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Los Angeles Clippers at Golden State Warriors, Feb 20, 2012 7:30 PM PST


2011/2012 NBA Regular Season
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11-17
ORACLE Arena
February 20th, 2012, 7:30 PM
FSN Prime Ticket, KFWB 980 AM
Probable starters:
Chris Paul PG Stephen Curry
Randy Foye SG Monta Ellis
Caron Butler SF Dorell Wright
Blake Griffin PF David Lee
DeAndre Jordan C Andris Biedrins

The Back Story:

The Second half thread will publish at 8:45.

Chatting with the enemy: Golden State of Mind.

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Comments

For the record

I’m not a betting man, but if I was… I’ll take LAC -3.0 and over 197.5

if i had any money, id take that bet too!
Honestly

I would take LAC -8.0… the O/U is a little tougher though

how ya doin' big0lbad?!
not too shabby! happy presidents day senor!
good! and thank you!

two-man thread?

hope to start a winning steak tonight!
yup

good schedule ahead for LAC:
GS
Denver
Minny
Sac
Phoenix
Houston
Minny
NJ

yes sir! a lot of winnable games
Of those games only Denver seems difficult
Dinners done-now it's time to enjoy my ball. How's it going guys?
doin good, whats for dinner tonight clipperoo???
Chicken mole with rice
I had some ravioli out of a can
I had my share of that in college--
I'm not quite in college yet

I wish I had mini toaster pizzas but I’m all out

sounds a lot better than my hot pockets! haha
I LOVE HOT POCKETS

I have a feeling that Clipperoo eats better than the rest of us lol

I have two teenage boys-- they like home cooked meals
I myself am merely 15

but tough times have brought about long hours for my parents, so I make my own dinner mostly.

Wow-my oldest is 14--;)
in high school?

I’m a sophomore, but fairly young in comparison to the rest of my class

8th grade-he missed k cutoff when he was 5-so he's a bit older. He loves school like me back in the day.
I'm not a big school person...

lol. I get good grades, I’m smart, etc., but I just have coe to resent the education system in Cali and how students are essentially a set of numbers.

Don't be discouraged

It’s like that everywhere unless you move to Finland

Beyond Elem. that seems to happen- the good news is that in college you are in control of your education. You're almost there ;)
Exactly

and grad school is much better – it’s basically 1:1 attention the whole way through.

Exactamundo!
Goooooooo education!
Grad school would be fun

but it’s just alot of money and time. I want to go to new york for college (SI Newhouse School of Public Communications- Journalism @Syracuse U). I have a friend who went to UC Berkely and is now at Columbia.

Yea, it's both money and time

But trust, opportunities with a grad degree are endless. Of course I’m biased but it’s worth every penny.

what's the source of your bias?
I have a MA

and going for a PhD next year

yikes

in what?

MA in Human Behaviors

PhD in Psych – Applied Behavior Analysis

that's alot of heavy stuff lol

journalism is a bit more basic

It's all relative

Nevertheless, good luck!

How in the hell do you act so mature for your age?
LJ
I try to be mature and professional on here

I think that I would be unrecognizable to most citizens if they met me in real life. I’m still a teenager with drama, girls, sports, etc.

Enjoy all of that while you can ;)
+1
Nice!

I had some good ol spaghetti with cherry pepsi.

Hey gang, I'm here
LOLWUT

lol

how u post gifs?

might be better to not tell people
especially considering

some of the nasty, nasty things that got put on my recap

o man, i saw that mess before it was cleaned up,,,,,
haha ill look it up
yes! game can start now, clipperbeast is present!
settle down mike smith
over/under Mike Smith using 7 endearing-like terms to describe Steph Curry tonight?
I will take the under

shockingly

I'll say over

He throws himself at the opposing teams’ star players.

I just don't know if he will use 7 DIFFERENT terms
I hope you have some goodies at the finale!!!!
wow...haven't been here in awhile its good to be home!
lol.. I live in the Bay Area so I get the Warriors games..

