CLIPPERS STILL MEEK IN UTAH : NEW LINEUP CAN'T STOP JAZZ STREAK UTAH 111, CLIPPERS 94.Byline: Gary Washburn Daily News Staff Writer The change was good. However, identical to the last 14 times the Clippers have played at Utah, the only victory was moral. Coming off the worse effort of the season against Miami, coach Bill Fitch William Fitch (born May 19 1934 in Davenport, Iowa) is a former NBA coach who has been successful in making teams playoff contenders throughout his coaching career. Before entering the professional ranks he coached college ball at the University of Minnesota, Bowling Green State made three changes to the lineup Friday - the most significant was activating Brent Barry Brent Robert Barry (born December 31, 1971 in Hempstead, New York) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs. He is known by his nickname, "Bones", and stands 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m). , who made his first appearance of the season. And the club played better, but 28 points from John Stockton This article is about the professional basketball player. For the U.S. Senator from New Jersey, see John P. Stockton. John Houston Stockton (born March 26, 1962) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent his entire career (1984–2003) as a and a third quarter the Clippers would rather forget led to a 111-94 Jazz victory in front of 19,381 at the Delta Center. The Clippers dropped their fifth game in a row and haven't won in Utah - off to its best start in franchise history at 11-2 - since April 18, 1989. After falling behind by 28 points to Miami three days ago, Fitch was just 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. some enthusiasm and better effort. He did get 18 points from Darrick Martin Darrick David Martin (born March 6, 1971 in Denver, Colorado, United States) is an American professional basketball player, currently with the NBA's Toronto Raptors. Martin has became known as a solid veteran who provided quality minutes as a reserve, maintaining a career free , who replaced Pooh Richardson Jerome "Pooh" Richardson (born May 14 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. The 6'1" point guard was taken by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the tenth overall pick of the 1989 NBA Draft out of UCLA. in the starting lineup For the line of action figures, see . A starting lineup in sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes . However, the trade-off was a season-high by Stockton, who took advantage of Martin's inexperience to score off Utah's potent halfcourt offense. ``Martin did what we expected of him,'' Fitch said. ``I thought he played better in the first half than in the second half. I'm not sure we'll start the same guards in for the next one.'' Richardson was shooting 35 percent from the field entering the game, and, after the loss to Miami, Fitch indicated that he would make some changes. Richardson did play nearly as many minutes as Martin, however his role changed from getting the team started to helping keep the Clippers (6-9) in it. The veteran guard said after the Heat game that a lineup switch that would help the team win would be positive. His sentiments didn't change after finding out he was the part of the shake-up. ``Hey, I've been in this league for eight years,'' Richardson said. ``I've seen it all. If we win, then I'm all for it. I have no problem with coming off the bench.'' The second lineup change was expected. Stanley Roberts Stanley Corvet Roberts (born February 7 1970, in Hopkins, South Carolina) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Orlando Magic in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft. replaced Kevin Duckworth Kevin Jerome Duckworth, aka The Duck (born April 1, 1964 in Harvey, Illinois) is an American former professional basketball player at center in the National Basketball Association, most notably a member of the Portland Trail Blazers. and proceeded to miss 8 of 11 shots against Utah's Greg Ostertag Gregory Donovan Ostertag (born March 6 1973, in Dallas, Texas) is a retired American basketball player in the NBA, who spent most of his career with the Utah Jazz. He measures 7'2" (2.18 m) and played center. . Still, he provides more activity under the basket (nine rebounds) than Duckworth. Duckworth continues to struggle with his production. He picked up four fouls in eight first-half minutes. Fitch said he will keep Roberts as his starter. Roberts has had his recent struggles also. Teams are figuring out that double-teaming the seven-footer at times will cause a forced shot or turnover. Friday, it was that defensive intensity from the Jazz that turned a three-point halftime lead into a 90-70 advantage a minute into the fourth quarter. ``I thought we had a chance to make something happen,'' Fitch said. ``I didn't like the third quarter. I had hoped we could continue where we were, but it didn't happen.'' Karl Malone Fitch said he wasn't going to play Barry in a crucial situation unless it was an emergency. That emergency never occurred, because the Clippers never got within 10 in the fourth quarter. However, that did leave some garbage minutes for Barry to shake off the rust. Barry played the final four minutes and hit a 3-pointer. CLIPPERS vs. NEW JERSEY NETS Tipoff: 7:30 p.m., the Anaheim Arena. On the air: TV: Fox Sports West; Radio: KNEWS-AM (540/1260) Nets (2-9) update: New Jersey is struggling so far under new coach John Calipari and play the last of a four-game road swing after losing to Golden State on Thursday. The Nets' front line is formidable on defense with Jayson Williams (15.5 rebounds per game, second in the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= ) and Shawn Bradley (4.36 blocks, first). However, New Jersey is last in the NBA in field-goal percentage (the Clippers are 25th) and scores just 93 points per game. Kendall Gill is averaging 19 points per game. Clippers (6-9) update: The club begins the first of its six games scheduled for Anaheim. The Clippers have lost five straight and begin a three-game East Coast swing next Thursday in Chicago. Stanley Roberts will start at center while the point-guard position is still in question. The Clippers have allowed two straight opponents to shoot above 50 percent and the team hasn't won at home since Nov. 17. CAPTION(S): 2 Boxes Box: (1) CLIPPERS vs. NEW JERSEY (see text) (2) CLIPPERS BOX |
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