Clips Nation - Clippers-Magic game coverageWhat it do babyyyhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47967/clipsnation_fave.png2015-12-06T21:12:49-08:00http://www.clipsnation.com/rss/stream/96171572015-12-06T21:12:49-08:002015-12-06T21:12:49-08:00Film Room: Clippers deliver 320 seconds of heart
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<p>After looking sluggish and morose for the better part of the game, the Los Angeles Clippers flipped a switch in the final 6 minutes and beat the Orlando Magic to the finish line. Let's break it down.</p> <p id="paragraph0" class="pgh-paragraph has-dropcap"><font face="verdana">It was a Christmas miracle. After looking lazy, out of it, and just plain uninterested for the better part of the game, the <a href="https://www.clipsnation.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Los Angeles Clippers</a> turned on the intensity, and actually acted like they gave a damn about whether they won or lost. Lo and behold, the Clippers came back in the final 320 seconds (5:20) to upend the <a href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Orlando Magic</a> in a game that mattered so much more than just one single win in the standings. This edition of the Film Room will look into the comeback.</font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana">In the fourth quarter, the Clippers used a lineup featuring <span>Austin Rivers</span>, <span>Jamal Crawford</span>, <span>Wesley Johnson</span>, <span>Blake Griffin</span>, and <span>DeAndre Jordan</span> for a grand total of 8 minutes. In the entire game, they only played 11 minutes together. Essentially, when the team needed a spark to ignite them, the lineup that had only played together for just a grand total of 7 minutes prior to last night’s fourth quarter was thrust onto the floor to lead the team in a comeback that might be just the spark the squad needs going further along into the season.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">In those 8 fourth quarter minutes, that lineup produced a +75.5 Net Rating. Yes, that is an ungodly number – one that was fueled by their 132.2 Offensive Rating and 56.7 Defensive Rating. It also helped that the unit grabbed 62.5 percent of all available rebounds, as well as posting a 75.1 percent True Shooting Percentage. The lineup dug in defensively, actively tried to make life a living hell on the poor-shooting Magic guards, and then tried to spring out for easy baskets after getting a stop. But it was their overall effort in general that was the eye-opening part of the game. It made you wonder where the energy was all game. So, that’s what we’re going to focus on.</font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana">Trailing by 10, and needing a bucket to give them some hope, the Clippers go to the one guy who can get them a bucket on the inside. Blake Griffin brings the ball across midcourt and passes to Jamal Crawford before posting up. Griffin immediately posts up against <span>Jason Smith</span> at the left elbow, and Crawford feeds him a direct pass so that Griffin can go right to work. Griffin faces up against Smith, throws a stutter step to the right before darting back to the left, and he goes directly into the body of Smith. Griffin gathers, goes up strong, and puts the ball in the bucket.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">While this just seems like a guy using his superior physical attributes to score a basket, it’s a lot more than that. The team was searching for any kind of life, and this bucket by their best player might have given them that life they sorely needed. On top of that, it wasn’t a jumper. It was something on the inside; something that made the defense respect the interior game of the Clippers rather than thinking Los Angeles was just going to shoot jumpers to get back into the game. It’s a sign of recognition, a sign of growth, and a sign of tenacity. Nothing was given. Griffin earned this one.</font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana">On the ensuing possession for Orlando, the Clippers show their fighting spirit. The play initially begins with <span>Elfrid Payton</span> holding the ball a few feet above the top of the arc. <span>Victor Oladipo</span> makes a baseline cut from the left corner to the right side, but he then doubles back as quick as can be in an effort to lose Austin Rivers. However, Rivers shoots the gap and comes through a couple screens before closing out well on Oladipo’s corner three attempt. Rivers plays it smart. He doesn’t lunge or jump at Oladipo’s attempt, but rather he merely gets low and contests it by getting into the airspace of the shooter without giving up dribble penetration. Wesley Johnson secures the rebound, and the Clippers then head out on the break.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">Johnson kicks the ball up ahead to Jamal Crawford, and Crawford dazzles in the open court by cutting back to his right. That cut drives him away from the ball-stopping of Payton. From there, Crawford gets directly into the lane, and he generates contact against Oladipo thus leading to a foul. On this one sequence, the Clippers hustled defensively to force a bad shooter into a miss, fought for a rebound by boxing out, and then did something smart by going directly to the rim in transition rather than pulling up for a jumper. It was smart, gritty, and the kind of plays you have to make all throughout the game.