| Final - 4.12.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Clippers | 21 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 95 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 26 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 82 |
Blake Griffin scored 19, Caron Butler 17 and the Clippers managed to win without any late game heroics from Chris Paul. Minnesota played without leading scorer and rebounder Kevin Love who suffered a mild concussion in Denver Wednesday night.
The Clippers beat the Timberwolves without any heroics from Chris Paul and tightened their grip on fourth place in the West.
Citizen LJ Hann is at volleyball practice. I don't do roll call threads (he'll post one later) but here's a thread for your GIF posting pleasure. Solid win for the Clippers tonight. I have to...
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In advance of today's final meeting between the Clippers and the Wolves, I asked some final questions to Tim Allen of Canis Hoopus
One night after one of their biggest wins of the season, the Los Angeles Clippers conclude their three-game road trip Thursday night in Minneapolis, facing the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center.
The Clippers are hoping to avoid the season sweep against Minnesota tonight in their fourth and final meeting.
The Daily Clipper for April 12, 2012: Clipper and NBA related information and news.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Clippers | 21 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 95 |
| Minnesota | 26 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 82 |
| LA Clippers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caron Butler | 21 | 6-13 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 17 |
| Blake Griffin | 36 | 9-16 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 13-8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-0 | 19 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 23 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 12-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Randy Foye | 25 | 4-14 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 11 |
| Chris Paul | 28 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Kenyon Martin | 25 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Nick Young | 26 | 3-11 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Eric Bledsoe | 19 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Mo Williams | 19 | 6-11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 14 |
| Reggie Evans | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Trey Thompkins | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Bobby Simmons | 2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Chauncey Billups | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Ryan Gomes | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Travis Leslie | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 39-91 | 12-31 | 5-10 | 45-14 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 22-1 | 95 | |
| .429 | .387 | .500 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 2 (24 pts) | |||||||
| Minnesota | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Johnson | 30 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 6-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Derrick Williams | 25 | 1-7 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5-0 | 4 |
| Nikola Pekovic | 32 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 6-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 17 |
| Martell Webster | 34 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 5-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| J.J. Barea | 31 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4-0 | 10 |
| Michael Beasley | 31 | 6-15 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 10-3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1-0 | 14 |
| Anthony Randolph | 27 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0-0 | 16 |
| Anthony Tolliver | 10 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Malcolm Lee | 16 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Darko Milicic | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Brad Miller | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Luke Ridnour | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Kevin Love | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Wayne Ellington | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Ricky Rubio | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 31-77 | 5-21 | 15-22 | 45-12 | 20 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 12-1 | 82 | |
| .403 | .238 | .682 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 0 (10 pts) | |||||||
