Game 49: Los Angeles (32-16) vs Minnesota (14-36)

[Ranma]

Comment by the NBA regarding the "correct call" of Chris Paul's technical foul: "All Technical Fouls are reviewed by the League Office."

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[Quake Griffin]

Knew the league was gonna back her up.
They remember Cleveland.
Siding with CP here is a land mine.

She (is this offending anyone?)…fine…No sex involved.
"That ref" needs to relax. It wasn't that serious. Do I wish the team stopped complaining? Sure. At times. But I'd rather they focus on playing the game then worrying about keeping quiet for a ref. That's my main focus. It's something that I think would kill 2 birds with one stone but I'm only worried about the 1st bird. The 2nd bird can GTFOH.

You're a 7 year old and your parents have guest over for dinner. SEEN AND NOT HEARD.
Do your parents tell their dinner guest, "well. you know we have a reputation for waking our kids up during our dinner parties. let me go settle them down and interrupt our gathering because of it…"

Nah. cuz u know the drill.

[Ranma]

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[Quake Griffin]

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haven't the Sixers beat basketball teams this year?

why is he driving so hard at this angle?
Clips were bound to drop a few games here and there being short handed.

[nickhx2]

not sure he's shooting at any angle but it's hard to say without context. at face value a team with a 4 year dominance streak ending seems mildly noteworthy.

[Ranma]

haven't the Sixers beat basketball teams this year?

why is he driving so hard at this angle?
Clips were bound to drop a few games here and there being short handed.

I was actually thinking the same thing about the Sixers. Yeah, Russo definitely has an axe to grind and, for the most part, I agree with his outrage and takes. However, outside of Holtkamp's vendetta against Paul, I wasn't really upset with the loss. Disappointed? Most definitely, but the team came out sluggish and struggled from the field while Minnesota was geared up to compete.

I'd probably be more upset if we were on a losing streak or something, but the team was able to compete at the end while enduring the absence of and controversy surrounding Griffin. I like the progress exhibited in the games prior to this one. I still want them to sustain their competitive excellence just like the Golden State Warriors do, but I'm hoping we take another step forward in that regard.

I was surprised how heavily favored we were against the T-Wolves, to be honest. I appreciate Russo's vocal demand for continued and sustained excellence, but there are times where I've been exasperated with his criticisms, especially when he keeps bemoaning the loss of Josh Smith. Still, he does cite some good numbers and information during games.

[nickhx2]

i dunno. i wasn't too annoyed by the loss but i think it's entirely within someone's right to be. we were gigantic favorites and the team was lazy and flat for most of the night against a terrible team. that's not something gs/spurs/okc are gonna let us get away with.