Loss To Magic Reveals Blake Griffin's New Reality
The Orlando Magic's swarm of double- and triple-teams stymied Blake Griffin in the Clippers' loss Tuesday night, limiting the All-Star forward to a career-low 10 points. Don't expect that to change.
| Final - 2.8.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Clippers | 23 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 85 |
| Orlando Magic | 21 | 21 | 24 | 35 | 101 |
The Orlando Magic's swarm of double- and triple-teams stymied Blake Griffin in the Clippers' loss Tuesday night, limiting the All-Star forward to a career-low 10 points. Don't expect that to change.
Dwight Howard tallied 22 points and 20 rebounds, leading the Orlando Magic to a come-from-behind win against the L.A. Clippers, 101-85, on Tuesday night. Orlando limited rookie sensation Blake Griffin to 10 points and 12 rebounds.
The Clippers look terrible in losing in Orlando. They are now 0-3 on their road trip, and have lost 4 straight for the first time since mid December.
Use this thread for commenting in the second half.
The Clippers have lost three straight, eight straight versus Orlando, and are 3-17 on the road. Not good signs.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Clippers | 23 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 85 |
| Orlando | 21 | 21 | 24 | 35 | 101 |
| LA Clippers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Gomes | 27 | 2-11 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 6 |
| Blake Griffin | 35 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 12-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 25 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Randy Foye | 34 | 3-13 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Baron Davis | 34 | 8-16 | 4-6 | 5-5 | 8-1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 25 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu | 22 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 4-0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5-0 | 9 |
| Eric Bledsoe | 23 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Ike Diogu | 22 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 18 |
| Brian Cook | 10 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Rasual Butler | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Chris Kaman | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Craig Smith | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Eric Gordon | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 31-79 | 5-16 | 18-22 | 37-10 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 25-0 | 85 | |
| .392 | .313 | .818 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 2 (29 pts) | |||||||
| Orlando | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hedo Turkoglu | 37 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 8-3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 5 |
| Ryan Anderson | 26 | 4-15 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 5-3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5-0 | 13 |
| Dwight Howard | 37 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 8-14 | 20-6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4-0 | 22 |
| Jason Richardson | 28 | 4-10 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Jameer Nelson | 28 | 5-9 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 17 |
| J.J. Redick | 26 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 12 |
| Earl Clark | 21 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 10 |
| Gilbert Arenas | 21 | 3-9 | 1-6 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 9 |
| Malik Allen | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 1 |
| Chris Duhon | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Quentin Richardson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Brandon Bass | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Daniel Orton | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 35-81 | 10-30 | 21-34 | 49-17 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 18-0 | 101 | |
| .432 | .333 | .618 | Team Reb: 19 | Total TO: 2 (27 pts) | |||||||