DATE OPPONENT TIME Oct. 30 Oklahoma City 10:30 Oct. 31 at Los Angeles 10:30 Nov. 2 Sacramento 3:30 Nov. 3 Utah 10:30 Nov. 5 at Golden State 10:30 Nov. 8 Portland 3:30 Nov. 10 San Antonio 10:30 Nov. 15 Phoenix 10:30 Nov. 17 Chicago 10:30 Nov. 19 at Orlando 7:00 Nov. 20 at Miami 8:00 Nov. 23 at Memphis 6:00 Nov. 24 at Charlotte 7:00 Nov. 26 at Detroit 7:30 Nov. 28 at Houston 8:00 Nov. 29 at Utah 9:00 Dec. 1 Minnesota 10:30 Dec. 3 Orlando 10:30 Dec. 6 New Orleans 10:30 Dec. 8 Phoenix 10:30 Dec. 10 at Indiana 7:00 Dec. 12 at Washington 7:00 Dec. 13 at Milwaukee 7:30 Dec. 15 Detroit 10:30 Dec. 17 Indiana 10:30 Dec. 19 at Denver 9:00 Dec. 20 Milwaukee 10:30 Dec. 22 at San Antonio 8:30 Dec. 23 at Atlanta 7:30 Dec. 25 Golden State 10:30 Dec. 27 Toronto 3:30 Dec. 29 Utah 10:30 Dec. 31 New York 6:00 Jan. 3 Philadelphia 10:30 Jan. 5 Atlanta 10:30 Jan. 7 Los Angeles 10:30 Jan. 10 Dallas 3:30 Jan. 11 Miami 3:30 Jan. 14 at Portland 10:30 Jan. 16 Cleveland 10:30 Jan. 17 at Sacramento 10:00 DATE OPPONENT TIME Jan. 19 Boston 3:30 Jan. 22 Brooklyn 10:30 Jan. 25 at Phoenix 6:00 Jan. 26 Denver 10:30 Jan. 28 at Utah 9:00 Jan. 30 at New Orleans 8:00 Jan. 31 at San Antonio 9:00 Feb. 2 at Brooklyn 7:30 Feb. 5 at Cleveland 8:00 Feb. 6 at Toronto 7:30 Feb. 8 at Oklahoma City 1:00 Feb. 9 at Dallas 8:30 Feb. 11 Houston 10:30 Feb. 19 San Antonio 10:30 Feb. 21 Sacramento 10:00 Feb. 23 Memphis 10:30 Feb. 25 at Houston 8:00 Feb. 27 at Memphis 8:00 Mar. 1 at Chicago 1:00 Mar. 2 at Minnesota 8:00 Mar. 4 Portland 10:30 Mar. 8 at Golden State 3:30 Mar. 9 Minnesota 10:30 Mar. 11 at Oklahoma City 8:00 Mar. 13 at Dallas 8:30 Mar. 15 Houston 3:30 Mar. 17 Charlotte 10:30 Mar. 18 at Sacramento 10:00 Mar. 20 Washington 10:30 Mar. 22 New Orleans 3:30 Mar. 25 at New York 7:00 Mar. 27 at Philadelphia 7:00 Mar. 29 at Boston 6:00 Mar. 31 Golden State 10:30 Apr. 1 at Portland 10:00 Apr. 4 at Denver 9:00 Apr. 5 at Los Angeles 9:30 Apr. 7 Los Angeles 10:30 Apr. 11 Memphis 10:00 Apr. 13 Denver 10:30 Apr. 14 at Phoenix 10:30 * All Times Eastern. besides Griffin (14.7 rebound percentage; LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS 2014-15 SCHEDULE +1.99 defensive Real Plus-Minus) and Jordan (21.6 rebound percentage; +3.38 dRPM)— grab more than 10 percent of their rebound opportunities, like last season’s scrawny bunch. That’s where Hawes (14.6 rebound percentage), Davis (11.9 percent) and Udoh (10.5 percent) come into the picture, not only bringing halfway-decent rebounding skills, but good defensive reps as well (Hawes, +0.40 dRPM), Davis (+2.04 dRPM) and Udoh (+2.83 dRPM). It’s a known fact that the Clippers can only get so much defense from a guard and wings squadron that features Chris Paul, Jamal Crawford, J.J. Redick and Matt Barnes (CP3 is the only one amongst them that can be confused for an All-Defense candidate). Yes, if the Clippers are going to be true championship contenders, they cannot afford for their backup power forwards and centers to do less than their share. Yes, at minimum, they must rebound and defend when Griffin and/or Jordan hit the bench. OFFENSE Nobody does it better than the Clippers, when Paul is floating alley-oops to Lob City co-mayors Griffin and Jordan, whilst the team posts the No. 1 offensive efficiency in the League at 109.4 points per 100 possessions, as was the case last season. Mix in floor-spacing phenoms Redick (makes 40 percent of threes, and attempts triples on 47 percent of his shots), Crawford (36 and 44, respectively) and Barnes (34 and 54), and you see how Rivers has set the table for his top six players to overwhelm his foes in all facets of the game. It’s doesn’t hurt either when his Big Three keeps making big strides in their individual games. Griffin, who played his first NBA game just four years ago, shot 30 percent on midrange twos (10-16 feet) as a rookie and 34 percent on long twos (16-22 feet) with only 26 percent of his shots coming within that range. Four NBA seasons later, Griffin has gone from a horrible outside shooter to a mediocre one, now making 40 percent on mid-range twos and 37 percent on long twos, with 29 percent of his shots coming from that range. You see, Griffin is not shooting that inefficient shot a whole lot more than he used to, but he has worked to make it better when he does shoot it. And he continues to dominate in the paint in a way that few power forwards today still can, running up 24-point,
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