The LA Clippers Are The Hottest Team In The NBA
The LA Clippers are the hottest team in the league let’s just talk about it the hottest team in the league nuggets couldn’t beat them vanquished this season Pelicans couldn’t beat them vanquished this season James Harden Paul George Kawhi Leonard in full effect everyone doing their thing rolling on all cylinders 19 out of
24 let’s talk about it on today’s lock on hottest team in the league Clippers you are locked on Clippers your daily Los Angeles Clippers podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every Day Yes sir you are locking in with the clips thank you for making lock on Clippers the first listen of your day your team every day I’m your host Daren vieri born and raised in LA and in my 19th season as a Clipper fan you can also follow me on Twitter and Instagram
At dim dropper pod And subscribe to my own YouTube channel dime dropper for even more Clipper content went live directly following the conclusion of the Pelicans game and locked on Clippers free and available wherever you get your podcast including YouTube where I want you to let me know what you thought of
The game from the Clippers what stood out to you give me all your thoughts all your thoughts indeed the Clippers finally beat the Pelicans one and 10 in our last 11 games counting that playing game haven’t beaten them since April of 2022 at the Staple Center at absolutely
Clapped him the birds were down for the count Zion may have gone injured in the second half and I hope he’s okay but that Pelicans team was not beating the Clippers on Friday night the Clippers crazy part is kawh Leonard was two for seven at halftime James Harden and kawh Leonard were
Bricking everything in the first quarter the first quarter the Clippers are down by as many as eight points little Russell Westbrook and Norman Powell came and turn that around real quick how about Russell Westbrook’s energy Off the Bench again defensively immediately coming in getting an interception on a
Rotation then a steal on a double team kout going all the way as well rebounding doing just a little bit of everything Norman pal coming in hitting shots right away helped us have a 10 run towards the end of the quarter we were tied by or tied at 20 26 after one after
Being down by eight and then we had a run at the end of the second quarter where James Harden just had complete control of the game complete control remember Pelicans at times they had CJ McCullum guarding James Harden because you’ve got your Naji Marshalls your Trey Murphy’s your herb Jones Brandon Ingram
Guarding Paul George and kawhai and those guys aren’t all going to be in together so they’d have CJ McCullum sometimes guarding Harden and and he was getting everybody some really good looks at the end of that second quarter Paul George several times for threes Terrence man in the corner for
Three some easy buckets for our bigs it started with a wide openen catch and shoot three of his own James Harden that put us up 4336 and then after that he had just numerous plays back to back where he was getting guys good shots from the pick and roller in transition
And what I was most impressed by was even after he had just got some good things in picking roll he just threw the ball to PG seeing a mismatch and said you know what let’s get Paul George hot and he rose up right over Alvarado and scored Paul George had 15 points in
The first half for me he was the player of the game again second straight game where I say that he was awesome and he guarded Brandon Ingram more than anyone it felt like I mean what more can you say about PG hitting threes off the catch knocking
Down shots off the bounce doing a little bit of everything he didn’t have any free throws but his jumper was just on 6 for 10 from three for PG 9 for 15 overall so 60% from the field and 60 from three for Mr PG-13 in 30 minutes of play and you got
Kawhai Paul and Harden none of them going over 30 minutes so that’s huge the Clippers you know they had this game won by the end of the third quarter we went with Bench Warmers with about six minutes and 30 seconds left in the game in the second half Kawhi Leonard started
Cooking particularly Brandon Ingram he couldn’t guard him Brandon Ingram was held to three of nine shooting in 12 points Zion Williamson was held to three for n shooting in 12 points CJ McCullum was also held to 12 points all three of them had 12 points they shot 36% from
The field and 41% from three that’s really weird that they shot that much better from three than the field but I’ll tell you this the cliber defense was very good the intensity was high Paul George had a very good game again defensively since Kawhi Leonard has come back he’s been fantastic
