Basketball Daily

On Saturday, January 31st, the Washington Wizards got only their 10th win of the season playing the visiting Los Angeles Clippers.  The Wizards stole the ball quite frequently and forced the Clippers to have 25 whopping turnovers.  The final score of the game was 106-94.

Washington had four players in double figures including Antawn Jamison with 25 points, Nick Young with 22 points, Javale McGee with 18 points and Caron Butler with 16 points.  The team as a whole shot 42% and an impressive 54% from three point territory.  Over 18,000 fans were in attendance at the Verizon Center and they were glad to see their struggling team get a win finally.  The Wizards have only won 7 games at home this season so far, and their overall record is 10 wins and 37 losses.

When you get 2 of the last place teams in the NBA playing each other, it becomes quite boring quickly.  Lackluster defense, turnovers galore and poor shooting is what happened between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the home team Los Angeles Clippers.  It has been such a disappointing year for the Clippers with all the key injuries they suffered from their stars.  Chalk it up in the books as they lose another one with the score ending at 94-86.

The T-Wolves top scorers were Al Jefferson and Craig Smith both with 20 points.  Right behind them was Randy Foye with 17 points and Ryan Gomes with 14 points.  Minnesota was never behind in the game although it was a very close match throughout the day.  The Timberwolves record now moves to 13 wins and 26 losses.

The Phoenix Suns met up with the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday afternoon and took care of business winning failrly easily with a score ending at 109-103 even though they let LA back in it in the fourth quarter.  The Clippers have now lost 11 straight games, but this is in part to all the injuries they have suffered this year.

All 5 of the Suns starters were in double figures with Amare Stoudemire as the high man with 26 points.  Jason Richardson and Grant Hill both ended with 21 points.  The only 2 scorers off the bench was Leandro Barbosa with 10 points and Louis Amundson with 2 points.  As a whole the team shot 45% and a horrid 28% from the 3 point line.  With this win, the Suns move to a record of 21 wins and 13 losses.