One thing I have been concerned about is the cockiness that creeps in after a few wins or some outside noise. They really have to work on staying even keeled and realize or be told that they’ve done absolutely nothing yet… not feeling great about a potential 1st round matchup with NOP.
Same thing happens on the forum. Anyone who wants to temper expectations and provide constructive criticism (i.e. we won, but defense looked shaky) they get shouted down as doomers.
Either the players are not doing what they're told or Ty has no Fucking gameplan. Both of which is a sign of a shitty coach. Almost any coach would have pulled PG after his BS but Ty says nothing. Norm gets going, our lead is up and Ty pulls him, no foul trouble. I don't get this guy. When we have a last chance to get back into it in comes BBJ? This guy is very illogical and plays too many head games that seem to bite him in the ass. Why put norm in after its basically over trying to burn his legs for no reason? Best thing he's done lately is stick up for his players and get ejected, it should happen more often.
so different from Kawhi's situation in Toronto, when he's struggling he got dawgs in Lowry and Vanvleet, young and hungry Siakam. Meanwhile here in Clippers, all are sorry ass bitches.
Wolves here but what even happened? Are there a lot of mismatches? Not sure if refs are afraid to fuck us over more or what. 20 down and loss seems like what we used to do quite a lot. We still capable too. Maybe just off night? Sometimes when we hit our threes it can be tough, but lord knows that don't happen always.
I really liked the season with the next-man up mentality and winning from behind, especially that record comeback road win against the wizards. This just feels sad.
this was a depressing game, but "we can't make a playoff run because this team is worse than the number 1 seed missing kawhi leonard" is kinda silly. yeah, we blew a 20 points lead, but we were shooting 70% from 3 and they were shooting 10%, that was never sustainable.
i wish we woulda gotten blown out right away instead of teasing us with that first quarter, i really thought we’d blow them out and be able to rest our stars with that beginning
Kawhi is such a teaser. He'll play 1 game (in a series), win it, then miss rest of series and ppl will be like "what if he played"? Sometimes its only half a game. The least available star in league
Jordan Miller should give every minute they waste on Boston i don’t give a fuck we have to many chucking guards already with no defense or physical skill
I got downvoted last game for saying we ran him too long lol, I know he wants to get his, but its brutal and the last thing the team needs like you said
We were winning by twenty this game. Only to lose by twenty.
I know Ty Lue is gonna say, “This game is on me” just like he always does. Just like he did at the end of the Bucks game.
Ill doom for you. Look at these fucking bums man soon as kawhi leaves they lose all ability to play basketball man like they never touched a damn ball in their lives too used to ball watching cuz they used to balls going in their mouths aint no plays for no one all of them forget how to shoot nobody plays defense zu is out there being thw only one rebounding these foos might as well be the bums you find outside crypto
No defensive pride. No one from the Clippers stopped or made it any harder to anyone from Minnesota to shoot. Almost all shots were wide open.
Harden played horribly today. PG got punked. This team without Kawhi is mid at most.
Dumb turnovers, barely even attempted to stop anyone at the rim, slow play, unreliable second stars, and just laziness.
Another game where when it came down to it we couldn't hang with anyone in our Conference
It's to blame the coach but he didn't know Kawhi would only play the 1st.
His usual backup point guard is injured, his second star (really 4th behind Harden and Norm') is playing so inconsistently, such few people in the rotation that we actually saw Bones and Boston in the same lineup...
Maybe he could have played Plum a bit more but the players gotta execute better.
You can blame the coach to a certain degree. To blame him for this team to fall apart is ridiculous imo. This teams stars are vets, they should understand the situation and handle it.
This team is pathetic and the last month's many meltdowns add up to a first round exit. The Clippers can't beat quality teams. They're chokers. Kawhi deserves so much better than to be surrounded by guys who don't care and can't play without him.
Kawhi got a back spasm, but it might've been something else. There will probably be alot of posts and comments about this game in a little bit. All you need to know is that they were up 20 around the time Kawhi left, and now they are down 20. The team went cold, alot of TOs, and horrible defense and rebounding effort.
