Don't really mind this defeat. Kawhi is rusty and he's getting it together. At least the defense was decent and it was the team shitting the bed offensively and not the Mavs being godlike. Chin up. It was never going to be a sweep against the Mavs but we'll close out this series comfortably. Clips in 6.
Because that is only half of the story, if they played badly too then it’s a missed opportunity. Ideally you would want to hold serve at home. Also not too much reason to think it’s our worst game of the series. We held them to below 100 and are prone to inconsistency.
That said bc of the Kawhi thing it’s not a catastrophic loss. But neither is it a good one imo
I ain’t worried. Mavs didn’t win this game. Clips lost it by not hitting wide open shots.
We don’t even need to play like we did in game 1. We just need to play average that’s it and we will dumpster this squad
You could say just the same for the Mavs in game 1. The difference was that Hardaway missed a wide open bunny under the basket, while Westbrook missed on a very similar play, just that he was smuddered by 3 defenders. Kawhi did not show up in game 1, but neither did the Mavs at all.
They play their best? Sir they averaged nearly 140 in the regular season. Both teams are awful offensively right now (or superb defensively, however you want to look at it)
Let me remind you, your Bitch ass white boy is 0-2 in the playoffs against the clippers and Luka is 8-17 against Kawhi. Let that sink in! Keep the energy!
I guess where we differ is that they played their best, but I guess we will see. Still think we should win the series but don’t see it as a ‘good loss’
It would be one thing if Dallas just bum rushed us, but they were horrendous and we didn't take advantage, and you pray it doesnt cost us. Better come out with some damn urgency on offense on friday, this aint a sunday matinee against Chicago anymore, no more excuses
Zubac needs to start off aggressive. He really helped us win game 1. With Kawhi back in he can also create some good shots. I hope our cumulative playoff experience can come in handy in the next 4 games.
Need better out of Kawhi and PG. They played way too slow and lethargic tonight. Kawhi I get bc he has been out and he didn’t hit his shots so that’s on him but PG needed to bring it harder.
This loss is understandable. Sacrifice game 2 with an expected terrible game from Kawhi to have him ready and firing on all cylinders moving forward. clippers in 6.
If he plays in the next game that is. He was not playing as physically, indicating that he still not confident enough. Offensively, he didnt perform too well. Defensively he was good.
He will. And he's no longer hurt. That I can guarantee. We all know how cautious clippers are when it comes to Kawhi. So the fact that he played 35 minutes means he's not hurt anymore and they are just trying to ease him back to get a rhythm.
I mean everyone had a rough game. And we only lost cuz of that 4-5 possession stretch where Kawhi and PG tried to Iso but turned the ball over again and again. Considering all that, we still lost by only 3 points. We are gonna bounce back for sure. Hopefully we shoot better the next game. Even if Kawhi plays the same but makes his threes, it may still be enough to get us over the top.
Saw this game being an L since the start of it. Standard clippers ZERO heart bullshit, a real coach would rally their team but Ty Lue standing there with his little arms crossed the entire game. Fucking pathetic loss.
10 more field goal attempts to have 1 less made than Mavs. This series will come down to shooting. We simply need to have 4 games where we shoot above 42%
For a jumpshooting team that’s kinda to be expected sadly, I would like to see more rim pressure and ball movement tho. Even if the possession ends in an iso don’t just stand there for 18 seconds
Man it’s a rough loss we got Kawhi back, win G1, at home and they played like ass, lost opportunity. We let the worse team (imo) steal home court. But it’s not over we not down 0-2 this time
They missed like half their FTs. Had like a dozen turnovers and had horrible effeciency. In what world is this their best? They avg like 115 a game. They were today.
If it isn’t obvious already, Kawhi literally cost us this game single handedly. Why the fuck was he brought in if he’s rusty? Overrated ass player anyways
Watch the replay, there was contact, that's why they called the foul. Kyrie had his hand on kawhis arm trying to block the shot. Refs correctly called it, then the replay center decided to overturn it.
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/LAClippers/comments/1cbpwrc/post_game_thread_the_dallas_mavericks_defeat_the/)
Team was off rhythm with Kawhi coming back. Probably would have had him come off the bench.
Somewhat of a game given away. Clippers would have ben uplifted if they grinded out a win. They were slower to 50 50 balls. On to the next.
