GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: LA CLIPPERS (7-12) at NEW JERSEY (9-12)

NBA: LA CLIPPERS at NEW JERSEY

<div class="pre">NBA LA CLIPPERS 81
NEW JERSEY 74 2:38 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: LA CLIPPERS at NEW JERSEY

<div class="pre">NBA LA CLIPPERS 91
NEW JERSEY 82 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: LA CLIPPERS at NEW JERSEY

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
LA CLIPPERS 23 23 21 24 91
NEW JERSEY 21 25 17 19 82 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: LAC - TIM THOMAS 18, CHRIS KAMAN 18, COREY
MAGGETTE 13
NJN - RICHARD JEFFERSON 21, VINCE CARTER 16,
MALIK ALLEN 14</div>

 

NBA: LA CLIPPERS at NEW JERSEY

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
LA CLIPPERS 91
NEW JERSEY 82 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: LA CLIPPERS at NEW JERSEY

<div class="pre">LA CLIPPERS (91) AT NEW JERSEY (82)

LA CLIPPERS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

B KNIGHT G 29:03 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 7 2 3 1 0
Q ROSS G 15:58 3-4 0-0 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 6
T THOMAS F 37:28 7-15 3-5 1 1 2 4 4 0 3 18
C MAGGETTE F 26:36 1-6 11-12 0 10 10 4 3 1 5 13
C KAMAN C 37:49 8-14 2-2 4 10 14 1 3 0 3 18
C MOBLEY 27:14 2-6 1-2 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 6
R PATTERSON 24:22 3-9 3-5 1 4 5 2 3 1 3 9
D DICKAU 17:48 4-6 2-3 0 2 2 0 4 1 1 11
A THORNTON 14:41 4-9 0-2 3 3 6 1 2 1 0 8
P DAVIS 9:01 1-2 0-0 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 2

TOTALS 240:00 33-74 22-31 13 38 51 22 26 8 20 91
(.446) (.710) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 20 (0 PTS)

NEW JERSEY

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

J KIDD G 38:17 3-8 4-4 0 10 10 11 5 2 0 11
V CARTER G 41:00 5-17 5-7 2 2 4 2 5 1 1 16
M ALLEN F 23:24 7-13 0-0 2 2 4 0 2 2 2 14
R JEFFERSON F 40:35 6-21 9-11 0 1 1 1 5 2 3 21
J COLLINS C 19:41 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 5 1 1 0
J BOONE 27:18 3-7 1-4 6 8 14 1 1 2 3 7
A WRIGHT 21:37 0-4 4-4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
B NACHBAR 18:25 2-8 5-6 4 0 4 2 0 0 1 9
D ARMSTRONG 9:43 0-3 0-0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0

TOTALS 240:00 26-81 28-36 17 25 42 17 25 11 13 82
(.321) (.778) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 13 (0 PTS)

LA CLIPPERS 23 23 21 24 - 91
NEW JERSEY 21 25 17 19 - 82

BLOCKED SHOTS: LA CLIPPERS - C KAMAN 2, B KNIGHT, P DAVIS, C MAGGETTE.
NEW JERSEY - J COLLINS 3, J BOONE 2, V CARTER.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: LA CLIPPERS 3-12 (.250), T THOMAS 1-8, C MOBLEY 1-
2, R PATTERSON 0-1, D DICKAU 1-1. NEW JERSEY 2-14 (.143), J KIDD 1-
3, V CARTER 1-4, R JEFFERSON 0-2, A WRIGHT 0-2, B NACHBAR 0-2, D ARMSTRONG 0-
1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: LA CLIPPERS - C MOBLEY. NEW JERSEY - TEAM 2.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: KEN MAUER, ORLANDIS POOLE, SCOTT WALL.
A - 13,433. T - 2:29.</div>

 

NBA: LA CLIPPERS at NEW JERSEY

<div class="pre">LA CLIPPERS (91)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
B Knight 29:03 0-3 0-0 0-2 7 2 0
Q Ross 15:58 3-4 0-0 1-3 1 2 6
T Thomas 37:28 7-15 3-5 1-2 4 4 18
C Maggette 26:36 1-6 11-12 0-10 4 3 13
C Kaman 37:49 8-14 2-2 4-14 1 3 18
C Mobley 27:14 2-6 1-2 1-3 2 2 6
R Patterson 24:22 3-9 3-5 1-5 2 3 9
D Dickau 17:48 4-6 2-3 0-2 0 4 11
A Thornton 14:41 4-9 0-2 3-6 1 2 8
P Davis 9:01 1-2 0-0 2-4 0 1 2

