Tag: Doc Rivers

  • NBA Playoffs – On Doc Rivers, Whining About Referees & Hack-a-DeAndre Jordan

    NBA Playoffs – On Doc Rivers, Whining About Referees & Hack-a-DeAndre Jordan

    The Los Angeles Clippers find themselves with their back to the walls, one loss away from elimination. Doc Rivers is being questioned with the word overrated is being thrown around. No one is happy with the officiating, and DeAndre Jordan can’t escape the free throw nightmare.

  • NBA Playoffs – San Antonio Spurs & Kawhi Leonard Teach Los Angeles Clippers a Postseason Lesson

    NBA Playoffs – San Antonio Spurs & Kawhi Leonard Teach Los Angeles Clippers a Postseason Lesson

    No one speaks about Kawhi Leonard and mentions a regular season MVP, but when he’s in his zone on offense, it’s hard to argue that he’s not one of the best player in the NBA, leading the San Antonio Spurs to a 100-73 win over the Los Angeles Clippers, taking a 2-1 lead in the series following game 3.

  • Los Angeles Clippers – Finishing the Season in the Best Possible Way

    Los Angeles Clippers – Finishing the Season in the Best Possible Way

    The Los Angeles Clippers beat the Phoenix Suns 112-101, closing the season with seven consecutive wins and maintaining the option of finishing second in the West, although it’s not entirely up to them.

  • Kevin Garnett Acts Like a Bully, Austin Rivers Feels Confident Because of his Dad

    Kevin Garnett Acts Like a Bully, Austin Rivers Feels Confident Because of his Dad

    The special thing about the almost trivial moment of Kevin Garnett getting into a war of words and some bumps with another player is that he was facing Austin Rivers, the son of Doc Rivers, the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers right now but previously of Garnett and the Boston Celtics, including the 2008 NBA title run.

  • Los Angeles Clippers – Doc Rivers Making Empty Threats Again

    Los Angeles Clippers – Doc Rivers Making Empty Threats Again

    The NBA isn’t getting rid of Donald Sterling as fast as they’d hoped for, and that means the Los Angeles Clippers being sold to Steve Ballmer isn’t done, official deal. It also means it’s time for Doc Rivers, allegedly, to say once more that he’s thinking about quitting his job as the head coach of the team.

  • 21 Best Memes of the Oklahoma City Thunder Beating the Los Angeles Clippers

    As expected, the incredible finish to the game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers results in plenty of memes. Some of them make fun of the incredibly dubious decisions by the referees, while others point to the choke job Chris Paul performed in the closing moments or Doc Rivers complaining about the officiating.

  • Los Angeles Clippers – Chris Paul & Even Doc Rivers Should Look in the Mirror

    Los Angeles Clippers – Chris Paul & Even Doc Rivers Should Look in the Mirror

    Blaming the officiating and the rest of the world has its place and time, but it doesn’t give the full explanation of how the Los Angeles Clippers collapsed at the end of game 5 in what might be a series deciding loss. Chris Paul with baffling mistakes stands on top of the list, but Doc Rivers shoulders the blame as well.

  • Los Angeles Clippers – Good Coaching Matters

    Los Angeles Clippers – Good Coaching Matters

    The Los Angeles Clippers came back from the dead in game 4, somehow beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 101-99. Thanks to going to a small lineup by Doc Rivers with Chris Paul and Darren Collison starring, while Blake Griffin finally started winning physical battles against Serge Ibaka, and the Russell Westbrook – Kevin Durant tandem and cooperation fell apart.

  • Los Angeles Clippers – Playing for an Owner You Hate

    Los Angeles Clippers – Playing for an Owner You Hate

    From here on out, everything the Los Angeles Clippers as a team – which means the players and head coach Doc Rivers, separated from the racist being of their owner, Donald Sterling, stands the test of separating what’s important and what isn’t, by trying to win a basketball game followed by another; winning in the playoffs, even thinking about a championship, while trying to make it about themselves and the fans, not the guy who owns the rights to the franchise from the NBA.

  • Clippers vs Celtics – Doc Rivers Admits He Quit On Boston

    Clippers vs Celtics – Doc Rivers Admits He Quit On Boston

    Yes, there was a basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers (who won) and the Boston Celtics, but most of the attention was focused on Doc Rivers coming back to play against the team he coached for nine seasons. Finally, after months of denial, spins and smearing of the truth, he also admitted that he quit on the team because he made the selfish and right decision for him, not the honorable one.