Monday NBA action: Clippers hit the road for matchup with the Grizzlies

On Monday, Kevin Durant did this to poor Marcin Gortat.

John Rohde of The Oklahoman gives us a killer quote from Gortat.

The Jazz used a sharp-shooting first half to pull away from the defending NBA champs and shot an uncanny 67.6 percent from the field and went 5-of-7 from the three-point line. The Jazz led by as many as 17 points in the first half alone.

But the fourth quarter was all Miami, and the Heat used the transition game to respond to their first-half issues and give themselves a shot to steal the victory in one of the toughest places to play in the NBA.

Things didn’t get much better in the second half for the Hawks, where they managed just 38 points.

Boozer led the way for the Bulls (21-15) with 20 points and 13 rebounds. Deng finished with 18.

The contest was never close, and Los Angeles led by as many as 27 points. Memphis held a brief lead of four points in the first quarter, but the Clippers never looked back after grabbing the lead again.

It was the perfect way for the resilient Clippers (29-9) to get over their embarrassing home loss to the Magic. They made things look easy, scoring 16 fast-break points and limiting themselves to just 10 turnovers. Every Clippers player who entered the game scored.

So how did it happen? As one could imagine, the box score was amazing.

The lowlights:

Here’s a .gif of the sequence, via DC Sports Nexus:

via Truth About It

The game will feature a matchup of two of the best power forwards in the game in Los Angeles’ Blake Griffin and Memphis’ Zach Randolph. Griffin is averaging a team best 17.4 points and 8.6 rebounds while Randolph is averaging a double-double at 16.7 points and 11.7 boards.

Here is the entire NBA Schedule for Monday (all teams eastern):