<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/clippers-news-ivica-zubac-hits-memorable-nba-milestone-amid-jazz-blowout');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers’ Ivica Zubac hits memorable NBA milestone amid Jazz blowout');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ivica-Zubac-hits-memorable-NBA-milestone-amid-Jazz-blowout.jpg"></figure><h1>Clippers’ Ivica Zubac hits memorable NBA milestone amid Jazz blowout</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-16T21:18:27-08:00">December 16th, 9:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-16T21:18:27-08:00">December 16th, 9:18pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-ivica-zubac-playing-kawhi-leonard-role">Ivica Zubac was ticketed by many</a> to have a huge 2024-25 season, stepping into a bigger scoring role for the Los Angeles Clippers in the aftermath of Paul George’s departure as well as Kawhi Leonard’s continued injury problems. And Zubac has indeed been putting up the best season of his professional career, and his solid play continued as the Clippers ran the Utah Jazz out of the building early on in their Monday night clash.</p><p>Entering the night in need of just five points to <a href="https://x.com/BA_Turner/status/1868869499199668668" rel="noopener">cross the 5,000-point mark</a> for his career, the Clippers center didn’t waste too much time in getting to that mark. By making a dunk with 4:12 remaining in the first quarter of what is shaping to be a blowout win for LA, Zubac scored the 5,000th and 5,001st points of his career, as noted by Brad Turner of the LA Times.</p><p>It’s not easy to cross the 5,000-point mark in the NBA, especially for someone who did not get as much usage in the past as Zubac. Even though he has been a consistent starter for the past 6.5 seasons of his career, he has routinely deferred to his other more ball-dominant teammates, from Leonard to George to James Harden to Lou Williams.</p><p>But the Clippers have recognized how efficient Zubac is from the interior, as his hook shot proficiency has made him one of the deadliest roll men in the association. He may have been slowing down as of late from a torrid start to the 2024-25 campaign, but Zubac continues to be heavily featured in LA’s offense, with Harden making the most of his partnership with the 27-year-old center.</p><p>Zubac has played a major role in the Clippers’ better-than-anticipated start to the 2025-25 season, and he will continue to do so for the foreseeable future, especially when he signed a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-ivica-zubac-agrees-to-3-year-58-6-million-extension">three-year, $58.6 million extension</a> with the team this past offseason.</p><h2><b>Ivica Zubac and the Clippers lull the Jazz to sleep early</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Clippers-center-Ivica-Zubac-rebounds.jpg"><figcaption>© Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Jazz have been one of the worst teams in the league this season, and the Clippers were quick to put them in their place on Monday night. Thanks to an incredible start from James Harden, the Clippers ran out to a 44-20 lead at the end of the first which then ballooned into an 81-47 lead at the half — with Harden even outscoring the entire Jazz team in the first quarter (24-20).</p><p>Ivica Zubac helped establish a rhythm for the Clippers on both ends of the floor, and at the time of writing, he has put up 17 points and 11 rebounds en route to what will be their 15th win of the season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers’ Ivica Zubac hits memorable NBA milestone amid Jazz blowout

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/clippers-news-ivica-zubac-playing-kawhi-leonard-role');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Clippers’ Ivica Zubac is playing ‘Kawhi Leonard role’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Clippers-news-How-Ivica-Zubac-is-playing-Kawhi-Leonard-role.jpg"></figure><h1>How Clippers’ Ivica Zubac is playing ‘Kawhi Leonard role’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-28T11:08:34-07:00">October 28th, 11:08am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-28T11:08:34-07:00">October 28th, 11:08am</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University while covering events like the 2023 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Arizona State men's swim and dive team. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-dealt-doubtful-injury-update-season-opener">Kawhi Leonard being out indefinitely</a> due to a knee injury, Los Angeles Clippers center Ivica Zubac has embraced a bigger role. The Bosnia and Herzegovina native is averaging <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/z/zubaciv01.html" rel="noopener">22.7 points, 14 rebounds, and 4.3 assists</a> per game while shooting 59.2% from the field. He spoke to Law Murray of The Athletic about <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5878852/2024/10/28/ivica-zubac-clippers-offense/?source=emp_shared_article" rel="noopener">a relationship he built</a> with his former Serbian head coach Dejan Milojević.