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Amazing what a few days off can do for regular season game! Lots of buzz regarding tonight’s game on the internets, tv and sports radio…I think the lakers come out with a ‘must-win’ attitude and take it (regardless if cp3 plays)….Here is some stuff I found:
Baron Davis could make Knicks debut Wednesday vs. Cavaliers - NYPOST.com
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Baron Watch took all sorts of twists and turns yesterday.
Laker fan vs. Clipper fan, 2012, and how to determine the lines of demarcation - Farther Off the Wall
Kind of dumb...
Chris Paul forever changed Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers - ESPN Los Angeles
Dec. 8-14 forever changed the futures of the Lakers and Clippers.
Grading the Clippers: Do they deserve an 'A'? | griffin, paul - Sports - The Orange County Register
Sports: Grading the Clippers: Do they deserve an 'A'? | clippers, team, season, time, grades, conference, month, western, hand, straight
Clippers’ Paul practices, could play Wednesday - Clippers blog : The Orange County Register
The team will likely send Bledsoe the NBA Development League to get him time on the court, something that would be difficult with three point guards ahead of him on the depth chart.
Los Angeles Clippers' Chris Paul could play against Los Angeles Lakers - ESPN Los Angeles
Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul went through a full practice with the team Tuesday and barring a last-minute setback is expected to start Wednesday against the Los Angeles Lakers.
It's serious times for Lakers and Clippers - latimes.com
Pau Gasol said Tuesday the Clippers must be taken "very seriously." He wasn't joking.
Clippers' Blake Griffin responds to Matt Barnes' claim he flops [Video] - latimes.com
At the Clippers' practice facility on Tuesday, forward Blake Griffin was told by a reporter that Lakers forward Matt Barnes was still accusing him of being a flopper. Griffin laughed. "I don't really have much to say to him or...
1/24 Chauncey Billups - AM 570 FOX SPORTS L.A.
LA Clippers Guard Chauncey Billups
NBA -- Most disappointing players and teams - ESPN
With the season over 25 percent complete, what are the biggest disappointments so far?
Clippers coach to make game-time decision on Chris Paul - latimes.com
Clippers guard Chris Paul, who missed the last five games with a strained left hamstring, said it will be a game-time decision whether he'll play in Wednesday night’s game against the Lakers at Staples Center.
Clippers won’t trash talk back to Lakers - Clippers blog : The Orange County Register
Tweet Publicly, at least, Wednesday’s game against the Lakers at Staples Center is no different than any other game on any other night against any other team. It’s not a...
Twitter / @AThornton14: Coach Flip Saunders got fi ...
Coach Flip Saunders got fired today??
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We got the lakers number
I think. Lakes will come in more intense tonight, and maybe too intense, and drop another one
arman martikian - January 25, 2012 via mobile
As much as I want to beat the Lakers
If there’s any doubt about CP3’s hammy, I hope they sit him. Our season means more than one game.
ganima - January 25, 2012
i hope so too...
during this morning commute heard vdn soundbite about making a decision this morning and that cp3 was ready to play 2 games ago, but it’s the dr and trainer holding him out…i don’t have a prob with this either.
Lawler's Law - January 25, 2012
CP3 is definitely playing
That’s all coach talk and maybe even an effort to throw off the Lakers.
But no way would CP3 miss this game. It sounds like he felt he could play vs. Toronto. It’s been 3 days and it’s the Lakers. CP understands what this game means b/c he’s constantly asked about the Lakers.
Having said that, I definitely agree that if he isn’t feeling right, he should sit. But I think he’s playing regardless.
madglove - January 25, 2012
Not sure I understand
This is a hammy issue, not a sprained ankle. These kinds of issues linger as you know and can easily be exacerbated if you come back too soon. Regardless of how you feel. It isn’t or shouldn’t be up to the player.
Jax - January 25, 2012
GOOD READ ESPN LA
“The Pest” Ramona’s ESPN LA article on how the CP3 trade went down is a VERY good read. Slightly different version than the NBA.COM David Aldridge article, but a good read nonetheless. Give credit to Olshey and Leon Rose, he pulled out all the stops.
oasisman - January 25, 2012
Agreed - great article
And makes one feel comfortable about the direction of the team.
Jax - January 25, 2012
I dreamt that the Clippers beat the Lakers by 11 points... It's a done deal fellas
shay - January 25, 2012
I dreamt I was in a hot tub with the Laker girls.
PV Mike - January 25, 2012
Not with Clippers Spirit?
hadouken! - January 25, 2012 via mobile
Would rather have the Clippers Spirit
Chris McD - January 25, 2012
No, I want to take the Lakers on their home court, then take their women afterwards.
PV Mike - January 25, 2012
lol
chrisd - January 25, 2012
Cp3 was probably
Ready to go earlier but they figured we cud win without him so they played safe. Playing safe meant to preserve him till tonite
arman martikian - January 25, 2012 via mobile
Important Bledsoe news in there
Just says that he went through his first practice.
Is it a little funny that no one has talked about Bledsoe, almost at all? Btw yet another guard who would start on the Lakers.
Interesting little note that the plan is/might be to let Bledsoe play a couple of games in the D League, just to get his feet wet. The OCR says that there are 3 PGs playing in front of him, but that’s a very unsophisticated view of the Clipper guard corps. The plan, I would think, would be to give Bledsoe Randy Foye’s minutes, and see what happens. No one is taking any minutes away from Mo Williams right now, and CP3, one would guess, is going to come back and assert himself. The whole situation is fascinating and complex. Bledsoe is an important piece that the Clippers are yet to unveil. They obviously have the depth to be taking their time. The depth was tested a bit with CP3 out. Billups can use some minutes reduction after carrying an extra load through CP3’s injury, and his back was a little dicey, but he’s not going to want to give up too much. Foye did a good job too, I thought, all things considered. He’s a really good roster guy, but it won’t be bad if he disappears for awhile. Big game for him tonight though, as he’ll get to spend some time on Kobe.
Return of Bledsoe is a big development that will be getting a lot more attention through the weekend and into next week.
citizen zhiv - January 25, 2012
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