{"id":639350,"date":"2026-03-04T18:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/639350\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:36:16","slug":"kobe-brown-returns-213hoops-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/639350\/","title":{"rendered":"Kobe Brown Returns \u2022 213hoops.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Clippers will seek to extend their win streak<\/a> to three games with a home contest against the tanking Pacers and old friend Kobe Brown.<\/p>\n

Game
\nInformation<\/p>\n

Where: Intuit Dome, Inglewood, California<\/p>\n

When: 7:30 PM PT<\/p>\n

How to Watch: FanDuel Sports SoCal, AM 570<\/p>\n

Projected
\nStarting Lineups<\/p>\n

Pacers: Kam Jones \u2013 Ben Sheppard \u2013 Jarace Walker \u2013 Obi Toppin \u2013 Jay Huff<\/p>\n

Clippers: Kris Dunn \u2013 Derrick Jones Jr. \u2013 Kawhi Leonard \u2013 Kobe Sanders \u2013 Brook Lopez<\/p>\n

Injuries<\/p>\n

Pacers: Tyrese Haliburton Out (Achilles), Ivica Zubac Out (Ankle),Pascal Siakam Questionable (Wrist), Aaron Nesmith Questionable (Ankle), Andrew Nembhard Questionable (Back), Johnny Furphy Out (Knee)<\/p>\n

Clippers: Jonn Collins Out (Neck), Bradley Beal Out (Hip)<\/p>\n

The Big
\nPicture<\/p>\n

It certainly
\nwasn\u2019t their most impressive win of the season, but the Clippers\u2019 victory over
\nthe Warriors on Monday night was probably the most important to this point. The
\nWarriors\u2019 advantage over the Clippers in the standings is now just a single
\ngame, and the Clippers can get even with the Warriors by the end of the night.
\nAfter a sloppy and sluggish first half, the Clippers turned things on in a big
\nway in the second, and got a rollicking win on the road. Not everything has to
\nbe pretty, especially in games that are so important for the standings: for the
\nClippers, and their desperate struggle to get into the top half of the play-in
\nrace, a win is a win.<\/p>\n

The
\nAntagonist<\/p>\n

The Pacers
\nhave lost six games in a row, putting them at a woeful 15-46 mark on the
\nseason. It\u2019s been a far cry from the team that was one game away from winning
\nthe NBA Championship last season, with the reversal in standings due to injury,
\ndepartures, and a shift toward tanking as their lack of ability to make the
\npostseason became apparent. The Pacers, frankly, like a good chunk of other NBA
\nteams right now, are not trying to win games. That doesn\u2019t mean they won\u2019t win
\noccasionally, when their players get hot or when the opposing team is cold, or
\nsomething else weird happens. But they are a team that good teams should be
\nable to beat if they play hard and professionally across 48 minutes.<\/p>\n

Notes<\/p>\n

Garland off the Bench: Darius Garland came off the bench in his first game as a Clipper, and logged well under 30 minutes played. I\u2019d imagine the minutes limit keeps up for at least a few games, but I do wonder how long Garland will continue playing as a reserve. It wouldn\u2019t shock me if Garland was moved into the starting unit as soon as tonight, though I think another game or two off the bench is reasonable as well. The rotations are a bit cleaner to me if Garland starts, even if he does have a restriction, but easing him into action makes sense too.<\/p>\n

Jordan Miller Cooking: After a brief lull in play, Jordan has surged back over the past 10 days. In his last four games, Jordan is shooting an incredible 20\/26 from the field (77%) while shooting 14\/17 from the line and dishing 10 assists to just two turnovers. A lot of Clippers fans were expecting Jordan to be the odd man out when the Clippers reached full strength with Garland healthy, but I really think Miller has been too good for too much of the Clippers\u2019 winning part of the season to go away from entirely. If he continues playing like this, it\u2019s hard to imagine Jordan gets excised from the rotation, though I could see his minutes decreasing a bit.<\/p>\n

Kobe Brown Returns: This will be the first time the Clippers have played the Pacers since their massive trade at the deadline. Unfortunately, Ivica Zubac is still out, and honestly I\u2019m not sure if he will even be at the game. If he is, I imagine a lengthy tribute video is planned for the big fella, who was a huge part of the Clippers\u2019 organization for almost seven years. A former Clipper who will actually be playing in this one is Kobe Brown, who has had some nice moment<\/a>s for the Pacers and is actually receiving a lot of minutes for them. I kind of doubt Kobe gets anything beyond a thank you message, but I imagine he\u2019s inspired to go pretty hard in this one regardless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Clippers will seek to extend their win streak to three games with a home contest against the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[7,559,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,6],"class_list":["post-639350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-clippers","tag-basketball","tag-clippers","tag-la","tag-la-clippers","tag-laclippers","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesclippers","tag-nba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116172357321215553","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}