</font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana">On the next Orlando possession, we see more awesome Clippers defense and teamwork. Payton dribbles into a pick-and-roll with <span>Nikola Vucevic</span> that’s designed to get Payton going downhill towards the rim. However, the Clippers play this well. Jamal Crawford goes directly underneath the screen, and this forces Payton into a decision about whether he’s going to take the wide open elbow jumper or actually drive. DeAndre Jordan gets low in his stance which allows Crawford to recover, and Payton decides to pass it to Vucevic at the left elbow. That’s when the scrambling defense really takes over.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">Jordan closes out on Vucevic at the left elbow, and the Orlando center then swings it to Jason Smith at the three-point line. Because Smith isn’t a threat there, Jason kicks it to the right where <span>Aaron Gordon</span> receives it in the corner and Smith sets him a screen. Wesley Johnson and Blake Griffin switch on the screen action with Griffin then getting the assignment on Gordon. The curling action by Gordon is stifled by Griffin, and Gordon has to pass it out to the right wing where <span>Evan Fournier</span> is. Austin Rivers is right there with Fournier on the catch with Crawford shadowing him. Fournier begins his dribble move to the right, but Rivers is right on his hip the whole way. Fournier then has to jump pass to Gordon on the right wing. Griffin closes out, but stays square and low. Gordon dribbles into a spinning fadeaway jumper that Griffin contests well, and the Clippers haul in the long rebound to end the possession.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">This one play could be seen as a turning point if you so choose. The entire defense was on a string and playing as a unit rather than as a bunch of individuals. They switched, forced offensive players off of their spots, and then read and reacted before finally getting a rebound to end it all. In a season where the team has struggled to defend quite often, this one sequence with the game on the line in the fourth quarter could be just what the team needed to get back in the groove. Everyone hustled, everyone competed, and everyone did their job. What a time to be alive.</font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana">With four minutes to go, and Orlando now nursing a four-point lead, Payton dribbles across midcourt and is met by Crawford after Crawford slips a quick screen by Vucevic. Smartly, Crawford gives Payton a ton of space, and Payton thinks about taking the open jumper before then swinging the ball to Vucevic just below the top of the arc. Vucevic then kicks the ball to Fournier coming off of a little down screen by Gordon on the right wing. After making the pass, Vucevic runs over to set a little screen on Rivers to help Fournier out. Vucevic’s right foot hits Rivers’ right foot, and the guard crashes to the ground. However, the rest of the team then scrambles to help out, and they work as a cohesive entity to snuff out the rest of the possession.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">Fournier curls back around the other way, but Jordan is right there in a low defensive stance to meet him at the wing. Vucevic starts to roll to the basket, but Rivers springs off the floor to help cut off the passing lane while Johnson digs down to prevent a pass from that angle. Fournier passes to Gordon in the right corner, and Johnson quickly closes out to contest a possible shot, but he does so by smartly not leaving his feet. Gordon is then forced to dribble the ball. Johnson sticks right to Gordon’s hip the entire way, and then blocks Gordon’s shot attempt before securing the rebound. Once again, the entire team played on a string, rotated as a unit, and then ended it with stellar one-on-one defense. Superb hustle and effort.</font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana">We get another defense-to-offense sequence here, and it’s a pretty lengthy one so just stick with it. Defensively, the Clippers have to deal with Fournier coming off of a screen by Vucevic just below the arc. Rivers is the trail defender on the play, and Griffin notices that he has to help out just a little bit. Griffin stays low and squares up to Fournier which allows Rivers to recover in time. Johnson comes over to help out on Fournier but loses Harris for a split second. The pass goes to Harris, and Harris begins his dribble move to the rim. Johnson trails him defensively, and Harris goes up to throw a pass directly to Vucevic, but the ball gets deflected away by Johnson. It comes off the glass and into the arms of Griffin who then starts the fast break the other way.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">Griffin explodes into the front court as the ball-handler, and he has multiple options running with him. Griffin slows up a tad, lets the defense fly by him, and he spots Crawford on the right wing. The pass goes to Crawford, who then attacks off the dribble against a scrambling defense, and Crawford then kicks it out to the corner for Johnson. The corner three misses, but Jordan’s there to secure the offensive rebound with good hustle. Jordan then quickly passes to Johnson. From there, Johnson quickly recognizes the advantage and fires a pass to Crawford for a left wing three that gives the Clippers the lead.