Bring the Noise: Clippers at Salt Lake

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SALT LAKE CITY -- This was almost a (bad) flashback to the days of covering high school sports, futilely trying to listen to a coach or a player talk with the soundtrack of loud band music in the background.

There will be no editorial comment about the quality of that music so many years ago. Let’s just say I felt a rush of nerves for a long, long time at my local tennis courts when band music would waft over from the nearby high school.

All of this came back tonight when I wandered over to talk to Mike Dunleavy before the Clippers’ game against the Jazz at the EnergySolutions Arena to find out about Baron Davis’ injury. Unfortunately, the players weren’t the only ones getting in their pregame practice.

There was a band set up in the middle of the court. The drummer appeared to be getting in most of the practice. Bang the Drum Slowly. And Loudly.

(Note to self: Eric Sondheimer, our wonderfully knowledgeable columnist who covers high schools, can borrow my Bose headphones any time he wants.)

Oh, and Baron Davis? Dunleavy said that Davis, who is not here because of a sore left hip, could be out about three or four days and then will be re-evaluated. At least that’s what I thought he said in the midst of the noise.

Thank goodness for the safety net, the digital tape recorder.

-- Lisa Dillman