How will the Clippers do in the game coming up versus the Rockets? The guys must do what well to get the victory? Which Rockets player should Los Angeles be wary of? Will the game be very high-scoring or first to 100 gets the W? Who will step up?
Clippers at Rockets Game Day 2026-02-11
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Well... if we didn't win the first leg with Kawhi playing 31min.
Let's see if he plays the second leg. Our only chance of winning is with him on the floor.
Collins getting pretty proficient with that turnaround inside
Dumb call right away as Thompson on the break shoves Dunn in the back, and it's a foul on Dunn lol
All 4 of the Houston's buckets are layups or dunks
Dunn the retaliation bingo- nobody within 10 foot of him
That was smart D- Clips trap KD as he drives the lane and Collins jumps the passing lane
Hey Mathurin drills the bingo, ties it at 20. Had all day to shoot that.
Clipper offense has gone to the pits as guys are just passing the ball around the perimeter then taking a contested jumper at the end of the clock.
Sanders gotta shoot that open 3. Possession ended up binge a brick
Mathurin- that was better as he attacks the paint like Harden
Nifty eurostep by Dunn after the baseline drive for the and 1- cuts it to 9
Sheppard is killing the Clippers like he's Steph Curry, hits another 3 on the stepback
Dunn is on Sheppard now, but nobody guards the KD in the paint
Good cut by KL there, assist Dunn. Kawhi out of the game now midway through the 2nd
There we go- Collins STRONG to the hoop for the posterization slam! Slices it to 13.
Big bingo by DJJ, but the Clipper offense is super hesitant. Guys just gotta elevate and shoot when open
Yeah- that's what the team needs as DJJ sends Sheppard a message blocking his 3. Now Collins bingo at the buzzer! Dunno if it counts though wow so close. So Clips will be either down 7 or 10 at the half.
Clips showing some life here lead by the defense of Dunn and DJJ. Kawhi keeps shaking his right hand, but hits both FTs, 6 point game. Now Dunn another wide-open bingo, 3 point game!
Kawhi struggling- commits a charge when he probably should've shot his little J
Clippers getting stops but can't even get a shot up
That's a killer. DJJ blocks Sheppard's shot, and 2 Clippers who could've grabbed the ball watch it go outta bounds. Then on the inbound Sheppard hits a corner 3.
Finally an easy basket not via the fastbreak- Miller with the scoop layup
Clips scrap, getting a bunch of stops, slices this to 6 at the end of 3
Lopez the bingo and it's down to 3
Miller gotta shoot that 3- wide open
The Klaw, yes from deep. Let's see that will get him going. Mathurin can tie it at the line here with 2 FTs
Kawhi blitzes the double, reverse layup and the Clips LEAD!
Another deflection, results in another layup for the Klaw! Clips by 5- timeout Rockets!
Lopez yet another block, now induces the hook from Sengun!
Kawhi is in attack mode now- determined foray there earns 2 FTs
Leonard continues his 20 point streak with that rebound and putback. But KD gets more FTs, Dunn with 5 fouls now, and the Clipper lead is cut to 2.
I actually would rather have Miller out there right now over Mathurin- ugh game tied now
Dunn has to shoot that 3 come on- instead Kawhi takes a tough J and off to the races they go. Dunn has been terrific, but he has to come out as his D is saddled with the 5 fouls. Gotta put Miller back in there.
Lopez has been terrific- post up hook ties the game at 93
Mathurin oof- not a good midrange shooter. He does the draw the foul here.
Tremendous hustle though by BMath as his defense induces the turnover and foul!
The Klaw puts his big mitts on the ball, causes another turnover. Hasn't been himself at the line lately- goes 1 of 2 there
Ugh that hurts- guys force a miss and they allow Thompson to sneak in between FOUR Clippers for the rebound, leads to the KD 3 to tie it
Game saving block by Lopez, Collins slaaaaaaaam dunk! Bad call by the refs there as Mathurin just went straight up
Seatbelt time as Clippers up 1, Rockets with the ball 11.2 to go. Lopez probably should've rotated the ball to the middle, but can't blame him for going to Kawhi who had to heave up a though 3 that barely grazed the rim.
OMG the refs with another terrible call bailing out Sengun
Sengun makes only 1 of 2, so the Clips can win it here, 6.9 ticks left.
The Klaw hits the turnaround, and 1!!!!!
Houston has 2 seconds left- they need a 3 to tie
Good game, it’s nice to see Kawhi invested.
Clippers, seemingly left for dead after the first 30 minutes, able to be come up with an improbably, gritty win down the stretch. Vs a tough Rockets team on the road no less. Just super impressive.
Kawhi with only like 6 points, able to lift his team over the hump, keyed by great defense Dunn, DJJ & Lopez. Those 3 guys made big contributions too on offense to keep the Clips afloat. Same goes for Mathurin who didn't shoot well but played good D and made 9 of 10 FTs.
That's the second time I saw Kawhi finish a post game interview. He said, "Thank you...." twice in a row now.
I wonder if some PR person said something to him. Either way, great game. Love to see the guys hang in.
We knew it would be tough to rebound vs HOU and no ZU....
Kawhi said it best post game. Young guys need to get their mistakes out now. Eventually they'll be positive plays later.
Sanders, Miller, Yanic, sparingly Cam... they're making plenty of 'em, but they hustle... so just learn from it.
Benedict got to the line a lot.
LuvMeSumMEE wrote:
Kawhi said it best post game. Young guys need to get their mistakes out now. Eventually they'll be positive plays later.
Sanders, Miller, Yanic, sparingly Cam... they're making plenty of 'em, but they hustle...
so just learn from it. 
Yes loved that quote
