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Post by nuraman00 on Apr 29, 2024 9:22:48 GMT -8
This game wasn't that fun for me.
The only thing that kept it a little bit decent was the rule that "it's not a comeback until the trailing team takes the lead".
The Clippers kept fighting back and kept Dallas from taking the lead. So it wasn't a continuous downward spiral.
Dallas did finally take the lead, but at least the Clippers held off several chances for them to do so, which was about the only thing somewhat enjoyable.
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Post by nuraman00 on Apr 29, 2024 9:24:08 GMT -8
The one thing we haven't seen yet is a bad defensive Harden game.
It's probably a matter of time. But I'd rather have it be in the 2nd round than 1st round.
I have always thought this was over-exaggerated. Harden's defense is really not as bad as people make it out to be and when he is defending in the post he is above average to me. If you were the coach, who would you have the following players guard Dallas? George, Harden, Westbrook, Zubac.
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Post by mistwell on Apr 29, 2024 10:17:06 GMT -8
Luka's FG% last 5 games:
42% 28% 42% 42% 39%
That is around a 39% average. Not so good.
Mavs fans will tell you Luka has been struggling lately. Not just in the playoffs but to end the season as well at times. I don't have an answer for why.
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Post by htownfan on Apr 29, 2024 10:26:05 GMT -8
I have always thought this was over-exaggerated. Harden's defense is really not as bad as people make it out to be and when he is defending in the post he is above average to me. If you were the coach, who would you have the following players guard Dallas? George, Harden, Westbrook, Zubac. Depends on what player is being guarded, but if you go by logic, the person with the most NBA All-defensive teams(4) would be George. As bad as Harden has been talked about defensively he has gotten votes in two different years.....
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Post by htownfan on Apr 29, 2024 10:44:04 GMT -8
Luka's FG% last 5 games: 42% 28% 42% 42% 39% That is around a 39% average. Not so good. Mavs fans will tell you Luka has been struggling lately. Not just in the playoffs but to end the season as well at times. I don't have an answer for why. Well I know its not saying much since it is the Rockets, but he dropped 37 and 45 in the last two weeks of the season against us and shot 60% from the field and 50% from the 3 in that Mar 31 game. That game more than likely cemented his March POTM over Jalen Green.
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Post by nuraman00 on Apr 29, 2024 13:00:01 GMT -8
I don't know if this is true or not, but someone said that Doncic tried harder to avoid getting switched on, then he actually did on defense itself.
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Post by nuraman00 on Apr 29, 2024 13:02:19 GMT -8
Luka's FG% last 5 games: 42% 28% 42% 42% 39% That is around a 39% average. Not so good. Mavs fans will tell you Luka has been struggling lately. Not just in the playoffs but to end the season as well at times. I don't have an answer for why. Well I know its not saying much since it is the Rockets, but he dropped 37 and 45 in the last two weeks of the season against us and shot 60% from the field and 50% from the 3 in that Mar 31 game. That game more than likely cemented his March POTM over Jalen Green. Houston is the 9th best defensive team. So for someone to have multiple instances of efficient scoring on Houston, is more rare than it is for many other teams.
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Post by hitnrun24 on Apr 29, 2024 13:17:46 GMT -8
Luka's FG% last 5 games: 42% 28% 42% 42% 39% That is around a 39% average. Not so good. Mavs fans will tell you Luka has been struggling lately. Not just in the playoffs but to end the season as well at times. I don't have an answer for why. This has been best case scenario for the Clippers. He's going to accumulate points, reb, assists no matter what but he's shooting low %'s at a high volume which is completely fine. Usually he has a few high efficiency games. He does look a little slower than I remember so maybe the knee is affecting him a bit. I think the fouls had more to do with his defense yesterday then the injury. Once he got his 5th foul he was just letting Harden go right by him.
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Post by mistwell on Apr 29, 2024 20:48:04 GMT -8
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Post by dane on Apr 30, 2024 3:24:50 GMT -8
If the LeLakers win, I will have to eviscerate myself. I prefer you perform seppuku I was sharpening up the vorpal blade, but blessedly it's now back in the sheath.
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Post by mistwell on Apr 30, 2024 8:50:13 GMT -8
I'd argue Kawhi being out, and playing injured and terrible when in, has been a bigger blow to the Clippers that Luka playing through an injury with a lower FG% than normal.
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Post by gilp5 on Apr 30, 2024 9:25:15 GMT -8
I'd argue Kawhi being out, and playing injured and terrible when in, has been a bigger blow to the Clippers that Luka playing through an injury with a lower FG% than normal. Yes agreed. Luka is still a positive for them even though he's playing through injury, unlike Kawhi. Dallas is just not a great team outside of the top 2 players. A lot of people were saying that this Dallas team is better than the one the Clippers played before. I disagree. That team with Brunson, KP, etc was better than this one with Irving and a very mediocre cast.
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Post by mistwell on Apr 30, 2024 9:53:53 GMT -8
I'd argue Kawhi being out, and playing injured and terrible when in, has been a bigger blow to the Clippers that Luka playing through an injury with a lower FG% than normal. Yes agreed. Luka is still a positive for them even though he's playing through injury, unlike Kawhi. Dallas is just not a great team outside of the top 2 players. A lot of people were saying that this Dallas team is better than the one the Clippers played before. I disagree. That team with Brunson, KP, etc was better than this one with Irving and a very mediocre cast. I agree, though I think PJ and DJJ are decent role players and both have a higher FG% than Luka this series in addition to Kyrie. Luka has the 9th best true shooting percentage on the team this series so far - a lot of players on that team should be taking some of those shots that Luka is taking.
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Post by nuraman00 on Apr 30, 2024 9:55:27 GMT -8
I'd argue Kawhi being out, and playing injured and terrible when in, has been a bigger blow to the Clippers that Luka playing through an injury with a lower FG% than normal. Yes agreed. Luka is still a positive for them even though he's playing through injury, unlike Kawhi. Dallas is just not a great team outside of the top 2 players. A lot of people were saying that this Dallas team is better than the one the Clippers played before. I disagree. That team with Brunson, KP, etc was better than this one with Irving and a very mediocre cast. I think this Dallas team is better, but not so much better that I'd feel confident in picking them. I picked the Clippers in this series. If I thought Dallas was better, or thought they had one strength that might make the difference, I would have picked Dallas and/or noted that.
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Post by htownfan on Apr 30, 2024 10:19:08 GMT -8
I'd argue Kawhi being out, and playing injured and terrible when in, has been a bigger blow to the Clippers that Luka playing through an injury with a lower FG% than normal. Yes agreed. Luka is still a positive for them even though he's playing through injury, unlike Kawhi. Dallas is just not a great team outside of the top 2 players. A lot of people were saying that this Dallas team is better than the one the Clippers played before. I disagree. That team with Brunson, KP, etc was better than this one with Irving and a very mediocre cast. I definitely disagree with you. Just on season records alone this Dallas team(50-32) is much better than the ones that the Clippers beat previously(43-32, 42-30). And please be specific about which team with Brunson,KP was better because to be honest they didn't play together at a time when they both were great. Jalen Brunson didn't even make the playoff squad the 1st playoff series. The next playoffs, Jalen Brunson was still a nobody off the bench at 8 points per game in that series and I remember KP with his sub-par performance with 13 points a game where Luka didn't have a true superstar sidekick. It was the Doncic show and that's it. The next year is where JB blew up and gave help to Luka in reaching the WCF(didnt play the Clipps). Unfortunately because of injury, there was no KP at all during that run. So maybe you could clarify which team you are referring with Brunson, KP?
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