Game Thread: Los Angeles Clippers @ Los Angeles Lakers, 12/25/16, 10:30PM, EST

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We are presently down by 7 against the Clip Joint at Staples. Looks pretty routine and The Lakers are hanging in there so far. We are getting beat in the paint again. A problem Luke has yet to solve. This is the last game of the Christmas Basketball Special going on between ABC and ESPN.

 

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Griffen and C.P. 3 are both out. The lead is down to 5 with one of two FTs made by Mosgov.

 

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We have not won at home since Thanksgiving. We need a win badly against the Clip Joint.

 

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Mitch Kupchack is in the house and looks bored. Maybe he is Christmased out.

 

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The Clips keep driving the lane because we simply have no defensive presence in there even with Mosgov in there. Wasn't that one of the reasons we signed Mosgov?

 

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The lead is hanging around five as we are just trading baskets until that three by the Clips.

 

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Felton walked and then Randle got hammered at the other end but Mosgov got the loose ball and the Lakers are down by just one.

 

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We are staying with the team who has the third best record in the West.

 

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That was stupid foul by Ingram. Deng talkin' to him about it.

 

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We are down by three at the break.

 

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Tip-in by Mosgov gives us our first lead in the third.

 

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Deng gets the O-rebound and one! 8-0 run by the Lakers here in the third.

 

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That was a stupid sequence by Russell. He gets confused sometimes on what to do bringing the ball up the floor.

 

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Russell redeems himself by a three and the lead is 8.

 

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With that shot by Mosgov, the lead grows to 11 and the Clips are shooting clankers.

 

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Nick Young nails a three and the lead 14.

 

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Randle steals the ball and the dunk. The lead has ballooned to 16. The Lakers have scored 28 points to the Clips 3 points. Unbelievable!!

 

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With 2:21 left in the third we are up by 18.

 

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Mosgov with a bad screen foul.

 

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A lot of missed shots and the third quarter is almost done.