Clippers Suffer Major Loss to Pelicans 131-110
So many things went wrong for the Clippers as they faced the Pelicans on Saturday.
So many things went wrong for the Clippers as they faced the Pelicans on Saturday.
CJ McCollum had 22 points, Zion Williamson had 21 points and 12 rebounds and the New Orleans Pelicans routed the Los Angeles Clippers 112-91 on Sunday afternoon at Crypto.com Arena.
The Los Angeles Clippers officially clinched the eighth seed by defeating the New Orleans Pelicans 119-100 on Sunday evening at Crypto.com Arena.
Prior to becoming vice president elect, Kamala Harris sat down with Portland Trailblazers guard CJ McCollum, Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell, and Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris to discuss several hot button issues surrounding social justice.
After an emotional and action-packed week both on and off the court, the Lakers sent the Trail Blazers packing in the rescheduled Game 5 matchup on Saturday night, which was originally supposed for Wednesday, inside the Orlando Bubble.
In the Lakers’ first playoff appearance since 2013, Los Angeles fell to the Portland Trail Blazers 100-93. LeBron James notched his 24th playoff triple-double trailing only Magic Johnson (30) on the all-time list and dished out a playoff career-high 16 assists.
Despite the mounting list of recent accolades, the Lakers have had a glaring problem on offense. Los Angeles has shot poorly from both the field and from distance with an inability to seemingly get into any type of offensive rhythm. In fact, the team has shot 40.1 percent from the field and a mere 23.3 percent from deep.
The Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in a dominating second half defensive performance, 117-97.
Damian Lillard is just going to assume that Portland won’t have backcourt teammate CJ McCollum through the rest of the regular season so that the Trail Blazers can respond to his absence effectively.
The newly revamped Los Angeles Lakers will debut with LeBron James as the headliner in a quest for the team’s first road win of the season as they open the much-anticipated regular season, with a visit to Portland as the team squares off against the Trail Blazers on Thursday, Oct. 18.
Guard CJ McCollum was inadvertently left off the Trail Blazers’ active roster that was turned in before Wednesday night’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers, making Portland’s second leading scorer ineligible to play. The Clippers beat the Blazers 109-98. Afterward, coach Terry Stotts took full responsibility for the error. “I signed the paper without really noticing it, but it’s my fault for not looking at it. Although we caught the error, we thought we’d caught it in time, apparently we did not, so CJ was ruled inactive, and that’s that.” The situation caused confusion at the start of the game.