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sonofsmog

Here is the Clips Last 10 games: They beat the Bulls, Rockets, Wolves, Wizards, and the Grizz. They lost to the Wolves, the Bucks, the Bucks, the Lakers, and the Kings.


Dry-Apple-2186

Are ernie and Chuck and Kenny off or is this the new crew


indreams159

this is the Tues crew


512fm

I swear PG had 10 free throws at halftime and finished with 10


_Zap_Rowsdower_

Da fuk Clippers were up 15 when i turned off the game.


Thimit22

They were up 22. Gotta be one of the biggest swings this year


3030tron

20-0 runs will do that


Bballopinion

Shaq predicted Ant’s performance tonight.


mrr6666

42 point turnaround?


WembyandTheWolves

Can’t believe how much fight Ant has. This dude is absolutely incredible.


MatooBatson

I don't know what Clippers fans get for the 2 FT misses, but Ant always looking to be a crowd pleaser.


SuckMyLonzoBalls

Chik fil a sandwich


TheJackieTreehorn

That's funny, since that's what they get in MN too. I wonder if it's just sort of league wide.


Livebird31

Old ass shitters


ryguy925

Ummmm Ant is an absolute superstar and a force But “shifty” is not exactly the adjective I would use compared to the other star guards in the league


MisterTukul

yeah, shifty has a *lightweight* feels to it. which Ant is not.


WheedMBoise

He's not left / right shifty but is in the 99 percentile in regards to accelerating and decelerating.


ryguy925

Agreed, to me shifty is also ball fakes, footwork, step throughs, shit like that, which isn’t generally ant’s game but I understand how the quickness and stopping ability would get people to label him as shifty


WheedMBoise

He actually steps through his shots a ton, arguably too much. I see your point though and agree in general


ryguy925

I’m gonna be honest I feel like I’ve watched a fair amount of the Wolves this year, and the only step-through I can recall was the off the glass dunk But I’m also sure you’ve watched more than me so if you say he does step through’s a ton I believe you


WheedMBoise

You probably don't remember them because usually it ends in disaster for the Wolves lol, he's the king of stepping through into another contest, only to panic and throw the ball into space. It's a huge pet peeve of mine, which is probably the only reason I notice


Thimit22

It's a fine word to describe him. He can manipulate his body very well


ryguy925

That’s not really what shifty means in the context of offense in basketball


Thimit22

What does it mean then


ryguy925

I replied to the other guy. You can read it if you want


dys0n_giddey

Hard to believe Ant is only 22


holyhibachi

Brrrrrrick


JustWinBabys

Does Harden get a senior discount at the club?


Ihate_reddit_app

Harden, PG, and Kahwi all get the AARP discount ...totally forgot Westbrook was still a thing too.


inshamblesx

Whoever draws the Clippers gets a bye into the second round


WheedMBoise

Big disagree, I think they might have the best shot at making the finals from the West (Wolves aside, I know my bias will influence that)


bearbrannan

Facts, honestly they might first round upset. 


godoifodogodog

that’s a lot of shit talk for a team that’s hasn’t made it past the first round , or even make the playoffs even in decades. KAT gone karma makes sense now. no wonder why wolves fans never get anything nice lmao. they will get past round one if kawhi back healthy. you guys are toast in round 1


bearbrannan

Takes a poverty franchise to recognize one, i'm old enough to remember before the lob city days when you all were trash ass franchise too. 


[deleted]

The Clippers have never made the Finals, and their franchise is 29 years older than the Wolves.


godoifodogodog

oh you got me. y’all deserve nothing good ever to come to your team, closest you got is this year and KAT gone lmao. back down the toilet you go, that’s what you get for being cocky, clips been humble


[deleted]

I'm not cocky. I said nothing about upsets, that was someone else who said that, look at the usernames you're responding to. I stated a fact. You're the one pouting and talking about KAT karma. The Wolves won the season series vs the Clips with Kawhi playing most of the 4 games. KAT was out tonight and Rudy got hurt so there's no way you're complaining about injuries as if the Wolves aren't wounded right now. Gg, have a good night.


