Yeah it looks extremely bleak and horrible right now, but no one said it be easy. Only thing Clippers can do now is WIN their remaining games. If they do that, they are guaranteed to be no lower than 4th. Wolves still got the Nuggets 3x, Lakers 2x (fighting for their lives), Warriors 2x (fighting for their lives), Cavs and Suns 2x. It’ll be an uphill battle, but there’s still some ball games to be played. This is an optimistic outlook to have, take care of Chicago AND NOP on Friday, that’ll create adequate separation from the 5th seed and keep on grinding it out.
by apacheco0709
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I appreciate this post over the (warranted) doomerism in the clippers fandom right now.
Main issue is that PG and Harden (more PG) simply need to step up and lock in more. The last MIL game was proof that most of our squad has the grit to be competitive, but like with most teams we live and die by how are star players are performing.
We just need to lower our expectations. Everyone thought that having PG and Kawhi will automatically equal a championship. It’s not that simple. PG isn’t the player he used to be. Kawhi is injury prone. Yeah we might still win a a championship but that happening is an outlier.
I’ll settle for a Finals loss tbh
To me, where we land in seeding 2-5 kinda matters, but playing the nuggets is enivitable. Whether we play them in the 2nd or 3rd round, we will have to beat them in order to make it out the west. Homecourt advantage is nice but we wont have that against the nuggets unless we can finish first in the west.
Ok serious question. What in the world gives some of yall the confidence this team can be great in the playoffs? In the last 5 yrs of this 213 era has there been a time where everyone (fans and team) felt great going into the POs and actually succeeded? That 1 wcf yr? That team never had a chance with no Kawhi. I really had hope for this yr but now its clear that this team was great in the 1st half of the year bc they had fresh legs. Now this old ass team is feeling the fatigue and well… the results are the results. Its not over til its over but… history is def not our side.
Only 7th seed champions! i like that story
Jesus fuck the overreactions in this sub are mental. Even this “uplifting” post says “it looks pretty bleak and horrible right now” – what in the actual fuck are you people on about?
Oh no we were up big and lost, just like we were down big and won games before. Do you know why this is? The NBA is entiiiiirely about 3’s now. If you go on a hot streak or a cold streak you will easily make up or lose huge ground.
That’s all it is. We went cold when they went hot and we lost. Kawhi is out but not out for the postseason. NOBODY is out for the postseason.
As long as that holds we shouldn’t give a fuck what happens for these games, this team has proven who it is now let’s just wait to see it when it matters, basically hit snooze until the real games start and chill out.