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Los Angeles Clippers at Portland Trail Blazers, Feb 16, 2012 7:30 PM PST


2011/2012 NBA Regular Season
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18-9
16-14
Rose Garden
February 16, 2012 7:30 PM
TNT, KFWB 980 AM
Probable starters:
Chris Paul PG Raymond Felton
Randy Foye SG Wesley Matthews
Caron Butler SF Nicolas Batum
Blake Griffin PF Gerald Wallace
DeAndre Jordan C Marcus Camby

Back Story:

The second half thread will publish at 8:45.

Chatting with the enemy: Blazersedge.

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Comments

First

These are the kind of games we need to win. We should be able to attack the basket, especially when Camby is out.

Second

We need to start off strong tonight, especially if LA is not playing!

He is not
Thanks the Lord Jesus Christ (tebowing)
it is an advantage

but we would have a chance even with him playing.

Noah's hairstyle is beyond ridiculous
Off Topic

But Knicks fans talking about how they are contenders, one of them was even bold enough to say that they are clearly better than the Clippers.

ignore them
They are just LINsane

Too bad Linsanity with Melo out

now we one there is at least a knick fan who is an idiot.
know not one¨
sorry NY you aren't beating Miami or Chicago any time soon

too many mismatched pieces

This
I though we had some mismatches

but NY is way worse. Lin is a great story and looks a solid NBA player, but the are enough red flags to expect some regression to the mean.

they have Dallas in the next few days

that should be a good litmus test

definitely

Mavs have been great defensibly and if Melo isn’t back by then Lin is going to get a healthy dose of Marion.

Knicks fans are stupid.

They thought they were contenders when they got Stoudamire and ‘Melo…which is just retarded, both guys are losers that don’t rebound or play defense. I do like Lin, though.

Yikes...either the Bulls are really good without Rose

Or Boston needs to be blown up

Jeremy Lin, JR Smith, Carmelo Anthony, and Amare Stoudemire

There is only one ball…

Thats what she said
On top of that.

If JR is benched, it will be him Baron, and Shumpert…. All shooters haha

Stoudemire isn't going to be the problem

he needs Lin badly to be effective. The other 2 are going to be interesting.

Lin does look like a player that needs to have the ball a lot make things happen.

news flash

NY is not good,,,, they can’t play D and their pg averages 6 tos a game

their D has been respectable this season

because it is the one thing their guards, pre-Lin, are able to do decently. Combine that with Chandler who has been a big contributing factor to Linsanity and it is not bad. Lin hasn’t looked good defensively though.

the question is will they be able to keep this up when

they play the Lin-JR Smith-Melo-Stoudemire-Chandler line up.

that does not sound like a good lineup

who will set screens? Lin? haha

TNT needs to speed this snooze fest up
Reminds me of the commercial

For Buffalo Wild Wings (I believe) in which the bartenders can end the game or push it into overtime haha.

I am pissed that we gotta wait.
George Lucas jr looks exactly like sr haha
Why hasn't this Bulls-Boston game ended
Why hasn't the clipper game started?

Never usually this much later.

I know...is it possible it begins on TBS?
delaying just an extra few minutes because this game is taking so long
Is it just me

Or are these refs bailing out the Celtics?

Yep they are
daagger, lets get the next game on please
And Boston Calls a timeout? Why? Game is Over
pippen sighting
no timeout!

you lost

Damn you refs!!!

Stop calling baby fouls.

Can TNT actually stall the beginning of the Clips game?
I don't believe so.

Because I know of numerous times that TNT just showed what was going on early on in the other game.

They can, but not for much longer
They definitely are if it's not starting by now

Don’t want everyone catching the last 4 minutes of the first lol.

yes they do

it happens on ESPN and TNT, they want to get every minute of game they can so that they don’t miss any highlight reel plays.

Boston should start fouling.

Not.

Bulls call a timeout!! WTF
more ad space for TNT
thats like the 10th timeout called in the last 2 minutes

how many do they have??

Most boring game ever..

I dont know about you guys but I think Chicago is unwatchable… even if D Rose is playing.

