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LOS ANGELES – Thrust into the starting lineup for most of the season due to injuries throughout the LA Clippers’ roster, veteran guard Austin Rivers has quietly worked his way towards a career-best year while helping his team stay relevant in a tough Western Conference. And yet, what’s garnered most of the attention and storylines […]

Through his first eight years of his career, L.A. Clippers All-Star forward Blake Griffin has been one of the most productive big men in the league. According to Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints, the 28-year-old is set to join rare company statistically with Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Per #Clippers PR, Blake Griffin will play his […]

We’re only three weeks away from the NBA trade deadline and while several members of the media are prepping for a quiet afternoon on February 8th, keeping an eye on team circumstances and quiet rumblings around the league leads our team here at ClutchPoints to believe there’s still plenty opportunity among the NBA landscape for […]

Now that the whole Clippers-Rockets’ locker room situation has boiled over, the NBA has finally stepped in and given Gerald Green and Trevor Ariza each two-game suspensions. Chris Paul, James Harden, and Blake Griffin avoided any punishments. For Paul and Harden, the NBA determined that they were simply the peacemakers. As for Griffin, the NBA […]

Houston Rockets forward Trevor Ariza and Gerald Green will be suspended for two games because of the infamous locker room incident after the game against the L.A. Clippers Monday night. According to Tim MacMahon of ESPN, the Rockets are “shocked and disappointed” that Blake Griffin and Austin Rivers will not be facing any disciplinary action […]

Throughout his two-plus years with the L.A. Clippers, Austin Rivers has heard every type of criticism come his way. Monday night’s post-game locker room fiasco was no exception, as critics and players all pointed at him as the instigator of the madhouse that Staples Center became after his team took down the Houston Rockets. Rivers […]

As the NBA trade deadline approaches, rumors are starting to get around. One of the most prominent rumblings out there is how the Milwaukee Bucks are frontrunners in getting L.A. Clippers center DeAndre Jordan. But a recent tweet from Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times may finally kill this rumor. As I reported several […]

The L.A. Clippers have been in the spotlight for an infamous locker room incident following their game against the Houston Rockets on Monday night. But on this Wednesday night game versus the Denver Nuggets, the Clippers and their fans had something to celebrate, particularly one fan who won a trip to London. During a break […]

On Chris Paul’s first visit to the L.A. Clippers’ home since being traded to the Houston Rockets, his former team pulled together a special tribute video in his honor, only to be disregarded by the All-Star point guard. According to Tim MacMahon of ESPN, Paul said he didn’t even watch the video because he was […]

In the midst of a storm of on-court conflicts after the midway part of the season, it’s been reported that Houston Rockets center Clint Capela wasn’t involved in Monday night’s locker room brouhaha — instead, it was backup center Tarik Black who tried to infiltrate the home locker room, according to Marc Stein of The New […]

The NBA has suspended Houston Rockets forwards Trevor Ariza and Gerald Green for two games for their role in Monday night’s locker room fiasco after a 113-102 loss to the L.A. Clippers, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The backcourt duo of Chris Paul and James Harden, who were also involved in the incident, will not […]

DeAndre Jordan is one of the NBA’s best rebounding big men. He is also a certified rim-protector that can deny whole offenses from accessing his team’s interior for easy buckets in the paint. In addition, Jordan is 6-foot-11 and 265 pounds. Yet, he has a gregarious personality that gets along swimmingly with his fellow players. […]

Several Houston Rockets players are in the midst of a league-wide investigation stemming from their post-game altercation with the L.A. Clippers players following a 113-102 Monday night loss at Staples Center. Despite the several reports and the hoopla surrounding the incident when they allegedly intended to hunt for Blake Griffin, and later Austin Rivers; Chris […]

The relationship between Austin Rivers and Doc Rivers is one of the more controversial issues among NBA players. It stems from the speculation that the L.A. Clippers guard is receiving undeserved playing time because his father is the head coach. The speculation leads to more questions, like how many think that Chris Paul’s decision to […]

After the L.A. Clippers and Houston Rockets had a contentious post-game incident, Blake Griffin posted a Joker GIF on Twitter showing the Clown Prince of Crime walking away from an explosion. The image is from Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, the critically acclaimed superhero movie that won Heath Ledger a posthumous Best Supporting Actor Award. […]

L.A. Clippers guard Austin Rivers did not lace them up on Monday when his team hosted the Houston Rockets — a game that ended on a sour note on and off the court. Despite the Rockets, and particularly forward Trevor Ariza being viewed as the aggressor, the NBA league office’s investigation found that it was […]

Prior to the hotly-contested matchup between the L.A. Clippers and Houston Rockets on Monday, Doc Rivers was asked during the pre-game presser to give his thoughts on the team’s breakup with Chris Paul during in the offseason. Rivers was asked to share if he feels it could have gone better or worse, especially with the […]

The Houston Rockets and the L.A. Clippers feud that could’ve turned into a brawl was downplayed by Eric Gordon saying it was “no biggie.” TMZ caught up with the Rockets’ shooting guard at Catch in West Hollywood on the night the incident happened. Asked if the Rockets and the Clippers have started a rivalry because […]

