Clippers blowing the Rockets series is like a cruel version of Saving Private Ryan

[therealtruth]

This would have been the year to repeat. All the Spurs had to do was hang on to #2.

[Malik Hairston]

This would have been the year to repeat. All the Spurs had to do was hang on to #2.

Although I picked the Clippers to beat the Spurs, it was evident from the onset that the Spurs were the only team that could match up with the Warriors from a personnel standpoint..once the Spurs were eliminated and the Cavs lost Love, it was the Warriors' le to lose..

[ErnestLynch]

They actually would've given the Dubs a good challenge, though. The Rockets, on the other hand, are going to get ed in the ass via sweep.

Rockets are tougher than the Warriors. Do they have the talent ? No. But they're tougher. That will tell the tale this deep into the playoffs.

[Silver&Black]

Saving Private Ryan

[cd98]

Hey if the league changes the hack a Jordan rule we can make an offer for him. He's a lefty shot blocker that could play well with Kawhi.

[SpurPadre]

Rockets are tougher than the Warriors. Do they have the talent ? No. But they're tougher. That will tell the tale this deep into the playoffs.

I couldn't disagree any more. Rockets have a lot of talent on their team. Toughness has been a prevailing question mark for them and it starts with Howard, who is known to be a huge mental midget. Combine that with extremely questionable team defense, especially with no Beverly, and that is what would really tell the tale in this series, IMO.

[Malik Hairston]

Rockets are a fast-paced team that rely heavily on the 3-point shot..ya, sounds like the formula to beat the ing Warriors, the team with the #1 pace in the NBA and the best 3-point shooting team in the league..

It'll also be pretty painful to watch them have 39-year old Prigioni and 40-year old Jason Terry guarding the best PG of this generation, too..

[SpurPadre]

Hey if the league changes the hack a Jordan rule we can make an offer for him. He's a lefty shot blocker that could play well with Kawhi.

We already tried a ghetto player before with SJax and look how that ended. PATFO won't get near him.

[boutons_deux]

Clips hit 14 3Gs in Game7 vs Spurs, series over.

[SpurPadre]

Rockets are a fast-paced team that rely heavily on the 3-point shot..ya, sounds like the formula to beat the ing Warriors, the team with the #1 pace in the NBA and the best 3-point shooting team in the league..

It'll also be pretty painful to watch them have 39-year old Prigioni and 40-year old Jason Terry guarding the best PG of this generation, too..

Well Terry can go back to his bag of tricks and punch Curry in the , tbh.

[cd98]

We already tried a ghetto player before with SJax and look how that ended. PATFO won't get near him.

SJax was cut when he was past his prime. The Spurs put up with him when he was good.

[Sean Cagney]

Rockets are a fast-paced team that rely heavily on the 3-point shot..ya, sounds like the formula to beat the ing Warriors, the team with the #1 pace in the NBA and the best 3-point shooting team in the league..

It'll also be pretty painful to watch them have 39-year old Prigioni and 40-year old Jason Terry guarding the best PG of this generation, too..

I look forward to it, hope they get their asses whipped.

We already tried a ghetto player before with SJax and look how that ended. PATFO won't get near him.

First time around it went pretty well in 03 when they won the le, the last time past his prime even (He shot 50% from 2, 60% from three and 90% from the FT line in the playoffs 2012) he did well the first year back in those playoffs. He was released the next year and flat out horrible, but for those two playoff runs (03 and 12) he was pretty damn good.

[DMX7]

Saving Private Ryan wasn't what popped into my head as the Clippers lost, but to each his own.

[Keepin' it real]

What is this Saving Private Ryan you speak of?

[cd021]

I wonder if they'll let Jordan walk so they can address their depth instead.

Wouldn't help. They'd have like $3.5 million in cap space (After declining Barnes and Crawford's team options) to clear out the bench trash and get a starting center and starting SF. If bring back all three they would have the tax payers MLE ($3.3 million).

[cjw]

Agreed. They just match up decently with the Warriors. But still, their roster is awful. If the Clippers had any decent bench players (not even counting the bull that Crawford, Rivers, and Big Baby hit to consider them good players), the Clippers would have handled us easily instead of having 6 out of 7 grueling games.

At 2:15 left in Q3 of game 6, Rivers entered for Paul. Score was 89-71 Clippers (+18). Big Baby entered for DeAndre a few minutes later at +15.

Big Baby left the game at 9:59 of Q4 at +9. Rivers left the game at 7:28 of Q4 at +10. From that point forward, essentially against the Clippers best players, the Rockets went on a 29-4 run until Paul hit a three to end the game.

Yes, the lead was cut with the bench in the game. But that has to fall squarely on Doc. You have to use your timeouts to manage your starters' rest and stop the other teams' runs. He didn't take a full timeout (besides the mandated TV timeout) until 2:27 of the fourth quarter! Used up the 20 second TO early that quarter on a scramble for the ball (?).

That, and relying on Jamal Crawford who is one of the biggest chuckers in the league (-27 in that game 6). Yes, he gets lucky but he's generally a guy you want chucking until he hits a few in a row, then you stick a good defender on him.

Once game 6 was lost, Clips had nothing left in the tank and would have been DOA against the Warriors anyway.