Western Conference fourth leading team Los Angeles Clippers crushed the league’s second best ballclub of the season San Antonio Spurs, who was without the team’s top forward Kahwi Leonard 105-86 at the Staples Center Thursday night.
Nine-time NBA All-Star Chris Paul had a remarkable scoring night of 28 points with 12 assists to register another double-double game performance for the Clippers, who are currently 18-8 at home this season. Paul, who attended the funeral of Thunder assistant coach Monty Williams’ wife Ingrid, played with a game-high 37 minutes.
"It really put a lot of stuff in perspective," Paul said. "At the end of the day, it is just basketball."
Reserve Jamal Crawford, who was the 2010 NBA Sixth Man of the Year recipient, added 19 points and J.J. Redick had 17 points for the Clippers, who saw their 20-point lead whittled to five in the fourth quarter before they exploded offensively.
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With the win, the Clippers have improved to 36-18, while the Spurs suffered their 9th loss of the season.
The Clippers dominated the boards, grabbing a team combined 45 rebounds compare to the 33 taken by the Spurs, who snapped their six-game winning streak coming out of the All-Star break, according to the NBA’s official website.
Spurs’ starting forward Kawhi Leonard did not take part in the game and had to sit out because of tightness in his left calf. His 20.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists averages was truly missed by the Gregg Popovich-led squad.
Veteran guard Tony Parker led the Spurs with 14 points and 4 assists with 6-of-13 shooting. LeMarcus Aldridge finished the game with 10 points, shooting at a miserable 3-of-12 from the field and Tim Duncan, who just recently returned back to action after dealing with an injury, scored only 2 points in a 1 of 6 shooting while playing 20.29 minutes in the
Kirkendoll added his third double-double of the season and his ninth of his career with 16 points and 14 rebounds. He was 1-for-4 from beyond the arc, saving the best for last on the buzzer beater. Kirkendoll narrowly missed double-digit assists, adding seven against
Holmes scored 33 points to lead the visitors, hitting 12-for-15 from the field and adding seven rebounds and six assists.
Russell Westbrook finished the game with an amazing triple-double production of 20 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists, making the two-time All-Star Game MVP the NBA’s leader in triple-double performance.
Jevon Carter had 16 points, five assists and five steals. Daxter Miles Jr. and Sagaba Konate each add 14.
Kyrie Irving was unstoppable in the paint and behind the 3-point line scoring 22 of his 42 points. He made 12 points in the paint 1 foul shot and 9 points from long range in just one quarter.
Priem gave the Lakers its first lead since it was 9-7 in the first half.
Prior to the game on Sunday afternoon, I posted on social media that the Clippers team should be blown up if they lose game seven at home. It could be by one point, or it could be
The 36 points were Hield's third-highest scoring total of the season. It was his 13th career 30-plus-point game, tying Michael Beasley for most in Big 12 history.
The Thunder’s dynamic duo of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook headed the Western Conference Northwest top team to its 46 wins in 68 games played this season.
Oh by the way, the 15 boards were defensive rebounds. In the process, Randle joined Vlade Divac (2-24-95) and Lamar Odom (3-25-07) as the only Lakers to post such a stat line since the 1985-86 season and the second-youngest player in the NBA to do so in the last 30 years as well.
Fred VanVleet and Shaquille Morris each scored 12 points for the Shockers. Ron Baker had 11 points.
NBA Western Conference third leading team Oklahoma City Thunder beats the Southwest Division fifth ranked New Orleans Pelicans 121-95 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena on Thursday night as both squad played with a heavy heart following the sudden demise of Coach Monty Williams’ wife.
After a complete fail last season the Denver Nuggets come back with 5-wins strait. Who is the the fifth team? The Chicago Bulls! They were expecting it would be EASY because of the Denver Nugget’s epic fail last year, but the past is the past and the Nuggets will not let anything stop them this year. The Denver Nuggets are ruthless for revenge and will not rest until victory has awarded them.
It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly six years since the Clippers acquired Chris Paul in a blockbuster trade with the then New Orleans Hornets. Since acquiring Paul, the franchise has seen their most success. Paul has not only been the catalyst to the teams on court success, but he has also done wonders for the teams off court brand. A new logo, new owner, new fan base, and new colors has all stemmed from the franchises recent success, and that largely falls on Paul’s shoulders.
To compare the results of the ILP to real games, we used statistics from the Golden State Warriors, the Dallas Mavericks, the Indiana Pacers, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Los Angeles Lakers highest scoring game of the 2016-2017 season. This data is available on the NBA website under "Stats" filtered by "Box Scores", dates, and quarters. We used these statistics to get the number of 2PA and 3PA per quarter j and compared to the results of the ILP.