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Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 10:04 pm
by og15
Win Or Lose, It Doesn't Matter
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 11:17 pm
by Wammy Giveaway
Even if the Clippers end up losing today's game to the Suns, they are guaranteed to win against the Pistons in their upcoming home game.
Per Basketball-Reference, Clippers are 11-1 in winning their games following back-to-back losses in the regular season.
Re: Win Or Lose, It Doesn't Matter
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 12:13 am
by LACtdom
Wammy Giveaway wrote:Even if the Clippers end up losing today's game to the Suns, they are guaranteed to win against the Pistons in their upcoming home game.
Per Basketball-Reference, Clippers are 11-1 in winning their games following back-to-back losses in the regular season.
I'm not sure if this is sarcasm lol
Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 1:06 am
by nickhx2
not sure wammy knows what guaranteed means.
Re: Win Or Lose, It Doesn't Matter
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 1:13 am
by Wammy Giveaway
LACtdom wrote:Wammy Giveaway wrote:Even if the Clippers end up losing today's game to the Suns, they are guaranteed to win against the Pistons in their upcoming home game.
Per Basketball-Reference, Clippers are 11-1 in winning their games following back-to-back losses in the regular season.
I'm not sure if this is sarcasm lol
That stat I posted,
it's real.
(
all under Doc Rivers)
Year 1:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAC/2014.htmlYear 2:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAC/2015.htmlLook at the Game Results bar.
Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 1:18 am
by nickhx2
11-1 means there's a loss in there, though
Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 1:27 am
by Wammy Giveaway
nickhx2 wrote:11-1 means there's a loss in there, though
But it does mean that the Clippers under Doc are exceeding likely to prevent 3-game losing streaks than succumbing to them. Doc treats his games like the playoffs. Theoretically, losing three games in a row is the equivalent of a playoff sweep. No NBA team has ever recovered from a 0-3 deficit in the playoffs. Doc takes these back-to-back losses pretty seriously.
Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 3:01 am
by Forte IV
Pablo and Austin will start
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Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 3:42 am
by BrotoNBA
LETS GO BLAKE, LETS GO
Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 3:56 am
by nickhx2
first few possessions were great on defense. austin has really come into his own.
lance has really gotta stop being bad lance. the starters could be unreal if we figured himself out.
Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 3:57 am
by LACtdom
Wammy Giveaway wrote:nickhx2 wrote:11-1 means there's a loss in there, though
But it does mean that the Clippers under Doc are exceeding likely to prevent 3-game losing streaks than succumbing to them. Doc treats his games like the playoffs. Theoretically, losing three games in a row is the equivalent of a playoff sweep. No NBA team has ever recovered from a 0-3 deficit in the playoffs. Doc takes these back-to-back losses pretty seriously.
But what's our record of getting out of the 2nd round?

I don't like to get too caught up in those kinds of stats. Let's hope for a win even without CP.
Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:17 am
by LACtdom
With DJ Injured, surely Aldridge will get some minutes.
Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:26 am
by nickhx2
hmm. kinda thinking lance needs to play with the second unit. i liked him with the first because there's a ton of potential there and i thought he did some good things. but lance seems to be his usual ball-dominating self off the bench, which is precisely what you want if you want someone to cannibalize crawford's usage.
getting wes 20 mpg would be pretty good for us, too i think.
Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:26 am
by og15
Missed the DJ injury, what happened?
Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:41 am
by LACtdom
og15 wrote:Missed the DJ injury, what happened?
He hurt his pec / shoulder on a block. was benched while trying to get feeling back into his fingers. He has come out again for the 2nd qtr so it is assumed it's just a 'stinger'.
Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:41 am
by nickhx2
really dunno. he kept waving it off, though. still in the game so i guess that's a good sign.
Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:42 am
by LACtdom
These injuries might be a blessing in disguise purely because it's giving our bench players more minutes to build chemistry and have shown some positive signs so far.
Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:44 am
by nickhx2
so, usually i don't care about dj's ft's because a bad shooter is a bad shooter.
but this year he is so bad that it's super -EV every possession he's hacked. but the worst part maybe is that doc's really mismanaging the hack a stuff so far. things like keeping crawford in on defense (lol?) when dj's gonna shoot anyway.
we really have to figure this out.
Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:45 am
by clip set
Yea 68 ortg for a quarter of every game isn't really sustainable
Re: Game 9: LA Clippers (5-3) vs Phoenix Suns (3-4)
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:46 am
by nickhx2
i also think dj hasn't really been the same guy he usually is or should be because the ft's are getting to him. the mavs stuff might be in his head a bit more than he'd like to admit, too.
also as i type this jamal passes up a wide open 3. this guy never ceases to amaze me. to doc's credit he pulls him pretty quickly.