CLIPPERS VS. HOUSTON.Tipoff: 7:30 p.m., Sports ArenaTV/Radio: Fox Sports West 2; KEZY-FM (95.9), KLITE-FM 92.7. Clippers (0-2) update: The Clippers cannot afford a slow start, but that's what they're facing right now. The Clippers were swept by Houston last season and have started the season facing three teams certain to make the playoffs. Eric Piatkowski Eric Todd Piatkowski (pronounced IPA: /ˌpaɪətˈkaʊski/) (born September 30, 1970, in Steubenville, Ohio) is an American National Basketball Association player with the Phoenix Suns. will return to the lineup after practicing the past two days and the club can use his scoring punch. The Clippers have shot a combined 39 percent in the first two games and 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 has missed 16 of his first 19 shots. The biggest concern though, is guarding 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). . Rockets (2-1) update: Houston was beaten 118-94 Tuesday night in Seattle as Olajuwon and 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. were held to a combined 17 points. The Clippers would like to do the same, but this might be the first game they really miss Charles Outlaw. He always gave Charles Barkley a tough time in the post. Barkley will be defended by Rodney Rogers. It's also a homecoming of sorts for former USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. guard Rodrick Rhodes, who is now a reserve guard for Houston. |
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