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sunsbg wrote:Between Okogie and Craig, I feel like Torrey has a better chance to slow down Kawhi. He's been more consistent lately on offense too.

sunsbg wrote:Between Okogie and Craig, I feel like Torrey has a better chance to slow down Kawhi. He's been more consistent lately on offense too.

PittsburghSuns wrote:This game is a week away brutal. PG might be healthy by then…..

SunsRback4Good wrote:

PittsburghSuns wrote:This game is a week away brutal. PG might be healthy by then…..

There is nothing we can do about it but thank Adam Silver for his brilliant play/in idea.

PittsburghSuns wrote:This game is a week away brutal. PG might be healthy by then…..

Sources: Clippers star Paul George is expected to be sidelined to begin the first-round playoff series against the Suns, but is making some tangible progress from his March 21 knee injury.

pj0tr wrote:

PittsburghSuns wrote:This game is a week away brutal. PG might be healthy by then…..

The Clippers team the Suns played 2 years ago was better overall than this one.

Kawhi is back yes, but PG will be just coming back, and literally every single player on the Clippers is worse with the exception of Zubac and Powell - and to be fair, while Powell is hot and cold, he can swing games by himself with his ability to get to the FT line - so limiting the fouling, will be key.

And with Zubac, if playoff DA shows up, I think he easily outplays Zubac - if he doesn't show up, then things get dicey.

Bold814 wrote:When will we know the game time and when the rest of the games of the series will be played? Is it after the play-ins are done?

bwgood77 wrote:

pj0tr wrote:

PittsburghSuns wrote:This game is a week away brutal. PG might be healthy by then…..

The Clippers team the Suns played 2 years ago was better overall than this one.

Kawhi is back yes, but PG will be just coming back, and literally every single player on the Clippers is worse with the exception of Zubac and Powell - and to be fair, while Powell is hot and cold, he can swing games by himself with his ability to get to the FT line - so limiting the fouling, will be key.

And with Zubac, if playoff DA shows up, I think he easily outplays Zubac - if he doesn't show up, then things get dicey.

Well, lets say George is healthy, they are starting Kawhi, Westbrook and Eric Gordon vs that team starting Beverley, Reggie Jackson and Marcus Morris.

They still have Marcus Morris but he's a bench player. They went small and started Terrance Mann a couple times and they also still have him as a bench guy.

Now their bench is Powell, Plumlee, Morris, Batum, Covington, and Bones Hyland vs their old bench of Batum, Kennard, Rondo, Cousin and either Mann or Plumlee (whoever didn't start).

What will kill them is George likely being out. Of course we have KD though instead of a young Bridges, Cam and Jae Crowder. We had Saric then (who played pretty well in that series shooting 44% from 3).

Saberestar wrote:

bwgood77 wrote:

pj0tr wrote:
The Clippers team the Suns played 2 years ago was better overall than this one.

Kawhi is back yes, but PG will be just coming back, and literally every single player on the Clippers is worse with the exception of Zubac and Powell - and to be fair, while Powell is hot and cold, he can swing games by himself with his ability to get to the FT line - so limiting the fouling, will be key.

And with Zubac, if playoff DA shows up, I think he easily outplays Zubac - if he doesn't show up, then things get dicey.

Well, lets say George is healthy, they are starting Kawhi, Westbrook and Eric Gordon vs that team starting Beverley, Reggie Jackson and Marcus Morris.

They still have Marcus Morris but he's a bench player. They went small and started Terrance Mann a couple times and they also still have him as a bench guy.

Now their bench is Powell, Plumlee, Morris, Batum, Covington, and Bones Hyland vs their old bench of Batum, Kennard, Rondo, Cousin and either Mann or Plumlee (whoever didn't start).

What will kill them is George likely being out. Of course we have KD though instead of a young Bridges, Cam and Jae Crowder. We had Saric then (who played pretty well in that series shooting 44% from 3).

Shams has tweeted that PG is out for the first round.

bwgood77 wrote:

Saberestar wrote:

bwgood77 wrote:
Well, lets say George is healthy, they are starting Kawhi, Westbrook and Eric Gordon vs that team starting Beverley, Reggie Jackson and Marcus Morris.

They still have Marcus Morris but he's a bench player. They went small and started Terrance Mann a couple times and they also still have him as a bench guy.

Now their bench is Powell, Plumlee, Morris, Batum, Covington, and Bones Hyland vs their old bench of Batum, Kennard, Rondo, Cousin and either Mann or Plumlee (whoever didn't start).

What will kill them is George likely being out. Of course we have KD though instead of a young Bridges, Cam and Jae Crowder. We had Saric then (who played pretty well in that series shooting 44% from 3).

Shams has tweeted that PG is out for the first round.

Oh, I thought he tweeted the he was expected to be out to begin the first round. Maybe there was an update or I misread though.

But even then, it's hard to know how fast someone gets better. He could miss two rounds if they advance or suddenly feel a lot better. Seem like everyone said Book was out at least two weeks during the Pels series and he came back in less than a week.