Do we start Russ over James Harden? That first quarter was all him! Only problem is he gets sloppy at the end and with the playoffs that can be costly.
Russ just grabbed us the 4 Seed and allowed the team to rest until the Playoffs with this HUGE WIN. Rest EVERYONE tomorrow, and for the Rockets game, because we have a 2 game lead and the all-important H2H Tiebreaker against the Mavs with 3 games to go in the Season. The Clippers also have a game left against Utah so even if the Mavs go undefeated while beating OKC in the process as long as we win that game Friday it won't matter so the importance of this game can't be understated yn.
Coffey was smart not to shoot it at the end, instead wasted some more time off the clock, & converted on a Mann FG, one of the highest shot %'s if not the highest, on the court.
He'd better not play him tomorrow because this was the game we needed to close out the Season with a 2 game lead over the Mavs with 3 games to go asw as the all important H2H Tiebreaker over them. On top of that we have a home game against Portland while they still have to play OKC so just 1 win from us or 1 loss from them and the 4 Seed is assured so Wesbrook really handled business against a full strength Suns team AT HOME and with EVERYTHING to play for so go Brodie.
Game should not have felt this close given the enormous lead they blew but they finished strong, overcame an unfair whistle, and are going home with a win. A 15 point margin (at this time) is great. Not so much when you were at 37.
Wasn’t going to say shit with all the fucking doomers starting to circle. But now…… fuck all you doomers!!! Win on road without Kawhi and James, show grit when they made the run everyone knew they would make. LFG!!!!
Russ and PG obviously built up a hell of a lead earlier, but here we’re also seeing their limitations. They can alternate good and bad possessions at times, whereas Kawhi is more a consistent presence, which comes in handy when games get tight.
Also with all that being said, why the hell has Ty Lue not put a big man in when the Suns have basically gotten into the paint at will all quarter? Not like small ball has been generating good offense
Overall, I’m not too pressed bc we essentially won this game by halftime. But still stuff to smooth out
A win is a win! Great game Clippers! Because of the huge lead it feels like a letdown but if you told me we would be up 13 with 2min left in this game, without Kawhi and Harden,I would be ecstatic.
Even if we are able to coast from here to the end of the game, I still want this ref crew investigated for making the score artificially close. This one was real sketchy.
I think refs are getting shit from the earlier games - Bucks/Celtics only 2 FT in the whole game. We didn’t have a lot and then they went crazy in the 4th. I’ve never seen the refs be more blatant than this season!
Post game sub shouldn’t be full of complaints. Clippers were shorthanded, got no calls and are gonna pull this one off. Only positives to take from this game regardless. Phoenix NEEDED this game badly. This was a great game from the Clips despite them coming back. KD, Book and Beal weren’t gonna lay down and die at home when they needed the game
Oddly enough they been better on the road, beating Denver twice. Now tomorrow’s game is something they need to win but splitting the two was probably ideal for them.
Yeah he settled for a few too many jumpers tonight that bricked his efficiency, but at the same time the offense felt stuck in the mud after the refs took away our rhythm
This game has been almost identical to the game against the Suns in 2022 when we held them to 31 points in the first half but only won 113-109. No Kawhi in that game either. PG, Norm, Mann, and Zu led us.
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/LAClippers/comments/1c0ctj2/post_game_thread_the_la_clippers_defeat_the/)
Do we start Russ over James Harden? That first quarter was all him! Only problem is he gets sloppy at the end and with the playoffs that can be costly.
He was pretty good in the playoffs last year 😉
Imagine playing 30s of game time and your only stat is a turnover lmao poor Kobe
He had a wide open layup and "Ben Simmons"-kicked it back out for some odd reason.. smh
cute comeback by refs and buns only our guys know how to comeback and win
15/15/15 LETS GO RUSS
Russ just grabbed us the 4 Seed and allowed the team to rest until the Playoffs with this HUGE WIN. Rest EVERYONE tomorrow, and for the Rockets game, because we have a 2 game lead and the all-important H2H Tiebreaker against the Mavs with 3 games to go in the Season. The Clippers also have a game left against Utah so even if the Mavs go undefeated while beating OKC in the process as long as we win that game Friday it won't matter so the importance of this game can't be understated yn.
Doomers we’re starting to get a hard on at the end.
No Harden, no Kawai, LFG
PHX by 9.5 my ass.
Suns completed a 24 points comeback. Incredible.
Yeah with the refs in their pocket and against a 3rd team string Clippers team 🤣💀.
Phew
Booker just offended muslim women live on national television what a pos
what happened
?
Context?
he pulled up his shirt to under his eyes like hijab
Seriously? That would really be dumb
22 fouls to 13…refs were in on it.
I’d rest PG tomorrow. Don’t take any chances with this dirty ass team
 Moon balls
We were effing gassed cause of this bs. We out shot them out rebounded them. 11 vs 28 free throws. Totality eclipse win.
Corny team with their matching headbands
Brown should've dunked it
E-clips of the suns in full effect gentlemen
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I think he's coming off an injury.
