Jamal Crawford Didn’t Hit The Game-Winner, But He Did Cross The Hell Out Of Wes Matthews

On Saturday, Jamal Crawford and his Clippers traveled North to face the Blazers at Portland’s Rose Garden, the arena in which he played his home games last season.  In those home games, he scored just 13.5 points per game on 40.5% from the floor and 30.9% from three.  As the numbers indicate, Crawford’s stint with the Blazers was a yearlong struggle.  He was bad, the team was bad, and mutual interest waned, resulting in his joining of the Clippers last summer.  Now, Crawford is enjoying what most would consider the finest season of his career.  Even his initial return to his least favorite building, the Rose Garden, went swimmingly — he dropped 25 off the bench in a 13-point Clipper victory. It can’t all be peaches and cream, however.  Having temporarily lost Chris Paul to a bruised kneecap, the Clippers stumbled into their first of two back-to-back matchups with the Blazers riding a three-game losing streak.  Approximately 47 minutes and 37 seconds later, they were on the brink of ...