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">Everything in this sequence was good teamwork, as well as good hustle and determination. Defensively, the Clippers stuck to their guys, rotated to help others, and got back in pristine position to challenge what it was that Orlando wanted to do. They forced a turnover and then ran with it. Griffin used his athleticism, attacked, got the defense out of whack, and recognized a mismatch. Crawford then didn’t just heave a shot up, but rather did the smart thing to generate an open shot for a teammate. The initial shot didn’t fall, but the hustle by Jordan down low got them a second chance. He didn’t go back up with it, either. Instead, he kicked it out, Johnson kicked it once to his left, and the open shooter knocked down a three. Teamwork makes the dream work.</font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana">In the waning moments of the game, the Magic are trailing by just one point and have possession. Victor Oladipo receives a screen from Nikola Vucevic way above the arc, and Oladipo gets downhill towards DeAndre Jordan after Austin Rivers goes over the top of the screen. Rivers then pressures back into the play, and he and Jordan force Oladipo to dribble the ball off of his own leg. The ball squirts to <span>Tobias Harris</span>, who then tries to attack one-on-one against Wesley Johnson. Vucevic runs up to set a screen, Harris turns it down, and then Harris settles for a super tough mid-range jumper as Johnson stays vertical on the defense. Shot misses, Clippers rebound, and Orlando is forced to foul.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">Brilliant stuff all across the board here. Rivers didn’t just die on the screen. He fought over the top of it, got back into the play, and hounded Oladipo from the other side while Jordan squared up to Victor. It forced Oladipo to panic dribble which is party what caused him to lose the ball. After that, Johnson did an awesome job of icing the screen and forcing Harris towards the help defense of Jordan. Harris gets scared, doesn’t want to dribble, throws a pump fake that Johnson doesn’t fall for, and then shoots a tough shot. This was played beautifully by the entire defense.</font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana">Lastly, we have a play with 10 seconds to go and Orlando having a chance to go for the tie or the win. The ball is inbounded to Oladipo well above the arc, and Vucevic runs up to set a screen for him. Vucevic’s left leg trips Rivers, and it appears like this play is going to hell for the Clippers. Instead, a good thing happens. Because of Jordan’s hedging on the pick-and-roll, it forces Oladipo into a contested foot-on-the-line jumper that clanks off the front of the rim. Rivers races back into the play and grabs the rebound.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">A couple minutes earlier, with 2:19 to go, Vucevic got called for an offensive foul when setting a screen on a play almost identical to this one. Rivers drew the foul on that play. The referees swallow their whistles on this play, but it doesn’t hurt the Clippers because Jordan actually jumps out to defend the pick-and-roll rather than sitting back and letting the guard get whatever shot he wants. Hedging worked in a big way here. Oladipo missed, the Clippers won, and the rest is history.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">In the final 5:20 of this game, the Clippers outscored the Magic 17-5. It wasn’t just that the Clippers shot 5-of-8 and the Magic shot 1-of-8, either. It was the kinds of shots that each team got during that stretch. Orlando had only one shot inside 8 feet during that stretch, which came on a putback. Everything else was a jumper of some kind, and it mostly came from bad shooters. The Clippers defended them with intensity, hustle, and an understanding of where everyone else on the floor would be. They’ve been inconsistent this season, but when the Clippers actually lock in and play up to their capabilities then it can be a very scary thing for the opposition – even without <span>Chris Paul</span> and <span>J.J. Redick</span>. They need this type of passion more often.</font></p>
https://www.clipsnation.com/2015/12/6/9858038/film-room-los-angeles-clippers-play-hard-for-320-seconds-show-some-fight-finally-orlando-magicJustin Russo2015-12-05T23:12:52-08:002015-12-05T23:12:52-08:00Clippers 103, Magic 101
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<p>The Los Angeles Clippers played dead for 42 minutes, and then they sprang back to life just in time to bewitch the Orlando Magic.</p> <p id="paragraph0" class="pgh-paragraph has-dropcap"><font face="verdana">It’s never easy. It is <i>never</i> easy. When you’re without two of your best players, the road is always going to be a tough one to traverse. Tonight, the <a href="https://www.clipsnation.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Los Angeles Clippers</a> came out on the positive side of the ledger despite trailing by as many as 12 points in the fourth quarter against an <a href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Orlando Magic</a> squad that was giving them fits for large stretches of the night. In the end, a win is a win. But a win without two huge pieces, and one that saw you overcome adversity, is a win that you can snuggle up to on a cold December evening.</font></p>
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<td bgcolor="#007DC5"><font color="white">29</font></td>
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<td bgcolor="#ED174C"><font color="white">31</font></td>
<td bgcolor="#ED174C"><font color="white">21</font></td>
