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Post by clippers1121 on Mar 19, 2019 13:55:54 GMT -8
Clippers - 4.5. NBA TV I think. Pacers coming off of a tough back-to-back after playing the Blazers last night at Portland. They fought hard until the final seconds of the game even though the final score wasn't that close. These guys are a tough bunch of SOBs from the Midwest who always give us problems. Even without Oladipo. Expect another battle tonight although I think they will finally wear down in the second half. Portland to L.A. is always tough. We beat the Thunder coming off of a Portland game and we lost to the Spurs coming off of them playing at Denver the previous night. So I guess they could beat us but hopefully they don't.
So after tonight only 10 games left in the regular season. At least we will get Ralph for four more playoff games this year. Sad to see him go. At least I am happy that he gets to go out under Ballmer and with a winning team. It would have been pathetic to go out under Sterling with a 20 win team as was the norm under his ownership.
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Post by clipps on Mar 19, 2019 14:29:57 GMT -8
The Pacers are kind of like the Clippers of the east. They’ll be really tough tonight.
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Post by gilp5 on Mar 19, 2019 15:16:06 GMT -8
The Pacers are kind of like the Clippers of the east. They’ll be really tough tonight. Isn't that what they said about the Nets? |
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Post by dyce on Mar 19, 2019 21:03:08 GMT -8
They almost made a comeback, but Clippers made a bunch of good plays in the last few minutes.
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Post by gilp5 on Mar 19, 2019 22:05:31 GMT -8
Clipper fans on the other sites have been very critical of doc for leaving Harrell in the game in 4th quarters when we have a lead and need defense, saying all of the easy layups could have been prevented with Zu.
One comment: "It’s absurd and more times than not we win games hoping to out shoot the other team. Doc has some of the worst rotation habits this season and from Bradley to this with Harrell he’s overthinking it.
Go back on the tape against better teams watch Harrell start to slow down mid 4th and save energy to score but have issues on the glass and help defense"
Do you guys agree?
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Post by clipps on Mar 19, 2019 22:15:52 GMT -8
No All Stars? I say not. SGA, Gallo, Lou, Bev, and Trez are our All Stars.
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Post by tullabye on Mar 19, 2019 23:11:24 GMT -8
No All Stars? I say not. SGA, Gallo, Lou, Bev, and Trez are our All Stars. Yes sir that is one potent lineup and what we should strive to finish with in close games. Zubac is okay but Trez he’s not. |
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Post by clipps on Mar 19, 2019 23:50:08 GMT -8
Can only have 4 we have 6
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Post by mistwell on Mar 20, 2019 4:48:44 GMT -8
Clipper fans on the other sites have been very critical of doc for leaving Harrell in the game in 4th quarters when we have a lead and need defense, saying all of the easy layups could have been prevented with Zu. One comment: "It’s absurd and more times than not we win games hoping to out shoot the other team. Doc has some of the worst rotation habits this season and from Bradley to this with Harrell he’s overthinking it. Go back on the tape against better teams watch Harrell start to slow down mid 4th and save energy to score but have issues on the glass and help defense" Do you guys agree? It's a fair point I've seen made before however we're a very good closing team. We come back from being down late in the game more often than other teams do that against us. So I am not sure they're correct. I see a lot of love for Zu on other boards. I like Zu, but the duo of Williams and Harrell knowing each other so well is very potent. |
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Post by dyce on Mar 20, 2019 5:36:36 GMT -8
Harrell does get tired late in games. His free throw shooting seems to suffer because of it. Probably would be good to at least give him a break for a few minutes.
Doc actually did do this with Lou during this game. Lou came out at 5:48 and after 3 timeouts and a bunch of free throws he came back in at 3:01 well rested.
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Post by mistwell on Mar 20, 2019 7:36:55 GMT -8
I think Doc just doesn't feel like he has the time this season to mess with the closing lineup much. Lou and Harrell work so well together, that even when tired it may be a better option than Zubac and Lou right now. And it would be OK if Harrell was out there with Zubac simultaneously however you need Gallinari out there to close as well. Maybe if Doc held Harrell out with 6 minutes left in the 4th and put him in around 3 minutes left it would help endurance for closing?
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Post by gilp5 on Mar 20, 2019 9:53:26 GMT -8
I think Doc just doesn't feel like he has the time this season to mess with the closing lineup much. Lou and Harrell work so well together, that even when tired it may be a better option than Zubac and Lou right now. And it would be OK if Harrell was out there with Zubac simultaneously however you need Gallinari out there to close as well. Maybe if Doc held Harrell out with 6 minutes left in the 4th and put him in around 3 minutes left it would help endurance for closing? We gave up two leads late in the 4th twice in a row. Our defense was awful both of these times, teams were hitting layup after layup. These are not great teams either. |
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Post by mistwell on Mar 20, 2019 10:30:57 GMT -8
I think Doc just doesn't feel like he has the time this season to mess with the closing lineup much. Lou and Harrell work so well together, that even when tired it may be a better option than Zubac and Lou right now. And it would be OK if Harrell was out there with Zubac simultaneously however you need Gallinari out there to close as well. Maybe if Doc held Harrell out with 6 minutes left in the 4th and put him in around 3 minutes left it would help endurance for closing? We gave up two leads late in the 4th twice in a row. Our defense was awful both of these times, teams were hitting layup after layup. These are not great teams either. It's pretty normal for lead changes to happen in the 4th for any team. It's closing out in the final couple of minutes that's important, not lead changes earlier in the quarter. We didn't "give up" those lead changes, the other team went on runs. Not sure what team in the NBA doesn't have that happen on a fairly regular basis? Also, they were both playoff teams. In fact both have higher playoff seeding than our team I believe? |
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Post by gilp5 on Mar 20, 2019 10:38:17 GMT -8
We gave up two leads late in the 4th twice in a row. Our defense was awful both of these times, teams were hitting layup after layup. These are not great teams either. It's pretty normal for lead changes to happen in the 4th for any team. It's closing out in the final couple of minutes that's important, not lead changes earlier in the quarter. We didn't "give up" those lead changes, the other team went on runs. Not sure what team in the NBA doesn't have that happen on a fairly regular basis? Also, they were both playoff teams. In fact both have higher playoff seeding than our team I believe? Come on. Playoff teams in the East. Indiana is a sub 500 team without Oladipo and they were also playing without Collison. Brooklyn is barely a 500 team. Both teams on second night of back to backs. And it's not like they were hitting crazy shots, we had no rim protection during that time. |
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Post by nuraman00 on Mar 20, 2019 10:45:39 GMT -8
It feels like the Clippers have 1 NBA TV game a week now. Yesterday's game was a normal broadcast (picked up the Clippers TV feed), not that "Players Only" garbage. I'd also have been ok with their "Game Night" studio crew broadcast, as Casey Stern is a solid navigator / moderator. When I saw Bogdanovic fall like Steve Urkel, I predicted that dyce would upload clips of those plays. |
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