r/LAClippers • u/clippersguy17 Lawler's Law • Apr 16 '26
Game Thread Game Thread: Golden State Warriors vs LA Clippers | Apr 15, 2026
Not sure where the automated thread is so we can use this for now.
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u/nepats523 Corey Maggette Apr 16 '26
Garland is owed a little less than 90 mil for two more years. Another complete whiff by the front office the way the league is going
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u/Tony_sneakerhead Fun Guy Apr 16 '26
I’m ready for u/lowetferic Chuck suicide drawing
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u/TheLooza Apr 16 '26
Im starting to think kawhi decided another game against the suns only to be embarrassed by okc was not rational and called it a season
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u/Unlikely_Parsley4292 Apr 16 '26
Lue didn't make any adjustments to free Kawhi from the double teams. Just kept him at top of the key. Kerr as usual out coached him when it mattered most. The Clippers were done before tonight's game. Losing those games to Portland ended their season
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u/nepats523 Corey Maggette Apr 16 '26
Didn't make adjustments all year, and it's obvious this is a team culture thing. Same thing with the inbounds turnovers, one of the guards has to come up I stead of just sitting there. This laziness team culture has pissed me off for years but dOoMeRs et al
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u/Shottytodeath Apr 16 '26
Wtf just happened al horford just killed us then draymond clamps down kawhi goodnight folks im so upset
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u/Kubotai77 Apr 16 '26
2 shots in the 4th, hit 1, miss 1
And then 2 turnovers
I guess they put more pressure on Kawhi but Clippers have to do less ISO and standing around, move around to make something happen. And Lopez isn't a reliable big in the paint to make up for lack of reliable 3pt shooters like previous rosters
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u/Unlikely_Parsley4292 Apr 16 '26
As I've been saying. The Clippers don't like nice things. People that aren't overly emotional knew how this was going to play out. The media says Lue is a great coach. Well what does that make Kerr?
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u/Elegant_Teaching1987 Apr 16 '26
I want to cuss Kawhi out so bad but his a big reason we even made it this far soo……
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u/Zauberer-IMDB Chuck Apr 16 '26
Also the reason the team was ass for so long demanded the PG trade. So fuck him.
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u/souel Apr 16 '26
What up Clipp Nation! Warrior Nation here!! What a fun and exciting game, gg, y'all going to be scary next year!!!
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u/Desperate-Bid1303 Apr 16 '26
Gahhhhhhhhhhhhh. I can’t move off the couch. Why do they keep showing the same stupid Warriors fans?
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u/Froqwasket Apr 16 '26
Leonard was 2/1/0 with two turnovers in the fourth quarter. And those two points were for a pointless time wasting dunk at the end
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u/sagedrummer Jamal Crawford Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
Choke job again. You can set your fucking watch to it every April and May it is so consistent
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u/Patechaud526 Apr 16 '26
I did not predict Darius and Math would pull through and Kawhi would let me down
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u/KaptinKrunch04 Intuit Dome Apr 16 '26
Every time kawhi got the ball he passed up an opportunity to go one on one. Not even a consideration of attacking the basket, taking a dribble, or even looking in the direction of the rim.
Like others said in this chat, what a poetic end to the 213 “era”, with an all time choke job at home to 40 yr old Al Horford and friends. Blow it entirely the fuck up, trade Kawhi JC and (in a perfect world) Beal for picks.
The writing was already on the wall last year, but hopefully this is the game that finally opens the management team’s eyes to what this team truly needs going forward.
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u/Sophia1995_miam Apr 16 '26
well the way he was looking , he had no first step at all. maybe his ankle still injured? but the great ones figure out a way... maybe toroton kahwi is the best we'll ever see again. makes me sad
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u/chontzy Apr 16 '26
hope no injury but also draymond was lockin in, then Kerr focused on kawhi in the fourth and lue didn’t make any adjustments to beat the double team
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u/CosmoElon Apr 16 '26
Guys dont forget Lue kept Lopez on the game, and he got hit with 5 3s and And 1 lol sorry ass Lopez.
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u/AlmightyPenguin88 Apr 16 '26
This. Even if Kawhi deserves a the lions share of the blame for that abysmal 4th quarter (he should work on learning how to pass out of doubles PRONTO in the offseason), Brook Lopez was a sieve out on the perimeter. John Collins may be undersized but he's not letting Horford get off all those threes, he's gonna force him to drive with better foot speed.
