Clips 12-10 in the Russ Era

Memories · Post #301 » by **Memories** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 5:51 am

HotRocks34 wrote:Huge win tonight at home against the Ja-less Grizzlies (always a tough opponent).

Clips were down 15 points at the end of the third quarter. But they ended the game on like a 28-8 run and got the first win of the Russ Era.

It wasn’t just Ja, they were without Brooks, Adams, and Clarke.

That’s 3 starters and a key reserve player.

xb3at band1tx · Post #302 » by **xb3at band1tx** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 5:52 am

That should've been a Clippers blowout considering who the Grizzlies are missing. That Clippers D has just not been there this year but I will say they scoring has looked fine post-asb.

xb3at band1tx · Post #303 » by **xb3at band1tx** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 5:53 am

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Beethoven · Post #304 » by **Beethoven** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 5:53 am

BIG win by Russ, George, and Kawhi over the skeleton crew grizz

Raps in 4 · Post #305 » by **Raps in 4** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 5:58 am

The league has been put on notice.

EmperorLocky · Post #306 » by **EmperorLocky** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 5:59 am

I hope this was Russ

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HotRocks34 · Post #307 » by **HotRocks34** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 6:00 am

Memories wrote:
HotRocks34 wrote:Huge win tonight at home against the Ja-less Grizzlies (always a tough opponent).

Clips were down 15 points at the end of the third quarter. But they ended the game on like a 28-8 run and got the first win of the Russ Era.

It wasn’t just Ja, they were without Brooks, Adams, and Clarke.

That’s 3 starters and a key reserve player.

And in the Kings game LA lost 128-127 in Sacramento the other day, the Clippers were missing 3 starters (Leonard, Morris, Zubac) and a key reserve player (Powell). While Sacto was basically at full strength.

Tonight was a HUGE win. Especially considering how the game flow went.

AussieCeltic · Post #308 » by **AussieCeltic** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 6:03 am

Update the thread title! Put some respect on Westbrooks name.

1-5 Let's gooooo

MavsDirk41 · Post #309 » by **MavsDirk41** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 6:03 am

Clipps about to go on a run

HotRocks34 · Post #310 » by **HotRocks34** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 6:28 am

Late game MEM-LAC highlights -- Kawhi transition dunk and Russ bully-ball and-1 with the flex

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axeman23 · Post #311 » by **axeman23** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 7:10 am

AussieCeltic wrote:Update the thread title! Put some respect on Westbrooks name.

1-5 Let's gooooo

lonzo_pelota · Post #312 » by **lonzo_pelota** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 7:11 am

does tonights win really count if they let a grizzlies team without Ja Morant , dillion brooks, steve adams & brandon clarke score 51 in the 3rd quarter?

HotRocks34 · Post #313 » by **HotRocks34** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 7:31 am

MEM-LAC postgame sound as well as some LAC lineup data.

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Wammy Giveaway · Post #314 » by **Wammy Giveaway** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 7:34 am

lonzo_pelota wrote:does tonights win really count if they let a grizzlies team without Ja Morant , dillion brooks, steve adams & brandon clarke score 51 in the 3rd quarter?

No. As a matter of fact, this is a hollow victory. For all intents and purposes, it was a trap game.

Clippers are such a difficult team to figure out. One minute, they're playing fine. The next, they're playing putrid. Clippers are afraid, plain and simple.

It was only when the whole world was writing their epitaph that Clippers started turning things around. Gang up on them with the most negative things you can think of to break the team up, and they'll be forced to respond. This is why they did so well in the 2021 NBA Playoffs; the fear of being down 3-0 in a playoff series, where no team has ever recovered, straightened them out.

I have a feeling Steve Ballmer played a part. Perhaps he said to Lue, "Win this, or you're fired." Had they lost, Clippers would have just tanked remainder of the season and blow it up, even without a draft pick. At least now, everyone in Clippers know they're on the hot seat. That's why I made the post a few weeks ago.

The mere fact Clippers have to be literally threatened by something for the sake of motivation is why I still have issues with this team. I want them to succeed, but not like this.

McBubbles · Post #315 » by **McBubbles** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 7:56 am

xb3at band1tx wrote:

Read on Twitter
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Surely this can't be true.

Edit - Tis not true.

Double Edit - My bad, it is true!

dhsilv2 · Post #316 » by **dhsilv2** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 8:26 am

Raps in 4 wrote:The league has been put on notice.

obligatory, world biggest simp/soy boy

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dhsilv2 · Post #317 » by **dhsilv2** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 8:32 am

McBubbles wrote:
xb3at band1tx wrote:

Read on Twitter
?s=20

Surely this can't be true.

Edit - Tis not true.

This is the last win I can find. https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202203210CLE.html

Is that not right?

McBubbles · Post #318 » by **McBubbles** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 8:49 am

dhsilv2 wrote:
McBubbles wrote:
xb3at band1tx wrote:

Read on Twitter
?s=20

Surely this can't be true.

Edit - Tis not true.

This is the last win I can find. https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202203210CLE.html

Is that not right?

Oh ****, I guess it is true! My bad. I had a look on basketball reference and sorted his 2022 season by Games Started but I guess I just looked at it wrong the first time.

Westbrook's teams prior to his past game had lost 20 consecutive games with him as a starter, damn.

Post #319 » by **Harry Garris** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 2:05 pm

HotRocks34 wrote:MEM-LAC postgame sound as well as some LAC lineup data.

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The lineup data is showing exactly what it was expected to show. You can play Russ in lineups without a true center, but if you're going to put Plumlee or Zubac out there you need to have Mann in the game.

Last night was a clear example. The Clippers offense was by far at its best in the 4th when they benched the centers, and they defended better too.

hardenASG13 · Post #320 » by **hardenASG13** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 2:31 pm

Harry Garris wrote:
HotRocks34 wrote:MEM-LAC postgame sound as well as some LAC lineup data.

Read on Twitter

The lineup data is showing exactly what it was expected to show. You can play Russ in lineups without a true center, but if you're going to put Plumlee or Zubac out there you need to have Mann in the game.

Last night was a clear example. The Clippers offense was by far at its best in the 4th when they benched the centers, and they defended better too.

And to think OKC always had him out there with a slow center with zero range (Perkins and Adam's, with perk not able to catch lobs, roll, or dunk dump of passes easily). Plus they also had the worst offensive wing in the league in Roberson next to them to boot, for several seasons. It's crazy he and KD are criticized for not winning a title there, and KD is criticized for leaving OKC, when their rosters and personnel were such a joke and bad fit for their two superstars.