I don’t really have much to say about the Los Angeles Clippers today, especially after their pitiful performance in a 121-103 loss to the Golden State Warriors. That game alone was a direct insult to the Clips fans who still follow the team, and much like Baron Davis, back spasms of my own have me wanting to take a night or two off.
So in honor of the Clippers and their lack of spirit (no shots at their cheerleaders), I’ll take it easy today and let someone else carry the load for me. In this case, we’ll turn to our fellow Clippers lovers at ClipperBlog.com and ClipsNation.com, who had plenty of shame to point out as well as an assist from ESPN and the Associated Press. Enjoy some of the not-so-fun facts about the most recent Clippers loss.
“Los Angeles beat visiting Milwaukee 101-93 on March 17. But that’s one of only two wins in the Clippers’ last 13 games. Los Angeles quickly blew a chance to build any momentum. It shot 37.8 percent Sunday against visiting Golden State and was outscored 40-14 in the second quarter.
The Clippers are 3-11 this month with two games remaining. This is the 60th time they have had 10 or more losses in a month since the franchise moved from San Diego to Los Angeles for the 1984-85 season — and the 17th time they’ve reached double digits in March.”
-(via ESPN/AP)
“Leave it to the Clippers to give Golden State their fifth road win of the season. After that performance, I really have no desire to spend any time on a recap tonight.
I knew that having Monta Ellis out of the lineup was a bad thing for LA. A 46-14 run over 13 minutes before halftime was the difference in the game – as 46-14 runs often are. During that stretch, the Clippers were completely awful – embarrassingly so. They couldn’t come close to defending the Warriors, which is bad enough. But how can you possibly only score 14 points in 13 minutes against the second worst defense in the NBA?”
-(via Steve Perrin/ClipsNation.com)
“Pardon the coachspeak, but you always learn more from losses than you do from wins. Out of all the teams the NBA has to offer, losing to the Warriors may provide the biggest learning experience possible. Sunday night the Warriors play only eight guys in total, five of which were never even drafted.
This was only the Warriors fifth road win of the season, and they’ve only defeated five playoff teams all year long. Clearly, the Golden State Warriors are not a good basketball team. But this game just goes to show that if you don’t make adjustments and at least attempt to knock teams off their track, they’ll run you right over.”
-(via D.J. Foster/ClipperBlog.com)
The “best” (of the worst) sad statistical info also comes from Steve Perrin over at ClipsNation.com, in his latest post.
“A cursory glance through the schedule shows the Clippers have losses against New Orleans without Chris Paul (twice), Golden State without Monta Ellis (twice), Sacramento without Tyreke Evans and New Jersey without Brook Lopez. Impressive.”
Ugh. This is what we have to deal with. Thankfully there’s only nine games left in the regular season.
-Will.
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