THEY ARE SERIOUSLY GOING TO FOUL!?!?!?!?
It looked like they were going to foul again
End this game bitches
Is it just me

Or have the Clippers made other teams boring to watch??

that's why we're the #1 road attendance team
nice we come to a missed layup..
Home from practice threadders!!

How are we doing?

I haven’t been home all day (school, doctor, practice). Can someone catch me up on the events of the day?

Alright

Jeremy Lin was put into the Rising Star game, and he was picked after Griffin and Rubio by Shaq. (Wall went surprisingly late). JR Smtih is apparently extremely close to signing with the Knicks. And…. yeah.

thanks for that
Portland's logo is huge, And what is Poetland?
you don't want to know

just know that for my performance in our January loss to the Blazers, I have been imprisoned and writing from a well since then.

Like portland's Rip City jerseys
what a stupid foul call

ughh.. i could already tell we’re gonna have some serious problems with the refs today.

on DJ, the illegal screen?

It was a foul. Foye’s fault, because he went before DJ was set, but still a foul

don't we have problems with ref's everynight?
everyone has problems with the refs every night
Pretty much.
i miss ralph's voice...
im watching the game on mute and listening to AM 980 (Lawler is on)
BG needs to beast Wallace

and if he gets him in foul trouble early even better.

yeah, he made the first free throw, that's a good sign, right Steve?

crap, i jinxed it.

Blake's motion is better than yesterday, but

Still not as fluid as it should be.

Batum is going to have a big night
What the hell kind of shot was that Foye?
Another foul. DJ out
The Jordan woes continue
damn cp got shook
DJ has been horrendous lately.
I don't think Portland is playing that well

We are just playing poorly.

nice put back blake
and taking the charge
nice charge blake
anyone streaming of the game
that was a blown coverage...
tnt.tv
my bad it was only for last game
foye is getting killed on D
why are they talking about Smith and the Clippers

Didn’t he openly commit to the Knicks?

Not really.

They just say he is “close to signing a deal”

Not really.

They just say he is “close to signing a deal”

JR is just stringing everyone along...attention whore
I want a timeout.

We should be winning when they are playing this poorly.

Got to quiet this crowd
Got to quiet this crowd
hard to quite this crowd

doesn’t take much to get them going.

Wow, pretty poor so far...

they don’t even have Aldridge. The team has continued to regress since losing Billups.

seriously???

relax dude…

it's 82-0, you'll get used to his cheery disposition
I agree 82!
How?

Sure, Billups went down, but they are often cold starters aside from Caron. If he isn’t knocking down shots early on, don’t expect a lead or that many points.

AND 1 NICE CHEESE!
I WANT RALPH AND MIKE SMITH!!!
mute your TV

turn on the radio AM 980

When there's MoWill, there's a way.
i say we do em the Wizards way

let them prove it in the second half

batum is killing us
we are down 3 points
We are playing stupid basketball out there.

We gotta play smart.

yep. getting out hustled
dont know how that happens when theyre on a the 3rd of a b2b2b
what kind of make-up foul call was that?
when there's Mo will

there’s mo ways

we look like we are the ones coming off a b2b2b
What in the world are Blake and Kenyon doing?

How is there always an easy layup?

both going for blocks
the Rip City jerseys are pretty sweet...

Clippers should design an alt (not throwback) jersey….something with just “Clips” on the front, kinda like the mavs.

the old blue alt jerseys were the best of the 3 in my opinion
I would like to see a jersey that says

“LAClips”

Ya, thats not bad either
Clippers just don't have the size on the wings to stick with Blazers
Gomes sighting,,,,, shoot me now
blue light special
oh snap, that was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
K-Mart looking good old man;)
Oh DAMN Kmart!

I thought that was Blake for a second!

horrible transition
we're getting lit up
This is terrible.
blue light special!
KMart slapped the board

lucky he got a way without a tech

He's a vet and that's sorta his thing

right?

grandfather rule?
KMart is a beast
K-Mart keeping us in the game.
please dont leave gomes and foye out there together
HAHA

And it happens

That move by Blake is what he needs to keep doing.

He drew so many and that’s how Kenyon gets those boards.

