Game 39: Los Angeles Clippers (26-12) vs. Golden State Warriors (9-30) - 10:30 PM ET

[MartinRiggs]

Just don't let him punish us in the post.

4th quarter was very good,good defense,a lot of blocks.

[esqtvd]

I hope so, I think he'll be great against him..unless he's shooting threes lol.

We're ok with Jokić [32.7%] shooting 3s. Even if Zubac can't follow him out there [and he can't], if he can push Jokić out there even unguarded, anything under 40% is a win.

For all his talent, Jokić is scoring under 20 points a game. Keep him there.

Don't let the stats fool you. He's on a stretch of games where's he's scoring 20+

Yes, I noted that the other day here--80 points combined in 2 games. I'm agreeing--just saying to keep him out at the 3-point line and he's not gonna get his 40 there.

[Roach Clip]

Maybe we can start a separate game thread every night for the people who want to root for the Clippers and enjoy the game together as a community?

I don't want to be anywhere near these game threads lately and I see all the best people aren't here either.


Yay we won. Whoopdedo. What fun.

I just block the annoying posters that add nothing valuable to any discussion

Well that leaves you with about 2 on any given thread.



Hey, everybody doesn't block, and our good people--let alone anyone who comes to our board looking for a Clippers community--take one look around at what's going on and keep on walking. We have the same handful of people saying the same handful of s*** over and over in every thread. Who would want to join our board?

We won tonight, ffs. By 9. I had a few things to share about it but what's the point? Kawhi had 36 and Bev just missed a triple-double. Who cares.

This is the kind of post that would make someone not want to be on this board. Not the people who criticize the coach, but rather you and your toxic personality disorder and your control freak comrades. Read your post to yourself. Listen to your negativity. No wonder Scout.com thrived after you and your wet diaper went away. Moderators, read esqtvd's posts before you complain about mine.

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[esqtvd]

As for the scout.com board, the best posters were chased away or became disgusted. At the end, it was dominated by the same handful of posters repeating the same handful of negativities and ignorances to each other over and over. Anyone who misses that sort of community should look up the old Buzzfeed board, which is now as moribund as the scout.com board became, with many of the same people.

The beginning of this game thread speaks for itself. No one was being personally attacked in pointing it out. That would be against the rules. At the moment we are back discussing basketball.

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Just don't let him punish us in the post.

4th quarter was very good,good defense,a lot of blocks.

We're just going to see this pattern most every game. We'll stay on cruise control through 3 quarters and turn it on in the 4th. Last night was prototypical--we trailed by 10 and ended up winning by 9, which my computer-like mind tells me was a 19-point asskicking.

These are grown men. The coach--or even each other--can't instill a false sense of urgency. Urgency has to be truly urgent. Frankly, I don't want people diving all over for balls like young teams with nothing to lose like GSW will. That's stupid.



https://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/story/2020-01-10/kawhi-leonard-leads-clippers-comeback-in-win-over-warriors

That his team struggled for three quarters, however, did not lead the coach to panic about where his team stands.

And on the opposite sideline, Warriors coach Steve Kerr — no stranger to coaching star-laden teams with huge postseason expectations — acknowledged before tipoff that midseason lulls can be expected from teams targeting the playoffs.

“I think they’re much further along than they probably want to admit or that anybody is really seeing,” Kerr said. “They’re playing for the playoffs and sometimes you just bide your time a little bit and lay in the weeds a little bit. But we know who they are and they’re going to be one of the teams to beat in the playoffs.”

[og15]

Though I don't like it, the later in the game comebacks sort of remind me of the 73 win Warriors. Don't know the data, so I might be off about the frequency, but I remember that team coming back from a lot of double digit leads as I remember us all getting excited when they were down and hoping they would lose, lol.

"Letting yourself" get down is a dangerous game to play of course as a game where you could potentially get an early big lead and maybe play a few less minutes can become one where you have to fight in the 4th to close it out. Of course I put letting yourself in scare quotes as it isn't generally a deliberate thing. I know a coach like Pop, and of course it doesn't work every time, nothing a coach does, but he at times would sit his starters if they were lackadaisical and have the bench guys play extended minutes. Of course I think people would maybe complain too much if Doc was to do that, lol.

