Clippers Vs. Timberwolves - Technically, It's a Foul
Kenyon Martin and Blake Griffin each picked up costly technical fouls last night in the loss to Minnesota
| Final - 3.5.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Clippers | 16 | 28 | 21 | 29 | 94 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 26 | 19 | 30 | 20 | 95 |
Kenyon Martin and Blake Griffin each picked up costly technical fouls last night in the loss to Minnesota
Kevin Love went for 39 and 17, and Chris Paul missed the potential tying free throw with two seconds left as Minnesota hung on to beat the Clippers.
The Timberwolves opened the door for the Clippers to win this game -- but the Clippers wouldn't do it. Chris Paul missed a free throw with two seconds left that wold have tied it.
Tough, tough game tonight guys. I only saw the end of it. From what I gather, this loss can be attributed to 3 technical fouls on the Clippers (def3sec, Blake, KMart), a scoreless Caron...
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The Clippers need a win, but Minnesota has beaten them twice already this season, and LA is playing their fourth game in five nights.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves will host the Los Angeles Clippers in their second match-up in less than a week on Monday night.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Clippers | 16 | 28 | 21 | 29 | 94 |
| Minnesota | 26 | 19 | 30 | 20 | 95 |
| LA Clippers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caron Butler | 18 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Blake Griffin | 38 | 10-18 | 0-0 | 6-13 | 12-6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4-1 | 26 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 22 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 12-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Randy Foye | 16 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Chris Paul | 34 | 5-14 | 0-4 | 8-9 | 4-1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 18 |
| Mo Williams | 31 | 7-14 | 2-7 | 3-3 | 2-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 19 |
| Bobby Simmons | 28 | 2-7 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 7 |
| Kenyon Martin | 25 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-1 | 6 |
| Reggie Evans | 9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Eric Bledsoe | 13 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Chauncey Billups | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Ryan Gomes | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Brian Cook | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Travis Leslie | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Trey Thompkins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-84 | 5-23 | 21-32 | 52-16 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 21-3 | 94 | |
| .405 | .217 | .656 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 0 (17 pts) | |||||||
| Minnesota | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Johnson | 24 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Kevin Love | 42 | 13-25 | 5-10 | 8-11 | 17-7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 39 |
| Darko Milicic | 28 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 13 |
| Luke Ridnour | 39 | 4-11 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 12 |
| Ricky Rubio | 28 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 4 |
| J.J. Barea | 19 | 0-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Derrick Williams | 24 | 4-9 | 3-7 | 4-5 | 9-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Michael Beasley | 19 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 9 |
| Martell Webster | 11 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Brad Miller | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Anthony Tolliver | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Anthony Randolph | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Nikola Pekovic | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Wayne Ellington | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Malcolm Lee | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 32-80 | 11-28 | 20-27 | 43-14 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 21-0 | 95 | |
| .400 | .393 | .741 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 1 (10 pts) | |||||||