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LOS ANGELES, Calif. Kendall Hunter Womens Jersey . – Eric Bledsoe
made a name for himself during the Los Angeles Clippers playoff run last season.
The third-year guard gained valuable confidence that is paying off. Bledsoe
narrowly missed recording a triple-double, finishing with 22 points, 11 assists
and nine steals in the Clippers 97-91 win over the Lakers on Wednesday night
that kept their Staples Center co-tenant winless in seven preseason games. “Just
having fun,” Bledsoe said, recalling his only triple-double came in high school.
“I thought I was going to be a little winded, but I wasnt.” He played more than
43 minutes on a night when the Clippers All-Star guard Chris Paul sat out. Pauls
counterpart on the Lakers, Kobe Bryant, missed his second preseason game with a
strained and bruised right foot. Paul rested after being hit accidentally by a
teammate in practice. Dwight Howard was rested while recovering from general
soreness after his Lakers debut on Sunday. The Lakers wont have Bryant for their
final exhibition against Sacramento on Thursday night in San Diego, while Paul
will play the Clippers finale in Denver that night. “We had a lot of guys out
and so did they so I didnt put a lot of stock in the outcome of this game,”
Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said. Bledsoe came into his own in the Clippers
4-0 second-round playoff loss against the Spurs, averaging 11. 5 points while
shooting 70 per cent from the floor and 50 per cent from 3-point range. “The
playoffs last year was huge for him and really gave him the confidence,”
Blake Griffin said. “He knows his role and he understands what his main job is.
Hes had experience playing when CP is out.” Matt Barnes added 18 and Griffin had
15 points for the Clippers. “Anytime these two teams match up, being where the
Clippers are now, its going to be intense,” said Barnes, a former Laker.
Pau Gasol led six Lakers in double figures with 17 points. Rookie Robert Sacre
of Gonzaga, starting in place of Dwight Howard, and Metta World Peace had 13
each. Jordan Hill added 12. Steve Blake and Jodie Meeks, who started in place of
Bryant, had 11 each. Steve Nash, who had four points and seven assists for the
Lakers, wasnt happy about dropping to 0-7. “Obviously Id like to have some wins
under our belt, but were going to worry about our record when it counts,” he
said. The Lakers committed 20 turnovers — five by Sacre — that led to 33 points
by the Clippers. “Some of it is were trying to work through a new offence,” Nash
said. “Theres other situations where were just careless.” The Clippers opened
the fourth quarter with an 8-0 run, including four by Bledsoe, to take an 80-73
lead. Blake hit a 3-pointer that drew the Lakers within one before rookie
Travis Leslie ran off six in a row to keep the Clippers ahead 91-86. Former UCLA
player Ryan Hollins made consecutive baskets, extending the Clippers lead to
95-88. World Peace missed two 3-point attempts on the same possession and then
Blake lost the ball with a bad pass in the closing 2 minutes. “Luckily its
preseason. We just got to learn from these,” Sacre said. “Make your mistakes in
the preseason and you can always get better.” Both teams tried numerous lineup
combinations during the game, with the Clippers resting Jamal Crawford,
Lamar Odom and Grant Hill. Chauncey Billups is still a ways away from returning
after a torn Achilles tendon. The Lakers led 68-60 with less than 5 minutes to
go in the third. The Clippers second unit outscored them 12-6, including five
each by Barnes and Willie Green, to trail 73-72 going into the fourth. Paced by
10 points each from Griffin, Bledsoe and Barnes, the Clippers led 49-40 at
halftime. NOTES: Howard wore a three-piece suit on the bench, while Bryant didnt
sit with the Lakers, but was in the building. ... The Clippers beat the Lakers
twice when they met during last years lockout-shortened preseason in December.
... Rapper-actor Common and former NFL star Terrell Owens attended as part of
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hurt Wednesday night in the opening minute of the Knicks exhibition victory over
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defender Mandziuk and midfielder Stepanenko were the final players trimmed ahead
of the finals, which start June 8 and are co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine.
Blokhin made the decisions after a 4-0 friendly win over Estonia on Monday and
will now turn his attention toward friendlies against Austria and Turkey ahead
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get enough credit for being the competitor that he is, and for being so
tough-minded,” teammate Lamar Odom said of Nowitzki. “Theres nothing soft about
Dirk.Montreal Canadiens draft pick Alex Galchenyuk will remain with Team USA at
the World Junior Hockey Championship, even if the National Hockey League lockout
ends during the tournament according to La Presse. As reported on Twitter by
Marc-Antoine Godin, Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin has told USA Hockey
assistant executive director of hockey operations Jim Johannson that he will not
pull their top prospect from Ufa if camp gets under way with a new collective
bargaining agreement. Ronnie Lott Womens Jersey. Galchenyuk, who
was selected third overall in the 2012 NHL Draft, opens the junior tournament as
a top line winger for the U.S. team. He is currently the second leading scorer
in the Ontario Hockey League, notching 27 goals and 34 assists in only 33 games
with the Sarnia Sting. ’ ’ ’