CLIPPERS 101 ROCKETS 93...CLIPS take care of RED NATION who was on the 2nd Night of a Back to Back MOTEL Swing coming from SLEEP TRAIN..."Late Night with BLAKE" has turned into "Game Night with BLAKE" as B.G. 32 keeps putting up "Fight for MO" or Maurice Podoloff NBA M.V.P. Like Numbers...LOGO WATCH "Date Night" with the Pacific Division Leaders #NewCLIPJoint #CLIPPERnation #CLIPS

The Rockets took care of Sacramento last night but they knew game #2 was going to be a whole different animal. The Clips trying to stay atop the Pacific Division and land in that Top 4 in the West when Mid-April comes is starting to take care of business.

The Rockets led throughout until the 4th and final frame that's when the Wheels started to come off. Behind another monster night with Jordan Brands B.G. 32 dba "Game Night with Blake" the Clips took control late in the 4th and drove right into Victory Lane. Griffin not to be denied anything in 2013-14 led the Clips with 23 points as he hauled in sixteen Oranges. Back-Up PG Darren Collison hasn't stopped playing at a high-level since CP3 came back as he added 19 points as he and CP3 have been playing a lot together in one of Lead Man Doc Rivers new wrinkles. CP3 went 14 points and nine helpers as DeAndre Jordan went double-double with 13 points and ten rebounds with four block shots.

The Clips won the game simply by taking care of the Orange (11 turnovers Rockets 20 turnovers) and executing down the stretch as well as getting "Stops". That's Playoff Winning Basketball it's as simple as that as there was no dress rehearsal and Teams need to start getting to that level as we head into March.  

The Rockets had plenty of Fuel as Harden (43 points last night vs Forever Purple) didn't even play in the 4th quarter. The Rockets did a horrible job of not executing and making the right play as they looked a little helter skelter late in this ball game. "Dwight of Three Stripes" led Red Nation with 23 points and he also reeled in eleven Oranges. Harden ended the night with a somewhat quiet 18 points with newly-acquired and L.A. Native by way of Hookem' Horns Jordan Hamilton adding 16 points. Those three were the only Rockets Players in double figures. Simply those twenty turnovers put them in harm's way.

The Clips move to 40-20 as they become the 6th Team to reach the 40th win plateau as Rip City reached it about an hour before the Clips did Wednesday Night. The Rockets fall to 39-19 as they were trying to hit the 40 win mark as well.

360 Degrees...the NBA West will most likely have seven Teams hit the 40-Win Plateau before the NBA East puts their 3rd team up with 40 W's.