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Post by htownfan on Apr 24, 2024 3:02:04 GMT -8
I am with Shaq, I think Leonard's presence changed the offense for the Clippers. He had the most shots and their was too much deference to him with this being his 1st game back. Obviously you get him back in as soon as you can so he can get back acclimated to the game shape but you could tell he was rusty. Just FYI, I rewatched that segment. Barkley was the one that said the other Clippers were deferring too much to Kawhi.
Yeah it was very late for me and I really shouldn't have been up with it being a work day......
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Post by dane on Apr 24, 2024 3:35:43 GMT -8
Wow. Looks like a predictable LAC playoff run, deep into the first round.
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Post by corkscrew on Apr 24, 2024 8:03:03 GMT -8
I am with Shaq, I think Leonard's presence changed the offense for the Clippers. He had the most shots and their was too much deference to him with this being his 1st game back. Obviously you get him back in as soon as you can so he can get back acclimated to the game shape but you could tell he was rusty. Just FYI, I rewatched that segment. Barkley was the one that said the other Clippers were deferring too much to Kawhi.
Barkley's point was that PG & Harden should have just played the same way they played in the first game. I think that was lazy analysis, it doesn't account for the difference in the way the Mavs defended these two in the second game. The Mavs really brought it on defense, especially Kyrie who really surprised me — I've never seen Kyrie play defense, let alone play fierce defense, he was focused, intense and relentless.
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Post by clipsentuboca on Apr 24, 2024 8:14:14 GMT -8
A bit disappointing couldn't find a way to close out that game especially being up by three late with momentum. Not really impressed with anyone on the Mavs except for Luka/Kyrie and maybe Washington. The Clipper have better players with way more experience overall.
Obvs gotta get one in Dallas not going down 3-1. Good to get Kawhi back acclimated and shouldn't shoot that badly collectively again (26% 3pt/36% fg yikers!). It would be a huge disappointment to lose this series, but LAC should prevail if were betting on it. Should have won the game last night though.
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Post by hitnrun24 on Apr 24, 2024 11:31:02 GMT -8
Just FYI, I rewatched that segment. Barkley was the one that said the other Clippers were deferring too much to Kawhi.
Barkley's point was that PG & Harden should have just played the same way they played in the first game. I think that was lazy analysis, it doesn't account for the difference in the way the Mavs defended these two in the second game. The Mavs really brought it on defense, especially Kyrie who really surprised me — I've never seen Kyrie play defense, let alone play fierce defense, he was focused, intense and relentless. Yeah I'm not sure if that's been the case all year with Kyrie because we've been hearing how he's such a bad defender. I also noticed he was going at 10X on Harden, makes you wonder how the split from the Nets went with those guys. He's small for PG and Kawhi, but he seemed way less aggressive when he got switched onto them. He was barely letting Harden catch the ball or dribble without pressuring full court. I'm surprised he can do that and still have it on offense. Luka had good defensive numbers last night too, but I'm less convinced on him.
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Post by basketcase on Apr 24, 2024 13:59:21 GMT -8
Wow that was an ugly ugly game. We played terrible on the offensive side and still kept it close. I hope the rest of the series we can find some sort of rhythm offensively. Way too much iso on our part, which makes their job of defending easier.
The plan of getting Zu in foul trouble worked for them.
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Post by nuraman00 on Apr 24, 2024 15:33:27 GMT -8
Just FYI, I rewatched that segment. Barkley was the one that said the other Clippers were deferring too much to Kawhi.
Yeah it was very late for me and I really shouldn't have been up with it being a work day...... We love basketball, we love playoffs basketball.
And we love it when the games are interesting.
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