ROUND 1, GAME #3 SUNS @ Clippers—THURS 7:30 PM NBA-TV/Bally

esqtvd · Post #1 » by **esqtvd** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 7:40 am

—8 points 6 rebs 0 assists in 29 minutes
—10 points 2 rebs 0 assists in 26 minutes
—0 points 1 reb 0 assists in 19 minutes
—2 points 2 rebs 0 assists in 14 minutes

that's a lot of nothing in a lot of minutes

people got to step up bigtime now
Kawhi and RWesty already doing their share
their max

c'mon!!
we can beat these punks!

The High Cyde · Post #2 » by **The High Cyde** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 7:49 pm

Kawhi ruled out for game 3, can’t make this up man

mttwlsn16 · Post #3 » by **mttwlsn16** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 7:51 pm

Lol wtf

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ejftw · Post #4 » by **ejftw** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 7:51 pm

Well, this sucks

The High Cyde · Post #5 » by **The High Cyde** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 7:54 pm

I think it’s due to the scheduling, his body just needs at least two days of rest if he’s playing such heavy minutes. But yeah, glad I didn’t buy tickets when I was about to. Ready for this era to be over man, title or no title, I’m becoming apathetic towards the franchise.

Gotta hope PG and Kawhi are back for game 4 and we can even it up.

donemilio21 · Post #6 » by **donemilio21** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:13 pm

what a BS! every **** time.

MartinToVaught · Post #7 » by **MartinToVaught** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:18 pm

This series is pretty much over now, and this era needs to be over too. So sick of this. :noway:

madmaxmedia · Post #8 » by **madmaxmedia** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:32 pm

Well, it could be a lot worse if we were down 0-2. I'm just going to assume he'll be back for Game 4, which will obviously be a season-on-the-line game.

Get that and I'm okay with a best out of 3 for the series.

MartinToVaught · Post #9 » by **MartinToVaught** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:36 pm

The High Cyde wrote:Gotta hope PG and Kawhi are back for game 4 and we can even it up.

I'd love to hope for that, but I've been a fan of this team for too long to expect any other outcome besides them both being out for the rest of the series. Even if they were both playing, it would have taken a miracle to win that game in that timeslot. Without them, forget it.

Clemenza · Post #10 » by **Clemenza** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:39 pm

This is wack! Whatever happens happens. Russ, Mann, Zu, Norm, Bones, RoCo, and maybe even Brandon Boston... have at it and go all out

LamarWho · Post #11 » by **LamarWho** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:50 pm

MMSr break out game tonight!!!

KL2 · Post #12 » by **KL2** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:01 pm

So what to believe. Is he done for the series and it’s a lie like last time? Or just an excuse to buy him some rest before game 4?

Too bad they were satisfied with the split on the road.

Scoundreldays · Post #13 » by **Scoundreldays** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:06 pm

This is a load of bull seriously! So sick of this crap, all that load managing and our 2 stars still get hurt.

clipperlover · Post #14 » by **clipperlover** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:07 pm

The entire Kawhi situation is actually going to be quite interesting. Clips obviously choosing between playing Kawhi today or on Saturday. So, they choose to rest that knee tonight. A loss tonight with him in the line-up and him sitting Saturday could put us down 3-1. Instead, the Clips make the chess move today on the Suns and screw up all of their game planning.

So, tonight, Phoenix is facing a lot of questions:
1. How much do they play their stars tonight because they still have the same matinee game on Saturday?
2. What is their defensive strategy?
3. Who will they see? Could Marcus Morris be making an appearance to body up Ayton?
4. Do they try to blow us out in order to get their stars on the bench by the 4th? Could their bench hold up?

If Suns take us too lightly, we could go lights out from deep on them and pick up the win. If we head into Saturday up 2-1, Phoenix is going to be demoralized. If we lose, we go into Saturday down 1-2 with a rested Kawhi coming back. In the end, 2-2 after 4 games is where the Series would be if both teams held their home court.

This latest development leads me to believe that PG isn't coming back until Game 5. Clips gambling they go back to Phoenix tied 2-2, steal game 5 and then crush the will of Phoenix in Game 6. Everyone knows how Chris Paul and Booker handled a 3-2 series lead last season.

KL78192020 · Post #15 » by **KL78192020** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:12 pm

Shouldve just rested Kawhi game 2 on the road.

clipperlover · Post #16 » by **clipperlover** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:12 pm

Scoundreldays wrote:This is a load of bull seriously! So sick of this crap, all that load managing and our 2 stars still get hurt.

PG was hurt in a freak basketball play. Could happen to anyone any night.

Clips about to go into a fast paced, up and down game tonight. Gordon, Hyland and Norm will be launching up a lot of 3s tonight and the offense will be swinging the ball all around the court tonight.

Quake Griffin · Post #17 » by **Quake Griffin** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:37 pm

We fought for the 8th seed to play the Worriers just to entice this guy.

Just lol.

Scoundreldays · Post #18 » by **Scoundreldays** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:38 pm

So is this actually a load management thing or is he legit hurt?

clipperlover · Post #19 » by **clipperlover** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:40 pm

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/36247669/source-clippers-rule-kawhi-leonard-game-3-vs-suns

Dynamix · Post #20 » by **Dynamix** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:46 pm

I hope Mook starts instead of Kawhi. If we're going down, at least let's make it entertaining.

This was supposed to be fun...