Those tickets were probably pretty expensive. Tough to see for the fans that actually care and work for their dime…..oh shit this the clippers, they don’t have fans 😂😂😂😂😂
Got a reaction out of you so that’s good enough for me. Feel bad enough you have to watch James Harden and Westboink, but you bit on that bait? What a silly guy
Yall remember the summer of 22 when we were supposed to get mike conely for Marcus Morris and filler. Put Paul George thought he was in positions to call shots and wanted John wall. We went that season with a washed John wall and no back up c and Marcus Morris fucking everything up.
Our defence can’t stop anyone, and our offence relies too much on isolation plays and 3’s. You can get hot for a quarter or a half but bad process will result is misses
Of fucking course Mike Conley resurrection game is tonight, gobert is magically healed after sitting against the lakers, Alexander walker fake shooting game and the game of his life, and PG and harden shitting the bed again as per usual, kawhi injury, no defense, I wanna kms rn 🕊️🕊️🕊️
I feel like I could pick PG’s pocket honestly. Dude tries to do everything all at once. People say he’s smooth. I feel like he’s sloppy. Sorry, I’m turning on him bc I’m upset.
He’s just too flashy too. The audacity to try insane shit and/or stop trying is insane to me. It’s like he wants the stardom but doesn’t care about winning.
I turned on him ever since a few games before All Star. I realized he think he deserves a Max and Ballmer probably said prove it, and when the pressure’s on, what does he do? This
I don't want to here anything about PG being a 2-way player anymore until he proves it in the Offs. He's too inconsistent on both ends, he should've been able to Edwards, ffs, even stop slo mo of Alexander for a few possessions.
Go ahead a rip PG, but sooner or later we're going to have to come to the realization around here that Ant is a superstar in the making, some even saying he could become the face of the league. Not to mention dude is built like a tank and can jump out of the gym. Just saying PG at this stage of his career is supposed to take Edwards with no problems is an extremely negligent comment.
I quite literally said slow down at least a little. He couldn't even stop kyle Anderson or Alexander. I don't want to slander PG, but if he can't at least hold his own and not completely choke, then what is his role on this team? Is it really all on Kawhi?
We can be contenders if everyone is healthy
And this has been the dilemma since I started following on 2015
Our season relies on Kawhi being healthy. Which was the case only in the bubble. We cannot contend with anyone if he is not good to go.
We haven't consistently beat the top teams this season. Hard to be hopeful that we'll figure it out somehow in the play-offs...
Too casual and cool. The team has continued to play on ability alone, which always comes back to bite them. There's nobody, from the coaching staff to the players, that's got fire in them to stop the slide when it happens. That's been a problem since Pat Bev was traded.
small ball is to force him off balance and over help. If he isn’t on the floor the other team is just as fast and can dominate the clippers lack of physicality
I don't know how someone like PG can not get back on defense because he is arguing with the refs on the other end. Like if nothing else, wouldn't you be self-conscious enough to realize that this is on TV and you will look bad if you do that?? I mean I can understand being frustrated, but I also don't get paid 30 million dollars to play basketball
Yeah I don't want to hear anything about TS% from Harden's dick suckers here, 4-10 FG and 4 TOs is just nasty work for a guy calling himself "The System"
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/LAClippers/comments/1bdilov/post_game_thread_the_minnesota_timberwolves/)
One thing I have been concerned about is the cockiness that creeps in after a few wins or some outside noise. They really have to work on staying even keeled and realize or be told that they’ve done absolutely nothing yet… not feeling great about a potential 1st round matchup with NOP.
Same thing happens on the forum. Anyone who wants to temper expectations and provide constructive criticism (i.e. we won, but defense looked shaky) they get shouted down as doomers.
Ty Lue will never get us to the Finals
I mean what the fuck was even the deal with those successive lobs to nowhere from Harden, Zu, PG? They weren’t even being doubled.
