Well, that wasn't pleasant. Los Angeles is an interesting place for several reasons. LA is the entertainment capital of the world. It offers attractions and activities: movie studios, the Sunset Strip, Venice Beach, landmark museums, world-famous theme parks,...
Man, this is nice. I haven't written a game recap in a long while. Sure, that's in part because the season just started and there haven't been any professional basketball games to recap. But, life has generally been busy over the last few months. Believe it or not,...
The NBA is back! Even better, it's back for a full slate of 82 games. In the first week there has already been drama, dunks and diamonds. The drama comes by way of Sacramento, Philadelphia and Brooklyn. The dunks were courtesy of the Lakers (4), Nets (3) and Bucks...
There are multiple ways to build an NBA team including smart trades and pure old-fashioned luck. But, at it's core, there are really only two ways. One is to attract free agents, the other is to draft wisely. Free agents are easy to attract, assuming your franchise is...
The Los Angeles Clippers invoke different reactions to different people. To some who have followed the game for decades, they will always the team from Buffalo, New York. Others, with a little less history to draw from remember them as the hapless team from San Diego...
Well, that one hurt. There is no possible way to sugar coat this loss. Not that the Clippers had any business winning this game, they did not. Nothing about their play last night showed that this was a game they could or would win. Yet somehow, inexplicably, the...
The Clippers did not have a lot of time to celebrate making history. They became the first team in NBA history to come back from an 0-2 series deficit two series in a row and the first team in franchise history to make it to eh Conference Finals on Friday. On Sunday,...
Last night in Los Angeles was special. There is no better way to put it. It wasn't only that the Los Angeles Clippers advanced to the first Conference Finals in a 51 year franchise history, its how they did it. The Clippers did what they have never done before by...
The day that started with news that Clippers star Kawhi Leonard would miss at least game 5 ended with a victory against the Utah Jazz in game 5. To say yesterday was a roller coaster day for the Los Angeles Clippers and their fans is doing a disservice to roller...
[NOTE: I started this before news of a possible ACL injury. My plan was to show how the Clippers could withstand a few games without Kawhi Leonard, not the rest of the playoffs. Still thought this was worth sharing though.] Clippers fans are among the most faithful in...