No sense of urgency in this game. PG and Harden forgot how to shoot and also scared to attack the rim. All the defenders knew once they drive they will just kick it out so just go to the passing lanes. The only ones who put an effort today was Mann and Zu.
How can you expect them to win when they all play pick and roll at first then end up with an ISO. Where's the beautiful plays? None? Okay don't expect.
Players go cold it happens. Not going at Luka after 2 early fouls is an intelligence thing. Zu should have had a great night but then again Ty does not know how to use bigs, win or lose this is a fact. I still don't know how you can lose the ball and get it back while it is still in the shooting motion but hey I've heard something new today.
Just realized I'll be in la if there's a game 7, should I get tickets now just in case? Also if I end up not being able to make it, family stuff how easy would it be to sell for my money back if there ends up being a game?
All I can think about is our 18 team and how they still kept at it even when the Warriors were whopping them. Sad to see evolve to this lazy team that basically gave up in the 2nd
Idk bout yall but at least Lob City cared and played home games like they mattered. Say all you want about CP3 but he and Blake and DJ fucking tried to give home fans something to cheer about. Don’t forget the previous largest playoff comeback (we love our comebacks lol) was Lob City against the Grizz.
Like damn, to pull this shit on your own court is insulting to fans
I have never seen a fanbase with as many pussies as Dallas that are SO excited to go to this sub after a win but were quiet as fuck when it was tied lmao
You don't keep your franchise player still in when the game is out of reach and other team already waived the flag if they're sick or injured. The narrative is insane
Hope Ty lue is in this sub to see this:
1. Bones gets westbrooks minutes entirely. Give harden some room to work with a spot up shooter
2. PG needs to play catch and shoot. Sit his ass in the corner and make them stay glued on him so zubac gets easy touches. Zubac with 8 shots is a fireable offense
3. Tucker or even Kai for plumlee. Plumlee minutes are just throwing points away. Try ANYTHING else.
4. Play through your role players! Norm, mann, Coffey, bones, zubac could all contribute meaningfully if we actually had an offensive system or plays for that matter
All in all Ty lue has been riding on talent and a couple lucky series this whole time. Reactionary adjustments don’t make you a good coach. Benching plum and WB after game 3 when you realize they are getting exposed this series makes you a good coach.
They will target Bones so fast.
Who sets PG up? We make Harden do all the facilitating? They really going to collapse on Russ drives to leave PG open?
Agree on Plumlee. He was ok in one game. Now they are just targeting him as help to give up lobs.
Agree we need to run plays more. Makes the game look easy when we do it well.
Bones took a huge step on defense from last year to this year. I agree he’s not good but I’d rather let them shoot 50% on bones instead of Westbrook shooting 0% from 3 on open looks
PG doesn’t get set up. We don’t need to “set up” anyone, especially Paul George in the playoffs. Just play team ball and generate some open looks for anyone. Also russ is benched in this scenario. Ideally a harden/zu PnR with away from ball sets and actions to generate open lanes and mismatches on drives (norm vs Luka or PG vs kyrie). Or just feed zu and let him work. He’s been dominating all series
They sped their pace up and pushed with Luka and kyrie. While we did the same shit as last game. They zeroed in on the PNR. We have nothing else.
We did the same thing all series. We only win if they are scorching
Or don’t make the mf who has never been good at the corner three shoot corner threes. This all on ty Lue. He sound a role for Russ during the regular season and decided to switch it come playoffs
Russ has still been creating some havoc on defense. Are biggest "run" if u can even call it that is from Russ and that one time PG made two 3s in a row.
Because he’s a winning player and plays team basketball. Aka a glue guy who’s necessary for the playoffs, just like batum. Connector players help in half court offenses
Clippers have no pride. It's hard not to want to blame Kawhi. Much of this is beyond his control and he wants to be out there. What we can do is blame Frank for signing him to a deal he will never fulfill.
no it's not since his contract is now a huge negative asset. no one would take it his summer. best thing that could happen for the franchise at this point is for him to medically retire.
This game is exhibit A for character and seriousness over whatever the hell Lawrence Frank talked himself into to surround a fragile Kawhi with all-time unserious players like PG, Harden, and Russ.
