NBA
Regular Season Round 114: LA Clippers - Charlotte B. 106-84
Date: February 26, 2013
LOS ANGELES Blake Griffin dunked his way to 24 points in leading the Los Angeles Clippers to a 106-84 blowout of the Charlotte Bobcats at the Staples Center. Gerald Henderson finished with 24 for the Bobcats, (13-44), who lost their 11th game by 20 or more points this season. The Clippers expanded a nine-point halftime lead to 19 in the third quarter, mostly on – you guessed it – dunks. In one particularly memorable move to the rim, Griffin anticipated a foul from Henderson. He switched the ball from right to left hand as Henderson made contact and still dunked with his off-hand to set up a three-point play. Henderson did what he could to keep the Bobcats in the game, reaching 24 points with four minutes left in the third quarter. It was a particularly quiet night for Bobcats rookie small forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. Coach Mike Dunlap started him each half, but Kidd-Gilchrist didn’t have a point or a rebound in his first 15 minutes, and was pulled early in the third quarter in favor of guard Ramon Sessions. The Bobcats trailed 54-45 at halftime, after being outscored 15-3 down the stretch of the second quarter. They got a great start, leading by as many as eight points in the first quarter and shooting 60 percent from the field. Shooting guard Henderson had a two-inch height advantage on Clippers counterpart Chauncey Billups, so he immediately worked Billups in the mid-post area for a series of turnaround jump shots. Henderson made his first four attempts and ended the half shooting 7-of-10 for 14 points. Power forward Byron Mullens broke a two-game slump – he’d shot 2-of-21 against the Chicago Bulls and Denver Nuggets – with 10 points and seven rebounds in the first half. Mullens made his first two attempts and five of his first 10. A Ramon Sessions layup late in the first quarter gave the Bobcats a 30-22 lead, but then the Bobcats went scoreless in their first three possessions of the second quarter, as the Clippers trimmed the deficit to two. A Mullens tap-in made it 42-39 Charlotte with just under five minutes left, and then the bottom fell out: Back-to-back turnovers by Kemba Walker and Mullens got the Clippers break started. No team in the NBA finishes with dunks better than the Clippers. Two alley-oop passes from Chris Paul to Griffin got thrown down and then Griffin dunked off a drive with 38 seconds left for the nine-point halftime margin. The Bobcats have two days off between games before playing at Utah on Friday in Salt Lake City. Courtesy of:www.charlotteobserver.com
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
Regular Season Round 114: LA Clippers - Charlotte B. 106-84
Date: February 26, 2013
LOS ANGELES Blake Griffin dunked his way to 24 points in leading the Los Angeles Clippers to a 106-84 blowout of the Charlotte Bobcats at the Staples Center. Gerald Henderson finished with 24 for the Bobcats, (13-44), who lost their 11th game by 20 or more points this season. The Clippers expanded a nine-point halftime lead to 19 in the third quarter, mostly on – you guessed it – dunks. In one particularly memorable move to the rim, Griffin anticipated a foul from Henderson. He switched the ball from right to left hand as Henderson made contact and still dunked with his off-hand to set up a three-point play. Henderson did what he could to keep the Bobcats in the game, reaching 24 points with four minutes left in the third quarter. It was a particularly quiet night for Bobcats rookie small forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. Coach Mike Dunlap started him each half, but Kidd-Gilchrist didn’t have a point or a rebound in his first 15 minutes, and was pulled early in the third quarter in favor of guard Ramon Sessions. The Bobcats trailed 54-45 at halftime, after being outscored 15-3 down the stretch of the second quarter. They got a great start, leading by as many as eight points in the first quarter and shooting 60 percent from the field. Shooting guard Henderson had a two-inch height advantage on Clippers counterpart Chauncey Billups, so he immediately worked Billups in the mid-post area for a series of turnaround jump shots. Henderson made his first four attempts