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| 711 | LA CLIPPERS | 214.5 | 215 | | 712 | OKLAHOMA CITY | -5.5 | -5.5 |
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| All Games | 62-28 | +5.1 | 49-40 | 50-40 | 108.3 | 54.9 | 47.5% | 52.3 | 101.4 | 52.3 | 44.3% | 52.3 | | Road Games | 25-20 | -6.8 | 26-18 | 25-20 | 105.0 | 53.0 | 46.3% | 51.3 | 102.2 | 53.4 | 44.7% | 53.8 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2 | +1.5 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 111.4 | 55.8 | 47.7% | 50.2 | 109.4 | 56.0 | 47.1% | 51.8 | | Playoff Games | 5-3 | +0.2 | 3-5 | 6-2 | 112.2 | 55.5 | 48.0% | 50.0 | 106.2 | 52.0 | 46.0% | 53.9 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 108.3 | 54.9 | 39-82 | 47.5% | 9-24 | 35.6% | 21-29 | 73.0% | 52 | 10 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 5 | | vs opponents surrendering | 101.5 | 50.7 | 38-83 | 45.4% | 8-22 | 35.9% | 18-24 | 75.6% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 105.0 | 53.0 | 38-82 | 46.3% | 9-25 | 35.8% | 20-27 | 72.2% | 51 | 10 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 4 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 101.4 | 52.3 | 37-85 | 44.3% | 7-22 | 33.5% | 19-25 | 75.3% | 52 | 12 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 4 | | vs opponents averaging | 101.8 | 51 | 38-83 | 45.5% | 8-22 | 36.2% | 18-24 | 75.8% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | 102.2 | 53.4 | 38-85 | 44.7% | 7-22 | 33.2% | 19-25 | 75.1% | 54 | 13 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
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| All Games | 63-27 | -10.7 | 46-42 | 48-42 | 105.8 | 53.4 | 46.8% | 52.8 | 99.8 | 49.5 | 43.6% | 50.3 | | Home Games | 36-10 | -2.8 | 25-20 | 25-21 | 107.5 | 54.7 | 48.0% | 53.1 | 99.2 | 49.7 | 43.5% | 49.8 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2 | -2.5 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 104.0 | 50.8 | 45.5% | 55.6 | 100.8 | 51.6 | 43.1% | 50.2 | | Playoff Games | 4-4 | -5.6 | 3-4 | 6-2 | 102.5 | 48.6 | 43.8% | 56.2 | 99.9 | 47.7 | 43.2% | 52.1 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 105.8 | 53.4 | 39-83 | 46.8% | 8-23 | 35.7% | 20-25 | 80.9% | 53 | 11 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 6 | | vs opponents surrendering | 101.1 | 50.5 | 38-83 | 45.5% | 8-21 | 35.8% | 18-23 | 75.9% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 107.5 | 54.7 | 39-82 | 48.0% | 8-21 | 37.8% | 20-26 | 79.8% | 53 | 11 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 7 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 99.8 | 49.5 | 37-84 | 43.6% | 8-23 | 35.7% | 18-25 | 72.5% | 50 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 3 | | vs opponents averaging | 101.2 | 50.4 | 38-83 | 45.5% | 8-21 | 35.9% | 18-24 | 75.3% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | 99.2 | 49.7 | 36-84 | 43.5% | 9-23 | 36.6% | 18-25 | 70.1% | 50 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 3 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: LA CLIPPERS 96.3, OKLAHOMA CITY 96.4 |
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| 3/29/2014 | @ HOUSTON | 118-107 | W | 1 | W | 215.5 | O | 42-89 | 47.2% | 59 | 9 | 32-79 | 40.5% | 58 | 19 | | 3/31/2014 | @ MINNESOTA | 114-104 | W | -2.5 | W | 213.5 | O | 38-82 | 46.3% | 58 | 18 | 41-96 | 42.7% | 49 | 17 | | 4/2/2014 | @ PHOENIX | 112-108 | W | 2.5 | W | 212.5 | O | 37-79 | 46.8% | 47 | 13 | 36-78 | 46.2% | 45 | 14 | | 4/3/2014 | DALLAS | 107-113 | L | -4 | L | 211.5 | O | 39-91 | 42.9% | 49 | 6 | 41-82 | 50.0% | 53 | 11 | | 4/6/2014 | LA LAKERS | 120-97 | W | -15.5 | W | 224.5 | U | 47-83 | 56.6% | 59 | 16 | 36-86 | 41.9% | 42 | 14 | | 4/9/2014 | OKLAHOMA CITY | 101-107 | L | -3.5 | L | 212 | U | 36-86 | 41.9% | 66 | 16 | 38-90 | 42.2% | 55 | 8 | | 4/12/2014 | SACRAMENTO | 117-101 | W | -11 | W | 206 | O | 41-81 | 50.6% | 54 | 11 | 35-82 | 42.7% | 49 | 10 | | 4/15/2014 | DENVER | 117-105 | W | -10.5 | W | 221 | O | 44-83 | 53.0% | 54 | 15 | 35-82 | 42.7% | 45 | 19 | | 4/16/2014 | @ PORTLAND | 104-110 | L | 4 | L | 207 | O | 34-84 | 40.5% | 48 | 8 | 42-101 | 41.6% | 72 | 10 | | 4/19/2014 | GOLDEN STATE | 105-109 | L | -7.5 | L | 211 | O | 36-85 | 42.4% | 50 | 17 | 40-90 | 44.4% | 68 | 21 | | 4/21/2014 | GOLDEN STATE | 138-98 | W | -8 | W | 212.5 | O | 47-83 | 56.6% | 40 | 13 | 36-76 | 47.4% | 44 | 26 | | 4/24/2014 | @ GOLDEN STATE | 98-96 | W | -3 | L | 212 | U | 40-86 | 46.5% | 59 | 13 | 37-89 | 41.6% | 60 | 17 | | 4/27/2014 | @ GOLDEN STATE | 97-118 | L | -1.5 | L | 209.5 | O | 33-77 | 42.9% | 42 | 19 | 41-74 | 55.4% | 45 | 15 | | 4/29/2014 | GOLDEN STATE | 113-103 | W | -7 | W | 208.5 | O | 37-76 | 48.7% | 49 | 12 | 40-85 | 47.1% | 51 | 13 | | 5/1/2014 | @ GOLDEN STATE | 99-100 | L | 0 | L | 210.5 | U | 32-87 | 36.8% | 67 | 12 | 35-89 | 39.3% | 65 | 8 | | 5/3/2014 | GOLDEN STATE | 126-121 | W | -7 | L | 207.5 | O | 46-83 | 55.4% | 46 | 13 | 39-79 | 49.4% | 44 | 18 | | 5/5/2014 | @ OKLAHOMA CITY | 122-105 | W | 5.5 | W | 213.5 | O | 45-82 | 54.9% | 47 | 8 | 39-85 | 45.9% | 54 | 17 | | 5/7/2014 | @ OKLAHOMA CITY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/9/2014 | OKLAHOMA CITY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/11/2014 | OKLAHOMA CITY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 3/28/2014 | SACRAMENTO | 94-81 | W | -13 | T | 207.5 | U | 33-69 | 47.8% | 46 | 14 | 31-85 | 36.5% | 56 | 16 | | 3/30/2014 | UTAH | 116-96 | W | -15 | W | 202.5 | O | 41-74 | 55.4% | 44 | 12 | 36-86 | 41.9% | 48 | 14 | | 4/3/2014 | SAN ANTONIO | 106-94 | W | -3.5 | W | 206 | U | 40-81 | 49.4% | 48 | 13 | 38-88 | 43.2% | 49 | 18 | | 4/4/2014 | @ HOUSTON | 107-111 | L | 3 | L | 214 | O | 38-85 | 44.7% | 49 | 14 | 33-78 | 42.3% | 50 | 11 | | 4/6/2014 | @ PHOENIX | 115-122 | L | -3 | L | 211 | O | 40-84 | 47.6% | 49 | 12 | 45-77 | 58.4% | 43 | 12 | | 4/8/2014 | @ SACRAMENTO | 107-92 | W | -9.5 | W | 200.5 | U | 38-80 | 47.5% | 51 | 6 | 34-82 | 41.5% | 54 | 9 | | 4/9/2014 | @ LA CLIPPERS | 107-101 | W | 3.5 | W | 212 | U | 38-90 | 42.2% | 55 | 8 | 36-86 | 41.9% | 66 | 16 | | 4/11/2014 | NEW ORLEANS | 116-94 | W | -15.5 | W | 204.5 | O | 44-82 | 53.7% | 56 | 11 | 35-86 | 40.7% | 41 | 12 | | 4/13/2014 | @ INDIANA | 97-102 | L | 1 | L | 192 | O | 36-84 | 42.9% | 36 | 9 | 38-72 | 52.8% | 53 | 21 | | 4/14/2014 | @ NEW ORLEANS | 89-101 | L | -8.5 | L | 204 | U | 31-77 | 40.3% | 54 | 16 | 35-79 | 44.3% | 48 | 10 | | 4/16/2014 | DETROIT | 112-111 | W | -14.5 | L | 212.5 | O | 38-86 | 44.2% | 61 | 15 | 42-83 | 50.6% | 50 | 17 | | 4/19/2014 | MEMPHIS | 100-86 | W | -8 | W | 190.5 | U | 34-76 | 44.7% | 58 | 12 | 33-91 | 36.3% | 59 | 6 | | 4/21/2014 | MEMPHIS | 105-111 | L | -6.5 | L | 190 | O | 37-93 | 39.8% | 55 | 8 | 43-87 | 49.4% | 51 | 9 | | 4/24/2014 | @ MEMPHIS | 95-98 | L | -2.5 | L | 190 | O | 34-87 | 39.1% | 59 | 16 | 41-92 | 44.6% | 56 | 14 | | 4/26/2014 | @ MEMPHIS | 92-89 | W | -3 | T | 188 | U | 33-90 | 36.7% | 66 | 21 | 35-94 | 37.2% | 62 | 13 | | 4/29/2014 | MEMPHIS | 99-100 | L | -7.5 | L | 185.5 | O | 36-92 | 39.1% | 61 | 17 | 37-87 | 42.5% | 56 | 9 | | 5/1/2014 | @ MEMPHIS | 104-84 | W | -2.5 | W | 184.5 | O | 37-75 | 49.3% | 52 | 13 | 31-83 | 37.3% | 49 | 10 | | 5/3/2014 | MEMPHIS | 120-109 | W | -9.5 | W | 185.5 | O | 42-69 | 60.9% | 45 | 20 | 37-83 | 44.6% | 37 | 14 | | 5/5/2014 | LA CLIPPERS | 105-122 | L | -5.5 | L | 213.5 | O | 39-85 | 45.9% | 54 | 17 | 45-82 | 54.9% | 47 | 8 | | 5/7/2014 | LA CLIPPERS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/9/2014 | @ LA CLIPPERS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/11/2014 | @ LA CLIPPERS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | LA CLIPPERS: GUARDS: CHRIS PAUL is back with the Clippers, and this time with his handpicked head coach. Not that Doc Rivers will make a big difference though, as he's just as uncreative an offensive tactician as Vinny Del Negro was . . . J.J. REDICK will do less ball-handling than he did in Orlando the first half of last season, but he should feast on the wide-open looks Paul creates for him . . . JAMAL CRAWFORD will once again be a Sixth Man of the Year candidate. He's a pure gunner with some creativity to his game . . . DARREN COLLISON is strictly a back-up after a dreadful one-year stint in Dallas . . . WILLIE GREEN, a starter in name-only last year, may be squeezed out of the rotation. FORWARDS: BLAKE GRIFFIN deferred more often last season, especially as he continues to see more double teams. But he did show improvement as a passer . . . JARED DUDLEY steps into Caron Butler's old role. He'll set up for a lot of wide-open corner threes. His reputation as a quality defender is downright wrong . . . MATT BARNES will often close games due to his defense, and he's coming off one of his best offensive seasons . . . Rookie REGGIE BULLOCK is the kind of spot-up shooter the Clips want to surround Paul with. If Bullock's defense matches up with his athleticism, he could break this rotation . . . It's tough to see how BYRON MULLENS fits on a team with postseason aspirations. CENTERS: Though he's the team's only real rim protector, DEANDRE JORDAN will likely be in a part-time role again. He still can't defend the pick-and-roll, and Rivers got by just fine without a shot-blocker in Boston . . . RYAN HOLLINS is little more than a big body with six fouls to give. Blake Griffin will often slide to the five on this team. | | OKLAHOMA CITY: GUARDS: RUSSELL WESTBROOK is going to likely miss the first 4-to-6 weeks of the regular season after getting another procedure done on Oct. 1 to reduce swelling on his knee. It will probably take him some time to get rid of the rust of not playing all summer . . . THABO SEFOLOSHA should play even more minutes this season with Kevin Martin gone. He has added a three-point shot to his repertoire . . . REGGIE JACKSON could end up absorbing a lot of the minutes that went to James Harden two years ago and Martin last season. But he's nowhere near the offensive threat . . . JEREMY LAMB will push Jackson for that sixth-man role. He's dominated against lesser competition . . . DEREK FISHER will get minutes as a player/coach. FORWARDS: KEVIN DURANT may have to take on an even bigger role in the regular season as the Thunder try to replace Kevin Martin's offensive production. Either way, he's the MVP among the league's non-LeBrons . . . SERGE IBAKA has had his postseason issues and still struggles defensively outside of rim protection, but he has added value with his mid-range shooting . . . NICK COLLISON's biggest skill is his ability to take charges. He'll continue to log big minutes at the four and five as a glue guy . . . One of two very raw young players, PERRY JONES III and ANDRE ROBERSON, has a chance for playing time on a thin team. CENTERS: KENDRICK PERKINS was a disaster in last year's postseason, but still provides the kind of low-post muscle the Thunder look for . . . Rookie STEVEN ADAMS could take over for Perkins down the road, but he's too raw to make an impact this year . . . HASHEEM THABEET fills out the final roster spot. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NBA PLAYOFF PREVIEW (LA CLIPPERS-OKLAHOMA CITY) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Updates with details. With AP Photos.)
