Please post your predictions for the game against the Thunder. The guys must do what well to get the win? Which Thunder player should L.A. focus on? Will the game be very high-scoring or first to 100 gets the W? Which match-ups are you looking forward to seeing?
No KL, no Beal- let's see what the guys are made out of here vs OKC
Dunn & Batum are starting
Clippers and the Beard a pretty solid start- Harden the bingo, and 1!
Now a good block by DJJ on Hartenstein, and Harden another bingo! 9-2 Clips.
This is a nice lineup for the Clippers with a lot of focus on defense. On offense, it's the about keeping it simple with the Harden & Zu pick and roll. Harden, another 3- timeout OKC!
Lol that's terrific as the fans at the wall are dressed up as peacocks, since the game is on Peacock
Dunn the bingo- assist Zu. Clips up 16-4
Bogdanovic makes an early appearance, drains a deep 3! Now Harden, another bingo! Good hustle by DJJ tracking down the rebound.
Easily Bogie's best minutes thus far in the young season. Pass to Zu for the slam, and now draws the foul on SGA who was on his hip
Collins a good looking turnaround floater in the lane- nice delivery by Paul
Ugh- Joe with a couple of 3's, including that long buzzer beater. But the Clippers with probably their best quarter of season- up 33-23 after 1.
Collins working well with Harden- roll to the bucket for 2
What a play by Dunn- saves 2 points there knocking the ball off of Mitchell
Collins driving layup off of the fake- keeps OKC at bay. Clips up 48-43
Harden drills another bingo over Wallace's mug to break the tie
You've gotta hand it to these Clippers. They're battling like heck vs the champs. Awful call there by the refs as they say DJJ fouled SGA on the 3, but replay shows he just high-fived him. Clips are challenging.
Challenge unsuccessful as apparently DJJ did hit wrist. But the Clips able to reclaim the lead after Harden made them pay for the double- hockey pass Collins to Zu for 2. Clips up 57-56 at the half.
Harden draws the 4th foul on Dort on the 3
Zu has been a force on the boards & on D
Big 3 by DJJ after the 9-zip run by SGA
Bogie the eurostep!
OMG they called Zu for delay of game when he just grabbed the ball and dropped it. Resulted in a tech and a freebie point for OKC
Much needed 3 by Lopez to cut the Thunder lead to 3
Now he dribbles free and nails another bingo!
Ugh OKC, lead by Joe, is just draining 3's left and right, and the Clippers find themselves down 94-86 after 3
Thunder just can't miss, and the Clipper second unit also unable to score. Clips now down 15.
CP3 and Lopez are just a step too slow on D vs the OKC bench
Lopez is the only Clipper able to score in the 4th with those 3's
Harden is back with 8 minutes to go
White flag waved as the Clipper bench is emptied with 6 minutes to go
Niederhauser looks pretty good out there- very quick and athletic. Wouldn't mind seeing him getting more minutes.
Max Christie showing good D and quickness as well
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