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Post by mistwell on Nov 1, 2023 7:50:00 GMT -8
This is a pretty epic end to the Suns vs Spurs game
The Suns had a 91.6% chance of beating the Spurs with 8.1 seconds remaining in the game. Overall it was a 20 point lead blown.
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Post by clipsentuboca on Nov 1, 2023 8:10:42 GMT -8
yah, just saw that KD highlight and read the Suns coach whining about the supposed "no call". Stunner/Shocker. The division could be there for the taking if the Clippers continue to perform as they have early this year and stay healthy.
Though interesting how well and rejuvenated CP3 looks along with his pretty instance, except for his first game first half, chemistry integration with the Warriors. Hate to say it, but the hammy will probably flare back up eventually for him. The Pacific is a tough division for sure with Sactown even likely to hang all year....could be the toughest division in the league.
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Post by mistwell on Nov 1, 2023 8:29:43 GMT -8
I completely agree. The entire Pac Div is excellent.
As for Suns complaining about a foul, when you blow a 20 point lead you don't really have room to complain much about a final call or no call. Everyone knows the refs usually lay off the whistle unless something is blatant in those final seconds. Take care of business before that point.
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Post by clipsentuboca on Nov 1, 2023 9:59:38 GMT -8
fo sho. Similar to a "Hail Mary" in football as in "if you have to resort to that prayer play you don't deserve a ticky-tack penalty call". And it didn't even really look like much of a foul on KD. Reggie Miller was right on the call seconds before "they should call a timeout to move the ball", then the Suns blow it. Anytime there's a Suns loss to a likely non-playoff team it's good for the Clippers for sure.
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Post by nuraman00 on Nov 1, 2023 12:45:51 GMT -8
Anytime there's a Suns loss to a likely non-playoff team it's good for the Clippers for sure. I don't know, I kind of like those 32 point playoffs losses at home, that the Suns always have.
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Post by nuraman00 on Nov 1, 2023 12:56:26 GMT -8
Devin Booker brought a camcorder to the NLCS Diamondbacks game 4. How did he get that past security? Oh wow, Chase field allows camcorders. www.mlb.com/dbacks/ballpark/information/guideLooks like Petco, Angel, and Dodger stadiums all allow it too. And he also used one he used at the All-Star game, 3 years ago:
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Post by clipsentuboca on Nov 2, 2023 15:50:11 GMT -8
know it's super early and Clips have played some questionable teams but they are 2nd in the league in Point Diff at +12.2 and 4th in PPG at 121.4. Think they've played very well out-of-the-shoot with Lue likely drilling/ingraining the mentality in training camp/pre-season. If an all-time great in Lebron didn't go vintage last night the Clips would likely be 4-1 or even 5-0 if coulda got over the Utah hump. Woulda, coulda, shoulda...still playing well and the wins will pile up if continue this way.
Crappervision here we come!
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Post by clipsentuboca on Nov 2, 2023 15:53:55 GMT -8
And Devon Booger is a bit creepy with that camcorder thing. Probably mounts it on the bedroom shelf each time as well ala Pat Bateman."We're going to tape this for posterity sake. You're welcome to watch this later if I allow you back inside my house. Hitting the record button now...lez do this!".
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Post by corkscrew on Nov 2, 2023 16:38:33 GMT -8
know it's super early and Clips have played some questionable teams but they are 2nd in the league in Point Diff at +12.2 and 4th in PPG at 121.4. Think they've played very well out-of-the-shoot with Lue likely drilling/ingraining the mentality in training camp/pre-season. If an all-time great in Lebron didn't go vintage last night the Clips would likely be 4-1 or even 5-0 if coulda got over the Utah hump. Woulda, coulda, shoulda...still playing well and the wins will pile up if continue this way. Crappervision here we come! The jury is out. The only thing we’ve seen that is convincing is that this team is very capable of going very deep into the playoffs, maybe even all the way. But being capable and actually doing it are miles apart propositions. We’ve seen what they can do when they apply the defensive intensity that leads to good offense that leads to great offense when they share the basketball. That’s the Good Clippers version of the team, the potential juggernaut. But I’ve also seen some of the bad habits creep in — letting up on defensive intensity then start playing ISO ball. That’s the Bad Clippers version of the team, drives me nuts. In the three wins so far, the team averaged 29.3 assists. In the two losses, they averaged 19.5 assists, keeping in mind that the 19.5 assists would have been even lower if one of the games were not an OT game. Then there is the question of how the Harden factor will play out, Unknown for now. If the Good Clippers version becomes the rule and the Bad Clippers version the exception, and if an adult version of Harden can play team ball and petulant child Harden goes to his room and doesn’t come out, then the sky is the limit IMO. But either way, Crappervision will be a bargain this year…
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Post by clipsentuboca on Nov 2, 2023 17:23:12 GMT -8
absolutely spot on! The optimist feels like this is a different year, a winning year, though we've been stung so many times in the past with player self-absorption-giving-up-on-the-team-ISO-hero-ball defeats. Crappervision is highly likely a go before a winning streak causes Ballz and Org to raise the rates.
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Post by mistwell on Nov 3, 2023 9:02:54 GMT -8
Wemby just embarrassed Booker. So that's nice.
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Post by nuraman00 on Nov 3, 2023 15:12:11 GMT -8
And Devon Booger is a bit creepy with that camcorder thing. Probably mounts it on the bedroom shelf each time as well ala Pat Bateman."We're going to tape this for posterity sake. You're welcome to watch this later if I allow you back inside my house. Hitting the record button now...lez do this!". He could do the same with a phone or tablet.
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Post by nuraman00 on Nov 3, 2023 15:15:19 GMT -8
know it's super early and Clips have played some questionable teams but they are 2nd in the league in Point Diff at +12.2 and 4th in PPG at 121.4. Think they've played very well out-of-the-shoot with Lue likely drilling/ingraining the mentality in training camp/pre-season. If an all-time great in Lebron didn't go vintage last night the Clips would likely be 4-1 or even 5-0 if coulda got over the Utah hump. Woulda, coulda, shoulda...still playing well and the wins will pile up if continue this way. Crappervision here we come! But either way, Crappervision will be a bargain this year… clipsentuboca , this might be the first time corkscrew has called something a name online. Congrats, you've gotten him to call something a name. Maybe the last time he did that was when he called @tzill "Shrill Tzill", from the ESPN boards. But that was only after @tzill called him a name first. I won't repeat the name that corkscrew got called, unless asked.
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Post by nuraman00 on Nov 3, 2023 19:36:27 GMT -8
Golden State with a buzzer beating goaltend in their favor.
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Post by nuraman00 on Nov 3, 2023 20:48:04 GMT -8
Jordan and Doncic had a long hug afterwords.
I'm glad they're on good terms.
I also didn't realize Jordan led the league in FG%, and eFG%, 5 years in a row. I still wonder what Dallas would have been like, in a full year, maybe two, together with him.
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