Hopefully they have good commentators.

anyone wanna fill me in on what all that drama was about?
Some stupid troll posted inappropriate stuff on the postgame thread
and in the fanshots

lots of porn gifs

gay porn again? or was it the gomes hate
gomes hate was part of it

but the porn was actually straight… not that it matters

basically trying to turn clipsnation into the bang bus
Wow

I thought it was just Gomes hate speech. That’s just as pathetic.

Over under 1.5 mentions of the fact that Golden State let go of Jeremy Lin
oh man, way over.
Over under 4.5
probably still over

but that’s a little tougher

since the clippers are good..seems like a bad elements has infiltrated the blogs.

i think it’s filth from the other side of the staples center locker room

Mike hasn't had a chance to talk about Lin yet

I garuntee he will bring it up

yes,,,,, its the story they will continue to milk all season
Lin is the Blake Griffin from last season
not even

BG was expected to be good, albiet not as good as he was. Lin was nobody

well thats nit picking but you're right
andre blatche will be the break out star next season..former zero becomes hero. changes attitude and dominates.
In his dreams
he doesn't dream about changing his attitude
It is too bad the clippers don't get to play them until the last game of the season

I would love to see a CP3 vs Lin matchup, but at that point in the season I bet Vinny will be resting the starters for the playoffs unless seeding is on the line.

I wish

Novak getting a lot of burn lately
He is key part of Linsanity

when he is hitting shots like he was in the 4th quarter against Dallas they are hard to beat.

funny how Melo comes back to the lineup

and they lose,,,,, better to go with what was working and leave melo on the bench

I don't think it was Melo's fault this game

although he may very well get the blame if they don’t play well the next few games.

yea, i didnt watch the game

but noticed he was back in the lineup and the L next to the boxscore

black hole melo..no..he couldn't be the reason why they lost.
I loved Novak--miss his 3s but not his d
NOVAK FOR DPOY
The Knicks don't play much D so he fits right in
novak fits in the d'anotini system. he's flourishing. defense not required.

I’m at the game. drove up to watch it with old coworkers in a cassell jersey. biedrins is our with flu. they have no center.

good news, but Vinny will just go small anyways and not exploit the mismatch
Not so fast

I see a Kmart/Blake/DJ/Reggie lineup somewhere in this game

haha that would be cool to see
Here's to a great game!

can’t wait!

welcome to the Steve Novak thread

HEY!! WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A KNOCK KNOCK JOKE

ME: KNOCK KNOCK
YOU: HU’S THERE
ME ieep

ieep hu?
AHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO YOU GET IT???

ieep hu sounds like I eat poo!!

With GS playing with no center

I’m expecting a big game from DJ

DJ will hit a jumper..nuff said.
Ideally, yes

Points in the paint should be 2.5:1 in favor of LAC

for almost 11M a season he should have at least one every 10 daze or so

Chandler is getting paid more than him and doesn't hit jumpers
i expect to see Clips outrebound GSW by 20
FYI

Ty Lawson sprains ankle, might not play on thurs.

so no Rooster or Lawson?
Did Baron get any Pt tonight?
yep 10 min

he hit a 3 and had one asst

8 min I think

he hit a three, got an assist, but he also had 2 fouls

did they repair his herniated di%k
Does anyone else think

that it would be fun to do another dunk contest/3pt shootout with rimgrazers/big men?

Foye in the dunk contest and DJ shooting threes?

Lets go Clips!!
They play the Clippers intro on TV?

THat thing is so bad

As in awesome?
Awesomely bad?

I miss the one with the pirate ship. Kaman swatting basketballs made my day.

I miss the 'C-C-C-C-C'mon!' intro from KTLA
They've got the Lakers game on two different channels

Why not show the Clips game? This sucks.

is there a better team in LA?

A Laker fan would respond. . .

’We’ll give you a channel when you have 16 banners’

Let's hope the Blazers beat the Lakers tonight
HEY HEY MEO MIO MEO MIO, HEY HEY!!
NOVAK

Novak as a Stretch 4 > Cook
Novak isn't a 4 he is most definitely a 3
Novak can play either
Isn't he like 6'10

I know the Knicks were playing him at the 4 vs. dallas

Man. . .if he were still here he'd be a great spot up guy in the 2nd unit
Who the hell is Udoh?

We should own the paint tonight!

