Stephen A. gives credit to LA Clippers without Kawhi Leonard 👏 | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe and Kendrick Perkins applaud the LA Clippers’ performance in their 109-97 Game 1 win over the Dallas Mavericks in the 2023-24 NBA Playoffs first round before speaking on the Mavs’ flaws.
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he just blasted the whole clippers before the game and now hes praising lmfao
Perk be hating on harden😂
If Luka would have deferred to my more, mavs win. Ky was cooking in the 3rd and Luka was forcing shots. Also let guard harden, Kyrie has always locked harden
Hi Tim Legler 🤣🤣🤣
I still have the Mavs winning the series …..
Mavs are done
Coach Ty had a better gameplan on offense but Dallas beat themselves in this game. Only lost by 12 and missed over 30 points of buckets which is rare for them. LA can't keep hoping for more bad luck if they want to win this series.
I see people bashing harden still. Yall never played ball. When you love playing and playing FOR your teammates your level of play increases. Vets always increase level of play post season.
Dallas didn’t play full strength in 20 full days since they had the 5th seed locked up. They were super rusty. I think they grab game 2 and we will see what happens to the bench players when they get back home 😎
James, Russ, and Paul bout to get their first ring. They will start the next season with fresh jewelry and a new arena. As MC Hammer would say "you can't touch this".
Luka gotta drop 40
They defending Luka after he got blown out but cant even give Harden a lil praise
Im glad Shannon mentioned that we don't expect to see the Mavs score 8 in a quarter again lol. The Mavs shot horrible in the 1st half but I'm not worried. I think this will be a good series
Let’s go clippers we take gm1, I still got my clippers winning this series for sure .
Mavs have to get this game 2. They had a great opportunity in game 1 and they’re getting another chance as Kawhi is reported to probably miss game 2. You have to steal one away game when you have the chance with Kawhi not playing because if he returns, there is a good chance you lose either game 3 or 4 at home too. And you cannot afford to go down 3-1 with 2 games in LA.
Perks a hater cause he sucks at ball. We remember you at OKC w James
lol Stephen a is such a clown he literally picked the wrong teams to win every time so far except the nuggets and the knicks
Stephen a say sorry u we’re talking all that smack about the clippers going into the game. Absolute clown show
This game showed why the Clippers got Harden. It. increases their odds of having at least one star being hot while the others struggle.
Sure maybe Harden can have a bad game 2, but I wouldn't be surprised if PG goes off after having a bad game 1. And you know RUSS will bring that energy every game that gets the role players going.
There is a few adjustments the Mavericks will make that just tells me this series has only begun. Until Kawhi returns, we have seen the best out of the Clippers.
lol still can’t get over Stephen a talking smack saying I quote “no chance in hell they’re beating this team without kawhi” lol 30 point blowout later here we are they “reminded” us of what they can do. Gtfoh
Luka is not going to be efficient? Lol he has been incredibly efficient in playoffs in his career so far
Mavs outscored Clippers in 3rd and 4th quarters
Did Jerkins just said that the Mavs are winning this series? Man, they should charging for talking nonsense
Steve Smith has said that Kawhi Leonard is the worst superstar in the NBA, and he’s right! The clippers don’t even need him.
Luka will never win a ring by being a system player. taking most of the shots on poor efficiency.. he’s another James Harden
I REFUSE to give James Edward Harden his credit. Because this is NOTHING NEW! We know he can do this in the REGULAR SEASON AND THE 1ST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS!
But we know he will pull a disappearing act the moment he gets out of the First Round.
Signed
A Disappointed Rockets Fan
Bizzy bones is the secret weapon ong
Shannon hating on the clippers
Zu is a role player ?? He’s a crucial piece to the clippers success. I think the media has been burned by the clippers too many times for them to pick the clearly better team, it’s interesting to watch.
Stay on that side
Harden showed up.
How many times have we seen this story…Harden shows up for a game then disappears the next 2-3. Let me see him do this throughout a series and be CONSISTENT. Then I will raise my eyebrows.