Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.
Swingman Monta Ellis Jersey .com) - Blake Griffin had 24 points with six rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Clippers in a
123-84 beating of the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night. Griffin was named an
All-Star Game starter prior to the game. I dont take it for granted. Im thankful
for the fans votes, Griffin said. All-Star Weekend is for the fans and I try to
put on a show. DeAndre Jordan finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds, while
Chris Paul deposited a season-high 17 assists in the Clippers third straight
win. Mason Plumlee led the Nets with 16 points and Darius Morris added 11 points
off the bench for Brooklyn, which has dropped nine of its last 11 games. Jarrett
Jack made a 3-pointer just past the midway point of the first quarter to put the
Nets up 17-14. That would be the last advantage they would see for the rest of
the evening. Griffin then supplied seven points during a 20-6 run over the final
five-plus minutes of the quarter and the Clippers led 34-23 entering the second.
Everyone played well and our starters set the tone, Clippers coach Doc Rivers.
Our ball movement in thee first half was fantastic. (The Nets) played last night
and we jumped on them early. Los Angeles would continue to pour it on, using
both strong defense and efficient offense to turn the game into a rout by
halftime. Paul and Matt Barnes hit consecutive 3-pointers to stretch the
Clippers lead to 61-30 with just over three minutes left in the second. Brooklyn
was held to 6-of-21 (28.6 percent) shooting in the second, including 1-of-7 from
beyond the arc. Meanwhile, Los Angeles made over 70 percent of its shots in the
frame and took a commanding 70-37 margin into the break. Griffin had 22 points,
Jordan posted 12 points with 11 rebounds and Paul dished out 12 assists in the
dominant first half. The Clippers led by as many as 46 in the second half and
sent the reserves out in the fourth to close out the lopsided victory. Glad its
over, Nets coach Lionel Hollins said. We have to compete and play together. Give
them some credit for some of our problems. Game Notes Nets forward Mirza
Teletovic was taken to a local Los Angeles hospital at halftime with an
undisclosed illness ... Jerome Jordan checked in off the Nets bench with 11
points and 11 rebounds ... J.J. Redick and Jamal Crawford each netted 17 points
in the win ... LA has won four straight and 10 of its last 11 against Brooklyn
at Staples Center ... Brooklyn wraps up its three-game road trip at Utah on
Saturday.
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night.MONTREAL -- The Montreal Canadiens werent a big offensive power to begin
with but now their scoring has come to a standstill. A 2-0 loss Saturday night
to the visiting Washington Capitals marked the third straight game the Canadiens
have been shut out, following losses of 2-0 to Buffalo and 7-0 to Boston last
week. It is the first time they have been blanked three games in a row since
October, 1949. If it happens again when the Atlanta Thrashers visit on Tuesday
night, it will match the team record of four straight shutout losses set in
1928. It was the ninth time this season they failed to score a goal, tying the
team record set five times previously, most recently in 2000-01. "Its not good
stuff, its not fun," said forward Michael Cammalleri. "But its time to stick
together, lean on one another." The curious part is that the defeats came after
the teams biggest offensive outburst of the season, an 8-1 victory in Minnesota.
Since Tom Pyatts goal at 13:55 of the third period of that game, no more have
gone in. What concerns the Canadiens is that they have not been stoned by hot
goalies. Theyre just not getting many chances to score. "Our execution has been
a little poor with the puck and I guess that can be a factor," said Cammalleri,
whose specialty is goal-scoring. "Passing seems to be off. "Were not making many
good, clean tape-to-tape passes. Its amazing how you break it down to simple
things you can tell to 10 year old kids, but you make one tape-to-tape pass
coming out of your end and youre probably getting through the zone. We seem to
be hitting a lot of skates." Coach Jacques Martin and his players agreed the
team has abandoned their formula for winning -- moving up the ice with quick,
short passes and always having a player open to support the puck carrier.
Instead, theyve been trying to beat defences with long passes, especially
cross-ice feeds that more often than not are intercepted and may turn into
chances for the opposing team. Normally, it is Montreal that feeds off opponents
mistakes in the neutral zone. The newly defensive-minded Capitals did it to them
last night and held the Canadiens to a season-low 18 shots, making for an easy
second career shutout foor Braden Holtby.
Swingman C.J. Miles Jersey. They have also hurt themselves by taking needless rhythm-breaking penalties, especially early
in games. "I dont think were playing very well in a few areas, like our
discipline," added Cammalleri. "It starts with taking penalties. "Its a tough
way to play when we start all these games taxing ourselves shorthanded. And
discipline as far as the way were playing the game and our execution. What can I
say? It hasnt been good." For captain Brian Gionta, its "a matter of finding a
way to get our feet moving for each other without the puck. "Its not a lack of
effort. Its playing smart. Right now were wasting too much energy and not
exerting it when we need to. Its displaced energy. When youre making five or six
foot passes its a lot easier than making that 40 foot pass. Thats what we got
away from." The Canadiens are also not getting much production from key players
like Cammalleri, who has only 16 goals in 60 games, and especially centre
Scott Gomez, who has only seven goals in 74 games and is a team-worst minus-16.
With 26 goals, Gionta is on his average, and Tomas Plekanec isnt far off with
21, nor Andrei Kostitsyn with 19. Gionta showed some hustle in the final minute
when, with goaltender Carey Price pulled for an extra attacker, he made a
sliding save on Nicklas Backstrom to prevent an empty-net goal. Backstrom had
assisted on a goal at 1:24 of the first period by Marco Sturm and at 16:19 of
the third by Alexander Semin as the Capitals won for the 12th time in 14 games.
The Bell Centre crowd of 21,271 booed the Canadiens off the ice. The club is
still safely in playoff position with 87 points -- seven more than ninth-place
Carolina, who they will visit on Wednesday night before facing the Devils in New
Jersey on Saturday. But they have been caught for sixth place in the Eastern
Conference by the New York Rangers and are only two points clear of eighth-place
Buffalo. "Lets forget about who is ahead of us or behind us," said Gomez, who
shrugged off the personal boos he got from the crowd. "We have to worry about
ourselves. "Weve got to come out next game like its a Game 7."
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