Foye and Gomes in

…these are dangerous times

Kenyon almost got 3 straight tip dunks
at least we are getting offensive rebounds
We're pounding them inside

Im lovin it!!

What in the world was Gomes doing?
get gomes out of there!!!!!!
that was dang good beef for dinner!

and this game’s good as well

Battun is on fire ><
GOMES IS GARBAGE!
let's be supportive

he is all we got for the moment

Doesn't mean we have to like it.
Gomes sucks

But who the hell are they going to play with Butler in foul trouble?

johnhollinger John Hollinger
Clippers only productive play is passing it off the rim to their bigs.
less than a minute ago

they see me dunkin'

they hatin’

Our record pretty much negates any smack talk regarding our style of play.
Hollinger is a joke.

Keep slurping your overrated, no-bench Lakers, John.

not worries so far...

Our guys are dominating the glass so when Rip City gets tired the clips should have an edge.

batum>gomes
a mannequin is better than gomes.
Can we please demote Gomes to the D-League...

just so Vinny won’t be tempted ever?

Since JR Smith is basically a Knick, are we gonna make a move for somebody or are we just gonna roll with what we have?
I wouldn't listen to much

until what’s done is done

I think the FO will make a move

but not before the 1st of march and probably around the trade deadline

Roll with it until March 1st

and then try to make a trade

No national media has even picked up the story yet.
Because their too busy talking about Jeremy Lin.
assuming JR is out, im guessing we would go out and try to find a Jeremy Lin somewhere.

With billups out, trading a guard makes less sense.

thought they were gonna sign that Taylor kid before the game.
i heard we are giving some 2 year player a tryout friday
10 day contract
if we don't get JR

then we will sign him. Don’t recall the name. Former 2nd rounder in 2009

from what ive heard he is tall and lengthy 2
For what its worth..
JR Smith @TheRealJRSmith
Watching the clipper game in the airport! #lovetheUS
nothing's done until it's done

and don’t read alot into that… we are on TNT and the only game on tonight

i say worthless
BTW...

The Clips should make a Clipper Nation jersey.

'Clipper' on top arched

and Nation on the bottom curved down around the #

Our defense sucks.
Gomes and his matador D
learned that term in NBA Live 2007
Defense continues to be a major problem.
Blake needs to shoot that more often
Damn Blake....that looked good
Mo needs a softer touch.
I don't like this at all

too many long 3s spells disaster

Hope they cool off
that's no bueno
Crappy First.

These past few games, we haven’t come out looking to win.

le sigh down by 7
our guards = scoreless
for a mediocre long range team,

they are lighting it up…..figures

Sigh....

Batum is killing us and probably will continue to kill us. Embarrassing game so far.

...Is there a way to mark comments as read as I read them?

Also, I am eating awesome rotisserie chicken.

click on the name of the user that pops up in the bottom right

it will make the top bar of the comment thick. press z and it will delete them one at a time, or shift + a and it will clear them all

Portland blew their wad in the 1st
With our pitiful excuse for defense?

Probably not.

I'm sincerely disliking the Rose Garden..
mo has taken more shots than CP3 and Caron
Not good

But still better than Foye or Gomes.

not a great end

to the quarter, the Clips have their work cut out for them

someone mentioned in the preview the though another Blazer would step up in LA's absence

Batum seemed the obvious choice

Yeah he is destroying us
Batum had 33 points

against Washington, but I think PDX is a multi-faceted team that can still kill you when the healthy pieces are clicking, that game against the Warriors last night was huge for their confidence

new piggy commercial?
Paul George is going to win the Dunk Contest
I agree
My money is on Williams.
no way

lin is going to be passing to shumpert and its a fan vote…

I'll root for Buddinger because he reps my hometown.

But seriously, lolz @ Buddinger in the dunk contest.

dunk contest this year = zzzzz
Use the reply button
what reply button?
If the knicks get JR

and then Clips can get Fields for a TPE or Bledsoe, that is a better acquisition

But we won't.

We are sounding like Laker fans to be quite honest.

this is just stupid....
why does jamal crawford always light us up?
He's 2 ft out from 3pt line

What can you do

Sigh... this one's a loss.
oh come on really
he does it for the attention guys

ignore it and he will stop.

