[0] CLIPPERS CAN'T GET WIN AGAINST ROCKETS, EITHER : HOUSTON 104, CLIPPERS 95.Byline: Randy Hill The Clippers entered March like lambs and are coming out like lamb chops. Working the grill Tuesday were the Houston Rockets, who served up the Clippers' 26th loss in 29 games, 104-95, in front of 9,188 at the Sports Arena. While the Clippers were digesting their 10th loss in the past 11 games, the hungry Rockets (22-9) polished off their eighth consecutive victory and 12th in the last 13 games. Oh, we could pay tribute to the Clippers' usual-and-abbreviated bursts of pluck, but the only spin doctor who could adequately treat this lingering epidemic is named Kevorkian. One rare Clippers constant is the relentless effort of undrafted rookie forward Tyrone Nesby Tyrone Lamont Nesby (born January 31 1976 in Cairo, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player. Undrafted from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Vincennes University, he played with the Los Angeles Clippers from 1998-2000, and with the Washington Wizards . Matched against Houston's Scottie Pippen Scottie Maurice Pippen (born September 25, 1965 in Hamburg, Arkansas) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). - who happens to be the defensive standard for NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= small forwards - Nesby hopped around for a career-high 24 points and five steals. But the Rockets - whose Hall of Fame frontcourt is marking time in style before being retired to the Hall of Fame - are expected to win game like these. In their corner was 15-year veteran Hakeem Olajuwon Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born Akeem Abdul Olajuwon on January 21, 1963) is a retired Nigerian-American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). , who had nine of those 17 against Clippers rookie Michael Olowokandi. The Rockets were required to withstand the Clippers' interpretation of the transition game - going from bad (Monday in Denver) to worse. But - before this one could get coyote coyote (kī`ōt, kīō`tē) or prairie wolf, small, swift wolf, Canis latrans, native to W North America. It is found in deserts, prairies, open woodlands, and brush country; it is also called brush wolf. ugly - Nesby decided it was time for a few demonstrations of Clippers chutzpah chutz·pah also hutz·pah n. Utter nerve; effrontery: "has the chutzpah to claim a lock on God and morality" New York Times. . He converted two interceptions into breakaway dunks, the first a spectacular, double-dump reverse that was a 10 in anybody's book. |
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