<br><br>“He pushed me a lot to trust my left hook shot,” Zubac said after scoring a team-high 23 points in the Clippers’ 112-104 win over the Warriors on Sunday. “Most of the teams take away my right hook. He always said, ‘Just trust in it. You’ve got a good touch. You’ve got a good left hand. We want to see that more.’”</p><p>Unfortunately, <a href="https://abc7news.com/golden-state-warriors-dejan-milojevic-funeral-serbia-honoring-coach-deki/14415449/" rel="noopener">Milojević died in January 2024</a> and it left a big void with Zubac. The former Golden State Warriors assistant coach would have Zubac over to his house when the Clippers visited the Warriors. When Los Angeles faced off at the Chase Center, the memories flooded back to Zubac.</p><p>“Not seeing him behind the bench, it’s tough,” Zubac said. “He was an amazing dude. Every time I would come into the city, I would go to his apartment. His wife (Natasa) would make us dinner, we would play cards or do something. He was a really special guy. Learned a lot from him in Mega, and even throughout my years in the league, he kept giving me advice.<br><br>“I really miss him.”</p><h2><b>Clippers’ Ivica Zubac channeling his inner Kawhi Leonard</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ivica-Zubac-embracing-Kawhi-Leonard-role.jpg"><figcaption>© Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Luckily, the Clippers have seen an expanded role, especially with the left hand. Many teams would deny Zubac to the right side of the floor because of the lack of a left hand. Now, teams don’t have an answer for it. The Clippers big man has always been skilled in the low-post.</p><p>Last season, he averaged 1.27 points per possession on 1.3 post-ups per game, according to Synergy. Only one player averaged a better number, which was the Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis (1.30 points per possession on 3.2 post-ups per game).</p><p>That same year, Leonard was the primary post-option. He scored 1.07 points per possession on 1.7 post-ups per game. It’s fewer points than Zubac scored. Since Leonard is an All-NBA talent, and is a much more prolific scorer, they gave him more opportunities. Still, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-ivica-zubac-agrees-to-3-year-58-6-million-extension">Zubac signed a three-year, $58 million extension</a> and is in the long-term plans for the franchise.</p><p>Everyone has stepped up for the Clippers. From Norman Powell to Terrance Mann, they’re continuing to build an identity of grit, toughness, and perseverance. For Zubac, his interior presence is helping the Clippers outscore foes by 20 points per game in the paint. They’ll continue to rely on him heavily, whether or not Leonard comes back.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Clippers’ Ivica Zubac is playing ‘Kawhi Leonard role’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/clippers-news-james-harden-ivica-zubac-react-heartbreaking-loss-suns');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers’ James Harden, Ivica Zubac react to heartbreaking loss vs. Suns');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/THUMB-01.jpg"></figure><h1>Clippers’ James Harden, Ivica Zubac react to heartbreaking loss vs. Suns</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-24T05:21:36-07:00">October 24th, 5:21am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-24T05:21:36-07:00">October 24th, 5:21am</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a>Tomer Azarly is in his ninth season as the LA Clippers beat writer and NBA reporter for ClutchPoints. From the Lob City era to the Kawhi Leonard-Paul George era, he brings you everything you need to know about the Clippers as well as coast-to-coast coverage of the NBA.In his off time, Tomer likes to play basketball, video games, and draw.You can follow his Twitter for all Clippers content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>INGLEWOOD, CA — The Los Angeles Clippers <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-james-harden-tyronn-lue-derrick-jones-jr-react-first-game-intuit-dome">opened the doors of the all new Intuit Dome</a> on Wednesday night in what was an absolute show from start to finish. Unfortunately, James Harden and Ivica Zubac’s club fell short against Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns in overtime.</p><p>The Clippers dropped their opener, 116-113, despite <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-fans-react-steve-ballmers-intuit-dome-features">the incredible home-court advantage</a> that was finally on full display.</p><h2><b>Clippers lose to Suns despite James Harden’s big nights</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMAGN-01.jpg"><figcaption>Steven Bisig-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>After a slow start in which he shot just 2-of-11 from the field in the first half, James Harden finished the Clippers’ season opener with <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202410230LAC.html" rel="noopener">a near triple-double</a>: 29 points, 12 rebounds, and eight assists.