How will the Clippers do in the game against the Chicago Bulls? What are the Clippers keys to get a W? Who on the Bulls should Los Angeles focus on? Will the game be first to 115 points or a slower-paced game? Are there any injury/player availability updates?
Focus on Lavine. He seems to be playing well as of late and is motivated by all the trade talk
Gonna be tough with all the injuries
T Mann stepping up big after not playing last night
Clippers missing not just Zu's scoring & defense, but the rebounding for sure
Powell sidesteps past 3 defenders for the layup!
Jones Jr way to crash the boards there for 2
Nice second quarter by the Clippers after getting down early. LA leads 50-48 at the half.
That's big if Bamba can hit some 3's like that. Dunn the acrobatic reverse!
Clippers not able to get back on D after misses. After 3 by LaVine, and all of a sudden the Clipper 5 point lead is now a 5 point deficit.
T Mann in for DJJ, KPJ in for Powell with the Clips down 6, 4 minutes left.
Clippers missing so many open 3's- weary legs likely playing role. The deficit balloons to 11 now as the Clippers cannot contain LaVine's drives.
Flagrant 1 on Harden- ugh
That's a 4 point possession for the Bulls to extend their lead to 18.
Coffey misses another open deep ball. Clippers just 7 of 33 from beyond the arc. Might want to just put in the end of the bench guys and wave the white flag. Harden after playing a ton of minutes last night have already logged 31 at the end of 3.
Well, Powell is in there to start the 4th.
Kobe Brown in for Batum
Bulls are leaving the door open but the Clips just keep bricking
Potentially big call here after the Clips able to overturn the call. Now or never.
Porter Jr misses yet another one- looks like he was fouled though, no call. Harden now comes in with the Clips down 13, and this is with the Bulls being 0-10 shooting in the quarter. Bulls only able to score with the myriad of fouls the Clippers have handed them.
Clips still battling with 5 minutes to go. Powell's 3 trickles in, cuts it back to 13.
Just too much Zach LaVine ugh
Clear path foul on the Bulls- that should help. Credit the guys for not giving up lol
Jones Jr across the lane somehow banks it in, and 1!
Vucevic is such a flopper
And... that's all she wrote as more Harden turnovers & bricks followed by the Lavine dagger 3
Kobe Brown had a nice outing- finishes the game with that nice dish to Kai Jones
Highlights:
Why are we still playing Batum? Seems a slightly better PJ Tucker from what I see.
Batum is still making smart plays especially on defense. Vs the Bulls he was a step slow, which is understandable with his age & a B2B, so Brown came in for him.
