The Clippers got a big win against the Warriors tonight, 125 to 106. In the second quarter, Kevin Durant scored his 20,000th point. He is the second youngest player to reach 20,000 points. The youngest was LeBron James.
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The Clippers got a big win against the Warriors tonight, 125 to 106. In the second quarter, Kevin Durant scored his 20,000th point. He is the second youngest player to reach 20,000 points. The youngest was LeBron James.
Something funny happened tonight except the Warriors probably did not think it was funny. They beat Cleveland and the temperature outside was only 27. Then when they went to take showers, there was no hot water. ESPN did not say if the Cavaliers had hot water but the Warriors definitely did not. ESPN said they were all screaming and shivering.
LeBron James and Stephen Curry got the most votes and they will be the captains at the All Star Game. The game will be on February 18 at Staples Center. I do not care which side wins. It is just fun to see all the best players together.
Milwaukee fired coach Jason Kidd today. Joe Brunty is the new coach for now but ESPN says they may try to get Sam Cassell from the Clippers or Adrian Griffin from Oklahoma City. They are assistant coaches right now.
Kobe Bryant wrote a poem called "Dear Basketball" and it was made into a cartoon about his career. The cartoon has been nominated for an Oscar for best animated short. Has anybody here seen it?
In his first game after being traded from the Clippers to the Pistons, Blake Griffin scored 24 points and had 10 rebounds and five assists. Lauren Thiesen, Deadspin sports blogger, was impressed:
Blake Griffin looked extremely worth it in his Pistons debut
https://deadspin.com/blake-griffin-l...ons-1822658685
In 2009, Griffin fractured his left kneecap in the Clippers' final preseason game and wound up missing the entire 2009-10 season. In 2010-11, he played in all 82 games and averaged 22.5 points per game. He averaged at least 20 points per game in seven of his eight seasons with the Clippers. On January 29, 2018, Griffin, Willie Reed and Brice Johnson were traded to Detroit in exchange for Avery Bradley, Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanović and two draft picks. Clippers fans are understandably upset by the trade but Tony Jones of the Salt Lake Tribune calls the Clippers a "mediocre" team and thinks the trade was a good move:
As ugly as it went down, Clippers made right move trading Griffin
https://www.sltrib.com/sports/jazz/2...ading-griffin/
I like the Clippers but they have never made it past the second round in the playoffs so they had to make some changes. I hope getting rid of Blake Griffin does not turn out to be a big mistake. Part of the problem is that the Clippers always have a lot of players who are injured. They also need to make more three-point shots.
Lou Costello could never understand Who's on first, What's on second and I Don't Know is on third. Imagine how hard it would have been for him to understand all these complicated trades:
Cavaliers reshape their roster with a series of trades
The Associated Press, Feb 8 2018 12:45 PM
With the stunning force of a LeBron James dunk, the Cavaliers shattered their roster today. Cleveland completely changed its look — and perhaps its chances of winning an NBA title this season — with a stunning sequence of trades before the deadline. The Cavaliers traded guard Isaiah Thomas, forward Channing Frye and one of their two first-round picks to the Los Angeles Lakers for point guard Jordan Clarkson and forward Larry Nance Jr.
The Cavaliers then completed a three-team deal with Utah and Sacramento. Cleveland sent guard Derrick Rose and forward Jae Crowder to the Jazz for forward Rodney Hood. They'll receive guard George Hill from the Kings in exchange for guard Iman Shumpert. And if all that wasn't enough, the Cavaliers then dealt 36-year-old Dwyane Wade to Miami for a heavily protected second-round pick. It's a homecoming for Wade, who played 13 seasons in Miami, winning three NBA titles — two of them with James. The massive makeover is intended to help the Cavaliers make another title run in 2018 with James, who can opt out of his contract this summer and become a free agent.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/nba/la...208-story.html
The Clippers did not make any more trades today. The Cavaliers were trying to get Lou Williams and DeAndre Jordan but Williams just got a three-year contract extension and Jordan is staying with the Clippers too.
Steve Kerr is the coach of the Warriors but last night he let some of the players take turns coaching and they beat the Suns. Now some people are saying he was disrespectful but I do not think he was. He was showing his players that he trusts them and now he says he might let them coach again.
We interrupt the NBA discussion for this story about a highly unusual ejection in the NCAA:
Arizona cheerleader ejected from game for heckling Arizona State players
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaa...D=ansmsnnews11
The Basketball Hall Of Fame has announced the 13 finalists in the class of 2018. The inductees will be announced March 31.
Ray Allen, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash among 2018 Basketball Hall Of Fame finalists
http://www.bleacherreport.com/articl...-finalists?utm
The Lakers have won 26 games this season. That is as many as they won all of last season. They still are not in the playoffs but they are getting better. They are shooting a lot more three-pointers too.
This story is from ESPN. The people who are trying to get a hockey team in Seattle are hoping to get a basketball team too. Seattle used to have the SuperSonics but they moved to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder.
http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/2...-nba-team-back
Since Lonzo Ball came back from his knee injury he has been playing better defense. The Lakers beat the Spurs tonight and they have now won 28 games and I think they have a good chance to make the playoffs. They have not been in the playoffs since 2013.
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/la...e-free-agency/
This is a story about all the billboards that say LeBron James should come to L.A. He will be a free agent this year but I do not think he would be a good fit with the Lakers. I think he will wind up staying in Cleveland.
The season is not over for three more weeks and ESPN is already saying James Harden will be the MVP. I think he will win too. The Rockets are the best team right now. But I thought the Lakers would be in the playoffs and now I don't think they will make it. The Clippers probably will not make the playoffs either.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2...-mvp-landslide
This year's Hall of Fame inductees are 12 grown men and one Kidd.
Steve Nash, Grant Hill, Jason Kidd among 13-member class that will be inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/...D=ansmsnnews11
Who came up with the idiotic idea of turning basketball into a circus? The Spurs are replacing their female cheerleading squad with a 35-member coed "hype team" of tumblers, acrobats and stunt artists. Fans, understandably, are outraged.
Spurs replace female dance team with coed 'hype' squad
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2018...quad/23440764/
Is it any wonder why he's called "King James"? LeBron James has now won 24 consecutive Eastern Conference playoff series and he's heading to the Championship Series for the eighth consecutive year. Tonight he helped the Cavaliers win their decisive seventh game against the Celtics. Cleveland will play for the championship against the Rockets or the Warriors, who play their decisive game tomorrow night, May 28. The Finals begin May 31.
Super 8: LeBron James muscles his way back to the NBA Finals
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2...nba-finals-nba