How we see it goin' down: Cs - Clippers

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The Matchup


Record: 46-15 (1st Atlantic, 1st East)	Record: 24-40 (4th Pacific, 13th West)
At home 27-5	On road: 6-25
Streak: Won 5	Streak: Won 3
Leaders
Buckets: Pierce (19.1 ppg)	Buckets: Eric Gordon (23.7 ppg)
Boards: KG (9.3 rpg)	Boards: Blake Griffin (12.5 rpg)
Dimes: Rondo (12.2 apg)	Dimes: Mo Williams (7.0 apg)
For the Stat Geeks:
Offensive Rating: 107.4 (14th NBA)	Offensive Rating: 105.6 (21st NBA)
Defensive Rating: 100.2 (2nd NBA)	Defensive Rating: 109.1 (19th NBA)
Pace: 91.0 (22nd NBA)	Pace: 92.4 (13th NBA)

Last time

The Celtics 5 game winning streak began with a 99-92 victory in Los Angeles on Feb. 27. Delonte West had an effective game off the bench (9 points in 19 minutes), only to sprain his ankle a day later. The Clippers are still without leading scorer Eric Gordon (wrist). The Celtics inexplicably allowed Randy Foye to score 32 points.

This time

Get it to: Rajon Rondo

Rajon is coming off an awful performance vs the Bucks. What’s the remedy? A heavy dose of the defenseless Mo Williams. I’d love to see Rondo push the tempo and penetrate. On defense, he can set the tone by harrassing Williams into turnovers.

Gotta stop: Blake Griffin

Griffin finished with 21 and 11 in the last meeting, but he struggled in 1-on-1 situations against Kevin Garnett. He’s clearly the Clips energy guy, so if Garnett can limit his effectiveness, the Clippers will struggle.

The Wild Card: Celtics reserves

I will continue to peg the Celtics reserves as “wildcards” until they get more bodies back. No Delonte, Glen Davis, Von Wafter or Shaq for this one. Jeff Green is averaging 16 points over his last two and he will be asked to carry the load for the 2nd unit. Anyone else excited to see Carlos Arroyo, Sasha Pavlovic and Troy Murphy play together?