Game#50 Clippers @ Lakers Tuesday 01/24 7pm on TNT

[Bobbymcgee]

This is what the Clippers box score should pretty much look like every game now that Leonard and George are back and healthy together.

-Leonard and George 25-30 points each per game
-Mann and Powell 15-20 points each per game
-Jackson, Kennard, Zubac, Morris, Covington, Batum each getting around 5-10 points per game

[LamarWho]

Good to see RoCo getting meaningful mins lately. 4 blocks tonight, but he did struggled early keeping Gabriel off the glass. Is the Moses Brown experience finally over? MMSr only played 10 mins tonight, hopefully he gets shipped out soon.

[Scoundreldays]

Good to see RoCo getting meaningful mins lately. 4 blocks tonight, but he did struggled early keeping Gabriel off the glass. Is the Moses Brown experience finally over? MMSr only played 10 mins tonight, hopefully he gets shipped out soon.

Moses Brown is about to run out of games on his 2 way if he hasn't already.

[Dynamix]

[Roscoe Sheed]

I was at the game tonight and it was fun.

I got nervous when LeBron got red hot, but happy they were able to hold them off.

In my section there were a few Clipper fans. Unfortunately one of them was quite antagonistic to the Laker fans- just leave them alone, they can always counter with "17 rings" and "this is as good as it is going to get for you a Clipper fan"- as some of them did.

Best to just enjoy your team's success- no need to rub their faces in it.

On a side note, in live action you can see that Beverley essentially commits 3-4 fouls on every play, especially when he is guarding a bigger player like Kawhi. Refs should blow the whistle!

[nickhx2]

i know some of you guys love beating the lakers, and for good reason

but i'll be damned if smoking them hasn't turned into a foregone conclusion, and therefore - boring

[esqtvd]

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[PeteyPablo]

Beating the Lakers with out Anthony Davis is nothing to boast about, but getting another win regardless of against who is the great thing here.

Clippers need to separate themselves from the playin teams.

They are starting to play like a contender but I won’t hold my breath that they maintain this level of play for more than 5 games.

They always let off the gas pedal thinking they can just turn it on anytime as if they are the Durant Warriors.

Hopefully they have been humbled this season.

[NickP]

A lot of positives from this and the last couple of games. Mann is getting used to playing with the starters and Reggie is actually pretty good to score on other benches. Powell is also showing us why we went after him. Just can't wait for Luke to come back. His 40% shooting from deep always creates problems for defenses.
Great road trip so far.

[Sofia]

You I couldn’t quite figure out why until now, but she’s got a weird head. I think she just has a tiny face.

Reminds me of this

[MartinToVaught]

i know some of you guys love beating the lakers, and for good reason

but i'll be damned if smoking them hasn't turned into a foregone conclusion, and therefore - boring

I'll take boring over the alternative any day of the week.

[Akklaim1]

i know some of you guys love beating the lakers, and for good reason

but i'll be damned if smoking them hasn't turned into a foregone conclusion, and therefore - boring

Not really? All time, they are 104-64 against us. Before 2012, it was a lot worse than that. It was 95-28 before our dominance since the CP3 trade. The fact that we needed a 36-9 dominance to “soften” it to 104-64 all time just speaks volume of how much we were owned by the Lakers especially in the Shaq era. So take every win against them like it was a Christmas present.

[LamarWho]

Beating the Lakers with out Anthony Davis is nothing to boast about, but getting another win regardless of against who is the great thing here.

Clippers need to separate themselves from the playin teams.

They are starting to play like a contender but I won’t hold my breath that they maintain this level of play for more than 5 games.

They always let off the gas pedal thinking they can just turn it on anytime as if they are the Durant Warriors.

Hopefully they have been humbled this season.

We beat 2 lottery teams and Dallas who's barely above .500. Until they actually start picking up some wins against quality teams, I woudn't say they are starting to play like a contender.

[clipperlover]

I just want to see us go on a string of wins. I don't care the records of the opponents. Just string together some wins. a 3 game winning streak as our longest is just not acceptable. Especially, when our longest losing streak is twice as long.

We need to start solidifying the rotation and make the roster moves that allow us to do that. RoCo needs more time. Moving Morris and Kennard could get us a quality return this year. While Kennard might be a great regular season shooter, he is going to be firmly planted to the bench for most of the playoffs. So, sell high.