Defensively Kawai very solid defensively as well the rotations and the backline protection since kawai’s come back has been night and day Terren man now that he’s starting to make his threes I told told everyone to keep the faith I know my guy I’m not going to say he’s fully
Back yet I’m going wait till this next two games against the Lakers and the Suns but I think he’s back New Year same old man same old man that we knew keep the faith in our guy our homegrown guy the curse breaker the man for the big occasion if you just started following
This team less than a year ago on a night toight basis you don’t have the I’m sorry you just don’t have the knowledge of Terrence man to say that he should be gone to Clipper fans you just don’t you got to let it play out now he
Could start bricking again who knows but here’s the thing he’s still going to do other things to help win his defense has been very good lately Clippers the point of attack were strong in this one but also let’s be honest the Pelicans they missed a ton of
Easy shots T like shots they make in their sleep they couldn’t make anything but you know what it was about time right that they played the Clippers and started missing because we’ve had a lot of off games against them and they’ve had games where Jonas Valen chunis
Looked like Dirk nitzky that one night at Staples Center I was at that game then there was a night where Trey Murphy hit nine threes now granted he is a very good three-point shooter but nine threes is crazy and in this game he was broke I know he’s been dealing with injury this
Year but he had three points on one for n shooting and one for six from three Jose Alvarado was 1 for seven I mean they just didn’t have a good shooting game McCullum was 4 for 13 we locked him down but they also just could not hit
Anything at all and the Clippers you know the fact that we were up 5641 at half and why hadn’t even gotten going that’s when I knew like man it is hard to beat us with the star power that we have James Harden has definitely taking our offense to a new level and Russell
Westbrook’s sacrific has allowed him to take that offense to a new level and then Westbrook has just been so great as well off the bench in his role with the energy and defense that he brings his rotations have been sharp his help defense that block he got on Larry
Nance after zubot block Zion by the way amazing and let’s talk about zubats you know the last two games we’ve seen tyo make zubot go out to the level of the screen Blitz it sometimes hedge it you know what that’s showing me that Zubat is evolving as a big
Defensively trusting him in more situations to come out to the perimeter and just show show hands high don’t allow an Easy Pass don’t uh let someone turn the corner on you he’s doing that and he’s done it in two straight games because we didn’t want Ingram to walk
Into jumpers so funny though I’m looking at Twitter everyone’s talking about James hard this Kawhi Leonard this no one’s talking about Ty Lou changing his scheme not allowing Brandon Ingram to walk into pull up mid-ranges and the fact that zubot was able to execute that scheme and show that he’s not just a
Drop big I haven’t heard anyone tweet that or say anything about it it’s amazing being zubats and tyo zubats maybe it’s a little better to be zubot than tyou because they just don’t get any credit when they do good things but when they when they play bad or they
Coach poorly they they’re the ones they want them to ship him to Siberia no no no we call it how it is here Clippers win it by a score of 111 to 95 when I knew the game was over it was the Pelicans kind of cut it down to about
156 towards the end of that third quarter and then Russell Westbrook had that three and then you saw James Harden create some favorable matchups uh Norman Powell had a three but when James Harden was putting Larry Nance in the pick and roll cuz remember what I mentioned last
Episode Larry n is going to come switch yonas valent chunis by the way we got a bunch of good looks on him in the pick and roll he was trying to come up to the level of the screen but I think Harden and sometimes drop Harden was doing a
Good job finding the open man in all those situations but when they tried to switch with Nance Harden did blow by him one time and clean blow by in the first half and we’ve seen it be better lately and then in the second half they tried to pre-switch it meaning herb Jones
Switched before Nance could could do the switch cuz they knew that Harden was going to try to put him in the pick and roll I haven’t seen a guy pre- switch against a Clipper maybe ever because we haven’t had a pick and roll threat like that but it’s also
About who Harden’s out there with he’s out there with Paul George you can’t really funnel the ball to these guys right now they’re playing too well and Harden did a good job of still finding Paul George who was starting a cook Clippers win it 111 to 95 they
