CLIPPERS NOTEBOOK: FORD SEES BRIGHT SIDE.Byline: Randy Hill For a team looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. any available beacon, Saturday's loss in Phoenix included a few glimmers of hope. For the first time this season, the Clippers didn't finish a first quarter in a scoreboard hole. They weren't ahead either, but did manage a tie at 23. The Clippers also accomplished their first lead at halftime 45-44 and also enjoyed their very first advantage at the end of three quarters 69-68. They had a chance to take the lead with 11 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, but Maurice Taylor Maurice De Shawn Taylor (born October 30, 1976 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player at the power forward position. He was most recently with the NBA's Sacramento Kings, released on January 23, 2007. missed the second of two free throws, and the Clippers eventually lost in overtime. ``The guys were very disappointed,'' coach Chris Ford Christopher Joseph Ford (born January 11, 1949 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA) is a former professional basketball player and head coach. A 6' 5" (1.96 m) guard from Villanova University, he played ten seasons (1972-1982) in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons and Boston said. ``But we made some great strides.'' One key area of improvement was recorded when the Suns also became the first team to be outrebounded (40-39) by the Clippers this season. ``I think we've turned the corner,'' Ford said of his team's board work. ``We're getting there.'' Cutting back on Kandi: In the Clippers' first three games, rookie center Michael Olowokandi Michael Olowokandi (born April 3 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria), nicknamed The Kandi Man is a Nigerian professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He currently is a free agent. averaged 10 field-goal attempts and 28 minutes per game. In Saturday's overtime game at Phoenix, he played 34 minutes but took just eight shots. Part of the explanation was provided by the savvy defense of veteran Luc Longley Lucien James "Luc" Longley (born January 19 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a retired Australian professional basketball player, who was the first Australian to play in the NBA. He attended college at the University of New Mexico. , the Suns center who used his 290 pounds to force Olowokandi off the block. Another explanation was design; the Clippers preferred to use Taylor on the low post against Tom Gugliotta Thomas James Gugliotta (born December 19, 1969 near Huntington Station, New York) is an American former professional basketball player. The youngest of seven children, Gugliotta was a skinny 6'6", 198 pound forward as a high school senior. His two older brothers, Frank Jr. . Taylor responded by scoring 25 points. ``It was fun,'' Olowokandi said of his rough-and-tumble scrimmage with Longley. ``It was pretty physical, but that's to be expected in the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= . One thing I need to do is get better at offensive rebounding.'' `Hollywood': James ``Hollywood'' Robinson, the Clippers' backup shooting guard, came through with a season-high 15 points against the Suns. Robinson's lone free throw came on an illegal-defense technical, and the successful conversion was his 11th made shot in as many attempts. |
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