Cavs End Streak At 26, And It Took Overtime

The Cavaliers stopped their NBA-record losing streak at 26 games with a 126-119 win in overtime against the Los Angeles Clippers.

It absolutely figures that it would be the Clippers...

Cleveland won for the first time since December 18th. The Cavs will have to "settle" with tying the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the worst streak among the four major sports.

Antawn Jamison scored 35 points and made the game's biggest basket, a 3-pointer with 22 seconds left in OT for the Cavs. Daniel Gibson scored 10 in overtime and J.J. Hickson added 27 points and 14 rebounds.

Here's, and the HQ can actually say this, your Cavs highlights...
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Blake Griffin Continues To Be Unworldly

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Parts of the HQ are scurrying to find their Clippers gear and wear them with pride again- despite Donald Sterling's perpetual poison as owner...

Blake Griffin is just... plain... foul...

Here's more proof against the Knicks...


But we also like this...
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Baron Davis Vs. Rick Carlisle

The HQ will call it a draw, but we do like it when two people you least expect go at it after one throws a forearm at a third party...

Which leaves the HQ to ask...


Here's your answer...
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"He basically thought I took a cheap shot on Barea," Davis said, according to the Los Angeles Times. "Barea was flopping the whole night and he flopped on that play. So when Carlisle looked at me, 'That was a dirty play.'

"I was like, 'No it wasn't. This dude is flopping.' I guess he felt like he was protecting his player. So I told him to ... "

"He started cussing me out," Davis said. "I told him, 'Go have some lunch.'"

Or something like that...
How awesome is that...???

Blake Griffin's Almost Triple-Double

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The Silent Assassin was at it again against the Golden State Warriors...

30, 18, and 8 in the Clippers win...

And an absolutely foul dunk...
Enjoy... the HQ does...

Here's your "Nightly Notable" highlights...

Blake Griffin Goes For 47

Not a bad performance for a matinee...

Blake Griffin may already have the Rookie of the Year wrapped up, but could he seriously be an MVP candidate...???

Here's your early answer against the Indiana Pacers from yesterday...
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That, and it finally gives the HQ a reason to drag out and dust off its Clipper gear.

Clippers And Lakers Fight It Out

More like push, grab, shove, and jaw-jack...

But when the Clips are taking out the Lakers, the world seems to tilt on its axis, anyway... so, the only other natural thing to happen would for the two tenants to square off...

Randy Foye made a free throw to put the Clippers ahead 99-90 with 6 seconds left. Blake Griffin was locked underneath Lamar Odom's left arm for position.

"Maybe I overreacted, but I just feel like if you're up 9, a ram in the back at that point?" Odom asked. "Any other time, I get it. You play hard, you're strong, whatever, but the ram in the back [while] up 9? I don't get it, so I'm just going to have to react."

Here's the ending...
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The Clippers have their ninth win in 13 games after a 5-21 start...
Amazing what one player will do for you...

Onion Sports Network Kills Clippers Off...

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One of us at the HQ has been a Los Angeles Clippers fan since their Buffalo Braves days. You know: Ernie D, Swen Nater, Randy Smith never missing a game...

All that...

Now, our friends at OSN reveal a horrible accident that has wiped out an entire franchise...
Corey Ingram anchors the coverage...

Fatal Staples Center Collapse Brings Merciful Early End To Clippers Game

Unfortunately, there was no mention of the demise of Clippers owner Donald Sterling.
He's still out there somewhere...and we're very frightened...

Zach Randolph Rests For Two

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From the NBA their own selves...
"Zach Randolph of the Los Angeles Clippers has been suspended two games without pay for striking Louis Amundson of the Phoenix Suns in the face, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.

The incident, in which Randolph was assessed a Technical Foul and was also ejected, occurred with 32.3 seconds remaining in the first quarter of the Suns 140-100 victory over the Clippers at US Airways Center on Feb. 17.

Randolph will begin serving his suspension tonight when the Clippers host the Suns at Staples Center."

Thanks for being under control and even more thanks for losing to the Suns by 40.
Well played, Zach...

Who Is Out Of His Tree...??? Baylor or Sterling...???

Let's go back to Lisa Dillman's article in the LA Timeswhere former GM Elgin Baylor has decided to sue the Los Angeles Clippers claiming racial and age discrimination.

Baylor maintains that owner and well-renowned El Cheapo Donald Sterling has instituted a "Southern plantation-type structure" during his 22 years within the franchise. Baylor also accuses in his civil lawsuit that the Clippers had a decades-long racist structure within the organization.

From the Dillman piece:
"The complaint against Sterling and others, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by The Times, presented Baylor's version of an eroding relationship between Baylor and Sterling. Baylor contends, among other things, that the Clippers owner had "a pervasive and ongoing racist attitude as expressed to then-NBA player Danny Manning during contract negotiations."

Baylor also named the Clippers, the NBA, and Clippers President Andy Roeser. When someone approached Sterling about Baylor's suit, his response was:
"Really? Against who?"

According to Baylor's suit, Sterling wanted the team to consist of "a bunch of poor black boys from the south and a white head coach." The suit also alleges the "Caucasian" head coach got a 4-year, $22-million deal while Baylor only had a salary of $350,000. And, apparently, the NBA "condoned, adopted, and ratified" the dynamic run by the blue and red side of the Staples Center.

Those of us at OSG HQ would like to ask the following:
Why did Baylor stay around so long if he was so chapped at Sterling...?
And why did the Clippers keep Baylor around for 22 years when he drafted the following guys: LaRon Ellis, Terry Dehere, Elmore Spencer, Joe Wolf, Lamond Murray, Michael Olowokandi, Marvin Ely, and Yaroslav Korolev...

Here's the draft position the Clips had during Baylor's tenure going backwards:
14, 12, 4, 6, 8 and 12, 2, 3 and 18, 4, 1 and 22, 14, 7, 2, 7 and 25, 13, 16 and 25, 22, 8 and 13, 2, 1 and 6, 4-13 and 19, and 3...

Where's the level of success that would warrant a 22-year tenure...?
Actually, Baylor was economically feasible... he fit Sterling's model...
And if Baylor was so damn mad, why didn't he file a civil lawsuit sooner...?

All this does is lend itself to "cry wolf" syndrome and future lawsuits. Those lawsuits that would have merit could be lost with all the bad publicity this one could garner.

Here, there are no winners...
If Baylor is correct, Sterling and the Clippers are exposed and confirmed for being a horribly-ran organization once and for all.
If Sterling is correct, Baylor is exposed for being an angry, old man with a chip on his shoulder as his basketball time fades from view. He'll be remembered for this action, and not the true on-court talent he was.

There is a scheduled Thursday presser at Baylor's lawyer's office...