Outscored the Pelicans 3627 in the third quarter how about 30 to 15 in the second only 15 points for the pels a mixture of great stuff from the Clippers defensively and just bad shooting by the pels Clippers shot 49% from the field 42% from three and another strong night
From the foul line with 80% but coming up going to be talking even more about the star power and just how effective they were for us going to be talking about that coming up I got to tell you a little something about Linked In jobs at the start of the
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The pels they lost all three games last season against them and the playin game in 2022 so and the one this season so a little five game losing streak against them how about a five game winning streak for our LA Clippers 19 out of the last 24 games have resulted in wins kawh
Leonard has won 12 straight games 12 straight games Pelicans check Miami Heat check Phoenix Suns check all three of them kawh Leonard was involved in it’s amazing the level he’s playing at right now on both ends of the floor in this game not the most crazy in
Yourface game but he started good and going in that second half 19 points and nine rebounds for him two assists one steal one block Clippers were also fairly H I was going to say they were low turnover but they weren’t they actually had 15 turnovers but you know
What I’m not going to even talk about this and I really hope you guys don’t say anything about this because it’s not relevant cu the Clippers were up by as many as 33 in this game we went on a 10 to one run to start the third quarter
And we were up by I’m sorry up by 31 in this game in the fourth quarter I think it was it may have been 101 to 70 but it could have also been 91 to 60 I think it was 101 to 70 but the you know the benchwarmer unit
With 6 minutes and 30 seconds left they got outscored like crazy Mason plumbley made his return in seven minutes garbage minutes and he was a minus 15 even though he had eight points bones Highland was minus 12 Brandon Boston was minus 12 like you got to throw that in
The trash Kobe Brown was minus 12 the Pelicans won the fourth 27 to 19 but we were literally up by 31 in New Orleans 31 and they were on a 4 game winning streak coming into this like that tells you how well the Clippers are playing right now and I’m telling you that
Kawhai didn’t even play that crazy and by the way I’m singing James Harden’s Praises guess what his stat line was eight points on two for seven shooting one for six from three and three for three from the line that sounds like garbage but he had 13 assists to one turnover he had a
Playmaking master class in this one so and and guess what I don’t think his defense was very good in this game he got blown by a couple of times and you know they actually did try to go at him and he wasn’t very good in the uh point
Of attack but he wasn’t terrible he wasn’t a liability he held his own and he still tried and that’s all that matters because when he’s creating so much offensively it makes up for it it really does especially when you’re surrounded by such good Defenders as well and look one thing I’m starting to
See too and I’ve mentioned this at time but you’re just starting to see more of it this really is James Harden’s best chance to win a championship because the best defenders are going to be on Kawaii and pole and when teams I said one of the flaws is for the Clippers over the
Years especially in fourth quarters good teams will switch everything and make Kawaii and Paul George play oneon-one in the past you want to have switch everything Personnel against James Harden as well because if you don’t as you’re starting to see if you haven’t if you’re not familiar with James Harden
And his game and you you’re a Clipper fan what you’re starting to see now is that when when you play the pick and roll straight up meaning you don’t switch Harden will get an open shot for someone or a good shot for someone whether it be him or someone else he
Just is a pick and roll God that’s what he is the best way to guard him is when you switch everything and make him play one-on-one he just happens to not be scoring because for whatever reason either he’s not hitting the step back or he’s not getting calls or he can’t get
By which was my biggest criticism of this version of him that he can’t get by guys consistently well he has been getting bu guys consistently very good Defenders not as much but he might not even have to go against those guys for the Clippers to win a ring that’s the
Craziest part and his decision- making so far has been pretty damn good but that’s what imagine James Harden now can attack tertiary Defenders I mean that’s a luxury that’s what the Brooklyn Nets wanted and never got to see but they didn’t have a center like zubats they didn’t have Russell
