Kaman says Jordan should shoot better if he doesn't want to be fouled

The Portland Trail Blazers employed the hack-a-Deandre strategy in full effect during Sunday's series opener with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts had his players intentionally foul Clippers center DeAndre Jordan numerous times, even when they trailed by a large margin in the fourth quarter.

"Well when you're down and you have an opportunity to extend the game, it's the playoffs," Stotts told reporters following Portland's 115-95 Game 1 loss. "As long as he's in there, it's something you have to employ. I know it's not necessarily pretty but you've got to do whatever you can to try to extend the game and win a game."

Jordan went 8-for-18 from the free-throw line, including one embarrassing air ball.

"I hope they don't change the rule. If they do, that'll be a joke," Trail Blazers center Chris Kaman told reporters. "DeAndre just needs to work on his free throws."

Jordan shot 43 percent from the free-throw line this season, and owns a 42 percent mark at the charity stripe for his career. Prior to Game 1, Clippers head coach Doc Rivers took no issue with Portland intentionally fouling his big man, and even employed the strategy himself when purposely putting Ed Davis on the line in the first quarter.

"I mean, he should use it," Rivers said. "There's nothing wrong with it. It's part of the rules still, never had a problem with guys doing it. We've been pretty successful when guys have done it. There have been a couple of times - like in San Antonio one game, probably two or three times where it actually affected us. But overall, it's been pretty good for us."