The Los Angeles Clippers just completed the first 5-0 road trip in franchise history and now start a stretch of home games against the woeful Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday.
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Julius Randle #30 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives to the basket against Nikola Jokic #15 of the Denver Nuggets at Pepsi Center on December 22, 2015 in Denver, Colorado.
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76ers center Jahlil Okafor, drafted one spot below Russell last June, had 12 points and four rebounds.
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We have played everyone now this season and we have showed we are more than capable of playing up there with the best of them”. The 64-year-old Ranieri has added just three players to Pearson’s squad in Gokhan Inler, N’Golo Kante and Yohan Benalouane.
Dallas’ four-game winning streak was snapped. “We’re a young team and they’re a young team”.
The Clippers pulled away to a 69-52 lead with a 26-12 run to end the first half. Noel and Okafor instead split all the center minutes between them, Noel receiving 27 to Okafor’s 21.
In all, Jordan had a season-high nine dunks. The 76ers had 41 points after shooting 36 percent.
The Clippers were without power forward Blake Griffin. Another impressive stat: DeAndre Jordan was 4 of 7 from the free throw line.
“Wins are what create confidence for us”, Doc Rivers said. “Everybody is playing at the right pace and right spirit”.
The game, an otherwise meaningless late-December clash between two storied but rebuilding organizations, served as an amusing reminder of just how important getting a win in these battles is for each side.
Williams ended his 11-point second quarter with a buzzer-beating 3 off an inbounds pass after the Lakers took a 20-second timeout with 1.1 seconds on the clock.
“I was so happy when that song came on”, Bryant said after the game, referring to when he heard the Dropkick Murphys anthem in the fourth quarter.
The Suns rallied in the fourth quarter, but the damage had already been done and the closest the Suns got was within 14 points.
For now, Clarkson is starting at point guard for the LA Lakers, but that may not last.
76ers: Previously, the most points they’d allowed this season was 127 against Atlanta on December 16…. The Lakers will decide by Friday so the players have time to clear waivers. The 76ers began the new year with a lost weekend in LA, losing first to the Lakers, who are the West’s worst team. If they stay where they are now, there’s a 44.3 percent chance of falling out of the top three.
I personally will be rooting for a win, even if a loss might be beneficial in the long-term.
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“I thought they disrupted our backcourt, and we give them credit”, Philadelphia coach Brett Brown said. Philadelphia went 2-3 on the swing. “If you’re an National Basketball Association player, you can knock those down and get streaky”. “I was just like, ‘Don’t offer too much, because I’ll be reaching out to you all the time'”. “I used to rib him all the time”. Two nights ago, it was Austin (Rivers), tonight it was Austin.
