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Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM

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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#21 » by esqtvd » Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:10 am

wakelaunch1 wrote:
esqtvd wrote:The ESPN link is showing X Moon in uniform and on the bench tonight. No doubt a reward for putting up 31 points in G-League the other night?

FTR--BBJ put up 34 in the same game, but is listed as OUT [illness] tonight.


https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401584937



Would have been the perfect game for Boston with the George injury to get some minutes



just back from injury, now this

what timing :(
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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#22 » by nickhx2 » Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:11 am

if you told me the clips bent the rims (like they may or may not have against jokic) then i'm not sure i would contest you
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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#23 » by esqtvd » Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:22 am

Jim Jackson is saying on the telecast right now, Clipper Nation has NEVER seen this Kawhi. [And this is YEAR FIVE.]

Healthy. Motivated. Playing EVERY GAME.

We're up by 29 and he's still in there. With a steal and a dunk and an AND-ONE.

It's like we're a real team or something.
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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#24 » by madmaxmedia » Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:23 am

We can hit Lawler’s Law in the 3rd quarter!
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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#25 » by nickhx2 » Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:24 am

gotta really appreciate kawhi showing up big for two nights in a row. i mean, he's playing REALLY well right now and coming from him, he's not experiencing the same post-game knee issues that he has in the past. hard to know if he's completely past all of that or if they've just found better restoration practices for him, but i think we should be really grateful for where he's at now.
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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#26 » by madmaxmedia » Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:24 am

Or not
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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#27 » by NickP » Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:31 am

esqtvd wrote:Kawhi-to-Zu for two!

The pass was taken above the waist and Zu took it home! BAM, MFer!

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Beard is teaching the Clips how to get the ball to Zu. He only has hands of stone when you put it where he can't do anything with it.

Not true. Zu has fumbled quite a many perfect passes. Don't know if it's his hands or the anxiety.
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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#28 » by nickhx2 » Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:31 am

i know it's early but i'm gonna go out on a limb and say we take this game down.

gonna go out on another limb and say draymond green gets suspended for his reverse-spinning fist to nurkic's head last night, and we take that one down, too, with little fanfare.

i will then go out on a third limb and say the team still hasn't forgotten how they got embarrassed by the knicks and they're gonna give them the business.

after that? the pacers offense is scary, so who knows, but it makes me wonder about how far this team might move up in the standings. by the end of the season, assuming the team is not just playing this well, but still finding ways to get better, i could see us somewhere in between the 3rd-5th seed, which is a great result considering how the team started.
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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#29 » by nickhx2 » Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:40 am

so how good can kobe brown be if he improves his shot some more and keeps working on D?

cause it feels like he's just got a powerful body, he gets around, he doesn't seem lost, and that dunk from under the basket just seemed like a move that came from someone very comfortable with how he moves with the ball.
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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#30 » by esqtvd » Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:44 am

NickP wrote:
esqtvd wrote:Kawhi-to-Zu for two!

The pass was taken above the waist and Zu took it home! BAM, MFer!

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Beard is teaching the Clips how to get the ball to Zu. He only has hands of stone when you put it where he can't do anything with it.

Not true. Zu has fumbled quite a many perfect passes. Don't know if it's his hands or the anxiety.


Not denying Zu has hands of stone. The trick is to pass it to him where they're not so stony. :)

Work in progress.

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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#31 » by donemilio21 » Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:45 am

KL2 wrote:They need to be running everything through Leonard right now.

HardenGoat wrote:Groin soreness. Not serious but he’s out the rest of the game


Thanks.

wouldn't his groin be sore either before the game or an hour or two after the game ? getting pulled mid game because of soreness...this is suspicious :-?
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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#32 » by esqtvd » Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:48 am

nickhx2 wrote:so how good can kobe brown be if he improves his shot some more and keeps working on D?

cause it feels like he's just got a powerful body, he gets around, he doesn't seem lost, and that dunk from under the basket just seemed like a move that came from someone very comfortable with how he moves with the ball.


Coach feeding him minutes when we can get away with it.

20 minutes

7 points, 6 rebs, 5 fouls
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Post#33 » by Scoundreldays » Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:59 am

Fantastic game!
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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#34 » by NickP » Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:08 am

Solid back to back wins. I was totally nervous for this game.
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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#35 » by Captain Ballmer » Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:22 am

esqtvd wrote:Jim Jackson is saying on the telecast right now, Clipper Nation has NEVER seen this Kawhi. [And this is YEAR FIVE.]

Healthy. Motivated. Playing EVERY GAME.

We're up by 29 and he's still in there. With a steal and a dunk and an AND-ONE.

It's like we're a real team or something.


Yup, I haven't seen that guy in a clipper uniform. Looks serious.
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Post#36 » by esqtvd » Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:45 am

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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#37 » by esqtvd » Wed Dec 13, 2023 9:05 am

working Russ in is such a two-edged sqord


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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#38 » by Dynamix » Wed Dec 13, 2023 12:13 pm

So I read a comment saying that each time Kawhi was in a contract year, his team won the championship. If that happens again, he better be willing to sign only one year max deals until he retires.
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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#39 » by donemilio21 » Wed Dec 13, 2023 4:38 pm

we have the best W streak in the league right now. :D
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Re: Game #23: SACS (13-8) @ LAC (12-10) TUE 12/12—7:30 PM 

Post#40 » by PeteyPablo » Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:20 pm

Bones played 9 minutes and went 2-8. He also had 1 reb and 1 assist.

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