Los Angeles Clippers vs. Miami Heat (January 11, 2012)

On January 11, the Clippers played the Heat. The Heat made it to the championship last year, but lost to the Mavericks. The star impact for this game was Chris Paul. He had 27 points and 11 assists. After the first quarter, the game was 24 to 21 and the Heat were winning. At the end of the second quarter, the score was 48-43 and the Heat were still winning. When the buzzer sounded for the 3rd quarter to end, the score was 70-69 and the Clippers took the lead! Then, the 4th quarter ended and it was tied 86-86. In overtime the Clippers won 95-89.

These were the stat leaders:

Points:

LeBron James: 23

Chris Paul: 27

Rebounds:

LeBron James: 13

Blake Griffin: 12

Assists:

LeBron James: 7

Chris Paul: 11

Steals:

Dwayne Wade: 3

Chris Paul: 3

Blocks:

Dwayne Wade: 2

DeAndre Jordan: 6

I think the player of the game was Chris Paul!

Caron Butler

I'm going to tell you some about Caron Butler. Here's a picture:

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James Caron Butler is a small forward in the NBA. Butler played at Connecticut, where he averaged 15.6 points per game, and 7.6 rebounds per game in his freshman year. In his sophomore season, he averaged 20.3 points per game and 7.5 rebounds per game. After his sophomore year, he declared himself for the 2002 NBA Draft. 

Butler was selected with the 10th pick in the draft by the Miami Heat. After two years with the Heat, they traded him to the Lakers. He played with them for a year, and then was traded to the Wizard. He signed a 5 year contract with them, and earned the nickname "Tough Juice". He was traded to the Mavericks and played there for two years. The Clippers then signed him. He now averages 16.6 points per game and 5.9 rebounds per game. Here's a list of transactions Butler went through:

• June 26, 2002: Drafted 10th overall by Miami Heat in 2002 NBA Draft.
• July 14, 2004: Traded by Miami along with Lamar Odom, Brian Grant, a future first-round draft pick and a future second-round draft pick to the Los Angeles Lakers for Shaquille O'Neal.
• August 2, 2005: Traded by L.A. Lakers along with Chucky Atkins to the Washington Wizards for Kwame Brown and Laron Profit.
• February 13, 2010: Traded to the Dallas Mavericks along with Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson for Josh Howard, Drew Gooden, James Singleton, and Quinton Ross
• December 9, 2011: Signed with the Los Angeles Clippers.