GT: Game 23 vs Rockets 12/17

[qrich]

Los Angeles Clipper(10-12)VS
Houston Rockets(14-8)

WHEN: Sunday, December 16th at 12:30 PM; 3:30 PM EST
WHERE: Staples Center in Los Angeles, California
MEDIA: KTLA; NBALeaguePass; ESPN AM 710



Clippers Projected Starters
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Shaun Livingston | Cuttino Mobley | Quinton Ross | Elton Brand | Chris Kaman

Key Reserves
Sam Cassell | Corey Maggette | Tim Thomas

Rockets Projected Starters:
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Rafer Alston | Luther Head | Shane Battier | Chuck Hayes | Yao Ming

Rockets Key Reserves
Bonzi Wells | Kirk Snyder | Juwan Howard

Q's Quote:
"Kaman vs Yao, great. When Shaggy started playing well, he goes up against the player who he can't do nothing against. "


Q's Prediciton: Clippers Win 104-91
Q's Prediction Record: 13-7

[qrich]

Horrible game by everyone except Shaun and Kaman. Where the hell were the rotations on defense? Quinton Ross NEEDS to be in for his defense. What was Shaun thinking with that pass when it was a 4pt game with under a minute left? What was Corey thinking jacking up a J when Clips just finally had gotten some momentum then killing it. What the hell was up with Brand letting JHo take J's? What was going throw Mobley's, Ewing's, Maggette's and Livingston's minds letting Luther Head and Skip hit trey after trey after trey? Why was Clipper Darrell LATE?????

Oh well, Clippers played one of their best games of the season IMO as a team with the ball movement on the offensive end but were the worst on the D.

My prediction for the rest of the calander year:
vs Toronto - Win
@ Dallas - Win
@ Houston - Loss
@ Houston - Loss
vs Boston - Win
vs Sacramento - Win
vs New York - Win

That's 15-15 to end the first 30 games and the 06 calander year, then I see LA going .500 on the road trip and sticking with 18-18 36 games into the season.

[dab0yech0]

Originally Posted by qrich

Horrible game by everyone except Shaun and Kaman. Where the hell were the rotations on defense? Quinton Ross NEEDS to be in for his defense. What was Shaun thinking with that pass when it was a 4pt game with under a minute left? What was Corey thinking jacking up a J when Clips just finally had gotten some momentum then killing it. What the hell was up with Brand letting JHo take J's? What was going throw Mobley's, Ewing's, Maggette's and Livingston's minds letting Luther Head and Skip hit trey after trey after trey? Why was Clipper Darrell LATE?????

No wonder we lost. Clipper Darrell was late! I was suprised at how well the Kaveman was playing, he certainly wasnt scared of the Great Wall. Elton Brand dissapeared the most and really dissapointed me. There is no way Brand should defer to Maggette, Livingston and Kaman. He should be demanding the ball against the likes of Chuck Hayes and Juwan Howard. We played well as a team but the lack of 3 pt shooting really showed up. You simply cannot win without some sort of outside shooting. The Nuggets have Melo suspended for the next 15 games and JR Smith suspended for 10, we need to use this to catch up and regroup. Bright side was Kaman and Livingston really had nice games.