Clippers' Billups has Successful Surgery
Billups' surgery was in Colorado where he'll stay another 4 weeks while he recovers
| Final - 2.6.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT 1 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Clippers | 21 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 107 |
| Orlando Magic | 30 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 102 |
Billups' surgery was in Colorado where he'll stay another 4 weeks while he recovers
Orlando Pinstriped Post examines the play of Orlando Magic guard Von Wafer, who's been surprisingly productive when given the opportunity this season.
MRI results confirm that Chauncey Billups has a torn left Achilles tendon suffered in Orlando Monday night.
The Clippers beat the Magic in overtime for their fourth straight road win on the strength of 29 points from Chris Paul despite 33 from Dwight Howard.
Watching the replay, I knew immediately that it was the Achilles. Been there, done that.
Chris Paul tallied 29 points, seven rebounds, and eight assists to lead the Los Angeles Clippers past the Orlando Magic, 107-102, in overtime Monday night, snapping Orlando's three-game winning streak.
Chauncy Billups' 2011-12 season may be over after the Clippers point guard suffered an Achilles tendon injury on Monday night.
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The Los Angeles Clippers have done their best in recent days to extinguish a few long losing streaks to NBA foes, and will get the chance to do so again Monday night as they face the Orlando Magic at the Amway Center.
The Clippers have lost nine straight to the Magic, but those were without Chris Paul
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Clippers | 21 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 107 |
| Orlando | 30 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 102 |
| LA Clippers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caron Butler | 38 | 5-13 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 14 |
| Blake Griffin | 45 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 6-7 | 10-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 18 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 31 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 8-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6-0 | 8 |
| Chauncey Billups | 31 | 5-11 | 5-10 | 3-3 | 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 18 |
| Chris Paul | 44 | 9-16 | 3-3 | 8-8 | 7-0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 29 |
| Mo Williams | 32 | 3-12 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 9 |
| Ryan Gomes | 10 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Reggie Evans | 24 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 9-3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6-0 | 7 |
| Randy Foye | 6 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Brian Cook | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Kenyon Martin | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Solomon Jones | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Eric Bledsoe | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Travis Leslie | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Trey Thompkins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-82 | 13-31 | 22-25 | 46-10 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 20-0 | 107 | |
| .439 | .419 | .880 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 0 (16 pts) | |||||||
| Orlando | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hedo Turkoglu | 25 | 0-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Ryan Anderson | 30 | 3-10 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 9-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 10 |
| Dwight Howard | 44 | 15-21 | 0-0 | 3-8 | 14-3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3-0 | 33 |
| Jason Richardson | 37 | 8-15 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 20 |
| Jameer Nelson | 35 | 5-13 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 3-1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 15 |
| Chris Duhon | 17 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Glen Davis | 25 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Quentin Richardson | 18 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 9 |
| J.J. Redick | 25 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Earl Clark | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Von Wafer | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Ish Smith | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Daniel Orton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| DeAndre Liggins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Justin Harper | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 40-86 | 11-30 | 11-16 | 37-10 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 27-1 | 102 | |
| .465 | .367 | .688 | Team Reb: 12 | Total TO: 0 (17 pts) | |||||||