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Los Angeles Clippers vs Houston Rockets
Sunday (10 April 2011) at 01:30 (GMT +1)
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Against the height challenged Rockets, Craig Smith will be fine.I wonder which Clippers team will show up in Houston tonight? The one that blitzed Dallas for 35 first quarter points while taking a commanding 16 point lead, or the one that turned the ball over 19 times in the final three quarters, losing each of those quarters by nine points a piece and the game by 11? Eric Gordon is currently in a terrible shooting slump: he's been below 40% in four straight games, and that's not like him at all.Last night in Dallas, trying to defend Dirk while also dealing with Chandler and Haywood, Kaman's size was missed. Things will get much easier for the Clippers if Gordon starts scoring again.There's really no reason for him to test a strained knee at this point.
Chuck Hayes is the only center in the league shorter than Smith. It would be nice if they could just keep their turnovers down in these last two games of the season. I would assume that Chris Kaman will sit out tonight - in fact, I assume he's done for the season, such as it is.
Blake Griffin on the other hand is on a tear, making 26 of 39 from the field in his last two games. Some amount of inconsistency is I suppose to be expected from one of the youngest teams in the league, but this is ridiculous.
But both Ariza and Brooks are now gone, and the Rockets are still above . In short, they've done a remarkable job, given the adversity they've faced and the seeming lack of flashy NBA talent.They had won 8 out of 10 to stave off elimination, but ran out of gas and lost the last two, setting up Memphis' clincher tonight. There other starters might not be starters anywhere else in the league. Chase Budinger wasn't a starter until they traded Ariza before the season and Shane Battier at the deadline. Houston was the last team in the playoff race, but they were finally eliminated last night when Memphis beat Sacramento. Kevin Martin and Luis Scola are terrific (and very efficient) players, but beyond that it's an eclectic mix. 5 They hung around the playoff race until the last week of the season despite trading two starters at the trade deadline primarily for draft picks and cap space.Kyle Lowry wasn't a starter until this season.
But they all know their roles and play them well, and the Rockets remain competitive despite the fact that on paper they don't appear to be. Every time the Rockets over achieve, it gets attributed to some player who has supposedly made a quantum improvement - Trevor Ariza, or last season's Most Improved Player Aaron Brooks, or some such.Chuck Hayes is the least likely of all, a 6'6" center whose shooting range stretches to about 2 feet.
The Rockets put up a valiant effort, despite losing their highest paid player and supposed building block Yao Ming at the very beginning of the season.
Against the height challenged Rockets, Craig Smith will be fine.I wonder which Clippers team will show up in Houston tonight? The one that blitzed Dallas for 35 first quarter points while taking a commanding 16 point lead, or the one that turned the ball over 19 times in the final three quarters, losing each of those quarters by nine points a piece and the game by 11? Eric Gordon is currently in a terrible shooting slump: he's been below 40% in four straight games, and that's not like him at all.Last night in Dallas, trying to defend Dirk while also dealing with Chandler and Haywood, Kaman's size was missed. Things will get much easier for the Clippers if Gordon starts scoring again.There's really no reason for him to test a strained knee at this point.
Chuck Hayes is the only center in the league shorter than Smith. It would be nice if they could just keep their turnovers down in these last two games of the season. I would assume that Chris Kaman will sit out tonight - in fact, I assume he's done for the season, such as it is.
Blake Griffin on the other hand is on a tear, making 26 of 39 from the field in his last two games. Some amount of inconsistency is I suppose to be expected from one of the youngest teams in the league, but this is ridiculous.
But both Ariza and Brooks are now gone, and the Rockets are still above . In short, they've done a remarkable job, given the adversity they've faced and the seeming lack of flashy NBA talent.They had won 8 out of 10 to stave off elimination, but ran out of gas and lost the last two, setting up Memphis' clincher tonight. There other starters might not be starters anywhere else in the league. Chase Budinger wasn't a starter until they traded Ariza before the season and Shane Battier at the deadline. Houston was the last team in the playoff race, but they were finally eliminated last night when Memphis beat Sacramento. Kevin Martin and Luis Scola are terrific (and very efficient) players, but beyond that it's an eclectic mix. 5 They hung around the playoff race until the last week of the season despite trading two starters at the trade deadline primarily for draft picks and cap space.Kyle Lowry wasn't a starter until this season.
But they all know their roles and play them well, and the Rockets remain competitive despite the fact that on paper they don't appear to be. Every time the Rockets over achieve, it gets attributed to some player who has supposedly made a quantum improvement - Trevor Ariza, or last season's Most Improved Player Aaron Brooks, or some such.Chuck Hayes is the least likely of all, a 6'6" center whose shooting range stretches to about 2 feet.
The Rockets put up a valiant effort, despite losing their highest paid player and supposed building block Yao Ming at the very beginning of the season.