He averages 1.7 blocks in like 17 minutes
Udoh is actually pretty decent
Decent defender
i liked him at Baylor..he did everything there. in the NBA he's decent on defense.
mama there goes that man!
lets jump out big....

get some points, don’t keep it close and have to have VDN make decisions…Let’s Go Clips!!!

that monta nate Robinson handshake is funny
I wonder if Jessica Alba is at Oracle Arena
let's go clips!
So is Chris Paul healthy?
He is out there

What the hell was that?

Wait... who scored that last one?
El senor Paul
I thought he was only in the game in the 4th
Tonight he is here all game long

promises promises

NIce CP3 needs to get going ASAP
CP3!! nice touch
"it's basket interference"

God.. I’m already hating this warriors announcer

It would be worse if they used Mark Jackson's quotes
HAND DOWN MAN DOWN
ok tonight,

let’s get the guards to not help….if they do, Curry and Ellis will eviscerate them.

Whoa, these guys look like 7 seconds or less out there!
Wow!! BG!!!!!
i'm guessing he dunked it emphatically
What a pass

Didn’t even see that coming

CP3 for MVP, unless Lebron continues like he is possessed
Griffin is gonna own Udoh and Lee lmao
Clippers have to lead hte league in delay of game warnings
Delay of Warning?? Why do we always get those?
blake is always kicking the ball after a basket....and it looks intentional to me
because Blake always catches the ball and hands it to the ref

instead of letting it drop…..every single time

Or he passes it to the far ref instead
I still am dreaming right?

Feels good, right?
just joining

what did I miss?

Golden State is still pretty defenseless
with Jackson..they seems to lost some of their offense as well. at least in the past they had to fall on.
I'm all for Lob City

But DJ, catch a ball once in a while and gather yourself.

"Using your head" - Mike Smith
Udoh is a BEAST??
Nice hook Blake!
The fans can yell defense all they want

it ain’t coming

BG looking good early on--
Udoh is killing us? Who the hell is that guy?
C'mon Foye! Shot that!
just another no name center having a career night
foye just doesn't seem like a starter...
He did the other night
it's been like 1 out of every 4 games Foye plays well

But we are better off with Mo as 6th man, so what can we do?

get an sf with size play great defense and move caron to sg
Thats always a trap. . .

“So and so isnt starting, filling in is a rookie so Clips should dominate’ and they go on to have career night

by trap rookie

you mean 6th overall pick from 2 drafts ago, right?

You are correct, but still, i think this is his first start. . .
he started 18 games last year
Foye was passing the ball to who?
watch out for Klay Thompson..he can shoot it. he's been more confident of late.
Perimeter defense

always the death of us

I hate playing in oracle
Loose balls are falling into the W's hands
C'mon! Lee can make that jumper!
Wow --he is possessed tonight
seriously

who could possibly have taken under 197.5

the lamest fast break ever
Should have lobbed it.
CP3 should of just go for the layup
CP3 is using his head again!!
Blake loves to stare down refs....thank god they don't hand out techs for that
Kobe wouldn't finish a game if that were the case
cause the refs like Blake checking them out
Sigh...

same old, same old. Another no-name scrub having a career night.

dude

you’re negative, we get it. But udoh was the #6 pick 2 years ago. He is definately not a no-name scrub.

From now on, I'll call you 'Rock God', ok?
only if you want to, Rubble44 is fine
From now on I'll call you Dunk God, OK? - Blake
i saw a video of Blake back in high school..and even than he complained to refs about fouls.
He gets hacked

I would complain if I was him.

he just had the same mannerisms.
So does...

just about any basketball player on Earth.

CP3!!!!!!!!!!
This game will be known as : "Gomes Redemption".
REVENGE OF THE GOMES
Another no call for Blake
Seriously Foye?
did mike just say "great defense by golden state"
We won't win jack shit without defense.
CP3, you have to stay on Curry
Luckily Kwame Brown is also out.
Lakers owning the Blazers...

so we REALLY can’t afford another garbage performance.

They were also up huge against the Suns last night
Ah damnit, Bledsoe
WTF THATS DOUBLE DRIBBLE
milph stream pleez

i hate the warrior announcers

Ouch..

