Janis Carr

1 month ago | ocregister.com | Janis Carr

INGLEWOOD — Change to the Clippers’ roster next season, if any, will be small and incremental, done only to boost the talent already in place. Two days after the team’s season ended in what he called “extremely embarrassing and uncharacteristic” way, Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank outlined plans for next season. And those plans include running it back with Kawhi Leonard and James Harden, while maintaining financial flexibility.

1 month ago | ocregister.com | Janis Carr

With 10:16 left to play in Game 7 on Saturday, Kawhi Leonard sat on the bench and stared at nothing. He spoke to no one, and he looked at no one. The Clippers star wing player appeared lost in thought, no doubt pondering, like many around the team, what might have been if the team had shown up in the final game. Against the more physical Denver Nuggets, the Clippers didn’t display the kind of fight that had gotten them to a decisive game in their best-of-seven first-round NBA Playoff series.

1 month ago | ocregister.com | Janis Carr

INGLEWOOD — One more game. The Clippers gave themselves another chance to extend their postseason, another opportunity to win a first-round playoff series and another shot at making believers of anyone who doubted their heart. Down 3-2 in their best-of-seven series, the Clippers staved off elimination Thursday night with a 111-105 victory over the stronger, more physical Denver Nuggets at Intuit Dome, setting up a winner-take-all Game 7 on Saturday night in Denver.

1 month ago | ocregister.com | Janis Carr

Clippers coach Tyronn Lue hasn’t given much thought to the urgency or intensity that comes with playing a Game 5. The Clippers head into Tuesday’s game tied in their best-of-seven series with the Denver Nuggets at two games each, with the winner getting the chance to close it out when the teams return to Los Angeles on Thursday for Game 6.

1 month ago | ocregister.com | Janis Carr

INGLEWOOD — It will be the one soul-crushing dunk that the Clippers will remember. One basket at the buzzer that left them tied in their first-round playoff series with the Denver Nuggets that will cause angst as they head into Tuesday’s Game 5. But the Clippers can’t be short-sighted; they need to look beyond Saturday’s fourth-quarter rally that ended when Nuggets guard Aaron Gordon slammed home a game-winning dunk as time expired to give Denver a 101-99 victory at the Intuit Dome.