Following the much talked about altercation involving Trevor Ariza in the L.A. Clippers’ locker room on Monday, the NBA is investigating the incident and will continue to do so until Wednesday. They are seeing the Houston Rockets swingman as the aggressor and are still receiving more details about it, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Sources: […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – Raymond Felton knows the L.A. Clippers very well. The Oklahoma City guard spent last season as a member of the organization. The 14-year veteran also knows several members of the Houston Rockets extremely well. So when he was asked about the on and off the court altercations that took place between the […]

NBA people are nowhere near done commenting about the altercation between the Houston Rockets and L.A. Clippers that occurred after the game Monday night. The latest in the responses comes from former NBA player Jordan Crawford. His came in the form of a joke — as most of the reactions have — but this time […]

Nowadays, it is only a matter of time before jokes and memes about everyday situations start floating around social media. This is also true in the NBA. After ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Houston Rockets sent Clint Capela to the front door of the L.A. Clippers locker room at Staples Center, while Chris Paul, […]

The L.A. Clippers and Houston Rockets had a showdown at the Staples Center on Monday night with both teams getting into one heated confrontation after another. TNT’s Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal, however, found one particular altercation hilarious and proceeded to poke fun at the situation. During an Inside the NBA segment, TNT’s courtside reporter […]

The LA Clippers have been without guard Austin Rivers for about two-and-a-half weeks now as he recovers from a right ankle injury suffered against the Los Angeles Lakers at the end of December. He was initially ruled day-to-day following what looked like a possibly severe Achilles injury, and told members of the media on New […]

In the aftermath of the game between the L.A. Clippers and Houston Rockets, many unbelievable things happened. Several Rockets players reportedly attempted to enter the Clippers locker room after the game. The NBA is expected to investigate that incident. Also, Austin Rivers may have played a key role in the escalation of the incident after […]

Trade rumors can only grow as the NBA trade deadline approaches. One of the rumors circling around is how DeAndre Jordan may be wearing a Milwaukee Bucks jersey faster than we realize. Marc Stein said on the Dunc’d On Basketball Podcast that the Bucks are 100 percent interested in Jordan and they are probably just […]

DeAndre Jordan has been floating in the rumor mill for the past month already, after the L.A. Clippers have been victims of several injuries and are unlikely to make a run for the postseason. According to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith via Clevis Murray of NBC Boston, Jordan would like to be traded to the team […]

Blake Griffin was involved in his fair share of exchanges during an emotional game, as his former teammate Chris Paul and the Houston Rockets made their first visit to Staples Center to take on his L.A. Clippers. The 6-foot-10 forward was assessed a technical foul after having some choice words exchange with Rockets head coach […]

Everyone loves to watch a good rivalry intensify, and we definitely got something brewing with the Houston Rockets and the L.A. Clippers. You could tell that last night was just a preview. They are grown men with a lot of pride, and this doesn’t end with one team going to the other’s locker room for […]

The game between the L.A. Clippers and Houston Rockets on Monday night sure was chippy, but it was nothing compared to what took place after the game, and Austin Rivers was apparently in the middle of it. Several Rockets players attempted to enter the Clippers locker room after the game, reportedly looking for Rivers and […]

Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni accused L.A. Clippers forward Blake Griffin of making contact with him prior to a heated exchange that saw both coach and player get a technical foul each for it, according to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. “You mean after he hit me? I didn’t appreciate it,” D’Antoni said after he was […]

According to a report from larrybrownsports.com, the NBA will investigate the on-court skirmish that ensued between players of the Houston Rockets and L.A. Clippers after Monday night’s game. Monday night’s game started getting a bit chippy in the fourth quarter. The Clippers won the game, 113-102, but there were several interesting moments leading up to […]

The L.A. Clippers put an end to the Houston Rockets’ three-game winning streak on Monday night, winning the game 113-102. It ended on a low note for the Rockets, which is why they decided to resolve things by going to the Clippers’ locker room. Chris Paul, James Harden, Gerald Green, and Trevor Ariza all pushed […]

The return of Chris Paul to Staples Center versus the L.A. Clippers on Monday was a highly anticipated one as it marked the first time he’ll go up against his former team in their home court. While the Houston Rockets point guard received a warm reception from the crowd and former teammates, the game turned […]

The narrative entering Monday’s game between the Houston Rockets and the L.A. Clippers was mostly about Chris Paul’s anticipated first game back at Staples Center since being traded by the Clippers to Houston. That story probably is now buried beneath the controversial way the game concluded. As reported earlier, a few Rockets players charged towards […]

This was not how Martin Luther King Jr. would have wanted people to celebrate a day named after him. Tempers flared up near the end of Monday’s game between the Houston Rockets and the L.A. Clippers, when both Rockets forward Trevor Ariza and Clippers forward Blake Griffin traded words that forced game officials to toss […]

After being traded away from the New Orleans Hornets to the L.A. Clippers in 2011, Chris Paul became the franchise centerpiece. Although the team never made it past the second round of the postseason, his contributions to the Clippers were noticeable as the Clippers have had great moments over the years. On Monday night, the […]

There has been plenty of speculation regarding Houston Rockets point guard Chris Paul’s return to the Staples Center to square off against his former team in the Los Angeles Clippers. Paul shares quite a storied history with the Clippers after carrying them to Western Conference relevancy for the last six years before coming to the […]

Monday night is a big one for NBA teams who have games scheduled, especially because they are being played on Martin Luther King Day. For Chris Paul though, it’s extra special as it marks the first time he’ll play inside Staples Center to face his former team, the L.A. Clippers, as a member of the […]