and ended the half shooting 7-of-10 for 14 points. Power forward Byron Mullens broke a two-game slump – he’d shot 2-of-21 against the Chicago Bulls and Denver Nuggets – with 10 points and seven rebounds in the first half. Mullens made his first two attempts and five of his first 10. A Ramon Sessions layup late in the first quarter gave the Bobcats a 30-22 lead, but then the Bobcats went scoreless in their first three possessions of the second quarter, as the Clippers trimmed the deficit to two. A Mullens tap-in made it 42-39 Charlotte with just under five minutes left, and then the bottom fell out: Back-to-back turnovers by Kemba Walker and Mullens got the Clippers break started. No team in the NBA finishes with dunks better than the Clippers. Two alley-oop passes from Chris Paul to Griffin got thrown down and then Griffin dunked off a drive with 38 seconds left for the nine-point halftime margin. The Bobcats have two days off between games before playing at Utah on Friday in Salt Lake City. Courtesy of:www.charlotteobserver.com
 CHARLOTTE B. (coach: Charles Lee)84 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 60 | HRjdRQsIj, GRQild | 40 | 68-69 (95.1%) | 5-8 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 83 | 85 | 5 |
| 6 | WilVRQ, KRBMi | 43 | 8-65 (85%) | 4-0 (15%) | 8-8 (655%) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 60 | 61 | 5 |
| 5 | maFIBMI, masBiZV | 87 | 6-3 (80%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 88 | bullRjs, mFQIj | 89 | 0-7 (00.1%) | 6-3 (80%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | ARssaIjs, eiBIj | 81 | 4-9 (38.7%) | 5-5 (5%) | 0-1 (24.4%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 66 | 1 | 5 |
| 33 | wiFlIQ, zRffRQF | 88 | 8-3 (05%) | 5-4 (5%) | 4-3 (90%) | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 63 | Kadd-GalZhQasU, baZhiRl | 88 | 5-8 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 44 | HiFTIId, mQRjdij | 62 | 5-4 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| SdQaRj, zRff | 61 | 6-9 (63.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 5 | |
| bZeIMRQUs, zIsh | 9 | 6-6 (655%) | 8-8 (655%) | 8-8 (655%) | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 65 | 66 | 5 | |
| 00 | WallaiBs, eRDDaR | 3 | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| 2 | GIQdIj, mRj | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | gaIp, gR AiDiji | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 89-10 (36.0%) | 1-61 (49.0%) | 68-63 (20.9%) | 9 | 45 | 49 | 69 | 86 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 61 | 23 | 13 | |||
 LA CLIPPERS (coach: Tyronn Lue)106 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 88 | miQjRs, biUU | 43 | 4-3 (90%) | 4-1 (05%) | 8-8 (655%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 69 | 86 | 5 |
| 4 | Oiul, ChQas | 48 | 8-0 (35%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 69 | 5 |
| 48 | GQaffaj, mliVR | 46 | 66-63 (92.1%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-3 (05%) | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 83 | 87 | 5 |
| 0 | muUlRQ, CiQIj | 89 | 8-0 (35%) | 3-1 (11.9%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 61 | 61 | 5 |
| 6 | mallups, ChiujZRF | 80 | 5-3 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | zIQdij, gRSjdQR | 84 | 1-1 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-1 (61.9%) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 61 | 5 |
| 44 | Hall, GQijU | 86 | 4-9 (38.7%) | 5-6 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 9 | PdIB, viBiQ | 86 | 5-8 (5%) | 8-4 (11.9%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 66 | 5 |
| 86 | wuQaif, eIjjF | 69 | 6-0 (85%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-1 (61.9%) | 8 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 43 | GQRRj, WallaR | 1 | 6-8 (05%) | 6-8 (05%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 60 | HIllajs, eFij | 3 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 3-3 (655%) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 66 | CQiTfIQd, ziBil | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 87-03 (04.9%) | 68-88 (03.1%) | 68-81 (31.8%) | 7 | 43 | 34 | 43 | 69 | 5 | 66 | 65 | 5 | 60 | 651 | 684 | |||
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
