I thought that Lamarcus was intimidated by Blake in the first half but settled down later. I think part of that had to do with Camby (who I think should be a team captain), who visibly got more aggressive when Blake started going at the Blazers in a physical fashion. What Camby did is leadership. Taking a fade away jumper isn't leadership. When it gets to the point that Hubie Brown is berating your PF for taking 3 "low percentage fade away jumpers" and Mike Torico mentions several times a game that Lamarcus can't handle double teams, then you know every team in the league knows that too. Late in the game when he got a few buckets to go down, and started to figure Griffin out, he started playing better. But I think the reality is, Lamarcus just slid another rank in the western conference PF rankings. Roy was Roy. I have no problem with how he played. In the second half the Clipps made a concerted effort to stop him. That helped get a lot of other players open. Batum was good but I wish he wouldn't pass up so many shots. Sometimes I wonder about the coaching staff and the reigns they put on certain players. They just need to get out of the way and let it happen. Miller played good once he got a little bit chippy. It took a little of trash talking by Davis though to get him in the mood to play serious. Mathews had a bad night, but he was served lots of flaming bags. Rudy was excellent. I was wondering if they are possibly grooming him for starting PG next year? His attitude has turned full corner from last year. I can tell he is playing hard. Last year you could tell he was not playing hard. Camby- Marcus-Camby! Clap, clap clap clap clap! Dante-quietly doing a good job. Oberto - Happy to finally see a guy on the team that isn't afraid to hammer somebody. I have noticed in every game, it isn't seconds after he is in the game that he will lay the wood on somebody. He fouls hard, he doesn't let guys get shots up, he lays hard picks, and he has played physical defense. I hope some of that rubs off. I hope the lack of the rest of his game, doesn't!
