Series Thread: Western Conference Finals: 4) L.A. Clippers (without Kawhi Leonard) vs. 2) Phoenix Suns (without Chris Paul)

[bksballer89]

 

[bksballer89]

 

[AD2022MVP]

PG should be the leader of the Clippers, much like Lowry was in Toronto.

 

[ChrisperJ10]

 

[DJ Fieri]

He's been balling out most of the playoffs....

He had 2 good shooting games in the last 5.

Fact.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Whining about minutes.

He is 31. Not 36 or 37....LOL.

 

[ChrisperJ10]

 

[bksballer89]

Then also add to this that the last time the Clips had 2 days off was after G4 of the Dallas series.

40+ minutes and only a day between games....but how dare he have off shooting nights lol

 

[Hornsstampede2.0]

The Clippers have been the better team for most of the series.

They have had to overcome
a gut wrenching fluke loss in game 2
a blown call in game 4
And it has not fazed them yet

DOC RIVERS might get to watch the Clippers finally get to the Finals.

 

[bksballer89]

Lebron James was 30 when he complained about this but yeah keep acting like having 2 days off here and there isn't important because you dislike PG lol

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[bksballer89]

Granted had the Clippers not gone 7 with Dallas in round 1, they would have likely had 2 days off before the Utah series so that's on them

 

[bksballer89]

The Clippers have been the better team for most of the series.

They have had to overcome
a gut wrenching fluke loss in game 2
a blown call in game 4
And it has not fazed them yet

DOC RIVERS might get to watch the Clippers finally get to the Finals.

Suns struggling bad against the Clippers without their best player. Just got to be thankful that Kawhi isn't available

 

[wildturkey]

Clippers played great.

But Phoenix played dumb. There's zero reason why DeAndre Ayton shouldn't be dominating, especially in a game where the Clips stayed small most of the game. When he gets the ball, he's been good. Clippers can't do much with him. But its been this way all series. They keep trying to play thru Booker and Paul at all times no matter what. Playing thru them is fine and should be the first choice, but when things get mucked up, they need to start running the offense thru Ayton. Some of it is on Ayton who needs to be more aggressive (especially lacking this game) fighting for position early on in a possession, but its clear their gameplan isn't meant to feature him. It needs to

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Whining about minutes.

He is 31. Not 36 or 37....LOL.

Don't ever let anyone tell you that you don't have value here.

You are here so the rest of us can feel just a little more intelligent.

 

[tlance]

Yep. He's been good this playoffs which been my only point the last few weeks. Bad games will happen but this is not the same guy from his previous 3 post seasons

And he really wasn’t as bad as people made him out to be in last seasons too.

He just came up really small at the worst possible times.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Huge! I’m already on Ayton O 16.5 points. Chances of that happening have gone up considerably now.

Well…not considerably enough. 9 shots. 10 points and the stream of Ayton overs dies. Sad day…

 

[Shanemansj13]

Suns struggling bad against the Clippers without their best player. Just got to be thankful that Kawhi isn't available

The Suns have been pretty lucky all postseason, they have to win this series. Won’t have a better chance than now

 

[Black Adam]

Clippers played great.

But Phoenix played dumb. There's zero reason why DeAndre Ayton shouldn't be dominating, especially in a game where the Clips stayed small most of the game. When he gets the ball, he's been good. Clippers can't do much with him. But its been this way all series. They keep trying to play thru Booker and Paul at all times no matter what. Playing thru them is fine and should be the first choice, but when things get mucked up, they need to start running the offense thru Ayton. Some of it is on Ayton who needs to be more aggressive (especially lacking this game) fighting for position early on in a possession, but its clear their gameplan isn't meant to feature him. It needs to

Agree with this, especially now that I'm hearing Zubac is out...

 

[tlance]

Agree with this, especially now that I'm hearing Zubac is out...

I don’t think Zubac actually helps the Clippers much at all.

They are better off going small.

 

[fightinfunbags]

I don’t think Zubac actually helps the Clippers much at all.

They are better off going small.

I don’t think the Suns took advantage of their matchup with Ayton well enough last night. Suns aren’t built to go small either. They need to involve Ayton in the offense every trip mostly through pick and roll. Ayton is limited as a post up offensive player right now.