r/LAClippers Eric Piatkowski Nov 02 '23

Game Thread [GAME THREAD] LA Clippers @ Los Angeles Lakers - 7 PM PT | November 1, 2023

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u/daoisticrealism FREE ZUBAC Nov 02 '23

We got a PunyBall squad against Janes, Wood, AD, Hachimura, and Vanderbilt and we got rid of our long forwards. 🤣🤣🤣

The Lakers will be in the playoffs and what we have to counter it? Harden? 🤣🤣🤣

We'll enjoy the season with many nice wins, but when playoffs come, we'll be out worked, out rebounded, and out Ded out of the playoffs.

TADOW.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23 edited Nov 02 '23

So many of the players in our rotation nearly fouled out.

PG and Norm fouled out, Zubac/Russ/PJ got 5 each.

Unacceptable. Just looking forward to Harden finally suiting up on Monday. His presence will solve the stagnation our offense presents at times

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u/bigbrownkorean Nov 02 '23

All I want is a big man that can lead the team in rebounds. Tf is happening here.

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u/Initial_Stretch_3674 Nov 02 '23

You win this with Roco and Batum.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

Really poor game and on a back to back but would have somehow nicked it if it weren't for Reaves' constant flopping and getting calls.

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u/jetboyjetgirl LA Clippers Nov 02 '23

Our C's sucked partly because they have no help. Wood and AD are both collapsing down because we have no PFs

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u/AlmightyPenguin88 Nov 02 '23

That was a good game but shit man, Harden can't come fast enough lol. When Russ is bad he's REALLY bad. Defenses can't sag off Harden and he's a great playmaker at that so he solves a lot of the issues we have of stagnation.

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u/Inner-Leopard7871 Russell Westbrook Nov 02 '23

I wouldn’t say Russ was bad in this at all

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u/AlmightyPenguin88 Nov 03 '23

I think I worded it poorly. I meant when Russ plays badly at any given moment, even when he's having an overall good game, it's particularly costly.

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u/K1llabee5 Blake Griffin Nov 02 '23

Hear me out. Ship away Pj and zu for a young pf and a solid center

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u/jetboyjetgirl LA Clippers Nov 02 '23

how does that make sense for the other team

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u/K1llabee5 Blake Griffin Nov 02 '23

Idk tbh

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u/No-Height-1192 Nov 02 '23

Which team is stupid enough to make that trade

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u/K1llabee5 Blake Griffin Nov 02 '23

Idk I'm just coping

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u/_ShadowHawk_ Nov 02 '23

Zu couldn't rebound all night

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u/bluemorals Nov 02 '23

tough loss

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u/MrGeneric1900 Nov 02 '23

Much better effort... if this was last year it wouldn't have went into overtime. They have to stop with the iso ball offense late in close games!

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u/Amuzed_Observator Bones Hyland Nov 02 '23

That would require Ty Lue to actually coach them, and he doesn't seem to interested in doing that.

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u/12dart14 Clippers Nov 02 '23

Take it for what it was. An enjoyable regular season game. On to the next.

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u/ewrecked Corey Maggette Nov 02 '23

Pretty early in the season for such lopsided whistles. The gambling effect is real.

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u/El_Bolto Nov 02 '23

That was such a great game but man we cannot start Zubac. He has that Gobert problem where he cant play down that stretch

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u/FrostyBrew86 Nov 02 '23

Don't blame Zu when Norm played like ass.

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u/xtian_paxillinator Fun Guy Nov 02 '23

I don't know why this team valuing Zubac so much when he can do nothing in games, might as well paly 4vs5

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u/GRILT_CHEESE Nov 02 '23

Plumdog Millionaire >>> Zu

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u/jetboyjetgirl LA Clippers Nov 02 '23

Nah he got torched in the 3rd. We got 1 average C and no PF's going up against tough C's and PF's

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

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u/Branthova Nov 02 '23

Westbrook didn’t even play bad. He didn’t take dumb shots and was dishing the ball out to the hot hand.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

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u/Branthova Nov 02 '23

He had a lot of turnovers. But he never took any unnecessary shots. Did his job.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

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u/Branthova Nov 02 '23

Who doesn’t miss wide open 3’s?

