Round 1 Game 5: LA Clippers 2 VS Jazz 2

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[Ranma]

With the series tied 2-2 and back in Los Angeles for Game 5, ESPN's BPI predicts the Clippers will beat the Jazz on Tuesday night.




The Clippers have been eliminated in a series they once led in four straight postseasons. That's tied with the 1990-93 Celtics for the longest such streak in NBA history, per the Elias Sports Bureau.

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[og15]

Clippers need to make some adjustments for tonight's game, they will have gone through film, don't know what their plan is, but there are some things they could consider.

I know the thought will be "nepotism", but the Clippers could consider starting Austin Rivers over Redick and see if that helps out on defense, and even offensively as he's able to attack the basket much more effectively. In terms of guarding Ingles, he plays very poised, but in order to take away his pick and rolls a little bit, the team should consider pressuring him when he's on the ball.

Clippers also need to think of how they can contain Joe Johnson. An option might even be to go a little bigger with Brandon Bass at PF to possibly discourage Utah from playing Joe Johnson at PF, but that might not work so well as Blake struggled with Joe himself.

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[thanumba2clippersfan]

Just hoping we can pull this one off. I'm glad that Austin will be playing but I have no idea how effective he'll be since he hasn't played in awhile. We haven't had many answers for Joe Johnson. I like OG's idea with trying Brandon Bass on him, I'm not sure if he's even played in the series. (I haven't watched every minute of each game so he could have)

[TheNewEra]

Physical start

[TheNewEra]

Yeah we are really bad at this point.

[nickhx2]

hayward is basically uncontested at this point. not sure why luc isn't on him at all times.

[Akklaim1]

Hopefully the front office realizes that a small forward is mandatory to win a championship. We need to stop making excuses like the cap space.

[nickhx2]

nobody able to defend joe johnson all series

doc puts paul pierce in on him

ok

[nickhx2]

Hopefully the front office realizes that a small forward is mandatory to win a championship. We need to stop making excuses like the cap space.

not sure you know how cap space works if you think that's considered an excuse

[TheNewEra]

They get so many open shots on us

[nickhx2]

also there's a bundle of things that are way more important to this team than upgrading at SF

[TheNewEra]

Hopefully the front office realizes that a small forward is mandatory to win a championship. We need to stop making excuses like the cap space.

not sure you know how cap space works if you think that's considered an excuse

Don't have cap space but we have blown assets with the revolving door at SF. Doc pretty much made it clear he didn't care this year to fix the hole. Even with limited cap no ten days or d-league tryouts. Sorry excuse for a GM.

[nickhx2]

the shot quality utah has is so much better than ours, it'll be really tough to win this game. hard to be a great defensive team though when you willingly burden yourself with guys like pierce and crawford, and you let jordan be lazy on defense and rebounds.

[Akklaim1]

Hopefully the front office realizes that a small forward is mandatory to win a championship. We need to stop making excuses like the cap space.

not sure you know how cap space works if you think that's considered an excuse

Oh I know how it works.

Sign and trade Blake and his fragile ass for Paul George. Re-sign CP. Yes, he's fragile, too, but he's the keeper. I think we can survive with Mo as our starting PF.

[TheNewEra]

also there's a bundle of things that are way more important to this team than upgrading at SF

SF has been a top priority for years. Nothing came close to this getting a legit backup C and playmaker bench PG were bonus.

[nickhx2]

Hopefully the front office realizes that a small forward is mandatory to win a championship. We need to stop making excuses like the cap space.

not sure you know how cap space works if you think that's considered an excuse

Oh I know how it works.

Sign and trade Blake and his fragile ass for Paul George. Re-sign CP. Yes, he's fragile, too, but he's the keeper. I think we can survive with Mo as our starting PF.

gonna say you have even less idea than you think if you think indiana would willingly take that trade, or that speights is a legitimate starting pf

[TheNewEra]

Hopefully the front office realizes that a small forward is mandatory to win a championship. We need to stop making excuses like the cap space.

not sure you know how cap space works if you think that's considered an excuse

Oh I know how it works.

Sign and trade Blake and his fragile ass for Paul George. Re-sign CP. Yes, he's fragile, too, but he's the keeper. I think we can survive with Mo as our starting PF.

Mo is a one year deal I doubt he comes back to this team even if offered a starting spot which we shouldn't do anyway.

[Akklaim1]

not sure you know how cap space works if you think that's considered an excuse

Oh I know how it works.

Sign and trade Blake and his fragile ass for Paul George. Re-sign CP. Yes, he's fragile, too, but he's the keeper. I think we can survive with Mo as our starting PF.

gonna say you have even less idea than you think if you think indiana would willingly take that trade, or that speights is a legitimate starting pf

For Blake Griffin? Why wouldn't they want a talent like Blake especially in exchange for their star that doesn't want to be there anymore.

Not sure what you mean by legitimate. Is Luc a legitimate starting SF? If we have PG at the 3, we can get away with Mo at 4. I guess we got away with Luc at the 3 when we had Blake at the 4.