It’s okay Bledsoe

Ugh, Great D Bled, but don't foul the 3pt shooter.
Good Defense Bledsoe!!!

Oh wait…NO!!

VDN: "Perimeter defense? LOL WUTS DAT?"
WTH---Vinny needs to make an adjustment-- this is not going to good
who?

Foye? Gomes? Butler?

he's too busy drawing up inbound plays

vinny will use his all forward line up….evans, martin, griffin, butler, and gomes. somethings gotta work

Thanks you Monta!
Let's be real now...

this team has played like absolute garbage most nights since Chauncey went down.

The Warriors announcer basically said that Foye and Bledsoe suck..

WTF DUDE..

their whole team has always sucked...
Yeah like The Warriors never won anything and Clippers have won multiple titles lol!
1975 NBA title..thanks to Rick Barry and a scrappy bunch.
Rick Barry had the classiest free throws
I'm not saying the Clips have been any better...

but the warriors aren’t really in position to make fun

Why? If you are losing for decades might at least di it in a funny way. A Clipper fan should know better!

A lot of dark humor and stuff ;-)

announcers in the old days didn't insult players. they were classy. now they're class-less. what's happened to society.
Warriors are fired up.
Yikes that looked good for a while
MILPH stream please!!!!
No Ryan Gomes the 1st quarter..

I feel really bad for him now

I don't think that he

has played in the 1st in weeks

time to go to the 3-2 zone
No zone!!

Especially against a team like the Warriors… They will kill us with 3 point shots

This is def not the same team we played on x-mas.

Curry and Ellis have been on a tear recently.

lmSo who would make something like this?
IDK but I found it
Time to get points in the paint
I just checked the Laker game

WTF Portland only has 7 in the first

As long Clips win..

I really don’t care how bad Lakers beat Blazers. 3 more quarters, Blazers will fight back.

let's get to a big lead and blow out the Warriors like this

LOL... when did that happen?
never, unfortunately
we don't have a #13???
(photoshop online pic)
Bring back Blake!
Seriously? We are down by 10?
their bigs are killin our bigs
ZERO defense whatsoever.
Thank you, Mo

definitely needed

As Steve Kerr said the other night

This Clipper team is just one guard/SF short

When there's MoWill, there's a way.
hahah oooooh Reggie ...
Anyone see the score of the Laker game

29-7 after the first quarter :O

Blazers are getting bitchslapped.
it's the sam bowie curse...woo
Bitchslapped is an understatement lol
careful reggie
Reggie with the steal!!
You should have passed it Reggie! Good play though
Reggie is all heart

but reminds me of a grade schooler when dribbling and shooting

I said Kevin Martin

but got shot down on my post.

Reggie - What Handles LOL
we need some treys
C'mon Mo! He had made that!
Damnit, Mo ...

What a horrible play

That was a lane violation on Klay
Clippers Offside
Lookin' horrible out there!
someone wake up Vinny

tell him the game started

Horrible offense flow as of late
Basically since Chauncey went down...

and no real adjustments have been made.

were in first place?
BINGO!!!!!
damn, this live stream is delayed
Bingo!! Cp3 again!
cp3 bingo again!!!!!!
CP3 having a monster half

Ewww....

no more Lakers, please.

hi-ya!!!

Laker-Fu!

Looks like a character out of warcraft
He looks very spanish in that picture
Yes, no more Lakers pics please.
Me lkey THIS Chris Paul
stop putting up those disgusting photos
Did CP3 finally get some sleep, or somethin?
Omg 37-7. Lakers. Ouch

what is the Mercy Rule in basketball?

Didn't The Warriors Have Jeremy Lin At One Time

and the Knicks have Nate Robinson?

Bad switch

Jimmy Hart has made a good career swinging from the Hulksters nutsack

like a parasite on a whale

Pau looks really weird in retrospect without long hair.

"hi i am pau, do you want to play with me".
can't believe its tied!
FANSHOT ON GSoM "And the worse game accouncers in the League are..."
BINGOOOO!! You guessed it, The Clippers broadcast duo. God these guys are bad.. I’m forced to watch them on league pass down here in So cal tonight, and this is painful. People are complaining about Fitz and Barnett? Well, I’ll admit Fitz is pretty annoying, I love Barnett though. But Gawd, these Clipps announcers are horrible. Get off of Blake’s JO

Lmao!!

