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LOS ANGELES – The L.A. Clippers have won four of the last six games to close out December, but rookie Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is struggling with what most rookies struggle with at one point or another: consistency. Gilgeous-Alexander has scored in double figures almost every other game over the last month of the season. Over his […]

LOS ANGELES – The L.A. Clippers won their fourth game in their last five outings, capped by their latest victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night, 118-107. Lou Williams led the way in scoring for the Clippers with a season-high 36 points off the bench and Danilo Gallinari added 19 points and 10 […]

LOS ANGELES – The L.A. Clippers had a rare practice day Thursday afternoon, 12 hours removed from their home win over the Sacramento Kings and 24 hours away from taking on LeBron James’ Los Angeles Lakers. Unfortunately for the purple and gold, it appears as though James will not take the court against the Clippers […]

Rajon Rondo and the Los Angeles Lakers are preparing to face off against the defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors for the the first time this 2018-19 season. Although they’re also scheduled to play three more times in the next several months, this first matchup on Christmas Day is considered the marquee matchup of the […]

LOS ANGELES – In their final tuneup before the Christmas Day showdown against the Golden State Warriors, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Memphis Grizzlies at home, 107-99. The Lakers will now enter Tuesday night having lost four of their last six games, but will have to get it together in […]

LOS ANGELES – Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban made headline over the last several days following his team’s matchup with the L.A. Clippers. Heading into Thursday night’s game between the Mavs and Clippers for the first time at Staples Center, all eyes were on center DeAndre Jordan making his return to Los Angeles, where he […]

LOS ANGELES – On the backs of his third triple-double of the season, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers defeated Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night. The postgame headlines, however, wrote themselves after the game when the Lakers star answered more questions regarding Davis. Earlier in the week, when asked […]

The Los Angeles Lakers welcomed former power forward Julius Randle back on Friday night. The New Orleans Pelicans were in town to face the Lakers, which meant that Randle would make his highly-anticipated return to Los Angeles to take on the team he was drafted by and played four years with. Randle came out solid […]

LOS ANGELES – The New Orleans Pelicans are in town to take on the Los Angeles Lakers at possibly the worst time of the year, as the Anthony Davis-to-L.A. have begun to take their place on social media and in the NBA world. Then again, there probably won’t ever be a time between now and […]

The L.A. Clippers have gotten back on the right track following a 125-121 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night’s nationally televised TNT game. While the players have been doing the work on the court, it appears their scouts have also been doing work off the court as well. According to Joe Vardon of […]

LOS ANGELES – Doc Rivers and the L.A. Clippers welcomed DeAndre Jordan back inside the halls of Staples Center on Thursday night, and Rivers didn’t hide his pre-game feelings regarding his former All-Star center. “First time here and you know, for him, I hope he gets a grand applause, I mean I think when you […]

LOS ANGELES – On Thursday night, the L.A. Clippers welcome back their longest-tenured player in franchise history, DeAndre Jordan. Jordan, who is now with the Dallas Mavericks, spent 10 seasons with the Clippers from 2008 to 2018. Before his final three seasons with the Clippers were locked into a contract, however, one of the most […]

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Washington Wizards are in advanced talks on a deal to acquire Phoenix forward Trevor Ariza. Both teams are trying to finalize a multi-team trade tonight. The Washington Wizards are in advanced talks on a deal to acquire Phoenix forward Trevor Ariza, league sources tell ESPN. Teams trying to finalize […]

You’ve been asking for it and we’ve finally decided to start it. Today marks episode one of the ClutchPoints NBA Podcast. Hosted by Clutchpoints’ Frank Smith, Tomer Azarly, and Ryan Ward, we circle the NBA discussing the week’s most intriguing storylines. This week’s topics include Golden State Warriors’ star Kevin Durant wanting a statue, an […]

The L.A. Clippers have surprised many this season with their stellar play to start the season, including Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant. Although they’ve lost three of their last four games, the Clippers now have a record of 17-10, which remains among the top of the Western Conference. L.A. is fifth in the NBA […]

The Toronto Raptors are in Los Angeles to take on the L.A. Clippers on Tuesday night in their second visit of the season to Staples Center. Star forward Kawhi Leonard sat out against the Lakers due to injury management, as the team was on a back-to-back set. Leonard also sat out against the Clippers, however, […]

LOS ANGELES – The first six months of the Toronto Raptors’ time with Kawhi Leonard has been a work in progress, but the work isn’t done yet, says head coach Nick Nurse. Ahead of the highly-anticipated matchup against the L.A. Clippers, coach Nurse revealed that Leonard would be unable to play in the Tuesday night […]

LOS ANGELES – On Monday night, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat will be taking on LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers for the last time in their respective careers. After 16 successful years for both James and Wade, the best friends will square off in Los Angeles in a game that will definitely […]

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Los Angeles Lakers are in talks with the Phoenix Suns to acquire Trevor Ariza. The teams have been working to reach an agreement with a third team that would take on Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope as part of a potentially larger deal, league sources said. The Suns want to […]

LOS ANGELES – The L.A. Clippers fell to the Miami Heat on Saturday night, a game in which Miami had only eight players available to play due to an overwhelming amount of injuries. Heat star Dwyane Wade led his team to the upset victory with 25 points, six rebounds, and six assists in 32 minutes […]