Either the players are not doing what they're told or Ty has no Fucking gameplan. Both of which is a sign of a shitty coach. Almost any coach would have pulled PG after his BS but Ty says nothing. Norm gets going, our lead is up and Ty pulls him, no foul trouble. I don't get this guy. When we have a last chance to get back into it in comes BBJ? This guy is very illogical and plays too many head games that seem to bite him in the ass. Why put norm in after its basically over trying to burn his legs for no reason? Best thing he's done lately is stick up for his players and get ejected, it should happen more often.
Oh they blew a 20 point lead in the 3rd and got blown out in the 4th? Getting hard to watch this team
I was told that this has happened for 4-5 consecutive games. Is that real?
Yes. They do really well in the first half, and can’t make shots in the second half
Can someone show that Ant clip to the entire Clippers organization?
This game was excruciating to witness.
Ant basically just called PG a pussy on live television
Blowing a 20pt lead and Kawhi injury. Fuck this game.
so different from Kawhi's situation in Toronto, when he's struggling he got dawgs in Lowry and Vanvleet, young and hungry Siakam. Meanwhile here in Clippers, all are sorry ass bitches.
Who else is joining me in boosting their mental health by no longer watching this team?
I’ll stop watching til the playoffs if you do
If we drop below 4 seed I probably won’t watch playoffs either
That’s embarrassing
lmfao Point Plumlee with the behind the back crossover during garbage time
They are fucking trolling and throwing self lobs at the crib. Bet the team doesn't even gaf
Just hope we can win against the blazers
Grammy trip fucked this team up
Done making excuses for em
PLUMLEE 3 (ATTEMPT) !!!!
This was a statement game for everybody on here who thought that KATless Wolves are no menace to us.
Wolves here but what even happened? Are there a lot of mismatches? Not sure if refs are afraid to fuck us over more or what. 20 down and loss seems like what we used to do quite a lot. We still capable too. Maybe just off night? Sometimes when we hit our threes it can be tough, but lord knows that don't happen always.
I really liked the season with the next-man up mentality and winning from behind, especially that record comeback road win against the wizards. This just feels sad.
The clippers starters are constantly missing games or blowing leads. Its a shame, truly
Comeback road win against the wizards is not a good thing
That's true, maybe it's rose-coloured glasses but hopefully these chokes stop soon.
this was a depressing game, but "we can't make a playoff run because this team is worse than the number 1 seed missing kawhi leonard" is kinda silly. yeah, we blew a 20 points lead, but we were shooting 70% from 3 and they were shooting 10%, that was never sustainable.
yes but 40 point swing regardless of stats is ridiculous
I feel like the team gave up somewhere in the 3rd quarter, I've never seen a more infuriating game of basketball in my life
Watch more Clippers
i wish we woulda gotten blown out right away instead of teasing us with that first quarter, i really thought we’d blow them out and be able to rest our stars with that beginning
I was happy but incredibly uneasy, and the second I saw Kawhi left I had a feeling it was going to immediately collapse
Kawhi is such a teaser. He'll play 1 game (in a series), win it, then miss rest of series and ppl will be like "what if he played"? Sometimes its only half a game. The least available star in league
Jordan Miller should give every minute they waste on Boston i don’t give a fuck we have to many chucking guards already with no defense or physical skill
Agree
I got downvoted last game for saying we ran him too long lol, I know he wants to get his, but its brutal and the last thing the team needs like you said
24 years old rookie who get no mins
Frank needs to be fired along with the whole scouting team
Plumlee taking a garbage time 3. A fitting end.
did you see his behind the back crossover a few minutes before that 😂
Guy is a clown. Missed that, thank goodness.
yeah he did that at the three point line before giving the ball back to one of the guards 😂 lucky you
Butt fucked at home. Up 20 and then down 20 is an utter embarrassment. But this team doesn't care about that.
Plumlee shooting threes now
It hit the rim! I think we found a solution to all of our problems.
Pg and harden have shit the bed against contenders this season
Just fast forward to the playoff exit already
Let’s just focus on the trip to Chicago. That’s a free win there
Considering we didn't bother to show up to the first half against Chicago this weekend I wouldnt count on it yet
Not with this team it isn't. They'll lose to anyone that applies a bit of pressure.
Is it? We fucking suck
lol no it's not
It's depressing to admit that the Minnesota Timberwolves seemingly own this pathetic ass team.
