Nick Wright, Chris Broussard and Kevin Wildes react to the LA Clippers win vs. Phoenix Suns in Game 1 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs. The cast discuss Kawhi Leonard outplaying Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook’s impactful 3-19 performance and his run in with a fan at halftime.
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If russ commits into just rebound and defend, with occasional drive into the basket. Clippers with be more terrifying than the suns, unfortunately, we all know that wont happen
KDs a great player like Kyrie.. but fact is both are team losers when the top guy. end of discussion
HE WAS FANTASTIC!!
clerical note…
Suns BETTER come back in this one.
I still don't get why everyone is picking the Suns. It's clear that the Clippers have a way better bench, and I think they have a better team. Even if you say Kawhi and KD are equal, Russ is better than CP, Booker might be better than Gordon, yet Zu is better than Ayton, and if Batum can hit his shots, he is better than any one the Suns have. Throw in the Clippers having the better bench, and I don't get why people are picking the Suns
Russ can score with the best of them but his shot doesn't always fall. Lebron is similar in the way he has good and bad shooting streaks. Very hot and cold. What I appreciate about Russ is what we saw tonight. He impacts the game in a lot of ways and his competitive nature drives him, on a night when he may not be scoring as much as he'd like, to pick it up on defense, or create better opportunities for his Team.
I'd take that dogish vigor over a more skilled but kore passive player…. think Russ, Butler, Giannis, Jaylen Brown vs. Bam, AD, Simmons, Irving. Not lineups, personality types.
Broussard always the voice of reason on these shows, bless his soul man.
If the Clippers win this series and Paul George can come back feeling good this is probably the year they make a deep run.
Let’s not act like Paul George don’t be having 1-16 playoff games
Man Westbrook was bricking all nite kawhi was hitting they need to keep Westbrook away from kawhi to win series
“A healthy Kawhi Leonard is a monster” never have truer words been said on this show unfortunately Kawhi is never healthy 💀 I’ve said for years now Kawhi in his prime would be one of the greatest 1v1 players in nba history. He’s a great decision maker, fantastic shooter, incredible defender, excellent shot creator and he is very clutch.
This being said, idk that I’d say Kawhi outshined KD… yes, he got the win but KD was the better all around player. KD was 1 rebound less than having twice as many rebounds as Kawhi, he had more than double the assists of Kawhi, the same number of steals, twice as many blocks and 2 less turnovers on more efficient shooting. That is the thing that’s always kind of frustrated me with KD, all those stats I just told you make it clear KD had the better game but it doesn’t tell the full story because Kawhi had 11 more points. I know KD has always played a more passive style of basketball with his teammates but I wish he would take over a game and take more shots when he was having as good a game as he was
This schedule is insane for this series. It’s every other day till game 4. We are gonna find out a lot about these teams going forward.
With the amount analysis based off of kahwi in 2.5 quarters against the warriors in 2017 is crazy to me. Kahwi a dog but come on
What person on the plant is going to say that any basketball player that goes 3 of 19 had a great game.
KD has a near 30 point triple double…. How did Kawhi outplay him? KD had better defensive stats, better plus-minus too and impacted the game in more ways than Kawhi. It wasn’t KD… blame CP3 for going 2-8 for 7 pts….
Great is a strong word. 😂
Kawhi is the anti-SF
“Steve Nash gave him a bear hug afterwards “.😂
Ty Lue understand Russ better and clippers roll player are better than Suns. When Clippers need points they can sent out Powell and Mann for it.
Can nickWrong Stop INTERRUPTING?? Some of us watch the show because of Broussard and Wildes….
I'm not gonna lie if russ and kawhi win the chip I'm gonna laugh way to hard
Outside of prime LeBully and Kobe. When it comes to modern nba, I'm not picking anyone over Klaw 👍.
I'm sorry but as good as the Suns are that the media over hypes them, they are filled with choke artist and people who cant get it done on their own..KD fantastic scorer 1 of the best players atm but when he had a team of his own with 2 other all stars as good as his numbers were he still didn get it done got swept even..
Suns before KD blew a 2-0 lead in the finals.. Blew 2-0 lead over Dallas last year and u want me to believe that a team filled with people who cant over the final hurdle when its crunch time is going to beat a team lead by a robot who has shown he can bring a team on his when the pressure is on? Is it because of the load management thing? Im no fan of load management but past experience of Kahwi in the playoffs shouldn be overlooked..
Kahwi has the same roster he had in toronto almost with the clippers currently.. Just saying dont buy the narrative of MSM.. Choke artist vs a team lead by some1 who can get it done.. U decide
Nick "I Don't Care What's" Wright , keeps going back to numbers.. He doesnt factor anything else.. He believes numbers tells u the whole story in a sport.. Which is why he will make excuses once the Suns choke again.. I could be wrong though and this is the season KD finds something in himself to drag his team into the finals.. But i doubt he maybe a great scorer but he doesnt have that something extra to put the burden on his back and there is nothing post GSW to prove that he has that mettle.. CP3 is old and he will most likely run out of steam.. Booker is a choke artist and i have no clue if Ayton will have an impact down the stretch..
Kevin Durant had 27 points 9 rebounds and 11 assists, was he really outdueled…… If the Suns had won the game we talked about KD like he is great. DeAndre ayton doesn't let Westbrook get those two rebounds Phoenix wins.
27 9 11 is outplayed ok suns in 6
KD was too passive but he played game 1 similar to how Lebron plays game 1s
Ayton was soft inside
People keep forgetting the playoffs are a different beast. KD is too skinny he gets pushed around in the playoffs when the refs swallow their whistles – he needs to bulk up like Kawhi, LeBron, Giannis, Embiid
If you take them shots away from russ and kept everything else the same we winning east
Gonzo big mad westbrook and the clippers won
Keep proving Nick weasel as wrong
Not a Kawhi fan, but he is the best player on the floor, …when he is on the floor.
Russ plays a kind of basketball that I hate, Inefficient
How he out play KD?? Who has the better stat line?? What happened to scored and assisted in x amount of points?
Yall must've forgot what happened the last time the Clippers and Pat Bev thought they had locked KD up "I'm kevin durant you know who I am" he averaged bout 40 the the next 3 games
Don’t listen to ole hook nose Nick
3 of 19 is atrocious. They would not need his last minute heroics if he shot less and allowed those that hit even 9 out of 19 players to shoot the ball. He should just be Rodman, shot only occasionally.
Nick Wright is always wrong lol.
Kawhi is better than KD
People forget Russ is a better defensive player than a scorer