Fluke win by Clippers ?

[DPG21920]

Those are the actual stats, according to SportVu.

I didn't say your stats were wrong. I said your analysis was.

[DPG21920]

Basically, while neither team is shooting well uncontested, if definitely feels like the Spurs are creating more open looks. When you look specifically at 3PT shooting, it definitely feels like the Spurs are shooting net worse than Clips compared to their averages - especially on uncontested shots.

Then you factor in the massive FT dip from regular season to playoffs and it all adds up to the Spurs having an off series shooting more than I would say the Clips are.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Clippers have been shooting 44% on uncontested shots this series, not that much better than the Spurs (42.1%). This whole "we're just missing shots, it's all a fluke" narrative is one of the giest takes I've seen from upstairs, and that's saying something from the board who's brought us gems like "Kawhi is just a role player."

Way to take only a small portion of my post.

[DPG21920]

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS / DEFENDER 4+ FEET AWAY ON THREE-POINT ATTEMPTS

Chris Paul
(RS)115-for-279 (41.22%) (PO's)8-for-12 (66.67%) (Net Diff)+25.45%

J.J. Re
(RS)164-for-358 (45.81%) (PO's)8-for-19 (42.11%) (Net Diff)-3.70%

Matt Barnes
(RS)117-for-330 (35.45%) (PO's)3-for-11 (27.27%) (Net Diff)-8.18%

Jamal Crawford
(RS)73-for-198 (36.87%) (PO's)3-for-7 (42.86%) (Net Diff)+5.99%

Austin Rivers
(RS)39-for-121 (32.23%) (PO's)2-for-4 (50.00%) (Net Diff)+17.77%

ENTIRE TEAM
(RS)676-for-1733 (39.00%) (PO's)25-for-58 (43.10%) (Net Diff)+4.10%



SAN ANTONIO SPURS / DEFENDER 4+ FEET AWAY ON THREE-POINT ATTEMPTS

Tony Parker
(RS)33-for-75 (44.00%) (PO's)0-for-3 (0.00%) (Net Diff)-44.00%

Danny Green
(RS)165-for-371 (44.47%) (PO's)6-for-19 (31.58%) (Net Diff)-12.89%

Kawhi Leonard
(RS)61-for-169 (36.09%) (PO's)7-for-10 (70.00%) (Net Diff)+33.91%

Manu Ginobili
(RS)69-for-211 (32.70%) (PO's)3-for-9 (33.33%) (Net Diff)+0.63%

Patty Mills
(RS)51-for-142 (35.92%) (PO's)7-for-13 (53.85%) (Net Diff)+17.93%

Boris Diaw
(RS)51-for-164 (32.32%) (PO's)0-for-9 (0.00%) (Net Diff)-32.32%

Marco Belinelli
(RS)72-for-193 (37.31%) (PO's)4-for-10 (40.00%) (Net Diff)+2.69%

Matt Bonner
(RS)46-for-121 (38.02%) (PO's)1-for-5 (20.00%) (Net Diff)-18.02%

ENTIRE TEAM
(RS)593-for-1574 (37.67%) (PO's) 28-for-79 (35.44%) (Net Diff)-2.23%

As you can see, the Spurs have not only created a lot more open 3's than LAC, but they are hitting them at a worse than average clip uncontested, while LAC is hitting slightly above. It's a legit issue.

[TheGoldStandard]

