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NBA Playoffs: The Clippers aren’t playing like the title favorites
When trying to comprehend how the LA Clippers have squandered a 3-1 series advantage over the Denver Nuggets — and in spectacular fashion, by losing a double-digit second-half lead for the second straight game in Denver’s 111-98 Game 6 win — this is as good a place to start as any. The Clippers’ head coach […]
Continue readingMarcus Morris says Clippers leaning too much on ‘being as good as we are on paper’
“We just lean on us being as good as we are on paper and not actually finishing the game,” Morris said Saturday, a day after the Denver Nuggets stunned the Clippers with a second-half comeback to win Game 5. “It’s only happened twice so there is no overreaction. “[But] I think it is just us […]
Continue readingDenver Nuggets’ Michael Porter Jr. ‘blocks out’ criticism, hits clutch 3 in Game 5 win
With the Nuggets up by two with 1:11 left, Porter caught the ball on the wing and — despite not having made a shot yet and it being only his third attempt of the game — he pulled up and drilled it to give Denver a five-point lead. The Nuggets went on to beat the […]
Continue readingNuggets’ Nikola Jokic not buying into Clippers’ quips about any of his ‘flailing’ tactics
Jokic’s primary defender, Ivica Zubac, fouled out in 22 minutes, as he struggled to handle Jokic’s combination of size and skill, but Clippers guard Patrick Beverley pointed to another factor: The Serbian big man is a flailer. “Jokic presents the same type of, I don’t know, I wouldn’t say problems, but he presents the same […]
Continue readingNBA playoffs: An intense Game 3 is why the Clippers chased Kawhi Leonard
That finger is engraved on the underside of Leonard’s Toronto Raptors championship ring, a piece of symbolism that needs no interpretation. Then there’s the federal case. Nike won a lawsuit over a logo dispute with the middle digit playing a naturally central role. As referees checked a replay to adjust the shot clock after Leonard’s […]
Continue readingTexans stay in locker room while Chiefs stand for national anthem
The Texans were also in the locker room for Alicia Keys’ performance of “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” a decision Texans executive vice president of football operations Jack Easterby said was made so there would be “no misinterpretation of them celebrating one song and throwing shade on the other.” Easterby told NBC that the team’s […]
Continue readingDoc Rivers says Nikola Jokic is ‘best passing big’ he’s ever seen, compares Nuggets star to Hakeem Olajuwon and Kevin McHale
“He has a little bit of everybody,” Rivers said Tuesday when asked if Jokic compares to anyone. “He has all the footwork and the moves of an [Hakeem] Olajuwon, the lanky and goofy, like goofy intelligence of Kevin McHale. Shoot, man, he’s just good. “He’s the best passing big that I’ve seen, I think, ever. […]
Continue readingNBA playoffs Real or Not: Lakers in trouble? Clippers-Heat in the Finals?
On Friday night, the Houston Rockets walloped the Los Angeles Lakers, and might have exposed a bigger issue for LeBron James’ team. And the Miami Heat continued picking apart the East favorites, the Milwaukee Bucks, showing they might be the real contenders. Against the Boston Celtics, the Toronto Raptors looked cooked before barely escaping Game […]
Continue readingKawhi Leonard takes control as Clippers close out Mavericks
The reigning NBA Finals MVP closed out the Dallas Mavericks by making four consecutive shots to fuel a series-clinching 17-7 run and propel the Clippers to the second round of the NBA playoffs with a 111-97 victory Sunday in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Leonard finished with 33 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals […]
Continue readingKawhi Leonard’s offense, Luka Doncic’s injury and looking ahead to Clippers-Mavericks Game 4
This matchup has pitted the top two offenses in the league, but it has been an eventful series featuring comebacks, technical fouls, and injuries. The Mavericks will be trying to tie the series Sunday with or without All-Star point guard Luka Doncic (sprained left ankle), and the Clippers have seen two-time Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard […]
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