The Los Angeles Clippers won’t win until they move their team to another stadium, city and state. 500 or better record for the first time during the run. He’s also averaging 8.7 rebounds and 5.0 assists. Reserve Guard Pablo Prigioni hit a career-high eight steals. On that occasion, the Clippers beat Washington 127-119 in double overtime at Los Angeles after Jordan was diagnosed with a mild case of pneumonia.
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Jordan tried making it so he could keep his streak of consecutive games alive (360), but had to pull out.
Aldrich filled in with a solid performance.
Several of those assists were to back-up center Cole Aldrich who started in the place of the ill Jordan. “I’m telling you, we’re going to win this game”‘. “He rolled himself to the basket, he got his body in position and he made shots”. This is fantastic news for the Clippers who are now on a 10-game winning streak.
Paul Pierce and Jamal Crawford had 15 points each while J.J.
The Miami Heat were without Goran Dragic and saw a poor shooting night from Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. However, 11 turnovers by the Heat to only three for the Clippers in the first half didn’t help their cause.
Cousins scored 32 points in the 111-104 home loss October 28 but just 13 in a 114-109 defeat at Los Angeles three days later. As the game wore on, the Clippers realized Aldrich’s beefy frame posed problems for the Heat’s lighter frontline inside.
“The first half, we had a lot of open looks that just did not fall”, Aldrich said. He really hated his team’s play in the second half.
His production was also huge for the Clippers in that they were given more opportunities to get points. He’ll continue to ramp up his workouts in hopes of coming back next week. They simply can’t win living in the shadow of the great Los Angeles Lakers. “It was just bad basketball in that third quarter”. “I was just trying to be aggressive, especially in transition”. Shortly before tip-off, it was announced that DeAndre Jordan would not be playing and Blake Griffin is still a ways off from returning.
Clippers center DeAndre Jordan texted head coach Doc Rivers on Wednesday morning that he was not feeling well, but was going to still try and play in the game.
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While it’s hard to argue with L.A.’s success on offense this season when their Offensive Rating is fifth best in the league at 107.6, with Jordan’s athleticism and size, the Clippers might benefit from having him set some more screens for Paul in the pick and roll, and maybe even letting him touch the ball in the post a few times every other game. Griffin missed his ninth contest with a partially torn left quad tendon but Jordan’s absence was a surprise before the game when it was revealed he had pneumonia. He is questionable for Saturday when the Clippers (26-13) host the Sacramento Kings at 7:30 p.m.at Staples Center.
