GAME #12: fLAKERS @ CLIPPERS—WEDNESDAY 11/9 7 PM

[MartinToVaught]

really wish wall would stop taking so many 3's but i guess you gotta live with it. who knows, he might get better over time too

He's shooting 21% from three this year. This is where a coach needs to step in and get him to refocus on what he actually brings to the team. Instead Lue just watches the games.

It's glaring because when he's not chucking threes, he's fit this team like a glove in just about every other way.

[nickhx2]

can't complain about a nice lead with PG coming in fully rested and only 6m to go

[TheNewEra]

Plenty of time left in this one so don’t give them hope

[LamarWho]

Is RoCo still hurt? I hope he's not out of the rotation, that would be a big mistake. Batum has looked hella washed this season, RoCo should be ahead of him in the rotation.

[ejftw]

Big Government is back!

[Max Headrom]

Get these bums in yellow off my screen please...lol

[TheNewEra]

Big W

[nickhx2]

Get these bums in yellow off my screen please...lol

that's what i'm saying, man. who wants to watch this gutter trash? that last minute where the lakers just kinda passed the ball around not even bothering for the 3 was pitiable.

freaking lakers, my upper body workout is like an hour long today and i still gotta eat dinner!

[MartinToVaught]

Great win. Norm really got it going in the second half.

[TheNewEra]

Powell with the strong finish to this one.

[TheNewEra]

Have to find ways to get Roco back involved maybe lighten the minutes for George and spot Zu a few more rest minutes.

[Scoundreldays]

Great win, glad I was wrong on my previous prediction. On to God of War Ragnorak.

[Kelphus]

Great win. I savor fLaker beatdowns more than any other Clipper win.

I will sleep like a baby tonight, like I have now for nine Clippers v. fLakers wins in a row.

Lots of good tonight, one of the best was SEVEN guys in double figures.

All you toads who two years ago were saying dump PG13.... you still out there?

[Dynamix]

Other than the entire second quarter, Wall shooting way too many 3s, and T-Mann not playing enough minutes (keeping his confidence high should be a top priority), not much else to complain about. We got an expected win against a bottom tier opponent.

Nice to see Reggie and Norm slowly coming back to life. Zu might not get 20/10 every night, but this has been his most consistent stretch since we were gifted him (thanks, Magic).

Really looking forward to the Nets game. They've looked pretty solid with a new coach, no Kyrie distraction, getting Curry back, should be a nice test. Hopefully Simmons won't go off against us and crack double digits.

[esqtvd]

Lue needs to start Mann at PG. The Reggie era should be done with.

Reggie is plus+3 and Mann can't play the point

Wall has more minutes than either

no need to set one against the other everybody is contributing

Plus and minus can be misleading at times.

You're a great poster Nick. I'd just hate to see you fall in with a bad crowd. That idiot crowd keeps sliming Reggie every minute of every game and then if we fall behind by 10, saying the trade for Paul George was A BAD TRADE.

And the coach suks asss.

overandoverandover

This is why our game threads $UCK A$$. Our "moderator[s] $UCK A$$.

[NickP]

Reggie is plus+3 and Mann can't play the point

Wall has more minutes than either

no need to set one against the other everybody is contributing

Plus and minus can be misleading at times.

You're a great poster Nick. I'd just hate to see you fall in with a bad crowd. That idiot crowd keeps sliming Reggie every minute of every game and then if we fall behind by 10, saying the trade for Paul George was A BAD TRADE.

And the coach suks asss.

overandoverandover

This is why our game threads $UCK A$$. Our "moderator[s] $UCK A$$.

I know what you mean but there are times when a player simply doesn't have it for a season or a stretch of games.
The problem with Reggie handling the ball is he's not a good consistent distributor. Maybe Lue needs to play him as an off guard with the second unit.
As far as +/- goes, Wall may do better with the starters than Reggie.

[esqtvd]

Reggie is plus+3 and Mann can't play the point

Wall has more minutes than either

no need to set one against the other everybody is contributing

Plus and minus can be misleading at times.

Plus/minus isn't everything, but it's not nothing either. It's the only gametime metric that takes defense and all the non-boxscore "little things" like boxouts, deflections, secondary [hockey] assists, setting picks, etc. into account.

Reggie finished 7-14 for 14/3 and a plus+2 in 24 minutes; Wall 3-10 for 10/6 and plus+9 in 23. That's 24/9 for a plus+11 and we won by 13.

A perfect 50-50 split. I get irritated af when the game threads start douching one guy against another against the coach. They're all our guys.

And btw Ty deserves bigtime props investing PT in Norman instead of panicking and sticking in G-Leaguers. Another thing that annoys the fkkkkkkk out of me in the game threads. I'm not even a fan of his game but he's finally finding his feet here. 18 points and plus+4 = 24 valuable minutes.

[esqtvd]

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BTW--Zubac played another 36 minutes tonight. Finished minus-8. But when you rack up that many minutes night after night and barely touch the ball, your plus/minus is not on YOUR head.

25 years old, 30+ mpg, becoming the NBA's new Iron Man. I am SUPERproud of the seniorest Clipper.

[esqtvd]

Plus and minus can be misleading at times.

You're a great poster Nick. I'd just hate to see you fall in with a bad crowd. That idiot crowd keeps sliming Reggie every minute of every game and then if we fall behind by 10, saying the trade for Paul George was A BAD TRADE.

And the coach suks asss.

overandoverandover

This is why our game threads $UCK A$$. Our "moderator[s] $UCK A$$.

I know what you mean but there are times when a player simply doesn't have it for a season or a stretch of games.
The problem with Reggie handling the ball is he's not a good consistent distributor. Maybe Lue needs to play him as an off guard with the second unit.

As far as +/- goes, Wall may do better with the starters than Reggie.

There is no problem with either one. Reggie is a more solid leader and shooter, John is more spectacular passing and slashing. There are 48 minutes at point guard and nobody can play all 48. And Wall isn't playing back-to-backs so Reggie has to play 35+ on those nights.

Why does every game thread turn into Reggie sucks play Boston and we never should have traded for PG?

ffs man Reggie is a hero

This is why our game threads $UCK A$$. Our "moderator[s] $UCK A$$.

stand up


After a stellar performance by Paul George the Clippers took down the Lakers in the “battle for LA”
29 points
6 rebounds
4 assists

[nickhx2]

Other than the entire second quarter, Wall shooting way too many 3s, and T-Mann not playing enough minutes (keeping his confidence high should be a top priority), not much else to complain about. We got an expected win against a bottom tier opponent.

Nice to see Reggie and Norm slowly coming back to life. Zu might not get 20/10 every night, but this has been his most consistent stretch since we were gifted him (thanks, Magic).

Really looking forward to the Nets game. They've looked pretty solid with a new coach, no Kyrie distraction, getting Curry back, should be a nice test. Hopefully Simmons won't go off against us and crack double digits.

lakers are gutter trash that we've been dumpstering for a while and i'm mildly upset it took till the very end to put them away. if they didn't have reaves we woulda locked up the game by the middle of the 3rd and i'd have been able to go get some actual important things done lol

agree about reggie and norm. reggie even at THAT level alone is really useful as slashing, middle of the paint safety valve. but to me watching powell continue to do his thing with confidence and actually getting it done makes me feel really optimistic about the rest of the season.