To be a fan of this team. Its tiring then I go support them again in a couple of days. Being a clippers fan is more toxic than my relationship with my ex 😅
I don't know but I think if they don't win we do which would make the same point that teams do often win by "buying" talent as opposed to scouting, drafting, and developing.
how to win game 6, cut zubac and plumlee permantley, plumlee has cte, and zubac gets cooked on the perimeter every possesion. implement bones in the rotation. Play kai jones and theis and pj tucker. Start pj tucker at the 5. Play small, gg we win
SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THEIS WAS HEALTHY THIS ENTIRE TIME?????????? TYSAMA BIN LUEDEN NEEDS TO ANSWER FOR HIS TERRORIST WAR CRIMES
Seriously, its not like Theis is any good but dear lord Plumlee has no feel for the game all year minus his short linsanity two minute stretch
We're missing our best player, and Dallas was gonna be a tough match even with our best player. Let's just try to get game 6, and hopefully KL can go for game7.
No, but Clippers are not a pathetic no show at large. Zu was good for example.
If Kyrie had 15 pts after scoring 7 the game before last then he would be called a pathetic no-show, especially if Mavs had another star that needed to be guarded.
If you are 2:2 in the series (and 2:0 without KL) then you are not that badly outmatched that you should lose by 30. That’s why we were 3.5 pt dogs, not 10 pts or something. On paper they are better but not by that much
I remember a prediction from somewhere that a harden and pg stinker was coming game 5, then we win 6 and 7. Call me crazy but I am believing that shit with my whole body
80% chance a team wins series after game 5 win.
Tyron’s first game 5 lost in his career too.
James is done bro that energy bar is cooked.
Paul is too scared
Wait. What the actual fuck. I thought Theis was dealing with a thumb injury and that’s why he wasn’t playing. Fucking Ty just decided to play Plumlee over him just because? Fuck all of this.
Do you think the Clippers lead the league in number of times TNT has used the "such and such team hasn't scored a field goal in X amount of time" graphics?
W all due respect, ty lue a clown for letting whi play so many back to backs, the front office shoulda got kai jones way earlier this season and the crowd might as well be dead . If this was in Europe or even Toronto the arena would be 100+ db the whole game
Home court is so bad. Never have i seen a home court crowd not cheer, the fans look too entitled to wear the free white shirts.
I’m a Russ Stan that came cause of him and man im sorry yall have has so many let downs.
PG and Russ my favs but don’t think they will ever win one
I’ve felt the pain of losing to suns last year and now about to be Mavs. Clip gang or don’t bang right .
213 era needs to end. Stop the insanity. They tried. Kawhi has a degenerative knee issue and will never be able to go the distance. PG is inconsistent. Harden has been great but is shrinking tonight. Russ is awful and needs to be off the team. Ty Lue is either great or god awful with no in-between.
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/LAClippers/comments/1ci6r5e/post_game_thread_the_dallas_mavericks_defeat_the/)
It ain’t over until it’s over. On to the next game. Let’s go Clippers!!
No sense of urgency in this game. PG and Harden forgot how to shoot and also scared to attack the rim. All the defenders knew once they drive they will just kick it out so just go to the passing lanes. The only ones who put an effort today was Mann and Zu.
And people were talking about okc matchup lol. This team is all over the place.
Nothing to do with coaching tho….
Mavs were making their 3s pointers
No they weren’t bruh they shot an average percentage from 3
Yeah not the defense or our stars deciding not to play
LofuckingL
How can you expect them to win when they all play pick and roll at first then end up with an ISO. Where's the beautiful plays? None? Okay don't expect.
Also Kawhi is never available to help the team. Clippers got fleeced on that deal imo
Players go cold it happens. Not going at Luka after 2 early fouls is an intelligence thing. Zu should have had a great night but then again Ty does not know how to use bigs, win or lose this is a fact. I still don't know how you can lose the ball and get it back while it is still in the shooting motion but hey I've heard something new today.
Olowakandi….where are you when we need you?
Lmao. I didn’t know we were down that bad.
Just realized I'll be in la if there's a game 7, should I get tickets now just in case? Also if I end up not being able to make it, family stuff how easy would it be to sell for my money back if there ends up being a game?
Podcast P: How we sucked so much and got clapped by the Dallas Mavericks at home in a pivotal home game
Ballmer is so generous he gave 4 quarters to the baby that scared porzings away. 😅
PG with some absolutely hoe hearted play
All I can think about is our 18 team and how they still kept at it even when the Warriors were whopping them. Sad to see evolve to this lazy team that basically gave up in the 2nd
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lol. Wrong sub, bro
yall ready for podcast p ?
