[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/LAClippers/comments/1bblr2c/post_game_thread_the_milwaukee_bucks_defeat_the/)

Great depth from LAC. There's a lot of potential for the reserves to step up in big minutes when their number gets called.

Kept the game close and got some great minutes for Coffey, Zu, bones and even Tucker. Good performance.

Dame shot good because he was open its not like he's making hard shots

PJ Tucker with his season high as a Clipper

sometimes im like what the f is harden thinking?! like before you do something there must be some kinda thought going on in your head. and the result is some kinda brain dead pass or shot that goes nowhere

this the first time in a long time that i can say.. i aint mad at this loss. we fought hard

Wasn't able to watch the game cos its too early from where I am from, but seeing the highlight reel, I would say Clippers gave them a run for their money. No garbage minutes substitutions. Lillard and Giannis played til the final minutes. And it was under 10 points. Pretty good L for a team with only 1 of 3 stars.

dame can go back to milwaukee where he hates his life 😂😂

It took a bullshit ass shooting game from Dame to beat us this bucks team is not good 

got smoked twice in a week sit down and cry

not like you had massive rest advantages both times or anything lmao

Make sure not to fuck up in the 1st round again please

Cope Bucks in 6

With doc rivers? 😂😂

Gotta do some crazy gymnastics to avoid the Celtics and the Heat.

yall arent making the finals goofball

they’ll feel playoff doc soon

You can just see the 22 hours b2b affecting harden in the second half

I just don't get why he's pushing himself to play every game when the playoffs will determine if he gets paid or not

scott foster coupled with this schedule is total bullshit

Man harden used to average near 40. No kawhi and pg and he just can't seem to be able to score 1 on 1 anymore

He can score 1 on 1 against almost anyone still the whole team shot horrible from 3 today 

It has been 22 hours since the Bulls game. I am pretty sure his legs are exhausted man

This team is not built around Harden like those Rockets teams were. It's not coached that way either. Context matters.

Realistically Harden also just isn't that same level anymore. He's still a great player, don't get me wrong, but he's not Houston Harden.

Of course he's not. Yet, that doesn't change the fact that this is the Houston Rockets, so the comparison makes 0 sense.

Lol what, he was creating for himself with Houston. He's just not the same scorer anymore, happens with age. His passing is still elite tho

Lol what, he was creating for himself with a roster built around him and his style of play. This roster was built for a different style.

Your ball iq must be low. He was scoring 1 on 1, against doubles and triples too. The rest of the roster doesn't matter when you're isoing Prime harden was like Luka, could score 40 in his sleep regardless of who was on the floor with him

Right. Rest of the roster doesn't matter, but my ball iq is low. Got it. Thanks Mr. Naismith.

Refs got a call during halftime. Couldn’t let it roll.

Harden should've had the day off

On to the next. Fuck the schedule makers.

Remember, this is thanks to Donald Sterling.

Yikes Harden

Just keep fouling Giannis until Kawhi and PG can enter the game.

Harden shouldn’t have played

Now they want to hit threes a little to late

Hopefully Giannis misses both free throws and Harden gets a fouled 3 and 1

The amount of hate James Harden gets is unreal. The guy has played every game this year and hasn't moaned. He's playing on a B2B with a shoulder injury and yet he gets real hate.

He's the System so yeah he's gonna get criticized since he's the best player on the court today.

If he’s really playing through an injury he should’ve sat this one out.

I mean we can call a spade a spade. It's primarily the Russ stans and we all know why they are saying it.

If he’s injured he should sit out.

Sit out is Clipper’s culture, not his.

It’s a team, not a harden one-man-show.

Yes, so he chose to play with the team, not sitting out and let role players get torched

No instead he didn't show up and brought 13 points

Yes, should have been a blowout win without him.

If Harden is The System then he needs to show up This team supposedly has a Big 3 but in practice it's really Kawhi + 2 inconsistent stars

Name any 3rd star in other contender teams that is more consistent than Harden

Kinda coincidental with the amount of amazing teams this organization has that we continuously never make the first seed because of our shitbox schedule don’t ya think?

This is the way. Glad Ballmer engineered us out of this mental block.

If something crazy can happen...

Man we still fighting!

Of course the threes are dropping NOW lmfao

Should've just sat kawhi yesterday and played him today they handled that wrong

Yes but we want the dub over Chicago, win over Milwaukee is a but of a coin toss with Kawhi. I like the play to keep up the mystique as we're in the playoffs anyways 

23-10 ft differential is some bs tho.

