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I may be paranoid but I keep thinking Jamal is purposely playing horrible and shooting 28% recently so he can't be traded.

I have the Lakers broadcast for this one.......

It's good picture quality but I don't like the audio. We've given up too many 3s and fouled more than I'd like in the 3rd.

This is annoying. The Lakers just refuse to be down by 20. They just won't go away.

I'm a Chargers fan and when I lived in the LA area I don't remember anyone really caring about them. I guess my football team will be hated by most.

As for our Clippers we just need to hold off the Lakers in the 4th. We're doing an ok job right now.

LACtdom wrote:I may be paranoid but I keep thinking Jamal is purposely playing horrible and shooting 28% recently so he can't be traded.

He'll be eligible to be moved starting tomorrow.

Commentators mentioned that the next 10/11 will be on the road and we have the toughest remaining schedule. Hopefully we can finish this game strong and build some momentum.

I think I'll say this every game, Crawford shouldn't shoot anymore

Jamal needs to stop

LACtdom wrote:I may be paranoid but I keep thinking Jamal is purposely playing horrible and shooting 28% recently so he can't be traded.

that's just crazy talk. jamal is actually this bad of a player.

I believe DJ has 24 points and 20 rebounds, I could be wrong

ugh i'm so tired of the announcers apologizing for jamal crawford.

and dj is now up to 24/21. not bad

I could get used to these 20/20 games from DJ.

My wife cut herself on accident, so I missed the final 2:30. Glad we won easily, this one was fun to watch. I'm sure I'll get the Clippers broadcast next time.

thanumba2clippersfan wrote:My wife cut herself on accident, so I missed the final 2:30. Glad we won easily, this one was fun to watch. I'm sure I'll get the Clippers broadcast next time.

Ouch. I hope it's not too serious.

It wasn't too bad, just had to help her with it

nickhx2 wrote:

LACtdom wrote:I may be paranoid but I keep thinking Jamal is purposely playing horrible and shooting 28% recently so he can't be traded.

that's just crazy talk. jamal is actually this bad of a player.

Doc Rivers just told him to keep shooting more..and that was before this game. I don't see how this theory holds water.

had an old school LA Lakers fan over to my house for this game. what a great fun... he has his oldest son at my wife's age and we are all from LA area who settled down here in a little farming town in Oregon. glad we won and didn't give away any more ammunition to his old team... but we are both dodger fans and share a disdain for the local team Blazers... haha. he is only 3 years away from getting his Medi-Care and Social Security. of course he talked a ton about his old running and gunning 80's Magic's Lakers. and I am telling you boys here, man we have got to win some rings. Boy I'm glad big ole Steve is our owner and not Donald Da DirtBag Sterling...

anywho.

what's the record now? a 7 games back from the golden tards? when we lost BG and CP, I thought this season was over while having to endure what was it, a 6 game skid? but even after all that we are just that few games back? it will all come down to who's healthy to start the playoffs. it is all about jocky-ing seeding position until then to get ahead within the top 3 spots. 3 games back from Houston, 4 games back from SA. I think they are well within reach and both teams are just 1 major injury away (say Harden and Leonard out for a month) from a total collapse. I think the Warriors today have more holes defensively than ever before in the last 3 seasons ( this one included) and our full strength is better than anyone else in the West. the old school Lakers were a team built around their PG and a C. we may not have a C with a skyhook, but we do have Blake who can compensate for the offensive output while DJ surely can hold his own defensively. we may not match the 80's lakers (and really, nobody can outside of the 80's Celts) but we do look alot like the late 80's Pistons that beat those Lakers, CP is probably better than IT, JJ is surely the better shooter over Joe D, we have Jamal to match Vinnie, Blake to match and probably better than Laimbeer, DJ is much better than Buddah Edwards, Mo is better than Spider Salley, the only player that is better at their positon over ours is Dennis Rodman but our 3s have similar defensive traits with 3 range Rodman never had.

I know it is a different era, and clearly a different game. but the winners that rise and fall, have similar values according to their times. I do believe we have those traits of the teams that both could fall into obscurity and rise to prominence. last couple of years this team peaked early and fell when it counted the most. this team, this year, seems like a team that is destined to rise when it counts the most.