Game 67: Clippers (37-29) visit Rockets (53-14) on 03/15 @ 8:00 PM

[Ranma]

He is penetrating at will

Yup, they couldn't stop him, should have done the same last possession though

Agreed. While Junior Rivers was having a good game with respect to driving to the basket, I didn't like ending the game with him in isolation and everyone else just standing around waiting for him to chuck a bad-looking 3-pointer.

To be fair, the Clippers and Austin, in particular, seemed to be getting the short end of the stick with regards to non-calls on fouls.

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[og15]

Words cannot express how sick I am of Doc and Austin. This loss is on them... period! Don't want to hear the excuses.

Has there been a loss this season according to you that was not on them? Seems like if Doc wasn't the coach and Austin wasn't on the team we wouldn't have lost a game

[MartinToVaught]

Words cannot express how sick I am of Doc and Austin. This loss is on them... period! Don't want to hear the excuses.

Has there been a loss this season according to you that was not on them? Seems like if Doc wasn't the coach and Austin wasn't on the team we wouldn't have lost a game

We wouldn't have lost this game, that's for sure.

[og15]

Words cannot express how sick I am of Doc and Austin. This loss is on them... period! Don't want to hear the excuses.

Has there been a loss this season according to you that was not on them? Seems like if Doc wasn't the coach and Austin wasn't on the team we wouldn't have lost a game

We wouldn't have lost this game, that's for sure.

You say it in every loss, and no, we could have still lost this game. It's Doc's strategy that had us in the game in the first place

[nickhx2]

what strategy was that? didn't watch the game

have barely seen any games all season

[MartinToVaught]

LOL... Doc's "strategy" of giving Wes minutes, letting Austin stagnate the offense with heroball, helping off Eric Gordon, and letting the Rockets erase our double-digit lead before calling timeout? Yeah, that really kept us in the game.

Doc is an awful coach. We will never win anything of note with him. The sooner everyone stops pretending otherwise and making excuses, the better.

[og15]

Wesley Johnson played 5 minutes, the team was -3 when he was on the court, that's not what caused the loss, you make it seem like he was in there for 20 minutes. Is it possible to not be biased? Having Thornwell full court press Harden, then when CP came in with the bench, putting Evans on to full court press Paul was a very good strategy. It totally took Houston out of their game. It was really in the little spurts that Houston was not being pressed and able to play a little freedom that they made most of their runs.

Doc yelled at Austin and the team for the stagnant possessions. A timeout is never guaranteed to stop a run, we all know that, and the Rockets erased the lead in exactly 1:35 of game time. Sure, Doc could have called a timeout after they cut it down to 5, but let's not act like we haven't watched basketball and make it seem like that would automatically have stopped the run.

Clippers held Houston to 101 pts, 39% FG, 29% 3PT and contained Harden and Paul, that is what kept the Clippers in the game.

[MartinToVaught]

Was Harrell only playing 13 minutes part of Doc's strategy too? Face it - there is no strategy. He's clueless.

[TheNewEra]

That was kind of wild to let a run go that long without a timeout. Strong fight but I’m not all that upset if we miss the playoffs. We have to many injuries to really do any serious damage be fine with two lotto picks and seeing what happens.

[Wammy Giveaway]

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This is their third loss since sending Tyrone Wallace back to the G-League. They're so afraid of that luxury tax.

Looking back at their schedule, the Clippers have won in spurts of two or three games in a row. If this trend were to continue, the Clippers could be 9-5 by the time they face the Raptors, a day after the G-League season is over. But none of their wins will be gimmes - every one of them is in the playoff bracket right now.

(I haven't even done my Clippers record vs. conditions. Could do so soon)

[Quake Griffin]

$25k fine coming for Glenn


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[Clemenza]

Man we were cruising with that 12 point lead until the bottom fell out. Doc should've called a time out or at least run a couple of plays for Tobias during that run. Thought Boban should've gotten a look tonight..Austin had a nice stretch with this drives to the basket. Oh well tomorrow is the must win game.

[esqtvd]

I only listened to the game on radio, then came here to suffer through the game thread after I got home late, and get a few laughs at the usual suspects.

This. Props, OG.

Clippers held Houston to 101 pts, 39% FG, 29% 3PT and contained Harden and Paul, that is what kept the Clippers in the game.

[og15]

Was Harrell only playing 13 minutes part of Doc's strategy too? Face it - there is no strategy. He's clueless.

The argument you want to propose here is that a veteran NBA coach who has experienced assistants, who has been through many situations is clueless, but you know exactly what coaching decisions and rotations etc would be ideal to win games.

I'm fine with people disagreeing with a coaches decision, they are human, they aren't perfect, but all coaches decisions are judged in hindsight and one of my biggest problems is that someone doing what you do doesn't credit the coach when their decisions directly lead to winning.

You should think through these things yourself, I'm not saying you should agree but at least reason through why. The starters were keeping it close all game, they were basically within two points of the Rockets. Doc went with a short rotation, and maybe it was a bad decision, but the Clippers just played one of the better games against Houston in a while and shut down their guards, so I don't know if that's a solid argument.

DJ played 35/48 minutes, Harrell played the other 13. Doc didn't want to go with DJ/Harrell in this one for spacing reasons, so Harrell didn't get more time. Harris was kept on because he was on fire, and he played 40 minutes, then Dekker and Johnson split the time Harris was off. Their role was just to relieve Harris.

Should Doc have used more depth? Maybe, but the starters almost played Houston to a standstill, and the "bench" units he did go with, which weren't really bench units contained the Houston bench lineups. So sure, I can nitpick, but his decisions put the team in position to win, but Houston came in as a team on pace for 65 wins and had won like 14 in a row at home and have been one of, if not the league's best crunch time team, so they win games.

[Galloisdaman]

The Rockets have only lost 14 times all season. They have been red hot. This game and the prior one vs the Rockets shows the Clips might be able to shock people if they play in the playoffs.

[Max Headrom]

Haven't posted in a LONG time (mainly because I just simply forgot I had an account) lol But I read the posts daily. But in regards to last night, if the game is called fairly, the Clippers win and it's not even close. It's unfathomable that a team can score 70 points in the paint and get 8 free throws while a strictly jump shooting team only scores 36 in the paint and gets 23 attempts. As Doc said, that doesn't make basketball sense whatsoever.

[esqtvd]

Haven't posted in a LONG time (mainly because I just simply forgot I had an account) lol But I read the posts daily. But in regards to last night, if the game is called fairly, the Clippers win and it's not even close. It's unfathomable that a team can score 70 points in the paint and get 8 free throws while a strictly jump shooting team only scores 36 in the paint and gets 23 attempts. As Doc said, that doesn't make basketball sense whatsoever.

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