Like the Pistons, the Clippers needed to just get back to playing defense and simplify things. We lost Blake Griffin for a minute, and Detroit is adjusting to new parts. After locking down the Grizzlies, it was a repeat performance in Chicago.
Jimmy Butler: 3/9, 10 points
Pau Gasol: 2/13, 4 points
Joakim Noah: 2/8, 13 points
Kirk Hinrich: 0/7, 0 points
Combined: 7/37, 27 points
Chris Paul: 12/19, 28 points (and 12 assists)
We held them to 86 points on 31% shooting, with 12 blocks and six steals (to their total of three). DeAndre Jordan grabbed twenty-six rebounds. It’s all about that D-D-D-Defense – that defense, no offense!
Jordan set such a nasty screen on Butler, he left the game with a hyperextended elbow. Whoops.