RD 1 GAME #2: MAVS [0-1] @ LAC [1-0]—TUES 4/23 7 PM, TNT

KL2 · Post #61 » by **KL2** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:12 am

How does Lue handle Leonard’s minutes? Play him the first 4 or so? Get a 4 minute breather? Finish the final 4?

LamarWho · Post #62 » by **LamarWho** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:13 am

nickhx2 wrote:watching russell westbrook play on a knife's edge in a high-stakes game is really some kind of drug

I feel like I am playing Russian Roulette every time he's on a fast break.

nickhx2 · Post #63 » by **nickhx2** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:13 am

so, my hope was just to be leading going into the 4th, because i feel like psychologically the mavs might be negatively impacted by a deficit despite them pretty much outplaying the team for most of the game.

did my hopes include that lead being gifted to us by the refs? no, but you take what you can get, you know?

clipperlover · Post #64 » by **clipperlover** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:13 am

Going to start the 4th with a rested Kawhi, rested Mann and semi rested PG.

Wammy Giveaway · Post #65 » by **Wammy Giveaway** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:14 am

With a technical foul, if Doncic gets one more, he's ejected. And Clippers automatically win. They were 4-0 in the regular season whenever an ejection occurs in a Clipper game.

wakelaunch1 · Post #66 » by **wakelaunch1** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:14 am

I have zero confidence in Russell Westbrook (1-7) putting the ball in the basket. Mann 2-7 Powell 1-5 Zubac 1-6. Yikes

clipperlover · Post #67 » by **clipperlover** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:15 am

Surprised by this 4th qtr lineup to start.

nickhx2 · Post #68 » by **nickhx2** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:16 am

ugh, giving up that board to josh green feels unforgivable

MartinToVaught · Post #69 » by **MartinToVaught** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:17 am

Norm!!!

nickhx2 · Post #70 » by **nickhx2** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:18 am

great, my feed cuts out only for me to hear BS going nuts about powell hitting a 3, all while the screen is black lol

you take what you can get, you know?

madmaxmedia · Post #71 » by **madmaxmedia** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:19 am

clipperlover wrote:Surprised by this 4th qtr lineup to start.

I love their energy right now!

LamarWho · Post #72 » by **LamarWho** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:20 am

Good Russ showing up so far in the 4th.

KL2 · Post #73 » by **KL2** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:20 am

Take this momentum and run like hell. Kill any hope they have.

clipperlover · Post #74 » by **clipperlover** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:20 am

Ty can keep PG on bench longer with those 4 fouls as long as this lineup keeps adding to the lead.

MartinToVaught · Post #75 » by **MartinToVaught** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:21 am

madmaxmedia wrote:
clipperlover wrote:Surprised by this 4th qtr lineup to start.

I love their energy right now!

It's the Russ factor. The way he's been playing this series is near-perfect for what we need.

madmaxmedia · Post #76 » by **madmaxmedia** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:21 am

LamarWho wrote:Good Russ showing up so far in the 4th.

That block!!

madmaxmedia · Post #77 » by **madmaxmedia** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:22 am

clipperlover wrote:Ty can keep PG on bench longer with those 4 fouls as long as this lineup keeps adding to the lead.

If we can keep a lead for 3-4 minutes and then PG and Kawhi come back in rested, that will give us such an boost to finish strong.

EDIT- Or not.

KL2 · Post #78 » by **KL2** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:27 am

And just like that down 3.

nickhx2 · Post #79 » by **nickhx2** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:27 am

lol i literally forgot all about paul george, since he was sitting for so long

clipperlover · Post #80 » by **clipperlover** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:29 am

Need Kawhi and PG attacking the rim right now.