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 33-74 22-31 13-51 22 26 91
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.446, FT-.710. 3-Point Goals:
3-12, .250 (T Thomas 1-8, C Mobley 1-2, R
Patterson 0-1, D Dickau 1-1). Team Rebounds:
10. Blocked Shots:5 (C Kaman 2, B Knight, P
Davis, C Maggette). Turnovers:20 (C Maggette
5, T Thomas 3, C Kaman 3, R Patterson 3, C
Mobley 2, Q Ross 2, B Knight, D Dickau).
Steals: 8 (B Knight 3, C Mobley, R Patterson,
C Maggette, D Dickau, A Thornton).


NEW JERSEY (82)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
J Kidd 38:17 3-8 4-4 0-10 11 5 11
V Carter 41:00 5-17 5-7 2-4 2 5 16
M Allen 23:24 7-13 0-0 2-4 0 2 14
R Jefferson 40:35 6-21 9-11 0-1 1 5 21
J Collins 19:41 0-0 0-0 1-3 0 5 0
J Boone 27:18 3-7 1-4 6-14 1 1 7
A Wright 21:37 0-4 4-4 0-0 0 1 4
B Nachbar 18:25 2-8 5-6 4-4 2 0 9
D Armstrong 9:43 0-3 0-0 2-2 0 1 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 26-81 28-36 17-42 17 25 82
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.321, FT-.778. 3-Point Goals:
2-14, .143 (J Kidd 1-3, V Carter 1-4, R
Jefferson 0-2, A Wright 0-2, B Nachbar 0-2, D
Armstrong 0-1). Team Rebounds: 10. Blocked
Shots:6 (J Collins 3, J Boone 2, V Carter).
Turnovers:13 (R Jefferson 3, J Boone 3, M
Allen 2, D Armstrong, A Wright, B Nachbar, J
Collins, V Carter). Steals: 11 (J Kidd 2, R
Jefferson 2, J Boone 2, M Allen 2, D
Armstrong, J Collins, V Carter).

-------------------------------------------
LA CLIPPERS 23 23 21 24 - 91
NEW JERSEY 21 25 17 19 - 82
-------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: La Clippers - 1 (C Mobley,
9:10 4th). New Jersey - 2 (Team, 11:26 2nd;
Team, 7:28 3rd).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 13,433. T: 2:29.
Officials: Ken Mauer, Orlandis Poole, Scott
Wall.</div>

 

By Joe Rizzo
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- It took them almost10 years, but the Los Angeles Clippers finally won again inNew Jersey - thanks to some horrendous shooting by the Nets.

Chris Kaman scored 18 points and had 14 rebounds to lead theClippers to a 91-82 victory over the Nets, their first at theMeadowlands since January 15, 1998.


Tim Thomas added 18 points for the Clippers, who had lost eightstraight in the Meadowlands but broke through thanks in part to15 consecutive misses by New Jersey in the fourth quarter.

Los Angeles has won consecutive road games for the second timethis season and improved to 4-5 on the road this season, despitemissing Elton Brand and Shaun Livingston for the entirecampaign and Sam Cassell for a seventh straight contest.

The Clippers shot 45 percent (33-of-74) from the floor inwinning for the second time in their last 10 games, while theNets shot 32 percent (26-of-81) from the field, including5-of-24 in the fourth.


Jason Kidd had his second straight triple-double and 93rd of hiscareer for the Nets, who lost their fourth straight gameoverall and their third in a row at the Izod Center. Kiddfinished with 11 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds.

Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 21 points, but the forwardand Vince Carter combined to shoot 11-of-38 as the Netsextended their streak to 10 games in which they trailed bydouble digits at home.


Dan Dickau's 24-footer with 7:59 left in the fourth quarter gavethe Clippers a 76-68 edge. He hit a foul-line jumper for an81-74 edge with 3:06 left and put away the game with a pair offree throws that pushed the edge to nine with 117 seconds toplay.