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<p><font face="verdana">The early parts of this game were back-and-forth affair. The Clippers looked like they were going to be competitive all night, but only if they could stop the likes of <span>Elfrid Payton</span> and <span>Victor Oladipo</span> from getting to the rim repeatedly. For the first half, that didn’t happen. Payton totaled 11 points and Oladipo had 10 in a first half that saw the Clippers go into the locker room with a three point lead – a margin that was the doing of <span>Wesley Johnson</span>’s prodigious three-point shooting, <span>Blake Griffin</span>’s all-around play, and <span>Jamal Crawford</span>’s raw shot making ability.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">The third quarter was a frustrating one as the good guys looked to extend their lead. Instead, all that happened was Orlando going on a huge run that flipped the tables. After going just 1-of-7 from three in the first half, the Magic were 4-of-7 in the third quarter alone thanks to makes by <span>Channing Frye</span>, <span>Evan Fournier</span>, Elfrid Payton, and Victor Oladipo. When the latter two are hitting those shots, it might not be your night. The defense by the Clippers was lazy, out of sorts, and just bad. It carried over into the early parts of the fourth quarter.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">Looking to build upon their five point lead after 36 minutes, the Magic used a quick 10-3 run to push the lead up to 12 with 9:15 to go. It was fueled by an Oladipo layup, two <span>Shabazz Napier</span> free throws, an <span>Aaron Gordon</span> jumper, a thunderous Gordon putback dunk, and an Oladipo jumper. Then Wesley Johnson hit his sixth three ball of the night to trim it under double-digits. However, it was then pushed back up to double-digits with 5:26 to go when Gordon leaked out for a fast break layup after three Clippers players just sat and watched. It looked bleak. A loss looked on the way. But then something strange happened – the team started to play with energy, passion, and a will to win that seemed to have escaped them throughout the game.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">The Clippers went on a 13-0 run in 2:05 of game time. It started with a Blake Griffin layup that was followed by two Jamal Crawford free throws. After that, there was a <span>DeAndre Jordan</span> alley-oop dunk, two more Crawford free throws, a Crawford three after an offensive rebound, and, finally, a Crawford layup. In that span of 125 seconds, Crawford chipped in with 9 points and the crowd was roaring. It also helped that the team forced Gordon, Oladipo, and Payton to keep taking jumpers – which is exactly what you want them to do even if they’re making them.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">Thankfully, the Clippers never trailed again. However, it didn’t come without worry. <span>Tobias Harris</span> trimmed the lead to just one after a pair of free throws with just under two minutes to go, but Blake Griffin hit a huge mid-range jumper to push it back to three, which <span>Jason Smith</span> answered with an offensive rebound tip-in. With 13 seconds to go, Wesley Johnson forced Harris into a highly-contested jumper that fell off the mark. Crawford split a pair of free throws, and then Oladipo missed a deep two to tie with just under 5 seconds to go while DeAndre Jordan contested it. <span>Austin Rivers</span> got the rebound, split his free throws, and the Clippers fouled to prevent a game-tying three-point attempt by Orlando. Elfrid Payton made the first, intentionally missed the second, but the Clippers got the ball after a scrum out of bounds. When the buzzer sounded after the ensuing inbounds, Los Angeles had a 103-101 victory.</font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana">Everyone’s going to look at Blake Griffin’s stat line of 28 points, 13 rebounds, and 7 assists on 11-of-22 shooting as if he was the Player of the Game for the Clippers. However, he was far from it. While he hit a massive shot down the stretch, and was everywhere on the floor statistically, his effort was lacking in some areas – noticeably on defense. That doesn’t take away from what he did in the game, or even down the stretch. He rebounded, passed, and hit a huge shot that the team needed. It’s quite scary that he can have <i>this</i> game and still not be one of the top players for the team tonight.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">The top honor is a tie. Jamal Crawford was absolutely sensational offensively. He took good shots, got to good spots, and ultimately finished with a game-high 32 points on 10-of-19 from the field and 6-of-9 from three. He also chipped in with 5 assists. He lit it up. It was definitely needed. The other guy who balled out tonight was Wesley Johnson. The often overlooked wing finished with 21 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block on 6-of-12 from the field (all from three). Johnson was the key tonight. His early shooting kept the team afloat, and he played impactful defense down the stretch while also crashing the glass. They don’t win the game without him or Crawford. Awesome job by both in vastly different ways.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">DeAndre Jordan finished with 15 points, 14 rebounds, and 1 block on 7-of-10 shooting. The upside is that he only attempted three free throws, so thank you for not going to Hack-a-Jordan, <span>Scott Skiles</span>. While his numbers look great, he was often lazy on his defensive rotations and was extremely lackadaisical when it came to boxing out. It didn’t haunt them tonight, but he has to be better. Jordan’s getting paid max money and, while he hasn’t been awful this year, he hasn’t been as great as he was last season.