As a preface let me say that I did not watch this game since I have recently moved to San Jose and they obviously don’t televise clipper games. But in any event, A few things jump out at me from the stats. Kaman had respectable numbers in rebounding and blocked shots, But to have 15 points on 15 shot attempts and realize that 7 came form the free throw line, that’s horrible. Can someone answer is he missing easy shots or do defenses know what he does and send double teams immediately? BTW Thornton had a great game IMO, so there’s one highlight.

Second point, we cannot claim injuries led to our defeat anymore!!!!!! This is not last year’s team and it drives me crazy to hear last years excuses. The fact is, we shouldn’t have any excuses anymore other than players playing badly. We all knew the risks of our roster before the season began, so there should be no illusions regarding the fact that we will have players missing time, but we should have the depth to compensate for mediocre opponents.

Lastly, I’ve never been a fan of blaming a loss on one person, but I gotta be honest and say that I don’t understand what mdsr was thinking with that lineup for the last play in the 4th… The game was tied and we sent out Thornton, Kaman, Thomas Mobley and Hart… if that is considered a good lineup for the final offensive play, we deserved this loss. Where were the shooters? Do we really need Kaman and Mobley who hadn’t played well in the second half? Also, hart is reliable but I’ve seen a scoring threat and he is nooo scoring threat. We should have had Novak, Thomas, Thornton, Gordon and maybe mobley or rdavis (only because baron was out), these are all players who can hit a big shot or can create their own offense, something that neither Kaman nor Hart can claim.

mike taylors vs. jason harts +/-. mike taylor need more minutes. plain and simple. tomorrow being that baron is most likely not going to play, he obviously will get more. but i feel with jason hart in the line up we resemble last years squad way to much for my liking.

So, it comes down to this tomorrow. Knowing the Clips luck, Brevin Knight will light up the Clips tomorrow. The Clippers “good luck” never ceases to amaze me. Having Baron on the court is critical to the Clips chances. At least tomorrow we can see Camby in action.
Davis3 played some serviceable minutes tonite. It’s easy to see why the Clips drafted him the first place. Can make a jump shot, ok defender, doesn’t make extra mistakes. Definitely an upgrade over josh powell.
Ricky Davis again had scoring issues. It is time to be worried yet?
Watching livingston’s playing time steadily creep up isn’t that fun either.

Tired of seeing injuries and having guys out. Hate losing a winnable game (no Melo) and a hefty lead. Ricky Davis reminding me of Reuben Patterson—hasn’t gotten going at all—and miss Eric Gordon. Paul Davis played well. Hart did a good job on defense until AI woke up, but he really doesn’t make plays. Needed just a bit more out of Kaman, and he seemed to get tire. Thornton did his job. But the Clips won’t do anything with BD going in and out.. Tough to take.

there are 80 games left in the season, its not like these guys are gunna mesh automatically, and they didnt even have camby… give them a few games. as for baron, its only a bruised hip i’m sure bdiddy will be back shortly, in the meantime we still have the pieces to stay around .500 until everyone is healthy again…
and u cant hate on tyree ricardo man thats f**ked up

Definitely was not expecting us to have an 18 pt. half time lead, but that may have been part of what did us in. As long as I’ve been following the Clips, they play horribly with a lead. The 4th quarter, especially the last six minutes was a little too predictable.

Against Denver, you’d expect our overall numbers to be better and they were, Thornton bounced back, Kaman’s non-shooting numbers were great w/ 15 boards, 4 blocks, & 2 steals compared to 1 turnover. Thomas stepped up again.

We were talking about this before the game, so obviously what I didn’t like was Jason Hart getting all the minutes he did. Hopefully Dunleavy will take a look at the box score, especially the plus/minus stat and give Taylor more time going forward. With Baron Davis or Mike Taylor in the game, the Clippers managed a 16 point advantage, and Hart’s team was 25 points inferior. In his 29 minutes of play, that’s almost a point per minute. You can credit Hart all you want for some nice defensive stops against AI, but he’s been too much of a liability on offense for that to matter.

Mobley’s shot hasn’t really been dropping, but I guess as we’ve learned from years past, he’s a guy that will shoot well and maybe win you the game 1 out of 4 times or so. The rest, he gives solid D, a little leadership, and of course a few knucklehead plays mixed in with some forced shots.

I’m guessing Dunleavy knew how important this win was and didn’t want one of the rookies messing it up. As some of us expected, DeAndre is under consideration for heading to the D-League. I guess it isn’t too much of a suprise…hopefully that venture pans out.

With Mobley going 5 for 18 and playing 39 minutes at 33 years of age, and Ricky D going scoreless, why did Eric Gordon get only 2 minutes of playing time?

After the Clips couldn’t score a basket after a 5 minutes in that important stretch in the 4th, why not consider putting in Gordon for scoring at that point? Why not put in Novak at that point, someone who could actually shoot?

On the final possession of the 4th period, why is Kaman on the floor? Are you actually going to post him up for the last play? Do you think he would have the ability or time on the last possession to get a rebound and put back opportunity? Why not have shooters like Novak and Gordon on the floor to spread things out for shooting or penetration? Instead, didn’t we have Kaman and Hart?

Keep MD as GM, and let’s get someone else (the former Mavericks coach or Van Gundy) to coach this team……..

We’ll move on—just because we have to—but that was a critical loss. We discussed some of the reasons before the game: need to get some guys going, build confidence, very winnable game with Melo out, defending the home court.

The thing that’s really bothering me is the study that I did of BD and GSW versus the Nuggets last year, which culminated in GSW losing to Denver in the 78th game, and missing the playoffs. A home game with Melo out and an 18pt halftime lead against a team that figures to be battling with the Clips for one of the last 2nd tier playoff spots. What a drag, and losing the critical for the next game too.