“As a head coach, as a leader of this team, I can’t get caught up in that kind of stuff”, he said.
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“I don’t know about a relief but it felt good”, Paul said of reaching.500. “Hopefully a win will come soon”.
Denver tried to claw back into the game by hacking LA’s DeAndre Jordan. In fact it turned out to be the fouling that kept Griffin and Malone jawing at each other throughout the game.
“I tried to do the little things”, Johnson said.
“We guard nonshooters like they are shooters sometimes, and we’re guarding shooters like they are nonshooters”, the coach said. “I don’t think we’ve been under”.
Malone’s heated exchange with Griffin led to another incident that occurred on the Nuggets bench.
If Crawford is going to find more success, his mentality is just as important as his technical ability. Winning is a great cure-all for anybody, like it was for (the Clippers) tonight, coming in having lost three in a row. Mike Malone doesn’t like it, but if it’s effective, what the hell else is he supposed to do?
The final key will be containing the starters for the Clippers. “It probably was my fault, I could have been doing a lot more”, Mudiay said. “The coaches have had to tell me to take him out because he’s about to pass out”, Malone smiled. And the teams shooting them are among the best 3-point shooting teams in the league. “At least Gallo was getting to the foul line. As we continue to work on the offense, I’m sure we’ll start shooting at a higher percentage”. Harrison Barnes is grabbing 5.1 rebounds and Draymond Green is dishing 6.7 assists. His excellent three-point shooting this season continued, as he drilled 3-of-4 from beyond in 25 minutes.
Through six games, he was averaging 29.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, but over the last two-plus weeks, Griffin has seen his numbers decline.
DeAndre Jordan demonstrated some truly bad defensive effort against the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night for the Los Angeles Clippers. They beat the defending champion San Antonio Spurs in a brutal seven-game series in the first round and held a commanding 3-1 series lead over Houston Rockets in the second round.
The Clippers are finally able to get back into the win column with a convincing victory over Denver.
Jokic with the pretty turnaround over Jordan. The Clippers had it easy to begin the season, not even leaving the state of California until a week and a half (five games) into the season. “Early in the game, just the way he runs the court, shot the ball well”.
If they do, they’ll have Tuesday’s third quarter to thank. What followed was bland and stale basketball and some interesting lineup choices by Malone.
He then fed center Jordan on an alley-oop after a Denver basket. Mudiay finished with 23:34 of playing time, while backup Jameer Nelson played 24:26. They are 0-4 in those games.
“It’s just both of us being competitive”. If the Jazz want to win, this is a must.
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That incident led to Mudiay issuing an apology of his own, saying that everyone is just frustrated with Denver’s current four-game losing streak. It’s been like that my whole life.