Chicago and Indy are sitting 9 and 10. Maybe flipping Vucevic/Turner in a deal with the Clips could net them some quality players. I would even part with Slowass Brown in that deal. We could also look to get John Collins, but he doesn't give us another quality big.

[Roscoe Sheed]

I just want to see us go on a string of wins. I don't care the records of the opponents. Just string together some wins. a 3 game winning streak as our longest is just not acceptable. Especially, when our longest losing streak is twice as long.

We need to start solidifying the rotation and make the roster moves that allow us to do that. RoCo needs more time. Moving Morris and Kennard could get us a quality return this year. While Kennard might be a great regular season shooter, he is going to be firmly planted to the bench for most of the playoffs. So, sell high.

Chicago and Indy are sitting 9 and 10. Maybe flipping Vucevic/Turner in a deal with the Clips could net them some quality players. I would even part with Slowass Brown in that deal. We could also look to get John Collins, but he doesn't give us another quality big.

I want to part with Morris for the right deal, but would prefer to hang on to Kennard.

I think he can stay in the rotation in the playoffs- he did in 2021. He isn't as much of a defensive liability as he used to be and is one of the best shooters in the league.

[esqtvd]

Clippers need Reggie to do well for team reasons not just basketball reasons

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[Wammy Giveaway]

i know some of you guys love beating the lakers, and for good reason

but i'll be damned if smoking them hasn't turned into a foregone conclusion, and therefore - boring

Not really? All time, they are 104-64 against us. Before 2012, it was a lot worse than that. It was 95-28 before our dominance since the CP3 trade. The fact that we needed a 36-9 dominance to “soften” it to 104-64 all time just speaks volume of how much we were owned by the Lakers especially in the Shaq era. So take every win against them like it was a Christmas present.

The rivalry record is currently at 150-84 in favor of Lakers. It would take at least 17 years of 4-0 sweeps for Clippers to surpass the purple and gold.

Playoffs don't count; they're their own stat. Besides, both L.A. teams have yet to met each other in a playoff series. In the playoffs, only the series victory matters, knowing that the series is a best four out of seven.

But the Clippers should not just be feasting on the Lakers as if they're the only team that matters. There are other teams in the NBA to face, and every year that one team takes the next step to threatening the Clipper's quest to competitive maturity. I know about their creation of the Warriors in the 2012-13 season because Clippers didn't take them seriously due to their lottery team status. They still have a habit of turning lottery teams into title contenders, like when they lost the season series 1-3 to Pelicans that resulted in their disqualification from the play-in tournament. It's also looking like a season series loss to the Thunder this season would do more than just validate their side of the Paul George trade, OKC would be a playoff lock or at least a play-in contender should they encounter each other in the qualifier. And have the power to ultimately eliminate Clippers.

Clippers cannot just think that defeating Lakers will fix their ills. It's defeating every team, no matter how non-threatening they look.

[Akklaim1]

i know some of you guys love beating the lakers, and for good reason

but i'll be damned if smoking them hasn't turned into a foregone conclusion, and therefore - boring

Not really? All time, they are 104-64 against us. Before 2012, it was a lot worse than that. It was 95-28 before our dominance since the CP3 trade. The fact that we needed a 36-9 dominance to “soften” it to 104-64 all time just speaks volume of how much we were owned by the Lakers especially in the Shaq era. So take every win against them like it was a Christmas present.

The rivalry record is currently at 150-84 in favor of Lakers. It would take at least 17 years of 4-0 sweeps for Clippers to surpass the purple and gold.

Playoffs don't count; they're their own stat. Besides, both L.A. teams have yet to met each other in a playoff series. In the playoffs, only the series victory matters, knowing that the series is a best four out of seven.

But the Clippers should not just be feasting on the Lakers as if they're the only team that matters. There are other teams in the NBA to face, and every year that one team takes the next step to threatening the Clipper's quest to competitive maturity. I know about their creation of the Warriors in the 2012-13 season because Clippers didn't take them seriously due to their lottery team status. They still have a habit of turning lottery teams into title contenders, like when they lost the season series 1-3 to Pelicans that resulted in their disqualification from the play-in tournament. It's also looking like a season series loss to the Thunder this season would do more than just validate their side of the Paul George trade, OKC would be a playoff lock or at least a play-in contender should they encounter each other in the qualifier. And have the power to ultimately eliminate Clippers.

