Game 80: Los Angeles Clippers (48-31) @ San Antonio Spurs (61-18) - 8:30 PM ET

[og15]

Is Wes on the decline or is it more of a form / confidence slump? He's played minimal minutes tonight but he doesn't even look like his defensive self. With his contract, you'd hope that he'd be able to soak up some minutes in the first round so we don't burn out our starters.

I wasn't confident we'd win this game but surprisingly we have been very consistent on both ends and haven't had any extended periods of lacklustre play.

I don't know, but the man is shooting 36/25/65, so I don't know what to call that awfulness.

Would have been better off if he didn't trick us into thinking that he was decent last season and just sucked so we wouldn't have wasted the MLE on him.

He doesn't really have a difficult job on the team. Luc is a better offensive player than him this season....

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[Quake Griffin]

Best game we played all year? One of them for sure.

Good chance on Monday night to beat another playoff team and prove we are playing our best ball headed into the playoffs.

Jazz finish up with GSW and SAS so that loss to Portland darn near guarantees the 4 seed.




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Aren't basically most of the Spurs games the best games of the year for the Clippers, and then the Warriors games are the worst games of the year?

Though it means little for now as the Warriors have improved, the Clippers are one of only two teams to beat GS in the post-season since 13-14. They should have done confidence from the, but instead they play like they are afraid of them (not literally, but they just suck against them lol).

I don't want to be hyperbolic or do hot takes, so I won't neglect some of the factors. Clippers did have some injuries, they did have 2 or 3 games where the bench and lineups with Crawford /Pierce last season lost games that the starters were otherwise winning, but still, they just don't play GS well. It's a bad matchup.

In year's past I have said I think we can beat teams that were favored.
2014 OKC comes to mind and for 4 games and 47/48 minutes I felt completely justified.

I won't be homerish about our chances with GSW.
Just beat us 4 times. These games aint simulated like NBA 2K. Get out there and do it.

You can only be someone's punk so long before you finally swing back.