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Post by clippers1121 on Mar 8, 2019 9:07:20 GMT -8
www.rotoworld.com/basketball/nba/teams/lac/los-angeles-clippersClippers - 2. Who is our second leading rebounder? Who is our second leading player in assists? Who is our second leading player in steals? If you said Patrick Beverley to all of the above you would be correct. This guy scores as well as Austin Rivers, shoots as well, but also does all these other things for us that make us such a better team than last year. And he also defends better. One of the big reasons why we are a solid playoff contender instead of a lottery team this year. And why we could afford to lose one of our best players in Tobias Harris and keep on winning. Tonights game is against the Thunder. They have two beasts in Paul George and Russell Westbrook. But I expect them to be tired coming off the back-to-back against the Trailblazers. They might just not play as hard tonight as they did yesterday. No Mbah a Moute and Wilson Chandler questionable for us. Shamet on Paul George maybe. Beverley on Westbrook maybe. Good test for Zubac having to guard Adams. Shai guards Ferguson and Gallo guards Grant I am guessing. We try and stay even with our starters and then knock them out with Harrell and Lou in the second half when they start to get tired.
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Post by nuraman00 on Mar 8, 2019 10:18:46 GMT -8
The Thunder are 6 - 3 on the first night of back to backs, with those games being 2 Home, 7 Road.
The Thunder are 6 - 3, on the second night of back to backs, with those games being 8 Home, 1 Road.
They had a New York Road --> Portland Home Back to back.
The Thunder are 2 - 1 following an overtime game.
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Post by clippers1121 on Mar 8, 2019 11:00:08 GMT -8
And that is why they are only two point underdogs. Thunder still in a battle for playoff position and homecourt advantage. So it isn't like they have nothing to play for. So two highly motivated teams going after each other. I like our chances in this one.
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Post by mistwell on Mar 8, 2019 19:55:39 GMT -8
Beverley is playing as tough as he was on Lebron.
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Post by dyce on Mar 8, 2019 20:50:44 GMT -8
Up 68-56 at the half.
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Post by v-ice on Mar 8, 2019 21:32:54 GMT -8
Been playing sloppy the last 2 games. Need to pick it up here in the 4th quarter. Big game for us...
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Post by dyce on Mar 8, 2019 22:11:56 GMT -8
Clippers win. Lou with 40 off the bench.
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Post by tullabye on Mar 8, 2019 22:49:44 GMT -8
Clippers win. Lou with 40 off the bench. Lou deserves a statue. 8M per...are you kidding me? |
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Post by dyce on Mar 8, 2019 23:32:51 GMT -8
Honestly, Lou might be better than CP3 right now.
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Post by gilp5 on Mar 8, 2019 23:57:00 GMT -8
Honestly, Lou might be better than CP3 right now. Nah not on defense. |
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Post by dyce on Mar 9, 2019 0:30:07 GMT -8
Honestly, Lou might be better than CP3 right now. Nah not on defense. Lou did get 4 steals tonight. |
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Post by clippers1121 on Mar 9, 2019 9:53:32 GMT -8
Gallo had a great game too. It seems like Gallo and Lou were our only two scoring threats in the fourth quarter. Much tougher game than I thought it would be. Those reserves for OKC really took the game to us at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter. OKC probably could have won the game if they left those guys in instead of putting George and Westbrook back into the game. OKC has a lot of big, athletic, and physical players that it is tough to match up with. If they were not tired from playing at Portland and hitting some of the easy shots they missed in the fourth quarter they probably would have beaten us.
So bottom line is we won a big game and almost assured ourselves of a playoff spot. But Shai and Shamet have to learn to create their shots better and get some more experience for us to win in the playoffs. Good we have 15 more games left for them to up their games. And Lakers fans must be kicking themselves for trading Zubac for Muscala. Give them an "F" for that trade. I guess we dumped Gortat just so that Doc would be forced to play Zubac instead of favoring the more veteran player.
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Post by gilp5 on Mar 9, 2019 10:37:40 GMT -8
I guess we dumped Gortat just so that Doc would be forced to play Zubac instead of favoring the more veteran player. I'm guessing also they viewed Thornwell as somewhat of a tradeable asset and not Gortat. |
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Post by tullabye on Mar 9, 2019 11:59:59 GMT -8
Gallo had a great game too. It seems like Gallo and Lou were our only two scoring threats in the fourth quarter. Much tougher game than I thought it would be. Those reserves for OKC really took the game to us at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter. OKC probably could have won the game if they left those guys in instead of putting George and Westbrook back into the game. OKC has a lot of big, athletic, and physical players that it is tough to match up with. If they were not tired from playing at Portland and hitting some of the easy shots they missed in the fourth quarter they probably would have beaten us. We controlled the game. How many times do Lou and Gallo miss 8 free throws? |
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Post by tullabye on Mar 9, 2019 12:00:58 GMT -8
Lou did get 4 steals tonight. I wouldn’t trade Lou for CP regardless of salary. |
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