Did anybody go to the game?

by citizen zhiv on Oct 18, 2009 9:53 AM PDT

Does anybody have a citizen's-eye-view report of the Clipper win over Utah? Maybe not. Monsieur Perrin is conserving his energies for the regular season and keeping the soccer squad tight. DJ Foster has a few good thoughts up over at ClipperBlog. I don't have time to break it down myself, but from a brief radio session and a look at the boxscore, it seems like another nice effort for Blake Griffin in particular and the Clippers at large.

DJF mentions the minutes, with Thornton only playing ten minutes. One thing to note is that I think Gordon played some more backup PG in Telfair's absence, adding to his own minute total. So without Camby and Telfair, similar to the preseason opener against GSW, the rotations get a bit tricky.

It's strange to be playing against the Lakers, with the opener (and their ring ceremony--aaargh!) coming up week after next. It would probably be just as well to turn this into a matchup of second teamers, and not show anything. The stirring preseason victory last year is a bad memory. The priority now is to keep guys healthy--that's really all that's important, along with getting some run and rhythm, working on defense. It would be great if Telfair comes back today and Baron sits this one out.

Another DJordan-Bynum matchup, with Blake Griffin as the featured performer, would be fine with me. And it'll be fun to watch on TV.

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EJ did play a bit of pg

but most of the time Collins got the nod over him as the backup pg. I am really looking forward to Telfair getting back as Collins and Gordon are not even close when it comes to pg skills.

In Gordon we trust

by bestclipfan on Oct 18, 2009 1:20 PM PDT reply actions

Is telfair playing today?

by AtotheZ on Oct 18, 2009 3:29 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

Not showing them anything.

It’s nice to have another Clip game on TV before the season starts, but I’d rather keep it under wraps since we’re playing them on opening night. Every team wants to win their first game, and for them it’s more important since it is nationally televised and on ring night. I’d rather to not let them know what hit them, because they didn’t really get a great opportunity to get a feel of our style. They will be without Odom and Gasol, but we don’t need a repeat of last year’s opener.

by Lawler 4ever on Oct 18, 2009 5:50 PM PDT reply actions