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9 months ago

Struggling Clippers still searching for an ‘identity’ after loss to Pacers: ‘We’re soft’

LA Times

Clippers guard Russell Westbrook controls the ball in front of Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton and Jalen Smith during the Clippers’ 133-116 loss Monday at Crypto.com Arena. “We’re soft.” That was Lue’s response when asked about James Harden saying the Clippers “got to find our identity,” after a 133-116 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Monday that dropped the Clippers to fifth …

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9 months ago

Clippers get good news on Russell Westbrook before win over Portland

LA Times

Clippers guard Russell Westbrook jogs on the court during a game against the New Orleans Pelicans in January. Clippers coach Tyronn Lue wouldn’t give an exact timetable for Westbrook’s return. “He’ll play sometime next week.” If Westbrook doesn’t play Monday, he could return on the road — the Clippers play at Philadelphia on Wednesday and at Orlando on Friday. So, …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Ivica Zubac travels with Clippers, hopes to play Sunday

LA Times

Clippers center Ivica Zubac, battling Pelicans center Jonas Valanciunas for a rebound, has sat out the last two games because of an undisclosed illness. Westbrook suffered a fractured left hand during the first half of the Clippers’ victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night at Crypto.com Arena. Clippers Clippers’ Russell Westbrook fractures hand on his bobblehead night Russell Westbrook …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Clippers’ Russell Westbrook fractures hand on his bobblehead night

LA Times

Clippers guard Russell Westbrook tries to score over Washington’s Jordan Poole, bottom left, Marvin Bagley III, center, and Landry Shamet, right, during the first half of the Clippers’ 140-115 win Friday at Crypto.com Arena. As the Clippers began to pour it on against the Washington Wizards in the third quarter Friday, bad news surfaced when the team announced guard Russell …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Russell Westbrook reaches 25,000-point milestone in Clippers’ win over Pistons

LA Times

Clippers guard Russell Westbrook dunks during the second half of a 136-125 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night. Russell Westbrook scored 23 points to become the 25th player in NBA history with 25,000 points, Kawhi Leonard had 21 of his 33 points in the first half, and the Clippers put on an offensive show in a 136-125 win …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Clippers lean on their defense to snap losing streak, defeat Hornets

LA Times

Clippers star Kawhi Leonard was absent again Tuesday, though coach Tyronn Lue said his “day-to-day” recovery from a hip contusion had made progress. In recent weeks, as the Clippers’ defense crept into the NBA’s upper ranks while keeping the team afloat during a rocky November, multiple veterans noted that the foundation of a strong defense is not anchored by one …

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1 year ago

Clippers' James Harden experience continues to be a work in progress

LA Times

When the Clippers completed their long-rumored trade for James Harden, coach Tyronn Lue said his team would need 10 games with Harden in their lineup to figure things out. “It’s a frustrating loss but you know it’s one of those games where the guys get the opportunities, they played extremely well, and I thought in the absence the guys stepped …

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1 year, 1 month ago

James Harden and the Clippers show flashes of dominance while running over the Spurs

LA Times

A game featuring 10 players suddenly became a spotlight on just two during Monday’s opening quarter, as Clippers guard James Harden sized up the defense of San Antonio rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama at the top of the three-point arc. “I think,” coach Tyronn Lue said, “we’re starting to get comfortable.” Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard drives to the basket under pressure …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Clippers’ comeback against Nuggets comes up short, losing streak extends to six

LA Times

Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard pressures Nuggets center Nikola Jokic as he works in the post during the first half of the game Tuesday night in Denver. They left while inviting an NBA fine for criticizing officiating, after coach Tyronn Lue lamented that “we didn’t get the same calls” and Paul George called the referees “awful” and his five free-throw attempts …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Clippers drop fifth in a row as late rally falls short against the Grizzlies

