mkwest wrote:AngelStrike is going to love what I'm about to say
I think how this game is officiated will really help determine how this game goes. In game 1, the refs called everything (57 total fouls), they didn't let the physical stuff slide. It worked to our benefit. Games 3 & 4, they really let Memphis be more physical. That works against as it plays to Memphis' strengths. When you combine that with the fact that we've been outrebounded 90-61 (30-10 on offensive glass) over the last 2, it's too much to overcome. We outrebounded them 87-61 (23-12 on offensive glass) in the first 2 home games and that's exactly what the Clippers must get back to doing in order to regain control of this series. It's easy to say that Memphis is a better rebounding team and those first two games were a fluke. Throughout the regular season meetings, the Clippers nearly matched the Grizzlies on the boards (166-162 in Memphis' favor).
I felt we got punked in Memphis. Matt Barnes basically said the same thing. If Memphis is going to the line 31.5 times to our 23.3 attempts per game, then we'd either need to be making a ton of shots or gobbling up rebounds. That's potentially 8 more points that they're getting a chance to score. The Clippers have to make up that difference somewhere. Too many times have we seen them actually play some defense only to not secure the rebound and allow Memphis to have an easy score. We must get stops. BG & DJ need to be committed to attacking the boards. Everyone else needs to make a strong effort to pick up a few more than usual as well. There's no point in trying to run back on offense if it means giving them a second chance opportunity, especially since we haven't been doing all that much in transition anyway.
I just hope that the 2 losses in Memphis serve as a wake-up call to the Clippers.
Nyk_Fatboy wrote:Rosque wrote:THEY ARE BETTER TEAM WITHOUT CP3
No green font needed here, thats a legit statement
Nyk_Fatboy wrote:Rosque wrote:THEY ARE BETTER TEAM WITHOUT CP3
No green font needed here, thats a legit statement
Verballer wrote::offtopic:
I had to share this please guys I saw this comment on a Steph Curry video
Do you think the Lakers could get Stephen Curry???
mttwlsn16 wrote:Verballer wrote::offtopic:
I had to share this please guys I saw this comment on a Steph Curry video
Do you think the Lakers could get Stephen Curry???
im not calling you out. but for just starting to follow hoops from playing 2k, u seem to know a LOT about the clippers, now and past. now this...are u a laker fan in hiding?
Nyk_Fatboy wrote:Rosque wrote:THEY ARE BETTER TEAM WITHOUT CP3
No green font needed here, thats a legit statement
mkwest wrote:AngelStrike is going to love what I'm about to say
I think how this game is officiated will really help determine how this game goes. In game 1, the refs called everything (57 total fouls), they didn't let the physical stuff slide. It worked to our benefit. Games 3 & 4, they really let Memphis be more physical. That works against as it plays to Memphis' strengths. When you combine that with the fact that we've been outrebounded 90-61 (30-10 on offensive glass) over the last 2, it's too much to overcome. We outrebounded them 87-61 (23-12 on offensive glass) in the first 2 home games and that's exactly what the Clippers must get back to doing in order to regain control of this series. It's easy to say that Memphis is a better rebounding team and those first two games were a fluke. Throughout the regular season meetings, the Clippers nearly matched the Grizzlies on the boards (166-162 in Memphis' favor).
I felt we got punked in Memphis. Matt Barnes basically said the same thing. If Memphis is going to the line 31.5 times to our 23.3 attempts per game, then we'd either need to be making a ton of shots or gobbling up rebounds. That's potentially 8 more points that they're getting a chance to score. The Clippers have to make up that difference somewhere. Too many times have we seen them actually play some defense only to not secure the rebound and allow Memphis to have an easy score. We must get stops. BG & DJ need to be committed to attacking the boards. Everyone else needs to make a strong effort to pick up a few more than usual as well. There's no point in trying to run back on offense if it means giving them a second chance opportunity, especially since we haven't been doing all that much in transition anyway.
I just hope that the 2 losses in Memphis serve as a wake-up call to the Clippers.
FYI, Marc Gasol has just 4 more rebs than DeAndre Jordan in the series despite playing 67 more minutes.
Eric Patten
CLIPPERS NOW IN 'THREE-GAME SERIES,' SAYS PAUL“Compete harder,” Billups said after Monday’s practice at the team’s training center. “Box out, you’ve got to get to loose balls, you’ve just got to compete. It’s that simple.”“We’ve done a lot of talking,” Grant Hill said. “The main thing is we just have to come out with a tremendous effort. The intensity level has to rise and you’ve got to play desperate.
“I thought we did a good job of that in the first two games. Game 3, [Memphis] responded well. I didn’t think our energy was good. The fight that we’ve had all season against Memphis was not there. And you kind of think, ‘Game 4, okay, we’ll come back and do a better job of that.’ And we didn’t.”“That’s why you fight so hard for home court advantage,” said Paul, who is leading the Clippers in scoring, assists and field goal percentage through four games in the series. “We have to come out with the same intensity in Game 5 that we did in 1 and 2 and understand that now it’s a three-game series. We’ve got to play hard and play the way we know we can.
“We don’t want to be that team that loses at home. We’re going to fight. We’re going to scrap.”
Eric Patten, Clippers.com
How the Clippers can bounce back in Game 5
Lean on their stars moreMeanwhile, Paul and Blake Griffin are averaging 35 and 31 minutes per game, respectively. Paul has yet to play more than 36 minutes, and Griffin has yet to log more than 34.
While foul trouble has certainly hampered Griffin’s minutes, he actually played more in Game 3 (33 minutes) when he had five fouls, than in Game 4 (32 minutes) when he only had three. In comparison, Zach Randolph, who also battled foul trouble in Games 1 and 2, played 37 minutes in both Games 3 and 4.
Help off non-shooters more aggressivelyIn Games 1 and 2, the Clippers thwarted the Grizzlies’ post-ups and high-low action by largely ignoring Memphis’ wings spotting up. Tony Allen and Tayshaun Prince aren’t 3-point shooting threats, so the Clippers were able to help off of them and either hedge or double-team down low.In Games 3 and 4, however, the Clipper wings were more conservative in their defensive approach, rarely helping off their man and often leaving Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan to try to defend Gasol and Randolph one-on-one. As the rebounding margin and points in the paint show, the results were disastrous.
Stagger the starting lineups’ minutesSince Paul and Griffin should already be playing more, the changes will have to come from the three players around them.Whether it’s tweaking the starting lineup by inserting the energy of Matt Barnes or Eric Bledsoe, or just playing those two a little earlier in the game, the Clippers have to figure out a way to have more success in the beginning of games.
Jovan Buha, ESPN Los Angeles
Quake Griffin wrote:biggest game in franchise history?
where does it rank?
Nyk_Fatboy wrote:Rosque wrote:THEY ARE BETTER TEAM WITHOUT CP3
No green font needed here, thats a legit statement
Verballer wrote:Quake Griffin wrote:biggest game in franchise history?
where does it rank?
Can't be that high.We ahd bigger games last season in the playoffs
vanjulio wrote:Verballer wrote:Quake Griffin wrote:biggest game in franchise history?
where does it rank?
Can't be that high.We ahd bigger games last season in the playoffs
lol, which is the only 2nd time you've ever won a playoff series! unless you are counting the ABA
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