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">Honestly, no one else really showed up for the team offensively. Austin Rivers finished with 5 points, but he was just 2-of-7 and was abysmal on that end. Thankfully, his hounding defensive style more than made up for it – as it often does. <span>Josh Smith</span> had 2 points, but was just 1-of-4. And, that’s it for the scoring. No one else scored a single point. <a href="www.sbnation.com/nba/players/35092/luc-mbah-a-moute" class="sbn-auto-link">Luc Mbah a Moute</a>, <span>Lance Stephenson</span>, <span>Pablo Prigioni</span>, and <span>Paul Pierce</span> played a combined 57:23 of game action and scored a combined 0 points. Stephenson couldn’t build off of his exquisite last game, and none of the others did much at all. Basically, this was only a four-man show offensively tonight. And, often times, it was only three guys doing the job. Quite remarkable they got the win.</font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana">This was another tough loss in a season filled with some brutally tough losses for Orlando. Victor Oladipo led the way for them with 24 points, while also having 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks – including one on an Austin Rivers dunk attempt that is probably still crashing back down to the earth. He got into the paint, even hit some jumpers, but he ultimately couldn’t finish the game off with a win despite that. He did seem to tweak his ankle late in the game, and it led to him coming out with 4:48 to go and Orlando up by 7. By the time he came back in, the Magic were down by 3 and time was running out. Still, he played well.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">Elfird Payton also played well, finishing with 21 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds, and 4 steals on 9-of-18 shooting. He, like Oladipo, also hit jumpers tonight that the Clippers just had to live with. You can’t let those two get to the rim and kill you there, but it didn’t matter because they did that anyways. It honestly didn’t matter who defended against either guy. They both sliced up the defense. The Clippers survived the barrage from the talented duo, but you could see the glimpses of greatness in each guy. If their jumpers start to pick up, then the league might have a whole new problem on their hands.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">The only other players to stand out for Orlando were the bench trio of Jason Smith, <span>Andrew Nicholson</span>, and Aaron Gordon. Those three combined for 24 points on 19 shots, and each finished with a positive plus-minus. Orlando’s bench is tough, and they made a difference tonight. Gordon was all over the hustle plays as he tallied 10 points and 7 rebounds. Nicholson had 6 points and 7 rebounds himself, while Smith haunted the Clippers in the mid-range to the tune of 8 points and 5 rebounds, as well as 2 blocks. The trio is quite good, and you can see where the team is headed thanks to a bench unit that can be physical, energetic, and defensive-minded.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">The four starters alongside Payton struggled. Tobias Harris finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds, but only shot 3-of-13. Channing Frye had just 3 points and 1 rebound in 17:17. <span>Nikola Vucevic</span> had 10 points and 10 rebounds in 30 minutes, but he was just 4-of-10 from the field. And, lastly, Evan Fournier only had 7 points on 2-of-5 shooting in 16:33. He was pretty much a nonfactor all night outside of one three that he hit in the third quarter spurt for Orlando. The foundation is there for the Magic to be a tough out in the Eastern Conference for the foreseeable future. A little more tweaking, a little more working, and this team will be contenders on that side of the bracket for a long, long time.</font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana">Now, the team embarks on a 5-game road trip that sees them play the <a href="https://www.canishoopus.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Minnesota Timberwolves</a>, <a href="https://www.brewhoop.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Milwaukee Bucks</a>, <a href="https://www.blogabull.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Chicago Bulls</a>, <a href="https://www.netsdaily.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Brooklyn Nets</a>, and <a href="https://www.detroitbadboys.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Detroit Pistons</a>. It will not be an easy stretch, especially since there’s zero word on when <span>Chris Paul</span> or <span>J.J. Redick</span> are coming back. The talk is, as of right now, that Redick might be able to play on Monday night against Minnesota, but no one knows for certain. As of this second, the team is 11-9 and somehow in the 4-seed right now. They’re just one game back in the loss column, and a half-game overall, of the <a href="https://www.welcometoloudcity.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>. Basically, the middle of the Western Conference is murkier than ever.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">Wins without Paul or Redick are tough, but wins without both of them are far rarer. Enjoy these ones. Wins like tonight don’t happen all too often. The team was down by double-digits with less than half of the final quarter to go, but they gutted it out, fought back, and ultimately pulled a win out of the jaws of defeat. In a race that seems like it could come down to the wire, this win might be looked at quite fondly when we get to March and April. But, one game at a time. Stay focused on the task ahead. Get better and grow each and every game. We’ll get to March and April when we get to March and April. Until then, together we will.</font></p>