LOS ANGELES – Just a few days removed from an ugly loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, the L.A. Clippers suffered their worst loss of the season to Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat. Back in Los Angeles after a four-game road trip, the Clippers fell 121-98 to a team that, by the midway point of […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been rolling since an 0-3 start to their season, sitting firmly among the top half of the Western Conference with a 15-9 record. LeBron James’ squad has won four straight games as they’ve built some great chemistry, but according to Joe Vardon of The Athletic, the team could look to […]

The L.A. Clippers are preparing to take on the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night, their final game of a week-long, four-game road trip. For Doc Rivers’ team, it’s the toughest matchup on the trip going up against Mike Conley, Marc Gasol, and Jaren Jackson Jr. These two teams met a few weeks ago the day […]

The Houston Rockets have waived shooting guard Danuel House. House only played five games with the Rockets this season, averaging 8.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in a little over 21 minutes. Houston signed House out of the G-League on November 26th when the team needed some help off the bench. Being only 25, […]

LOS ANGELES – The L.A. Clippers might be the surprise of the first quarter of the 2018-19 NBA season, but center Marcin Gortat doesn’t want anyone getting ahead of themselves. The superstar-less Clippers have wins over the Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks, Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City Thunder and Portland Trail Blazers through their […]

The L.A. Clippers have been rolling to start the season, off to a start no one expected them to at 12-6. While they’re clicking on all cylinders, a bit of a concerning report surfaced on Thanksgiving that guard Milos Teodosic was considering a return to Europe. The report even stated that he was looking at […]

The L.A. Clippers suffered a tough defeat at the hands of the Washington Wizards prior to the Thanksgiving Day break, but they responded with an impressive 112-107 victory over the Western Conference’s top-seeded Memphis Grizzlies. Montrezl Harrell led the way for the Clippers with 22 points, 11 rebounds, and two blocked shots. Danilo Gallinari added […]

Philadelphia 76ers guard Markelle Fultz is reportedly away from the team as he figures out the best course of action to get him as close to 100 percent health for his return. Recently, the Sixers guard took to the court and drew a lot of attention on social media for his different free throw routines. […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder witnessed a potentially scary injury take place on Wednesday night, the day before Thanksgiving, in a game against the Golden State Warriors. Guard Hamidou Diallo elevated for a defensive rebound early in the fourth quarter, but came down awkwardly and dangerously. The replay showed that Diallo rolled his left ankle pretty […]

LeBron James has his Los Angeles Lakers on a roll heading into the Thanksgiving holiday. The Lakers have won six of their last seven games and eight of their last 10, averaging 29.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 0.9 steals, 1.1 blocks and 3.0 three-pointers per game on 53.8 percent shooting from the field and […]

LOS ANGELES – The city of Thousand Oaks, California, known for it’s reputation of being one of the safest communities out there, suffered a horrific attack on Wednesday, November 7th when a gunman entered Borderline Bar and Grill on college night and killed 12 people, including one Ventura County Sheriff’s sergeant, before turning the gun […]

LOS ANGELES – Heading into the season, a lot of the talk surrounding the L.A. Clippers is that they were a deep team where talented players at the end of the bench would sit on some nights. Last Friday night against the Orlando Magic, it was veteran big man Marcin Gortat, who saw his 172 […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are not off to the start they expected this season. They’ve won four of their first six games of the season, and have nearly blown a couple of those wins as well. On Wednesday night, they took on the Minnesota Timberwolves at home, a team that has also been struggling with […]

Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown noted an improvement he’d like to see 2017 number one overall pick Markelle Fultz in the startling lineup alongside 2016 number one overall pick Ben Simmons. On Tuesday, Brown said that the tandem of Fultz and Simmons need to improve their ‘shooting and spacing’ in order to be more […]

On Sunday morning, following their 0-6 start to the season, the four-time defending Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers decided to fire head coach Tyronn Lue. After two-and-a-half seasons as coach of the Cavs, Lue was relieved of his duties, and L.A. Clippers head coach Doc Rivers was not happy. “Yeah I did,” when asked whether […]

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are off to a hot start in their season opener against the Portland Trail Blazers. With all the hype set on James’ debut in his new purple and gold unis, the Blazers crowd expected a show to be put on and they were not disappointed. In the opening […]

LOS ANGELES – The L.A. Clippers fell to the Denver Nuggets in their 2018-19 regular season opener on Wednesday night, 107-98. Tobias Harris led the way for the Clippers with 19 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots. Boban Marjanovic addled 18 points and eight rebounds in just under 18 minutes of action off the […]

LOS ANGELES – When the L.A. Clippers retooled their roster last summer after trading away Chris Paul, one of the biggest and most critical moves was the three-team, sign-and-trade deal involving the Denver Nuggets and Atlanta Hawks that sent forward Danilo Gallinari to Hollywood. Even prior to this 2017-18 season, he was thought to be […]

According to Marc Stein of the New York Times, the L.A. Clippers have traded Wesley Johnson to the New Orleans Pelicans for center Alexis Ajinca. The Clippers are in advanced trade discussions to acquire Alexis Ajinca from New Orleans in exchange for Wes Johnson, league sources say — Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) October 15, 2018 Wesley […]