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Post by corkscrew on Apr 21, 2024 14:32:32 GMT -8
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Post by corkscrew on Apr 21, 2024 14:34:53 GMT -8
Great win, came out with the right energy. Zu set the the tone early. Westbrook brought great energy. Tried to play out the clock too soon in the fourth and let them make it closer than it should have been. Harden won't score like that in all the games and Dallas won't shoot like the first half either. This series will still be competitive. Good to get the first one. Right. On the other hand, Kawhi will be back at some point, no?  |
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Post by clipzfan611 on Apr 21, 2024 14:36:12 GMT -8
Slow, stagnant, sloppy offense in the 2nd half par for the course, but did enough early on to hold the W. Will need to play better going forward the Mavs wont be this bad again most likely.
Zu was huge tonight. The FT disparity was a bit questionable.
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Post by corkscrew on Apr 21, 2024 14:40:39 GMT -8
Waiting to hear about corkscrew 's game 1 wine.  |
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Post by gilp5 on Apr 21, 2024 15:00:25 GMT -8
This was a nice win but I don't think we win this series without kawhi.
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Post by jglanton on Apr 21, 2024 15:01:52 GMT -8
I had to work through the 2nd half so I have to wait a few hours to get my IPA to celebrate
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Post by basketcase on Apr 21, 2024 15:21:27 GMT -8
Great win, came out with the right energy. Zu set the the tone early. Westbrook brought great energy. Tried to play out the clock too soon in the fourth and let them make it closer than it should have been. Harden won't score like that in all the games and Dallas won't shoot like the first half either. This series will still be competitive. Good to get the first one. Right. On the other hand, Kawhi will be back at some point, no? good point. Crosses fingers. |
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Post by hitnrun24 on Apr 21, 2024 15:30:36 GMT -8
Don't need rest when games are spread out in a series. Clippers rotation is the oldest in the league, every half hour counts. Yeah Harden hasn't looked that spry and quick in a while, I think the rest was big for him. No back to backs helps, but we're going to want to keep him fresh as possible. Probably could have given him 5 less minutes and given them to Russ considering he was playing well and we had a nice lead. He's durable, but if we're getting a Harden that's attacking the basket that opens up a lot more. When we were struggling in the regular season, he was looking much slower. |
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Post by mistwell on Apr 21, 2024 15:30:48 GMT -8
Wow. What a win. And most of that free throw disparity was in the second half. Felt like a phone call from New York to the lead ref telling them to not let their golden boy Luka be too embarrassed. That tech and flagrant on Zu was stupid.
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Post by hitnrun24 on Apr 21, 2024 15:48:41 GMT -8
Lue did a good job with the time outs. Seems like after every time out we came back with a basket to stop their runs.
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Post by clipsentuboca on Apr 21, 2024 16:27:59 GMT -8
yah, Lue was coaching class today and deserves credit for gameplan/lineups/schemes/everything. That Plumlee backdoor pass was sick. Every play out a timeout seemed to work along w each being unique and creative. Beautifully coached/played game today fo sho.
The entire team seemed locked in and brought the hammer. Keep it goin. ✊🏼
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Post by jglanton on Apr 21, 2024 16:57:57 GMT -8
Extra kudos to the Clippers for figuring out how to drag their asses out of bed on a Sunday and be ready to play playoff basketball by noon. I had my doubts, lol.
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Post by v-ice on Apr 21, 2024 20:13:26 GMT -8
Extra kudos to the Clippers for figuring out how to drag their asses out of bed on a Sunday and be ready to play playoff basketball by noon. I had my doubts, lol. The energy of the home crowd helped. |
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Post by dane on Apr 22, 2024 3:49:15 GMT -8
Got home for the fourth quarter. And just heard the dumbest comment ever at the end: "The team that loses has the advantage." (I don't know where to begin with that.) I was dumbfounded by that as well. In fairness to him, he was probably thinking of game #2 only, where his claim, of course, is still completely wrong. He may as well have cited the equally specious "law of averages." |
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Post by v-ice on Apr 22, 2024 9:12:55 GMT -8
We do need to need to play much better in game 2 to win.
George and NoPo need to show up.
Still feel good about Harden & Westbrook.
Mavs have no answer for Zu but I could see them doing the Pick & Roll w him more so the switch would be Luka being guarded by Zu.
I would like to see Tucker get some minutes..
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