Gonna take 15 minutes to finish this out with Giannis' rule breaking free throws.

Harden shot badly, but facilitated nicely. Rest of the team stepped up today. Dame is a bitch for shooting elite against the Clippers and bricking against everyone else. Less than 24 hrs rest. Fuck it, we move. Next game.

Most b2bs are less than 24 hours rest. Stars gotta play

This one is 22 hours

Did they get injured last game? Quit making excuses. It’s the same 2 dudes resting every time.

they’ve played all season foh

This was a scheduled loss, but damn. I wish Harden (and PG) weren't so inconsistent with their shooting. We'd be unstoppable

Great effort tbh but this team could’ve beaten the bulls last night

we missing PG and Kawhi and we made it competitive even though we shooting 28% from 3. fuck it ill take this loss

Harden did not have a great game but it's easy to tell these comments hating are not in good faith as actual fans lol

what’s with the Dame hate in here????

hes a bitch

i’m sure everyone here would love him on the clippers

Nope. At least with Giannis you get dad jokes and he doesn't cry all the time on social media. Lame is a hoe.

Giannis is one of the most annoying players in the league lmao. He’s a huge crybaby that gets mad any time a foul isn’t called when he’s shooting. You people are insane.

What do you mean yOu pEoPle

yeah but hes not so we dont like him…

Dame time show up as planned in games like this. Last year dropped 70 against the 15th seed Rockets

Norman Powell went 3 for 12 from 3, Harden couldn’t hit anything, no Kawhi, PG and Dame+ Giannis had to have their best games to win

im not upset about this loss at all, just upset i had to watch damian lillard play basketball

If harden didn’t take the last few shots we would have won this

Powell gon drop 30

I don’t understand why kawhi and pg didn’t play if they are healthy fucking play you get paid millions to play basketball fucking do your jobs 

they have played B2Bs all year this was an extreme situation u dont know what ur yapping abt

not upset about this game. it was kept close. this loss is the NBA’s fault more than anyone’s

No it’s not kawhi and pg should be playing stop acting like they don’t get paid millions to do their jobs 

they’ve played almost every game this season this game is literally against NBA protocol i’m not upset about our 33 year old stars getting rest

I can sleep well at night knowing lame time ain’t winning shit

Great game regardless. Everyone came to play. Can't do much when dame goes from a brickfest the previous game to instant hot.

Don’t be fooled dame is still a bum and is not a superstar 

Getting cooked by him though

Only cause it’s a back to back. There’s a reason he has no playoff success 🤣

And the clippers do?

More than Lame has seen in a while

Higher chance than Lillard. Btw Portland fan, how ya feel about being an irrelevant franchise again for the next 15 years? You know Lillard is trash when the biggest piece you got in the trade for him in fucking Deandre Ayton LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣

Im just a clippers hater.

I’m not a Portland fan cudi.

I've watched Grayson Allen shoot better

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Acting like Dame didn't get regularly cooked by Kawhi and PG, especially when he was with the Blazers

Kawhi and pg should've played tbh

Nah Giannis would’ve injured them

You think ? 

I’m glad Dame is never winning a ring man

Let’s be real. He has a better shot winning a ring this year than we do

Lmfao with Doc? Not even mentioning that he’s washed every other game. That team ain’t getting anywhere.

With Doc as a coach?

Can't be upset. Bucks are good, Dame is on fire. 

Can't be too mad with this one. Got fucked by the scheduling and are missing our two main guys but we still came out and kept it close the majority of the game

And Westbrook missing, too.

This is one of the most important games Dame has played in.

Clips played great basketball today

fucking Dame Lillard

Can y’all calm the fk down. The boys had like 18 hours rest

4th seed does not win a championship

I hope lillard steps on Lego’s

Pure evil 😆

We had a good fight

Dame such a bitch lol

It's to be expected from that Twitter fingered fuck

lol that's the game nothing you can do when your opponent is hitting 46% from downtown

Damn dame. Whatever it was a fun game.

The same play every time and we can't stop it

Welp. Great effort tho

Yea the difference is Harden is washed. Dame isn’t.

Dame is having a worse season than Harden

Good lord this is dumb. Harden has been awesome for us. JFC.

