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The Golden State Warriors got back on track in Game 3 of their first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers, winning by 27 points and regaining control of the series with a 2-1 advantage heading into Game 4. Still, the Clippers have showed an impressive amount of fight, including overcoming a 31-point deficit to pull […]

Everybody expected Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant to come out firing in Game 3 against the Los Angeles Clippers after he was harshly criticized for his Game 2 performance in which he took just eight shots and turned the ball over nine times. Sure enough, Durant came out with a vengeance and dumped 38 points […]

The Golden State Warriors made some history with their 132-105 Game 3 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night. For one, by scoring those 132 points, the Warriors hit the 130-point mark in consecutive playoff games for the first time in franchise history. Golden State scored 131 points in Game 2, though that […]

Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant came out with a point to prove in Game 3 against the Los Angeles Clippers after a relatively quiet Games 1 and 2. It wasn’t just on the offensive end, though, as Durant also made his presence felt on the defensive end. Clippers point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander learned this […]

The playoffs are here, and after the Los Angeles Clippers made history by storming back from a 31-point deficit to beat the Golden State Warriors on Monday, it’s safe to say they are fully underway. The half-year grind of the regular season, with so much pent up frustration as the basketball world waits for the […]

Though the Golden State Warriors fell apart in historic fashion against the LA Clippers at home on Tuesday night – as they coughed up a 31-point lead late in the third quarter – they still have one of the best starting lineups in NBA history even with DeMarcus Cousins lost for the playoffs. Specifically, they […]

LOS ANGELES – The L.A. Clippers shocked everyone when they overcame a 31-point 3rd quarter deficit to defeat the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of their first round matchup. Kevin Durant fouled out of the game late and Landry Shamet hit the go-ahead three-pointer in one of the most historic nights in the NBA. […]

On March 31, the rap world lost one of its best. Ermias Joseph Asghedom, better known as Nipsey Hussle, was shot and killed outside his clothing store in Los Angeles. In the weeks since, many NBA players have shown their respect for the late rapper with jerseys, shoes, pre-game tributes and more. The most recent […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have reportedly been granted permission to discuss a senior front-office role with Los Angeles Clippers assistant general manager Trent Redden, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. David Griffin, the Pelicans’ new executive vice president of basketball operations, worked with Redden on the Cleveland Cavaliers. Redden and David Griffin, the Pelicans’ new […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are one of the teams expected to make a big splash in this summer’s free agency. They have enough cap space to sign two top-tier players to max deals. There’s a lot of optimism within the organization that they can land a star this June, and given the fact that they […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in search of a new top executive after Magic Johnson recently stepped down as the franchise’s president of basketball operations. Although there are no new developments on that matter at the moment, one of the most popular names mentioned has been former Lakers general manager Jerry West. However, according to […]

The Los Angeles Clippers stunned the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of their playoff series, clawing their way out of a 31-point hole. The largest comeback in playoff history shocked the defending champs, and announced to the NBA world that the Clippers might be for real. They may not have the treasure trove of […]

The Los Angeles Clippers made NBA history on Monday night, racing back from a 31-point deficit in the second half to beat the Golden State Warriors 135-131, knotting the teams’ first-round series at one game apiece. Time, unfortunately, is likely to render Los Angeles’ stunning come-from-behind victory moot, at least when it comes to big-picture […]

Los Angeles Clippers combo guard Patrick Beverley doesn’t like it when reporters ask him incoherent questions. Beverley, who is the heat and soul of the Clippers, says the only expectation the team has for Game 3 against the Golden State Warriors is to win. Pat Beverley did not like this question… Reporter – “What are […]

Patrick Beverley was ejected with a few minutes remaining in the fourth quarter of Game 1, and was on the bench for the last few minutes of his team’s historic comeback victory two days later. Still, he seems to believe the officials in the heated first-round series between the Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State […]

The Golden State Warriors blew a 31-point lead in their 135-131 loss against the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday, and head coach Steve Kerr believes the key to winning Game 3 is Kevin Durant. Durant took a combined 24 shots in Games 1 and 2, and Kerr wants him to be more assertive on offense […]

Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green says the club is playing for big man DeMarcus Cousins moving forward. Cousins tore his left quad in Game 2 against the Los Angeles Clippers and will likely miss the rest of the postseason. Green, who is close with Cousins, says what happened to Boogie sucks: Draymond Green […]

Landry Shamet, the rookie sharpshooter who buried an eventual game-winning three against the Golden State Warriors to give the L.A. Clippers the biggest comeback in playoff history, has had just more than a day to let his emotions simmer after hitting the biggest shot of his basketball life. “It’s been good,” Shamet said of the […]

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers proved to be the better coach on Monday night as his team mounted an epic comeback victory against the Golden State Warriors in their first-round playoff matchup. Retired big man Kendrick Perkins — who played under Rivers for several successful seasons with the Boston Celtics — recently sat […]

Early on Monday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers, the Golden State Warriors lost DeMarcus Cousins to a scary non-contact injury. The initial reports were not promising, and then on Tuesday, it was confirmed that the big man suffered a torn left quad and will be out indefinitely. That’s awful news in general, though if […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar swingman Giannis Antetokounmpo says the Golden State Warriors were sloppy offensively after they built a 31-point lead against the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 2 of their first-round series. The Clippers erased a 31-point road deficit and defeated the Warriors to even up the series at 1-1. It was the largest comeback […]

