Game 73: Los Angeles Clippers (43-29) @ Dallas Mavericks (30-40) - 8:30 PM ET

Post #2 » by **og15** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 1:22 am

I've come to the conclusion that Doc likes to be tortured. There's no other explanation for why this team ever has 5 man bench units and has its starters playing come back this often yet keep doing it.

nickhx2 · Post #3 » by **nickhx2** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 1:22 am

or maybe he's just not very smart

Post #4 » by **mkwest** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 1:33 am

Read on Twitter

Post #5 » by **og15** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 2:53 am

Gotta rebound!

Post #6 » by **og15** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 3:00 am

Guess Luc should have been in there the whole time guarding Barnes

Post #7 » by **og15** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 3:02 am

I love Blake, but I'm sorry, Blake dribbling into traffic in crunch time has never been something I have faith in

Akklaim1 · Post #8 » by **Akklaim1** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 3:07 am

I hate this **** team! Another loss to another trash team.

Post #9 » by **og15** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 3:12 am

Actually Dallas has been pretty good lately and more so since adding Noel. They are 17-13 in their last 30 games (46 win pace) and 6-4 in their last 10 games coming into tonight. Their season record was not representative, but the Clippers had every chance to win the game. Now they go into Utah without the chance to tie them in record even if they win the game...

Akklaim1 · Post #10 » by **Akklaim1** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 3:14 am

You're only as good as your record. Yep, trash.

MartinToVaught · Post #11 » by **MartinToVaught** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 3:24 am

Fire. Doc. Rivers.

Roscoe Sheed · Post #12 » by **Roscoe Sheed** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 6:09 am

Three thoughts- clippers switch way too frequently on defense, they squandered several opportunities down the stretch and once again the refs certainly didn't help the cause either

Post #13 » by **og15** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:15 am

Akklaim1 wrote:You're only as good as your record. Yep, trash.

Well...this is a very poor way of looking at things when teams change their rosters or have injuries, etc

Post #14 » by **og15** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:17 am

Roscoe Sheed wrote:Three thoughts- clippers switch way too frequently on defense, they squandered several opportunities down the stretch and once again the refs certainly didn't help the cause either

They've been over switching way too much this season, it was the first thing I noticed when their defense started to crumble, switching excessively and giving themselves bad matchups.

Akklaim1 · Post #15 » by **Akklaim1** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:35 pm

og15 wrote:
Akklaim1 wrote:You're only as good as your record. Yep, trash.

Well...this is a very poor way of looking at things when teams change their rosters or have injuries, etc

IDGAF, man. We didn't lose to a 50-win team. We lost to a **** team thatvwill finish with less than 40 wins. There is no way to sugarcoat this loss.

Post #16 » by **og15** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:48 pm

Akklaim1 wrote:
og15 wrote:
Akklaim1 wrote:You're only as good as your record. Yep, trash.

Well...this is a very poor way of looking at things when teams change their rosters or have injuries, etc

IDGAF, man. We didn't lose to a 50-win team. We lost to a **** team thatvwill finish with less than 40 wins. There is no way to sugarcoat this loss.

There's nothing to sugarcoat. Dallas is a much different than than the start of the season and executed better and were better and have been the better team (win wise) over the last half of the season (I believe)

Dallas came into the game 7-3 in their last 10 home games. 14-6 in their previous 20 home games. In their last 30 games like I said they were 17-13 and they've won @San Antonio, beat Utah, Cleveland (with LeBron and Kyrie), Memphis and OKC at home, and won @Washington. They just added the Clippers to the list. They've beat all WC playoff teams in their last 30 games except for GS and Houston (maybe Denver too, don't think they played) .

There's no reason to think that the Clippers who are the 5th seed, who were only on pace for 48 wins going into last nights game, who were playing 500 ball for the last 15, 20 games were supposed to just easily win. Maybe if this was a Clippers team of the past flirting with 55-60 games, but this current Clippers team losing on the road to a team the has a 46 win pace in their last 30 and was 6-4 in their last 10, why would we be outraged?

Clippers aren't as good as you might be thinking this season, that's the reality

Akklaim1 · Post #17 » by **Akklaim1** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 2:39 am

It doesn't matter, like I said. They will still finish below 40 wins. A late-surging trash team that is playing for nothing with a trash record. It's that simple. We lost to a non-playoff team. We have everyone healthy now so we are out of excuses. We just lost our mojo after the injuries. Injuries can shatter your confidence even when everyone is healthy.

Post #18 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 11:24 am

We had chances the other night, but we didn't execute. We played poorly in the last few minutes. We turned the ball over a lot and I was surprised that Barnes made that steal on Blake. I really wish we could have won this game. Especially since we lost a close game to the Mavs earlier in the season.