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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 – 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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NBA Playoffs – Western Conference Race
In the stronger conference, the race for the NBA playoffs is happening on all fronts, with the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder fighting for the number one spot; the Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets for the 3-4-5 finish; the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets on avoiding one of the two clear favorites in the West, while the Los Angeles Lakers try to catch up with the Utah Jazz for the eighth and final spot.
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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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Los Angeles Clippers – At Their Best When DeAndre Jordan Busy Dunking
After the game, and probably during it, all the people talked about was the dunk DeAndre Jordan pulled off, simply crushing poor Brandon Knight on his way to the basket. It was better than anything Chris Paul or Blake Griffin did during the game, and they both had a lot of highlights to put up.