May 18, 2012 – Dan Favale The Clippers have put themselves in a must win situation for Game 3 against the Spurs, for reasons other than championship attainment. [...]
May 18, 2012 – Dan Favale The Clippers have put themselves in a must win situation for Game 3 against the Spurs, for reasons other than championship attainment. [...]
May 14, 2012 – Dan Favale Chris Paul is the epitome of playmaking, the embodiment of unselfishness, and, the lesser acknowledged, poster-boy for good intentions gone awry. Paul can take over games almost on command, but his reluctance to do so is somewhat troublesome. The point guard is incredibly unselfish—too unselfish. He dribbles for far [...]
May 2, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Normally after the season closes we put together a Top 10 Dunks of the Season highlight video. But as we were looking at the highlights we realized it was far too difficult to pick just 10 dunks. We also noticed a trend that many of those top dunks [...]
April 23, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors DeAndre Jordan and the rest of the LA Clippers are fed up with Blake Griffin being a punching bag on his way to the rim. They get it, many teams have a defensive strategy against Griffin to foul him hard enough on his way to the rim, that [...]
April 20, 2012 – Dan Favale Hard fouls are hazard of playoff-caliber basketball. That’s what LeBron James eluded to after Russell Westbrook hammered him two weeks ago. After Robin Lopez’s Flagrant 2 on Blake Griffin Thursday night, though, it’s clear [...]
April 17, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Well, this comes with the territory for Blake Griffin. If you dunk on enough people, they’re going to try to make sure you can’t get airborne by fouling him harder than normal. Griffin notices this, but isn’t amused. “I’m definitely sick of taking hard hits,” Griffin said after [...]
April 12, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Blake Griffin is getting out of hand now. He is routinely dunking on guys who never get dunked on. Latest on that list on that list is Serge Ibaka from Oklahoma City during last night’s Clipper win. Serge is a very solid defender and always protects the paint. [...]
April 10, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The past week in the NBA has been a wild one. With games between contenders getting serious as many teams are jockeying for playoff positioning, there have been a lot of big plays and late game heroics. Kobe’s game winner, Carmelo’s game tying and game winning shots, Durant [...]
April 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors This look on teammate Andrew Bynum’s face after Pau Gasol gets obliterated by Blake Griffin is priceless. I am pretty sure all of Los Angeles still has that look on their faces from both of Griffin’s poster dunks on Gasol Wednesday night. **Click to Enlarge** [...]
The battle over Los Angeles resumed with the Lakers beating the Clippers, 113-108, with resounding performances by Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum. [...]