</p><p>The complete final line for Harden wasn’t pretty — shooting just 10-of-28 from the field with eight turnovers in 40 minutes — but it was indicative of the workload he’ll have as the Clippers continue to navigate life without Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.</p><p>Head coach Tyronn Lue hopes he can keep up this type of performance and workload for his Clippers.</p><p>“I hope so, just not as many minutes,” Tyronn Lue said following Harden’s 40 minutes of play. “I think the overtime put him into a spot we didn’t really want to be in for as minutes, but we had no choice at that point.</p><p>“We need him to be special until Kawhi gets back, so good first game, good first start. We’ve got to continue to get better, like we talked about and just go from here, but this is a good game for us to learn some lessons, understanding what we’re trying to do and capitalize on it. So, we’ll get back to the drawing board on Friday.”</p><p>James Harden has continuously been asked if he’s capable of taking on a bigger scoring and playmaking role for this Clippers team. This isn’t Houston James Harden anymore given he’s 35 years old, but he believes he has more to give than what he showed on Wednesday night.</p><p>“A lot of positives out of that game,” Harden said. “A lot of positives. I think we played extremely hard, which is going to be our calling every single game. Individually for me, I got to play way better. I think it was just having that week off, getting adjusted to the pace of the game. All of the above. Shooting the ball well is something that I can control, taking better shots and then just turning the ball over. Just getting a quality shot possession by possession, which gives our defense the opportunity to get back in transition and get our half-court defense set. My play has to be a lot better. So I seen a lot of really good things out of our group. I think everybody played well and the great thing about it is we can improve. So, that’s definitely some positives right there.”</p><h2><b>Ivica Zubac’s big night for Clippers</b></h2><p>In his first start as a legitimate second or third option, Zubac finished with 21 points, nine rebounds and three assists in 34 minutes of play. He was in foul trouble early, which limited his impact and changed Tyronn Lue’s first-half rotation.</p><p>Once the second half kicked off, he and Harden found their stride together and carved out the Suns’ defense.</p><p>“Tonight, to start the game, they kept going under a lot of our screens and I had to get a better angle, To start the game, I wasn’t holding the screen long enough and didn’t allow James to put the guy on his back and we made that little adjustment later on, just holding the screen longer so he got more room to go downhill against a big. There’s still, we got to get into that game rhythm now. There’s still stuff, I wouldn’t say learning, it’s just adapting to the different defenses, and got to be quicker and better adapting to different coverages.”</p><p>Zubac is projected to have a big season for the Clippers given the scoring hole they’ll facing. He played 34 minutes before fouling out in the overtime loss, which would obliterate his preivous career high.</p><p>The Clippers don’t have much time once they hit the drawing board. They’ll face the 2023 NBA Champion Denver Nuggets on the road before traveling to San Francisco for the Warriors home opener.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers’ James Harden, Ivica Zubac react to heartbreaking loss vs. Suns

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/clippers-news-ivica-zubac-agrees-to-3-year-58-6-million-extension');   ga('set', 'title', 'Ivica Zubac, Clippers agree to 3-year, $58.6 million extension');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Ivica-Zubac-Los-Angeles-Clippers.jpg"></figure><h1>Ivica Zubac, Clippers agree to 3-year, $58.6 million extension</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-30T17:52:40-07:00">August 30th, 5:52pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-30T18:13:46-07:00">August 30th, 6:13pm</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a>Tomer Azarly is in his ninth season as the LA Clippers beat writer and NBA reporter for ClutchPoints. From the Lob City era to the Kawhi Leonard-Paul George era, he brings you everything you need to know about the Clippers as well as coast-to-coast coverage of the NBA.In his off time, Tomer likes to play basketball, video games, and draw.You can follow his Twitter for all Clippers content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-la-officially-release-schedule-2024-25-nba-season">the NBA regular season</a> nears, the Los Angeles Clippers made another move <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-predicting-kawhi-leonard-la-look-like-2024-25-regular-season-nears" rel="noopener">towards finalizing their core</a>. On Friday, Ivica Zubac and the Clippers agreed on a contract extension that would keep Zubac in L.A.