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Chris Paul, The Reason the Los Angeles Clippers Are Any Good
Despite the franchise record for wins and consecutive victories, not to mention a division title and finishing ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers, the only thing that will be satisfying for the Los Angeles Clippers after they play their final game of the 2012-2013 NBA season will be if it’s in the Western Conference semifinal, and it’ll mean Chris Paul will stay for a very long time.
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Los Angeles Clippers & The Most Important Win of the Season
We didn’t see anything special from Chris Paul or Blake Griffin, yet the Los Angeles Clippers looked quite pleased walking off the court in a game that proved once again that this team has the right mix of players, stars and bench guys to make this season the greatest in the history of the franchise, even if it means that winning basketball isn’t going to be as flashy as we’ve gotten used to seeing from them on certain nights.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Same Two Guys Responsible for Everything
As the season winds down and the Los Angeles Clippers are trying to somehow improve their standing in the Western conference, it’s evident that a shift has been made in what matters and needs to happen in order for them to win – while most of the season it was about the bench unit being the difference, later on and entering the playoffs, it’s all about Chris Paul and Blake Griffin playing their best basketball all game long.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Chris Paul & Blake Griffin Take Them Further Than Ever Before
It seems that with each win, the Los Angeles Clippers set another record or milestone in the underachieving franchise’s history, having to thank the ping pong ball that brought Blake Griffin to the team, followed by the trade that allowed the even more important Chris Paul to arrive, making them feel, for the first time ever, that anything less than a conference semifinal in the NBA playoffs will be a huge disappointment.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Chris Paul Turns Them into City & Division Champions
Blake Griffin made the finish even more impressive than most of the game has been with his dunking and a huge three pointer, but it was Chris Paul, all throughout this game and all throughout the season that kept the Los Angeles Clippers ahead of their city and division rivals, sweeping the series with the Lakers for the first time in history while earning their first ever Pacific division title.
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Los Angeles Clippers – DeAndre Jordan Looks Like a Superstar for Once
When you give someone as athletic and big like DeAndre Jordan so many open looks next to the rim, there’s no reason he shouldn’t finish with a double double, despite his limited offensive and general basketball abilities, helping the Los Angeles Clippers, setting a new franchise record for wins in a regular season, reaching that magical 50 number for the first time ever.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Won’t Succeed Because of a Bad Defense
With players like Chris Paul and Blake Griffin in the lineup, it was quite clear the Los Angeles Clippers weren’t going to fail this season because of their offense. On the other hand, the x-factor which was going to determine how far they’ll make it into the postseason was their ability to remain consistent on defense, something that hasn’t really happened over the last couple of months.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Chris Paul Fourth Quarter Heroics Won’t be Enough Later on
Despite all of their improvements and all of their depth, the Los Angeles Clippers remain a team that is almost completely reliant on Chris Paul to come up with the scoring in the final minutes while everyone else simply takes a step backs and hopes everything turns out well. In the regular season it’s mostly been working fine for them, but come the playoffs, it won’t be enough to get the Clippers further than ever before.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Chris Paul Leads the Best Show in Town
Lobs, dunks and Alley-oops mean that the Los Angeles Clippers are rollin’, and despite falling a little bit behind the top two in the Western Conference, Chris Paul isn’t going to let his team slip too far down the charts of the playoff seeding, making life easy and fun for Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan.
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NBA Players With the Most Dunks in 2012-2013 Season
While the dunk contest isn’t everyone’s favorite competitions at the moment, no one is complaining about in-game dunks, especially those like DeAndre Jordan crushing little guards helplessly trying to block him and other notable aerial performers around the NBA.