Pro Basketball Hoops Land: Clippers improve to 6-4 with win over Orlando Magic

The L.A. Clippers aren't off to the greatest start of the season, but it's still early. Coming into this game 5-4, the Clippers found a way to not give up 100 points and to score over 100 this game. Having 9 blocks and forcing the Magic to commit 13 turnovers, helped the Los Angeles Clippers defeat the Orlando Magic 114-90. Jamal Crawford lead the way for the Clips with 22 points, Blake Griffin added 20 points. Top NBA point guard Chris Paul added 16. Here are the stats for each team.

L.A. Clippers Top 5 Scorers

Jamal Crawford- 22 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 8/12 FG, 4/4 FT, 2/3 3PTFG
Blake Griffin- 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 8/18 FG, 4/6 FT
Chris Paul- 16 points, 9 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 8/13 FG, 0/2 3PTFG
Matt Barnes- 13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 4/8 FG, 3/5 3PTFG, 2/2 FT
Jordan Farmar- 13 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds, 5/7 FG, 3/3 3PTFG

Orlando Magic Top 5 Scorers

Tobias Harris- 25 points, 3 rebounds, 8/14 FG, 7/7 FT, 2/2 3PTFG
Nikola Vucevic- 19 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists, 8/14 FG, 3/4 FT
Channing Frye- 10 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3/8 FG, 3/7 3PTFG, 1/1 FT
Andrew Nicholson- 10 points, 2 rebounds, 5/9 FG, 0/1 3PTFG
Victor Oladipo- 7 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, 3/13 FG, 0/3 3PTFG, 1/2 FT

L.A. Clippers Thoughts

Blake Griffin is currently averaging 22.8 points per game, and is 8th place in scoring behind Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Anthony Davis, Stephen Curry, Carmelo Anthony, James Harden and Klay Thompson. I think Blake Griffin's numbers will go up and he will end up in top 5 before the season is done.
Matt Barnes played solid tonight. If we can get more out of him like this, the Clippers will be fine.
I don't know who to give up to get Wilson Chandler or Corey Brewer, but I think the Clippers should try and add at least one of those guys to the roster somehow.
To give up only 90 points, that is much better defense. The Clippers are good at scoring but struggle at defense.
The Clippers shot 53 percent from the field, 57 percent from three, and 75 percent from the line.
The Clippers only had 7 turnovers for the game. That is good. If this team can average that or less per game, I can see this team winning a lot of games.
I want to see Chris Paul win an NBA Title before his career his over.

Orlando Magic Thoughts

I think the Orlando Magic can win 35 games with the team they have, if they remain healthy.
Go ahead and give Tobias Harris an extension please Orlando. He's one of your best scorers on the team. You can't win with only defense
Victor Oladipo had a terrible shooting night, 3 of 13 is awful. He will get better though. He's only on his second year in the league.

Final Thoughts

When you only turn the ball over 7 times to Orlando Magic having 13 turnovers, it will help you win games. Taking care of the basketball is one of the biggest keys to winning a game. What are your thoughts on this win for the L.A. Clippers? The Clippers also had 9 blocked shots for the game. Much better defensive game to me. Send me your thoughts on what you think of this game or any other Clippers games. If you like reading articles, I now have my articles split up to where you can read all of my L.A. Clippers articles if you like. Thank you for reading Pro Basketball Hoops Land. The place where you can read articles, send comments and purchase pro basketball merchandise.

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Clippers improve to 6-4 with win over Orlando Magic

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