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https://www.clipsnation.com/2015/12/5/9856052/los-angeles-clippers-pull-a-rabbit-out-of-their-hat-to-overcome-orlando-magic-recap-december-5-2015Justin Russo2015-12-05T19:15:02-08:002015-12-05T19:15:02-08:00Magic at Clippers
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<p>Go Clippers!</p> <table class="sbnu-legacy-content-table" cellspacing="5" border="1" cellpadding="5" align="center"><tbody> <tr><th bgcolor="#ED174C" colspan="3" align="center"><font color="white">2015/2016 NBA Regular Season</font></th></tr> <tr> <td width="240"><center><img src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4324823/magiclogo.0.png"></center></td> <th width="20" align="center"><strong>@</strong></th> <td width="240"><center><img src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4324825/laclogo2.0.png"></center></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="240"><center><strong><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a> (11-8)</strong></center></td> <th width="20" align="center"></th> <td width="240"><center><strong><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.clipsnation.com/">Los Angeles Clippers</a> (10-9)</strong></center></td> </tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#006BB6" colspan="3" align="center"><font color="white"><strong>December 5, 2015 | 7:30 PM (PDT)</strong></font></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3" align="center"><strong>STAPLES Center (Los Angeles, California)</strong></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3" align="center"><strong>Prime Ticket, FS FLORIDA, KFWB 980 AM, KWKW 1330 AM</strong></td></tr> <tr><th bgcolor="#006BB6" colspan="3" align="center"><font color="white"><strong>Projected Starters</strong></font></th></tr> <tr> <td width="240" align="right"><strong><span>Elfrid Payton</span></strong></td> <th width="20" align="center">PG</th> <td width="240"><strong><span>Austin Rivers</span></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="240" align="right"><strong><span>Evan Fournier</span></strong></td> <th width="20" align="center">SG</th> <td width="240"><strong><span>Jamal Crawford</span></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="240" align="right"><strong><span>Tobias Harris</span></strong></td> <th width="20" align="center">SF</th> <td width="240"><strong><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="www.sbnation.com/nba/players/35092/luc-mbah-a-moute">Luc Richard Mbah a Moute</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="240" align="right"><strong><span>Channing Frye</span></strong></td> <th width="20" align="center">PF</th> <td bgcolor="#FFD700" width="240"><strong><span>Blake Griffin</span></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="240" align="right"><strong><span>Nikola Vucevic</span></strong></td> <th width="20" align="center">C</th> <td width="240"><strong><span>DeAndre Jordan</span></strong></td> </tr> <tr><th align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#006BB6"><font color="white"><strong>Advanced Stats (2015-2016 Regular Season)</strong></font></th></tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><strong style="text-align: start;">98.41 (17th of 30)</strong></td> <th align="center" width="20">Pace</th> <td width="240"><strong>99.52 (12th of 30)</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><strong style="text-align: start;">100.9 (17th of 30)</strong></td> <th align="center" width="20">ORtg</th> <td width="240"><strong>103.8 (5th of 30)</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><strong style="text-align: start;">99.0 (7th of 30)</strong></td> <th align="center" width="20">DRtg</th> <td width="240"><strong>101.7 (18th of 30)</strong></td> </tr> <tr><th bgcolor="#006BB6" colspan="3" align="center"><strong><font color="white">Injuries/Other</font></strong></th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;" align="right" width="240"><strong><span>C.J. Watson</span> (Questionable) Calf</strong></td> <th align="center" width="20"></th> <td style="text-align: left;" width="240"><strong><span>Chris Paul</span> (Out) Ribs</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right;" align="right" width="240"><strong></strong></td> <th align="center" width="20"></th> <td style="text-align: left;" width="240"><strong><span>J.J. Redick</span> (Out) Ankle</strong></td> </tr> </tbody></table>
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https://www.clipsnation.com/2015/12/5/9853122/gamethread-magic-at-clippersJustin Russo2015-12-05T00:00:02-08:002015-12-05T00:00:02-08:00Clippers aim to pull rabbit out of hat vs Magic
