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>> Kevin: ROYAL IVEY HAS COME
THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
RASUAL BUTLER AND OTHER REBOUND
FOR KAMAN.
A DOUBLE-DOUBLE AND HIS TENTH
REBOUND, THE HIGHEST SCORING
CENTER IN THE NBA.
SEBASTIAN TELFAIR.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
>> Doug: HE STRETCHES THE
DEFENSE, TOO.
THINK ABOUT THIS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER.
THINK ABOUT HOW GOOD HE IS
PLAYING.
IVEY THIS SEASON.
KAMAN HAD PLAYED 385 GAMES, AND
IN THOSE 385 GAMES HE HAD SIX
25-POINT PLUS GAMES.
HE HAS TEN THIS YEAR ALREADY IN
32 GAMES.
THAT TELLS YOU HOW HIS OFFENSIVE
GAME HAS PICKED UP AND HIS
PERSONALITY IS CHANGING.
HE IS THRIVING NOW BEING A FRONT
LINE SCORER FOR THEM
>> Kevin: ONLY PLAYED 31 GAMES
BECAUSE OF AN INJURY LAST SEASON
AND HIS SEVENTH SEASON OUT OF
CENTRAL MICHIGAN.
RIGHT NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
THE UPCOMING NATIONAL TV
SCHEDULE OF THE NBA.
TOMORROW NIGHT 7:00 EASTERN
TIME.
NEW YORK KNICKS WILL BE DOWN IN
ATLANTA TAKING ON THE HAWKS.
WEDNESDAY ESPN, JANUARY 6th,
10:30 EASTERN TIME.
LAKERS AND CLIPPERS RIGHT HERE
AT THE STAPLES CENTER, TNT
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14th.
8:00 EASTERN, CHICAGO AND BOSTON
AND DOUG AND I WILL BE IN BOSTON
FOR THAT ONE AND THEN CLEVELAND
AND UTAH WITH THE HALL OF FAME
BROADCASTER ON TNT MARV ALBERT.
WE'LL GO DARK ON THE 7th BECAUSE
OF THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN
COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
TELFAIR COULDN'T SCOOP IT HOME.
JASON SMITH OUT OF COLORADO
STATE IN THE GAME GETS THE
REBOUND.
HOLIDAY WITH THE DRIVE AND PUTS
IT IN.
PHILADELPHIA TACKS ON TWO MORE
AND HOLIDAY'S GOT SEVEN.
>> Doug: IS THIS THE WAY THOUGH
HE WANTS TO -- I HATE TO GO BACK
TO THAT.
BUT HE PLAYED SO MUCH IN THE
FIRST THREE QUARTERS.
SEEMS LIKE THEY COULD HAVE USED
A LITTLE BIT OF HIS
ASSERTIVENESS IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER BUT, OF COURSE, THE TANK
WAS EMPTY AND THERE HE SITS ON
THE BENCH.
>> Reggie: THE GAME STARTED TO
GET AWAY FROM THE SIXERS IN THE
THIRD QUARTER AND ONCE THE GAME
STARTED TO GET AWAY NO WAY YOU
COULD BRING ALLEN BACK IN THE
GAME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S
INSIGNIFICANT MINUTES FOR HIM,
BUT IN HIS YOUNGER DAYS HE
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CAME BACK IN
WITH THAT KNEE PROBLEM.
IT'S TOUGH FOR HIM TO COME BACK.
>> Doug: I THINK EDDIE JORDAN
HAS TO FEEL THE GAME OUT, TOO.
DOES HE NEED HIM TO START THE
FOURTH QUARTER, OR DOES HE NEED
HIM THINKING IF THE GAME IS
GOING TO BE CLOSE AND I WANT HIM
FOR THE LAST EIGHT MINUTES SO AS
A COACH YOU NEED A GUT FEELING
ON WHEN DO I NEED TO REST HIM
AND WHEN DO I NEED TO BE ABLE TO
PLAY HIM AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IF
I SIT HIM OVER THERE TOO LONG HE
GETS STIFF SO THAT'S A TOUGH
THING FOR A COACH AND REGGIE YOU
KNOW THAT AS YOU GET OLDER.
YOU NEVER HAD A REALLY REALLY
SIGNIFICANT INJURY WHICH YOU
WERE VERY BLESSED AND YOU HAD
THAT INJURY AND GET OVER THERE
AND YOUR BODY STARTS TO COOL
DOWN.
IT'S STUFF TO GET WARMED UP
AGAIN
>> Kevin: CLIPPERS HAVE
STRUGGLED WITH SMALLER LINEUPS,
TOO.
A WIN AGAINST A SMALLER SIXER
TEAM IS A GOOD SIGN FOR THEM.
>> Doug: LAST NIGHT THAT
PORTLAND GAME, PORTLAND PLAYED A
GLITY GAME BUT WHEN ALDREDGE
WENT DOWN LAST NIGHT WITH ALL
THE INJURIES, CLIPPERS FELT LIKE
THEY SHOULD HAVE WON THAT GAME.
THEY GOT OFF TO A SLOW START
TONIGHT.
THEY COME BACK AGAINST A
PHILADELPHIA TEAM WHO IS PLAYING
VERY, VERY WELL IN THE LAST TWO
GAMES.
THIS IS A GOOD WIN GOING INTO
THE NEW YEAR.
>> Kevin: CLIPPERS ARE GOING TO
GO TO 14-18, AT HOME 9-8, AND
THE PHILADELPHIA 76ers WILL
WATCH THEIR VERY SHORT TWO-GAME
WINNING STREAK COME TO A CLOSE.
THEY WILL DROP TO 9-23.
STARTERS WITH