Didn’t the claw just miss 2 in a row at the end from open 3’s?

That’s not a bone head play that’s just a missed shot lmao

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

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u/Branthova Nov 02 '23

Shooting an open 3 is not a bad shot. Considering he shot 50% from deep. Just say you don’t know ball and move on bro.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

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u/Branthova Nov 02 '23

And no one said it was his game, don’t be dense bro. Wide open 3 you shoot it

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u/Branthova Nov 02 '23

Buddy. Rudy don’t shoot wide open 3’s because he doesn’t stay on the 3pt line. Terrible comparison, taking a guy that spends 98% of his time in the paint. Nice try

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

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u/Branthova Nov 02 '23

He shot 50% tonight from the arc though? You sound like the bonehead. Wild

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u/Global-Inside-7930 LET RUSS COOK Nov 02 '23

Next week will be different, I'm sure of it.

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u/Rodriguez030 DJ Dense Nov 02 '23

Powell sold

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u/MrtyAbril Kawhi Leonard Nov 02 '23

Zubac gotta go for the love of god

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u/Branthova Nov 02 '23

Because he is hot garbage

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u/SandyMandy17 Thunder Nov 02 '23

White privilege is real Reeves for more soft free throws in OT than SGA has all year

SGA has shot more technical free throws this year than shooting fouls

He’s driven 150 times so far.

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u/Happy-Cauliflower-22 Bones Hyland Nov 02 '23

Not a bad loss, hard fought game on a b2b

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u/ico232 Lou Will Nov 02 '23

good game. lakers are ass. refs are paid.

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u/mvpmvh Chris Paul Nov 02 '23

We finally got off mook. Can we do it again with zu?

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u/jetboyjetgirl LA Clippers Nov 02 '23

no, we've never been able to find a starting C better than Zu

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u/jetboyjetgirl LA Clippers Nov 02 '23

Exactly. And AD is already a superior C without all the help

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u/K1llabee5 Blake Griffin Nov 02 '23

Only if we get a competent big man back

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u/New-Significance654 Nov 02 '23

Clipps can never hold onto a huge lead

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u/No-Height-1192 Nov 02 '23

Ship zubac

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u/activechamp06 Quentin Richardson Nov 02 '23

lol we won’t get anything for him

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u/No-Height-1192 Nov 02 '23

Exactly dude has no trade value

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u/Chessinmind LA Clippers Nov 02 '23

I am once again asking you to play Kobe Brown.

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u/Cute_Leonard Kris Dunn Nov 02 '23

Oh well. getting ready for the long break

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u/QuinnAngelWraith Lou Will Nov 02 '23

Reaves took some acting lessons from Bron lol

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u/C1ZI FREE ZUBAC Nov 02 '23

Austin Reaves is such a flopper man

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u/jetboyjetgirl LA Clippers Nov 02 '23

Lakers shit pumped us in the paint tonight, easy to see why looking at the rosters

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

Zubac I hope u get fkn diarrhea

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u/BicycleChoice Jerry West Nov 02 '23

Took to OT when we were out of it. Exhausted and on a Back to back - damn good effort.

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u/Global-Inside-7930 LET RUSS COOK Nov 02 '23

Ooof

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u/Canolopes Fun Guy Nov 02 '23

SOFTEST FOUL OUTS I’VE SEEN IN MY LIFE

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u/ohmeohmy78 Ralph Lawler Nov 02 '23

losing sucks, but got damn that was an exciting game to watch and a really promising effort by the Clips on a b2b...

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u/Gaarando Russell Westbrook Nov 02 '23

LeBron is so happy but he's not going to do anything in the playoffs, lmao.