Westbrook coming off the bench with Norman Powell like this is a great opportunity for James Harden to win this thing so I thought he had a really good game Paul George I already mentioned him K Leonard mentioned him Russell Westbrook how about doing a little bit of everything eight points five rebounds
Two of those offensive five assists two Steals and two blocks he did have four turnovers though def again he’s just got to keep that down but three for six on the field another very efficient game one for three from deep and that one was that one late in the third quarter that
Was just big totally change the momentum back in our favor but yeah the the big four this Clipper team right now again I’m not going to throw out any crazy takes but this is definitely one of the best stretches in Clipper history might be the most impressive just given some of
The teams they’ve played and the way that they’re playing but they just have the most star power they’ve ever had it’s the first super team in Clipper history I don’t understand how you can push back on that at this point James Harden is playing like an Allstar Paul George is
Absolutely playing like an All-Star this season like even if he had a little bad stretch do we forget the first 15 game stretch and then Kawhi Leonard is not nothing even to say there like and there’s a good Supporting Cast around them and Westbrook who say James Harden
Can’t play one game Russell Westbrook is very capable of starting and looking fantastic like we saw in the beginning of the season so this team is star studded everyone seems to be enjoying each other The Vibes are not off even with James Harden they’re actually still
Just as good and is a good product on the floor right now and it’s not it’s still somehow kind of going under the radar because you know what’s interesting I’ve noticed that fans of other teams are mentioning the playoffs more with the Clippers now than ever
Before now you might push back on that and say that’s not true man everyone always says the Clippers is going to choke in the playoffs I disagree I think Laker fans always say that but fans around the league have always been saying that Kawai is help you the Clippers are have a
Shot but I think the additions of westbr and and now Harden make everyone that’s skeptical of the makes people more skeptical of the Clippers to actually win the whole thing I think people see that we’re going to be a very good team in the regular season now and have accepted that but
There’s even more playoff conversation about they got to show me in the playoffs because of Harden and Russ mainly Harden because his role is bigger and you know what that’s pretty valid but I want people and I had to you know I had to realize this really quick
Because once we got Harden I’m like okay now that it’s happened yeah I wasn’t a fan of it what are the pros and I made episodes on that like if you go back to that time I made a bunch of episodes on James Harden and all that and some takes
Aged terribly and some takes aged decently and one of the things I was saying was Harden in this role he didn’t do that in Philly he was the clear-cut second guy as good as Maxi was Harden was brought into to be the clear-cut second guy in Brooklyn he was the second
Best player but he was the third scorer and that’s what you could argue he is now I think Paul George is the better play player but I know people can go back and forth with that all day it’s a 2 A2B regardless right now but when Paul
George let me be honest though as great as James Harden’s playmaking is when Paul dge is defending like that it’s tough to match his impact when you don’t when you’re just a decent Defender but I guess I think with Harden and Paul George like it doesn’t really matter
First of all because they’re both on the same teams and they’re on our team and it’s just it’s amazing I can I can even have this conversation right but I think it just comes down to what you value I think James Harden’s a better floor Razer which means like if you put
Minimal the mediocre Talent around him I think Harden can maybe get more out of them because he’s just a a fantastic shot creator for everybody in the half court but as a number two guy right now I would take Paul George we saw James Harden as a number two guy with embiid
With no number three Paul George hasn’t really gotten a chance to prove that he’s never gotten a chance besides the bubble to prove how well he can do in a playoff run with a better score than him on his own team he’s never gotten that chance Westbrook in 2018 and 19 I
Wouldn’t say he was a better scorer than Paul especially not in 2019 in Indiana he was always the best scorer when he became a star so now he’s the second best scorer and we haven’t seen him get an opportunity since 2021 so now that he has harden backing him up and that’s I
