GAME #33: HORNETS @ Clippers Wednesday 12/20 7:30 PM--ESPN

esqtvd · Post #1 » by **esqtvd** » Wed Dec 21, 2022 8:59 pm

Two days off without games or practices was a welcome respite for the team, which hosts Charlotte on Wednesday before a five-game trip that includes stops in Boston and Philadelphia.

The Clippers will have a full, healthy roster for the first time in weeks. Coach Tyronn Lue said that “everybody” will be available to play, meaning Paul George, Reggie Jackson, Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac will suit up.

https://www.dailynews.com/2022/12/20/clippers-expect-a-full-healthy-roster-against-hornets/

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KL2 · Post #2 » by **KL2** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 2:09 am

Full healthy roster tonight…. Am I dreaming?

nickhx2 · Post #3 » by **nickhx2** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 2:58 am

KL2 wrote:Full healthy roster tonight…. Am I dreaming?

ya kinda expected we'd see a full lineup tonight given the nice weekend break. figured lue and the FO has been penciling this one in for a while.

esqtvd · Post #4 » by **esqtvd** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 3:22 am

nickhx2 wrote:
KL2 wrote:Full healthy roster tonight…. Am I dreaming?

ya kinda expected we'd see a full lineup tonight given the nice weekend break. figured lue and the FO has been penciling this one in for a while.

Season starts tonight!! :rocking:

nickhx2 · Post #5 » by **nickhx2** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 3:31 am

not for nothing, but a lot of the early season overachievers have been taking some significant L's over the past week.

utah, sacramento, and especially portland - which is helping us separate ourselves away from the play-in picture, and giving us a chance to jump into a top 4 seed, especially with guys getting healthy.

if any time is the time to start getting healthy and to build cohesion, it's gotta be now

Scoundreldays · Post #6 » by **Scoundreldays** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 3:34 am

Has felt like forever since we last played

esqtvd · Post #7 » by **esqtvd** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 3:37 am

Scoundreldays wrote:Has felt like forever since we last played

We haven't had 3 1/2 consecutive days off since January 2016.

I just made that up

but it's probably true.

esqtvd · Post #8 » by **esqtvd** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 3:42 am

nickhx2 wrote:not for nothing, but a lot of the early season overachievers have been taking some significant L's over the past week.

utah, sacramento, and especially portland - which is helping us separate ourselves away from the play-in picture, and giving us a chance to jump into a top 4 seed, especially with guys getting healthy.

if any time is the time to start getting healthy and to build cohesion, it's gotta be now

At 18-14 and only 2 games out of first, these guys are already heroes.

And BTW, Brian just said our starting lineup is 5-0.

Scoundreldays · Post #9 » by **Scoundreldays** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 4:22 am

Great 1st, I'm liking what I see.

nickhx2 · Post #10 » by **nickhx2** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 4:28 am

i'd say kawhi and pg maybe could get some early rest if the blowout continues like this, but the team needs the reps together lol

TheNewEra · Post #11 » by **TheNewEra** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 4:28 am

Soon as I turn on the game someone got hurt

Scoundreldays · Post #12 » by **Scoundreldays** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 4:30 am

TheNewEra wrote:Soon as I turn on the game someone got hurt

Who? I'm at the gym now

Akklaim1 · Post #13 » by **Akklaim1** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 4:32 am

LOL did they just show a Modelo-style Clipper commercial?

Post #14 » by **og15** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 4:52 am

Hornets, wow

esqtvd · Post #15 » by **esqtvd** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 5:10 am

lead down to 26

MartinToVaught · Post #16 » by **MartinToVaught** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 5:35 am

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That's got to sting for Hornets fans.

esqtvd · Post #17 » by **esqtvd** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 5:59 am

Read on Twitter

That's got to sting for Hornets fans.

The Hornets org treated Batum honorably by setting him free with the buyout. He never lived up to his megacontract and they both needed to move on. Nico could not give them what they needed for that kind of money.

No hard feelings. Gentlemen on both sides. Nico has signed with the Clippers twice [3 times?] now for less money than he could have got elsewhere. We are his home.

Maybe not Iguodala with the Warriors. But close.

"It's easy! Wide open jump shot??" [Nico's postgame interview]

Scoundreldays · Post #18 » by **Scoundreldays** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 6:00 am

So apparently next Tuesday the Clippers are playing the Tuesdays lol funny typo

PeteyPablo · Post #19 » by **PeteyPablo** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 11:42 am

Home game , a win for the home team.

Clippers finished with 27 turnovers. What is happening with those lazy passes ??

Nicolas Batum is very valuable to the team in my opinion. He does things on both ends.

He said in an Instagram post the other day that having Kawhi and PG , he does not have to create and just catches and shoots.

Next gives game :

Friday at 76ers

Monday at Pistons
Tuesday at Raptors
Thursday at Celtics
Saturday at Pacers

clipperlover · Post #20 » by **clipperlover** » Thu Dec 22, 2022 6:53 pm

Clips had a great chance to significantly lower their OPPG, but went on cruise control.

One positive item to keep an eye on is that the Clips have played 22 conference game vs the Grizzlies 16 and the Kings 12. Denver has the same number of conference games played as us. Phoenix has the most at 24. The Griz and Kings may fall back some making up the difference in those games.