R2G5: LA Clippers @ OKC Thunder (Tied 2-2)

[mttwlsn16]

Tues May 13, 630 west 930 east on TNT



































Hedo Turkoglu remains out with shattered dreams

Game 1: Clippers 122-105
Game 2: Thunder 112-101
Game 3: Thunder 118-112
Game 4: Clippers 101-99

My New Favorite Clippers Fan

[Neddy]

grover's G is for God.








or willie Green. but either way it's still cool.

[Dynamix]

Welcome to the playoffs, Darren Collison! He needs to continue playing with confidence and being a constant threat, maybe even try to stop Westbrook a few times from driving straight to the hoop.

Barnes and Redick should get back to making some open shots. If Barnes is still cold, might as well give Granger some burn, since he did a good job in the closing minutes of G4 on defense.

Crawford needs to get going way earlier, and also find a balance between being aggressive, driving, getting to the line, sharing the ball, and his patented "my heart can't take this" crazy shots.

Still expecting much more from the DJ/BG defensive duo. Blake should recognise Ibaka's strengths and avoid the post-ups/forced shots as much as possible. Continue to face up, bully yourself to the rim and get Ibaka into foul trouble.


I am really excited about tonight's game. Hope we turned a corner with G4's comeback and realised just what it takes to advance against an elite opponent.
OKC will surely come at us hard, so don't let them build a 15-20p lead early on and try to play catch-up the rest of the way. Even if we do lose, I still like our chances to advance, but going back to LA with a 3-2 lead would be amazing.

Clippers in 6!

[Neddy]

what would take blake to finally make the next metamorphosis and drop a 40 on these fools? the sonics will come out with a bang, hopefully it's all a loud sound of thunder and no shock from electrocution of a lightening. We need our guys to have a big night, especially from the guy who gets announced the last at home games.
15 for 23 with 10 for 12 from the line would do it.

[mkwest]

In the past 10 years, 5 teams have overcome a 15+ point deficit in the 4th quarter to win a game in the postseason. 4 of those 5 teams have gone on to win the series. We've been one of those 4 teams in the past. Hopefully game 4 served as a wake-up call to the guys and that they come out with a sense of urgency. CP has averaged 23.25 ppg for the series. We've won when he's scored 23 or more against OKC. That's certainly no benchmark to assure a win, but kind of shows that we need him to be aggressive.

Speaking of Ms. Grant, Matt, did you see the vid I posted in game 7 of the Warrior thread?

[LACtdom]

Keys to the game:
Do whatever we did in game 1.

[Angel strike1]

All I want for my bday is a clipper win:)

[azncorruptedo17]

should be an easy win.

[QRich3]

Yeah we need to go out with the same attitude and effort level we did in game 1. And I hope the coaching staff realise last game we caught lightning in a bottle, and don't overplay Collison and Crawford. They are really bad match ups defensively against the Thunder. We know now we can go small at them with confidence, so I'm hoping we see a lot of minutes for guys like Redick and Granger tonight. Hopefully Barnes and DJ have one of those good games and don't show up with their useless side.

Might this be the most important game in franchise's history?

[mttwlsn16]

In the past 10 years, 5 teams have overcome a 15+ point deficit in the 4th quarter to win a game in the postseason. 4 of those 5 teams have gone on to win the series. We've been one of those 4 teams in the past. Hopefully game 4 served as a wake-up call to the guys and that they come out with a sense of urgency. CP has averaged 23.25 ppg for the series. We've won when he's scored 23 or more against OKC. That's certainly no benchmark to assure a win, but kind of shows that we need him to be aggressive.

Speaking of Ms. Grant, Matt, did you see the vid I posted in game 7 of the Warrior thread?

No. Is it the last post in that thread?

[kylem4711]

no idea what to expect in this game. so far we haven't shown we can beat them with no gimmicks (an unbelievable shooting performance and a rediculous comeback)

[thanumba2clippersfan]

If we can win the game tonight we will control the series. I really believe we can win. I agree with Dynamix, we can't, let the Thunder build an early lead. Even if we build up an early lead chances are that the Thunder will get close.

I'm looking forward to a great game tonight that I can actually watch.

[Quake Griffin]

The Thunder have been gracious (stupid) enough to grant us a 2nd chance at this series and I, for one, would like to do something with it.

I feel like we can do this and i feel like it is our destiny.



Btw....If I was Rivers, I'd troll the hell out of Durant and put Paul on him the 1st play of the game.
then if Paul picked up a foul, I'd feel like an idiot.

[Angel strike1]

Barnes has to d durant. Just like a wr jam him. Don't let him get the ball and when he does double him.


Will be following the game but will post by 2nd or 3rd quarter

[Quake Griffin]

the Bipolar Pacers.

I wish life came with FFW or rewind buttons.

[Neddy]

:lol: the Bipolar Pacers.

I wish life came with FFW or rewind buttons.

i like that, the Bipolar Pacers. it's got a nice ring to it.

BTW their series will go to game 7. no way Pacers recover from this and win the game 6 in DC.

[mttwlsn16]

Pacers have got to be the most up and down inconsistent group I can remember

[kylem4711]

heeeeeere we go

[kylem4711]

shaq picked us. probably only cause everyone else didn't though. ha

[mkwest]

No. Is it the last post in that thread?

Should be one of the last 3 pages. Somebody about what to wear to the game