GAME #82: LAC (49-32) @ GSW (48-33)—SUN 4/13 12:30 PM, ESPN

KL2 · Post #21 » by **KL2** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:44 pm

Harden looks lost.

KL2 · Post #22 » by **KL2** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:48 pm

Hopefully that kick starts Powell because he was a hot mess.

Knew it wouldn’t be easy but you gotta play smart and with urgency.

Anyone from the bench going to step up? They’ve been trash and Lue won’t try something different.

Need 2 of these 3 (DJJ/Bogi/Powell) to contribute.

LamarWho · Post #23 » by **LamarWho** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:57 pm

Bench production is next to nonexistent. Powell needs to get going in the 2nd half.

KL2 · Post #24 » by **KL2** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 9:04 pm

Harden with the dumb behind the back pass turnover.

WTF is wrong with Powell?

Draymond hitting his 3’s. Daring him to shoot is working perfectly.

Get Powell out. Seriously he’s killing us out there. People really think he’s better than Reaves lol.

KL2 · Post #25 » by **KL2** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 9:22 pm

I know Leonard needs rest but I fear him sitting the rest of the 3rd.

4 fouls on Bogi.

Harden with some stupid turnovers. My word. :banghead:

Fears confirmed with Leonard on the bench.

The playoffs will be way more intense than today and several players choking.

HardenGoat · Post #26 » by **HardenGoat** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 9:38 pm

This is a snapshot of playoffs. Quite a few touch fouls on Butler though.

LamarWho · Post #27 » by **LamarWho** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 9:39 pm

I expect the whistle to go their way in the 4th. No brainer who Adam Silver wants the Lakers to play against in the 1st round.

KL2 · Post #28 » by **KL2** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 9:43 pm

Get Dunn back in there.

The mental lapses are alarming.

Need Leonard to get selfish. They have no one who can guard him.

KL2 · Post #29 » by **KL2** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 9:56 pm

Harden with some of the costliest mistakes I’ve ever seen.

Dunn not fight in through screens and Zu not even in boo distance with Curry.

Post #30 » by **og15** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 9:58 pm

KL2 wrote:Harden with some of the costliest mistakes I’ve ever seen.

Too much stress

KL2 · Post #31 » by **KL2** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:03 pm

Fudge. Great all night and miss a shot he usually nails. I’d rather live and die with him though.

Don’t need this OT with too many guys messing the bed.

KL2 · Post #32 » by **KL2** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:07 pm

Harden with 2 big ball 3’s. Holy bleep.

Daring Draymond to shoot is just awful.

Lucked out there. That was a pass lol.

Leonard carried us all game. Harden carrying us in OT. Special.

One of the biggest coaching challenges. Win but no more timeouts.

Leonard rough OT. Bad news. Good news is that he was able to play the entire 4th and OT.

FFS missed a ft.

If someone had stepped up we could afforded him some rest.

KL2 · Post #33 » by **KL2** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:25 pm

Thank goodness that is over. I need several drinks.

Going to need Batum back healthy.

Need Powell to figure out whatever the hell is wrong with him. Bogi too.

Leonard and Harden can not do it all themselves.

Post #34 » by **TrueLAfan** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:30 pm

Okay, that was a playoff game. Absolutely. And it was on the road against the the hottest team in the league. (Maybe second to us. 8-)

) Was it perfect? Games rarely are. Did it test us big time? Omigod, yes. Did we come up on top? Yup.

I'll have some of those drinks too, KL2

Scoundreldays · Post #35 » by **Scoundreldays** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:33 pm

Damn that was a hell of a game! Now let's get revenge on the Nuggets and get rid of that demon

Ballings7 · Post #36 » by **Ballings7** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:33 pm

One heck of a way to end this season

All in all -- good stuff .. national tv and a big game win for this team on the road.. swept the Warriors for the year

Kris Dunn continuing to play pretty well, and continuing to hit his threes is really nice sign. The supporting cast didn't really show up today unfortunately, can't have that too much going forward.

Batum was heavily missed it seems.. hopefully he'll be ready to go for game 1 or game 2.

Getting Denver I think is a decent match up for this team. They are one of the more flawed teams in the playoff group.. let Jokic score and contain everyone else. Their bench should be worse than Clips.

Ksny13 · Post #37 » by **Ksny13** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:37 pm

No matter what happens in the playoffs I don’t see how anyone can be disappointed in what this team did. 50 when season in a stacked West. And almost everyone said they would struggle to be 500. Crazy.

LamarWho · Post #38 » by **LamarWho** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:38 pm

Well Denver it is. I think it will come down to how good Murray is gonna be.

clipperlover · Post #39 » by **clipperlover** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:41 pm

Good team win. Clips have more to give. They certainly made plays that they better not make in the playoffs. Lazy passes.

Curry got hot, bur the Clips moved Kawhi onto him a few times and he wasn't shaking his shoulders any more.

I suspect we will see more DJJ in the playoffs than we did today. DJJ has much more playoff experience than Dunn.

While we made the playoffs, let's not forget that we hit 50 wins also.

We get through Denver and OKC and we are smoking whomever else in the West that makes the Conference Finals.

clipperlover · Post #40 » by **clipperlover** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:59 pm

Clips 17-2 in last 19. The 2 losses OKC where they blew it late in 4th and @Cleveland when Kawhi sat out. They also did a lot of that stretch with Lue out and Van Gundy out.

Give the coaching staff credit. They have done a phenomenal job. The 2 challenges today were correct and timely. We have a group of former head coaches. Should give us an advantage in the playoffs.