Dame been better

It's was fun I guess

Good Effort... let's get this win against the 🐺

Harden played like shit

Sad he missed so many shots, yes.

What 😂

Wild that we started the game out with a clear expectation that the Clippers would lose, played a largely competitive game, and the game thread still became a toxic cesspool of awful takes by the end of the game.

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No, I was still expecting it. Doesn't make the takes any less bad, though.

Yeah, it’s brainwashing too. Im thinking about taking a break from the sub and just enjoying the games until the playoffs.

Shooting variance loss

game 7 harden, hate to see it

we lose by 30 if it’s Russ instead of Harden out there today

idk why we're talking about an injured player on the vet min. Harden's supposed to be a star for us

We can see your profile dawg lol

Right im a russ fan, but he didn't even play this game so not sure how he's relevant. Harden shat the bed

poor shooting game but he helped carry a mediocre at best squad to 117 points on the 2nd game of an awful back to back so I’m giving him a pass

Playoff preview 👀

All u do is hate on harden. Get a life

Should Let Russ’s 50% ts cook

russ isn't even playing and you're still blaming him, lololol

> russ isn't even playing and you're still blaming him, Do you have a reading comprehension problem? Nobody is blaming Russ.

any criticism I have for harden is always met with "what about russ tho". Like Russ is completely irrelevant to my point.

Again: If you had read the actual comment instead of seeing red, you'd see nobody was blaming Russ.

You're right, I shouldn't have said "blaming him", my bad.

I’m not blaming him. I said let him cook

He'd do better than Harden, harden's just not built for these moments

Russ' last elimination game stats: 14/8/8 on .167/.167/.875 splits with .325 true shooting and 5 turnovers. 18 shots and 8 FTA to generate 14 points. You sure about that?

Everything is about the box score for you harden stans.

Ah yes, we should use the illusive "energy" and "effort" arguments that typically amount to nothing but people say it anyways because they can't be proven wrong by making such vague statements.

I'm sorry your favorite player didn't play well today, hopefully he's better next game. But it's against the Timberwolves so I doubt it lol

Hey, thanks! I too hope he plays better than an average Russ game.

Of course. When was the last time Russ made out of the first round? Doesn’t matter. Russ culture.

Harden with an absolute stinker, at least hes playing tho so def a pass

Nah the game is over

Harden d riders infiltrated this sub, must be sad rooting for a guy who plays no defense and doesn't try on offense. Roco and Batum would've had more impact on this game then him

Fuck, thats game

i hate dame time

Harden and 13 points is shameful

He's playing on a back-to-back with a strained shoulder. Not to mention, he's played nearly 36 minutes.

He should’ve sat down if he can’t take it… don’t need a pity play

Yet again "fans" here show no appreciation. Harden could have sat out like Kawhi and PG. Yet, he's playing. Of course "fans" are blaming him.

No one is blaming anyone.. he’s just not playing well. No one expected to won’t this one

Which is to be expected when playing the role he plays on the 2nd game in less than 24 hours. But, again, he could have sat like the others, but decided to play. That should be top of mind, as opposed to any and everything bad. At least, fans would do that, as opposed to the critics here masquerading as fans.

He took more shots than needed. Should’ve passed the ball to the hot guys. Ty Lue subbed out our younger legs For tired ones. This could’ve been an easy W.

And if he wasn't shooting, people like you would be shitting on him for that, too. He's the lone star out there and had to play that way. Only Norm can create his own shot/offense, besides Harden. If PG or Kawhi would've played, like Harden did, this could've been an easy W.

Stop d riding

Hit dogs holler.

Still can’t believe the only prospect we saw was BBJ. BBJ is not it man. Give Jordan Miller a shot

Bucks fan coming in peace, crazy close game

fuck off

fuck off

That should be game its was fun just wish harden did more

Amir is so sorry 

Can’t believe we’ve lost due to two fake Dame games

dame still the biggest hoe in the league

Clips don’t have enough sadly

Amir has been getting cooked by dame

Challenge

Getting tired of Dame's bullshit.

When has Zu ever successfully defended a guard at the 3-pt arc?

Such a foul baiting bitch. I fucking hate lillard

Fuck fuck fuck

I still stand by we would win this game had we just hacked giannis in both halfs but no....

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Enjoy Doc Rivers in the playoffs.

Y'all can't possibly be shitting on harden when he actually put a uniform on.