Clippers 101, Bucks 92

Very nice recap. You hit on some very important points. Thornton’s 16 on reboundsassists+blocks-turnovers was no doubt a career high as well. A Josh Howard kind of line. Very nice. And many of the assists were true playmaking – not just, I made a perimeter pass and the guy shot. He set up Skinner for a layup and a dunk in the first quarter. It’s probably a fluke of a game, but it’s nice to know he’s capable of it.

Collins – 11 assists versus 0 turnovers – deserves a lot of credit for this win.

And I love Gordon’s defense and effort. Through the final buzzer he was working hard, coming up with a deflection and a blocked shot in the Bucks last few possessions.

did a heck of a job on Redd…Offensively, got no calls on his 2 Off rebounds…the guy just works on both ends of the court!

I don’t mean to sound pretentious, but a nice pattern seems to be emerging. The one loss was to Detroit by one. This also means that I have been to a third of their victories. They just seem to step it up when I come.

On a more serious note, there were a lot of things to take from this game. Skinner was great. He used his height advantage which he had for the most part, and made some nice post moves. He seemed to have great touch around the basket. Everything was going in for Brian. He reall took some of the load off of Marcus in the post, on both ends of the floor.

Gordon continues to impress. He doesn’t get any calls, but he continues to work. His shooting has been off of late, but his defense never leaves him. There is something to be said about a lockdown defender at the two guard. He did a great job on Redd, and despite Michael’s 21 points, he did not take over the game. He had 11 in the first quarter, but went silent for the most part after that.

Great work on the Thornton stats, ghost_ride, because it didn’t seem to be like he was making a big contribution. The only thing that I knew was that he wasn’t frustrating me, which was probably indicative of the stats you showed above. Ricky Davis looked much better at times, but also had his moments. He made a few jumpers which encouraged him to take more, which weren’t going in. Mardy Collins continues his good offensive play. His size advantage is a big factor for a point guard, and I really like him as a competent back-up when this team gets healthy. I hadn’t even heard of the guy before the trade, and now it looks like we got two quality players in exchange for Tim Thomas (who we pretty much all hated) and Mobley whose life quite possibly could have been saved by the trade. Nice trade, huh?

One thing I like about this line-up is the effort that gets put forth. It’s now spread from Camby down to the rest of the guys in the rotation. Let’s hope that its contagious for Baron and Kaman when they come back. The Clippers had an absolutely astounding 17 deflections in the fourth quarter. That just shows that they were getting into passing lanes and making other effort plays. This team has shown some heart, and it was nice to see them get a win. I hope that it’s a confidence booster, regardless of how small. This team deserves it.

It was so nice just to see the team win again. I’d forgotten what it felt like. Good point by Ghost_rider in that Camby’s enthusiasm has rubbed off on some of the others. I’ve not seen such determination to win since the game where we won our first of the season.

Good performances all around (apart from Fred Jones who looked poor) and thoroughly enjoyable to see DeAndre slam down a couple of nice alley-oops.

Hope the team can keep up it’s intensity tonight against the T’Wolves.

I thought we played well up until the last few possession. Camby was definitely missed in the game although Jordan made up for Camby not being there in terms of blocks when he got 6 of them.