Are The Clippers The Favorite In The West??

Are The Clippers The Favorite In The West??

Uh I want to touch on our draftking Sportsbook segment on the western conference right now Minnesota and OKC both with 11 losses Denver I called the game last night lifeless game from Denver I mean they came out questions zero fight uh Utah playing as well as anyone they’re 9-2 over their last 11

Tied for the best record in the NBA with the Boston Celtics and they are 12-4 since they inserted Colin ston into the starting lineup they play [ __ ] great basketball and will hardy is a hell of a coach a hell of a coach and so impressed with Utah they’re right back in the mix

Uh and then you’ve got the Clippers of course with 13 losses sack with 14 New Orleans with 15 Dallas 16 and then you get to the Phoenix uh Lakers Houston Utah and and the Golden State Warriors which are just sad right now yep with Utah in particular you mentioned 9 and2

In the last 11 they beat Philly without Joel they beat Denver they beat Milwaukee they beat Dallas they beat Miami with no Jimmy what do you feel like is happening right now is is this just a hot streak or is this something that you know maybe

There’s more to this well you know it’s interesting because they shot really well to start the game last night uh and that evened out by the end I think they ended up shooting 39% from three they have this kind of perfect modern shot profile where they take a lot of Threes

And they get into the paint and and that has really increased the the point paints has really increased in this stretch this 16 game stretch they don’t take a lot of midies they don’t actually shoot the ball that well as a team and in the stretch they haven’t shot that

The ball that well as a team to me it it’s their defense has been much better they’re around a top 10 defense in the 16 game stretch extrapolate that they’ve been even better over the last 11 they’ve been even better over the last last six so to me their their defense

Has really picked up they’ve gone with this smaller lineup which is crazy Walker Kessler now coming off the bench and and John Collins who was great last night uh and and Larry Markin and The Bigs and you know last night’s a great example like I think Will Hardy went

Went into the game with the intention of we’re going to mix it up on joic and they get out to that early lead and he’s just like all right at this point I’m just willing to let joic go one-on-one in the post no doubles um yic ends up of

Course with a monster statline but outside of a a brief stretch in the third quarter with Jamal Murray no one else could get it going for Denver yeah and then on the other end Denver was just terrible defensively are you seeing the Chris Dunn impact I think so you

Know I I think he’s been good will was really high on him uh last night’s a great example where they start the game with Chris Dunn he’s guarding Jamal Murray he’s up into the basketball and look Jamal Murray is a professional bucket getter uh and offensive players

We’ve seen two of them in the last week uh not acknowledge good defense which is fine which is fine can’t remember who what well I can’t remember who it was but two guys have been asked about like how oh Maxi Maxi was one they asked him about OG’s defense and he’s like I

Didn’t even bother me I don’t know what you’re talking about I think quickley was the other one they asked about or somebody and it’s just like offensive players never admit that right Jamal Murray would never admit it but Chris Dunn into the basketball disruptive doesn’t get off to a great start um you

Know I think that he sets the table for this Utah Jazz team the team to me I we talk about the Pelicans all the time the team to me that has been most impressive has been the Los Angeles Clippers I mean this team is 16-3 since December 1 best

Record in the NBA uh number two offense they’re 14-1 in the stretch when Kawhi Leonard plays they are getting insane shooting splits their offense right now is humming James Harden of course orchestrating that these shooting splits are insane in this stretch since December 1 Kawai at 57% and 48% from

Three Paul George at 49% and 46% from three Harden at 47% and 4 4% from three Norman pal at 50% and 45% from three and oh by the way your starting center zubats is averaging a double double this team I mean outside of the Boston Celtics right now this team is as good

As any team in basketball I was going to ask you this they’re they’re 21- six since the lineup changed with Harden and man they’re uh fourth in net rating at the moment they’re two back of Minnesota for the one seed is this just like a

Monster in plain sight yeah no it is and I I made the prediction or my bold prediction was that they would be in the Western Conference finals and I think we need to start talking about them as a tier one Championship level team I really do

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