[NippySudz]

Though I don't like it, the later in the game comebacks sort of remind me of the 73 win Warriors. Don't know the data, so I might be off about the frequency, but I remember that team coming back from a lot of double digit leads as I remember us all getting excited when they were down and hoping they would lose, lol.

"Letting yourself" get down is a dangerous game to play of course as a game where you could potentially get an early big lead and maybe play a few less minutes can become one where you have to fight in the 4th to close it out. Of course I put letting yourself in scare quotes as it isn't generally a deliberate thing. I know a coach like Pop, and of course it doesn't work every time, nothing a coach does, but he at times would sit his starters if they were lackadaisical and have the bench guys play extended minutes. Of course I think people would maybe complain too much if Doc was to do that, lol.

I don't think it can compare. The clippers do need do a better job but I think it's also lack of communication and lack of continuity as a team. It's very hard to win games when both of your important cogs aren't playing many games dje to injury.

There was a moment in play where kawhi didn't communicate a switch to Harrell and harell switched to late and got a warrior an open 3. That's not a team knowing they can win and flirting around. That's sloppy and poor execution.

The warriors were good and just know they were good. They went 73-9 lol. They didn't lose many games hence why the comeback numbers were so big . It's similiar to the Lakers this yr where they are winning games that technically they should have lost.

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[esqtvd]

Though I don't like it, the later in the game comebacks sort of remind me of the 73 win Warriors. Don't know the data, so I might be off about the frequency, but I remember that team coming back from a lot of double digit leads as I remember us all getting excited when they were down and hoping they would lose, lol.

"Letting yourself" get down is a dangerous game to play of course as a game where you could potentially get an early big lead and maybe play a few less minutes can become one where you have to fight in the 4th to close it out. Of course I put letting yourself in scare quotes as it isn't generally a deliberate thing. I know a coach like Pop, and of course it doesn't work every time, nothing a coach does, but he at times would sit his starters if they were lackadaisical and have the bench guys play extended minutes. Of course I think people would maybe complain too much if Doc was to do that, lol.

I don't think it can compare. The clippers do need do a better job but I think it's also lack of communication and lack of continuity as a team. It's very hard to win games when both of your important cogs aren't playing many games dje to injury.

There was a moment in play where kawhi didn't communicate a switch to Harrell and harell switched to late and got a warrior an open 3. That's not a team knowing they can win and flirting around. That's sloppy and poor execution.

The warriors were good and just know they were good. They went 73-9 lol. They didn't lose many games hence why the comeback numbers were so big . It's similiar to the Lakers this yr where they are winning games that technically they should have lost.

The Warriors decided to shoot for the win total record so that kept them interested. Completely different situation for us. Trezz doesn't ration his effort, but Kawhi does and Lou should start. It's not that they're lackadaisical, but they ration their "A" effort and try to win without expending it.

[TheNewEra]

Good game to miss

[TheNewEra]

Watching the replay now. GSW is really bad matchup for Zubac,they are too fast for him and love to shoot 3s.

Harkless is weird,he has skills but sometimes just goes missing on offense.

Got two open 3s (one coming from Shamet pulling his assignment) and a missed layup. Wasn’t nearly as bad when seeing the breakdowns for the game. Can see GSW went into attack mode with Zu sitting

[donemilio21]

Good to see the team comeback at 4th quarter with an A defense.

I wonder what's going on between Kawhi-Montrezll. I tune in at the second half, haven't saw them communicating or giving high 5 in the FT line at all. They pass the ball each other in the game but I saw that they are staying away each other when the clock stop. Anyone notice?

I noticed that Trezz hardly gets the ball when Lou is out. We are playing too much ISO ball and taking long twos

Are you talking about this game or in general?
I really don't know what was up with him or Lou this game.

They really weren't looking to attack. He got the ball a few times and just passed it off or turned it over. He had 4 TOs tonight. He probably would have finished close to 20 if he didn't turn the ball over.

In general, he gets the ball a lot. Prior to this game, he had 34, 28, and 23 points. He's averaging 20.3 his last five games. SO he's getting a lot of touches. Him and Kawhi run a good pnr

I was talking about this particular game. It looked like we were off the script quiet a bit.