It’s everyone’s favorite time of the week: The nations’ Power Rankings finally came out. Luckily for y’all, we have the Clippers’ positioning here in one place. Enjoy!
USA TODAY #7
"After losing four of five, the Clippers pulled off a much-needed win on Saturday in Chicago, led by three-time Sixth Man of the Year Jamal Crawford, who finished with 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting. Now in fifth place in the West, expect the Clippers to fight with fourth-place Utah (the Clippers have won the first two of the four-game season series) for homecourt advantage the rest of the way."
Not much to disagree with here. Jamal seems to be getting back to his old self, we’ll see how long it lasts.
CBS SPORTS #15
"The Clippers are 1-5 vs. Western Conference playoff teams since January 17 and have been outscored by 80 in those games. Granted, most of that was a 46-point whipping by Golden State, but the fact remains that the Clippers have had a lot of straight-up embarrassing games the past two months."
You know what else the Clippers have had the past two month? Oh, that’s right, some pretty important players down with injuries.
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED #14
"Fans are antsy, the Clippers have been flat, and it was Jamal Crawford to the rescue to bail L.A. out against the Bulls this weekend. The ageless bench specialist dropped 24 of 25 in the second half against his old team and remains one of the more uniquely talented guys in the league."
Yes the Clippers have been very flat, but they look like they are playing with more energy recently, so thing should be getting back to normal for LA. The win against Boston is definitely a positive step in the right direction.
ESPN #9
"Chris Paul is back and Blake Griffin is in a great groove, but the Clips are 1-4 since the All-Star break thanks to a rather brutal schedule that forced them to deal with Golden State, San Antonio and Houston in three of the first four of those games. According to ESPN’s Basketball Power Index, L.A. has a 6 percent chance of winning a playoff series against Golden State, which puts it fourth in the league among the Warriors’ main rivals behind the Spurs (23 percent), Rockets (12 percent) and Cavaliers (7 percent). I have to admit it: I’d have expected that figure to be lower given the manner in which Golden State has dominated the matchup lately, winning the teams’ past 10 meetings"
Not going to lie, I’m shocked that we have a 6% chance too. Golden State has had our number for a while now, hopefully that changes soon. Maybe our chances increase with some new found motivation coupled with the fact that Golden State is missing their starting small forward for the foreseeable future.
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