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Are the Los Angeles Clippers starting to round into contending shape after their initial struggles in integrating James Harden into their roster? That’s certainly what it looks like after the Clippers finally exorcised their Denver Nuggets-sized demons by defeating them, 111-102, on Wednesday night, and that’s with Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray healthy. After learning […]

Moving Terance Mann to the starting lineup wasn’t the flashiest move in the world for the struggling Los Angeles Clippers, but it was a necessary one. Mann isn’t necessarily a more talented player than Russell Westbrook, the player he replaced, but rather, Mann’s low-usage skillset makes him quite the ideal fit alongside three ball-dominant superstars […]

The Los Angeles Clippers, for their first few games with James Harden on the active roster, tried to make a Harden-Russell Westbrook pairing work in the backcourt. After all, these two players have experience playing with each other, most recently in 2020 with the Houston Rockets. However, the Clippers proceeded to lose consecutive games, and […]

Nikola Jokic didn’t have his best shooting performance on Wednesday night, going 9-for-32 in a 111-102 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers at Crypto.com Arena. The Serbian superstar still managed yet another triple-double, scoring 22 points to go along with 15 rebounds and 10 assists. Still, he was confused as to why his shots weren’t […]

The Denver Nuggets go on the road to take on the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday night. This game will continue our NBA odds series as we give you a Nuggets-Clippers prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Nuggets are 14-7, but their win streak just ended as […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have been quite up and down since their blockbuster trade for James Harden at the end of October. Although Harden has been able to put up some solid statistics and has shown flashes of the playmaking prowess the team was hoping for in the deal, the Clippers currently sit at 9-10, […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are struggling with too much star-caliber talent. Tyronn Lue continues to find it hard to coach a squad that has Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden. All of these guys have the ability to pop off but often cancel each other out. This is why a lot of […]

The Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Golden State Warriors in a rematch this past weekend. After losing to Stephen Curry’s club in San Francisco on Thursday night, Kawhi Leonard and co. were able to mount a comeback and defeat the Warriors at home in Los Angeles. The game came down to the final buzzer, where […]

A major plot point for the Philadelphia 76ers heading into the 2023-24 season was James Harden’s trade request, as it seemed like both sides refused to relent even an inch to the other party. In fact, the tensions ran so high to the point that Harden, in an Adidas event in China, went scorched earth […]

For the second time in the past week, the Golden State Warriors (9-11) collapsed and lost out on what would have been an impressive road victory. Even with the offensively-conservative Draymond Green enjoying a nice night (21 points on 8-of-15 shooting), the team could not hold it together versus the Los Angeles Clippers. The veteran […]

The Los Angeles Clippers stunned the Golden State Warriors 113-112 on Saturday behind Paul George’s game-winning 3-pointer. But Clippers guard Russell Westbrook had another quiet performance, scoring only eight points in 19 minutes off the bench. James Harden had some words of encouragement for his teammate during the game, according to Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints: […]

Paul George emerged as the hero for the Los Angeles Clippers in their Saturday night’s 113-112 victory at home over Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors. George stunned the Warriors with a dagger 3-pointer late in the contest to put Los Angeles in front for good. Paul George delivered for the Clippers against the […]

In an electrifying turn of events, the Los Angeles Clippers secured a jaw-dropping 113-112 victory over the Golden State Warriors, staging a remarkable comeback after trailing by 22 points in the second half. The win, propelled by a stunning game-winning shot from Paul George, has sent shockwaves through the basketball world and left fans in […]

The roller coaster that is the Los Angeles Clippers’ 2023-24 season continued on Saturday, as the many skeptical passengers aboard this wild ride were treated to an absolute thriller in the Crypto.com Arena. After trailing by 22 points earlier in the game, Paul George nailed a stepback 3-pointer with less than 10 seconds remaining to […]

For the second time in a week, Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors squandered a big lead and lost a game, as they suffered a 113-112 loss on the road against the Los Angeles Clippers Saturday night. For Kerr, the defeat at the hands of Paul George and company was more painful than the […]

Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors led by as much as 22 points against the Los Angeles Clippers during their showdown on Saturday. As the final buzzer sounded, however, the Dubs found themselves on the losing end of a 113-112 game. Unsurprisingly, Warriors fans couldn’t help but feel frustrated and disappointed with the shocking […]

The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers are set to go head-to-head on Saturday. However, Golden State is dealing with injury trouble as Chris Paul and Gary Payton II have already been ruled out for the game. Andrew Wiggins’ status for Saturday’s affair is currently up in the air. Wiggins has not had the […]

Paul George is one of the most elite forwards in the NBA today. He is an eight-time All-Star, six-time All-NBA team player, and a four-time All-Defensive selection. Currently, the eight-time All-Star is facing an insurmountable task in helping the Los Angeles Clippers win their first-ever franchise NBA championship. With the arrival of James Harden following […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have not exactly played an impressive brand of basketball since acquiring James Harden. Clippers beat writer for ClutchPoints Tomer Azarly shared an eye-opening Clippers statistic on Friday. “The LA Clippers have a 5-8 record over the last 13 games since adding James Harden. With 5 wins and 8 losses… They’ve scored […]