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS / DEFENDER 4+ FEET AWAY ON THREE-POINT ATTEMPTS

Chris Paul
(RS)115-for-279 (41.22%) (PO's)8-for-12 (66.67%) (Net Diff)+25.45%

J.J. Re
(RS)164-for-358 (45.81%) (PO's)8-for-19 (42.11%) (Net Diff)-3.70%

Matt Barnes
(RS)117-for-330 (35.45%) (PO's)3-for-11 (27.27%) (Net Diff)-8.18%

Jamal Crawford
(RS)73-for-198 (36.87%) (PO's)3-for-7 (42.86%) (Net Diff)+5.99%

Austin Rivers
(RS)39-for-121 (32.23%) (PO's)2-for-4 (50.00%) (Net Diff)+17.77%

ENTIRE TEAM
(RS)676-for-1733 (39.00%) (PO's)25-for-58 (43.10%) (Net Diff)+4.10%



SAN ANTONIO SPURS / DEFENDER 4+ FEET AWAY ON THREE-POINT ATTEMPTS

Tony Parker
(RS)33-for-75 (44.00%) (PO's)0-for-3 (0.00%) (Net Diff)-44.00%

Danny Green
(RS)165-for-371 (44.47%) (PO's)6-for-19 (31.58%) (Net Diff)-12.89%

Kawhi Leonard
(RS)61-for-169 (36.09%) (PO's)7-for-10 (70.00%) (Net Diff)+33.91%

Manu Ginobili
(RS)69-for-211 (32.70%) (PO's)3-for-9 (33.33%) (Net Diff)+0.63%

Patty Mills
(RS)51-for-142 (35.92%) (PO's)7-for-13 (53.85%) (Net Diff)+17.93%

Boris Diaw
(RS)51-for-164 (32.32%) (PO's)0-for-9 (0.00%) (Net Diff)-32.32%

Marco Belinelli
(RS)72-for-193 (37.31%) (PO's)4-for-10 (40.00%) (Net Diff)+2.69%

Matt Bonner
(RS)46-for-121 (38.02%) (PO's)1-for-5 (20.00%) (Net Diff)-18.02%

ENTIRE TEAM
(RS)593-for-1574 (37.67%) (PO's) 28-for-79 (35.44%) (Net Diff)-2.23%

As you can see, the Spurs have not only created a lot more open 3's than LAC, but they are hitting them at a worse than average clip uncontested, while LAC is hitting slightly above. It's a legit issue.

Boris needs to be slapped everytime he catches a pass around the 3 point line and decides to pump fake drawing his defender in who doesn't bite on the shot who just casually follows his fat ass into the paint and cuts him off then futility tries to throw up some weird ass sweeping hook or passes it out.

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Despite anyones trash talk or reference to referee bias the truth is that this is seven game series. The winner will emerge and when the winner is announced both sides better respect that and not say B.S. stuff like "the refs screwed us" or "we beat ourselves." Its so disrespectful to take away a victory. Spurs deserve the wins they got, clippers deserve theirs.

[DPG21920]

To summarize the series to this point:

The Spurs, despite having 3 of their 5 starters play the worst basketball of their careers (I don't believe I'm using hyperbole either - TP/Tiago/Danny have been that bad) are still creating more unconsted looks than the Clippers. Not only are they creating those looks, but they are somehow missing them at a worse clip than LAC, even at home. They also went from being the 3rd best FT shooting team in the league to one of the worst this series. Beyond that, Pop has coached one of his worst series (despite the series lead until tonight) with the hack strategy backfiring in every way imaginable (whether it just flat out not working or having unintended consequences) and his rotations being very questionable.

Despite all of that, Spurs somehow were still up 3-2 and still have a shot to win it in game 7. Not fluky at all.

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To summarize the series to this point:

The Spurs, despite having 3 of their 5 starters play the worst basketball of their careers (I don't believe I'm using hyperbole either - TP/Tiago/Danny have been that bad) are still creating more unconsted looks than the Clippers. Not only are they creating those looks, but they are somehow missing them at a worse clip than LAC, even at home. They also went from being the 3rd best FT shooting team in the league to one of the worst this series. Beyond that, Pop has coached one of his worst series (despite the series lead until tonight) with the hack strategy backfiring in every way imaginable (whether it just flat out not working or having unintended consequences) and his rotations being very questionable.

Despite all of that, Spurs somehow were still up 3-2 and still have a shot to win it in game 7. Not fluky at all.

Shot percentage goes both as though. Remember that the Clippers also have one of the best offenses in the game and the games we loose are also ones where our guys are having bad games. Defense on both teams has been smothering at times.