Can’t believe I’m even arguing somebody’s better than Paul on this team so I just shows you the star power of the Clippers and that can overwhelm a team like New Orleans and a lot of teams but you know what I’m not going to even ask anyone in the comments about Paul
George and Harden but I guarantee the stands will find a way to make a conversation somehow coming up let’s just talk about some of the other guys that played in this game and just how good are we right now going to be talking about that coming
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500 team on the road Clippers started out three for 15 from deep in this game and then went uh 12 for 21 the rest of the way they just caught fir in that second half from Deep Kawhi Leonard Norm Powell let’s talk a little bit about Norman Palin the way he’s
Playing 13 points three rebounds two assists a steal and no turnovers Off the Bench he shot five for 13 from the field three for six from deep in 25 minutes and he was a game high plus 36 plus 36 is crazy that just shows you how positive Norman pow was when he was
On the court knocking down open shots attacking closeouts Amir coffee also played and I thought his defense was really good Four Points three rebounds in 21 minutes of play he was two for four from the field didn’t make a three he was 0 for two from three but I loved
This defense and he’s just been really solid in his role since the Harden trade has allowed him to get more minutes Daniel Ty very solid it’s clear now I mean Mason this there could be some more games where that go by and we say hey let’s try them out together but I don’t
Think so and I don’t think the Clippers need to do that right now they’re rolling don’t change anything Daniel Ty solid in his role had some moments where he got scored on by Zion but also had some moments where he was protecting the rim when zo is out two points and five
Boards for Ty one for three from the field 0 for one from three and he was a plus 13 zubats man 15 points eight rebounds two blocks and two dimes on six for seven shooting three for four from the foul line in 23 minutes of
Play Big Zoo he’s playing at such a high level has harden helped him absolutely but he’s just been great as well had that left-handed punch dunk on on his funis in that first quarter just beautiful just absolutely beautiful then Terren man as I said I’m going to wait I’m gonna wait till we
Play the Lakers by the way the Lakers are in a crisis right now this is the no better time to be playing the Lakers than now and no better time or no worse time to be playing the Clippers than now if you’re the Lakers this could be
Sending Darin ham to Rob Pink’s office and his job as a Lakers coach being finished because that’s that close the conversation is getting that loud in LA right now the Clippers beat him and embarrass him that’d be great if we just embarrassed him we’ll see though but oh
Man Russell West’s gonna get ignorant if we do I would love that it’s James Harden’s first game against the Lakers as a Clipper not saying it’s a real rivalry I think it’s a pseudo rivalry but as a team that’s the underdog in in the sense not we’re not underdogs going
Into this game but you know what I mean we’re the Clippers they’re the Lakers at one point they were the best franchise ever we were the worst now we’re not the worst anymore so you are still the zero championships to 17 and every Clipper that has come in
Since Chris Paul Chris Paul he used to take those games like they were the finals but every Clipper that’s come in since then has kind of shared that mindset and it’s it’s it’s not a bad thing I don’t care if it’s about winning basketball games I’m not gonna complain
Terren man I need it though and he had another big one he didn’t have the double digit scoring in this game but he had eight points three rebounds one assist one steal and no turnovers in 17 minutes he was very good again did I miss anyone don’t think
So let’s talk about just how good we are right now I mean I’m watching games around the league and I don’t say this stuff very often you guys know I’m pretty even Keel when it comes to bold takes and stuff but we’re looking like the best team in the league like I think
The Celtics are really good and we they just destroyed us but Kawai makes all the difference and I trust kawhai Leonard more as a number one than Tatum I love I’m a big Tatum fan he’s my he was born in the same year as me same
Graduating class of high school I was a sophomore at UMass when he was a rookie so I got to see him play a lot like right when he came into the league and I saw the whole You Know the Way Boston fans grew to love him and I think he’s
An amazing player that this decade will win Championship with the Celtics I do think he will lead them to a ring unless the Clippers just win six rings in a or seven rings in a row till the end of the decade but I do however this year right
