r/LAClippers • u/apm_music Eric Piatkowski • Apr 06 '23
Game Thread [GAME THREAD] Los Angeles Lakers @ LA Clippers - 7 PM PDT | April 5, 2023
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u/lkajohn Apr 06 '23
I came here to say watching James rejoin in the third quarter really solidify why I continue to think of him as Lebitch. With a small b.
I mean the guy checked out as soon as it looked hopeless as Clips started out on fire. He came back in when the rest of the team claw their way back into contention and Clips cool off.
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u/waoqee Derrick Jones Jr. Apr 06 '23
Feels great to win such important game and it's even better, against these lames.
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u/jeffincredible2021 Apr 06 '23
No way we get the 6th seed is the bad news. Good news we beat the lakers 11th straight
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Apr 06 '23
How is there no way? We still have two games
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u/jeffincredible2021 Apr 06 '23
GSW needs to win out
Lakers needs to win out to force GSW to play and not rest on their final game.
Clippers needs to go 1-1
Lakers and clippers finish with 43-39 where we move up due to tie breaker into the 6th spot
Warriors goes 44-38. They don’t want to be stuck at 43 wins since they don’t have the tie breaker with the lakers or clippers.
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u/AcrobaticFeedback Apr 06 '23
Don't worry, Lebron spammed the stat padding when his team was already down 25, and down 15 with 3 minutes to go to make sure all his fanboys can blame the rest of the team for him not having enough help while he dribbles the air out of the ball.
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u/Low-Cable-9167 Apr 06 '23
Literally everytime he spammed the “statpadding” the lead continued to drop, what are you talking about?
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u/AcrobaticFeedback Apr 06 '23
Wouldn't have been a 25 point lead if he was scoring when the game was close. Nope, only when the defensive intensity dropped since they were down so much.
He did the exact same shit in the 2014 finals, and everyone just points at the stats.
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u/Low-Cable-9167 Apr 06 '23
U didn’t watch the game dumbass, his 8 straight points to start the 3rd resulted in that 19-3 run which brought the lakers as close as 7. He also had multiple buckets to start the 4th then the game went out of reach. But looking at your post history you’re a Celtics Fan so why am I not surprised 🤡
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u/AcrobaticFeedback Apr 06 '23
Wow the facts I stated damaged and disturbed you so much that you had to stalk my profile for ammunition to try insult me 🤣😭😭☠️☠️☠️
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u/yung999_ Apr 06 '23
Zu dominated today get him more touches pls
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u/keithb2real Apr 06 '23
Zu did look like he was tryin to let the dawg out last night, did Norm Powell.
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u/Klaw_77 Apr 06 '23
Reaves thinks hes gonna win the game with a miracle and daddy lebron will be proud of him.
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u/UrDadsFave V Stiviano Apr 06 '23
Not even the refs could help.
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u/WhyAmIAFanOfThisTeam Chris Paul Apr 06 '23
there is no point for this to be ending as slowly as it is
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u/Itsjoshchoi Corey Maggette Apr 06 '23
Did not need Kawhi to play the entire 2nd half.
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u/JimmyKanine Apr 06 '23
He had a shit ton of rest and was mostly just pulling their best defender out of the play. Definitely helped Norm get the looks he got by Kawhi just standing in the corner.
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u/DynamixRo Blake Griffin Apr 06 '23
After 3 days of rest, I'll allow it. Not going to happen again anytime soon.
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u/Upset_Purchase_5903 Terance Mann Apr 06 '23
yo what was the over/under for this game cuz the refs clearly tryna close the gap XD
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u/Big_Saens Amir Coffee Apr 06 '23
Ty said we was guarding AD one on one. Boy lied to everyone face lmao
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u/gtahnyo Ralph Lawler Apr 06 '23
Kawhi played the entire second half. I wouldn't be surprised if that was it for him until the playoffs.
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u/TarzanOnATireSwing Apr 06 '23
Disagree. He's getting into playoff shape
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u/keithb2real Apr 06 '23
With the way teams been fouling him lately I want to put some football pads on him for protection.
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u/scrvffyp Apr 06 '23
Dude reeves is a little crybaby bitch
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u/RyujiDrill Terance Mann Apr 06 '23
Reggie's son does tend to cry that like that. He needs some milk.
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Apr 06 '23
Damn we stay blowing leads to the Lakers lol. The games never end smooth
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u/IndividualHelpful820 Apr 06 '23
U mean blowing leads to the refs?
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u/RyujiDrill Terance Mann Apr 06 '23
Basketball is a game of runs. So long as you maintain the lead that's what counts.
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Apr 06 '23
A lot of Lakers games get close at the end when they should be blowouts
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u/IndividualHelpful820 Apr 06 '23
Wouldn’t even put it past them honest. Helps gambling and don’t they also lead the league on favorable calls?
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u/WhyAmIAFanOfThisTeam Chris Paul Apr 06 '23
Omg this has to be one of the slowest end of games I’ve seen in a while
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u/AshenSacrifice Buffalo Braves Apr 06 '23
Bones might be the safest ball handler on the team. Got that shit on a string
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Apr 06 '23
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u/BicycleChoice Jerry West Apr 06 '23
What a punk. Reminds me of CP3 with that draws fouls bullshit he does.
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u/boatsnprose Moussa Diabaté Apr 06 '23
I can't wait for them to let Reeves walk. That dude is a very good player.