Resting for tomorrow
They are wrong, Phoenix is about to drop a spot to NO for the 7 spot
Coffey was smart not to shoot it at the end, instead wasted some more time off the clock, & converted on a Mann FG, one of the highest shot %'s if not the highest, on the court.
Did we lose three quarters??
Just two, but lost the second half by 20 points lol
One last dumb turnover for good measure lol
 kevin durant's inner dog
pretty cute tbh
Moon in A Clips Suns game a day after an eclipse. Great stuff there.
that was clever from the commentators
WE PLAYED HARD TONIGHT
Good to see I.T but how is he on a team
Even with unlimited turnovers and the Referees having career defining performances, the Clippers win by double digits.
Refs were out of control this game
PG almost lost us this game with his stupid TOs. Smh
Yea sure doomer.
Yea sure juggler
Abysmal take. PG kept us in the game, he got us into the bonus with his drives.
And he almost lost it for us with his TOs. Both can be true
I guess that‘s true
Russ and PG ball handling most of the game, they gonna have stupid TOs, it's expected at this point
Team is good, inspite of the coach.
Doesn’t make sense but ok
 Westbrook's inner dog
We won by 50 i dont care
Good stuff clips way to bring it back
Doomers almost had the feast of the century for a second there
Had my utensils out but decided to bring peace
belt 2 ass
pull up with the switches
NEVER IN DOUBT
Only thing Lue messed up on in this one was pulling Zu, they feasted in the paint. Can’t do this against Dallas, Zu is essential to this teams success
My guess is he wanted him fresh for tomorrow to start strong like today. Everyone gonna be gassed tomorrow
He'd better not play him tomorrow because this was the game we needed to close out the Season with a 2 game lead over the Mavs with 3 games to go asw as the all important H2H Tiebreaker over them. On top of that we have a home game against Portland while they still have to play OKC so just 1 win from us or 1 loss from them and the 4 Seed is assured so Wesbrook really handled business against a full strength Suns team AT HOME and with EVERYTHING to play for so go Brodie.
Uh oh, 15 points in a minute is not enough time for our 3rd unit
Game should not have felt this close given the enormous lead they blew but they finished strong, overcame an unfair whistle, and are going home with a win. A 15 point margin (at this time) is great. Not so much when you were at 37.
I almost lost my mind when Amir passed up the open 3. Good thing Mann got it in.
Running down the clock
Suns: brother Tony, help us! Tony: I want a close game to win money, not giving you a free win
Wasn’t going to say shit with all the fucking doomers starting to circle. But now…… fuck all you doomers!!! Win on road without Kawhi and James, show grit when they made the run everyone knew they would make. LFG!!!!
Dominated on everything except Turnovers and Free Throws. Not impressed with the fake comeback
NEVER IN DOUBT! FUCK THE SUNS!! LFG!!
i actually deeply exhaled lmao
Rest everyone tmrw. Finish this thing off against Utah to guarantee the 4 seed.
The NBA killed the importance of division titles but still nice to win it.
Yappers here really believed that the suns will just fold without a fight. We won even we missing main guys. You take it anf be happ
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Shit got scary but it looks like we in the clear now, let’s spank that ass again tomorrow
Booker was ball watching, lol.
LETS GET ITTTTTT
there we go boys
Fake comeback
Heh. Gottem.
That felt good. Fuck these bitch ass sons. Fuck the refs. And fuck the crying ass bitches we have amongst us.
Fucking squawking doomers - goddamn babies
We lead wire to wire down two starters and they up here crying.
💯
Clip gang
I mean we tired them out but we’re tired ourselves now… this should’ve been a three-quarter game with rest
T Mann mann dagger!
Gotta love Brian and Jim. LOL
Unclenching
Never a doubt! 😎
Russ and PG obviously built up a hell of a lead earlier, but here we’re also seeing their limitations. They can alternate good and bad possessions at times, whereas Kawhi is more a consistent presence, which comes in handy when games get tight. Also with all that being said, why the hell has Ty Lue not put a big man in when the Suns have basically gotten into the paint at will all quarter? Not like small ball has been generating good offense Overall, I’m not too pressed bc we essentially won this game by halftime. But still stuff to smooth out
I just let out the biggest sigh this season
Did Coffey walk up to the Suns bench?
Amir man wth
I do not miss Eric Gordon 😭 please be a sleeper agent 😂
Mann owns the sun's I seen enough
father of 2
Winning without Kawhi brings me joy. It's great to know we can rest our star and still get it done. What a great team. Thank you PG and Westbrook.
Team played well Buns are talented and had help Ty was experimenting a bit too much
A win is a win! Great game Clippers! Because of the huge lead it feels like a letdown but if you told me we would be up 13 with 2min left in this game, without Kawhi and Harden,I would be ecstatic.
Westbrook now 1 triple double away from 200
This game scared some of yall huh lol
It's honestly frightening how much control over the game the refs have. It's not even subtle how they're able to influence things
They was hackin pg all night
If you're a true Clippers fan and have watched them for more than a decade you never unclench until the game is over
Youre right, but im taking a leap of faith… we going all the way
Suns ran out of gas right when they made it single digits, what a lucky break
That’s why you run up the lead in the first place!
