GAME 63: Clippers (43-19) @ Pelicans (26-34)—Monday 5PM PDT

TheNewEra · Post #21 » by **TheNewEra** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 1:54 am

Welp one final quarter to go in this mess

RingColluder · Post #22 » by **RingColluder** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 1:55 am

MartinToVaught wrote:Sure wish we got PG tonight instead of Playoff P.

I've said it and continue to be proven more and more correct: If Kawhi left this team with PG at the helm we'd be a lottery team.

MartinToVaught · Post #23 » by **MartinToVaught** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 1:58 am

Read on Twitter

Big game with potential seeding implications, the team's getting some national media attention going into it, and Playoff P is mentally crumbling against a bad lottery-bound opponent.

There's still a quarter left, but still... not a good look.

RingColluder · Post #24 » by **RingColluder** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 1:59 am

MartinToVaught wrote:

Read on Twitter

Big game with potential seeding implications, the team's getting some national media attention going into it, and Playoff P is mentally crumbling against a bad lottery-bound opponent.

There's still a quarter left, but still... not a good look.

Why are you surprised? He's the fakest star in the league. No one has worse "low's" than he does making max money (maybe KAT) especially when it matters most like today.

TheNewEra · Post #25 » by **TheNewEra** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:02 am

Time for Oturu

MartinToVaught · Post #26 » by **MartinToVaught** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:03 am

RingColluder wrote:
MartinToVaught wrote:

Read on Twitter

Big game with potential seeding implications, the team's getting some national media attention going into it, and Playoff P is mentally crumbling against a bad lottery-bound opponent.

There's still a quarter left, but still... not a good look.

Why are you surprised? He's the fakest star in the league. No one has worse "low's" than he does making max money (maybe KAT) especially when it matters most like today.

I'm not surprised. I don't trust him at all, don't think he deserved the contract extension, and have advocated for trading him this offseason if we lose in the first or second round. Doesn't mean it isn't disappointing.

TheNewEra · Post #27 » by **TheNewEra** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:03 am

RingColluder wrote:
MartinToVaught wrote:

Read on Twitter

Big game with potential seeding implications, the team's getting some national media attention going into it, and Playoff P is mentally crumbling against a bad lottery-bound opponent.

There's still a quarter left, but still... not a good look.

Why are you surprised? He's the fakest star in the league. No one has worse "low's" than he does making max money (maybe KAT) especially when it matters most like today.

You two really need to relax

Post #28 » by **og15** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:05 am

Turnovers, turnovers and more turnovers. Always tough to win if you turn it over so much

MartinToVaught · Post #29 » by **MartinToVaught** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:07 am

TheNewEra wrote:You two really need to relax

I am relaxed. I'm not a blind hater, I give PG tons of praise when he has good games, but performances like this are still alarming and worth noting. If PG is going to wilt under pressure like this in the limelight more often than not, this team has a much lower ceiling than people thought it did when it was constructed.

TheNewEra · Post #30 » by **TheNewEra** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:12 am

Boogie getting all the charges Harrell got before lol

TheNewEra · Post #31 » by **TheNewEra** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:14 am

MartinToVaught wrote:
TheNewEra wrote:You two really need to relax

I am relaxed. I'm not a blind hater, I give PG tons of praise when he has good games, but performances like this are still alarming and worth noting. If PG is going to wilt under pressure like this in the limelight more often than not, this team has a much lower ceiling than people thought it did when it was constructed.

Every star is due for a off game and everyone was off this game

TheNewEra · Post #32 » by **TheNewEra** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:14 am

Now Patterson hits

Post #33 » by **og15** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:15 am

Every game from now on will have seeding implications, so I'm not really going to say this game has more than last game did or the next one will.

Basically the Clippers need to win every game ideally for the best seeding plan.

