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  1. Shapecity

    Shapecity S2/JBB Teamster Staff Member Administrator

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">By last season's standards it wasn't too impressive. By this season's standards the Clippers' 103-85 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night stacks up as their best victory of the season ? all because the Clippers finally played a good half.

    They outscored Dallas, 60-35, after halftime. It's a step. They still haven't uncorked an impressive game. And yet they have the best record in the Pacific Division at 4-1.

    "We haven't been playing our best, but it's been good enough to win," Elton Brand said. "And that's what it's about."

    The trouble with winning is it takes the glamour out of winning.

    The Clippers won three of their first four games, which before last season would have been the team's best start since the Larry Brown "glory days" of 1991-92.

    But then 2005-06 happened, so all a 3-1 record meant this time around was it matched last season's start, only without all the giddiness. No one remembers the details of the second and third moon landings.

    Even though the Clippers were winning games, they weren't playing great basketball. I know this because before they faced Dallas, Coach Mike Dunleavy said, "We're not playing great basketball right now." (That's some good reporting right there.)</div>

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    The superior teams can win ugly games. The Clippers are legit and can play any style of basketball with the flexibility and talent on their roster. They can beat you with uptempo or halfcourt basketball.
     
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    Definately true, but what I'm worried about is that we're too predictable. We're not moving the ball like many other teams are, there's too much isolation and post isolation, and the passing is only coming from drive and dish, or some pick and rolls. The offense is too stagnant for my liking right now.

    Aaron being back will help.
     

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