Wright Responds to Refinements

Two hours before Tuesday night’s tip-off against Vancouver, the Clippers’ Lorenzen Wright worked with assistant Jim Todd, going over moves that he could use against the Grizzlies’ big men.

Wright, who began the season as the team’s starting center, averaged only 5.2 points for the first five games and Todd said that Wright just needed to refine his footwork.

Wright, who leads the team with a 7.2 rebounding average, had his best game of the year. After the Clippers fell behind, 13-0, to begin the first quarter, Wright came off the bench to spark their own 13-0 run by scoring 11 consecutive points.

“We worked on some low-post stuff and I was trying to help him with a couple of moves,” Todd said. “They were things he’s worked on, he just have to work on them a little bit more that’s all.

“We didn’t have a long training camp and no one was able to get in a lot of that stuff . . . Our entire coaching staff is trying to help out our 4’s and 5’s . . . they go against each other in practice but it always different in games.

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It’s not a good thing when you’re a shooting guard and your shot is off. Just ask the Clippers’ James Robinson, who entered Tuesday’s game with a team low .333 percentage from the floor.

Robinson, who did not play in the first half against Vancouver, was one of the last players to leave the floor before the game because he was shooting jumper after jumper.

“I was just trying to work on the same shots that I’ll try in a game situation,” Robinson said. “Sooner or later they are going to fall down as long as you don’t be selfish.”

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Assistant Jim Brewer missed his second consecutive game as he remained in the Chicago area to be with his father, who has been ill. . . . The Clippers did not have their normal morning shootaround before Tuesday’s game and rode together on a team bus to Anaheim from Los Angeles.