Tag: Los Angeles Clippers

James masterpiece in vain as Clippers sink Lakers

MIAMI, United States (AFP) – LeBron James took another stride towards the NBA’s all-time scoring record with a dazzling 46-point performance but could not stop the Los Angeles Lakers falling to a 133-115 blowout against the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday. The 38-year-old basketball icon rolled back the years with the latest in a string of virtuoso performances, draining a career-best nine three-pointers in what was ultimately a futile effort against a Clippers side led by […]

Jackson scores 21 as Clippers dominate Pistons

Reggie Jackson scored a team-high 21 points, Terance Mann delivered 16 points and 10 rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers routed the hapless Detroit Pistons 107-96 on Friday. Eric Bledsoe busted out of a slump to score 15 points for the Clippers, who have won just three of their last seven games. Bledsoe had been averaging just 5.2 points over the previous five games. Paul George added 12 points, Ivica Zubac finished with 10 points […]

James gets green light to return against Clippers

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James, who missed 17 games with an injury, will make his return to the struggling Los Angeles Lakers Thursday night against the cross-town rival Los Angeles Clippers, the NBA team announced. James is returning from one of the longest injury absences of his hall of fame career and it couldn’t come soon enough for the Lakers, who have gone into a tailspin without him. The Lakers have lost […]

Curry, Durant lift Warriors over Clippers in NBA thriller

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry scored the last of his 42 points on a driving layup with a half-second remaining Sunday and reigning NBA champion Golden State edged the Los Angeles Clippers 129-127. Kevin Durant added 35 points and 12 rebounds for the Warriors (23-11), who won for the eighth time in 10 games despite the Clippers hitting 18-of-23 three-point attempts. Curry did not play when the Clippers beat the Warriors in […]

Rockets blast Blazers, Spurs eclipse Suns

by Rob Woollard Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Toronto Raptors shrugged off the absence of Kawhi Leonard to stretch their lead at the top of the Eastern Conference on Tuesday, breezing past the Los Angeles Clippers with a 123-99 victory. Leonard, ruled out just hours before tip-off after complaining of a sore hip, could also miss the Raptors’ game against the reigning NBA champion Golden State Warriors on Wednesday. Toronto, however, […]

Clippers reach terms with Rivers on new coaching deal

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Doc Rivers has signed a coaching contract extension with the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers even after they missed the playoffs for the first time since 2011, the team announced Wednesday. “Doc is one of the top coaches in the NBA, coming off one of his finest seasons since joining the Clippers,” Clippers chairman Steve Ballmer said. “We trust Doc to lead a competitive, tough, hard-working team while upholding a […]

NBA: Clippers trade Griffin to Pistons: report

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Los Angeles Clippers have agreed to trade Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons in a multi-player deal that features a package of NBA players and draft picks, the US media reported Monday. Griffin, who spent his entire career with the Clippers, goes to Detroit along with guard Willie Green, forward Brice Johnson and a second round pick, US television broadcaster ESPN reported. The Clippers will receive guard Avery […]

NBA: Houston’s Ariza, Green banned two games for locker room visit

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Houston Rockets forward Trevor Ariza and guard Gerald Green were each suspended two games by the NBA on Wednesday for a hostile confrontation with rivals in their opponents’ locker room. The incident took place after the Los Angeles Clippers beat the visiting Rockets 113-102 on Monday. A league investigation that included more than 20 interviews with coaches, players staff and executives from both teams plus arena personnel determined Ariza […]

NBA: Williams scores 50, Durant reaches milestone in loss

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Lou Williams scored a career-high 50 points as the Los Angeles Clippers spoiled a milestone night for Kevin Durant with a 125-106 victory on Wednesday. Durant became the 44th player in league history to score 20,000 career points, reaching the achievement with a pull-up jump shot late in the second quarter. NBA finals MVP Durant needed 25 points to get to 20,000 and that is the number he finished […]

NBA: No reunion game for injured Paul against Clippers

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul will miss Friday’s scheduled NBA game against his former club, the Los Angeles Clippers, due to a sore thigh, the NBA win-leading Rockets announced Thursday. Paul suffered the adductor muscle injury in the fourth quarter of a 122-116 home loss Wednesday to the Los Angeles Lakers, a defeat that snapped Houston’s 14-game win streak. It was the first loss in a Rockets’ uniform for […]

NBA: Clippers’ Griffin to miss “up to eight weeks”

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin has a sprained left knee ligament that could see him sidelined for up to eight weeks, the NBA team said Tuesday. Griffin was hurt in the fourth quarter of the Clippers’ 120-115 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday. He and teammate Austin Rivers were both scrambling for a loose ball lost by Lakers guard Lonzo Ball. Ball, trying to retrieve the […]

NBA: James shines as Cavs win, Spurs rally stuns Thunder

by Rob Woollard Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James produced a 39-point masterclass as the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to overhaul the Los Angeles Clippers in an overtime thriller on Friday. James added 14 rebounds and six assists to his 39 point tally while Kevin Love grabbed 25 points to power the Cavs to a 118-113 overtime victory at the Quicken Loans Arena. The win helped cement Cleveland’s climb in the Eastern […]