He finished with 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting in 18 minutes offthe bench.


Thomas' 19-footer with 4:51 remaining in the third gave LosAngeles the lead for good, 58-57, and was sandwiched between alayup and three-point play by Ruben Patterson.

 

By Joe Rizzo
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- It took them almost10 years, but the Los Angeles Clippers finally won again inNew Jersey - thanks to some horrendous shooting by the Nets.

Chris Kaman scored 18 points and had 14 rebounds to lead theClippers to a 91-82 victory over the Nets, their first at theMeadowlands since January 15, 1998.


Tim Thomas added 18 points for the Clippers, who had lost eightstraight in the Meadowlands but broke through thanks in part to15 consecutive misses by New Jersey in the fourth quarter.

Los Angeles has won consecutive road games for the second timethis season and improved to 4-5 on the road this season, despitemissing Elton Brand and Shaun Livingston for the entirecampaign and Sam Cassell for a seventh straight contest.

The Clippers shot 45 percent (33-of-74) from the floor inwinning for the second time in their last 10 games, while theNets shot 32 percent (26-of-81) from the field, including5-of-24 in the fourth.


Jason Kidd had his second straight triple-double and 93rd of hiscareer for the Nets, who lost their fourth straight gameoverall and their third in a row at the Izod Center. Kiddfinished with 11 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds.

Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 21 points, but the forwardand Vince Carter combined to shoot 11-of-38 as the Netsextended their streak to 10 games in which they trailed bydouble digits at home.


Dan Dickau's 24-footer with 7:59 left in the fourth quarter gavethe Clippers a 76-68 edge. He hit a foul-line jumper for an81-74 edge with 3:06 left and put away the game with a pair offree throws that pushed the edge to nine with 117 seconds toplay.


He finished with 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting in 18 minutes offthe bench.


Thomas' 19-footer with 4:51 remaining in the third gave LosAngeles the lead for good, 58-57, and was sandwiched between alayup and three-point play by Ruben Patterson.

 

NBA: LA CLIPPERS at NEW JERSEY

<div class="pre">LA CLIPPERS (91) AT NEW JERSEY (82)

LA CLIPPERS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

B KNIGHT G 29:03 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 7 2 3 1 0
Q ROSS G 15:58 3-4 0-0 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 6
T THOMAS F 37:28 7-15 3-5 1 1 2 4 4 0 3 18
C MAGGETTE F 26:36 1-6 11-12 0 10 10 4 3 1 5 13
C KAMAN C 37:49 8-14 2-2 4 10 14 1 3 0 3 18
C MOBLEY 27:14 2-6 1-2 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 6
R PATTERSON 24:22 3-9 3-5 1 4 5 2 3 1 3 9
D DICKAU 17:48 4-6 2-3 0 2 2 0 4 1 1 11
A THORNTON 14:41 4-9 0-2 3 3 6 1 2 1 0 8
P DAVIS 9:01 1-2 0-0 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 2
A WILLIAMS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
J POWELL DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 33-74 22-31 13 38 51 22 26 8 20 91
(.446) (.710) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 20 (10 PTS)

NEW JERSEY

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

J KIDD G 38:17 3-8 4-4 0 10 10 11 5 2 0 11
V CARTER G 41:00 5-17 5-7 2 2 4 2 5 1 1 16
M ALLEN F 23:24 7-13 0-0 2 2 4 0 2 2 2 14
R JEFFERSON F 40:35 6-21 9-11 0 1 1 1 5 2 3 21
J COLLINS C 19:41 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 5 1 1 0
J BOONE 27:18 3-7 1-4 6 8 14 1 1 2 3 7
A WRIGHT 21:37 0-4 4-4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
B NACHBAR 18:25 2-8 5-6 4 0 4 2 0 0 1 9
D ARMSTRONG 9:43 0-3 0-0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0
J MAGLOIRE DNP - COACH'S DECISION
E GILL DNP - COACH'S DECISION
S WILLIAMS DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 26-81 28-36 17 25 42 17 25 11 13 82
(.321) (.778) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 13 (10 PTS)

