis just scored in bunches and went ahead. They dug a hole too deep.