At this point, the Los Angeles Clippers still have plenty of problems to resolve with their roster as presently constructed. They have a hard time generating easy shots at the hoop, settling for tough midrangers quite often, and when their shot isn’t falling, their offense becomes very hard to watch despite boasting the services of […]

The Golden State Warriors outlasted the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night, using a big game from the bench to beat their California rivals 120-114 at the Chase Center in San Francisco. “The story of the game was really the bench,” Dubs coach Steve Kerr explained afterwards, per ClutchPoints’ Jack Winter. “Brandin [Podziemski], Dario [Saric], […]

Lamar Odom has long been out of the NBA but he still keeps up with the current happenings inside the league. The former star out of the Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, and Los Angeles Lakers has proven that he can make an impact inside the court. Now, he is starting to prove that the […]

The Los Angeles Clippers head up north to take on in-state rivals the Golden State Warriors a Thursday night showdown. This game will continue our NBA odds series as we hand out a Clippers-Warriors prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Los Angeles Clippers (8-9) are coming off […]

James Harden had by far his best game for the Los Angeles Clippers since making his debut with his new team earlier this month. In light of Harden’s breakout game, Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue made sure to let The Beard’s naysayers know what the former MVP proved with his vintage performance on Wednesday night. […]

The injury bug is not on the side of the Steve Kerr-led Golden State Warriors after their early exit in the NBA In-Season Tournament. Gary Payton II was the first guard to go down in their loss to the Sacramento Kings. Now, another leader, Chris Paul, suffered an unfortunate fate before they square off against […]

The James Harden experiment started off bad for the Los Angeles Clippers, as they lost their first five games with him in the starting lineup. Then, after moving Russell Westbrook to the bench, the Clippers rattled off three-straight wins and all of their problems seemed to be forgotten. The Clippers now find themselves 7-9 after […]

The Los Angeles Clippers go on the road to take on the Sacramento Kings Wednesday night! This game will continue our NBA odds series with a Clippers-Kings prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Clippers are 7-9 to begin this season, and they have not been playing […]

On Monday evening, Russell Westbrook and the Los Angeles Clippers dropped to a disappointing record of 7-9 on the young 2023-24 NBA season with an embarrassing home loss to the Denver Nuggets. Normally, losing to the reigning NBA champion Nuggets would not be a major cause of concern; however, on Monday, Denver was without three […]

The Los Angeles Clippers haven’t exactly hit the ground running since trading for James Harden, but it seemed like things were looking up for them especially when they’re coming off a resounding weekend victory over the Dallas Mavericks. The Clippers, on Monday night, were set to face a Denver Nuggets team that was without Nikola […]

Russell Westbrook is not one to let disrespect from fans get past him even while he’s in the middle of performing his job as an NBA player. The Los Angeles Clippers star point guard had another feisty episode with a fan Monday night when he got into it with someone seated on the courtside seats […]

There is no way to know for sure who the greatest basketball player of all-time is; it seems like the goalposts are always moving, making it difficult to come up with a concrete answer as to who the GOAT is. But this is exactly what makes these discussions so much fun, with Los Angeles Clippers […]

At the start of the 2020-21 season, longtime Houston Rockets MVP James Harden expressed his concern regarding the Rockets’ excessive failures to reach an NBA championship since he arrived in 2012. He’s not necessarily blaming anyone, but Harden felt his time with Houston was over after nearly nine seasons and wanted to look elsewhere to […]

The Denver Nuggets’ injury report on Monday before taking on the Los Angeles Clippers will make every Mile High City fan frustrated. As if Jamal Murray’s absence is not brutal enough, the team will now have to deal with the absence of Nikola Jokic as well. Denver’s superstar big man, who was initially listed as […]

The Denver Nuggets will travel to where the sun shines as they tip-off with the Los Angeles Clippers in what should be an entertaining showdown. Join us for our NBA odds series, where our Nuggets-Clippers prediction and pick will be revealed. After suffering back-to-back losses, the Nuggets were able to get back in the win […]

Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard is known for having a dry personality, but former teammate Lou Williams made a surprising admission about Leonard’s sense of humor. Williams said that Leonard is one of the “top-3 funniest teammates [he] ever had” on FanDuel’s ‘Run It Back’ NBA Show: "Kawhi Leonard is probably one of the […]

James Harden and the Los Angeles Clippers defeated Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night, evening their head-to-head series at 1-1. Irving, who was teammates with Harden on the Brooklyn Nets a few years ago, was the second of the three superstars to request a trade out of Brooklyn. That deal landed him […]

The Los Angeles Clippers earned their finest win of James Harden’s early tenure with his hometown team on Saturday, blowing out the Dallas Mavericks 107-88. Paul George led the Clippers with a team-high 25 points, while Norman Powell and Russell Westbrook combined for 29 points off the bench, helping compensate for rare single-digit scoring performances […]

It’s been nearly two weeks since Russell Westbrook requested to move to the bench after the Los Angeles Clippers acquired James Harden, a move that initially threw the Clips chemistry out of whack. But in the five games since Westbrook became LA’s sixth man, the Clippers have seemingly, and perhaps only momentarily, turned their season […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have had a tumultuous start to the 2023-24 campaign, but they have begun to find some traction since Russell Westbrook volunteered to come off the bench to allow Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, and James Harden the opportunity to get more comfortable playing with each other. Now that Westbrook has helped the […]