LA CLIPPERS 23 23 21 24 - 91
NEW JERSEY 21 25 17 19 - 82

BLOCKED SHOTS: LA CLIPPERS - C KAMAN 2, B KNIGHT, P DAVIS, C MAGGETTE.
NEW JERSEY - J COLLINS 3, J BOONE 2, V CARTER.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: LA CLIPPERS 3-12 (.250), T THOMAS 1-8, C MOBLEY 1-
2, R PATTERSON 0-1, D DICKAU 1-1. NEW JERSEY 2-14 (.143), J KIDD 1-
3, V CARTER 1-4, R JEFFERSON 0-2, A WRIGHT 0-2, B NACHBAR 0-2, D ARMSTRONG 0-
1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: LA CLIPPERS - C MOBLEY. NEW JERSEY - DEFENSIVE THREE
2.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: KEN MAUER, ORLANDIS POOLE, SCOTT WALL.
A - 13,433. T - 2:30.</div>

 

NBA: LA CLIPPERS at NEW JERSEY

<div class="pre">LA CLIPPERS (91)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
B Knight 29:03 0-3 0-0 0-2 7 2 0
Q Ross 15:58 3-4 0-0 1-3 1 2 6
T Thomas 37:28 7-15 3-5 1-2 4 4 18
C Maggette 26:36 1-6 11-12 0-10 4 3 13
C Kaman 37:49 8-14 2-2 4-14 1 3 18
C Mobley 27:14 2-6 1-2 1-3 2 2 6
R Patterson 24:22 3-9 3-5 1-5 2 3 9
D Dickau 17:48 4-6 2-3 0-2 0 4 11
A Thornton 14:41 4-9 0-2 3-6 1 2 8
P Davis 9:01 1-2 0-0 2-4 0 1 2
A Williams DNP - COACH'S DECISION
J Powell DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 33-74 22-31 13-51 22 26 91
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.446, FT-.710. 3-Point Goals:
3-12, .250 (T Thomas 1-8, C Mobley 1-2, R
Patterson 0-1, D Dickau 1-1). Team Rebounds:
10. Blocked Shots:5 (C Kaman 2, B Knight, P
Davis, C Maggette). Turnovers:20 (C Maggette
5, T Thomas 3, C Kaman 3, R Patterson 3, C
Mobley 2, Q Ross 2, B Knight, D Dickau).
Steals: 8 (B Knight 3, C Mobley, R Patterson,
C Maggette, D Dickau, A Thornton).


NEW JERSEY (82)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
J Kidd 38:17 3-8 4-4 0-10 11 5 11
V Carter 41:00 5-17 5-7 2-4 2 5 16
M Allen 23:24 7-13 0-0 2-4 0 2 14
R Jefferson 40:35 6-21 9-11 0-1 1 5 21
J Collins 19:41 0-0 0-0 1-3 0 5 0
J Boone 27:18 3-7 1-4 6-14 1 1 7
A Wright 21:37 0-4 4-4 0-0 0 1 4
B Nachbar 18:25 2-8 5-6 4-4 2 0 9
D Armstrong 9:43 0-3 0-0 2-2 0 1 0
J Magloire DNP - COACH'S DECISION
E Gill DNP - COACH'S DECISION
S Williams DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 26-81 28-36 17-42 17 25 82
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.321, FT-.778. 3-Point Goals:
2-14, .143 (J Kidd 1-3, V Carter 1-4, R
Jefferson 0-2, A Wright 0-2, B Nachbar 0-2, D
Armstrong 0-1). Team Rebounds: 10. Blocked
Shots:6 (J Collins 3, J Boone 2, V Carter).
Turnovers:13 (R Jefferson 3, J Boone 3, M
Allen 2, D Armstrong, A Wright, B Nachbar, J
Collins, V Carter). Steals: 11 (J Kidd 2, R
Jefferson 2, J Boone 2, M Allen 2, D
Armstrong, J Collins, V Carter).

-------------------------------------------
LA CLIPPERS 23 23 21 24 - 91
NEW JERSEY 21 25 17 19 - 82
-------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: La Clippers - 1 (C Mobley,
9:10 4th). New Jersey - 2 (Defensive Three,
11:26 2nd; Defensive Three, 7:28 3rd).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 13,433. T: 2:30.
Officials: Ken Mauer, Orlandis Poole, Scott
Wall.</div>

 

By Joe Rizzo
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- It took them almost10 years, but the Los Angeles Clippers finally won again inNew Jersey - thanks to some horrendous shooting by the Nets.