That’s my ne wtheory

At least it would take up less space on my screen.
and a wide open lane to the basket

our rotations are terrible on defense.

I say let them go on their run.

They are making all of their shots now, no way that holds up for the rest of the game.

have we even made a perimeter shot?
If the Clips dont get JR Smith.. How about Courtney Lee, SG from the Rockets
for what?
TPE, and Bledsoe

Heck, I’d even throw in a 2nd rounder

I thought you can't package a TPE with a player?
how about draft picks
draft picks work

a 2nd will not get it donw

can't combine a TPE with players...
and you would "throw in a second rounder"

for a guy who is the 4th most played Rocket?

Come on now.

I hate playin on TNT

They don’t play well.

Our star players

need to play more minutes to keep this game close

getting killed on backdoor cuts
Did Foye try to dunk that?
yea looked like it
did Foye try to stand up off the bench
he should have
yes he did and that was really dumb!
Absolutely NO defense tonight.
Mo Williams on Wallace??

yeah that should work out well

Awful D
uncharacteristic bad d by cp.
i feel like we are missing like 10 pieces to this team...
Its called no depth.
ahaha this new fiat commercial is hilarious!
id like to take it out for a test drive!

the girl anyways

I'll take the Romanian cutie

I know Italian sufficiently to converse with her, sposarsi, sigh

too much screwing around on the plane..
thinkin the same thing, all teams do stuff like that.
kris kaman
not a starter
better than the crap we are throwing out there.
Time to cut the "Lob City Fun Bunch" act and focus on winning.

When you start playing defense again, THEN you can start screwing around on the plane. That’s what VDN should tell them.

CP3 needs to start taking charge
that was a great play called from the timeout
Kurt Thomas sighting...

Blazers can’t miss

Come on Clips

you’re already behind the 8 ball and PDX is shooting 61 percent, wake the heck up

RANDY....STOP SHOOTING!!!!
he needs to be benched

Sorry but he sucks.

no think cp has made 1 basket.
CP's not going to let this keep going.

Don’t throw in the towel yet, fellas.

I think I'm going to watch Big Bang Theory
it's on at 8

I DVR’d it

Me too...

anything is better than Foye shooting bricks!

have you ever seen Brian Cook?

I could tell some stories,boy…

Of course!

When he’s on the court, I just turn off the TV!

I'm out. If the Clippers aren't playing like they want to win, I'm not going to watch.

This is just pathetic. I hope they lose so they learn that they can’t go into anymore games with this relaxed attitude.

i hope you lose
Foye: 0-for-4 million.

I’m getting really tired of his chucking.

had a nice layup finally
at least he is locking down on D...

wait a second….

Martin has the most attempts on the team...

wtf

mostly all put back dunks
Well, I had been watching the Kings game...this isn't what I was expecting to see when I changed the channel.
i hope pdx runs out of gas soon
Does it matter?

With our pathetic defense, they can huff and puff down the court and STILL torch us right now.

our defense has only allowed 35

our offense only has 24 and is missing open shots

Reggie/Kenyon

really change the energy defensively

this second quarter is unwatchable
wheres butler??
Caron and DJ had 2 early fouls in the first
we are too jump shot happy
Who in that lineup is low post player though

Horrible lineup

Kmart...
I've yet to see his post game unless

I blinked.

Happens alot

other team starts missing shots and the Clippers can’t score

Speaking of flop city...nice one, Thomas.
too easy for Gerald Wallace
pdx gonna get dj out early..

with foul trouble

this is just stupiD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
portland wants this more than we do right now that's for sure!
On the 3rd game of a b2b2b no less
what is it about portland where we cant make shots??
Remember when the Nuggets blew us out at home?

This game is very similar. We started out very strong, and then we ran out of gas and got blown out. The Blazers are playing their 3rd game in 3 days… No way they can keep this level of play for the rest of the game.