This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, but a Los Angeles Clippers staffer says combo guard Patrick Beverley is “the secret” behind LA’s relentlessness. Beverley is the heart and soul of the Clippers. The Chicago native has been driving Golden State Warriors superstar small forward Kevin Durant crazy on defense in the first two […]

Kevin Durant is one of the most gifted basketball players of all time, and currently has a legitimate claim as the best player in the world. After his utterly dispiriting performance in the Golden State Warriors’ shocking loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday, though, the two-time reigning Finals MVP is facing widespread criticism […]

The Los Angeles Clippers continue to prove their mettle as one of the most surprising teams in the NBA. The Golden State Warriors led the Clippers by 31 points in the second half of Game 2 in the first-round Western Conference matchup between the two teams. What seemed like an inevitable 2-0 lead for the […]

Lou Williams is a peculiar player, as the sharpshooting guard currently leads the Los Angeles Clippers in scoring while somehow coming off the bench. In 2013, however, Williams thought his career was over, until a friend and future head coach helped him. Speaking to The New York Times’ Scott Cacciola for a feature story, Williams […]

Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant scored 21 points in the Warriors’ Game 2 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night, but he only took eight shots, which is not what you would expect from one of the top players in the league in a playoff game. Golden State ended up blowing a […]

OAKLAND, CA – Lou Williams and the L.A. Clippers, fresh off of a 17-point loss to the Golden State Warriors in Game 1, did the impossible on Monday night when they stunned the back-to-back defending NBA Champions by overcoming a 31-point deficit on the road. Yes, you read that correctly, and even the morning after, […]

L.A. Clippers guard Patrick Beverley has turned the NBA’s version of Dirty Jobs into an art form. The self-professed Mr. 94 Feet will assume his defensive stance, eyes forward, and clamp down, fighting for every inch, even if it against guys like Kevin Durant. The 6-foot-1 point man took on the challenge of guarding the […]

Klay Thompson expressed some sense of optimism after a gutting 31-point blown lead cost the Golden State Warriors Game 2 against the LA Clippers. The Warriors guard is confident he and his teammates can bounce back from this historic playoff loss: “I know we’ll bounce back,” Thompson said after the game, according to Connor Letourneau […]

Veteran Clippers talent Lou Williams is a player of his own breed, a box of dynamite packed into a 6-foot-1, 175-pound frame that deals blows like a heavyweight boxer at the top of his game. Yet the L.A. Clippers guard has an uncharacteristic habit, essentially starving himself in game days, eating a big breakfast and […]

The Los Angeles Clippers pulled off one of the biggest upsets in playoff history as they mounted an epic come-from-behind victory against the defending champs, the Golden State Warriors, in Game 2 of their first-round series matchup. A lot of Warriors fans were not happy with how the Dubs blew a huge lead in the […]

Stephen Curry was at a loss for words following a 31-point blown lead that saw the LA Clippers even the series at 1-1 after a 135-131 win over the Golden State Warriors. Golden State led 94-63 with 7:31 left in the third quarter before the wheels fell off completely as the Clippers mounted a comeback: […]

Monday night at Oracle Arena spelled more than just one last bit of history in Game 2 against the L.A. Clippers, but saw a playoff-changing experience once DeMarcus Cousins fell and clutched his left quad, struggling to get up and immediately looking to the Golden State Warriors bench, seeking out the locker room. The look […]

Monday, April 15th truly was L.A. Clippers head coach Doc Rivers’ lucky day. Not only did his team overcome the most improbable comeback in NBA playoff history in Game 2 against the Golden State Warriors, but he was also lucky enough not to lose a couple of thousand grand. Prior to the game, Rivers gave […]

The Golden State Warriors fell to the Los Angeles Clippers by a score of 135-131 in Game 2 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series on Monday night, but this was no ordinary postseason loss. The Warriors blew a 31-point lead, giving up a walloping 85 points in the second half as they saw the […]

The Golden State Warriors suffered a historic loss in Game 2 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night, blowing a 31-point lead in a 135-131 defeat. Afterward, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said he was not surprised by the loss: “It doesn’t feel strange to me, no,” […]

At the trade deadline, the Philadelphia 76ers acquired forward Tobias Harris in a much-discussed deal with the Los Angeles Clippers. But the Sixers also picked up another player in that trade: big man Boban Marjanovic. Harris and Marjanovic have been traded together twice. Before they were dealt from the Clippers to the 76ers, they were […]

It goes without saying that the Los Angeles Clippers overcame the most massive of odds in their improbable 135-131 come-from-behind victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 2. In fact, per Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints, the odds of the Clippers winning the game when they were down by 31 points in the third quarter […]

The Los Angeles Clippers stunned the Golden State Warriors and basketball fans everywhere in Game 2 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series at Oracle Arena on Monday night, rallying from a 31-point deficit to steal a 135-131 win and even up their series 1-1. In doing so, the Clippers set a franchise playoff record […]