Clippers cannot just think that defeating Lakers will fix their ills. It's defeating every team, no matter how non-threatening they look.

I was only counting the LA series. I didn’t include the Buffalo and San Diego records

I’ve said this many times and I’ll say it again. As much as Dr. Buss gets praised as one of the best owners of all time (if not the best), he truly benefitted from the complete incompetence of Sterling. He had absolutely no competition in terms of attracting free agents or players that wanted to be traded to a bigger market. Imagine Buss competing with Ballmer? You don’t think Shaq would’ve flirted with the idea of signing with Ballmer? Or remember when Magic asked for a trade? What if he truly wanted to be traded but still wanted to stay in LA? You’d be a fool if you don’t think the Clippers would’ve been an option for him.

But yeah, it’s just a bunch of what ifs but you can’t help but wonder.

[esqtvd]

Not really? All time, they are 104-64 against us. Before 2012, it was a lot worse than that. It was 95-28 before our dominance since the CP3 trade. The fact that we needed a 36-9 dominance to “soften” it to 104-64 all time just speaks volume of how much we were owned by the Lakers especially in the Shaq era. So take every win against them like it was a Christmas present.

The rivalry record is currently at 150-84 in favor of Lakers. It would take at least 17 years of 4-0 sweeps for Clippers to surpass the purple and gold.

Playoffs don't count; they're their own stat. Besides, both L.A. teams have yet to met each other in a playoff series. In the playoffs, only the series victory matters, knowing that the series is a best four out of seven.

But the Clippers should not just be feasting on the Lakers as if they're the only team that matters. There are other teams in the NBA to face, and every year that one team takes the next step to threatening the Clipper's quest to competitive maturity. I know about their creation of the Warriors in the 2012-13 season because Clippers didn't take them seriously due to their lottery team status. They still have a habit of turning lottery teams into title contenders, like when they lost the season series 1-3 to Pelicans that resulted in their disqualification from the play-in tournament. It's also looking like a season series loss to the Thunder this season would do more than just validate their side of the Paul George trade, OKC would be a playoff lock or at least a play-in contender should they encounter each other in the qualifier. And have the power to ultimately eliminate Clippers.

Clippers cannot just think that defeating Lakers will fix their ills. It's defeating every team, no matter how non-threatening they look.

I was only counting the LA series. I didn’t include the Buffalo and San Diego records

I’ve said this many times and I’ll say it again. As much as Dr. Buss gets praised as one of the best owners of all time (if not the best), he truly benefitted from the complete incompetence of Sterling. He had absolutely no competition in terms of attracting free agents or players that wanted to be traded to a bigger market. Imagine Buss competing with Ballmer? You don’t think Shaq would’ve flirted with the idea of signing with Ballmer? Or remember when Magic asked for a trade? What if he truly wanted to be traded but still wanted to stay in LA? You’d be a fool if you don’t think the Clippers would’ve been an option for him.

But yeah, it’s just a bunch of what ifs but you can’t help but wonder.

Ace point. Kobe almost joined the Clippers DESPITE Sterling until Jerry West talked him out of it.

Kobe definitely would have jumped if Ballmer was the owner.


West on TNT:

I remember when he was going to leave the Lakers, and I’ve never really mentioned this to anyone. He was going to come and sign with the Clippers, who I’m now involved with as a consultant. And I told him, “Kobe, under no circumstances can you do this.” And he was mad at everyone at the Lakers, the owner, everyone else. I said, “Kobe you can’t go play with the Clippers. You can’t play for that owner. Period.” We had two conversations about. And he supposedly made a commitment to the Clippers. And after the last one, we talked the last time. But there’s so many things that we talked about as he was just seeking information. His parents were with him for a while. And, honestly, I felt like his father for two years.

[MartinToVaught]

I recall reading once that the second-place bid when Sterling bought the team was from Phil Knight. Imagining what the franchise could have been with all that Nike money and clout behind it is probably the most painful what-if of all.