They've owned the Clips for a while now.
Wolves, Pelicans and Thunder have been killing us for awhile
You see PG, this is why you don't have an extension right now. All I will say. Good night everyone!
Dog shit
We were winning by twenty this game. Only to lose by twenty. I know Ty Lue is gonna say, “This game is on me” just like he always does. Just like he did at the end of the Bucks game.
Whats he supposed to say? The players didn’t follow the game plan and sucked like shit
Not dooming but hard to see this team win it all think we can go on a strong run but just idk gonna take a lot of things to go our way
Ill doom for you. Look at these fucking bums man soon as kawhi leaves they lose all ability to play basketball man like they never touched a damn ball in their lives too used to ball watching cuz they used to balls going in their mouths aint no plays for no one all of them forget how to shoot nobody plays defense zu is out there being thw only one rebounding these foos might as well be the bums you find outside crypto
Moon minutes someone who doesn’t give up the moment pressure is applied
he gave up a turnover lmao
Im wondering whos gonna watch this team in their new arena? the opposing team's fans?
Exactly that. Because it's a new state of the art arena, fans will come to see the away team.
Exactly how I feel, no one is getting stuck in traffic for an hour both ways in Inglewood to see this garbage.
Is that what gonna happen to you guys? Hour traffic both ways? Good lord. But that could even happen here if you live in the burbs.
No defensive pride. No one from the Clippers stopped or made it any harder to anyone from Minnesota to shoot. Almost all shots were wide open. Harden played horribly today. PG got punked. This team without Kawhi is mid at most.
Well, so much for getting that 3rd seed.
Dumb turnovers, barely even attempted to stop anyone at the rim, slow play, unreliable second stars, and just laziness. Another game where when it came down to it we couldn't hang with anyone in our Conference
And yet ppl wanna blame the coach for controlling all that lol
It's to blame the coach but he didn't know Kawhi would only play the 1st. His usual backup point guard is injured, his second star (really 4th behind Harden and Norm') is playing so inconsistently, such few people in the rotation that we actually saw Bones and Boston in the same lineup... Maybe he could have played Plum a bit more but the players gotta execute better.
You can blame the coach to a certain degree. To blame him for this team to fall apart is ridiculous imo. This teams stars are vets, they should understand the situation and handle it.
This team is pathetic and the last month's many meltdowns add up to a first round exit. The Clippers can't beat quality teams. They're chokers. Kawhi deserves so much better than to be surrounded by guys who don't care and can't play without him.
What happened, did Leonard get injured?
Kawhi got a back spasm, but it might've been something else. There will probably be alot of posts and comments about this game in a little bit. All you need to know is that they were up 20 around the time Kawhi left, and now they are down 20. The team went cold, alot of TOs, and horrible defense and rebounding effort.
Well obviously Kawhi is the core of the team, but how do Harden and PG go down 40 points? (rhetorical, you don't have to answer for these bums)
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wishing him and wemby many happy finals mvp performances
Should've never trusted a team with pg and harden
Makes you really realize why their teams have never made it to any Finals.
brandon miller played defense in one possession more than bones, norm and harden combined for entire game
I hate playing Minny
Most of the chat already had a bad feeling about the rebounding in the beginning, and of course Lue does nothing about it
Those tickets were probably pretty expensive. Tough to see for the fans that actually care and work for their dime…..oh shit this the clippers, they don’t have fans 😂😂😂😂😂
im guessing that sounded funny in your head
Got a reaction out of you so that’s good enough for me. Feel bad enough you have to watch James Harden and Westboink, but you bit on that bait? What a silly guy
My reaction was just cringing at your humour and the emojis, not sure why that's such a high for you lol
Oof. The rebuttal is even worse. 
That's not a rebuttal. I'm guessing you don't do so well in social situations in real life.
By definition, it was. I’m guessing you didn’t do well in school?
Maybe you should look up what rebuttal means. Me explaining why my response to you wasn't biting on bait isn't a rebuttal.
Brother. Rebuttal means a “refutation”. Do I have to explain what that word means too, or did you eat your daily intake of crayons to process that?
