The LA Clippers will officially be playing Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Chris Paul, and the Phoenix Suns in Round 1 of the Western Conference Playoffs. Without Paul George, the Los Angeles Clippers will have the odds stacked against them, which is something they are quite familiar with.
In the 2021 Western Conference Finals (the first time the Clippers had ever made it that far), Kawhi Leonard missed the entire series after he had torn his ACL against the Utah Jazz. Paul George was forced to carry the load and despite leading the Clippers past the Jazz, he could only lead the team to 2 wins in the eventual series loss to the Phoenix Suns. Now they swap roles and Kawhi must take on a Suns team with the addition of one of the top 5 players of the last 15 years. In this episode, die hard Clipper fan and Host Darian Vaziri explains what Kawhi has to do for the Clippers to win the series, who will step up in Paul George’s absence as the 2nd scorer, and the impact of Ty Lue.
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33 Comments
Paul George would soo huge this series 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩
Long as they play D an play as a team we will be good let’s go Clippers
I'm not even worried Kawhi is the best player in the league, both ends of the floor when locked in. And honestly we russell and Paul on the floor together the turnovers go all the way up. But Paul is out this series so we have a change at winning in 5.
Honestly PG didn’t do anything against the Mavs 2 years in a row.
Clippers in 6
Suns in 5
Paul George is a playoff Bust….RUSS WILL TURN INTO OKC RUSS DURING A HISTORICAL RUN TO HIS FISRT 🏆 CHAMPIONSHIP
Playoff Kawhi about to paint his greatest masterpiece come playoffs. From KD and the Suns for the Quarters, to the Joker and the Nuggets for the Semis, to Chef Curry and the Warriors for the W.C. Finals all the way to the Greek Freak and the Bucks for the Finals.
I don’t wanna hear it from anyone if Kawhi gets this done… he’d be top 5 GOAT
Just got a sub good job bro 💪
Let Durant go off who cares, as long as we shut down Booker we will be fine .. CP3 let’s hope doesn’t show up
What I’m scared about it for some reason Kawhai plays really bad in Phoenix, his last two games he started 0-11 and 2-12 and had a lot of his points in the last 5 minutes when both games were kind of already decided
Clippers Win…
Im pretty confident Suns can not stop us from scoring, like we can not stop them from scoring either. It will come down to who has a better shooting night.
I've been seeing other main media predictions ,NO ONE expect Clippers to win the series ,except Kendrick Perkins , Some people even said SUNS in 4 or 5 , I like Clippers being underestimated.GO CLIPPERS
Bolting down my room door now!!!
Cuz when it's playoof off basketball, god knows not to to bother me
What good if he pushes himself and gets injured for 1 year or more
Russ got us
Westbrook is gonna be crucial in this series
Clips are first round and done 😅
Easy win for the Clippers if the speed up the games by pressing and use their depth. If they don’t then it will be a tough series to win without PG13
clips in 6, good defense, 50+ 3ptA, russ needs to be very good, hopefully pg game3, but kawhi needs to be game 6 against mavs in like every other game
It's not that big of a up set or even up set ! …..the Clippers can win easily ….if there 2 big centers ! Can play strong 💪! And keep Aiken ! In check ! 2 vs one ! ….kwaii got to be kwaii he gets to rest ! …russ has to be up for the challenge ! …Norman Powell got to keep playing big ! Drawing fouls ! …….Bones …Mann…E .G .Batuum …have to give it there all ! And it can happen ! …..remember Clippers had the sun's the last time ! In play offs ! ..whit out kwaii ..now it's kwaii ! ..not George yet ! ..Norman Powell ! And Westbrook is the key ! …and Bones is the …Ex factor ! Let's go Clippers ! …..
Phoenix hasn't won a big game in two months. Suns have beat who with KD? Only scrubs or mid level teams. Please
No it won't take a super human effort from Kawhi. They got super amount of depth. Need Gordon hip to be okay. The week off will help. Norman is in the zone. Mann and Hyland really contribute from Guard spot. The amount of guards will play heavy as Westbrook doesn't have to be triple double guy he once was
Defense! I dont understand how a team with so many lockdown defenders sucks sometimes so bad at defence…the last games made me rage…
CLIPPERS IN 5 GAMES
You not beating suns without pg point blank period
,MANN,BONES,COVINTON,POWELL, THE FRENCH 3SHOOTER &🤔 I THINK WE'LL SEE SOME OF MOUSSA DIABATE ASWELL…WERE GOING TO DEPTH!!! THEM TO DEATH!!!!! …ITS GOING TO BE OVERWHELMING FOR PHOENIX…CLIPPERS IN 5!!!!! EASY!!!!!
RUSS IS GOING TO PLAY GREAT AND COMPLIMET K.LEONARD BUT THE DEPTH…MORRIS!!!! & LOOK OUT FOR DIABATE BEING A SHOCKING CONTRIBUTER !!!!! OFFENSIVELY AND DEFENSIVELY!¡!!!
Limit second chance points and win the turnover battle. If these two things happen, then the Clippers will win the series.
Clippers in 6
Not to mention we need you Westbrook now more than ever
Clippers have absolutely no chance. Suns in 5