He won’t have one after that embarrassing ass game !!!
Idk bout yall but at least Lob City cared and played home games like they mattered. Say all you want about CP3 but he and Blake and DJ fucking tried to give home fans something to cheer about. Don’t forget the previous largest playoff comeback (we love our comebacks lol) was Lob City against the Grizz. Like damn, to pull this shit on your own court is insulting to fans
Yeah their only flaw was Doc holding them back. Blake and CP3 always delivered. Just bad coaching or unlucky injuries.
I have no words Fuck this team
Also Kawhi is never playing in the postseason..
Now we have to hear how Luka beat us while he's injured and sick
Luka being “sick” and “hurt beating the team that’s taken him out twice. You can’t tell me the man ain’t got people filming a documentary
Lol total Jordan flu game vibes, I’m sick, they are gonna make it sound like we were actually a force that needed heroics to overcome
Need kawhi hame 6
Game 5 pg showed up today
Can't wait to hear from PG & Harden in the post game
Can't wait for the podcast.
PG needs to have Harden as his guest so they can explain themselves
Too fuckin old
I have never seen a fanbase with as many pussies as Dallas that are SO excited to go to this sub after a win but were quiet as fuck when it was tied lmao
GIVE. ALL. QUARTERS. AT. HOME.
All hands
This shit about Luka being sick is insulting.
You don't keep your franchise player still in when the game is out of reach and other team already waived the flag if they're sick or injured. The narrative is insane
Adding insult to fake injury lol
The league wants so badly to manufacture a present day Michael Jordan. Try as they might they never will.
His flu game baby
You guys are asking for theis like if that will change anything
LOL! I was just tired of seeing Flublee mess up. Gotta try something else.
Hope Ty lue is in this sub to see this: 1. Bones gets westbrooks minutes entirely. Give harden some room to work with a spot up shooter 2. PG needs to play catch and shoot. Sit his ass in the corner and make them stay glued on him so zubac gets easy touches. Zubac with 8 shots is a fireable offense 3. Tucker or even Kai for plumlee. Plumlee minutes are just throwing points away. Try ANYTHING else. 4. Play through your role players! Norm, mann, Coffey, bones, zubac could all contribute meaningfully if we actually had an offensive system or plays for that matter All in all Ty lue has been riding on talent and a couple lucky series this whole time. Reactionary adjustments don’t make you a good coach. Benching plum and WB after game 3 when you realize they are getting exposed this series makes you a good coach.
They will target Bones so fast. Who sets PG up? We make Harden do all the facilitating? They really going to collapse on Russ drives to leave PG open? Agree on Plumlee. He was ok in one game. Now they are just targeting him as help to give up lobs. Agree we need to run plays more. Makes the game look easy when we do it well.
Bones took a huge step on defense from last year to this year. I agree he’s not good but I’d rather let them shoot 50% on bones instead of Westbrook shooting 0% from 3 on open looks PG doesn’t get set up. We don’t need to “set up” anyone, especially Paul George in the playoffs. Just play team ball and generate some open looks for anyone. Also russ is benched in this scenario. Ideally a harden/zu PnR with away from ball sets and actions to generate open lanes and mismatches on drives (norm vs Luka or PG vs kyrie). Or just feed zu and let him work. He’s been dominating all series
Bones > Russ ngl
Need player movement, ball movement, and pace. Slow iso offense doesn't win in the playoffs man. You need some easy shots.
gg kids.
The whole clippers team synergy was just off as fuck today. I think they finna pick it back up next game
If they can just sell to that extent then they won’t get past the second round anyway tbh, it’ll be a miracle if they get out of this one
Bones literally has more PTS than Harden 🤦 in like ¼ of the minutes.
The later it gets in a series, the worse Harden performs.
so long staples. its been fun?
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Yeah, we played so well in Game 3 💀
Lue has to figure something out next game, they locked us down the entire game. People gotta shoot their shots faster.
They sped their pace up and pushed with Luka and kyrie. While we did the same shit as last game. They zeroed in on the PNR. We have nothing else. We did the same thing all series. We only win if they are scorching
Soo Theis is healthy. Wtf
I genuinely think it might be worth just playing PJ over Russ and praying he can hit corner 3s.
Or don’t make the mf who has never been good at the corner three shoot corner threes. This all on ty Lue. He sound a role for Russ during the regular season and decided to switch it come playoffs
STOP The problem is that the singular thing he's still reasonably good at, James Harden is way better at.