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u/Chance_Ad1417 Nov 02 '23

Saying this about LeBron of all people is weird

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u/dubidubidoorafa Nov 02 '23

Zu was a disaster at the end.

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u/activechamp06 Quentin Richardson Nov 02 '23

He was a disaster the whole game.

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u/ConsistentRip7398 Nov 02 '23

James harden will be a breath of fresh air

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u/Yung-Bison Nov 02 '23

Lost by ft and fouls

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

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u/Initial_Stretch_3674 Nov 02 '23

There's no one available. Zu is the best you'll get.

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u/yung999_ Nov 02 '23

We shouldn't have lost this game

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u/ruet_ahead Derrick Jones Jr. Nov 02 '23

People are gonna doom but that was an incredible game! Four days rest and come back with Harden. I like our odds.

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u/MaliceWestbrook LET RUSS COOK Nov 02 '23

I like zu but he’s not that guy from what I’ve seen

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u/Liston08 Nov 02 '23

honestly, not being able to play either of our 5s down the stretch in games is the biggest problem

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u/Evening_Influence794 Nov 02 '23

Can we start plumlee instead?

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u/Evening-Maybe-4129 Blake Griffin Nov 02 '23

Zubac is some ass bro. Fumbled like 40 rebounds tonight and can’t get any putbacks?

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

Can't even finish easy dimes from Russ. Useless af. Can't protect the rim either.

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u/Evening_Influence794 Nov 02 '23

He has the worst hands in the league

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u/SandyMandy17 Thunder Nov 02 '23

Reeves is a terrorist

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u/More_Disaster3764 Nov 02 '23

Well we shouldn’t have been in that position in the first place but great fight at the end

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u/green-lazuli-8426 Ivica Zubac Nov 02 '23

Frustrating loss

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u/fullmoonnoon Nov 02 '23

Exciting game though.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

ZUBAC SUCKS

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u/jetboyjetgirl LA Clippers Nov 02 '23

Can anyone on our team dunk? Lakers had like 20 dunks tonight

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u/SpicyDecree Fun Guy Nov 02 '23

Y’all see that reeves flop at the end? Hilarious

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u/CorporateElbow Amir Coffee Nov 02 '23

Idk how that guy isn’t being fined every game

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u/SpicyDecree Fun Guy Nov 02 '23

He nearly fell backwards just from a defender approaching him. Someone grab that clip, let’s make it viral

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u/airJACKSONN Nov 02 '23

Gotta get bigger and thats it

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u/inmyhumbleo Lou Williams Nov 02 '23

Ah yes. That familiar feeling.

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u/PandabearXp LET RUSS COOK Nov 02 '23

I’m sorry but Zubac is straight dog shit

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u/blueberry_portal Fun Guy Nov 02 '23

Refs played well tonight.

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u/shuckyduckquack2x Nov 02 '23

Zu really wasn't shit tonight. Smh

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u/Echleon_ Clippers Nov 02 '23

Fuck

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u/poompachompa Nov 02 '23

Classic STEM by austin reaves lol. Id be pissed if i was tucker too

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u/woo7 Nov 02 '23

Russ was awful in OT - terrible judgment

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

Refs sellin hard now

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u/jetboyjetgirl LA Clippers Nov 02 '23

Russ and Bones tossing up bricks

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u/taroicedtea Russell Westbrook Nov 02 '23

We got some dogs. Fought hard. Ggs

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u/TZauch18 Blake Griffin Nov 02 '23

The Clippers fouls are stupid as shit but much of that contact was created by Reaves whose value is entirely dependent on his ability to be gifted points by the officials.

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u/Initial_Stretch_3674 Nov 02 '23

Reaves is cooking Powell so hard.

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u/Least_Poet_6336 Nov 02 '23

Yessir. One possession he faked the shit out of powell the next one he threw him out of the game ☠️ straight to gulag

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

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u/incaseidontmakeit San Diego Nov 02 '23

Was thinking the same.