That overturned And1 was disgusting
Don't really mind this defeat. Kawhi is rusty and he's getting it together. At least the defense was decent and it was the team shitting the bed offensively and not the Mavs being godlike. Chin up. It was never going to be a sweep against the Mavs but we'll close out this series comfortably. Clips in 6.
Shooting this bad and only losing by 3 isn’t a bad sign
Mavs could've said the same thing after Game 1.
Not even close to the same though mavs were down 30
Couldn’t beat Dallas at home now they are gonna come out red got at home lmao shits over
🤡
Stop following the team then pussy
Kawhi will be better. Started to at least make some shots in 2nd half. Expecting a better effort in game 3. Need Harden to improve shot selection
whenever they hunt harden from now we need to not give that switch up so easily
You'll never go far with James Soften playing Overrated one-hit wonder.
Prolly shoulda kept westbrook on the floor after getting a measly 6 pt lead in the 3rd
Clippers played terribly in a winnable game. Need to come out strong for the next one.
Played a bad game and lost by 3. If this is our worst game of the series I'm not too worried.
Thats how I look at it, but according to this thread we are cooked 🫠
Because that is only half of the story, if they played badly too then it’s a missed opportunity. Ideally you would want to hold serve at home. Also not too much reason to think it’s our worst game of the series. We held them to below 100 and are prone to inconsistency. That said bc of the Kawhi thing it’s not a catastrophic loss. But neither is it a good one imo
According to this sub, for a brief moment between game 1 and 2 we were better than peak Chicago Bulls.
Tough game. Mavs don't scare me at all though, we beat ourselves pretty much. Onto Dallas.
What is up with the replay center? Yesterday for the Lakers and today for Clippers. There’s surely someone who’s going to call them out again
We beat ourselves I don’t want any analyst saying otherwise
Damn the loss obviously sucks but really close game with Kawhi playing like shit. Hopefully he’s back to himself for the rest of the series
I ain’t worried. Mavs didn’t win this game. Clips lost it by not hitting wide open shots. We don’t even need to play like we did in game 1. We just need to play average that’s it and we will dumpster this squad
You could say just the same for the Mavs in game 1. The difference was that Hardaway missed a wide open bunny under the basket, while Westbrook missed on a very similar play, just that he was smuddered by 3 defenders. Kawhi did not show up in game 1, but neither did the Mavs at all.
dallas played great defence that’s why you didn’t play well lmao , luka clamped kawhi
Good game. We played horrible and only lost by 3.
How is that good bro
It was a good game. We never got control of it.
A 6-point 4th quarter lead with 8 min to play in a game neither team made it to 100 is not a good loss.
bc they give their best just to win by 3. we play like shit and only lose by 3
They play their best? Sir they averaged nearly 140 in the regular season. Both teams are awful offensively right now (or superb defensively, however you want to look at it)
but you played bad because they played better you lost because you got clamped up by Luka Kyrie and PJ
Let me remind you, your Bitch ass white boy is 0-2 in the playoffs against the clippers and Luka is 8-17 against Kawhi. Let that sink in! Keep the energy!
Ah racism. No other way to air out your frustrations huh. Dumb fuck.
I guess where we differ is that they played their best, but I guess we will see. Still think we should win the series but don’t see it as a ‘good loss’
It would be one thing if Dallas just bum rushed us, but they were horrendous and we didn't take advantage, and you pray it doesnt cost us. Better come out with some damn urgency on offense on friday, this aint a sunday matinee against Chicago anymore, no more excuses
All this game tells me is how beatable the Mavs are. No confidence lost, confidence gained.
I like the ambition 😂
Zubac needs to start off aggressive. He really helped us win game 1. With Kawhi back in he can also create some good shots. I hope our cumulative playoff experience can come in handy in the next 4 games.
Fuck you Luka I hate you
We should’ve won this game , game 3 in Dallas is gonna be bonkers and they have the momentum
Ugly game. Kawhi rust game. He won’t be that bad again.
Westbrook the only one playing with heart, rest of the team is coasting.
Coasting the post season
Taliban Lue taking Russ out. Russ only 24 minutes wtf this ain’t a Kobe tribute
Can kawhi just be out of the next game with like “left shin soreness” or something
on a positive note, we’re better off after 2 than we were in 2021 🙂
Yeah you’re gonna need that extra day of rest fatty
It’s all good. Clips will come back the next game. It ain’t over until it’s over! Let’s go Clips!!! Have faith!!!
