No Elton Brand, no excuse for a loss. It will be nice to see Noah play.

1-3 > 0-4, let's do this.

Is it too early to say "must win"?

Detroit is coming to town later this week.

The answer is no.

It's not a must win. We started 0-9 and got the 4th seed before. However, for my happiness and to live up to the preseason hype, a freaking win would be appreciated over a Clippers team sans its best player.

this is a must WIN! This team has too much talent not to be in da win column.
Da Pistons and TNT come to town Thursday. No time to sit!

KIRK HINRICH AND LUOL DENG!!!!!!!

Time for our struggling stars to return to a more dominant form thanks to the (lack of) defense by matching up with Cassell and Maggette.

Seriously, yo.
This team is too talented to blow games like this. Let's make with the victories here, there's a schedule to keep and Loserville is not on the route to the ECF.
BEAT L.A.!

Deng looks about 10 times better than he did the last couple of games, he looks like the star we expected him to be so far.

i want to see Deng and Gordon light it up tonight

Welcome to the party, Joakim.

So far, Luol is red hot and Gordon is ice cold.

Deng already has 10 points in one quarter and he's filling up the stat sheet!

If this team could hit open jumpshots--the kind the opponents are burying on a routine basis--it'd be dangerous.

Can Mobley please miss a freaking shot?

dont worry... my guess is sometime in the 3rd quarter he turns it on big time.

Same old spiffy 2nd quarter.

Mobley is KILLING them.

He's 8/8, and the Clippers are shooting like 65%.

12-0 run there for the Clips.

cmon kirk, tyrus has 2 assists to your none.

Fixed

Not a bad first half. At least we got back into it. If this one comparison can change at all, then we'll be in good shape.

Gordon, 1/8
Mobley, 10/10

NOTE:
wallace is useless

I want to see Aaron Gray for a good 10 minutes. He'll give you 6 points which is more than what either Duhon, and Khryapa would give. I want to see a productive 2nd half, get things done. Shoot a higher percentage of shots and rebound! Keep Big Ben out, he serves no purpose if he can't move well; that is where Gray comes in. We still haven't seen a lineup of Kirk, Ben, Deng, Tyrus, Noah yet.

btw, anyone hear when kerr said cassel looks like ET? that was hilarious.

Im not able to watch the game, but anyone care to tell me how mobley is making all these shots? is the ball magnetized or what?

HE MISSED!

NOTE:
ben wallace is still useless

And Noah's career scoring average moves above zero...

Why Chris Duhon and Thabo Sefolosha are in the game in the 4th quarter is beyond me.

Joakim Noah is giving a defensive spark off the bench and some rebounding. If he allows this team to rest Wallace (trust me, it'll be important when he's on) this adds a whole new dimension to this team.

Clippers are way under their season average. Looks like the defense is coming around. Oh, when this team gets its shooting eye back...

Does Skiles EVER sub in the 4th quarter?

Joe Smith is a BALLER.

Here come Hinrich and Gordon. About time!

God damn, we suck.. 0-4

Poor coaching cost us the game. Skiles is a moron for not putting in Tyrus in the 4th quarter. He and Joe Smith should have been in the game instead of Wallace. Nobody on this team is capable of hitting a big shot. 0-4 is unacceptable and we should be embarassed. Our coach might be the worst down the stretch. He has excellent in bounds plays and he coaches defense, thats about it...

This season is not off to a very good start.

A few interesting tidbits..

Deng 0 points in 4th quarter. Hinrich 0 points in 4th quarter. Gordon 3 points in 4th quarter

Tyrus Thomas was our team leader in assists with 5- Kirk had 1

When Kirk, and Gordon came into the game we were ahead by 6. They are supposed to be the closers and we lost.

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Other than that, does anybody like Corey Magette right about now?

Anyone other than me feel the urge to start blaming all those preseason injuries? Esp. for Gordon's performances thus far?

His 4/15 shooting was that impressive?

lol so you decided to totally dismiss his 10 rebounds 5 assists, 10 free throws and 18 points? Oh. Okay

I'm just saying Corey Maggette isn't going to make this team better. I have one name that will though....

I think he'd make the team better. He's not afraid to take it to the hole and can draw a foul.

Exactly he brings something to the table. He draws fouls, he is a good defender and he's "Big". His biceps rival that of our own Ben Wallace. What I'm saying is, if Plan A doesn't work (That being, trade for Kobe), go to plan B and trade for Corey Maggete. You saw how much he loves Chicago. His parents said they'd love for him to play here so you never know. Pax pull the trigger on something, we can't go on like this.

I doubt they are trading him this year as long as they are winning.