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Post by htownfan on May 3, 2019 11:08:45 GMT -8
At this point I'd be surprised if Kawhi was not a Clipper next season and I'd be thrilled by that move. He is undoubtedly a top 3 player and shows up in the postseason more importantly. In fact I would consider him probably the number 1 guy I would take in the playoffs, he has the type of game that thrives under pressure. I would agree with you on this for the complete package player but for the cut throat and I am put you down player...Dame Lilliard..If he could get some top talent around him...... |
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Post by griffin5 on May 3, 2019 12:00:32 GMT -8
I watched Portland vs Denver. I find it unbelievable how they let McHale call those games. He is cleary still hurt of that 3 point shot from Dame the biase is just crazy and annoying. Also I was pretty impressed with Enes Kanter. He played really good on the offensive end. I also liked Mo Harkless. I still can't believe that the Blazers won even though they got outrebounded and Dame even had a bad game. Overall I love the intensity in this series. Both teams didn't play very good but it was still nice to watch. I still got Portland beating Denver in this series and am rooting for them. The one from 2014? Wow, McHale does need to get over it, lol.
I like watching these teams, and I like how they have low key personalities.
I can't get into Philly, even though I am trying.
Yes exactly that one! The bias is unreal. I never heard him give props to one player of the Blazers. He only talked about the Nuggets. Me too. I don't know why but Ben Simmons seems like a douche. I also don't know why but I dislike Philly teams. I wonder why that is lol |
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Post by griffin5 on May 3, 2019 12:02:25 GMT -8
If Philly takes out Toronto then Kawhi is bolting for sure. 100% The same thing I was thinking too. It really baffles me how bad Lowry plays in the playoffs. |
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Post by hitnrun24 on May 3, 2019 16:28:39 GMT -8
At this point I'd be surprised if Kawhi was not a Clipper next season and I'd be thrilled by that move. He is undoubtedly a top 3 player and shows up in the postseason more importantly. In fact I would consider him probably the number 1 guy I would take in the playoffs, he has the type of game that thrives under pressure. I would agree with you on this for the complete package player but for the cut throat and I am put you down player...Dame Lilliard..If he could get some top talent around him...... Oh I love Dame, he's a top level guy but he's a little small to be on that level for me. Kawhi is on the Durant level where his physical abilities and length make him an impossible cover even if you do everything right. I think there are some 2 guards in the league and even Kawhi included who could make things tough on Lillard. At least they have before, we'll see if he's able to overcome that now. Actually your guy CP3 has completely dominated him in the past, badly. |
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Post by clipps on May 3, 2019 22:43:23 GMT -8
Wow, four overtimes. Nuggets fans are crushed right now. I feel bad for them. I hope they bounce back.
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Post by mistwell on May 4, 2019 19:17:02 GMT -8
Curry threw the game away in the end, but Thompson chucking and missing and fouling didn't help either. Only KD was amazing.
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Post by vfhs on May 4, 2019 19:44:49 GMT -8
- Klay disappeared
- Steph Curry looked more like Steph Lowry
- Shumpert actually made three threes
- Eric Gordon looked like a superstar
All that, and the Rockets still only managed to squeak out a single-digit win in overtime at home. Yeah, still not impressed by them at all. Our resident Houston troll can claim that the Warriors "weren't taking the Clippers seriously" all he wants, but the Clippers actually beat the Warriors when they were on their A-game, in Oracle. The Rockets have done neither so far this series.
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Post by samiam19 on May 4, 2019 19:46:12 GMT -8
- Klay disappeared - Steph Curry looked more like Steph Lowry - Shumpert actually made three threes - Eric Gordon looked like a superstar All that, and the Rockets still only managed to squeak out a single-digit win in overtime at home. Yeah, still not impressed by them at all. Our resident Houston troll can claim that the Warriors "weren't taking the Clippers seriously" all he wants, but the Clippers actually beat the Warriors when they were on their A-game, in Oracle. The Rockets have done neither so far this series. Don't forget Austin Rivers was murdered by Draymond |
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Post by nuraman00 on May 4, 2019 20:05:21 GMT -8
- Klay disappeared - Steph Curry looked more like Steph Lowry- Shumpert actually made three threes - Eric Gordon looked like a superstar All that, and the Rockets still only managed to squeak out a single-digit win in overtime at home. Yeah, still not impressed by them at all. Our resident Houston troll can claim that the Warriors "weren't taking the Clippers seriously" all he wants, but the Clippers actually beat the Warriors when they were on their A-game, in Oracle. The Rockets have done neither so far this series. LOL. I guess we have a new running joke.
If a player is sucking in the playoffs, just call his last name Lowry.
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Post by nuraman00 on May 4, 2019 20:06:43 GMT -8
Portland shouldn't have let it get that close. But Denver had some bad turnovers and missed FTs in the overtimes. Both teams blew 4 and 5 point leads during the overtimes. Portland did it twice. popcornmachine.net/gf?date=20190503&game=DENPORDenver had a 6 point lead in the 3rd, and a 5 point lead with 1:56 left in regulation, and a 4 point lead with 32 seconds left in triple overtime. I could be wrong, but I think for playoffs games that are two overtimes or more, the road team wins more of them. Or, maybe they win a greater percentage than they do during the regular season. |
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Post by griffin5 on May 5, 2019 3:28:19 GMT -8
Steph Curry should stick with difficult shots because he misses all the easy ones.
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Post by nuraman00 on May 5, 2019 10:34:55 GMT -8
Steph Curry should stick with difficult shots because he misses all the easy ones.
Lol. Funny, but probably true.
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Post by nuraman00 on May 5, 2019 10:36:25 GMT -8
You know how I said earlier that I think the road team wins playoffs games that are two overtimes ore more? Or they win a greater percentage than they do in the regular season?
I checked every multiple overtime playoffs game I remembered from the 2000s, and the road team won every one.
I'll have a more comprehensive analysis, with all of the data, another time. Maybe when there's less games on.
Also, almost every time, whatever team won the multiple overtime playoffs game, lost the next game. It didn't matter which game number in the series it was.
In this series in particular, the thing to note are Jokic's minutes, since he's never played that many before.
How will he respond?
I'm not going to make any assumptions, as I've seen 37 year old players win games playing 41 minutes in consecutive games.
But let's just see how fresh he looks to start the game. If he looks good, then who knows. If he doesn't, then maybe it took too much out of him.
I'm just saying though, that these athletes have amazing recovering abilities. So we'll see what Jokic is like.
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Post by griffin5 on May 5, 2019 12:41:24 GMT -8
Embid with 2 big blocks on Ibaka.
Ben Simmons also missed a open layup lol
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Post by nuraman00 on May 5, 2019 13:08:11 GMT -8
Embid with 2 big blocks on Ibaka. Ben Simmons also missed a open layup lol In game 3, when Toronto was coming back, they had a 2 on 0 fastbreak.
They tried an alley oop, and missed it.
Later the game got out of hand, but that was a big miss, because it was still a close game.
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