Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin hyper-extended his left knee on a layup around the hoop late in the third quarter of Wednesday's playoff loss against the Memphis Grizzlies. Adding insult to injury, star guard Chris Paul injured his right hip flexor late in the loss, which sends the series back to L.A. for a Game 6 on Friday.
NBA Hall of Famer Chris Mullin has seen some amazing dunkers in his day. Michael Jordan. Clyde Drexler. Dominique Wilkins. But Blake Griffin is the ultimate slam dunk champion in his eyes. During Friday’s broadcast of the Utah Jazz-Oklahoma City Thunder game, Mullin claimed that Blake Griffin’s dunk over Kendrick Perkins was the best he’d seen in his time watching NBA basketball. “That was the greatest dunk ever,” the ESPN analyst said. “I had three good dunks in my career. I know a good...
When I first heard Los Angeles Clippers guard Chauncey Billups had been lost for the season with a torn left Achilles’ tendon, I wondered if he had played his last NBA game.
The next question that came to mind: Is Billups a Hall of Famer?
It’s a question I brought up a couple years ago on WCBias when he lifted the Denver Nuggets to the Western Conference Finals – his seventh consecutive conference finals appearance.
SEVEN STRAIGHT!
Not even Tim Duncan, Shaquille O’Neal or Kobe Bryant could claim...
“You’d rather look good and lose, than look bad and win.”
– Billy Hoyle, White Men Can’t Jump
Watching the Battle of L.A. on Wednesday night, I couldn’t help recall the classic line from Woody Harrelson’s character to Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes) about his showboating brand of basketball on the nearby Baldwin Village blacktop courts.
Sure, the Clippers are the younger, more exciting team in town, according to social mediasphere, giving “Lob” Angeles twice as much SportsCenter run and retweets as it normally would...
