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Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Clippers, Jan 26, 2012 7:30 PM PST


2011/2012 NBA Regular Season
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STAPLES Center
January 26th, 2012, 7:30 PM
TNT, KFWB 980 AM
Probable starters:
Chris Paul
PG Mike Conley
Chauncey Billups SG Tony Allen
Caron Butler
SF Rudy Gay
Blake Griffin
PF Marreese Speights
DeAndre Jordan
C Marc Gasol

The Back Story:

First meeting of the season. The two teams split four meeting last season.

The second half thread will post at 8:45.

Chatting with the Enemy: Straight Outta Vancouver

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ClipperBEAST is 1st!

Im so pumped for this game!

21st

Beat Memphis

anyone have a link to the game?

Whass Louie Clips Nation??
Let's go LA Stars!!!

Orlando about to blow 21 point halftime lead

That is awesome!!

I got Boston at +91/2

I hope we dont miss the start of the Clipper game just so we can see the end of this one
Good evening fellow Clipper fans...

Whats up with Orlando?

nothing much sense that movie about barbarians

Clips Warning up with jeans

Rasta in da hizzle
Sexy pull off jeans

for an “off nite” DHoward is doing ok

Hello folks-- let's get back to winning tonight!
Trey with the Stars uni

are you sure that is not Urkel?

I want one!!!!

check out the green/yellow bowling shoes

Seems like Boston is running away with the game!

Ta-dah

No Magic Orlando with only 5 4th qtr points

I think Memphis will be wearing yellow jerseys and green shorts


Something like that

Slim Paulie

Will the real Chris Paul please show up please show up

Anyone know when this game will begin?
They just showed the Clippers locker room on TNT. They are still watching the Boston game.
Orlando is getting outscored in the 4th 22 to 5
that's scary bad

how does that happen

It seems they busted a "Lakers"
omh orlando is gonna keep fouling them!

This game is gonna take some time to finish..

doesnt Howard need to get more shot attempts? He is 6-12 yeah yeah I know foul trouble but only 12 attempts?

what a collapse by the magic..oh well let the real game begin.
Finally over- come on Caron-- need a big night from you
He needs to be kept involve throughout the game, not just the first quarter
And here we go!
Mem unis are gross
looks like somethin I would wear to play pick up Bball!!
Speights doesn't like to pass..know to be very selfish and play no D.

already fumbling the ball

That was GAY!
I am amused

but Grant Hill is not

nice reverse billups
nice reverse by billups
Billups 2-2!
Wow-- Need to finish those
did DJ just get a 3 second violation..
the Los Angeles Stars!
blake just lay it in..oh well
Oh blake almost slammed it
VDN > MDSr when it comes to style ;)
For some reason, he reminds me of John Cusack
grizz with lots of early TO's.
Billups tried to lob it to?
Wasn't ABA basketball suppose to be more exciting?

flashier. they had the 3 point goal, the nba didn’t. colored basketball.

plus they invented the alley op
Flop City
i don't see fisher, kobe, pau, or barnes on the floor.

then you should be a ref cuz you is blind like a mouse

thread feels kinda empty

It feels like its only JayQ, Clipperoo, myself, and Tenkaistar.

Slam it down DJ!
BINGO CARON!

NICE HUSTLE BLAKE!

Double digits baby! Let’s keep it

Mr. First quarter!
Wasn't that blakes nickname last year for a period?
Freaking Butler better not disappear in the 2nd Half again
maybe Caron should be our second option
Caron does not disappear in the 2nd half

Paul and Billups just stop passing to him.

sorta like when Maggette would never give it up to Kaman on any breaks

Speaking of caveman- what's the deal in Nola? No playtime
He missed some shots too that's prob why
maybe Blake will go for a triple double tonight
and 1!!!!!!!!!
CP3 3 AND 1!!!!!!

CP3 pulling a Crawford.

Thats what you call a deep and 1
That's the Paul we need!!!
Thats what im talkin about CP3

Be more aggressive!!

ZACTLY

be a true PG but also be aggressive when necessary

I feel VDN takes Butler out at wrong times
Not just foye- his subs are ridiculous sometimes
We need to kick em when they are down
Foye is in..

he had a nice lay up just now...reverse mojo?
great. nice block by DJ..foye with the lay up.

Back in the day I enjoyed sitting in section 11

All Clippers ERRR Stars all the time!
Like ClipperBEAST said, this thread is pretty dead

but why?

last nite took its toll

We need to bounce back stronger from a loss
yesterday was too intense... overstimulated
Im so excited about tonights game that I forgot about last night lol
sick cardigan Solomon's wearing
I hope they put them on sale now

I need some Clipper year for my professional job attire

we are so beautiful on the break
Just getting here

Those are some damn ugly green shorts

NO JUMBACO REFERENCES YET??

Ok… Here’s the first one!! JUMBACO!!!

