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LOS ANGELES -- Here's Los Angeles Clippers Vinny Del Negro's postgame press conference following his team's season-ending 102-99 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday at the Staples Center.

Del Negro admitted he was emotional to finish his second season at the helm of the Clippers but used much of the press conference to look forward to upcoming offseason and 2012-2013 season. He addressed the team's most immediate needs, saying shooters were the most important thing they need to add to the table.

"We have to do a good job moving forward of putting certain types of players in front of Chris (Paul) and Blake (Griffin)," Del Negro said. "That is the next step. I think that will help ease some of the strain and some of the the things he had to do to carry us at times, especially in the fourth quarters."

PLAYA VISTA -- Here is video of the Los Angeles Clippers previewing their Game 3 matchup with the San Antonio Spurs following a brief Friday afternoon practice.

Coach Vinny Del Negro confidently addressed the media, saying the team obviously needs to play better to win Game 3 after losing Games 1 and 2 but definitely can play better. He said the Clippers are clearly banged up but can win in spite of that.



Forward Blake Griffin said the Clippers watched a lot of film of their losses in San Antonio on the way home to Los Angeles late Thursday and in meetings Friday morning. The message from the coaching staff, he said, was mostly positive.

"It's still pretty good," Griffin said. "We're not completely out of this."

LOS ANGELES -- Here's Los Angeles Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro talking to the media following his team's 90-88 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 6 of their first-round series Friday at the Staples Center.

Del Negro addresses the fourth quarter of Friday's game and what happened, how the Clippers coped with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin being hurt and the keys to obtaining a victory in Sunday's Game 7, among a host of other topics.

A sampling of his thought process: "Nobody is going to feel sorry for you, and we need to go out and earn everything. We will get there tomorrow and battle and fight on Sunday. Every game has been pretty close, and we will come out hungry."

LOS ANGELES -- Here's Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro talking to the assembled media following his team's 101-97 overtime win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday at the Staples Center in Game 4 of the teams' first-round series.

He addresses the physical nature of the contest, the Clippers' improvement from the free-throw line in Game 4 as compared to Game 3, Blake Griffin's activity throughout the game and several other topics.

LOS ANGELES -- Here's Los Angeles Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro talking to the media following his team's 87-86 comeback win over the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 3 of the team's opening-round series of the NBA playoffs.

He addresses his decision to keep Eric Bledsoe in the game late although he struggled at the free-throw line, the team-wide emphasis to match Memphis' physical play and the changes the Clippers made at halftime to combat some of their early issues.

LOS ANGELES -- Here's Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro's postgame news conference following his team's 95-91 win over the Houston Rockets on Saturday at the Staples Center.

Del Negro indicated the win was an improvement from the Clippers' last performance Thursday against Phoenix, at least in his eyes. The stats might say different, but he said there were multiple positives to take away.

LOS ANGELES -- Here's Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro talking to the media following his team's 91-87 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Thursday at the Staples Center. Del Negro didn't emerge from the locker room until about 25 minutes had passed from the end of the game; most games, he begins talking about 10 minutes after the buzzer.

He was clearly upset but also clearly restrained and didn't explode after his team lost to a middling team playing without two of its top four scorers. But there were some interesting comments, including his admittance that the fourth-quarter offense from his team was predictable.

This is his news conference in its entirety.

Clippers head coach Vinny Del Negro and general manager Neil Olshey addressed the media about the team's deadline-day trade for Nick Young prior to Thursday's game against Phoenix. We posted video from Del Negro's press conference earlier; here is video from Olshey's, followed by selected quotes from both men's meeting with the media, with Del Negro's comments up first and Olshey's second.

(Del Negro, on how the deal came together in a last-second fashion) I wouldn't say it's last-second. It's something that Neil's been working on and we've been discussing, but it just kind of came together yesterday a little bit and moreso this morning, when the whole deal came together. Neil worked hard and got it organized and it was something that I supported and (team president) Andy (Roeser) supported and Mr. (Donald) Sterling supported. We just felt like it was the right thing to do right now. We gave up a second-round pick...It gets us a big two-guard.

(On his impressions of Young) He just gives us more size in the backcourt. He's a proven scorer in the league and he's explosive. He can take you inside or outside. How it's all going to come together with the chemistry of the team and everything, time will tell. But just to get a player of his caliber on the roster, is very positive and I'm looking forward to working with him. I think he will give us some help.

(On whether he'll start) Yeah. I don't know how it's all going to come together, the timing of it in terms of when and how. He's gotta learn the plays and that takes time, and there's not much practice time. We'll have to do that between games and just make it work as quick as possible. The chemistry of a team and rhythm of a team is very important, and I have a lot of confidence in all our guys. Randy (Foye)'s done a great job for us and Eric Bledsoe's coming into his own a little bit -- he's feeling better health-wise -- and he's getting more of an opportunity. Obviously we lost Chauncey (Billups), so we'll probably go back to more of that rotation with Nick.

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LOS ANGELES -- Here's Los Angeles Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro talking to the media following his team's 103-100 overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday at Staples Center.

Del Negro discussed the final seconds of regulation in full detail but refused to take the blame for how the Ryan Gomes-to-Chris Paul inbounds pass ended up. The Clips' coach did like his team's overall effort.

LOS ANGELES -- Here's Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro addressing the media after Wednesday's 102-84 win over the Washington Wizards.

He addressed his team's first half offensive struggles, the energetic play of rebounders Kenyon Martin and Reggie Evans and Caron Butler's 5-of-7 shooting from 3-point range, as well as point guard Eric Bledsoe's status as he continues to return from injury.

LOS ANGELES -- Here is Los Angeles Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro talking to the media after his team's 112-91 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Thursday.

He wasn't asked any questions and spoke only for just over a minute on his opening statement. That sums up the feel of his night pretty well.

LOS ANGELES -- Here's Los Angeles Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro's postgame press conference after his team's 95-89 overtime win over the Miami Heat.

The second-year head man addresses the never-ending process the Clippers are undergoing in the 2011-2012 season, the way his team performed down the stretch and other specifics from the down-to-the-wire victory, including players who he thought stepped up.

"We found a way to gut it out today," Del Negro said in his opening statement. "I'm just pleased with the way we hung together."

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