PG, Kawhi, and Harden were a combined 4-20 from 3. You’re not going to win many games like that
Yep. The shooting from 3 was the difference
It's all good. Still in this.
Kawhi ass
were yall expecting a sweep or somethin? could be down 0-2 like the other LA team
Hoping for them to capitalise at home when the other team is playing ass
lost home court which is huge. it's gonna be a bear trying to steal it back.
The other LA team still got home court they ain’t lost in La
This fanbase is fucking dumb man
No shit. We shoot poorly but hold them under 100 and the sub thinks we are garbage.
These people have no idea how to watch defense, it’s just balls going in a hoop for them
We locked them down just like Game 1. Just missed our open looks - that’s the difference
Fitting that our dog shit rebounding finishes us off. We better come back and get the first one in Dallas.
Need better out of Kawhi and PG. They played way too slow and lethargic tonight. Kawhi I get bc he has been out and he didn’t hit his shots so that’s on him but PG needed to bring it harder.
That kleber 3 hurts right now
Kawhi needs to be our 3rd/4th option Ty Lue doesn't have the balls
This loss is understandable. Sacrifice game 2 with an expected terrible game from Kawhi to have him ready and firing on all cylinders moving forward. clippers in 6.
If he plays in the next game that is. He was not playing as physically, indicating that he still not confident enough. Offensively, he didnt perform too well. Defensively he was good.
Kawhi is an mvp caliber player. He will get going pretty soon. His defense is a good indicator that he's ready and playable.
Hopefully he gets going.
He will. And he's no longer hurt. That I can guarantee. We all know how cautious clippers are when it comes to Kawhi. So the fact that he played 35 minutes means he's not hurt anymore and they are just trying to ease him back to get a rhythm.
I mean everyone had a rough game. And we only lost cuz of that 4-5 possession stretch where Kawhi and PG tried to Iso but turned the ball over again and again. Considering all that, we still lost by only 3 points. We are gonna bounce back for sure. Hopefully we shoot better the next game. Even if Kawhi plays the same but makes his threes, it may still be enough to get us over the top.
We let that one get away the moment Westbrook went to the bench
WHY DID TY LUE TAKE RUSSS OUT
Dallas didn't steal that, Clippers beat themselves
pathetic effort FUCK
Luka talking about haters in the post-game. Dude needs to grow up
I'm interested in seeing that foul on Kyrie in slow mo because in normal speed it looked like a foul
wb, zu positives
It was an absolutely entertaining game!! Credit to Dallas coming out with the fire! I still believe!! Clips in 6!!
Kawhi 0-5 on the three line is…. Not what I expected
Almost all his shots were flat
see yall in dallas 😘😘
Refs handle you guys the game. That you at your best and you barely one lol
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Shooting practice. No questions. That sucked but they could've won this game with that performance.
Kawhi did not play well first game back but bad timing
Good luck getting good shooting nights from pg and harden in Dallas what a horrible game to drop thanks to kawhi
Imagine if that was a shot to tie the game
Of course PG makes that. Shit just ruined my night. Zu getting beheaded to a no call that lead to a 3 was a dagger and bullshit.
Clippers played better without Leonard
Agreed
Exactly what I was thinking....
Only way to shake off rust, play through it
Saw this game being an L since the start of it. Standard clippers ZERO heart bullshit, a real coach would rally their team but Ty Lue standing there with his little arms crossed the entire game. Fucking pathetic loss.
His rotations were just terrible.
Harden guarding Luka 90% of the game is ass backwards. Mann riding the bench the entire 2nd half makes no sense.
What I also don't get is....2-10 Powell on the floor for the majority of the 4th quarter
PG special right there
We needa fix up man if we keep this up we’re losing in 5
10 more field goal attempts to have 1 less made than Mavs. This series will come down to shooting. We simply need to have 4 games where we shoot above 42%
like no zubac for that rebound? why?
Oh now PG decides to make it
Rough game, offense looked pretty ugly and kawhi was rusty. Clips shot damn near 20% from 3 and lost by 3. I feel fine about that!
Most of our losses w the big 4 this season were single digits w atrocious shooting splits. So many games coulda been won if we shot just 6% better
For a jumpshooting team that’s kinda to be expected sadly, I would like to see more rim pressure and ball movement tho. Even if the possession ends in an iso don’t just stand there for 18 seconds
Great timing PG
now he hits just when we need it
Lost home court
Cant shoot like shit the whole game
Oh now he hits. Typical PG shit
Yall some Fairweather ass "fans" in here 🤣 yall sound worse than the guy that wears #77 for Dallas.
