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Keaton Wagler, Gradey Dick, Isaiah Jackson: 40 pts, 20 fga
Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon: 39 pts, 39 fga
Makes you think.
LA CLIPPERS INJURY REPORT - OCT 23
OUT:
Bradley Beal - Right Knee Injury Management
Brandon Ingram - Right Heel Surgery
Jordan Miller - Left Rotator Cuff Surgery
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser- Right Lisfranc Surgery
Max Strus - Right Plantar Fascia Partial Tear
Justin Russo retweeted
🚨 STORY: The last vestiges of the LA Clippers’ ‘213’ era are gone. On Wednesday night, amidst the rain, a new Clippers era might have been born in a wire-to-wire win. All it took was a little trip from Keaton Wagler and Darius Garland. Welcome … to the ‘110’?
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Players to have at least 12 points, 4 rebounds, and a 90 TS% in a season opener in LA Clippers franchise history:
- Gradey Dick (last night)
- Ivica Zubac (Oct. 20, 2022)
- Derrick Jones Jr. (Oct. 23, 2024)
For those who might be interested in such things, the NBA added a Zone Defense page to their Inside the Game dataset that now tracks zone and non-zone statistics for defenses: nba.com/inside-the-game/team…
For everyone tonight, this morning, wherever you maybe --
🚨 STORY: The last vestiges of the LA Clippers’ ‘213’ era are gone. On Wednesday night, amidst the rain, a new Clippers era might have been born in a wire-to-wire win. All it took was a little trip from Keaton Wagler and Darius Garland. Welcome … to the ‘110’?
🔗 LINK BELOW! 👇
📰 GARLAND, WAGLER POWER CLIPPERS TO OPENING NIGHT WIN: substacktools.com/sharex/nol…
Brook Lopez on his message to this Clippers team: “Whatever expectations there are outside this locker room, they don’t matter at all. We know the work we’ve put in. ... We just have to keep playing together, being together, talking, having good vibes.”
Darius Garland on what he’s seen out of Keaton Wagler: “He’s been working his butt off, literally. He’s been in the gym every day and just his confidence is just growing out the roof. ... His confidence is sky high right now. We’ve seen it today and it was really good.”
Keaton Wagler on figuring out angles which to attack defenses: “Definitely just reading the defenders, how they’re guarding me in ball screens and myself and just looking to make the right read every time.”
Keaton Wagler on how much the game has slowed down for him: “It’s slowed down a lot. Just getting used to physicality, speed of the game, the pressure that comes with bringing the ball up and everything and getting in the right spot. It’s definitely just slowed down for me.”
Tyronn Lue on the team responding after the early third-quarter timeout: “I loved it. I just thought we were a little too lax. ... Then to start the third quarter, we missed a bracket switch, and so just to get their minds refocused. I thought they did a good job responding.”
Per Clippers: Keaton Wagler is the second-youngest player in NBA history (LeBron James) to have at least 15 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds while shooting at least 50% from the floor in an NBA debut.
Tyronn Lue, with a laugh when asked if Steve Ballmer text him before the game tonight: “He can’t. You trying to get me in trouble.” Ballmer is suspended by the NBA from all contact with the Clippers for 12 months.
Tyronn Lue, expanding on this: “Because the fans were electric, and that’s what he brings every night. … Our team needs that no matter the circumstances.” Lue went on to say, “We’ll keep him in our hearts. … We definitely wanna dedicate this one to him tonight.”