CLIPPERS ROAD ROTTEN : HOUSTON 115, CLIPPERS 109.Byline: Daily News Wire Services The Clippers lived up to their reputation as one of the worst road teams in the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= . It took more than half the game for the Houston Rockets to wake up. Fortunately for them, they were playing the Clippers. ``We seemed to be playing like a tired team,'' Clyde Drexler Clyde Austin Drexler (born June 22, 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former National Basketball Association shooting guard. A ten-time All-Star and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, he was named one of basketball's fifty greatest players by the NBA. , one of seven Rockets to score in double figures, said Tuesday night after Houston shook off a slow start to beat the Clippers 115-109. ``I think we had a lot more energy in the second half. We started getting after them defensively and that made the difference.'' The Clippers lost their fifth straight and 10th in their past 12 outings. On the road the Clippers dropped to 4-21. ``We needed this one,'' said Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich Rudolph Tomjanovich, Jr. (born November 24 1948, in Hamtramck, Michigan), nicknamed Rudy T., is an American former basketball player and coach. Early life Tomjanovich was born to an American family of Croatian descent. , whose team was coming off a 25-point loss Monday at San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. . The victory was only the second in the past eight games for the Rockets, who were led by Charles Barkley's 21 points and 13 rebounds. Houston got 15 points and 10 rebounds from Kevin Willis Kevin Alvin Willis (born September 6, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA. He is a 7-foot power forward/center. At age 44, he is the oldest active player in the league. , while Rodrick Rhodes added 14 points, Othella Harrington 13, and Matt Maloney and Brent Price 11 apiece. |
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