LA Times

It took 12 days for the Clippers to make their first course correction since acquiring James Harden. We all know the bigger picture.” Lue felt Harden remained “too polite” with his play and the team as a whole too slow with its pace as it incorporates three stars used to operating in isolation with Westbrook’s uptempo pace. In a new …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Winless since James Harden trade, Clippers preach patience but struggle for progress

LA Times

Clippers guard James Harden, driving around Mavericks guard Luka Doncic, had 14 points in the first quarter Friday but took only three shots the rest of the game. The first nine minutes of the Clippers’ third game with James Harden were, in the eyes of coach Tyronn Lue, “a work of art.” What, then, does that make the last 39 …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Clippers ‘not worried,’ stressing patience after falling to 0-2 with James Harden

LA Times

Clippers coach Tyronn Lue eased his way down the hallway inside the Barclays Center late Wednesday night after talking to the media when he spotted Gillian Zucker, the team’s president of business operations. “We’re going to be all right.” Two games into what some consider this Great Clippers Experiment, Lue and his squad are preaching patience and to trust the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

After James Harden’s first game with Clippers, Tyronn Lue calls Kawhi Leonard ‘the best player’

New York Times

NEW YORK — The sacrificing the LA Clippers’ four stars say they need to do to win collectively has its limits. “I mean, he’s the best player, so, yeah,” Lue said after the Clippers lost to the Knicks in James Harden’s first game, 111-97. Also, in that time frame, Harden literally said “I’m not a system player, I am a …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Film breakdown: James Harden’s debut with Clippers disappoints on both ends of floor

New York Times

NEW YORK — A week after the LA Clippers landed James Harden via a blockbuster trade with the Philadelphia 76ers, James Harden made his debut with the LA Clippers Monday night. Learning the plays, and trying to figure everything out as a whole.” Here’s a deeper look at how the Clippers used Harden throughout the 2018 MVP’s first game action …

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1 year, 1 month ago

James Harden making Clippers debut Monday; Russell Westbrook also expected to start, per sources

New York Times

Newly acquired Los Angeles Clippers guard James Harden will debut with the team against the New York Knicks on Monday at Madison Square Garden, he and coach Tyronn Lue said Sunday — and the Clippers plan to go with a star-studded starting five, per league sources. Here’s what you need to know: New Clippers star James Harden will debut on …

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1 year, 1 month ago

76ers trade disgruntled guard James Harden to Clippers, AP source says

Associated Press

CAMDEN, N.J. — James Harden publicly called his boss a liar and swore he would never again play for the Philadelphia 76ers. Harden joins Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and Russell Westbrook to shape a core group of veterans trying to win the Los Angeles Clippers their first NBA title. “Everything’s been great.” Still, the longer the Harden melodrama lingered in …

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1 year, 1 month ago

James Harden, P.J. Tucker arrive in Clippers locker room before win over Magic

LA Times

James Harden looks on during a basketball game between the Philadelphia 76ers and Portland Trail Blazers. A reporter asked whether Harden was excited to have been traded to the Clippers late Monday night, a trade that actually hasn’t become official yet. Westbrook seemed to be enjoying the moment the most, cracking jokes with Harden, the two former teammates in Oklahoma …

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1 year, 2 months ago

LA Clippers appear focused and vibing. So why are James Harden trade rumors still relevant?

New York Times

TEMECULA, CA – LA Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue blew his whistle as he walked toward center court at the Pechanga Recreation Center in Temecula, Calif., where the team held its open practice Saturday. “Good job, RoCo!” Lue said as Leonard caught the ball and Covington’s practice jersey. Though Terance Mann and Covington started the first two preseason games at …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Clippers conundrum: Pick up the pace while limiting turnovers

LA Times

Russell Westbrook and Paul George, holding son Paul Vuk, will be integral in the Clippers’ trying to pick up the pace while limiting turnovers this season. “We’ve been a slow team over the course of the last three or four years, and just not really being high and pushing the pace until Russ got here at the end of the …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Tyronn Lue: Clippers need to focus more on regular season to change their playoff fate

