The Clippers had a busy first game day at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, signing a pair of rookies and then putting them right to work. L.A. got the ball rolling Monday morning by inking No. 33 draft pick Jason Preston and No. 51 Brandon Boston Jr. (who arrived via trades with Orlando and…
Clippers, Jay Scrubb rally but fall in Summer League opener — Press Enterprise
What’s certain: For the first time since 2018, the Clippers enter the NBA Draft with their own first-round pick. They’re slated to select a prospect at No. 25 on Thursday when the league’s annual selection show will be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and air on ABC and ESPN starting at 5 p.m.…
Clippers have 25th pick in NBA Draft – but what else do they have planned? — Daily Bulletin
LOS ANGELES — Love him, hate him, or really hate him – Chris Paul in between the lines is always himself. Ruthless. Disciplined. Occasionally hurling his body in unnatural directions. There might be no better segment that summed up the totality of the 36-year-old Phoenix Suns guard as the final 14 minutes of Game 6…
Chris Paul finally reaches NBA Finals at Clippers’ expense — San Gabriel Valley Tribune
PHOENIX (AP) — Paul George scored 41 points, Reggie Jackson added 23 and the resilient Los Angeles Clippers staved off elimination by beating the Phoenix Suns 116-102 on Monday night in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals. 680 more words
Gritty Clippers Stave Off Elimination, Beat Suns 116-102 — CBS Los Angeles
When it’s going well, the points fly off the Clippers’ fingertips. Three-balls, free throws, no matter the degree of difficulty, no matter the time or score. 769 more words
Whicker: Clippers find points elusive in Game 4, and now hope might be, too — Press Enterprise
When Chris Paul left the Clippers in 2017, he said, “I felt like it was not only a good time for change for me, but for the team, too.”
Chris Paul, Clippers in Western Conference finals – with a twist — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
When Phoenix’s Deandre Ayton reached over the rim to dunk Jae Crowder’s pass for what became the winning points of the Suns’ 104-103 win over the Los Angeles Clippers… 513 more words
Here’s why Deandre Ayton’s dunk was legal and the Suns shocked the Clippers — Daily Bulletin
PHOENIX — To their credit, the Phoenix Suns didn’t spend their week between games frittering away their advantage. While the Clippers labored against top-seeded Utah Jazz for six second-round games, the Suns spent their six days of downtime after sweeping the Denver Nuggets doing homework. 1,181 more words
Suns’ Deandre Ayton welcomes Clippers’ small-ball challenge — Press Telegram
PHOENIX — One “good, feel-out game” in the books, as Paul George called it, and this Western Conference finals between George’s Clippers and the Phoenix Suns is about as hard to gauge as it was before Sunday’s game, which… 994 more words
Clippers hope adjustments will improve outlook vs. Suns — Press Telegram
By going small, altering personnel and refining tactics, the coach has helped the Clippers dig out of a hole to even a playoff series at 2-2 – again.
Clippers coach Tyronn Lue proving as good as advertised at game of adjustments — Press Enterprise
Donovan Mitchell was no longer playing solo on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Paul George was no longer playing against his own shadows. Kawhi Leonard was no longer using the Oliver Twist approach, taking only what he was given. 838 more words
Whicker: Clippers slow Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell enough in Game 3 win — Orange County Register
Clippers center Serge Ibaka underwent back surgery in Los Angeles on Thursday and will miss the remainder of the playoffs, the team said in a news release Friday. 495 more words
Clippers center Serge Ibaka undergoes back surgery — Press Enterprise
The view from left field 