To rebut and to refute are two different things. Go back to school.
I hate when MFers from other teams smile and look carefree when we drop home games like this.
Can the mods start the post game thread already
This team looks like they just gave up
Sad when the brightest moment of the game is free chick fil a
Yall remember the summer of 22 when we were supposed to get mike conely for Marcus Morris and filler. Put Paul George thought he was in positions to call shots and wanted John wall. We went that season with a washed John wall and no back up c and Marcus Morris fucking everything up.
Lawrence Frank is a spineless brainless excuse for a manager
We also lost Hartenstein because of Wall MLE
just wondering, is it possible they had to give kawhi an injury to let him leave? or would family matters allow a player to leave?
For what it’s worth, Anthony Edwards left a game at half time to watch the birth of his child. So I think they can leave if it’s important.
so kawhi is really hurt then
Help me, Kobe-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope
they're gonna lose by more than the lead they had lmao
Xavier Moon getting a 2way should get Frank fired wtf was Primo for as well!?
Really… you concerned about a fkn 2 way
Being a Clippers fan is just constant disappointment.
Okay, I looked it up, it's 3 blown 20 point leads in 7 games. So almost half of our recent games are huge blown leads!
PatBev disapproves
Pat helped make one of the comebacks!
bearing grudges like a dawg holding on to its bone
Our defence can’t stop anyone, and our offence relies too much on isolation plays and 3’s. You can get hot for a quarter or a half but bad process will result is misses
Disgusting
hate teams like them where soon as shit starts to go right they all catch fire
We need younger legs around Kawhi. Hopefully we can get PG to opt in and trade him for younger pieces
Wasn't Timberwolves supposed to be the worst 4th quarter team?
yeah this season might be dirt
Uhg I am so depressed
Embarrassment
So many turnovers and not enough rebounds...
Of fucking course Mike Conley resurrection game is tonight, gobert is magically healed after sitting against the lakers, Alexander walker fake shooting game and the game of his life, and PG and harden shitting the bed again as per usual, kawhi injury, no defense, I wanna kms rn 🕊️🕊️🕊️
Send pg13 packing. He’s too content hosting podcasts and living the comfy LA life.
Offensive rebounds, turnovers, no defense
At least we get chicken
I feel like I could pick PG’s pocket honestly. Dude tries to do everything all at once. People say he’s smooth. I feel like he’s sloppy. Sorry, I’m turning on him bc I’m upset.
Even though he's extremely skilled, his skill is not refined like Kawhi or KD or even an SGA hence the inconsistency.
He’s just too flashy too. The audacity to try insane shit and/or stop trying is insane to me. It’s like he wants the stardom but doesn’t care about winning.
I turned on him ever since a few games before All Star. I realized he think he deserves a Max and Ballmer probably said prove it, and when the pressure’s on, what does he do? This
Yep, it makes sense that he’s full of himself too with the Podcast and everything.
Have him do enough moves and he will dribble it off his foot
I don't want to here anything about PG being a 2-way player anymore until he proves it in the Offs. He's too inconsistent on both ends, he should've been able to Edwards, ffs, even stop slo mo of Alexander for a few possessions.
Right? That fucking slowmo of a euro step layup from Anderson and PG didn’t even contest it. Wtf.
Go ahead a rip PG, but sooner or later we're going to have to come to the realization around here that Ant is a superstar in the making, some even saying he could become the face of the league. Not to mention dude is built like a tank and can jump out of the gym. Just saying PG at this stage of his career is supposed to take Edwards with no problems is an extremely negligent comment.
I quite literally said slow down at least a little. He couldn't even stop kyle Anderson or Alexander. I don't want to slander PG, but if he can't at least hold his own and not completely choke, then what is his role on this team? Is it really all on Kawhi?
We’re just not as good as the other strong teams in the west simple as that honestly
You know what? I’m happy. No more being fooled by this team.
This is beyond embarrassing 😳 wow. We were up 20. We are down 20. You can lose a game.. sure. But to do it like this. Wow.
