Chris Paul has been completely useless..

[spurraider21]

Have Danny put up a donut but play good D on CP3 or give his minutes to Manu/Belli and let CP3 destroy you. Hmm tough choice.

bruh. beli played 4 minutes before garbage time

[Malik Hairston]

There wasn't a problem with Pop benching Green today IMO..

The problem is with the personnel on the team:

-If you bench Parker, you bring in Mills, which also usually forces Pop to bring in Manu because Green isn't a playmaker
- When Kawhi is benched, Green has been replacing him to either defend Paul or Crawford, because the Spurs don't have a reliable 3rd defender

Patty's lack of playmaking ability is a problem, and the Spurs lack of a reliable wing defender outside of Green/Leonard is a problem, too..

[crc21209]

Pop needs to stop being stubborn on taking Green off of Paul. Danny would help his cause by making a shot or two but still, I live with Green's misses if he plays great D on Paul over watching Parker/Patty/Beli constantly getting torched by Paul...

[siraulo23]

Pop valuing three point shooting over Danny's defense is idiotic. Goes against the entire defense first mentality he loves to preach about.

This, got damn

But to be fair, CP3 was just patient and aggressive in game 4 and the bigs didnt do as well

To contain CP3 you need Green/Leonard but the spurs bigs need to do a better job. With the exception of game 3, this is as best Paul has looked since NO days

[FkLA]

bruh. beli played 4 minutes before garbage time

bruh. that's why i said manu/belli instead of just belli

[spurtech09]

This, got damn

But to be fair, CP3 was just patient and aggressive in game 4 and the bigs didnt do as well

To contain CP3 you need Green/Leonard but the spurs bigs need to do a better job. With the exception of game 3, this is as best Paul has looked since NO days

Question is can CP3 do it again.....

[Harry Callahan]

Question is can CP3 do it again.....

No.

[DMC]

CP3 has been getting star treatment since he came into the league. It's about time he at earned at least some of it. If the Clippers win this series, good for them, but it won't mean if they lose the next. 2nd round exits aren't what stars are made of.

[spurraider21]

Question is can CP3 do it again.....

why wouldn't he be able to? people are acting like he's some mediocre player who had a great game.

[Clipper Nation]

CP3 has been getting star treatment since he came into the league. It's about time he at earned at least some of it. If the Clippers win this series, good for them, but it won't mean if they lose the next. 2nd round exits aren't what stars are made of.

This. Assuming he doesn't still find a way to gag this series away (which is always possible), if he manages to choke to the got-ass Rockets next round, he and his unearned $107 million contract still need to be dumped as far as I'm concerned.

[TD 21]

They did make an adjustment, running 1-3 pick and rolls until (even if it took re-screening) they got the switch and getting Parker onto Paul. For some reason, the Spurs treated Barnes as if he were Nowitzki and hugged him, rather than either blitzing Paul or having Parker hedge and recover.

It also didn't hurt that Pop was determined to find minutes for Belinelli, including a stretch with Parker, where the former was on Re , predictably couldn't stay with him, Leonard had to rotate and Paul had an all-the-time-in-the-world top of the key 3 that he luckily missed.

They don't have minutes to waste on Belinelli in this series. I want to see a strict three wing rotation from here on out. As far as the bigs, I don't give a how fatigued Splitter is in his limited minutes, he's got to be able to give Duncan and Diaw more rest.

[therealtruth]

Defense is the issue. We're not outscoring the Clippers. That means we have to defend better and take away more stuff.

[hater]

showt bus

[Obstructed_View]

That's not really what happened. Danny was definitely the primary defender on Paul. Van Gundy made it sound like the Spurs were rotating defenders, but in reality, Kawhi only picked CP3 up if the Clips pushed the ball up when Danny wasn't in position. That type of switch is something the Spurs do often, especially when the opponent only has one dominant offensive wing. Parker spent time on Paul, of course, but only when Danny wasn't in the game. The rest were the result of switches.

If it's a legitimate strategy that works, it should be repeatable. Otherwise it's just waiting for Paul to have an uninspired effort. All evidence since that game tells me that they just came out flat.

[therealtruth]

If it's a legitimate strategy that works, it should be repeatable. Otherwise it's just waiting for Paul to have an uninspired effort. All evidence since that game tells me that they just came out flat.

I think Pop's got to stick with DG on Paul and Leonard on Red . It's what's working. DG sucks at defending Red . I would only put Leonard on him in specific situations.

[hater]

showt bus

[Obstructed_View]

I think Pop's got to stick with DG on Paul and Leonard on Red . It's what's working. DG sucks at defending Red . I would only put Leonard on him in specific situations.

I agree with that. Frankly, nobody is going to keep Chris Paul in front of them; it's just a matter of how far he gets before help arrives. Many times it's been the third Spurs defender who doesn't rotate in time to prevent the bigs from just going to the front of the rim when someone meets Paul in the paint, so if there's an actual defensive adjustment to make, it's to pay attention to Jordan and Griffin when Paul goes toward the basket.

To simplify even further, at some point the Spurs need to hit free throws and stop intentionally fouling, because I think those have been the biggest keys for the Clips thus far.

[hooperflash]

Hopefully we're saying this in past tense after tonight.

[Budkin]

He completely torched us in Game 6. How many jumpers from the elbow did he hit in the 3rd/4th?