A lot of opposing fans seem to dislike Milph...

weird.

i can understand mike smith...i mean, he is a pretty huge homer.

but Ralph is a GOD

use to play basketball with barnett's brother in riverside where they grew up
half of that is right

mike smith is a tool

dfifferent strokes for different folks
Man I can't wait to see this team in the playoff in the future
CP3 ANOTHER BINGO!!
is this one better?

bynum: "am fu#ked". gasol: double dribble por favor.
OMG!!!

BINGO@!!!

Cp3 is on fire
CP3 is KILLING the Dubs right now.
and ofcourse vdn gets hime out
Lakers up 37-9...

this might be the most embarrassing game I’ve ever seen.

Are you watching it?
I'm scoreboard watching.
Why not bring back blake when you take out CP3
Why the hell is K-Mart shooting a 3??

because when you are behind that arc on the court is it considered a 3 pointer

guyz I think we got him

live stream guy changed channel to PT

he was fed up with the Warriors broadcast!!!!

Sigh... VDN is SO stupid.

He lives in fear of riding the hot hand.

nothing worse than winning by a nice margin. let's just make it closer to make it more interesting.
you want to play paul the whole half?
Paul hasn't sat down all game

he’s probably exhausted and I’m sure his knee isn’t all the way back. I understand sitting him down, just wish it didn’t have to happen

this probably isnt a popular opinion but kenyon should not shoot that
ill let udoh go off as long as you stop the backcourt a bit
Mo Money Mo Problems!

BINGO!

Mo Money, NO Problems.
Travel on Butler? He wasn't going anywhere!!!

the butler did it

Shouldn't that have been a jump ball since Lee can back down with the ball

we aint the Lakers

wow, Udoh's eyes lit up when DJ came back in

no fear at all.

Tiger likes new meat

shootout with the warriors = loss
I told you guys not to take the under
Kind of dumb if anyone did...I took the under for the Lakers-Portland

At this point I’m kinda thinking that Lakers game right about now is a gimme

Chris Paul is on fire!!!
C(MV)P3
hes got half our points....nuff said
So dominant !

wish he would do this every game

Denver is going to OT again.
Minny has been looking pretty good
That was a bailout foul ref!!
That was some ugly transition basketball
So

when do the Lakers turn the scoreboard off. Damn

Most embarrassing performance I've ever seen.
(For the Blazers, that is.)
really

I mean, I can’t remember seeing a blowout like that… Especially for a team with playoff implications

I concur, yet were still even with them unbelievable!
He's talking about the Blazers

down 44-20 to the lakers

still believe Nate will have a 2nd half run at the Lakers

they have played the 2nd quarter even

but that first was godawful

wow!
I hope they continue it

Blazer fans are d#*ks

Laker fans aren't

at least Portland fans are loyal

Randy Foye defended Ekpe Udoh better than anyone has tonight. Let that sink in.

can he try to stay on Ellis now
holy shit. how does a professional do that.
Great defense.. NOT
We need to make a trade..
San Antonio now has an 11-game win streak...smh
great regular season record..flop in the playoffs.

i know they want that final championship run in this shortened season..but i don’t think it will happen.

Can't stand them

and I don’t know why

CP3 + Reggie = Over Half The Clippers Points
The Clipper offense when Chauncey was playing was ok

because he could bail them out late in the shot clock. When Foye and Kenyon are taking those shots, they don’t fall as much.

VDN is mad because of Monta getting two easy shots in a row.

I like what Gomes has done so far
Not played lol
THAT'S THE JOKE!!!!
FTs aint free
Just call them Throws?
I like CP3

pointing at Foye, get him the $%^&^ out….lol

I get more excited when Blake makes both free throws then I do when he gets a lob.
Nice move by BG
BLAKE IS A MAD DAWG!!
Woof woof

Mad Dog Griffen

Damnit DJ

Stay on your man!!!!

