Western Conference Playoffs - 1st Round Discussion Thread

[ProfessaPackMan]

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The only constant, which goes to my original point, is that the Clippers bench has been astronomically bad this entire series. They've been outscored by over 140 points in the 6 games.

And yet it's 3-3.

Which tells you that Blake, Jordan, CP and even JJ to an extent are playing better than any of us expected to play against this team.

[JODYE]

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Their defense has been very non Spurs like, and their inability to make in game adjustments has also been non Spurs like. Mostly regarding the high screen/Horns action the Clippers have been running all series.

Spurs only allowed opponents to score more than 100 points 23 times in non OT games in the regular season and they've already allowed over 100 5 times just in this series.

[ojandpizza]

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I think point total has a lot to do with all those free throws Jordan keeps hitting lol..


Not serious


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[OkayC]

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More important than the point total is the fg% defense. What have the spurs held the clips too?

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Their defense has been very non Spurs like, and their inability to make in game adjustments has also been non Spurs like. Mostly regarding the high screen/Horns action the Clippers have been running all series.

Spurs only allowed opponents to score more than 100 points 23 times in non OT games in the regular season and they've already allowed over 100 5 times just in this series.

Not disagreeing.

I'm just not going with the notion that's it's all Spurs and that the Clippers lucked their way into 3 wins. Not saying that's what you said but for the most part, the Clippers have been playing 4 against 8-9 people and their 4 has been just as good as the Spurs 8-9 man rotation, which then they had to be if they wanted any chance in this series.

[JODYE]

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Clips are shooting 46% for the series.

[JODYE]

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Not disagreeing.

I'm just not going with the notion that's it's all Spurs and that the Clippers lucked their way into 3 wins. Not saying that's what you said but for the most part, the Clippers have been playing 4 against 8-9 people and their 4 has been just as good as the Spurs 8-9 man rotation, which then they had to be if they wanted any chance in this series.

No and I'm not saying that it's completely the Spurs letting the Clippers win, but moreso a bit of both. Spurs not playing Spurs basketball defensively and the Clippers playing much more cohesively on offense in that starting unit. There are certainly contributing factors there, Parker and Splitter not being 100%, but also Clippers getting the match ups they want offensively using a screen heavy game plan that the Spurs haven't been able to adjust to.

Because generally when the Spurs bench has that large of an advantage against ANY team, they win 9 times out of 10.

It seems like the Clippers finally found a happy medium between force feeding the ball to Griffin, and getting proper ball movement on offense to get other guys going. Something they struggled with at times this season. Sort of the conundrum they ran into when Griffin took that next step offensively. They wanted to get him the ball, but at times were trying to do it too much or times when it didn't make sense.

[KG]

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I wonder what Pop will do at the PG position in Game 7. Parker has looked horrible with the exception being Game 4. Mills is giving them much more offensively but his defense is a liability. Could Joseph get more minutes to help slow down Paul or will Kahwai get the call from the tip. You could maybe steal some minutes with Cory at the 1 and slide Mills over to the 2 if Reddick is in but I'd imagine Marco has earned a few more mins after last night's game. A lot of possibilities for Pop.

[ojandpizza]

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No and I'm not saying that it's completely the Spurs letting the Clippers win, but moreso a bit of both. Spurs not playing Spurs basketball defensively and the Clippers playing much more cohesively on offense in that starting unit. There are certainly contributing factors there, Parker and Splitter not being 100%, but also Clippers getting the match ups they want offensively using a screen heavy game plan that the Spurs haven't been able to adjust to.

Because generally when the Spurs bench has that large of an advantage against ANY team, they win 9 times out of 10.

It seems like the Clippers finally found a happy medium between force feeding the ball to Griffin, and getting proper ball movement on offense to get other guys going. Something they struggled with at times this season. Sort of the conundrum they ran into when Griffin took that next step offensively. They wanted to get him the ball, but at times were trying to do it too much or times when it didn't make sense.

I guess that's why they finished the season so strongly.. I didn't watch any of their games towards the end of the year so I can't say for sure, but they were playing at a really high level coming into the playoffs.. For how their roster is constructed I would say they are getting pretty close to their ceiling efficient wise.. All they are really missing is a game where JJ and Crawford both play well, rather than just one of them.


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[OkayC]

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Idk if anyone else noticed it, but it seems to me that manu hasnt been playing great either

[ojandpizza]

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Idk if anyone else noticed it, but it seems to me that manu hasnt been playing great either

He just saves it all for the finals every year


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[OkayC]

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He just saves it all for the finals every year


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Maybe its time for pops anual stick ginobli in the starting lineup and watch him go off.lol

[King_B_Mack]

Western Conference Playoffs - 1st Round Discussion Thread

Pop may not be so bad off sticking Marco in the starting 5 here. If he only makes one basket in game 7 he'll have completely and utterly outperformed Danny's entire series starting.


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[JODYE]

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I mean, is there a legitimate reason why Joseph has barely played in this series? He outplayed Mills all year, then somehow can't get burn with Parker on the mend.

Puzzling to me.

[The 24th Letter]

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We need Mills scoring, offense couldn't sustain won Cojo in there Game 1

Still don't think we've been that bad defensively.....they have two great finishers, one of which can score (and pass) in the mid post...one of the best floor managers in the league and a deadly shooter running off screens...you give up something and make them beat you that way. If this was a series comprised of us getting blown out, there may be a case....teams with offensive talent are going to score.

Manu definitely needs to give us more in game 7, and yes, more Marco is needed...we still need Danny's defense though...