LA Clippers News and Rumors
Kobe Can’t Close Against OKC; Pierce Leads A Rampage In PhillyDime Magazine, dimemag.com So much has been made about age in this year’s NBA playoffs that everybody is overthinking the obvious. Here’s all you need to know: Young teams (Clippers, Thunder, Sixers) don’t win championships without experience, while old teams (Spurs, Lakers, … |
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Create-a-Caption: ‘OK, sooooooooo, what’s all this?’20 hours ago
Dan Devine, yahoo.com After a tough start to the Western Conference semifinals, what's Los Angeles Clippers coach Vinny del Negro — perhaps the world's last honest man — thinking as he works this one out? Best caption wins a dog with a quizzical look on his face, most cert… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com One night after the Oklahoma City Thunder convinced a lot of people that they were the team to beat in the Western Conference by walloping the Los Angeles Lakers, the San Antonio Spurs offered their retort: A measured, professional destruction of the Lo… |
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Fresh Spurs wear down Clippers, win Game 1May 16 (yesterday)
Associated Press, ESPN.com Tim Duncan had 26 points and 10 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs, recharged after a weeklong layoff, wore down the busy Los Angeles Clippers to win Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals series, 108-92 on Tuesday night. |
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One For The Ages: The Spurs gave the Clippers a rough welcome to th…May 16 (yesterday)
The Spurs gave the Clippers a rough welcome to the second round of the playoffs. Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili were in vintage form and got plenty of help in a 108-92 win in Game 1. |
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LeBron & Wade Can’t Deliver; The Spurs Have Won 15 Straight GamesMay 16 (yesterday)
Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Indiana gave the Heat enough chances, missing more freebies than a Ben Wallace practice session, and yet the two best players in the world (supposedly) couldn’t finish the job. At home. With mismatches all over the court. The Pacers worked off a terribl… |
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One For The Ages: The Spurs have been here before, plenty of times.…May 15 (yesterday)
The Spurs have been here before, plenty of times. The Clippers? Not really. Follow here as a series full of attractive matchups (Tim Duncan-Blake Griffin, Tony Parker-Chris Paul) gets started. |
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Staples Center faces busy weekend with Lakers, ClippersMay 15 (yesterday)
Staples Center is always among the world's busiest arenas, hosting a jam-packed slate of concerts and shows crammed between games for the NBA's Lakers and Clippers and the NHL's Kings. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com For every postseason matchup, Ball Don't Lie's resident dummy will offer a topically appropriate entry from the best-selling series of "Deep Thoughts" books written by legendary humorist Jack Handey, plus some of his own original thoughts on t… |
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Report: O.J. Mayo Wants To Play Point GuardMay 15 (2 days ago)
Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com Even with the Clippers moving on to eventually be shredded by San Antonio in the second round of the playoffs, I still don’t believe they had a better team than the Grizzlies. The best player yes, but not the best team. Alas, in a series where two teams… |
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NBA Playoffs Fan Fiction: San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles ClippersMay 15 (2 days ago)
Eric Freeman, yahoo.com In which Tim Duncan solves a mystery in Lob City. It was about eleven o'clock in the morning, mid May, with the sun brightly shining and a look of dry heat in the clearness of the foothills. I was wearing my dark black suit, with gray shirt, tie and dis… |
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Los Angeles's Favorite Hockey Team Is A Basketball TeamMay 15 (2 days ago)
Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com I don't know if the Kings are the best team in hockey, but I know they're the hottest, and I know they have a better chance of winning a championship than the Lakers or Clippers do, and I know that's not the Kings' logo, NBC Los Angeles. |
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Clippers' Del Negro rips Bulls; Paxson repliesMay 14 (3 days ago)
ESPNChicago.com, ESPN.com In reflecting for a Yahoo! Sports article on the obstacles he overcame in leading the Clippers to the second round of the playoffs for just the second time since the franchise moved to Los Angeles, coach Vinny Del Negro took a shot at the Chicago Bulls. |
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Griffin says he'll play Game 1; Clips coach iffyMay 14 (3 days ago)
Associated Press, ESPN.com Blake Griffin woke up Monday with his sprained left knee not feeling worse, but not really much better. Rest is the only remedy, a luxury the Los Angeles Clippers don't have, and doctors guess he might miss two weeks if this were the regular season. |
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David Stern says he wants to stop floppingMay 14 (3 days ago)
Eric Freeman, yahoo.com Flopping has been a hot topic of conversation during the NBA playoffs, in large part because of growing annoyance over the Los Angeles Clippers' tactics and Frank Vogel's fine-worthy comments on the Miami Heat. Although this sort of outcry happens often… |
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The Clippers celebrate with a giant Chris Paul head, dressed like a baby, following their Game 7 winMay 14 (3 days ago)
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Throughout the team's opening round series with the Memphis Grizzlies, the Los Angeles Clippers were introduced to the sporting nation via national airwaves as a team that likes to, ahem, enhance the foul-taking experience. The team gets hit a lot, but … |
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Kobe Bryant & Magic Johnson Are Big Fans Of The KingsMay 14 (3 days ago)
Ananth Pandian, dimemag.com For the first time since 1993, the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings are in the conference finals, adding to the madness at Staples Center as they join the Clippers and Lakers in the playoffs. As the Kings try to win their first Stanley Cup, they can count on the… |
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Daily Dime: The Clippers' unheralded bench was the difference…May 14 (3 days ago)
Notebook, ESPN.com The Clippers' unheralded bench was the difference in the fourth quarter of their Game 7 win |
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The Shootaround: The Clippers - These Clippers - Are Moving OnMay 14 (4 days ago)
So much amazing is happening, and the Shootaround crew is here to help you keep track of it all. You'll find takes on moments you might've missed from... |
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About Last Weekend: Lob City Revolution Continues to Be TelevisedMay 14 (4 days ago)
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. The Los Angeles Clippers stunned the Memphis Grizz... |
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Rested Spurs relieved to finally know next foe: ClippersMay 13 (4 days ago)
Six days later, the San Antonio Spurs finally know who they're playing next. |
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Behind the Box Score, where the Clippers survived the first roundMay 13 (4 days ago)
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Los Angeles Clippers 82, Memphis Grizzles 72 (Los Angeles wins series, 4-3) Fatigue was obvious from the outset in this game. Fans are correct to eagerly look forward to Game 7s, because the possibility of a winner take all 48-minute term between two ev… |
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Clippers trump Grizzlies in Game 7May 13 (4 days ago)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The Los Angeles Clippers refused to let a third chance to knock the Memphis Grizzlies out of the playoffs slip away. |
