With Billups out, LA has NO depth. Martin and Williams and NOTHING behind them. 40 mins a game for starters in this season will get you to the playoffs, but with teams like the Spurs who sub freely, you are toast. They will run you into the ground. Even Timmy was still going strong at the end of the game as he has not been wasting minutes when he could rest and Spurs still win. Nothing on the wire as yet on a 5th big. Wonder when we will hear from POP.
Agreed. I thought Leonard's D there was flawless. He didn't back down after getting called for that ticky tack foul near the end of the 4th. Really encouraging stuff to see.I think Kawhi's Defense on the last play of the game was Bowenesque. he didn't buy into the foul seeking flopping Paul and pulled back his arm so that there was no doubt for the officials.
awesome write up timvp, thanks!
Bonner did NOT want to take that three. He was practially begging for anyone to pass it to. Credit to him for nutting up and hitting it though. He and Blair have a big opportunity to step up. Hope they make the most of it.
he had lots of wineI saw it on TV, but I'm guessing it might be on Spurs.com later. Parker had really red eyes like he had been crying(or maybe he got shampoo in them).
Me too...I'm usually not like that but I could no longer stand our idiotic mistakes in crunch time. Good thing they made one more mistake than we did. Anyone else feel like the refs gave the clips the benifit of the doubt all night?
I don't know about all night, but the Clippers got the ball back with 5.2 seconds in regulation. Chris Paul got bumped pretty damned hard, right around the FT line and there was no whistle. I's say the Spurs got the benefit of the doubt on that play.
man that scared me- Chris Paul has a way of initiating contact and getting the call-nothing wrong with that if it works
That one where he got free throws it looked like he grabbed Leonard
It was pretty inconsistent throughout the night. Paul was barely bumped on a previous play and they gave him FTs.
One could argue that Blake pushed Duncan out of bounds and into the stands (slightly) and there was no foul call, but on the other hand the ref did not allow the ball to be inbounded immediately so Duncan could get back on defense (anyone care to elaborate on this one? I've seen the refs allow the ball to be inbounded in similar situations in the past. What was different in this situation?).
DeAndre Jordan had a couple of fairly obvious fouls that were no calls early in the game.
I thought one of Tony was bailed out by the refs on a call late into the game when there was minimal (if any) contact.
There was a foul call (on Martin I think) that sent Duncan to the line. It was one of those "let me flail my arms and hope to get to the line" type of plays by Duncan. I'm not sure that was actually a foul, but I didn't see the replay so I'm not sure.
My "eye test" wants to say that the Clippers probably came out on top overall, if only barely, as far as refereeing goes.
Weird game indeed, I saw Duncan and Crawford jovially pass the ball back and forth as if they've been buddies for a decades.
man that scared me- Chris Paul has a way of initiating contact and getting the call-nothing wrong with that if it works
That one where he got free throws it looked like he grabbed Leonard
Lord it would be nice if Crawford finally gave up his hard-on for Duncan after all these years. Maybe he's decided TD has been punished enough over the years.
...er...nah, probably not.
Thanks Timvp. I agree with the grades. That was a strange win, but i'm glad we got the win. Great play by the team. In OT, CP3 faked a drive to the hoop, Kawhi didn't bite. Kawhi knew that the clips need a three, so he stayed on top to bother the three point shot by CP3. Heads up play by the rookie.
NO foul, ball hit the back board!
Yeah that was a foul that wasn't called, so the Spurs dodged a bullet on that. I didn't think the "hard" foul on Griffin was a foul as it looked like he hit the ball against the backboard, but I didn't go back and examine it. Didn't seem like a badly reffed game at all, so Clippers fans are probably up in arms about it.
Give em a few more years yet might take awhile for the transformation to spoiled rotten laker fan.
Tim got him on the arm, which is probably why the ball went against the backboard. It also looked like he caught him with the hip a bit as well.NO foul, ball hit the back board!
Another angle shows a pretty clear foul on Duncan.NO foul, ball hit the back board!
This angle shows Bonner fouling Duncan
man why cant fkn bonner play like his ugly twin brother...
This angle shows Bonner fouling Duncan
I changed into gym clothes right after that play and when I came in to turn off the TV before I left, I just saw a replay of Neal stealing it and hitting the shot
I'll take LJ's word that another angle shows an actual foul. Certainly not a "hard" foul as ESPN and maybe the Clippers crew said it was.
tsk tsk this isn't going to get tonight's grades out any faster Obstructed!
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