The Canucks arent the only ones taking precautions. Rangers coach Alain

OAKLAND, Calif. Chuck Foreman Vikings Jersey . - Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson sat on the scorers table
at Oracle Arena on Wednesday morning. He gazed around the building and
tried to envision what it will look and sound like when the Warriors
host the Los Angeles Clippers for Game 3 of their first-round playoff
series Thursday night.
A gold-shirt wearing sellout crowd of 19,596. Roars so loud that, at
times, they drown out whistles. The sights and sounds all embodying the
spirit of the teams post-season motto: "Loud. Proud. Warriors."
"Its going to be a great environment," Jackson said. "But with that
being said, they wont get a stop, they wont get a score, they wont make a
free throw. Weve got to do our part."
The Warriors will indeed need to regain more than their homecourt
prowess if they want to pull off another upset in the first round of the
playoffs.
They need to rediscover their game.
Blake Griffin and the Clippers crushed Golden State 138-98 in Los
Angeles on Monday night to even the best-of-seven series at a game
apiece. The third-seeded Clippers showed just why most had picked them
to beat the sixth-seeded Warriors, coming back from a foul-filled opener
with an all-around game that wouldve worked in any venue.
In Game 1, Griffin had 16 points and three rebounds in 19 minutes before
he fouled out. The All-Star forward regrouped to score a career
playoff-high 35 points in Game 2. He shot 13 of 17 from the floor, made 9
of 10 free throws and grabbed six rebounds — doing it all in just 30
minutes.
The Clippers forced 26 turnovers, shutdown streaky shooting
Stephen Curry most of the game and took advantage of the absence of
Warriors centre Andrew Bogut — who is out indefinitely with a fractured
right rib.
"We realized that if we played our game and do the things that we worked
on wed be successful," Griffin said. "We play well when were just
playing free, so were just going to try and achieve that."
Whether the Clippers can duplicate that performance on the road is
another matter.
For all the success Los Angeles has had in recent seasons, the
twice-reigning Pacific Division champions have struggled at Oracle
Arena. The Clippers have lost 15 of their last 17 games in Oakland,
including the last five meetings. And they have never played at Golden
State in the playoffs, when the crowd often reaches even higher
decibels.
"Its going to be loud. Its going to be exciting. I think every
basketball player loves playing in an environment like that," Griffin
said. "Weve played in places that are pretty loud before, especially in
the playoffs. Ive heard good things about the crowd and were looking
forward to it. Absolutely."
Of course, home court has not always been an advantage for the Warriors
this season.
The Warriors went 27-14 at home, including 2-0 against the Clippers, but
they had several head-scratching setbacks in Oakland. That included
home losses to lesser teams such as Denver (twice), Cleveland,
Minnesota, New York, Washington and Charlotte.
Golden State has taken advantage of its home court its last two trips to
the playoffs. The Warriors are a combined 6-0 at Oracle Arena in the
first round in 2007 against Dallas and last season against Denver.
"Hearing the roar of the crowd making a big play, it gets you hyped, it
gets you feeling good," Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson said. "It
definitely wont hurt being home."
Game 4 and Game 6, if necessary, also will be in Oakland — where the
Warriors promise to make things tougher for the Clippers than they ever
did in Game 2.
"Were not going to quit. Were not going to just lie down and allow a
team to do what they want against us," Curry said. "Were going to be
physical, come back and its about that competitive fire for Game 3 that
were going to need to get it done to protect our home court."
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Antonio Gonzalez can be reached at: www.twitter.com/agonzalezAP