</p><h2><b>Ivica Zubac, Clippers agree to extension</b></h2><p>According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Ivica Zubac and the LA Clippers have agreed on a <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1829657538603991192" rel="noopener">three-year contract extension</a> worth $58.6 million.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Los Angeles Clippers C Ivica Zubac has agreed on a three-year, $58.6 million contract extension, Mike Lindeman and Jeff Schwartz of <a href="https://twitter.com/excelbasketball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@excelbasketball</a> tell ESPN. Zubac gets max available for his three seasons and now is guaranteed four years and $70M. <a href="https://t.co/F7cSfEEqku">pic.twitter.com/F7cSfEEqku</a></p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1829657538603991192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Zubac had one year and $11.7 million remaining on his deal with the team. His new deal will pay him an annual average of $19.5 million per season. The three-year extension gives him a total of four years and $70 million on his deal.</p><p>Wojnarowski adds that <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41059737/clippers-ivica-zubac-reach-3-year-586m-extension-agents-say">the deal Zubac and the Clippers agreed</a> to, “is the maximum deal available to him for three seasons under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.”</p><p>Clippers’ President of Basketball Operations Lawrence Frank said earlier this offseason that the team was hoping to reach an extension agreement with Ivica Zubac when the time was right.</p><p>“Zu had a career year,” Frank said in May 2024. “I think James [Harden] had a lot to do with unlocking it. Zu I think led the league in shooting percentage between six and eight feet, he developed a floater with either hand. I think he was second in points produced out of post-ups behind [Kristaps Porzingis]. He’s 27, he continues to work. He loves to play every single night and hates when he got injured, it just kills him not to play in a game. He’s our longest tenured Clipper. An extension makes sense, we love Zu and love to keep Zu here.”</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Ivica-Zubac-dunks-the-basketball-in-the-LA-Clippers-playoff-game-against-the-Dallas-Mavericks.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Ivica Zubac has improved year over year and is now a dependable source of offense and defense for the Clippers. He’s improved his scoring every year for the last four seasons and averaged a career-high 11.7 points per game to go along with 9.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 1.2 blocks per game in 2023-24. In his eighth season in the league, the 26-year old Ivica Zubac played 68 games and played 26.4 minutes per game.</p><p>During the playoffs, Zubac averaged 16.2 points and 9.3 rebounds on 60 percent shooting. He was arguably the Clippers best player in their first round series against the Dallas Mavericks, which was a loss in six games.</p><h2><b>Terance Mann next up?</b></h2><p>For the Clippers, the last remaining piece they need to finalize is Terance Mann and his contract extension.</p><p>Back in May, Lawrence Frank also said the Clippers had interest in extending Mann, who has spent his first five years with the Clippers and turned into a legitimate starting-caliber player.</p><p>“Terance is very much a fabric of the team,” Frank added. “He got off to a slow start to do the season which we gotta do some hypnotism or something with him, but he always gets off to a great close and great finish. So after struggling shooting the ball – and a lot of it, Terance was dealing with a high ankle sprain early in the year. So again, he’s a no excuse guy. So I think it impacted his shooting.</p><p>“But then, post-All-Star Break, basically once January 1 hit, he shot at a very high level. Really proud of how he competed against one of the game’s great players in Luka Dončić and I thought defensively, he tried to make things as hard as possible for an MVP candidate. And you love the fact that Terance is a competitor, and so very much, Terance is part of the fabric of the group.”</p><p>This offseason, the Clippers completely revamped their roster. They lost Paul George, Russell Westbrook, Mason Plumlee, Daniel Theis, and Brandon Boston in free agency. Meanwhile, the team added Derrick Jones Jr., Nicolas Batum, Kris Dunn, Mo Bamba, Kevin Porter Jr., and Cam Christie.</p><p>The LA Clippers have about a month before training camp begins on October 1st. Their regular season is set to tip off on October 23rd against the Phoenix Suns. That game will also be the first time the Intuit Dome opens its doors for a regular season basketball game — and the third once you factor in the two preseason games the Clippers are planning to play in Inglewood.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ivica Zubac, Clippers agree to 3-year, $58.6 million extension