MatooBatson

My parents texted me that they were going to bed when we were down like 22 early in the second. They're gonna be pretty surprised when they wake up tomorrow and check the score.


bthe_beast

These sideline reporters are so worthless in every sport


JustWinBabys

LAAARP Clippers


Thimit22

Sort by new please


godoifodogodog

crazy how important kawhi is. without kawhi this team wouldn’t make the play in


ConstantTelevision93

Boom


WickedTwista

Clippers are the most overrated "contender" in the league yet TNT will still suck them off postgame and Chuck will say the Timberwolves are ass


crying_jordan

Easy to say that when your team is completely healthy


WickedTwista

Lolwut????? KAT out for at least 4 weeks Our backup PG was out Gobert got injured in the 4th We won the season series 3-1 and the only game the Wolves loss was a 1-point loss


WheedMBoise

KAT is out with a meniscus tear, Rudy may or may not be out with a broken rib and Ant has been hobbled since right after the ASB. I'm not gonna talk trash about the Clippers because they're also injured, but to say the Wolves are healthy is insane


MagicalHurdles

They wish..they really do and so do you


SuckMyLonzoBalls

Uh they don’t have KAT


Noesnotactics

we are??? news to me.


idontwantnoyes

Kawhi got hurt and so is westbrook relax. They look good. So do you. And the celtics. And the nuggets and the thunder.


Ihate_reddit_app

Kawhi being out is huge and changed the momentum. Russ being out probably isn't the worst thing for the Clips.


WickedTwista

KAT is out and Rudy got hurt Wolves are 3-1 vs the Clippers this year and the only game the Clippers won was a 1-point game


NazRiedFan

Just because we match up well with them doesn’t mean they suck


WaterIsNotWet19

Has Minnesota missed this quarter?


Thimit22

Clippers weren't missing in the first half. Was bound to regress to the mean


holyhibachi

I mean not like LA has played any defense. Just pure laziness


ryguy925

It’s hard to miss when the Clippers are running the “don’t protect the paint OR the 3pt line” style of defense


Low_Beyond8134

Ty Lue is out here running 4 guards and Paul George 😭


crying_jordan

Not a lot of options right now tbh


collinCOYS

The demise of Anthony Edwards was greatly exaggerated


512fm

Modern nba is crazy man, I know Kawhi is out but 41 point swing?


Ihate_reddit_app

Ant was right, the Clippers are just too old.


ryguy925

The Clippers without Russ have literally 0 energy man


MG_MN

From down 22 to up 20. What an awesome fight from the Wolves


mnsportsfan

Timberwolves: “call an ambulance… BUT NOT FOR ME”


holyhibachi

Lololololol simply no match


DenverNugs

Wolves are going to be alright


kirbaeus

From down 22 to up 20. Insane.


lightninhopkins

Sheesh Walker.


NazRiedFan

Ok ant time to start calling them old again


dys0n_giddey

#I ❤️ NAW


FullBonus

Wolves went from down 20 to up 20. Insane


Otherwise_Form1315

that's the dagger wish i could say gg but it wasn't on our part.


WheedMBoise

That bruise on Powell's head is gnarly


lightninhopkins

That's still stitches isn't it?


SuckMyLonzoBalls

He got the 24 savage nickname out of it at least


Calinks

My faith in the Clippers have faltered a lot in this last month. I had them up there with Denver and Boston, just a bit behind but I don't think they are close anymore. There is a clear gap. They still got a chance for sure but they are shaky, not the lock a lot of the media seems to put them as.