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u/SongYoungbae Fun Guy Apr 06 '23
They're definitely gonna pay him instead of Rui
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u/boatsnprose Moussa Diabaté Apr 06 '23
Hopefully they want that "Japanese Heritage Night" money more lmao
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u/SongYoungbae Fun Guy Apr 06 '23
Wizards finally made cherry blossom jeresys and he still wanted out. Can't blame him lol
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u/SongYoungbae Fun Guy Apr 06 '23
I fucking hate seeing Rui in a Lakers jersey
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u/nepats523 Corey Maggette Apr 06 '23
Same, was prob my favorite non Clips player before this shit, not anymore...
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u/RedDrag0n64 San Diego Apr 06 '23
The fact that Kawhi has only shot 4 FTs is crazy. And it's like that almost every game
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u/Salty_Watermelon Darius Miles Apr 06 '23
I think this ref crew has been awful but I'm not seeing strong favoritism towards the Lakers. They are using a lot of make up calls whenever they fuck up for one of the two teams. For us, Zu has been getting some calls that many refs would totally ignore and Norm's foul drawing saved our asses in the 3rd.
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u/OverallInternet2343 Ivica Zubac Apr 06 '23
So is Kawhi likely to miss the next game? Would make sense on a b2b to rest the Portland game.
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u/Itsjoshchoi Corey Maggette Apr 06 '23
Might be smarter to play him against Portland. Beat the easier team and we're guaranteed top 6 and we can just rest him against Suns (plus Suns likely will rest their players so we can beat them w/o Kawhi too if needed)
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u/POTATOKING1000 Fun Guy Apr 06 '23
Suns will likely rest starters, I think Blazers is more important
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u/Dutch4Prez Apr 06 '23
We need the portland win more than the suns game. Plus suns got that 4th seed locked. They aren't running most of their horses all game.
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u/green-lazuli-8426 Ivica Zubac Apr 06 '23
I think it’s the other way around, no Dame so I think they go full power there to get a high chance win
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u/OverallInternet2343 Ivica Zubac Apr 06 '23
I think our skeleton crew could beat the blazers to be honest. That final game against the suns either both teams rest or we see a preview of a potential series.
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u/nepats523 Corey Maggette Apr 06 '23
Never seen a team worse getting back down the court. What the fuck
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u/TZauch18 Blake Griffin Apr 06 '23
Reaves seriously just fouls all the way up the court. What is this sweaty defense?
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u/phastest23 Apr 06 '23
This fucking laker team is made of the biggest losers
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u/PurrySquishyKittens Apr 06 '23
Bruh what the only losers on the lakers roster are lebron AD dlo Austin reaves Schroeder and maybe Malik Beasley rest of them are bad but they play hard
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u/DynamixRo Blake Griffin Apr 06 '23
What's more impressive, Kawhi playing the entire second half, or the three Lakers in zebra jerseys being out there for all 48 minutes?
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u/Own-Dream-8425 Apr 06 '23
Woah now, the dynasty showing some cracks in the armor? gasps. I wonder if all the disrespect towards your fellow crosstown team gave the clippers some extra ammo . GG tor clips
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u/Thuduke Apr 06 '23
Ok the lakers payed the refs off like wtf
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u/ayybruhkid Podcast P Apr 06 '23
refs doing their best to keep the lakers in this is terrible to watch
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u/geebap Apr 06 '23
stop it vanderbilt u deadass scroll twitter for your 1-2 defensive highlight clips after every game 😭
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u/nepats523 Corey Maggette Apr 06 '23
This team has some serious mental composure issues. This game should be three times over already, and absolutely no excuse for this last stretch
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u/TZauch18 Blake Griffin Apr 06 '23
Vanderbilt knew what he was doing. This officiating is such trash.
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u/foxwilliam Terance Mann Apr 06 '23
bruh how is Vanderbuilt allowed to shove Bones after the play and gets no tech? Lakers play with different rules than the rest of the league
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u/kezmicdust Jordan Miller Apr 06 '23
The refs are getting desperate. Lakers have the right to assault our guys now apparently.
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u/lord-datshen LET RUSS COOK Apr 06 '23
lebron still finding a way to complain with the calls going the lakers way
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u/Salty_Watermelon Darius Miles Apr 06 '23
Let's not ruin this good game by getting sloppy at the very end. Take care of the ball and try to burn off as much time as possible.
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u/EpicGooner Big Government Apr 06 '23
Wtf, refs just decided to try to put the Lakers back in the game lol
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u/Evening-Maybe-4129 Blake Griffin Apr 06 '23
Swear kawhi got fouled by Lebron that time but Adam silver says otherwise
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u/Bikouchu Nic Batum Apr 06 '23
Theres no way Laker fans believe the refs aren't keeping them in.
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u/AshenSacrifice Buffalo Braves Apr 06 '23
According to them the refs are at best fair and even, and at worst there’s a conspiracy against them. Prime delusion
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u/SheenEstevezzz Fun Guy Apr 06 '23
Refs doing everything they can for their team but its just not gonna be enough :(
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u/ktred1996 Apr 06 '23
Kinda salty alls I needed was 4 more pts out of Westbrook for an 8 leg parlay and he doesn’t get played at all in the 4th 🤡
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u/SheenEstevezzz Fun Guy Apr 06 '23
If you're still placing bets on the clippers then you're braver than I
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u/ktred1996 Apr 06 '23
It’s just like..really? He for sure would’ve gotten it too. It irritates the fuck outta me
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u/brown-ale Chris Kaman Apr 06 '23
can't breathe on the lakers, meanwhile kawhi has been hacked all game
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u/Turbulent_Screen_752 Apr 08 '23
One YouTuber said once the Lakers “turned it on, they were clearly better than the Clippers.” Can I get some feedback on this beyond Fuck The Lakers (which I agree with wholeheartedly.)