LA Times

The most pressing issue faced by USA Basketball’s FIBA World Cup team on Monday night surfaced after they rolled past Puerto Rico during a 117-74 exhibition victory. In April, following a first-round playoff loss, Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank said the team had to “get back to honoring and respecting the regular season” and “compete harder every single …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Chris Paul to the Clippers? Why LA is interested and how a trade could get done

New York Times

Father’s Day in the NBA began with the retirement of three-time Sixth Man of the Year Lou Williams after 17 NBA seasons. Despite the efforts of Williams, Beverley and a host of others, the Clippers have spent the six seasons since Paul’s departure in the point guard hinterland. While Westbrook was seriously contemplating returning to the Clippers on that contract …

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1 year, 7 months ago

‘I want him back’: Clippers coach Tyronn Lue thinks Russell Westbrook is a good fit

LA Times

Former MVP Russell Westbrook was a better fit with the Clippers than the Lakers this season, his energy and availability to play helping during their playoff run. And so he led that charge as far as just getting everybody going, doing it full speed.” Of the many questions surrounding Westbrook’s arrival in February, after the Lakers cast him off and …

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1 year, 8 months ago

‘Deflated’ Clippers cross fingers Kawhi Leonard can play in Game 4

The Hindu

Clippers coach Ty Lue seems to know the playoff fate of his Los Angeles team hinges on the health of Kawhi Leonard. The Clippers lost 129-124 in the first home game in the best-of-seven series and face a cliffhanger around Leonard’s status for Game 4 on Saturday. I feel bad for him.” Director of basketball operations Lawrence Frank said Leonard …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Norman Powell, Kawhi Leonard lead Clippers to critical win over travel-weary Lakers

LA Times

The playoff permutations remain vast. In the playoff crucible, will they show the composure that ran their lead back to 20 in the fourth quarter, or the inability to put the game away comfortably, that allowed the Lakers to pull to within seven points three minutes later, making the game’s final 60 seconds more adventurous than ever expected? We can’t …

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Struggling Clippers still searching for an ‘identity’ after loss to Pacers: ‘We’re soft’

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Ivica Zubac travels with Clippers, hopes to play Sunday

Clippers’ Russell Westbrook fractures hand on his bobblehead night

Russell Westbrook reaches 25,000-point milestone in Clippers’ win over Pistons

Clippers lean on their defense to snap losing streak, defeat Hornets

Clippers' James Harden experience continues to be a work in progress

James Harden and the Clippers show flashes of dominance while running over the Spurs

Clippers’ comeback against Nuggets comes up short, losing streak extends to six

Clippers drop fifth in a row as late rally falls short against the Grizzlies

Winless since James Harden trade, Clippers preach patience but struggle for progress

Clippers ‘not worried,’ stressing patience after falling to 0-2 with James Harden

After James Harden’s first game with Clippers, Tyronn Lue calls Kawhi Leonard ‘the best player’

Film breakdown: James Harden’s debut with Clippers disappoints on both ends of floor

James Harden making Clippers debut Monday; Russell Westbrook also expected to start, per sources

76ers trade disgruntled guard James Harden to Clippers, AP source says

James Harden, P.J. Tucker arrive in Clippers locker room before win over Magic

LA Clippers appear focused and vibing. So why are James Harden trade rumors still relevant?

Clippers conundrum: Pick up the pace while limiting turnovers

Tyronn Lue: Clippers need to focus more on regular season to change their playoff fate

Chris Paul to the Clippers? Why LA is interested and how a trade could get done

‘I want him back’: Clippers coach Tyronn Lue thinks Russell Westbrook is a good fit

‘Deflated’ Clippers cross fingers Kawhi Leonard can play in Game 4

Norman Powell, Kawhi Leonard lead Clippers to critical win over travel-weary Lakers