Clippers reserve guard Norman Powell appears to be rediscovering his fighting form of late. In his most recent contest, a 125-118 win over the Lakers Wednesday, Powell notched a team-high 27 points on 8-of-15 shooting from the floor, per Janis Carr of The Orange County Register.
“I think it’s like my fourth game back coming off injury after missing 11 games so it was just being prepared and just staying mentally locked in and as (head coach Tyronn) Lue says, not playing so angry,” Powell said. “It just shows how much I love the game and how much I commit to it, and my preparation every single day.”
Playing in his first full season with the Clippers, the 6’3″ swingman is averaging 16.7 PPG on .476/.404/.815 shooting splits. All but eight of his 58 healthy contests have come off the team’s bench.
There’s more out of California:
- Starting Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson has been dealing with a sore back of late, but head coach Steve Kerr said on Friday that the 6’7″ vet is feeling better and was a full practice participant today, Kendra Andrews of ESPN tweets.
- The 48-32 Kings could be without several notable players against the Warriors tonight, Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee tweets. All-Stars De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis are both questionable with ankle injuries. Shooting guard Kevin Huerter is managing his own injury, while rookie power forward Keegan Murray has a foot ailment. The statuses of forward Trey Lyles and guards Davion Mitchell and Malik Monk are also up-in-the-air. If Sacramento wins out and the Grizzlies lose out, the Kings would be able to secure the West’s second seed by benefit of a tiebreaker, but it appears the team is happy with its current No. 3 seed.
- Despite a clean injury sheet, the healthy Lakers‘ loss against a Clippers team missing All-Star forward Paul George exposes the club as being less than title-caliber, opines Bill Plaschke of The Los Angeles Times. Plaschke notes that stars Anthony Davis and LeBron James were clearly playing through ailments, and the rest of the team failed to step up to meet the moment.
Kawhi is one of my favorite players, but he screwed up advocating for Paul George. That dude sucks. He is extremely talented,but he sucks. He proved it when he got traded from Indiana and they got significantly better without him. Clippers team is stacked. George just brings them down.
Revisiting Paul George and draft picks blockbuster trade
Clippers received: Paul George
Thunder received:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, young all star
2021 first-round pick (became Tre Mann),
2022 first-round pick (became Jalen Williams),
2023 first-round pick (via Heat),
2023 first-round pick swap,
2024 first-round draft pick,
2025 first-round pick swap,
2026 first-round pick
Danilo Gallinari
Suns will rest 3 superstars and Ayton tonight against Lakers.
What if Suns rest any starters against Clippers this Sunday?
The Easter bunny won’t come if that happens I think
Kinda a groundhogs day sitch
i doubt it because I don’t think the Suns want to face Kahwi and the Clippers in the first round.
I guess the Lakers wont get the no. 6 because the Kings are contented to be the no. 3 seed?!
The Kings have been an unrelenting joy this season…
Coming second or third is really a huge thing for a fanbase that hasn’t had any joy for over a decade…
These perpetual loser teams usually make me sick (e.g. Chicago Cubs…) but Kings have been doing it with style.
I had a dream that they lost but I picked them for the finals vs Bucks so fingers crossed they do some damage.