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Clippers barely 50% on road
Denver 85%+ at home
Looks like a win but we can't take it for granted because the Clippers can beat anybody if they have a good game.

A win tonight gives us a 3 game lead over OKC, which we’ll probably need down the stretch. Also get us to within 1 game of GSW

skywalker33 wrote:A win tonight gives us a 3 game lead over OKC, which we’ll probably need down the stretch. Also get us to within 1 game of GSW

With our nightmare March-April schedule on the road, and Curry-Durant duo being healthy, we should be focused on holding #2 seed. To reach #1 ahead Warriors is like expecting Plumlee scores another three pointer this season... oh, wait...

THE J0KER wrote:

skywalker33 wrote:A win tonight gives us a 3 game lead over OKC, which we’ll probably need down the stretch. Also get us to within 1 game of GSW

With our nightmare March-April schedule on the road, and Curry-Durant duo being healthy, we should be focused on holding #2 seed. To reach #1 ahead Warriors is like expecting Plumlee scores another three pointer this season... oh, wait...

We should shoot for the highest goal possible, why settle at this point ?? If we don't get the #1 seed, we'll still be as high as we can get..

Barton still seems out of whack, hope that changes real soon !!

So far so good with IT. I'm unable to watch the games, but is Harris still not 100% or is it simply because Beasley has been playing really well?

Also, it's a good sign that we're still getting the same solid production from Morris even though he's now sharing minutes with IT.

skywalker33 wrote:Barton still seems out of whack, hope that changes real soon !!

I thought he played a little better tonight - team game-wise. He had a couple of chances to go for hero-ball but passed the ball. He didn't have a great shooting night but every shooter has off nights. He did some help defense too (not real effective, but he made the effort).

I still think Barton teams up well with Plumlee, any PF, any guard SF, and Thomas. With his 24 minutes tonight, that seems reasonable.

Interesting thought: Remember when Malone said "9 Man Rotation"? He's basically got a 9 man rotation now with one or two other players getting around 10 minutes. Millsap had 30+ minutes with Jokic next at 28 and no one else over 25. I know many want to see various players get lots of minutes but having a deep team with everyone fairly healthy, it makes sense to hold the minutes down. Players playing too many minutes seem more prone to injury (but that's just my perception).

FilNugsFan wrote:So far so good with IT. I'm unable to watch the games, but is Harris still not 100% or is it simply because Beasley has been playing really well?

Also, it's a good sign that we're still getting the same solid production from Morris even though he's now sharing minutes with IT.

Apparently Malone simply has Harris on a minutes restriction and having 5 other guards playing, he can afford that. Harris played almost 22 minutes with Barton, Beasley, Murray, Thomas all at around 24 minutes and Morris at the same 22 minutes as Harris.