Toronto Raptors Vs. Los Angeles Clippers Start Time, Preview, TV
- Updated: December 27, 2014
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The Toronto Raptors will take on the Los Angeles Clippers tonight in a matchup at home in LA.
For the Los Angeles Clippers, they struggled with shooting but they managed to pull out a win against the league’s best team, Golden State Warriors. Prior to that the Clippers suffered a defeat against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night 107-104.
NBA.com reports the following about the Clippers including interviews with head coach, Doc Rivers:
“Big win for us. You know we’ve had a tough season for our standards, we haven’t played as well as we liked to,” said Chris Paul, who had 22 points. “We started (the game) off horrendous. I think we shot 17 percent in the first quarter, but everybody just kept talking about staying the course, and that’s what we did.”
Los Angeles missed 16 straight shots in the first quarter and matched its second-lowest field-goal percentage of the season (39.1). Blake Griffin had 18 points and 15 rebounds, shooting 5 for 16 after missing his first eight attempts. Paul had a season-low four assists as the Clippers finished with 18, its fewest at home in six weeks.
Coach Doc Rivers’ squad, however, held Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry to 29 points on 11-of-30 shooting and became the first team to keep the Warriors under 90 points. The Clippers had given up 106.1 points per game on 49.9 percent shooting in their previous eight.
“Wow, that was ugly,” Rivers said. “… It’s nice winning games when you don’t play great.”
The Toronto Raptors are 22-7 and they are coming off of a four day break after their six game win streak came to an end against Chicago:
“We didn’t play defense and they executed extremely well,” said Lowry, who scored 34 points. “… We didn’t give them any pushback. That’s one thing we have to make sure we do from now on.”
“It’s going to be a great challenge for us,” Lowry told the team’s official website. “I think we look forward to it. We started off on the wrong foot (Monday) for our road trip, but we’ve got a chance to come home and regroup, get a couple days off, come back, go to L.A, and play a tough Clippers team.”
Tonight’s matchup will be intense with a whole lot of three’s from both sides. NBA fans buckle up your seatbelts it’s going to be a thrill to watch!
Toronto Raptors Vs. Los Angeles Clippers Game Information
Date: December 27
Location: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Time: 12:30 p.m. PST
TV: League Pass
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