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/ivica-zubac-dario-saric-involved-in-brawl-after-olympic-qualifying-loss-to-greece');   ga('set', 'title', 'Ivica Zubac, Dario Saric involved in brawl after Olympic Qualifying loss to Greece');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/%F0%9F%9A%A8%F0%9F%9A%A8%F0%9F%9A%A8-Ivica-Zubac-Dario-Saric-involved-in-brawl-after-Olympic-Qualifying-loss-to-Greece.jpg"></figure><h1>Ivica Zubac, Dario Saric involved in brawl after Olympic Qualifying loss to Greece</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-08T13:18:44-07:00">July 8th, 1:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-08T15:51:15-07:00">July 8th, 3:51pm</time><address><a>Christopher Smith</a>Christopher Smith is an associate editor covering a variety of sports with a beat focus on the Chicago Sky for ClutchPoints. The Aurora, Illinois native earned a degree in philosophy from Creighton University, where he also competed as a Division 1 Cross Country runner.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Team Croatia has faced an uphill battle before <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/duke-basketball-news-star-cooper-flaggs-humbled-take-amid-team-usa-select-appearance">the 2024 Olympics</a>. Veteran NBA players and Croatia national basketball team members Ivica Zubac and Dario Saric played against Greece in a qualifying game on Sunday. Croatia lost, but an incident after the game is making headlines.</p><p>Ivica Zubac and Dario Saric were reportedly involved in <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2024/07/08/nba-players-ivica-zubac-dario-saric-nightclub-brawl-fight-greece-croatia-basketballl-team/" rel="noopener">an intense physical altercation</a> at a nightclub near Athens early Monday morning, per TMZ Sports. A video shows Zubac in a scrap with someone as several other men rush up to him to break up the fight.</p><p>Meanwhile, Saric ran into the crowd to try to help Zubac. But he ended up on the receiving end of a chokehold by another unidentified man.</p><p>Eventually, security members gained control of the altercation and got both players out of the area. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured.</p><p>Zubac and Saric came off an 80-69 qualifying tournament loss to the Greece national basketball team, which ended Team Croatia’s hopes of making the 2024 Olympics. Zubac scored 19 points in the matchup, while Saric contributed 14.</p><p>Both frontcourt players are coming off impressive stints with their NBA teams. Ivica Zubac helped the Los Angeles Clippers go 51-31 during the 2023-24 season, which placed them fourth in the Eastern Conference standings.</p><p>The 7-foot center averaged a career-high 11.7 points, along with 9.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clipper-news-ivica-zubac-reacts-to-paul-george-leaving-for-sixers">Zubac’s teammate since 2019</a>, Paul George, left the Clippers during the NBA Free Agency period. Zubac looks to carry more of a load in 2024-25.</p><p>On the other hand, Dario Saric is coming off a one-year stint with the Golden State Warriors with averages of 8.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, and a 37.6 percent 3-point shooting clip. Saric is fresh off signing a two-year free agency deal with the Denver Nuggets.</p><h2><b>Ivica Zubac, Dario Saric prepare for 2024-25 season</b></h2><p>Zubac and Saric’s Team Croatia squad may be eliminated from the Olympics. Yet, their loss is a blessing in disguise. Both players can focus on preparing for the 2024-25 season with their respective teams. </p><p>As mentioned, Zubac’s Clippers are trying to fill the void in Paul George’s absence. The star forward left Los Angeles to join Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers. Zubac gave George great respect amid his teammates’ summer departure.</p><p>“That’s a great friend,” Zubac told George Efkarpides of Amerikanos24 in early July. “We played together for five seasons. It’s definitely tough seeing him leave. He was a big piece. It’s gonna be hard to replicate for us.</p><p>“He did so much, but there’s a business side [to basketball]. Unfortunately, that was the best decision for him. We’re gonna miss him a lot, but we signed some new guys. We got to work with what we have already, and I’m sure we’re gonna have a great season.”</p><p>The Clippers are losing a big piece but still look to remain competitive with the talent they retain.</p><p>On the other side of the Western Conference, Dario Saric joins a highly touted Nuggets team. Saric will play with three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and try to help Denver win their second franchise championship.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ivica Zubac, Dario Saric involved in brawl after Olympic Qualifying loss to Greece

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Maybe I’ll get a pack on a next drop 🤡🤦🏻‍♂️ @nba_topshot

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Got two @nba_topshot packs to open. Will be giving away one moment from each pack 👀 Anyone interested?

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Merry Christmas everyone 🎄🎁 🙏🏻

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15.2	12.6	2.5	1.0	0.7

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