Defending champion Blake Griffin passed on returning, leaving a lackluster field of New York’s Iman Shumpert, Paul George of Indiana, rookie Derrick Williams of Minnesota and Houston’s Chase Budinger.

that is gonna be one boring dunk contest
not sure that's gonna be a great dunk contest I think they should just go to layup line.
Foye has already taken six shots...

that needs to be cut by about 6

hey now

that open layup was ok

hence the about

if he gets an open layup, he can take it…

JR Smith is watching this and thinking

he made the right choice

he hasn't chosen lol

what are you saying?

good!
is it official that jr is going someplace else?
nope

he is either un- or mis-informed

Ok, good.
I think a NY newspaper that reports on the Knicks

is a pretty good source but yes its not 100% confirmed

pretty sure the Times

reported that he was gonna choose LAC. Means nada

Portland isn't even playing that well.

Sure they knocked down their 3s, but we are just throwing up garbage shots and being lazy on defense.

How are they soooooo Wide open!
starting to feel like this team set its expectations to high :'(
Enough drama! SHEESH.
already 17 for Batum...
they are undersized,,,,

but by all means Vinny, call that shot for Blake at the top of the key more…

Single Digits...

PLEASE!

It's funny when the announcers don't even talk about the game. That's how bad it is lol
u g l y we aint got no alibi
HAHAHAHA

I needed that

they keep getting it back to 11, but we gotta get it under 10!
I had to stop watching.

If they’re not going to try, why should I watch?

Exactly my thoughts.

I turn it on for 1 second, and they score and then just screw up.

What the hell are the Clippers doing?
sucking, honestly
WOW foul #3 on DJ
this is bull sh**
DJ just got schooled by his daddy.
he hasn't done anything lately anyways so it's no biggie.
he has in this game and the last game vs Blazers
I'm going to take a picture of this game and tweet how i #gotem of the whole team sleeping
DJ playing like crap again

getting outrun by a 50 year old man….

I'm extremely frustrated.

But honestly, these Clippers are pure trash. I know that we are a MUCH better team than this, but if we are going to keep playing like this, I’m going to just wait until we get a new coach or new attitudes. We come in here looking to who knows what, but they are pretty much doing nothing either than taking jumpers and letting wide open shots be taken.

Wallace is flopping all over the court

but it’s working so good on him

Paul has had better nights
yeah he's looked bad
to put it lightly
dj is pissing me off he is playing so dumb this game!
he's never been considered a smart player to be fair.
I hope these Clippers lose.

Honestly, the past three games we have been coming out like this. I don’t care if we have to sacrifice a loss, but this team has just been playing like they are winded ever since the clippers.

SHEEEESH.

I liked the orange Kit-Kats, remember those?

Eww.
you hate everything

we get it

Wow, bitter much?

Don’t you have better things to do than to reply to all my comments?

don't you have better things to do than comment every 30 seconds

about how much the clippers suck?

I was taking your “ignore him” advice.

holy shit do those still exist

never seen it but I fucking want one…

My junior year in college

Southern Utah University’s mini-mart had them, and it was just around the corner from the communication department so I got them often :)

do they exist...

today??

Did my picture communicate "Give me a break" like I wanted it to?
When I think of Gimme a Break

it’s all about Nell Carter

Wheres Caron?
3 fouls.... on the bench
apparently he only plays in the first quarter
foul trouble.. same with dj
was getting lit up by Batum
honestly vdn needs to prove a point and bench everyone and just play the bench the rest of the game
VDN is a doormat.

No way would he ever do that.

this isn't high school

NBA teams play to win. IT doesn’t happen and never will

F***********************

They’re gettting out-coached and out-hustled, then sulking. Need to pull their heads out of their asses soon or this is a lost cause.

will get back in it just might take some time.
Slow starts have been the Clippers MO lately

Hopefully we’ll step it up in the 2nd half

very true, I wish they would stop that crap. crap
so many whistles

this is getting annoying.

Can we please get a REAL coach?
VDN is real

at least we have VDN and not a cutout of VDN with pre-recorded messages.

There's a difference between the two?
the real one sits down
Frustration setting in picking up offensive fouls
8 points in the quarter so far....
Embarrassing.
And by the way...

this is EXACTLY like the Spurs and Bulls games from earlier in the year. I maintain that the team basically had to start over from square one since Chauncey went down. A move clearly needs to be made here because it can’t go on like this.