MartinToVaught · Post #34 » by **MartinToVaught** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:16 am

TheNewEra wrote:
MartinToVaught wrote:
TheNewEra wrote:You two really need to relax

I am relaxed. I'm not a blind hater, I give PG tons of praise when he has good games, but performances like this are still alarming and worth noting. If PG is going to wilt under pressure like this in the limelight more often than not, this team has a much lower ceiling than people thought it did when it was constructed.

Every star is due for a off game and everyone was off this game

It's not a coincidence that PG's "off game" happened in an important seeding game with the media ranking us highly in the power rankings. He wilts under pressure. We can't really be surprised if he has another Mavs series type of performance in the playoffs.

Post #35 » by **og15** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:25 am

MartinToVaught wrote:
TheNewEra wrote:
MartinToVaught wrote:I am relaxed. I'm not a blind hater, I give PG tons of praise when he has good games, but performances like this are still alarming and worth noting. If PG is going to wilt under pressure like this in the limelight more often than not, this team has a much lower ceiling than people thought it did when it was constructed.

Every star is due for a off game and everyone was off this game

It's not a coincidence that PG's "off game" happened in an important seeding game with the media ranking us highly in the power rankings. He wilts under pressure. We can't really be surprised if he has another Mavs series type of performance in the playoffs.

Why is this game a more important seeding game than the Houston game? I'm not getting how this game importance ranking is working.

Wednesday vs Phoenix is a more important seeding game, Clippers can get the Suns to 19 losses, and one loss closer to having the same as them. Playing the team or teams ahead of you in the standungs is the only guaranteed chance to give them a loss, every other game vs other teams to get a win is equally as important.

RingColluder · Post #36 » by **RingColluder** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:32 am

Clippers had 2 days off in a must win game and PG plays like garbage. 9 pts 3 assists 4 turnovers is inexcusable.

We will go as far as PG takes us (or depending on how low his floor is). This was a very sour game, he must bounce back against Phoenix.

Max Headrom · Post #37 » by **Max Headrom** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:47 am

Some of these posters would rather take being "right" over the Clippers winning a chip...lol

RingColluder · Post #38 » by **RingColluder** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:52 am

Max Headrom wrote:Some of these posters would rather take being "right" over the Clippers winning a chip...lol

We should've won this game in our sleep. Another troubling game where the more we see of the same team, the worse we look. It's not about being "right' it's about seeing what's in front of our faces.

When we end up playing the Lakers or Mavs in a 6-7 round 1 game series vs. what could have been an easy 4-0 game sweep vs the Spurs or Grizzlies this will be the game that cost us.

PG had 5 points in the first 2 mins of the game, scored only 4 after that.How is this humanly possible?

Since it always seems to happen when things go the opposite way... seems like the PG fan club is awfully silent tonight. *shrug*

MartinToVaught · Post #39 » by **MartinToVaught** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 3:30 am

og15 wrote:Why is this game a more important seeding game than the Houston game? I'm not getting how this game importance ranking is working.

This game was easier on paper than the upcoming Suns and Nuggets games. We really needed this win tonight. Instead, thanks to Playoff P's chokejob, we might be stuck in the 4th seed by the end of the week and facing a very possible first-round exit against the Lakers (the most catastrophic outcome to the season). That's why it was important.

MartinToVaught · Post #40 » by **MartinToVaught** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 3:33 am

RingColluder wrote:
Max Headrom wrote:Some of these posters would rather take being "right" over the Clippers winning a chip...lol

We should've won this game in our sleep. Another troubling game where the more we see of the same team, the worse we look. It's not about being "right' it's about seeing what's in front of our faces.

When we end up playing the Lakers or Mavs in a 6-7 round 1 game series vs. what could have been an easy 4-0 game sweep vs the Spurs or Grizzlies this will be the game that cost us.

PG had 5 points in the first 2 mins of the game, scored only 4 after that.How is this humanly possible?

Since it always seems to happen when things go the opposite way... seems like the PG fan club is awfully silent tonight. *shrug*

You're not wrong, but why are you complaining about possibly facing the Lakers in the first round when you were just saying a couple days ago that you wanted the Lakers in the first round?