Now kawh uh Jason tum is 25 Kawhi Leonard is a season vet in the Twilight of his Prime and I think I’d rather have him in a in a seven game series my number one not I think I know now the question is the Celtics have a better
Overall team but it’s no point of talking about Clippers and Celtics because we’re we have to go to the finals to play them and there’s a lot of basketball to be played before that but there’s no doubt in my mind that you look around the league the Thunder just
Got clapped by the Nets the Nuggets lost to the magic the Clippers right now are the biggest threat to the throne the Denver Nuggets Minnesota no offense if there are any wolves fans watching but are you serious like in the playoffs Anthony ever is amazing we got Kawhi
Leonard and then their second best players Rudy goar like I’ll take James Harden or Rudy goar five times five days a week maybe no seven days a week and twice on Sundays is is the same I would but I’m being serious we really could do this like this could be the
Year I I I’m like afraid to utter the words like that’s how much PTSD I’m afraid to utter the words it would be my biggest l in the history of basketball predictions and talking Hoops ever but I’m so okay with it of course I’m happy to be okay with it ecstatic
Is this really it have I been blessed to be the host of this podcast the year that we actually the Clippers do the unthinkable do what people said we never could do win the whole thing we got a top five shot we got a we got the number
One guy we just need health knock knock banging on the wood knocking knocking on It come on guys keep on knocking 20 I’m sorry 30 games this man kawhai has already played 30 games Paul George has played 32 games Harden and Russ haven’t missed a game keep knocking we’re really good we’re really
Good I’m not going to say we’re going to win the chip I’m not going to say we’re going to make it to this round and this this and that but we’re playing like the best team in the NBA right now I don’t know if there’s much of an argument against it
Wow this is crazy and I was really talking about blowing it up but you can you blame me it looked so hopeless I’m not say well I’ll say this way right it looked so hopeless in terms of not the team that we had in my opinion I know some people that are very
Pro Harden trade were saying that we were hopeless regardless but I mean hopeless in the sense that PG and kawhai everybody was like okay I’m not I’m not even going to go further you know what I’m going to say it was like a injury waiting to happen but right now this is
Looking amazing like the fact that they’ve been healthy and we’ve we able to gain Rhythm and continuity and like the talent is just a bonus the fact that we bring in James Harden and Russell Westbrook to help with these kind of things and they start to mainly James Harden because Westbrook they got
Hurt with James with Russell Westbrook we bring in James Harden and this happens to be so far the healthiest stretch you’ve ever had I mean that’s crazy that’s crazy and listen I don’t for anyone that says it’s because James Harden’s lessening their load I don’t think they got injured
Because of a I think I don’t think they got injured because of a high workload kawh Leonard said it best it’s just been freak injuries like Ka like Paul Landing like that against Lou Dort yeah but yeah it’s amazing right now what’s happening Clippers are playing really good
Basketball James Harden is balling Ka lyard is balling Paul George is balling Russell Westbrook is balling in his role Norman pal is balling iich zubot is balling Ty’s coaching his ass off and they really come out with a seriousness every game that they just didn’t have last
Year it’s it they really did learn a lesson last year seriously cuz were talking about seriousness in summer league tyou was talking about that in summer league which tells me that he wasn’t as serious last year either we could all see that there just a lot of
Stuff going on behind the scenes but anyway feels like it’s a clean clean atmosphere right now and I like it you can follow me on Twitter and Instagram at Dime dropper pod subscribe to my own YouTube channel dime dropper for more LA Clipper content also subscribe to locked on Clippers on
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The LA Clippers are officially the hottest team in the league. After long struggles against the New Orleans pelicans including going 1-10 against them in their last 11 games, they were able to break the drought with a commanding 111-95 win and led by as many as 31 in the Big Easy.
The Big 4 all contributed to the victory and the defense held New Orleans’ star trio to 12 points each.
In this episode, die hard LA Clippers Fan and Host Darian Vaziri breaks down the game, how well the stars played, and just how good the Clippers are and can be.