The Clippers are looking like the ones in the 3rd game of a b2b2b!
They're looking like the "same old Clippers".
no, a bit different. but still bad

there good, but they look like they’re recovering from an all-nighter

Looks like we just played several double headers in baseball.

We are just fouling on offense and letting them shoot wide open shots on defense. Well, actually, idk what we are doing now, I stopped watching this garbage game.

just curious

you are not watching the game, just following the gamethread?

Stop commenting too, please.
these are some

bullshit flops…

we have a lot of offensive fouls this game
our offense is so lame!
When you have no offensive system...

this is what happens when the shots aren’t falling.

When Paul plays poorly

they don’t have a chance

Is Too Short reffing the game?

“Blow the Whistle!”

So at least something positive from this half

at least nobody will try to go on about how Portland doesn’t want Batum and will trade him for a TPE

but now they don't need Mathews :-)
oh god stop it
I seriously don't understand why

Randy Foye is even considered an NBA-worthy guard.

omg Foye why the fuck are you pushing off

like we need more turnovers

Can't wait for the playoffs... NOT.
cool story bro... tell it again
they are talking about why Foye sucks

time the nation understands what we have to go through

the Clips look so lifeless

I think VDN is the problem, who’s with me?

Can't do much better
He has ALWAYS been the problem.

Our wins for the past two years have been based mainly off talent. VDN is just completely overmatched as a head coach. We need to find an actual coach soon.

So is anyone who consider Foye a rotational player
Sorry, I'll just step out

I can take Steve and John with me, too.

I will as well

Come on people. Randy Foye is probably not a starter on a championship team, but he is a “rotation” player.

Introducing....The Los Angeles Zombies!!!!
at least we are only down 11 going into half.... vdn better rip there heads off!!!
down by 11...

feels like we are really down by 25

held them to 16 points that why we're still in it.
We made a jumper? Impossible
damn lucky we held them to 16 in the 2nd

ugly basketball

I'm so happy Portland will not make the playoffs

their home-court is unbearable

I'm pretty sure they will make the playoffs.
I don't see a scenario where they dont
The team gets into an hijacked plane which crashes into....

nah, forgetaboutit

portland always has injuries

it’s magic. They could have a roster of me, Steve, and Raffo and make the playoffs.

+1

don’t forget about KA!

They're barely clinging on to the 8th seed...

and Memphis or Utah could overtake them.

standings-wise, could happen

but I don’t see this basketball team as inferior to anyone but LAC, OKC, DAL, SAS

they cant win a close game
they have the 3rd best point differential in the west
I still think the Lakers are better than the Blazers, too.
I'm not convinced

Let me clarify: LAL can be better, but if they continue without fully utilizing Gasol and Bynum, then I think a healthy Aldridge makes Portland better

The 5th and 8th spots are only 1.5 games apart

Really, anything can happen

I'm pretty sure they won't lol.

Right now they’re sitting 8th with the same record as the 9th seed (Memphis). And Utah is the 10th. When Zac Randolph comes back, Portland is cooked :P

Unless of course

They make it over the Lakers, which would be much sweeter. But I’d still hope we don’t meet them in the playoffs

Lets See How Good A Coach VDN Is

Can he make the adjustments to get the a win?

We don't need this game to answer that.

No.

what do you think?
Vinny won't adjust...

so the only way to win is for the players to pull their heads out of their asses.

Vinny CAN help them

I doubt that he will. So it’s up to CP3.

Every night it seems!
that's why he is here
Chuck owning Shaq lol
whadya mean?

Shaq drafted Blake Griffin!!!

are they really using Lebron, who didn't go to college, for a stay in school commercial?
prob only stayed in HS cause he knew he was going to the NBa
TNT Crew

Inside the NBA is way over rated. I really don’t get what is so great about this show.

Sir Charles!
Sometimes he says something interesting or funny

But other times he acts like an idiot

I guess

I just don’t really gain much insight from their “analysis”

Oh yeah, definitely not.

I don’t actually enjoy watching that much, but there’s just something about Barkley’s voice that makes everything okay.

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