http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...-he-plans-to-return-for-game-3-202617277.html It seems*Blake Griffin*won't have to shoulder the load for the*Los Angeles Clippers*by himself any longer. Clippers point guard*Chris Paul, who has missed the first two games of their Western Conference semifinal series with a left hamstring injury,*alerted teammates he plans to play*when Game 3 against the*Houston Rockets*tips off on Friday night, according to The Orange County Register's Dan Woike. "Chris is a warrior, which scares all of us,"Matt Barnes*said. "... He said he's playing tonight. You just hope that he's ready because his game is so much stop and go and he's such an integral part of our team." [...] "I told him tonight I expect to see the CP that I'm going to see at 50 at the YMCA," Barnes said. "You know, like an older Mark Jackson out there controlling the sets, running the team, coming off pick and rolls, making plays but still picking and choosing his spots. "... We'll have to see what he has in store for us tonight." Paul played the final three quarters of the Clippers' thrilling Game 7 victory against theSan Antonio Spurs*with*a left hamstring strain, ultimately making*the game-winning shot*with one second remaining. He averaged 22.7 points, 7.9 assists, 4.6 rebounds and two steals per game in the first round of the playoffs. In Paul's absence for the first two games against the Rockets, Griffin has done his best to fill his sizable playmaking shoes, recording a triple double (26 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists) in a Game 1 win in Houston. But when the Rockets spoiled his 34-15-4 performance in Game 2, it seemed clear the Clippers would need Paul in order to make a serious run at the franchise's first conference final. Just how effective Paul can be remains to be seen, and while it's unlikely he carries the offensive and defensive load for 40 minutes, it can't hurt to have a guy who finished sixth in MVP voting back in the lineup.* I doubt he's 100% and that he'll probably re aggravate his hamstring during the game. Regardless, GO ROCKETS!!!! We need to at least split the 2 road games in LA to stay in this series.
get ready cp3's hamstring game. this will be historic. it'll be up there with lebron's cramp game and jordan's flu game.
oh **** we are screwed.... man if mchale had an oz of brain power, he would give nick some burn on cp3...
You are possibly the worst poster in the GARM. You are just awful.... Terrible... and not in a humerous way.... Just in a repulsive nauseating way .... Almost like getting food poisoning from old and unsanitary Indian food.
Dude stop watching ..... You actually wanted them to lose in game 2 in the GARM. If it is that upsetting go do something else.
Would have been nice to have a PG that Chris Paul would actually have to chase around tonight. Instead, 50-year-old Chris Paul gets the night off defending spot-up shooters.
I think cp3 might disrupt their nice teamball offense they had going. That heroball works if hes only torching s offensively
To say the least. He/she is by far one of the worst posters here. It really is sickening. Just think, that Los pollos whatever poster had this dumbass as "one of the best posters in the GARM" in his sig bahahahaa
No worries Rockets fans. I called up Jeff Gillooly and he's going to take care of this playing tonight business. Chris Paul will never make it to the floor.
Yeah, because Nick ****ing Johnson has a chance to stop the best point guard in the league. Give me a break.
luckily, Blake plays a lot worse with Paul in the lineup because he needs the ball in his hands to be effective. I'm not all that upset that he is coming back
I can just hear K Mchale now...."Guys, CP3 is playing tonight....so we've got to play harder. Our adjustment this game will be to play harder. And if that doesn't work by halftime....we'll have to play harder in the second half."