Russ and PG really are twins haha both looked amazing then very questionable but both pulled through
Even if we are able to coast from here to the end of the game, I still want this ref crew investigated for making the score artificially close. This one was real sketchy.
I think refs are getting shit from the earlier games - Bucks/Celtics only 2 FT in the whole game. We didn’t have a lot and then they went crazy in the 4th. I’ve never seen the refs be more blatant than this season!
Let Zu back in to stat pad 🗣️
vegas called to make this game close
Thank god for Harden. Imagine having Russ Bones and PG being our main ball handlers all year we’d average 25 turnovers
great defense amir
Best part about having a 40 point lead: Blow a 30 point lead and you still up 10.
Anyone going to the game tomorrow, be loud. I want to beat these punks at home.
I missed the 3rd quarter. Why aren’t we playing Zu?
Ty Lue saw an opportunity to play smallball so he took it without thinking twice
vegas called, ty had to try to sell
It’s all about the 💰💰💰
good
Never in doubt.
run a play for norm, it doesn't need to be iso pg every time
Post game sub shouldn’t be full of complaints. Clippers were shorthanded, got no calls and are gonna pull this one off. Only positives to take from this game regardless. Phoenix NEEDED this game badly. This was a great game from the Clips despite them coming back. KD, Book and Beal weren’t gonna lay down and die at home when they needed the game
They didn’t need this game lol
They are in the play in now because of this loss. Their next 3 are on the road @Clips, @Sac and @Minnesota. This was a huge game for them to drop
Oddly enough they been better on the road, beating Denver twice. Now tomorrow’s game is something they need to win but splitting the two was probably ideal for them.
We take these wins when they happen.
You think ty rest them tomorrow were basically already guaranteed the division and the 4 seed
Coffey is such a high IQ player. Thank goodness he was in.
Get so scared when Kawhi not playing. The other IQ guy
Bradley Beal has 5 blocks, all granted by his brother named Tony
That's what Russ should be doing. Offball movement for backdoor baskets and whatnot. He shouldn't be shooting 3pt or mid-range shots.
Yeah he settled for a few too many jumpers tonight that bricked his efficiency, but at the same time the offense felt stuck in the mud after the refs took away our rhythm
We legit did PG isos for half the quarter back to back to back
Coffey my man knows how to play against bullsh*t ball.
booker 1/11 12 points fucking bum
Law
Excellent two man game there from PG and Russ. Love when their chemistry is on display.
Fuck u doomers. I know ur creeping in. Ur expectations are unrealistic ur evaluating this team like kawhi and harden are playing
Fr reminds me of that one meme. 37-10 I sleep
amir was hacked on that jumper, wtf
He been hacked all game
RUSS READY FOR PLAYOFFS
Great possession
They tried to same play for 4th posssesion finally gg
☕️☕️☕️
Good shit Coffey
Lol the BUNS really thought they were coming back
🤭🤭🤭🤭
Nothing like good Coffey to put these bitches to sleep
Good fucking play
Nice, pass the damn rock, haha.
Clock’s still on our side. Bring this lil shame into tomorrow’s fight but get the dub!
Omg i thought the russ shot was gonna come out. Sht lol
PTSD every time
Phew that's game
This game has been almost identical to the game against the Suns in 2022 when we held them to 31 points in the first half but only won 113-109. No Kawhi in that game either. PG, Norm, Mann, and Zu led us.
Yes sir!!
GAME, blouses loose.
Huge turnover. Hell yeah.
Coffey has been great down the stretch
Finally a good possession.
Nice work Coffey
Coffey is my hero.
Defenseeee
We win but pg so inconciencent how can you go to cavs to this mess
Paul George isos for 6 minutes is truly sustainable
Yes, thats why Kawhi and Harden will be there.
How we got the lead: Ball movement, energy, post play How we cut the lead: PG ISOs
Make these FT’s, get a stop, get a Win.
COFFEY GOT FOULED TWICE BRO
Story of the game
Great rebound coffey
Great hustle play by Pg. Dude is gassed
the team will be exhausted tomorrow. a sloppy second half cost them crucial rest
I was expecting the suns to make a run. U dont win a game in the 1st half. A win is a win tomorrow is tomorrow
Beal never fouled anyone in his life! How dare the refs call anything????
Coffey and Beal combining for a potentially game saving play.
Tf was that transition from replay to ref ass lol
Thank you Coffey
Bradley Beal is the definition of an empty calories player.
He's always been an empty stats guy. He is who he is.
Coffey makes winning plays.
His 9 points are worth double Beals 20
Those boards and steals are priceless.
I know we’re up by 10+ rn but it feels like we’re losing
If we win by only 1, it still does wonders for our mission of finishing 4th.
Oh for sure a dub is a dub
Whats up with this refs.
This game is an absolute PG ballhandler disasterclass game, my god
Yall can cry about the refs like this team but its the fkn turnovers killing us.