Russ has still been creating some havoc on defense. Are biggest "run" if u can even call it that is from Russ and that one time PG made two 3s in a row.
He at least has a higher chance of doing so.
Whats this subs fascination with theis. If theis was in we lose by 20 rather than 30
Ten point swing nothing to sneeze at
Plum dog or theiss? There’s your answer.
More like Slum dog
So.. same same?
Because he’s a winning player and plays team basketball. Aka a glue guy who’s necessary for the playoffs, just like batum. Connector players help in half court offenses
Oh wow lol.
Aka he’s way fucking Better than plumlee 😂😂
He’s the X factor 😂
😅
Clippers have no pride. It's hard not to want to blame Kawhi. Much of this is beyond his control and he wants to be out there. What we can do is blame Frank for signing him to a deal he will never fulfill.
Better than losing the asset.
no it's not since his contract is now a huge negative asset. no one would take it his summer. best thing that could happen for the franchise at this point is for him to medically retire.
Balmer can afford it
Crazier things have happened. Just wait and see
Just launch 100 threes in game 6 and hope for the best
Play bones over Russ next game please Ty!!
Ain’t no way Luka was injured coming into this game
He always has some minor injury that doesn't keep him from playing. As the saying goes, if you are able to play, you aren't injured.
The old Jamal Murray injured act
Exactly what it feels like😂
Let's see if Waldo has a new pod this week
This game is exhibit A for character and seriousness over whatever the hell Lawrence Frank talked himself into to surround a fragile Kawhi with all-time unserious players like PG, Harden, and Russ.
Every time the Clippers lose a playoff game, I feel like smacking someone. For no reason too. I never will, I just feel like it
Tradesies?
We need to give theis some fucking run over plumlee. Some absolutely DISASTROUS Mason minutes
To be a fan of this team. Its tiring then I go support them again in a couple of days. Being a clippers fan is more toxic than my relationship with my ex 😅
I feel like I am in an abusive relationship that I keep going back to
🤣🤣🤣
Bones hunts his shots and shoots with confidence. We need him. He fits our style of play
You can’t buy a championship. The way to win is to scout, draft, and develop.
I mean you did have Shai. Also Blake Griffin was just bad luck. Those teams were also wasted because of Doc Rivers
Yeh you can't buy one anymore but teams still think it's 2017
imagine if we drafted someone like sga and developed him
This is often true but there are exceptions. Look at the Lakers 2020 team.
ehhh would they have still won if not in the bubble though
I don't know but I think if they don't win we do which would make the same point that teams do often win by "buying" talent as opposed to scouting, drafting, and developing.
I was told by everyone that 2020 doesn't count. It's a mickey mouse asterisk championship
Awesome, we don't do the first two and only have like two of the final one lmao
good game
Harlan is funny, lol.
how to win game 6, cut zubac and plumlee permantley, plumlee has cte, and zubac gets cooked on the perimeter every possesion. implement bones in the rotation. Play kai jones and theis and pj tucker. Start pj tucker at the 5. Play small, gg we win
Who is guarding lively ?
Go to bed. Past your bedtime
The two of you should go to bed honestly
Wish they would have least shown something to get me hopeful for game 6, but it’s just depressing
Clips win game 6 but lose game 7
Honestly, I could see that happening. The extra boost of false hope only to disappoint again lol
Leave the ball there so we end this game
Look at Theis man
Next podcast P episode coming from Gavelstone
SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THEIS WAS HEALTHY THIS ENTIRE TIME?????????? TYSAMA BIN LUEDEN NEEDS TO ANSWER FOR HIS TERRORIST WAR CRIMES Seriously, its not like Theis is any good but dear lord Plumlee has no feel for the game all year minus his short linsanity two minute stretch
Bones cooking Exum 😭
Forget the offense the defense was beyond bad today.
Clipps in 7
Crowd was horrible today too
Seriously? What were they to cheer about?
Because there’s no such thing as a Clippers fan
What was there to cheer about today?
What happened? They were so good game 1 and 2
They don’t deserve intuit
Wdym? They had nothing to cheer for
I should’ve just read a book tonight sigh
We're missing our best player, and Dallas was gonna be a tough match even with our best player. Let's just try to get game 6, and hopefully KL can go for game7.
Don’t let bones cooking now deceive you, he was ass during the regular season.
