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Chris Paul and Griffin were exhausted at the end. The Clippers bench is terrible and it causes Doc to basically play a 6 man rotation; thus, why the starters get exhausted.
It looks like the book on Harden is turning out to be right, great regular season player that folds when the pressure is on. Let's see if he can change it in Game 7.
Kind of bummed the Spurs are out of it b/c I really wanted to see the Warriors vs the Spurs in the western conference finals.
You and me both. Fans got kinda screwed out of a good potential match-up, but that's sports. Spurs didn't do their part, would have been able to handle the Rockets better than the Clippers, IMO. Still, it does make for an interesting playoffs considering of all the teams left, only the Rockets have won an NBA title. The rest of the teams have suffered terrible histories throughout the playoffs.
I'm not a fan of the whole "splash bros" thing, but I feel like they would have torched the Spurs. Then again, Memphis is doing their best to put up a fight. I'd love to see Memphis advance, although their style of basketball is not as fun to watch.
I think Duncan, Boris, Leonard and even Splitter would have lived down in the low post similar to what the Griz are doing right now. Would have been a really good match up. I think teams during the regular season couldn't properly prep for the "splash bros." but when it's the playoffs, it's an entirely different beast. I just think the Spurs have a better offense, better ball movement and better 3 point shooters than the Griz and we could have been seeing the Spurs in back-to-back-to-back title appearances.
The end of the clippers/rockets game wasn't amazing, it was sad. Clippers couldn't buy a basket in the last 8 minutes, even layups were rolling back out.
Harden hasn't impressed all series. Once they put him back in next game the Clippers should be able to win out.
I knew that the east is pretty bad, but these playoffs have really proven how bad the east is. Cleveland, with no Love and Irving hurt and Smith was suspended for the first two Chicago games, yet the Cavaliers advance and they should certainly beat the winner of the Hawks/Bullet series, unless Pierce can set a fire to the Lebron/Pierce playoff rivalry and Washington as a team can get hot, especially if Wall's hand gets better.
I hated Mark Jackson, so this year I can root for Golden State. I love their fans and the loud arena, but if GS can't hit the jumper, they could be done.
I disagree with the Clippers bench assessment. Austin Rivers played out of his head game three, but has avg 8 points and 1 assist. Big baby Davis has been terrible. JJ Redick can hit a streak, but has not been good overall. However, he is James Harden's Vernon Maxwell---Mad Max used to own Michael Jordan.
How do you hate Mark Jackson? I would love for him to come coach AD in New Orleans.
Yeah, I hear you about the PG. Terry is starting after Pat Beverly got hurt. Plus the Rockets lost Dmo--requiring them to bring up Capela, who I think is going to be a real nice player. Brewer is a 3 point specialists and fits the Rockets analytics/philosophy. Clippers have a real good team and it can be argued that Griffin has been the best player in the playoffs. Tough match up problems
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Only reason I liked the idea of Clippers in Western Conference finals was that'd mean every team left had never won a championship. Also would have been the 4 worst teams, winning percentage wise, in NBA history (franchise wise).
Other than the triple-double in Game 5, Harden has been bad. He played a very good first half in this game, then went super cold.
I disagree with the Clippers bench assessment. Austin Rivers played out of his head game three, but has avg 8 points and 1 assist. Big baby Davis has been terrible. JJ Redick can hit a streak, but has not been good overall. However, he is James Harden's Vernon Maxwell---Mad Max used to own Michael Jordan.
Bad? The guy is averaging 27/5/8 in the playoffs. If thats bad ill take it all day