Lol

That reminds me, were is LJ?

Premature jumbaco-need to wait for the first commercial
I like THIS Chris Paul

not that imposter from last nite

Well the emperor just got his groove back

at least this one has clothes

GREAT response by the Clippers after Memphis cut the lead to 5.

JUMBINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

INTERIOR CROCODILE ALLIGATOR

I DRIVE A CHEVROLET MOVIE THEATRE.

I mean, go Clips!

A Chip tha Ripper fan in the house??
Chip is legit

Hes chocolately smoov

Hopefully we can prevent a run and finish the quarter well

or we can go full out Orlando in the 2nd half

Shut yo mouth!!!
Mo holding the wrist.
Please be okay Mo!!
2 back to back blocks by BG!!!
that's what I'm talkin about blake is block those shots good defense
Cmon Gomes!! WTF
Man, Memphis blew a 5 on 2
Mo gives hard falls like if they were Jumbacos

Gomes, you re going back to the bench

please go back to your usual unis Memphis

it’s not like you guys have any real connection to western Tennessee anyway, you are Canadian by nature

Solomon is in!!

Thank you VDN!! No more Cook!!

Rudy Heterosexual bangs it in!

Rudy Straight?

Rudy Straight rolls off the tongue better!
For a hour or so

the (Rudy) Gay (Kevin) Love era was going to happen in Memphis.

F---

Why does that always happen to us?

not again!!!

come on man!

only us…

We have to lead the league in half court shots made against
We can't defend those shot court shots SMH
damn it..why does this happen seemingly so often to the Clippers
Rudy Gay from halfcourt

Clips need to improve their halfcourt 3 defense :P

I just knew that was going in… Shannon Brown, Darius Morris, and now Rudy Gay.

and Jason Kidd

Oh yeah, thanks. I forgot about J-Kidd.

ugh our 70 foot defense

hasn’t gotten any better this season.

Worst in NBA history
F-we always let that happen
When he shot it I swear I said "Yes sir" lol
Well, on the bright side

I just saved a ton of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico.

There was even a hand in his face

Hope that doesnt spark them.

all we need now is for the other Gasol to pat CP on the head

Love the two stepping lil guy

that little green geico can dance

CP3 should take it out on the bro-- that would be entertaining
Another fast start by the Clips

Can they hold on this time?

dont know but Gomes looks like he doesnt care

Man I wish this guy would show some fire. He is Suppose to be the Metta World Peace role for us tough defender hit open J. Guy just lacks emotion on the court I know he is a great locker room guy but damn get mad out there

Sucks- no Ralph for tonight's game
he's on the radio
I know -but not the same experience for me
Lionel Hollins has a crush on Cheryl

that’s kind of strange

you saw it too?

he gets a grin like the Cheshire Cat

and while I find it reassuring he likes women, Cheryl isn’t the hottest girl around

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23ND3FKlT_k
solomon..hold on to the ball..come on.

Nice hustle Jones.

JUmpball, Nice
10 pt lead --making me nervous
Wtf-is Gay invisible?
This bench is sooo bad
3 second violation..that was really fast
timeout time

they don’t even know what they’re doing on defense

VDN doesn't think so
Still no timeout huh VDN
three point lead, seriously?
what was that....billups threw the ball away..
I see a trend with him
OMG whats happening?!?!?
WTF just happen?
just not playing smart at all
Offense looks so bad. Griffin can't get anything
Dang

we lost 10+ leads in seems like instantly

Wish games were only 1 quarter- we'd be set!
We need CP3 out there
this is a disturbing run

where’s the intensity?

Jones has a -12 in 3 minutes

Just awful play by him and the rest of the bench.

take good shots, stop taking these wild unnecessary shots.

it sometimes seems like the guards are hesitant to give Griffin the ball inside. go in, griff can pass it out to the open man for better shots.

No passing in to Griffin is leading to all of our problems

It stagnates the ball, and he never makes a quick move.

Griffin needs a rest

VDn needs to bring back Caron and sit Foye or Jones

Put in Juice VDN!
A common theme

all our starters have positive +/- while our backups blow the lead.

Hence, we need better backups
O.J. Mayo

he who took a paycut to play for the Grizzlies #golfclap

We look horrible
Look at out future 2 guard in Mayo
Have an idea out there!
They look so confused.

Nobody seems to be in the right spots

VDN called a timeout only to leave the team on the floor as is
had to ask them

how his hair looked

the Clips have hit the skids

it’s just like the Magic-Celts game which preceded it

Gotta give it up to memphis D

I guess

bring back the damn starters
VDN TAKE OUT FOYE HE SUCKS

Put in Leslie…. He’s better than Tony Allen!!

Ouch

painful facts by TNT. 15 times last in the division in 33 years :(

no technical on gasol for slamming the ball..hahaha
C'mon Bill Ups
Not watching

Whats score?