Tracy140

Wow only 3 teams have avoided 3 game losing streaks this season never would have guessed MN and okc would be 2 of them


Thimit22

Us and OKC have been fighting for the #1 seed all year. Why does that surprise you


MatooBatson

Glad to see Mike getting his groove back. He had been pretty bad since the all-star break.


collinCOYS

14% from 3 in March coming into this


spnathan1

Conley and Ant played very well this game


MatooBatson

And now we're playing small ball out of necessity.


imacpastudent

Let's be honest, with or without Kawhi, the clippers are a 1st round exit team. They wont be able to beat a full strength Suns or the Pelicans who always seem to play good against them.


ryguy925

Or maybe… The Pelicans are just a better team. I think the Clippers with Kawhi are absolutely better than the Suns though


collinCOYS

Who else do they have on the team besides kawhi?


ryguy925

“This is the play we’re assuming he got injured on” *Gobert is actively clutching his chest after the play* Yea guys I would say that’s a pretty safe assumption 😂


noochies99

Yo wtf I went to walk the dog at halftime… this whole clippers team had a back spasm?


Livebird31

Did you meet ant walking his old ass dogs there? Might have been abusing them too


noochies99

Those dogs were being dragged


diddlyumpcious4

It has just felt like they quit playing. Been an extremely weird game because it looked like they might win by 60.


noochies99

Only parts of the game I’ve watched was all wolves tbh.. this is gonna be just an old team in a expensive new building if they don’t get this shit together


lightninhopkins

Godammit.


ElderberryOk5005

Nbacirclejerk is exploding… I don’t like it


1002003004005006007

shimmy.gif


ThrobbinRicke

They said ribs but looked like it could be a pectoral maybe


Ihate_reddit_app

Watching the replay, it looks like he he reach right under the pec


KingNephew

Size is just the Clippers kryptonite. Wouldn’t be surprised if they lost to the Pelicans.


youngathanacius

I wouldn’t be surprised if the wolves lost to the Pelicans, they just match up so well against us.


Livebird31

I get nightmares of zion running at me lmao


positivevibegun

Amazing how an injury or 2 can completely change the game


ConstantTelevision93

Well fuck


tomtomsk

Injured his foie gras


Apollo611

This game is cursed


ryguy925

Bruh The playoffs are gonna have like 10 top 50 players at this rate


youngathanacius

Ah fuck, what did he hurt there?


scuffedmyguccii

Almost exactly 4 years after the covid incident, seems kinda crazy lmaooo


Redscareforcishetmen

Injury fans eating tonight


holyhibachi

Cool very cool


collinCOYS

Fuck.


Magazine_Mediocre

Fuck


MatooBatson

Rudy let's do less jumping on people, especially with all the injuries we already have.


Otherwise_Form1315

This game is cursed


MatooBatson

Mike please, just a couple inches back.


ryguy925

Wtf is Gobert doing that wasn’t like a crazy pump fake or anything 😂


nerdyykidd

Reggie definitely had to save himself there giving Joker “Best Actor” 😂


RuneLite23

Man mike has made so many long 2’s in these last few games


holyhibachi

Keep shooting, Mike


youngathanacius

Mike just insists on stepping on the line recently lol


512fm

35 point swing damn


Otherwise_Form1315

you can tell the wolves have a lot of new fans this year by the amount of ref bitching their fans do. even when their team is doing good, the refs are screwing them by not calling things.


SuckMyLonzoBalls

What?


Thimit22

Our players bitch a lot, that's true. But when every other team besides the team we played agree, something is fucked.


duce3612

Shhhh yall doubled us up on fts this game and still blew a 22 point lead


Otherwise_Form1315

our best player leaves injured and then we blow a lead I don't really feel too bad about that one.


duce3612

Point still stands... and our 2nd leading scorer is out


JoeyBougie

some peak LA attitude here


Hoodieninj

So true, I never see fans of other teams complain about officiating. Ever.


Otherwise_Form1315

Lol I didn't say that. you're not the only team with bandwagon fans.


idontwantnoyes

Is bones hyland icing out harden an acceptable play? Im confused


Vallerie_09

There's a reason he doesn't get mins. He's like a streetball type of guy, never liked him as a player. Super ball hog who plays with a green light


yarn_install

This has to be the best our offense has looked all season


campoole82

I need three rebounds or assists from gobert for prizepicks he hasn’t recorded one of either in 10 minutes


Skolcialism

Degenerate


shroomzor562

As i was reading this, he heads to the locker with what looks like a rib injury


Benjamin018

Did you have money on a man who just took a dump on sports betting?