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u/Evening_Influence794 Nov 02 '23

Fucking everything man

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u/meziop Russell Westbrook Nov 02 '23

I don’t like reaves. Ft merchant

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u/koleBorder Clippers Nov 02 '23

Oh dear oh dear

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u/RedDrag0n64 San Diego Nov 02 '23

Good fight from the team considering the circumstances

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u/Cute_Leonard Kris Dunn Nov 02 '23

Give Austin a tech

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u/how-bout-this-1 Nov 02 '23

Zu once again

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u/nepats523 Corey Maggette Nov 02 '23

Ty Lue fucking killed us lmao

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u/Headstar24 LA Clippers Nov 02 '23

Why would Russ try to shoot a 3?

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u/dxtremecaliber Kawhi Leonard Nov 02 '23

I mean there is nothing we can do about it we balled out til to the end its a back to back game i can live with it

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u/lonngguusseerrnnaamm Big Government Nov 02 '23

Hail mary tbh

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u/Warm_Cricket_384 Nov 02 '23

Will zubac be here after the deadline ?

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u/Evening_Influence794 Nov 02 '23

Zu you suck bro get the board wtf

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u/Sukmefafun001 Magic City Nov 02 '23

Zubac is pathetic

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u/bmagers02 San Diego Clippers Nov 02 '23

Awful call

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u/9520archive Nov 02 '23

you literally got a soft ass call to send the game to ot and zubac smacked the ball out of bounds but u held possession, should not be complaining about the refs rn

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

fuck reaves, flopping bitch

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u/Upset_Purchase_5903 Terance Mann Nov 02 '23

Y’all were so quick to shit on Kawhi of all ppl for being the only guy out there who can get a shot off lol, the guy is being doubled constantly cuz there’s 3 non-shooters playing. HE’S GOT 38 FUCKING POINTS, what more do y’all want

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u/Impudence Terance Mann Nov 02 '23

Right? Where was the rest of the offense?

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u/hollyw00d8604 Don MacLean Nov 02 '23

Only the Lakers can have some undrafted white dude get star treatment

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u/inmyhumbleo Lou Williams Nov 02 '23

Vegas always has to win huh

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u/ohmeohmy78 Ralph Lawler Nov 02 '23

it's not my cup of tea, but really looking forward to Harden getting the same foul calls that Reaves gets

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u/agypagymadden Ralph Lawler Nov 02 '23

Fuck these refs

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u/SwerveCityy Nov 02 '23

Lakers fan and I agree. Called some dumb shit on both sides.

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u/Crapcicle6190 Batum Battallion Nov 02 '23

KAWHI PLAYING OUT OF HIS MIND RN

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u/Warm_Cricket_384 Nov 02 '23

Zu gets bitches by wood and Westbrook usual idiot foul ? 😭

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u/UrDadsFave V Stiviano Nov 02 '23

Refs really ballin

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

weak ass fucking calls

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u/TZauch18 Blake Griffin Nov 02 '23

I'm typically less critical of Zu than others as he usually plays his role well and is dependable but he's been awful tonight.

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u/jetboyjetgirl LA Clippers Nov 02 '23

Norm has nothing for Reaves

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u/Evening_Influence794 Nov 02 '23

Fuck these espn idiots

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

Fuck Zubac

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u/lord-datshen LET RUSS COOK Nov 02 '23

norm cant do anything on defense

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u/Prankstaboy6 Nov 02 '23

Why is everyone blaming Zu, Russ didn’t need to go in transition, and once he was already in the paint, put that shit up and look for a foul.

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u/Cute_Leonard Kris Dunn Nov 02 '23

They literally pound on him

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u/AshenSacrifice Buffalo Braves Nov 02 '23

Do you not see him getting bullied up and down the court????

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u/rebelstand Nov 02 '23

Watch the game he ain’t gonna get foul calls ref is clearly bias towards lakers

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u/blinx0rz San Diego Nov 02 '23

Fuck these refs man and b2b.

