Clippers 4-0 after 102-96 win over Suns

Point Guard Chris Paul finished the night with 17 points and five assists. The Clippers led 75-72.

At times, he’s electric off the bench, but his shot has to be falling. It’s time to get him comfortable in those spots. Paul was unhappy with other areas of his game as well. He’s the first to admit that he’s not as young as he used to be, and while he’s still a superstar talent, something’s felt off in the early going this season.

“They’re very good and very, very confident right now, very lethal”, Griffin said.

Aside from Crawford, rumor has it that Chicago Bulls’ center, Joakim Noah, is also close to being a trading option as Spanish tandem of Pau Gasol and Nikola Mirotic continues to post good numbers.

Just how important was the second unit? “When the playoffs come, you have to use that”. It nearly looks as if he is better shooting going right than left, very rare for a right handed shooter.

And Rivers’ frustration is starting to show.

“I saw what Doc said that was taken out of context”, Redick said. Crawford likened his situation to playing for Team USA. So perhaps a direct swap makes sense, as both players would be comfortable with their new roles… DJ and any of Johnson/Pierce/Smith works just fine, and Blake and Smith are a good combo as well. “And I know that, whole-heartedly”. You never know what you may see on any given night. They beat the Clippers without Bogut and head coach Steve Kerr. “I don’t remember the last time that’s ever happened to any guys on this team, being on the winning side of a 50-point game”. Furthermore, while the Warriors have made minimal changes since last season and can pick up where they left off, the Clippers are still in an adjustment stage as their new bench develops together.

When the Clippers went down by eight points in the second quarter, their largest deficit of the game, it was the bench that answered.

This is the “duh” part of the article. Jamal Crawford scored 11 points, surpassing the career 16,000-point mark in the process, while Johnson went 4-of-5 from the floor for nine points and a team-best plus-15 net rating.

“I am looking forward to the competition”, he said. It takes players avoiding injury. We should be expecting a year-to-year decline from someone at his age with his mileage, and the proper way to account for it would be to refine shot selection and reduce role.

Winning three of their last four regular-season meetings over the Clippers certainly not only boosts the Warriors’ moral, but it indicates how hard the Clippers will need to work to come up with a win. He did so a league-high 262 times last season. I mean, half of the shots he makes I wouldn’t take.

Doc is being nearly painfully cautious with Lance’s rehabilitation. Instead, they traveled to Houston and got trampled by the Rockets.

More importantly, though, they only lost to the defending champions by four points in Oracle Arena, which was so loud it sounded like the roof could blow off at any moment. His offensive rating is 117, his defensive rating is 92.

Griffin and the Clippers hope the bench play will pay off for the starters when it matters most.

A second quarter hole and a few bad, bad shooting proved too much to overcome for Phoenix in Los Angeles tonight, but there are plenty of reasons for optimism.

The Clippers aren’t a small team.

“It was nothing insane, nothing serious”, Griffin said.