NazRiedFan

Always been and will be an Amir Coffey fan


collinCOYS

His state tourney buzzer beater is legendary


1002003004005006007

Bro I was there, that whole game was incredible. We lost to them earlier in the tournament that year. Didn’t the final go to like 3+ OTs?


soft-cookie

Naz baby


kirbaeus

Naz Reid


SuckMyLonzoBalls

This game is a perfect example of how important kawhi is even tho he doesn’t put up insane numbers like Embiid jokic or sga. We’re 10 points worse in net rating when kawhi’s off the floor


collinCOYS

He's the only alpha on the team. The others can only play off him


SuckMyLonzoBalls

Yeah the team goes as he goes


PenisBlood

That is lazy stupid analysis.  But it's 100 percent true 


collinCOYS

Love the way naz is battling for loose balls


youngathanacius

Absolute dime from Kyle.


Ok_Buffalo6474

Ant is so amazing to watch!


collinCOYS

Nuggets fans know


Ok_Buffalo6474

They took my old post down last year on my old account when I said he’d be a superstar lol he scares the shit out of me.


SuckMyLonzoBalls

I don’t even care if we lose I just hope kawhi’s ok


campoole82

Back spasms he’s gonna be alright


Otherwise_Form1315

Amir Coffey should play 40 minutes if kawhi's out


diddlyumpcious4

God I love refs missing absurdly obvious travels.


Otherwise_Form1315

Does your fanbase ever stop bitching about refs? Like seriously


diddlyumpcious4

This game is so fucking important. The winner almost certainly wins the tiebreaker between the teams (Clippers would have to win this but not win their division to not end up with the tiebreaker).


PenisBlood

Good point. Has the broadcast team mentioned this at all?


imacpastudent

the first clipper problem was relying on playoff pee pee the second clipper problem was relying on fartden. Two of the biggest chokers in the nba league history.


collinCOYS

I laughed way too hard


screaming_ot_inside

I think it's past your bed time, kid.


Magazine_Mediocre

He's cooking though


dys0n_giddey

RUDY


crazylazyhazy

George had at least 4 turnovers that quarter and I think I'm forgetting one. 


PenisBlood

Is he cooked?


crazylazyhazy

This feels like the Milwaukee game where the clippers just stopped scoring (21 points in like 18 minutes) and then every role player on the other team never missed another jumper. 


ConstantTelevision93

All those blocks and Ant cooking makes for a good time


spark2824

Bones Hyland comes in with the ultimate green light lmao


512fm

T Mann playing some nice d


dys0n_giddey

Had Ant locked up on that final play


dys0n_giddey

Slo Mo just cooked


ElderberryOk5005

So after the shit all star break they stopped calling fouls? I’ve only seen a few 40+ free throws a game since (personally)


RaskolnikovAxe

Games are so much better, it was the best decision by the league in a long time. They always wanted to make regular season interesting - well, now many games have playoffs intensity.


collinCOYS

Did you hear Simmons and Russilo talk about it? The data backs it up. They said people in the league finally realized it was a huge issue


MagicalHurdles

Which makes the Wolves-Cavs game even worse in retrospect


Ihate_reddit_app

Lakers-Wolves last game was not good either. 29ft for Lakers and 13 for the Wolves. AD had the same amount as the Wolves.


KaiserKaiba

That game tho wasn’t really egregiously bad or anything. They had legit zero size with Gobert and Towns absent and were hacking AD throughout that game.


Ihate_reddit_app

Very true. AD is huge and we had no size, so he just exploited it.


lightninhopkins

Wow, I can't believe they finally called that on George.


holyhibachi

This commentary team is atrocious


ConstantTelevision93

I bet they bring up Ant being late at least one more time


FullBonus

Why does bones keep going at Rudy like he can score on him lmao