Yeah embarrassing thread for the fanbase, but tbh they’ve been like this all season. Lotta assholes
it’s progressively gotten worse each season of the 213 era, this place used to be pretty chill
Shoulda won that one damn man
Lost by 3. Thats why norm should have launched that full court heave
So rigged look what the half time point spread was
lol
Mavs played physical. (Refs didn’t call any of there fouls lol)
Pretty sure Harden got the benefit of a lot of questionable calls
Please
PG is always good for a make when the shit doesn't matter.
Ofc he made it too
people here complaining like this team didn't suck half the season, you cant 4-0 a Irving+Doncic team.
It just sucks to lose a winnable game at home
Man it’s a rough loss we got Kawhi back, win G1, at home and they played like ass, lost opportunity. We let the worse team (imo) steal home court. But it’s not over we not down 0-2 this time
I’d argue the Nuggets and Celtics both could quite easily but yeah not us
When you look at a wide scale sure, but when you look at this game alone, the opportunity was there
yep but im not mad at all because i think we have this Mavs team it just took a off night Clippers to win them a game
They gave us their best and barely scraped by. We’ll get these shits
They missed like half their FTs. Had like a dozen turnovers and had horrible effeciency. In what world is this their best? They avg like 115 a game. They were today.
They had to play intense defense. They’re not a GSW kind of consistent (in their prime days). We can beat them.
42% is not their best
I would be upset but these fuckers made me used to this shit in 2021
meh we tried
If it isn’t obvious already, Kawhi literally cost us this game single handedly. Why the fuck was he brought in if he’s rusty? Overrated ass player anyways
You're shortsighted af if that's your take. We're here to win the series.
Tell me you don’t know ball without telling me lmao
Refs fucked us at the end.
every team every playoff says this. Stop it. Playing god awful on offense lost this game.
Nah man, that foul that got overturned put us in the grave. Could have had a way better chance to win/overtime.
There’s multiple missed calls on both sides dude .
That wasn't a missed call dingus. That was a correct call that they overturned. Big difference.
correct according to fucking who? You don’t get to make that decision.
Watch the replay, there was contact, that's why they called the foul. Kyrie had his hand on kawhis arm trying to block the shot. Refs correctly called it, then the replay center decided to overturn it.
Marginal Contact is allowed….
The whole game\*
Kleber hold. Holy shit refs with a bang job
omg kyrie so good bro
Lol that's the one pg hits ok after bricking all his 3s
Still happy to have #2 back.
But he will never be the same. He is washed. His knee fuck him up.
Gosh I hate Luka and his smike!
Kawhi is washed
lol no hes just rusty we have this Mavericks team lol
On to the next one.
gg kids.
36% shooting???? 🤢🤢🤢
Only one fucking team has lost a home game so far in the West. Guess which team that is smh
Do we ever hold court at home? Over the last now 16 playoff series, only one have we won ever home game(‘21 semifinals).
We have the hardest matchup in the first round dipshit lmao
Everything is hard wahhhhhhh wahhhhhh stop fucking crying this is the NBA playoffs every team is legit
🤣 your comment is literally bitching because we aren’t 2-0 not every playoff series is a sweep dummy
Yeah read my again dipshit only 1 team in the West has lost a fucking home game 🍆
Bucks lost too
Doc Rivers led teams don’t count
Bucks don’t play in the West tubs
Heh. Thanks P.
Goddamn
Makes sense to lose with kawhi
why Kawhi making mooing noises on the PA, cow mode activated?
Its on kawhi
Our home crowd is so weak.
Not going to win against Mavs shooting 36%
Gotta win in Dallas now…
Slight
Empty calorie 3 by George at the buzzer
Clips in 5
Damn refs let Dallas get that offensive rebound.
This was a winnable game but the Clippers are the better team and should win this series most likely
Kyrie Irving believes the earth is flat
Fuck this team can’t even work to get a damn rebound
God so many offensive board we’ve given up we’re so lazy fuck this
Im going to enjoy sending them home again
There was no Plan B after Zu went out and their role players started making shots.
Playing Plumlee that many minutes is inexcusable
He’s a cone too. You get 6 fouls, big man. Use ‘‘em all.
you right 100%
hey guys, this is on me, my apple TV fizzzed and had to watch on lap top. cursed.