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Very important aspect of why we are playing so well is Zubac-Harden duo. In this game Harden assisted Zu six times (one assist from PG and one from RW). And there were two plays when Zu received high ball and immediately put ball into the basket – that is good because even center doesn't have time to block it. And one more thing about Zu, after he rebonds the ball he passes it right away to point guard – very good habit. Go Clippers!
How about this, we stay lay back with a smile on our face. Lets enjoy this ride with our team. Watching game after game till its PO time. love it
You just beat the pelicans last night. Slow down your hot right now, but things can change every day so just chill out clippers
Uh oh! Darian going all in and uttering the words.
LETS GOOOOOOO.
Imma keep knocking too.
We just gotta pray for health.
As someone that has been a bit tough on Russ and I still think he shoots too many terrible 3 pointers, I have to give him credit. This game turned around when Russ came in and Russ was the spark that started this win, I’m extremely happy that man is on our team, sure he can’t shoot but man, you don’t want to play against that guy, the energy is unmatched and with him leading the bench, Clips are in good hands. Clippers now need to show no mercy and take care of the Lakers, beat them so bad that they fire Ham.
What I loved about last night is PG13 leading the way, Harden cooking with Zu, Russ & Norm coming into the game and instantly bringing us back from being down 8. All while Kawhi was struggling. Our best player have a bad game and we win by 16. Amazing
Did anybody hear Russ almost slip up n bring up winning the championship in his post game interview?
Clippers are locked in on the prize. Whether they wanna say it. Or we wanna knock on wood. It’s something special bout this team this year. So let’s just continue to enjoy the ride.
#CLIPCITYCHIPCITY
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Am i the only one who can't wait for Dime to Drop after every game?😏….. Man, I love this team and i love being part of Clipper Nation!!…✌🇹🇹
Harden had the worst shooting game of the season and was still getting doubled x'D
Tmann finally hitting his 3s. Russ is the energizer bunny off the bench. Harden has PG shooting wide open threes. Kawhi in MVP form ended the game in the third. This ish is beautiful 😅. I want us to have a coronation Sunday nite against the Lakers.
Darin, the smile on your face tells it all for us Clippers Nation😄😃 When Russ came in, it was unbelievable how the team got the spark and the defense completely shut fat boy Zion down. Hehehe
I've seen posts giving Lue and Zu their flowers. But for Lue's case the biggest recognition is winning coach of the month for 2nd time in his career and 1st time as a clippers. It speaks volumes to what he's been able to do, considering he's been the head coach for 4 years
Clippers are no doubt a super team now. We are fortunate to have 4 guys who have been the no.1 option on their previous teams (Kawaii, PG, Harden, Westbrook). We have to give props to clippers management as well that made this happen.
Clippers are incredible I love this team. Best team harden has ever been in. The best part about winning with this super team is that since no one believed in clippers, no one can talk shit in June. It’s not like KD and the warriors where those rings have massive asterisks
Nah Theis is the new zu of old. Fumbling passes blown assignments… but he does try lol😅. Maybe Plumlee is breathing down his neck for some PT
Definitely true clipper fans when things don't go right start pointing fingers and start demanding full rebuilds especially ty lue & zubac but when clips wins they hardly get the credit also!
didn't that happen in okc with Prime Westbrook and PG? Melo was the 3rd option there and you had prime Steven Adams as well
clippers hotter than grease fire rn
Definitely on fire now. I loved how they closed quarters against NOP. Let’s destroy the Lakers on Sunday and turn the 4th quarter into garbage time since the Clippers have a b2b against the Suns. Suns will also be on a b2b so hopefully their main guys play heavy minutes the day prior.
Another Great day for Clipps..
Wtf. This is what im talking about.
LockedOn this Season my brother D.
I Love Clipps❤
Clippers!! They were up on the Pelicans by 20 when Zion went out so I don’t wanna hear excuses
man russ was all over the place when he first got subbed in literally was doing everything, and then he had a little stretch right after where he couldn’t do anything right 😂😂