Game #67: GRIZZ @ Clippers Sunday 3/5 7 PM—ESPN

[esqtvd]

I've been incredibly down on the team lately, but after reading some of these comments I'm starting to feel like a hopeless optimist.

My optimism comes from the fact that we have Kawhi and he's been playing at a very high level and seems ready for the playoffs. I'm hoping that the role players start balling and put behind them this losing streak and start a new one.

I think we’re going to get a game where we’re at least equal to the sum of our parts, which is enough to win tonight. To get anywhere in the playoffs we’ll need to be more, really not sure about that one.

We have played better than the losing streak indicates, OTOH theres been times earlier in the year where winning streaks have involved some luck and bad teams. I think things are gonna revert back to the mean for now.

The case can be made that the unfamiliarity of constantly shifting lineups made it impossible to develop the synergy that makes a team more than the sum of its parts. We can hope for the best but I'm still skeptical. The hub of the wheel is Kawhi, and he's just not the hub type.

He was the third-leading playoff scorer [14 ppg] on that Spurs team and happened to win the Finals MVP. He WAS indeed amazing on the Raptors [30 ppg] but that WAS Kyle Lowry's team, not his. And he hasn't been 30 ppg dominant this year. He's cruising along at 23/6/4. Nice, but not dominant.

Unless Kawhi goes Kobe sometime soon, PG's got to get something going with his pal Russ. Trying to put two turkeys together to make an eagle.

The Los Angeles Clippers are going through a rough patch right now, but Paul George isn't panicking over that.

The veteran swingman is well aware that they need to improve some things, but that doesn't mean the Clippers won't be difficult rivals in the NBA playoffs.

“You see the big picture of what we can be and what we will be,” George said, per Los Angeles Times’ Andrew Greif. “I still believe we’re gonna be a tough team to beat in seven games. And these tough losses can be lessons learned, just how to close out, we haven’t done it yet; I’m sure we’ll get to it. And when we do, we’ll be comfortable and confident in these moments.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/paul-george-sends-big-warning-to-the-nba-amid-los-angeles-clippers-struggles/ar-AA18fTeV

[Quake Griffin]

Lol at not getting to 50 wins.

Who is the last team to not hit the 50 win mark and win a title?
95 Rockets?

Just lol.
Tampering for Kawhi was worth it.
Losing our pick to lose to GSW was worth it.
Trading the farm for PG was worth it.

Looooooool.
Maybe tonight our whole season turns around

[madmaxmedia]

I mean, we all know all this, right? but given the lack of games left i don't think we have enough reps for the team to find all the answers they need before the end of the season. especially given that lue spent almost the entirety of it seemingly applying zero solutions for the team's (paul george's) carelessness in critical junctures, as well as their inability to generate better looks for kawhi in those same critical junctures. give us 20 more games and i'm still not sure lue is finding those solutions, given his inflexibility all season. at this point, imo, it's on the players to figure that out and maybe they can, maybe they can't, but not much we can do except wait and see.

100% there’s not enough time, and what a strange trip it’s been to get to this point.

You’ve mentioned our mental health before LOL which I completely agree with. I have no particular expectations right now, certainly not positive expectations (what would they be based on?), but not negative ones either because who knows. (BTW I don't consider a title really possible no matter what, and think that getting out of the 2nd round would take basically our best case scenario to happen.) For me positive expectation is just hoping for some games (win or lose) where we aren't all collectively tearing our hair out.

I did like reading that they are phasing Marcus out.

[LamarWho]

MMSr breakout game tonight

Read on Twitter

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[Scoundreldays]

Well so much for those rumors

[KL2]

Shame on me being fooled again.

[NickP]

Well so much for those rumors

Lol true.

[KL2]

It’s painful watching this team.

[KL2]

Morris and Zu hurting us.

[MartinToVaught]

I never want to hear the words "adjustments" and "Ty Lue" in the same sentence again, unless you're criticizing Lue for never making any of them. Putting Morris right back in the starting lineup is so insulting to the fans and team, I'm at a loss for words. If it wasn't already obvious that Atkinson was the real coach for the WCF run, it's indisputable now.

[NickP]

Where would we be without the stellar performance of Marcus Morris Sr?

[MartinToVaught]

Luke Kennard revenge game coming. Man, am I glad we traded him for an 80-year-old Eric Gordon and a worse draft pick!

[KL2]

Read on Twitter

[MartinToVaught]

Still no RoCo. Lue must be seething about how much of a fool he looked like last game for not playing him all year.

[KL2]

Demoralizing

[MartinToVaught]

PG sure is aggressive today. If only he played this way against good teams and in big games, not just against G-League caliber lineups.

Of course, Lue goes right back to Mook. Nothing's changed. "Tinkering" and "experimenting" are also words that need to stop being used to describe his coaching.

[NickP]

Anyone remembers the last time Sr played defense? Me neither!

[esqtvd]

Looks like Ty's faith in EJ may just pay off

he was horrible his first few games but Ty didn't shttcan him

[MartinToVaught]

Remember how old, slow and washed Shaq looked on the Celtics? Multiply that by a thousand and you get Marcus Morris.

[KL2]

Zu got much better but a traffic cone plays better defense than Morris.