MVP: The 24 points and 15 assists almost understate how important Chris Paul was to tonight’s Clippers win. He had his signature on just about every half court set the Clippers ran, and made sure to stay in front of every player bigger than him on the Knicks — which was just about everyone.
That was … dueling mismatches: The Knicks used size to their advantage, pulling down 14 offensive rebounds — 10 by Robin Lopez alone. The smaller Clippers countered with their shooting, as they would make 13 of their 29 threes to go +27 in that category.