Fluke shooting by Clippers + boneheaded plays by Spurs = Clipps W (aka "not worried")

[TDfan2007]

Paul seemed to make 90% of his midrange shots, Griffin made most of his, and Rivers went nuclear on us. It's tough enough to win against those odds, but when you also commit idiotic foul after idiotic foul and play the hacking game for no fucking reason, then you're going to lose.

The Spurs have plenty to clean up, and if the Clipps can shoot like that for 2 more games, then you tip your hat and move on with life. I don't see it happening though.

Sidenote: watching a veteran team miss FT after FT, and make boneheaded play after boneheaded play, gets old. The Spurs looked like the December Spurs tonight. Unacceptable.

[RD2191]

You better start practicing your hat tipping now cuz this shit is over.

[mexicanjunior]

You better start practicing your hat tipping now cuz this shit is over.

[timtonymanu]

This has been the story all season when the Spurs lose. Here we are in the playoffs and they still have the same problem. It's motivation with this team. I just don't see the hunger in any of their eyes other than Duncan, Leonard, and Patty.

[apalisoc_9]

This wasn't a fluke game from LA.

They outplayed the spurs

[siraulo23]

except the clippers have HCA back and probably wont lose back to back home games

but I agree the clippers had more edge, Spurs started the game not having the same intensity as last game offensively and defensively

we'll have to see if the clippers are too much for the spurs and game 3 was a fluke/off night by the clippers

[Clipper Nation]

Amazing how it's always "fluke shooting" when we win, but Game 3 somehow wasn't a fluke.

[K...]

Good job from the clippers. They got bench contributions. Chris Paul is Chris Paul. Clippers deserve the win. Best of three. It's pretty clear these are stubborn teams. I don't see a collapse by the spurs. Game 5 will be brutal.

[Chomag]

Fluke shooting by clippers? You do know they are one of the top offensive teams in the NBA right? :lol

[100%duncan]

Amazing how it's always "fluke shooting" when we win, but Game 3 somehow wasn't a fluke.

GG brah. Hope to have some dose of CPChoke come game 5 tbh

[UZER]

Spurs suck at early afternoon games. Period

[Trainwreck2100]

Amazing how it's always "fluke shooting" when we win, but Game 3 somehow wasn't a fluke.

Austin Rivers

[TheGreatYacht]

OP is right. Flukey shooting. Austin Rivers went off

[spurtech09]

Also some help from the refs.....But that's just my opinion.......Refs missed acouple of calls for the spurs

[spurtech09]

OP is right. Flukey shooting. Austin Rivers went off
True.....very true

[spurtech09]

Amazing how it's always "fluke shooting" when we win, but Game 3 somehow wasn't a fluke.
Don't forget the help the refs gave the clips....Just saying

[Mugen]

Nothing flukey about an elite offensive team hitting open shots. Game 3 was the fluke tbh. The Spurs were absolutely horrendous defensively tonight, one of the poorest games I've ever seen in the Kawhi/Danny/Slitter era.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Amazing how it's always "fluke shooting" when we win, but Game 3 somehow wasn't a fluke.
Shut the fuck up. Chris Paul, Demonkey, Tom Rivers and his son suck dick remember? You've been bitching it all series.

[TDfan2007]

Fluke shooting by clippers? You do know they are one of the top offensive teams in the NBA right? :lol

Austin Rivers is one of the worst players in the league, and he only missed one shot and outplayed Manu off the bench. Combine that with another atrocious FT shooting game by our guys that's your ballgame.

Also, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Paul/Griffin don't shoot that lights out from midrange 2 more times this series. Paul, especially, was incendiary. Dude was hitting everything he threw up.

[TheGreatYacht]

Shut the fuck up. Chris Paul, Demonkey, Tom Rivers and his son suck dick remember? You've been bitching it all series.
Ether that nigga

[TheGreatYacht]

True.....very true
We shouldn't be worried, at least not yet

[TDfan2007]

Nothing flukey about an elite offensive team hitting open shots. Game 3 was the fluke tbh. The Spurs were absolutely horrendous defensively tonight, one of the poorest games I've ever seen in the Kawhi/Danny/Slitter era.

Paul was playing out of his mind. He's a great midrange shooter, but not as good as it appeared tonight. But really the biggest fluke was Rivers. I'd mention our FT shooting, but the more I think about it, that just seems to be a theme this season.