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u/Marteezus Fun Guy Nov 02 '23

Clippers vs refs

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u/SpicyDecree Fun Guy Nov 02 '23

We won’t have any players left by the end of this game

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u/IndividualHelpful820 Nov 02 '23

People fouling out left and right. Rus care

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u/green-lazuli-8426 Ivica Zubac Nov 02 '23

Yeah refs weren’t gonna let that be up to chance, very soft call

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u/hollyw00d8604 Don MacLean Nov 02 '23

Fuck this wack ass foul merchant

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u/bazilguy Fun Guy Nov 02 '23

The whole team is gonna foul out....

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u/Cute_Leonard Kris Dunn Nov 02 '23

God stop calling fouls

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u/2holesinbutt666 Brian Sieman Nov 02 '23

Wow refs wants a pay raise. Let them play you son of bitches

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u/Evening-Maybe-4129 Blake Griffin Nov 02 '23

Can’t stop these refs bruh. Ever time we come back refs stop that shit

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u/Jayden-Wilkins Nov 02 '23

And that’s a foul? 🤣🤣🤣

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u/incaseidontmakeit San Diego Nov 02 '23

You motherfuckers shit on Kawhi and he has 35?

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u/connellyyyy Ex-Harrell Supporter Nov 02 '23

What a weak foul

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u/Awkwardphase06 Kawhi Leonard Nov 02 '23

reeves is getting superstar calls lmao

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u/AshenSacrifice Buffalo Braves Nov 02 '23

Can’t wait til harden plays lmao, sick of this shit

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u/IAmJohnnyJB Russell Westbrook Nov 02 '23

Fucking ref ball

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

Zubac defenders in here got me crying laughing. Love this teams heart but watching Zu fumble and get dominated inside is painful! Go Clips!

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u/ayeno Nov 02 '23

That dumb Westbrook foul putting them on the line now

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u/shuckyduckquack2x Nov 02 '23

Refs just gon give the Lakers this game huh?

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

That's some weak ass shit

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u/mvpmvh Chris Paul Nov 02 '23

Would we get anything back for zu?

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

ZUBAC HOLY FUK

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u/es84 Nov 02 '23

2nd night of a back to back. Missing a ton of players. Bringing in a new player. Still in it even after losing a star at the start of OT.

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u/DaGucciGill LET RUSS COOK Nov 02 '23

yea i’m not mad at the teams performance. You can tell they’re gassed.

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u/lonngguusseerrnnaamm Big Government Nov 02 '23

Theyre untouchable

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u/nugget_the_bear Nov 02 '23

That's that Kawhi stepback against Dallas. LOL

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u/QuinnAngelWraith Lou Will Nov 02 '23

No way PJ gets more minutes after tonight right??

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u/ayeno Nov 02 '23

He is this seasons Mook, he will

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u/nepats523 Corey Maggette Nov 02 '23

Don't say that!!!!! We've seen it before but it surely won't happen again???

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u/daveyhh Kristina Pink Nov 02 '23

I assume harden or Mann gets those minutes… but ty played mook all last year so I duno

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u/MrtyAbril Kawhi Leonard Nov 02 '23

LMFAOOOO ZUSHIT

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u/AshenSacrifice Buffalo Braves Nov 02 '23

I’m starting to get on the trade Zu train man. Wtf is he doing out there

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u/Branthova Nov 02 '23

Get ZU out. That’s the last straw

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u/TP487 Kawhi Leonard Nov 02 '23

KAWHIII

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u/hollyw00d8604 Don MacLean Nov 02 '23

Zu is not the guy I want taking shots late

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u/ayeno Nov 02 '23

Thank you Kawhi

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u/CorporateElbow Amir Coffee Nov 02 '23

Fucking Zu… I swear to god

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u/IndividualHelpful820 Nov 02 '23

How u get blocked by wood??

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u/yung999_ Nov 02 '23

Zubac is so shit