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Prior to Monday night’s game against the Orlando Magic at Staples Center, Los Angeles Clippers all-star point guard Chris Paul addressed the media for the first time since separating his right shoulder in last Friday’s win over the Mavericks in Dallas.
Saying he was done feeling sorry for himself after being put on the injured list for six weeks, Paul and head coach Doc Rivers said he would become a part-time assistant helping out from the bench.
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Now that’s more like it.
While 2013 ended with a 107-88 thud for the Los Angeles Clippers at the hands of the Phoenix Suns, the Clippers rang in 2014 with a loud bang declawing the Charlotte Bobcats at Staples Center, 112-85.
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It was more like a “throwback night” at Staples Center for the Los Angeles Clippers.
And if you remember those old Clipper teams that drifted aimlessly in NBA oblivion, this isn’t what a sellout crowd of 19,278 was hoping for to end 2013.
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The Los Angeles Clippers (21-11) take on the surprising Phoenix Suns (18-11) tonight at Staples Center in a clash of the top-two teams in the NBA’s Pacific Division. Clippers forward Blake Griffin is on a tear averaging 30 points in the last five games including a 40 point, 10 rebound performance in the Clippers 98-90 win over the Utah Jazz Saturday night at Staples Center.
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Traveling across country is always a difficult proposition for anyone. Especially for professional athletes – let’s say like a basketball team.
Thanks to the Disney On Ice holiday extravaganza taking over Staples Center the first two weeks of December, the Los Angeles Clippers took to the road for an east coast swing where they were able to win four out of the seven games on the roadie.
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The Los Angeles Clippers looked pretty good in beating the New Orleans Pelicans, 108-95, Wednesday night at Staples Center. It was the Clippers fifth win in six games. Three of those wins coming on the road as part of that “Disney On Ice” road-trip which had Los Angeles away from L.A. Live for some two weeks. To read the rest of this story, click here.
After being cleared to play by team trainers, Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers decided to keep all-star point guard Chris Paul out of the line-up for Friday night’s game in Sacramento against the Kings.
Paul mildly strained his right hamstring Wednesday night in the third quarter of the Clippers 93-80 win over the New York Knicks leaving the game never to return for Los Angeles.
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After putting away the New York Knicks Wednesday night at Staples Center and enjoying the Thanksgiving holiday off, the Los Angeles Clippers (11-5) head to the California state capital Friday night to take on a Sacramento Kings (4-9) team they’ll face for the third time in the first 17 games of the season….and that doesn’t include another two times during the pre-season.
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“You can’t stop him, you can only hope to contain him.” – Dan Patrick
That was the idea for the Los Angeles Clippers when game-planning a defense for New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony. He entered Wednesday night’s Thanksgiving Eve match-up between NY and LA as the second leading scorer in the Association averaging 27 points per game.
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A couple of teams heading in those proverbial opposite directions early in this NBA season tip-off in a pre-Thanksgiving day match-up at Staples Center in Los Angeles Wednesday night.
Winners of seven of their last 10, the Los Angeles Clippers host a reeling New York Knicks team that’s lost eight of its last 10 including six straight – the longest losing streak in the Carmelo Anthony era.
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