GAME #12: fLAKERS @ CLIPPERS—WEDNESDAY 11/9 7 PM

[esqtvd]

Great win. I savor fLaker beatdowns more than any other Clipper win.

I will sleep like a baby tonight, like I have now for nine Clippers v. fLakers wins in a row.

Lots of good tonight, one of the best was SEVEN guys in double figures.

All you toads who two years ago were saying dump PG13.... you still out there?

two days ago lol

toads

[esqtvd]

I hate saying anything nice about LeBron but

the man is a warrior

put him on the Clippers tomorrow for Kawhi and we are INSTANT favorites for the title

[Dynamix]

[PeteyPablo]

Great win. Any win is great , whether it was a blow out or a buzzard beater.

I am seeing a more fluid offense and a strong defense. There are still stretches of stagnant ugly offense but things are moving in the right direction.

[madmaxmedia]

lakers are gutter trash that we've been dumpstering for a while and i'm mildly upset it took till the very end to put them away. if they didn't have reaves we woulda locked up the game by the middle of the 3rd and i'd have been able to go get some actual important things done lol

agree about reggie and norm. reggie even at THAT level alone is really useful as slashing, middle of the paint safety valve. but to me watching powell continue to do his thing with confidence and actually getting it done makes me feel really optimistic about the rest of the season.

It would have been nice to really step on their throats, at the same time the interesting thing is I was never afraid the Lakers would actually close the gap. And then they're the ones who let Norm steal the inbounds pass, and run right to the hoop for that flush.

I think it was only a matter of time for Norm's shooting to come around. I mean if he's shown anything in his career it's that he can score. What we're still waiting on is to see how how he ideally fits with the other Clippers on the floor. When he's just shooting his season averages though, he can definitely help with those slow stretches we sometimes go through on offense.

[nickhx2]

lakers are gutter trash that we've been dumpstering for a while and i'm mildly upset it took till the very end to put them away. if they didn't have reaves we woulda locked up the game by the middle of the 3rd and i'd have been able to go get some actual important things done lol

agree about reggie and norm. reggie even at THAT level alone is really useful as slashing, middle of the paint safety valve. but to me watching powell continue to do his thing with confidence and actually getting it done makes me feel really optimistic about the rest of the season.

It would have been nice to really step on their throats, at the same time the interesting thing is I was never afraid the Lakers would actually close the gap. And then they're the ones who let Norm steal the inbounds pass, and run right to the hoop for that flush.

I think it was only a matter of time for Norm's shooting to come around. I mean if he's shown anything in his career it's that he can score. What we're still waiting on is to see how how he ideally fits with the other Clippers on the floor. When he's just shooting his season averages though, he can definitely help with those slow stretches we sometimes go through on offense.

yeah i don't think powell's slow start was any valid reason at all to reduce his minutes or whatever else reason to crap on him. it's sports - people start slow all the time and progress is certainly not linear.

what i will say is valid, though, is questioning where exactly his fit is on this team. it was one thing last year when we had a chance to make a run in the playoffs with kawhi out and reggie being really meh in a similar role, while kennard/mann were fairly limited in their roles. but this time around luke is just becoming more and more of a complete player that you can't keep off the court. and mann with confidence has a legitimate role as a defensive wing who can be a spark plug at any given moment he's on the court. so to me it means powell and reggie are in the same bucket - guys who can slash, shoot, distribute a little, etc. and while powell's superior to reggie at most of those things, if lue's going to doc it up and play reggie way too much, where exactly does powell fit in in the hierarchy?

ideally we move reggie to more of a reserve role and let powell absorb most of those minutes, with wall obviously being the starter. but i don't think the front office is going to take lue's toys away from him, so that problem of having too many mouths to feed is showing itself up a lot sooner than i thought it would.

i will, say, though: the FO's not at all afraid to cut bait on sentiment so i can't see how they're don't see the glaring obviousness of moving reggie - and if not that, then the pure value they can get out of powell who can help ANY number of teams. the team has options and i think at some point we're going to be visiting those options after kawhi is ready to come back.

[esqtvd]

Powell can't play the point
and neither can Mann
we cant even get a decent shot off
setting them against Reggie is moot

[esqtvd]

[esqtvd]

Kawhi is there

good

got to keep his head in
even if his body isn't

[KL2]

Been taking care of my mom who had the flu over the weekend. Even vaccinated it kicked her butt. Sheesh. I want no part of that.

Anyway. Been watching the games when I can so while I’m not participating here I’m ranting, raving as always.

Did I hear right last night? That Leonard is now playing 1/1, 2/2 but no timetable for 5/5 yet?

And I don’t care what the situation is it’s always good to beat the Lakers.

[Scoundreldays]

And with the Mavs losing we are now 6th in the west

[esqtvd]

OK now THIS man

And with the Mavs losing we are now 6th in the west

is a Clipper fan even on nights we're not playing

[MartinToVaught]

The Ontario Clippers rubbed even more salt in the wound last night by whooping the South Bay Lakers. BBJ in particular was cooking them.