[spurtech09]

You better start practicing your hat tipping now cuz this shit is over.Don't like saying this but I have to agree with you....The refs will decide this game....I can already see the NBA Finals....Warriors vs Cavs....Dude that's all I see on Espn.....Warriors this Warriors that.....

[Darius Bieber]

You better start practicing your hat tipping now cuz this shit is over.

[Mugen]

Paul was playing out of his mind. He's a great midrange shooter, but not as good as it appeared tonight. But really the biggest fluke was Rivers. I'd mention our FT shooting, but the more I think about it, that just seems to be a theme this season.

If you give him those good looks, he's going to knock them down plain and simple. Defense was great in Game 3. It was the opposite in game 4. Hopefully they can regroup for Game 5 but nothing flukey about this game tbh.

[Chomag]

Clippers are ranked 2nd in offensive ratings in the NBA, so I don't know where your comming from with "fluke shooting". Their team is stacked with players that can go off at any given time.

I do however agree with Rivers, but that was more Spurs fault then him going off.

[Clipper Nation]

Ether that nigga

592451985967849472

Tell me more about how happy you are that the Spurs lost, faggot :lmao

[cd98]

I don't think it was a fluke. LA is good. Spurs will have to play great to win this series.

[ElNono]

It's not hard to read what's happening. We can't play to outscore this team, we have to play defense and slow them down. The two games we won, we held them under 100 in regulation.

If we keep on giving up 30pt quarters, we're not going to win.

[apalisoc_9]

592451985967849472

Tell me more about how happy you are that the Spurs lost, faggot :lmao

LL cool joe..:lmao

[DMC]

This has been the story all season when the Spurs lose. Here we are in the playoffs and they still have the same problem. It's motivation with this team. I just don't see the hunger in any of their eyes other than Duncan, Leonard, and Patty.

I didn't see any urgency tonight either, but Pop stopping the game every time he wanted to didn't help matters. It's a total team effort or it's a loss, doesn't matter why.

[apalisoc_9]

It's not hard to read what's happening. We can't play to outscore this team, we have to play defense and slow them down. The two games we won, we held them under 100 in regulation.

If we keep on giving up 30pt quarters, we're not going to win.

tell that to pop.......

[RD2191]

It's not hard to read what's happening. We can't play to outscore this team, we have to play defense and slow them down. The two games we won, we held them under 100 in regulation.

If we keep on giving up 30pt quarters, we're not going to win.
Yup. Spurraider21 said the reason we were losing is simply because of missing shots. That's bullshit, tbh. As you said, we're losing because the defense has been trash.

[Malik Hairston]

Spurs have been outplayed in 3 of the 4 games, so far, tbh..they need to play a lot better to win this series, they have looked unimpressive outside of game 3..

[AFBlue]

It's not hard to read what's happening. We can't play to outscore this team, we have to play defense and slow them down. The two games we won, we held them under 100 in regulation.

If we keep on giving up 30pt quarters, we're not going to win.

Right on point. Got to make stops. The missed freebies were maddening though.

[Chomag]

Yup. Spurraider21 said the reason we were losing is simply because of missing shots. That's bullshit, tbh. As you said, we're losing because the defense has been trash. That analogy drives me up the wall "if Spurs would just make their shots they win" Well of course they would win just as every other team in the NBA would! lol

[cd98]

Not fluky for the best offense in the NBA to have a good shooting night.

[Clipper Nation]

Yup. Spurraider21 said the reason we were losing is simply because of missing shots. That's bullshit, tbh. As you said, we're losing because the defense has been trash.

To be fair, Philo isn't known for great takes, tbh. He also hates Kawhi, and he thought Struggle Wilson played a "damn good game" in the Super Bowl.

[RD2191]

That analogy drives me up the wall "if Spurs would just make their shots they win" Well of course they would win just as every other team in the NBA would! lol
:lolright, I mean the team who makes more shots usually wins.

[jdelar03]

There had to be one west series that would keep people interested spurs got this shot like shit half assed defense + some bad ref calls or no calls spurs will be alright great game by the clips see ya tuesday where we get hca back and seal it game six. It is what it is Kwahi needs to realize like duncan game 3 that he has to control both sides of the floor he is the new man and make FUCKING FREE THROWS EVERYBODY.

[Agloco]

This wasn't a fluke game from LA.

They outplayed the spurs

This. They got really good looks all evening and buried most of them. Paul was in another world tonight.

[z0sa]

There was flukiness involved. That said, if they fluked up on the Spurs homecourt, that fluke can be repeated on theirs.

