Randy Foye News

Clippers players, from left: Randy Foye, Caron Butler, Chris Paul, and Blake Griffin celebrate against Portland and J.J. Hickson on March 30.

Listen to what Chris Paul offered as a key step for the Los Angeles Clippers to improve next season after a successful 2011-12 campaign.

For the Spurs, it was another step toward their goal - they wanted plenty of rest before they take on the Thunder next series , now will get a week .

It was my intention to title this piece "A Post-Mortem for Vinny Del Negro", but out of respect for the Clippers organization and with memories of the Comeback in Memphis, I'm not going to completely count this team out.

Jordan Heimer was kind enough to transcribe the pertinent bits of information from last night's ClipperBlog Live.

San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Manu Ginobili gets past Los Angeles Clippers guard Randy Foye to score during Game 3 of their NBA Western Conference semi-final playoff basketball game in Los Angeles, California, May 19, 2012.

A Chris Paul A is one of the best players in the NBA.A He is arguably the best point guard in the NBA.A But in this 2nd round series with the A San Antonio Spurs A Paul has been exposed.A His flaws have been unmasked and he is naked out there in front of the entire nation without even the comfort of an excuse.A The league has finally figured him ... (more)

The 48 hours or so between Games 1 and 2 were filled with chatter of how the Clippers were going to improve on defense, how they were going to close out better on shooters and how they were going to contest more jumpers.

So we were having a good discussion on the post game thread about this subject, so I just wanted to expand on my ideas a bit.

MEMPHIS, Tennessee - The Los Angeles Clippers refused to let a third chance to knock the Memphis Grizzlies out of the playoffs slip away.

Confined to practices and film sessions last week - and growing increasingly antsy in the meantime - the Spurs expressed relief Sunday after watching the Los Angeles Clippers knock out Memphis in the NBA's last first-round playoff series to finish and finally lock down their matchup for the Western Conference semifinals.

Memphis Grizzlies forward Rudy Gay and Los Angeles Clippers forward Caron Butler reach for a rebound in the first half of Game 7 in a first-round NBA basketball playoff series on Sunday, May 13, 2012, in Memphis, Tenn.

The Grizzlies' Marc Gasol grabs a rebound from the Clippers' Reggie Evans as Grizzlies Marreese Speights, left, and Rudy Gay stand by in the first-half of game six of the Western Conference opening round, Friday, May 11, 2012, at Staples Center.

Thousands of fans got the chance to cheer one more time for Junior Seau at the stadium where he starred for 13 seasons.

Alabama authorities say the death of an 8-year-old girl found hanging on a rope from a tree was a homicide.

Chris Paul is likely too committed a competitor to be altogether absent from the Los Angeles Clippers' potential closeout game on Friday night, but as we saw in Game 5 on Wednesday, an ailing Paul nonetheless puts the Clippers at a substantial deficit.

Pick and roll. Isolation. High-low. Back door. Post-up. Triple post. These are all basic terms related to an offense in basketball and can be heard over and over during an NBA broadcast.

President Barack Obama's announcement that he supports gay marriage has boosted the hopes of gay rights groups around the world that other leaders will follow the president's example.

Kevin Arnovitz and I took part in a 5-on-5 to preview the rest of the series. Below are a couple of answers, and you can find the full piece here .

The stunned and battered Memphis Grizzlies had legitimate hopes of going farther in the NBA playoffs than a year ago, when they fell to Oklahoma City in seven games in the Western Conference semifinals.