Share your predictions regarding the game against the Wizards. The guys must do what well to get the W? Which Wizards player should L.A. focus the D on? Will the game be first to 115 points or a slower-paced game? Who will step up?
Clippers at Wizards Game Day 2026-01-19
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No clue if it's correct or not, but I read Trae Young will not be back until the All-Star break?
If that's the case, we just have to play mistake free, make shots, and give great effort.
If the Wizards... just Wizard, they'll show great potential... then shoot themselves out of the game.
We won't have Young to pick on defensively, so James will have to take us home again.
His stupid foul grifting will be key for us to climb out of difficult moments.
Zu already with 3 turnovers. No Kawhi who has gone home due to knee irritation- Sanders starts in his stead. John Collins is back.
Zu knows he has to be more assertive- running layup there after they doubled Harden
Sarr has been a difference maker for the Wizards thus far
Great pass by Harden to Lopez inside for 2, and Clips retake the lead 19-18
3's aren't falling for the Clips, and Wizards are sharp. It's gonna be tough if guys don't start hitting bingos.
What a block by Miller 1v1 vs Chapmpanie! Lol Champagnie later trips on the ref's shoe after Miller misses the gimme layup.
Nice sequence by the Beard to end the Q, and the Clips able to knot it up at 26 at the end of 1.
That's rough as the Wizards able to get 3 offensive rebounds and then George gets fouled shooting a 3.
Harden a bit shaken up after getting fouled on that 3, landing on Watkin's foot. Thankfully he seems to be okay. Reckless closeout foul so 3 FT's and the ball for the Clips.
Collins the turnaround inside, and it's a 5 point possession for the Clips who now lead 42-37
Sanders from the corner- bingo! Just the second 3 by the Clips in 12 tries.
Sanders now the drive and kick Batum for the bingo, nullifying Sarr's 3. But the Clips continue to give u too many offensive rebounds.
Clips lead 54-53 at the half vs the young Wizards. Guys gotta trim the turnovers and prevent second chance points to get this W.
Strong move by Zu inside for 2 but the Wiz stay hot, and now lead 70-60 after drilling another 3.
Sarr playing like Giannis- he's getting scary good
What the... Dunn on the fast break throws it into the crowd. Makes up for it thought with that banker
That was big- Lopez blocks the layup, and Harden all the way for 2 to cut it to 5
Now the Beard again the driving layup!
Thankfully that Kyshawn George 3 didn't beat buzzer. Clips trail 81-79 after 3.
Good hustle by Christie- helps the Clip get an offensive rebound, and then gets decked the rim attack. He's also guarding Kyshawn George.
Miller, who's become a good defender, pokes the inbounds away and lays it in. Clips back up 87-85.
Giant bingo by Dunn in the corner- good ball movement. Clips 90-85.
Wiz commit their 5th team foul with 6:31 left- Clips can live at the line the rest of the way. Dunn hits one of 2 and the Clipper lead is 6.
Harden the floater and now a perfect dish to the cutting Miller for 2. But the Clipper lead is still a tenuous 3.
On the Clipper broadcast they showed geese on the pond for some reason as Jim Jackson was doing replay analysis lol.
Clips handle the ball like it's a live grenade, and Carrington hits a 3 to tie.
Zu down on himself after missing that easy hook, but thankfully Sarr fumbled it outta bounds. Clips 104-103 with 1:17 to go
Nice out of bounds play leads to the Harden layup! But Batum fouls Middleton shooting a 3.
Lol Brian Sieman and Jim Jackson tried really hard to coax Middleton into a miss, but to no avail.
Harden 2 FTs and the Clips go up 2, 108-106, 37 seconds to go. That's *16 out of 16* by the Beard at the line.
Clippers have no timeout left. So they have to expect the Wiz to trap him.
A huge sigh of relief as Johnson missed a clean look from deep, but Harden finally misses a FT. Misses the second but Collins goes in and bats the rebound back to Beard!
JH cans BOTH this time and that should be game. 3.5 ticks left, Clips 110-106.
Miller knocks the ball away and the game is over. Another MVP performance by James Harden to help the Clps win this one. He scores 36 points w/o hitting a 3, also had 7 boards and 9 assists.
Miller was big again on both ends, and Christie played solid D, as did Dunn as always. Welcome back John Collins as he made some key plays in the game, none bigger than that backtap at the end. Zu did a good job on the boards, and while Lopez struggled badly from deep, he manned the middle well on D.
Clips win despite going 5 of 28 from deep. No way they win when shooting even remotely close to this bad from 3 earlier in the season. But the improved defense created a ton of deflections and turnovers which made up for the poor outside shooting.
Wow, glad that one is over. We were finding every reason possible to let it get away.
I liked the energy from Sanders and Christie. That was huge, as was the rim protection by Zu and Lopez.
Hopefully, we have the juice for tomorrow night. We need another Dub
I forgot to mention it, but I think it would be a mistake not to sign Jordan Miller to a contract.
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