I guess that tape on the finger really was bothering him
Dang.. Still no Ryan Gomes..
coach will put him in for that last inbounds play
Ryan!!!!

yeah coach?

go get me a hot dog

wait for it until we need to inbound

Ryan Gomes is in his room sobbing with his teddy bear
and his wife is on Twitter yelling at all of us
Watch Gomes hit the game winner.
Oh yeah!

Good job Blake!

he has to jump out at everything

he has no concept of staying at home. 8 offensive rebounds for every block

Hooray, free throws being made
Butler really wants everyone to remember

that he can dunk, too

DAMN!!! BUTLER ALMOST KILLED CURRY!!!
warriors have great fouling...
now it seems we're balling I wish we would do this consistently!
Oh God, failed fast break
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CP3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol 40ft Three by CP3
Mark Jackson is employing this too early?
Remember what he did to Dwight Howard?
he's still learning. it's the mark jackson experiment in warrior land.
that should count

#refsagainstLAC

the fake intentional foul???
DJ got rammed

#refsagainstLAC

Don't know about a fake

That looked like a clear push to me

Clearly

DJ is a big guy and he obviously lost his footing from the push

that was pretty smart
how is that a fucking double dribble

he got it hit away
#refsagainstLAC

THESE REFS...... ARE FUCKING CHEATERS!!!
I hate hack a DJ

That’s Mark Jackson’s only game plan.

24 Minutes of Nothing But Players Stats
Clippers getting jobbed

How are these assholes refs

Wow these refs suck
good to see the two coaches out there

and VDN going to the back

That ending to the half was utter bull
Careful, bulls don't have udders.. :)
Chris Paul looks pissed off
we maintained Udoh to 14 points..that's a small victory
Chris Paul is pissed!!!!!

I hope he takes it out on them second half

#refsagainstLAC
OOOOOOOH cp3 mad...
CP3 Sounds pissed...
LOVE IT.

CP3 looks mad. Can’t wait for the 2nd half.

Cp3 is pissed-bring it on !
Chris Paul is going for a career high tonight
Just when you think officiating isnt going to be a problem this game...
NBA refs are terrible.

“I don’t shoot half-court shots with 20 seconds on the clock”

Here are the ref's names
  1. Derrick Stafford,
  2. Matt Boland,
  3. J.T. Orr
hit them on twitter...no don't do that. no death threats guys.
I never even heard of the 3rd guy
he's a long time warriors fan that won a contest to officiate in tonight's game.

a long time wish of his.

relish the fact that theyre playing novelty ball

that only gets you so far

I like CP3 when he is mad

Mad CP+4th quarter= disaster for other team

I didnt' see it. Did they foul DJ?
Or did they fake it
Yea you could see the push
Nah

They only shoved him backwards about 2 feet, that not a foul if you play against the Clippers.

Wow so many blown calls already

Not callin lane violation on warriors during Reggie’s FTs
Not calling jump ball when DJ blocked Lee and Lee came down with it
Now not calling an intentional foul

Yeah Imma need CP to go beast on em

clips getting hosed again by the refs,,,,,, ugh
fuck your families Derrick Stafford, Matt Boland, J.T. Orr
new signature guys!!
Meanwhile Lakers clinging to

52-30 lead

it would be so funny if they lost..come back for the blazers..yeah!
I think they did yesterday against Phoenix... they were leading by 15 and ended up

losing

CP3

I like his awareness and he admitted fault when refs didn’t call foul. Now, he’s mad and ready to go BEAST MODE!

Be back soon

gonna put on my nightie

can we do anything about this?

fuck the ref nights?

I'm going to say it.....DJ has shown nothing for weeks now

he’s had one good game in the last month and that was against Washington. his one on one and team D is horrible, he has a range of about 2 feet and now Jackson will make him shoot free throws all night.

Yeah yeah, he’s young and up and coming, but he’s a liability at this stage.

maybe all of that money..just like Gomes has made DJ comfortable...
Amendment: he has double figures in 3 games this month

against Washington, Charlotte and Washington.

quality competition. McGee and Mullens..those guys are monsters in the paint.
Your sounding like the commenter DeMote DeAndre from ClipperBlog.com
I can feel 40 points dropped on GSW by CP3
and we still lose because you can't beat bad officiating

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