Matt Barnes (basketball)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Bring on the next bunch of disappointing, underachieving, gagging local athletes. And so it goes with our Trojans, Lakers, Clippers and even the Bruins losing their last three. So much promise, raised expectations and then a...

MEMPHIS, Tenn.  -- Matt Barnes was not going down without a fight. Barnes scored a playoff career-high 30 points in Game 6 of the Western Conference first-round playoff series against Memphis on Friday night. He played small forward and power forward,...

Though the primary focus for the Clippers will be on re-signing Chris Paul and on whether the team keeps or releases Coach Vinny Del Negro, L.A. has other roster decisions to make as well. The players came in Saturday for their exit interviews with...

Blake Griffin walked past the media after the Clippers’ shoot-around without talking about his sprained right ankle that has left his status uncertain for Friday night’s Game 6 against the Memphis Grizzlies. Clippers Coach Vinny Del Negro...

Oh me, oh my. Finally, the payoff. And I'm not even talking about Chris Paul's exhilarating, awesome, magical, 93-91 game-winner. I begin with Lamar Odom, who is my favorite athlete, and apparently Blake Griffin's as well. Griffin has come running off...

Time never seems to run out on Chris Paul. Seven, six, five … He takes a pass from Jamal Crawford about five feet from half court and surveys the floor in front of him, the Clippers needing a basket with the score tied in the final seconds of...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The stats don't lie. And in the case of the Clippers, the statistics told so much about why they lost, 94-82, to the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 3 of the Western Conference first-round playoff series on Thursday night at the FedEx Forum....

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Clippers have lost all of their playoff momentum and it has left one of them questioning their manhood. They suffered their second straight double-digit loss in the first-round Western Conference series, this time going down...

addCustomPlayer('u973rd2gy8v61owvw7s1z8juu', '', '', 600, 418, 'perfu973rd2gy8v61owvw7s1z8juu', 'eplayer15'); Vinny Del Negro playfully bulled his way through a scrum of reporters Monday afternoon to reach a designated interview area, showing more...

Chris Paul did it again, this time being that big-time closer on the biggest stage. Paul scored on a running four-foot bank shot with Tony Allen all over him with 0.1 of a second left Monday, giving the Clippers a stunning 93-91 victory over the shell-...

You'll have to forgive the nicest guy in the NBA if he ignores your complimentary tweets for several weeks. Jamal Crawford is not being rude. He is, to put it in his words, "#onamission." The Clippers guard has vowed to stay off Twitter during the...

addCustomPlayer('u973rd2gy8v61owvw7s1z8juu', '', '', 600, 418, 'perfu973rd2gy8v61owvw7s1z8juu', 'eplayer15'); It didn't figure to be a thing of beauty when the Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies played Game 1 of the Western Conference playoffs Saturday...