Clips up 33 - 30

6:07 left in 2nd

Killing us with these turnovers
Billups stop fucking turning it over!
This is no bueno-thought we'd play more aggressive tonight
That's it. get Chris back in
omg

…………..omg

This is a throw away gas
stop the turnovers!!
Freaking TOs are killing us!
We have 11, the Tams have 8
You ain't got no alibo
Solomon..

is that the guy from Rush Hour? Is that Chris Tucker? I knew it!

Dos xx-- sounds pretty good if we keep playing like this
I don't know VDN has got to be the worst coach in the nba!
Jones and Billups are what is killing us right now

Billups has 4 TOs in just 12 minutes.

are they selling those LA Stars cardigans?
Has anyone else noticed how badly we suck?
I think we R all in disbelief right now!
TNT

Home of the big comebacks

it could be worse peeps

Memphis could be out rebounding is

Billups

I’m watching the game thinking “maybe we aren’t as good as I thought”. Billups definitely doesn’t need to be starting next year if he returns.

sit the whole damn unit switch it up
Time to wake up Clips
Yikes

that was ugly CP3

dude has not been exactly dynamite this season

Hmm

coming into this game hes 50.4%fg, 40% 3pt, 83% FT. His shooting has been excellent.

sitting on the bench does the team no good

injuries happen

he’s played well overall.

last nite laid an egg
early in the season he had a couple of meh games
need consistent greatness to be great

he played well last night

he didn’t score much but 11 assists and 0 turnovers is amazing.

4 2nd quarter points.....
run the ball through Butler
Need some scores in the paint.

all these jumpshots arent cutting it

dont like those kind of shots by Caron
you can't tell me we can't create better shots than that.
Butler! My man
Caron saving the Clips' butts
much better ball movement there

gets Caron a wide open 3

and did not hesitate

gay didn't call it..doesn't count

did he call it?

Everytime Billups dribbles the bal before the shot, he misses it
Wow...sounds bad...whats score now?
It's like both teams overloaded on donuts
is shaq there? he's awful.
they really only have 8 points this quarter
All tie now! Gay!
How was that a foul?????
this is so lackadaisical, it sickens me
who is defending gay?

caron couldn’t hold on to that..ugh.

Gather youreself first Butler
Y don't clippers grab and secure the ball. They forever get stripped because they're trying to dribble
Butler you gotta hustle to that ball

Looks like he was jogging

What took Vinny so long

to pull out the 2nd team?

He's goner after this season

with decisions like that

He was watching the most interesting man in the world bowl overhand

I blame that ridiculous 2nd unit

It absolutely has to stop.

sit Billups

Everyone else focus stop rushing shots

Billups has played the 2nd most minutes on the team by far

Yet he is also the oldest and most traveled player, and not even playing that well. VDN /sigh.

there is no need to force up shots. play under control. take good percentage shots.
Really hate to watch the Clippers like this.

It is just terrible. You have Chauncey Billups and Chris Paul and you get off terrible shots. If you aren’t going to defend, you better make up for it with offense. Honestly, they are playing like the past Clippers, and if you were to tell me that this Chris Paul is an elite PG, I wouldn’t believe you. I’ll admit I’m most likely overreacting, but this is just terrible. I honestly blame VDN. His offense is mediocre and so is his defense.

Nice Griffin!
one of blakes patented moves. saw the double and adjusted.
Clippers don't look like they want to win.
Griffin does though.
The Iranian Grizz big is owning it down low
reverse slam by bg!
Blake establishing some order
beautiful reverse by Blake..nice.
BOOOOYAH
great thing to see when you finally get home and turn the game on
plays like that get the crowd into the game and the team can go on a run again.

Worst quarter of the year.

Agree

and yet we’re tied.

Crap call.

I hate tripping calls. Half the time it’s just the offensive player who trips himself but they bail him out.

Foul for Allen stepping on DJ's feet?
Nope, now it is CP3.

These refs are crap. Stop bailing out people who trip.

Paul's foot

Tuck ’em in, boys

i just realized that female refs is there..she's the worse.

Happy Valentine’s Day

cheap foul

least its not Djs 2nd

Wow...

Almost a Dr. J layup by Blake

Ugly...

I hate to say it, but Solomon Jones is a waste of space. Sure miss Kaman for his offensive. I don’t know why anyone would cover him.

He's available- been keeping busy on his trampoline
Honestly, I am not too worried as of now.

We played possible the worst quarter of the year and Memphis was making everything. If we can go in with a tie or any type of lead, I think we have a great shot at winning.

We weathered their storm.

I expect that we have 1 strong run in us. I imagine Memphis’ won’t be nearly as big.

nice jumper by Caron..45-44 us
Griffin could get called for a goal tend...
clock was well expired by then
Man that would counted!

ugh. lazy with the ball

CP3 went for some weird pass or he was EXTREMELY off.
two man game with Butler and Griffin please

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