CLIPPERS ARE INDEFENSIBLE : CHARLOTTE 130, CLIPPERS 96.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. All of a sudden, just one victory seems so unattainable. The Clippers played another night of horrible defense Saturday in Charlotte and their crucial four-game road trip begin just like their previous six games - an embarrassing loss. Glen Rice Glen Anthony Rice (born May 28 1967, in Flint where he played for Flint Northwestern High School, Michigan) is a retired American NBA basketball player. Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star small forward well known for his pinpoint shooting accuracy, ranking 4th in NBA history with scored 36 points and the Hornets scored 30 points or more in three quarters in a humbling 130-96 loss for the Clippers, their fourth straight defeat. Coach Dave Cowens David William Cowens (born October 25 1948, in Newport, Kentucky[1]) is a retired American professional basketball player and NBA Head Coach. At 6'9", he played the center position. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1990. kept poring over the stat sheet, searching for some kind of constructive criticism to offer about the Hornets' performance. Eventually, he gave up and resigned himself to the fact that for one night at least, his players had done pretty much everything a coach could ask of them. ``There's not much to say after a game like that,'' Cowens said after Charlotte's victory. ``So many good things happened.'' Dell Curry Wardell Stephen Curry (born June 25, 1964 in Harrisonburg, Virginia) is a retired American professional basketball player at the shooting guard position who received his education from Fort Defiance High School in Virginia and Virginia Tech. added 18 for the Hornets, who took advantage of one of the worst defenses in the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= for their most lopsided victory and their highest point total of the season. The Clippers allowed their sixth opponent to shoot over 48 percent. The Hornets shot 54 as they jumped out to a 21-4 lead. Charlotte, winning for the fifth time in six games, had a 51-34 rebounding edge and converted 20 Clippers turnovers into 26 points. ``We had 38 assists and 14 turnovers,'' Cowens said. ``It doesn't get much better than that.'' |
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