*Clippers-Thunder Preview* ==========================
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer
La Clippers At Oklahoma City, Game Two, 9:30 p.m. EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Chris Paul is usually about assists - he led the league in that category this season, and his popular television commercials focus on them.
He helped his team in a surprisingly different way Monday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. The point guard made eight 3-pointers against the Oklahoma City Thunder - three more than he had ever made in an NBA game - to help the Clippers win 122-105.
Paul, who only missed one 3-pointer and finished with 32 points, said fans should not expect a similar explosion in Game 2 on Wednesday night.
"The next game, I might have 12 points, 10 points, maybe not even that many," he said Tuesday. "I think I'm one of those people - whatever it takes to win. I don't care. I'm never going to lead the league in scoring or anything like that. It's just whatever to try to win."
Paul, who finished seventh in the MVP voting despite missing nearly one-quarter of the season with a shoulder injury, has been a capable scorer throughout his career. He averaged 19.1 points this season, and has averaged 18.6 points over his nine NBA seasons. Clippers forward Blake Griffin believes Paul could be even more of a scorer.
"A night like last night shows what he can do offensively," Griffin said. "There's dialogue sometimes for him to get more aggressive like he was last night because he can do that almost every game. We tell him to be aggressive, but his whole thing is getting other guys the ball."
Paul's shooting leaves the Thunder with an unexpected problem. The Clippers have plenty of offensive weapons - Griffin, who finished third in the MVP balloting, and Jamal Crawford, the league's Sixth Man of the Year, immediately come to mind. Add perimeter players Matt Barnes, J.J. Redick and Darren Collison, the inside game of DeAndre Jordan and Paul as a more assertive threat from the outside, and the Clippers might be more dangerous than the team that led the NBA in scoring during the regular season.
"When he's hitting 3s like that, it's tough," Thunder forward Nick Collison said of Paul. "We can definitely make it more difficult on him than we did (Monday). I think that's where our focus is going to be, is how can we defend better?"
Paul scored 17 points and made five 3-pointers in the final 6:21 of the first quarter in Game 1, matching his career high for 3-pointers in a game in the first 12 minutes. By the end of the barrage, the Clippers had turned a 16-13 deficit into a 39-25 lead.
"When a guy hits five or six 3s in a row, you don't want to give him some more, and that is when they started to get some stuff in the paint," said Thunder forward Kevin Durant, who was named MVP on Tuesday.
Overall, the Clippers made 15 of 29 3-point attempts.
"The effort was there," Durant said. "We had good intentions, but they got hot. We have got to correct it. We have to make them miss next game and be a little bit more physical."
Paul said his shots came from good ball movement and good screens.
"It wasn't like I was making unbelievable shots, it was because the court was open," he said. "When I had two defenders I gave it to Blake, and that's what put so much pressure on the defense because BG (Griffin) is such a great passer."
Clippers coach Doc Rivers said teamwork was the key to the offense's success Monday night. Los Angeles shot 55 percent and committed just nine turnovers.
"The ball didn't stick," he said. "The ball moved. Everything was quick. Quick decisions, quick drives, quick shots. There was not a lot of hesitation. If we play like that, we'll be good."
Though it was a good start, the Clippers say there's a long way to go if they are to reach the Western Conference finals for the first time.
"You don't read too much into it because it's still Game 1 of the series," Rivers said. "With us, I don't think you can get too high or too low. You've just got to keep coming out and playing. You might get those same shots tomorrow and they not go in."
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