Chris Paul played with an aching right hip and Blake Griffin's sprained left knee stiffened up during the game. If the
LA Clippers were truly a two-man team, then they would have been in trouble facing elimination by the
Memphis Grizzlies.
Good thing the guys on the
Clippers' bench want to keep playing.
Kenyon Martin's 23-footer put the
Clippers ahead to start a fourth quarter in which backups scored 25 of their 27 points, helping
Los Angeles' other NBA team beat Memphis 82-72 Sunday and advance to the Western Conference semifinals.
Although the
San Antonio Spurs swept Utah in the first series, they will surely see some tougher resistance in the second series against the
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It all started with several
Los Angeles Dodgers moms, including Matt Kemp's and Andre Ethier's, throwing ceremonial first pitches on Mother's Day.
But soon a frustrated Kemp was throwing his glove in the
Dodgers’ dugout after irritating his sore left hamstring against the
Colorado Rockies.
Then Ethier and manager Don Mattingly were thrown out for arguing Ethier's called third strike in the sixth inning.
But Bobby Abreu hit a three-run double and A.J. Ellis hit a three-run home run in a six-run fifth inning that put the Dodgers ahead to stay in an 11-5 victory.
And that enabled left-hander Ted Lilly to earn his fifth victory without a loss this season despite a wobbly first inning.
Throw it all together and the
Dodgers swept the three-game series and improved their big league-best record to 23-11.
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So much for Mike Brown getting fired.
With rumors about their coach's future dominating the headlines, the
Los Angeles Lakers were able to ignore the distractions and eliminate the
Denver Nuggets 96-87 in Game 7 on Saturday night.
It was a weird game for the
Lakers, with Metta World Peace returning, Pau Gasol playing like an animal and Steve Blake scoring more points than Kobe Bryant.
Now the
Lakers will turn their attention to Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, James Harden and the rest of the
Oklahoma City Thunder. For many, Game 7 against the
Denver Nuggets was a “championship” game because regardless of who steps on the court against
Oklahoma on Tuesday, the chances of beating the
Thunder in the series is slim.
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Kings grab series opener against Coyotes
It was a knife to the gut for every
Kings fan who was sure Jonathan Quick had ended their goaltending nightmares and freed them from screaming aloud at the mention of names like Roman Cechmanek, Dan Cloutier and Robb Stauber.
Quick yielded a goal from the red line Sunday in the opener of the Western Conference finals, a shocking development on several levels. First, being beaten on an unscreened, 98-foot shot by
Phoenix defenseman Derek Morris was uncharacteristic for Quick, a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goalie during the season and a postseason MVP candidate. And it allowed the
Coyotes to pull even in a game the
Kings had been dominating, making it a potential tipping point.
Not to worry. Even though Quick was involved in a mix-up with his defensemen on Phoenix's second goal, which tied the score again, he sent the ghosts of the
Kings' ghastly goaltending back to their coffins.
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