Tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET the Western Conference action continues on TNT when the Los Angeles Clippers (35-19) host the defending champion San Antonio Spurs (34-19) at the Staples Center in a game that can be live streamed free by clcking this link. Clippers fans can hear the radio broadcast on KFWB 980, while Spurs fans may do likewise 1200 WOAI.
The Clippers will be trying to salvage a split of the season series with San Antonio after dropping the first two meetings, but they'll have to stop a Spurs offense that was clicking as it headed into the All-Star break. In their final game of the first half the Spurs had five players hit double-figure scoring in a win over the Detroit Pistons that earned high praise from Detroit coach Stan Van Gundy.
"They are a great team and they've been at this for a long time. They move the ball as well as anyone in the game," Van Gundy said. "Every guy on that roster loves to pass, and they not only want to do it, they are skilled at it. It's one thing to be willing, but it is tough when they are willing and skilled."
The Clippers will go to battle without star forward Blake Griffin, who is still recovering from elbow surgery to deal with a staph infection. They'll need center DeAndre Jordan to continue the tear he was on pre-All-Star break, when he posted three different 20-point, 20-rebound performances.
"I think it's a travesty. I really do -- a guy who's getting 20s and 20s is not on the team," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said of Jordan being snubbed from the All-Star Game.
"You play both sides of the floor. Just one end of the floor keeps getting all of the credit, but the other side is more important. There's never been a team that's won a title without being a decent defensive team. But that side keeps getting forgotten about in the All-Star game. But D.J. knows that we're playing for bigger things than All-Star games."
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