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<p>After a moderately tough loss at the hands of the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Clippers welcome the Orlando Magic into STAPLES Center. Orlando is riding a 5-game winning streak, and looks to be for real in the Eastern Conference.</p> <p id="paragraph0" class="pgh-paragraph has-dropcap"><font face="verdana">When evaluating the surprise teams early in the season, it’s hard to look any further than the <a href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Orlando Magic</a>. The squad from Florida is 11-8 on the year, and could easily be even better than that if <span>Russell Westbrook</span> didn’t hit a ridiculous half-court shot to send a game to overtime earlier this season, or if <span>John Wall</span> didn’t make a layup with 12 seconds to go during the season opener. Orlando has played in some of the most exciting games this season, and that might again be the case on Saturday evening when they head to STAPLES Center to take on a <a href="https://www.clipsnation.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Los Angeles Clippers</a> squad that is struggling in certain phases.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">Orlando is led by the scoring exploits of <span>Evan Fournier</span>, whom the Magic obtained in a trade from the <a href="https://www.denverstiffs.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Denver Nuggets</a> during the 2014 offseason. After averaging a modest 12.0 points per game on 44.0 percent shooting last season, including 37.8 percent from deep, Fournier leads the team with 16.7 points per game on 45.3 percent shooting and 39.3 percent from three-point land. He is not shy about heaving shots from all ranges, and uses a good off-the-dribble game to get to the rim when needed. Los Angeles’ perimeter defenders will have their hands full with him, but he won’t be the only player that’s likely to give them problems.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">While <span>Nikola Vucevic</span>’s numbers on a per game basis are vastly down from last season, he’s still been an instrumental part of their offense. He’s averaging 15.4 points and 8.6 rebounds on 50.0 percent from the field, as well as a fantastic 81.8 percent from the line. Vucevic has a good face-up game, going 61-of-128 (47.7 percent) on all shots from 8-to-24 feet. Vucevic is also a good post-up threat, averaging 0.91 points per possession during such situations, which includes 47.5 percent shooting on them. To stop what Orlando wants to do, the Clippers must first stop Orlando’s big man from getting free for face-up jumpers and going off in the post. It’ll be tough, though.</font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana">After hitting restricted free agency this past offseason, <span>Tobias Harris</span> came back to Orlando on four year, $64 million contract. By doing so, it locked up another piece of the team’s future. He’s justified that contract despite a drop in his scoring average, which now sits at 14.9 per game. However, he’s chipped in with 7.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists on 46.6 percent from the field and 35.2 percent from deep all while being really, really good on both ends of the floor. His scoring might be down, but his play is most certainly up.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">Orlando features a dearth of young talent elsewhere, as well. Point guard <span>Elfrid Payton</span> is averaging 10.9 points, 6.4 assists, and 4.2 rebounds, but is only shooting 38.1 percent. To compound that issue, he’s shooting a woeful 28.8 percent outside of 8 feet. <span>Victor Oladipo</span> is a good combo guard, but got taken out of the starting rotation a little bit into the year. He’s averaging 14.2 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 3.9 assists but, like Payton, he struggles shooting the ball – shooting just 34.1 percent outside of 8 feet. Beyond them, <span>Aaron Gordon</span> is playing solidly and <span>Andrew Nicholson</span> has given good performances. Fifth overall pick <span>Mario Hezonja</span> is only averaging 3.7 points per game on 37.1 percent shooting, and has struggled routinely on the defensive end of the floor. You can see why head coach <span>Scott Skiles</span> only plays him roughly 12 minutes per game. He should pan out just fine, though.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">One of the interesting things that Skiles has done this season is input <span>Channing Frye</span> into the starting lineup. Saturday’s game will mark Frye’s eighth start of the season, and the team is 6-1 when he does get the nod. Skiles put him into that spot permanently five games ago, and the Magic have since rattled off five straight wins while looking every bit the tough opponent that they appear to be. The starting lineup that Skiles will throw out there on Saturday – one that features Payton, Fournier, Harris, Frye, and Vucevic – has played 102 total minutes together this season. They’ve put up a +14.9 Net Rating thanks to a 110.5 Offensive Rating and 95.6 Defensive Rating. In other words, they’re scary. The ability that they have to stretch the floor at four positions allows Payton to get into the paint as a drive-and-kick threat. That unit is shooting 49.0 percent from three this season. While that definitely won’t keep up, you have to respect the shooters on the floor and the spacing issues they present. You can’t leave anyone. It’ll be a major thing to watch all night long. Also, watch out for their bench lineup featuring <span>Shabazz Napier</span>, Victor Oladipo, Aaron Gordon, Andrew Nicholson, and <span>Jason Smith</span>. They have locked down people defensively this season, and now sport a 68.1 Defensive Rating in 38 minutes.</font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana">The Clippers are going through a multitude of issues right now. They’re struggling offensively without <span>Chris Paul</span>, and they’re going to likely be without <span>J.J. Redick</span> on Saturday. According to NBAWowy, the Clippers are posting a 95.5 Offensive Rating and 102.4 Defensive Rating – leading to a -6.9 Net Rating – in the 385 minutes that Paul and Redick have been off of the floor together. Since Redick arrived via trade, the Clippers have played 2709 minutes without Paul and Redick on the floor together. It has not been good. In those minutes, the team has had an Offensive Rating of 102.7 and a Defensive Rating of 107.5, good for a -4.8 Net Rating. Essentially, playing without both is a death sentence.