Cheap Chuck Foreman Jersey .In the subsequent 36 minutes, reality hit hard. The Raptors saw both sides of the post-Gay coin in 48 minutes of basketball.
"Theres no excuses in this league but Im going to chalk this one [up] to travel. Womens Teddy Bridgewater Jersey .com) - The Carolina Hurricanes placed defenceman Justin Faulk on
injured reserve and recalled defenseman Ryan Murphy from the Charlotte
Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Thursday.Nine players on
three NHL teams have contracted mumps this season, an unexpected
outbreak that the league and the players association are trying to
contain.Ryan Suter recently joined Minnesota Wild teammates Keith
Ballard, Marco Scandella, Jonas Brodin and Christian Folin, Corey Perry,
Clayton Stoner and Francois Beauchemin of the Anaheim Ducks and Tanner
Glass of the New York Rangers to be diagnosed with the disease.Those
infected with mumps can have a fever, headaches, muscle aches, fatigue
and loss of appetite, followed by the swelling of salivary glands,
according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Deputy
commissioner Bill Daly said the league has been in contact with team
doctors and training staffs about best practices to prevent the spread
of mumps, which has caught everyone off guard.It is certainly an
outbreak that was unexpected and has caused unwanted disruption at the
team level, but it is not something we have any significant control
over, Daly said. As long as our clubs are doing what they need to do to
minimize risk of contraction, we are hopeful that the wave of cases will
run their course and life will return to normal in the relatively near
term.Nine out of some 600 players getting the mumps is not a
full-fledged epidemic, but the lack of familiarity about mumps has made
it a talking point around the league. As Wild star Zach Parise joked to
the Star-Tribute in Minneapolis: What is this, the Oregon Trail? Where
are we right now? Every team seems to get the flu once a year, but the
mumps?When Perry and Beauchemin were ill and eventually tests showed
they had mumps, the NHL/NHLPA joint health and safety committee began
working with teams to prevent further spread.The NHLPA has been actively
educating the players regarding the recent outbreak, while providing
best practices on how to avoid contracting and spreading mumps,
spokesman Jonathan Weatherdon said.The mumps virus is spread through
saliva or mucus, usually from coughing, sneezing or talking, according
to the CDC. Sharing drinks and utensils can also contribute to spreading
the infection.Its something were aware of, Vancouver Canucks NHLPA
representative Kevin Bieksa said. The PAs addressed it, weve sent out a
couple emails with some of the symptoms and some of the warning signs.
Most of us haave been vaccinated, so were doing whatever we can to
prevent it. Stefon Diggs Vikings Jersey. The Canucks arent the only ones taking precautions. Rangers coach Alain
Vigneault told reporters that his team would be getting booster shots
after they found out Glass had the mumps.According to the Winnipeg Free
Press, the Jets have told their players not to share water bottles or
towels and have been disinfecting dressing rooms when on the road.The
first mumps vaccine was licensed in the United States in 1967, according
to the CDC. The measles-mumps-rubella vaccine began to be administered
in Canada in the early 1970s, according to the Public Health Agency of
Canada.Originally, one dose of the MMR vaccine was administered to a
child aged between 12 and 15 months. In 1989, several health agencies
recommended the vaccine be increased to two doses, the second given
between ages 4 and 6.The CDC says two doses of the vaccine are 88 per
cent effective at preventing mumps, while one dose is 78 per cent
effective.Theres no one common theme to the spread of mumps in the NHL,
as the nine players range in age from 21 to 34 and are of three
different nationalities. Suter (born in 1985) and Ballard (1982) are
American; Perry (1985), Beauchemin (1980), Stoner (1985), Scandella
(1990) and Glass (1983) are Canadian; while Brodin (1993) and Folin
(1991) are Swedish.Even though he got vaccinated, Bieksa acknowledged
being taken aback by news that mumps is going around.Obviously when
theres a little bit of a small epidemic in the league, you kind of get
concerned, he said. We played a lot of those teams (like) Anaheim, when
they were going through it.Each new case brings more conversation about
the mumps virus. Bieksa knew about the cases with the Ducks and Wild but
hadnt heard of Glass getting it.Told the league couldnt anticipate this
outbreak, Bieksa said: And rightfully so. Who would expect us to have
the mumps?---A look at the NHL players who have contracted mumps and how
many games they missed:Keith Ballard, Wild: 8 gamesJonas Brodin, Wild: 7
gamesChristian Folin, Wild: 5 gamesCorey Perry, Ducks: 5 gamesFrancois
Beauchemin, Ducks: 5 gamesClayton Stoner, Ducks: 5 games Tanner Glass,
Rangers: 3 gamesRyan Suter, Wild: 2 games (Ongoing absence)Marco
Scandella, Wild: 2 games---Follow @SWhyno on Twitter

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