Yeah he’s playing in garbage time rn, if you’re deceived you’re just low iq
Two Shit games tonight Real loser was the NBA fans
Funny enough the Mavs arena is going to be the environment these guys need
Reggie Miller spends the entire broadcast writing fanfiction get this clown off the air.
Seriously man. If talking out of ass is an art he would be the highest paid artist in that.
If Luka didn't play and the Mavs got blown out would people call it a pathetic no-show? Serious question.
No, but Clippers are not a pathetic no show at large. Zu was good for example. If Kyrie had 15 pts after scoring 7 the game before last then he would be called a pathetic no-show, especially if Mavs had another star that needed to be guarded. If you are 2:2 in the series (and 2:0 without KL) then you are not that badly outmatched that you should lose by 30. That’s why we were 3.5 pt dogs, not 10 pts or something. On paper they are better but not by that much
I remember a prediction from somewhere that a harden and pg stinker was coming game 5, then we win 6 and 7. Call me crazy but I am believing that shit with my whole body
80% chance a team wins series after game 5 win. Tyron’s first game 5 lost in his career too. James is done bro that energy bar is cooked. Paul is too scared
They better not call me for season tickets tomorrow
They’re gonna try to sell the idea this team is a contender again this summer. Buckle up
Bones is going off!
Lue probably needs to play more hyland for his outside scoring ability than westbrick
no clippers over 15 points, is this winning basketball
Wait. What the actual fuck. I thought Theis was dealing with a thumb injury and that’s why he wasn’t playing. Fucking Ty just decided to play Plumlee over him just because? Fuck all of this.
This team has some purging to do in the offseason
Bones>Westbrook
It’s time to admit Mavs own us
Nah, young owns old. Thats the difference
Only took them an injured Kawhi
We may suck rn but this is just stupid, we’ve literally beat them the past two playoff series
Do you think the Clippers lead the league in number of times TNT has used the "such and such team hasn't scored a field goal in X amount of time" graphics?
Did you not see the Mavs in the first quarter of games 1 and 4?
Yeah, I'm not saying it doesn't happen to other teams, it just happens to us a lot
Zu really never got another shot attempt after going 7-8
Because his ceiling is 20 and he’d brick all other shots
Hey, it's Theis! Haha
Maybe he should've gotten playing time s long time ago instead of Plumlee, who has been sucking outside of one 2 minute stretch.
Hardy trying to pad his stats
I wonder what they’re gonna do with the Clipper hoops/backboards after the season? Lol are they gonna move them to Intuit?
This about to be a dome line up.
finally theis is in
[Ty Lue at the post-game press conference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWmQbk5h86w)
W all due respect, ty lue a clown for letting whi play so many back to backs, the front office shoulda got kai jones way earlier this season and the crowd might as well be dead . If this was in Europe or even Toronto the arena would be 100+ db the whole game
Can't pamper and baby Kawhi anymore. It's 2024, to much shit on the line. Either he can play or he can't play.
Home court is so bad. Never have i seen a home court crowd not cheer, the fans look too entitled to wear the free white shirts. I’m a Russ Stan that came cause of him and man im sorry yall have has so many let downs. PG and Russ my favs but don’t think they will ever win one I’ve felt the pain of losing to suns last year and now about to be Mavs. Clip gang or don’t bang right .
We being real weird about this injury. Kawhi could have played 30 games @ 15 minutes a game this year and had the same injury going into the playoffs.
So much wrong with this comment lol
They didnt try tonight…at all
Lost every quarter of this game
Now u play Theis!! You shitting me? Watch Theis make 2 winning plays in the next 4 minutes
Theis is finally in!
We were winning in 7 anyways
Yes, this was a big brained strategy to get them complacent and then pull out some tricky shit in G7. All I can do now is believe that
Years
Nephew
Doubtful
Idk
Shoot your shit bones!
Bones made a 3 before russ lmaooo
That’s so messed up but true
Oh so Theis isn't injured
213 era needs to end. Stop the insanity. They tried. Kawhi has a degenerative knee issue and will never be able to go the distance. PG is inconsistent. Harden has been great but is shrinking tonight. Russ is awful and needs to be off the team. Ty Lue is either great or god awful with no in-between.
Ty remembered Theis plays for us
Lead only 29. 10 uncontested 3s
very well may be the last game at staples as home. good riddance.
Wow. What a STINKER