Chris Kaman scored 18 points and had 14 rebounds to lead theClippers to a 91-82 victory over the Nets, their first at theMeadowlands since January 15, 1998.


Tim Thomas added 18 points for the Clippers, who had lost eightstraight in the Meadowlands but broke through thanks in part to15 consecutive misses by New Jersey in the fourth quarter.

"That's good to know," Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy said. "Takeanother one off the books."


"I could not believe it," said the Clippers' Corey Maggette, whoscored 11 of his 13 points from the foul line and added 10rebounds. "They had a lot of ins and outs."


Los Angeles has won consecutive road games for the second timethis season and improved to 4-5 away from home despite missingElton Brand and Shaun Livingston for the entire campaign and SamCassell for a seventh straight contest.


The Clippers lost starting guard Quinton Ross to what Dunleavysaid appeared to be a bruised tailbone with 7:56 left in thethird quarter. Ross leaped in the lane for a rebound, bumpedinto Vince Carter and fell directly on his back. He eventuallywent to the locker room under his own power but did not return.

"It's always tough for us," Dunleavy said. "We still have acouple of guys struggling. We've stayed in a lot of games. Thesecond half, we got a lot better defensively. Because of that,we were able to keep them down. We did a much better jobdefensively in the second half."


The Clippers shot 45 percent (33-of-74) from the floor inwinning for the second time in their last 10 games, while theNets shot 32 percent (26-of-81) from the field, including5-of-25 in the fourth.


Jason Kidd had his second straight triple-double and the 93rd ofhis career for the Nets, who lost their fourth straight gameoverall and their third in a row at the Izod Center. Kiddfinished with 11 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, getting hisfinal two points on what turned out to be a meaningless layupwith 28 seconds left.


"I'm not laughing at that fourth quarter," said Kidd, who didnot commit a turnover. "There are no answers, but I think myteammates tried. When the ball is on the rim and not going in,there is nothing you can do. Fits have already been thrown, sofor us, we're trying to find a way. We have to find anythingthat will get us going in the right direction."


"We got off to a good start," Nets coach Lawrence Frank said."We didn't convert free throws. Then, all of a sudden, I thinkwe stopped trusting each other a little bit. Did we miss openshots? Yes. But we didn't get enough open shots, we didn'tshow enough trust out there and that has to be a trademark ofthis team."


Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 21 points, but he andVince Carter combined to shoot 11-of-38 as the Nets extendedtheir streak to 10 games in which they trailed by double digitsat home.


"Maybe tonight there was a lack of trust," Jefferson said. "Butwe struggled all night. Tonight that might have been theissue. Two nights ago it might have been a different issue. Aweek ago it might have been a different issue. I think thatthere are a lot of issues."


"We just have to find a way," Carter said. "It's tough, it'sfrustrating. We're a better team than that."


Dan Dickau's 24-footer with 7:59 left in the fourth quarter gavethe Clippers a 76-68 edge. He hit a foul-line jumper for an81-74 edge with 3:06 left and put away the game with a pair offree throws that pushed the edge to nine with 77 seconds toplay.


Dickau finished with 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting in 18 minutesoff the bench, and Ruben Patterson added nine points and fiveboards for the second unit.


"We've been struggling coming out of the third quarter, playinga little flat," Kaman said. "We did a good job gettingdeflections and hands on the ball. Everybody did good tonight.We're shy one of the best players (Brand) in the league, and 25points and 10 boards is hard to make up."


Thomas' 19-footer with 4:51 remaining in the third gave LosAngeles the lead for good, 58-57, and was sandwiched between alayup and three-point play by Patterson.


"Ruben came in and gave us some energy," Dunleavy said. "Dancame in and made some big shots for us in the second half. Theystretched their defense. They were coming hard at Chris everytime, double teams and triple teams to him. There were someshots on the board for the other guys."


Josh Boone set a career high with 14 rebounds and added seven<div class="pre">points, and Malik Allen scored a season-high 14 all in the</div>first half - for New Jersey.