[jdelar03]

There had to be one west series that would keep people interested spurs got this shot like shit half assed defense + some bad ref calls or no calls spurs will be alright great game by the clips see ya tuesday where we get hca back and seal it game six. It is what it is Kwahi needs to realize like duncan game 3 that he has to control both sides of the floor he is the new man and make FUCKING FREE THROWS EVERYBODY.

[DPG21920]

Spurs have been outplayed in 3 of the 4 games, so far, tbh..they need to play a lot better to win this series, they have looked unimpressive outside of game 3..

I disagree completely. Spurs, outside of GM1, have easily looked better. They create better offense and more consistently. The fact they are missing FT's, wide open 3's and layups doesn't mean Clips have outplayed the Spurs IMO. Outplayed means they either dominated or controlled games. Spurs should have been in control 3 of the games if they just didn't go cold.

[DPG21920]

That analogy drives me up the wall "if Spurs would just make their shots they win" Well of course they would win just as every other team in the NBA would! lol

It's not about making all shots. It's about making the good looks a team's offense creates. Spurs offense has generated an all you can eat buffett of looks that they normally knock down at known statistical quantities.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

592451985967849472

Tell me more about how happy you are that the Spurs lost, faggot :lmao
Stay classy.

[ElNono]

I disagree completely. Spurs, outside of GM1, have easily looked better. They create better offense and more consistently. The fact they are missing FT's, wide open 3's and layups doesn't mean Clips have outplayed the Spurs IMO. Outplayed means they either dominated or controlled games. Spurs should have been in control 3 of the games if they just didn't go cold.

I thought today was the first game were we didn't move the ball all that great and we didn't get as many open looks. Hopefully, just the odd game out.

[DPG21920]

I thought today was the first game were we didn't move the ball all that great and we didn't get as many open looks. Hopefully, just the odd game out.

I thought we moved the ball well enough to win. Spurs missed 10 FT's and 19 3PT :wow. I can recall at least 6-7 of those 3's that were wide open. But when you continually miss layups, 3's and FT's, it is deflating and it can lead to a lot more good possessions for Clips. I fully think this resembled game 2 but this time the Clips played well enough to pull away.

[Mikeanaro]

The boneheaded plays were the issue, why they are so inconsistent? it makes think about that Suns series were the result was Spurs getting sweeped.
You can lose any day thats a fact but at least try to give your best.

[florige]

Austin Rivers is one of the worst players in the league, and he only missed one shot and outplayed Manu off the bench. Combine that with another atrocious FT shooting game by our guys that's your ballgame.

Also, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Paul/Griffin don't shoot that lights out from midrange 2 more times this series. Paul, especially, was incendiary. Dude was hitting everything he threw up.



I kinda figured CP would go off after that horrible game 3 he had. But we can't expect to win this series if we continue to let the bums off their bench torch us for 16 and 17 points. That was the whole advantage we supposedly had over them in this series was our bench being far superior to their's.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

Turning point was the 6 point swing where Tony missed a 3 after it rattled out and then Paul went down the floor and drained a 3 off the miss.

[RD2191]

Turning point was the 6 point swing where Tony missed a 3 after it rattled out and then Paul went down the floor and drained a 3 off the miss.
Parker bricks are costly. I've been saying it for weeks now. The other team usually hits a big shot off of Parker bricks.

[ElNono]

I thought we moved the ball well enough to win. Spurs missed 10 FT's and 19 3PT :wow. I can recall at least 6-7 of those 3's that were wide open. But when you continually miss layups, 3's and FT's, it is deflating and it can lead to a lot more good possessions for Clips. I fully think this resembled game 2 but this time the Clips played well enough to pull away.

I'll take your word for it.

[jdelar03]

There had to be one west series that would keep people interested spurs got this shot like shit half assed defense + some bad ref calls or no calls spurs will be alright great game by the clips see ya tuesday where we get hca back and seal it game six. It is what it is Kwahi needs to realize like duncan game 3 that he has to control both sides of the floor he is the new man and make FUCKING FREE THROWS EVERYBODY.

[SupremeGuy]

592451985967849472

Tell me more about how happy you are that the Spurs lost, faggot :lmaoDamn, what a bitch. No wonder his crush doesn't give him the time of day. :lol

[RD2191]

Damn, what a bitch. No wonder his crush doesn't give him the time of day. :lol
:lol

[RD2191]

:lol
the real thegreatyacht

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