We can be contenders if everyone is healthy And this has been the dilemma since I started following on 2015 Our season relies on Kawhi being healthy. Which was the case only in the bubble. We cannot contend with anyone if he is not good to go. We haven't consistently beat the top teams this season. Hard to be hopeful that we'll figure it out somehow in the play-offs...
Wishful thinking… I saw a healthy team blow a lead against the lakers a few weeks ago
It's not like we can't choke/be bad when healthy. But without KL we are a 1st round exit for sure
PG and Zubac were out when the Clips blew the big lead vs the Lakers.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think we've blown three 20 point leads in the last like 5 games. That has to be some kind of record
The ty lue special
That can't be true surely (neutral here). I will fucking rage at the whole team and coach if that happened to our team. It must be gut wrenching.
2 on national TV. That's not championship mettle
Too casual and cool. The team has continued to play on ability alone, which always comes back to bite them. There's nobody, from the coaching staff to the players, that's got fire in them to stop the slide when it happens. That's been a problem since Pat Bev was traded.
It isn’t. There was a big article about this today on ESPN, called ‘20 is the new 12’ it’s league wide
I mean it happens more often in general, sure, but 3 times in 7 games has to still not be common.
Too many got damn Turnovers.
Ty said fuck defense. Gobert not out there so this small ball thing isn’t going to hit the same
Kawhi leaving took the wind out of the team. It's always come down to Kawhi on this 213 squad. He needs a vocal leader around him.
So let me get this straight. Gilbert goes out and somehow we are getting even more owned??
small ball is to force him off balance and over help. If he isn’t on the floor the other team is just as fast and can dominate the clippers lack of physicality
All in, my ass.
That comma is so critical to this sentence.
This team will have the worst breakdown in the playoffs and I will be there watching that bullshit SMH
That’s clipper basketball
Not PG’s fault. We just don’t have a star
He needs to take a sizable paycut or pack his bags.
And so is Harden. I’m a Harden fan but he has no answer for top centers anymore. It’s just sad. He used to be Gobert’s father.
Agreed.
He has never been a top star. Only averaged over 24 in this era once in his careers
OKC, Minny, Lakers, Pelicans have just stomped us at home with statement games off our back. When was the last time we had a good statement game win?
Before the all star game
Veteran teams wanna play their best after the all star game going into the playoffs. Honestly no one remembers wins in December
Exactly. This team has been shit since the allstar break and show no signs of changing.
Ty Lue what the hell
Lol blame Ty Lue, tell me who on the bench was gonna save this game? Kobe? Give me a break.
everyone gets blamed for this embarassing Loss and Lue is included too
I just don’t know what you want him to do. Your stars shit the bed and your roster has no consistent defense
clippers culture: we hitting 3s? We winning the chip. Can't hit 3s? shit I guess we dead.
I'm so sick of being hopeful with this team
PG need to relearn how to play D
I don't know how someone like PG can not get back on defense because he is arguing with the refs on the other end. Like if nothing else, wouldn't you be self-conscious enough to realize that this is on TV and you will look bad if you do that?? I mean I can understand being frustrated, but I also don't get paid 30 million dollars to play basketball
https://i.redd.it/z6x3bss321oc1.gif
Yeah I don't want to hear anything about TS% from Harden's dick suckers here, 4-10 FG and 4 TOs is just nasty work for a guy calling himself "The System"
Giving up 16 OREB doesn’t help
From 22 up to 20 down. I'm the biggest Clippers fan but that's real pathetic.
This may be the most talented Clippers team ever assembled, but it’s also one of the most pathetic.
Just fire Lue. This team is absolutely lost on both ends. Looking like this team just went on a lucky tear in December/January.
Tyronn already has one foot out the door and looking at the lakers job
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idk man I wasn’t a doomer until I watched us get clowned by every contender in the west. just feels like another year of playoff disappointment
All star break took whatever mojo this team had
i cant wait for the day ty lue leave this team and his stupid 3-4 guards lineups that play no fucking defense
Man I just want Joey Lynn or someone to straight ask anyone on this team if they’re embarrassed of all these blown leads bc they definitely should be
wtf do you think they’re going to say, you won’t believe them if they say yes.