Clippers Had Locker Room Argument After Loss to Toronto Raptors

Anyone who managed to stay with the Raptors/Clippers game for the full 48 minutes saw both the best and the worst of the Raptors.

Two foul shots by guard Cory Joseph and a jumper by Scola pushed the lead back to 12 points.

The Raptors’ best came in the first half when they stormed out to a 29-point lead making the Clippers look like a D-League team.

According to four-man lineup data on NBA.com, Paul, Redick, Griffin and Jordan are almost 9.0 points worse per 100 possessions offensively this season.

As Dan Woike of the Orange County Register reports, there were a few raised voices in the Staples Center locker room in the moments after Sunday’s embarrassing loss… “But we did a good job”. Our first three games (on the trip) we lost games just like this.

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DeMarre Carroll and DeMar DeRozan led all scorers with 21 points for Toronto.

Paul double-doubled with 13 points, 11 assists, five boards, two steals, one 3-pointer and three turnovers, and it’s safe to say that his groin issue is a thing of the past. “I think that is pretty normal to be frustrated”.

“I think it’s a success because every game was close… they all came down to the last minute except this one so it just showed us our mental toughness (and) that will show itself later in the season”. There were no blowouts. We’ve got to understand that teams are going to make a run. Poor execution in the final 20 seconds prevented the Mavericks from even attempted a reasonable chance to tie the game – but at 9-5, it’s hard to complain.

Unlike previous year, when they faced the toughest part of their schedule towards the end of the season – as Lowry and others were already breaking down – they’ve gotten it over with early, which should work to their benefit moving forward. “I thought it really hurt us”. He’s smart, he knows how to play against bigger guys.

The Raptors don’t see any game action until Wednesday when they play host to the Cleveland Cavaliers at the ACC with a 7:30 p.m. tip. Biyombo grabbed 14 rebounds and added six points.

Surgery is not necessary, which is a bit of good news for the Raptors.

Pierce has started the three games that Stephenson didn’t, with discouraging results.

“When the ball moves, it finds the open man. And it was finding him in the first half”, Casey said.

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Griffin finally scored 30 seconds into the second half and finished with nine points on 4-of-10 shooting in nearly 29 minutes. However, the problem with Sunday’s game was that the Clippers had absolutely no sense of intensity, urgency, or general will to compete. “We just mixed different situations so whatever advantage they had we used it in our favour”.

Clippers’ Small Forwards vs. Danilo Gallinari – Gallinari’s carried a strong finish from a year ago into the 2015-16 season, averaging 18.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game while shooting 40 percent from 3-point range. The Raptors would gladly take those numbers.