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">On the flip side, the team still does have <span>Blake Griffin</span> to lean on. The power forward is averaging 24.7 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 4.8 assists on 53.0 percent from the field and 72.7 percent from the line. On the surface, all looks good. However, there are some problem spots starting to creep up. While he’s shooting 43.0 percent from 16-to-24 feet on the season, Griffin’s managed to shoot just 9-of-35 (25.7 percent) from there over the last four games. There have also been some signs of his lower half starting to the bother him, as <a target="_blank" href="https://streamable.com/e0xc"><font color="red"><b>he was seen flexing it</b></font></a> during the last game. Maybe it’s nothing, maybe it’s something. But his legs haven’t been there the last few games as far as his jumper is concerned. Even his free throws have suffered – he’s shooting just 67.5 percent from the line over the last four games. One thing is still for certain, he’s the team’s best player and he’ll need to go supernova for them to have a chance.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">Due to the team’s second and third leading scorers being absent for this game against Orlando, Los Angeles needs fantastic contributions from everyone else. Namely, <span>Jamal Crawford</span> and <span>DeAndre Jordan</span> have got to step up. While Jordan isn’t an offensive threat, he is averaging 10.4 points per game, as well as 13.2 rebounds and 2.6 blocks. He’s shooting 66.3 percent, with mostly all of those coming on dunks or scoop shots from point blank. The major issue is Orlando could just hack him, as most every team has done this year, and put him on the line. Jordan is shooting a horrendous 37.3 percent from the line, a mark so bad that it is on pace to be one of the five worst free-throw shooting seasons of all-time (minimum 150 attempts). He’s already attempted 161 free throws, and he’s on pace to shoot 695 of them. So, buckle up.</font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana">With Crawford, the team needs him to actually show up more than once every three weeks. He’s shooting just 35.6 percent from the field and 25.7 percent from three, but he is averaging 12.3 points per game. He gets to the free throw line, and people love that, but his inability to get anything to actually go in the net outside of that is worrisome. Crawford’s taken 127 shots from 16+ feet this season, but he’s only converted on 31.5 percent of them. He took 573 of those shots last season and connected on 37.2 percent, so this is a massive downgrade that’s happening. Crawford’s defense is bad, his shot making is deplorable, and there’s not much else that he’s giving the team. They’ll need him to hit some of those shots against Orlando, or else it’ll be lights out early on for the team.</font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">Getting the start in place for Paul at point guard will be <a href="www.sbnation.com/nba/players/157861/austin-rivers" class="sbn-auto-link">Austin Rivers</a>. He’s shooting 42.2 percent on the year and averaging 8.3 points per game – both being career-highs. The good part about Rivers is that he can get downhill to the rim and finish, something he’s doing to the tune of 62.3 percent inside of 8 feet this season on 61 attempts. The issue is that he’s bad everywhere else on offense as far as shooting the ball goes. Rivers is a pitiful 24-of-86 (27.9 percent) outside of 8 feet this season, and it leads to teams backing off of him quite a bit at times. His defense is great, though, as he’s holding opponents to just 33.1 percent shooting on the year – a mark that is 10.5 percent worse than their usual field goal percentage. In other words, he’s doing a darn fine job. He’ll need to key in and stop Elfrid Payton from getting to the rim, and he’ll have to make Payton work defensively by getting to the rim himself. </font></p>
<p><font face="verdana">As far as everyone else goes, they’ll need good production and minutes out of <a href="www.sbnation.com/nba/players/35092/luc-mbah-a-moute" class="sbn-auto-link">Luc Mbah a Moute</a>, <span>Josh Smith</span>, <span>Lance Stephenson</span>, <span>Paul Pierce</span>, <span>Wesley Johnson</span>, and <span>Pablo Prigioni</span>. Mbah a Moute is there for his defense, and he’ll have to stop Tobias Harris from going off. Plus, <a target="_blank" href="https://streamable.com/tbls"><font color="red"><b>he’ll need to actually shoot open threes</b></font></a> when he gets the ball. No more passing them away. Smith needs to just keep doing what he’s doing, but take a few less jumpers. Stephenson was sensational last game, putting up 19 points on 8-of-11 from the field. If he can provide that spark again then the team might be alright. Pierce needs to actually hit a shot, grab some kind of rebound, and not be worthless on defense. Johnson just needs to see the floor, and he is being underutilized. Lastly, Prigioni just needs to not get beaten defensively. This’ll be tough sledding against a game opponent. The Clippers have to actually play hard for 48 minutes to have a chance considering who they will be missing. Hopefully <span>Doc Rivers</span> coaches a good game.</font></p>
https://www.clipsnation.com/2015/12/5/9851204/los-angeles-clippers-winning-track-against-a-soaring-orlando-magic-preview-december-5-2015Justin Russo