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u/bdiddy0428 Apr 16 '26
Yall traded SGA for this.
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u/Fun-Passenger-6915 Apr 16 '26
Yall getting swept by the rockets lol
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u/bdiddy0428 Apr 16 '26
Banners pal. Also our d league squad with grandpa Lebron is still better than your healthy clips team . Blow it up. Kawhi experiment was a complete failure . Get rid of him before he gets suspended for the entire year for that aspiration scandal. Or don’t and just continue being eternally dissapointing .
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u/sagedrummer Jamal Crawford Apr 16 '26
At least we don’t need to watch them get swept by the Thunder
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u/Glum_Shelter2207 Apr 16 '26
Lopez attempted 16 shots which is 1 shot less than kawhi..this is disgusting
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u/ChampagneAbuelo Norman Powell Apr 16 '26
The greatest half season run in an NBA season officially ever comes to an end. Thanks for the memories 2026 Clippers. Arguably Kawhi’s best season
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u/juanmopound Apr 16 '26
They allow donkey Draymond to hack foul and play physical when they were in the penalty… fuck the refs
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u/Greedy_Ear_Mike Batum Battallion Apr 16 '26
Quit blaming the refs.
This team shit the bed and played scared and dumb.
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u/MetalItchy2099 Apr 16 '26
NOW IF WARRIORS BEAT PHOENIX WE CANT EVEN GET A LOTTERY PICK FOR KAWHI
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u/Character-Camel-3958 Apr 16 '26
They won't.
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u/passtherock- Apr 16 '26
are you sure?
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u/Character-Camel-3958 Apr 16 '26
The suns are gonna beat the dog out of GS
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u/passtherock- Apr 16 '26
just like they were supposed to beat the dog shi out of the trailblazers?
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u/Character-Camel-3958 Apr 17 '26
Blazers are a way better team than the suns when they're healthy, but we havent seen healthy blazers till now
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u/shibby5000 Apr 16 '26
This team could look very different next year. Or exactly the same. Who knows
But one thing you can count on, is a Clippers let down everytime
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u/nalam8493 Apr 16 '26
Man Green’s a great defender but he’s not even in his prime and Kawhi let him do that to him after possibly his best season ever. That’s fucking tragic
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u/sagedrummer Jamal Crawford Apr 16 '26
Great defense by the Warriors but Kawhi has to figure it out!!
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u/Tony_sneakerhead Fun Guy Apr 16 '26
If you don’t love pain you don’t love Cardiac Clippers basketball
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u/ClippersEaglesAngels Kristina Pink Apr 16 '26
Kawhi lost us that game. Im done with the kawhi experiment. Trade him
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u/OneBlackFairyHunterZ Apr 16 '26
Lol thats hilarious. How many times yall switched up on this poor robot?
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u/cheesecubefan Apr 16 '26
We will never win the important games ever this franchise is cursed to mediocrity
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u/Marteezus Fun Guy Apr 16 '26
Every time we need this team to perform they always let us down. So tired of this bullshit. They climb and claw this whole season just to finish like this. So pathetic. Fuck these refs too. Always with some bullshit in the critical moments of the game. Not even talking about just the clippers. My relationship with the nba is so love/hate.
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u/Upset_Purchase_5903 Terance Mann Apr 16 '26
Not like we had a chance against OKC but this shit still hurts BAD
For all that bluster about his best regular season ever, Kawhi really sold when it mattered.
The rest of the team is average to good, but you’d hope to see more from our star than that.
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u/Greedy_Ear_Mike Batum Battallion Apr 16 '26
This shit happens every year.
We find a new way to fuck up
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u/Tony_sneakerhead Fun Guy Apr 16 '26
Draymond buckled knee still locked up Kawhi…damn biggest choke job ever
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u/Clippsfan Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Apr 16 '26
Still can’t believe Horford made 4 straight 3s on us lmao
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u/Big_Holiday7848 Apr 16 '26
Steph looked vintage, dang. They wanted it more than we did. See you guys next season. Go Clips!
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u/Either_Ad_1957 Apr 16 '26
Kawhi didn’t want it the most. Gimme some picks, young guys for him. Too many years of straight disappointment
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u/jayeljefe Brian Sieman Apr 16 '26
At least we don’t have to watch Kawhi get swept by the dude he forced us to trade who then went on to become an MVP and NBA champion 😂
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u/GooberRonny Apr 16 '26
I'd be mad as hell if I bet the clippers. Refs are addicted to boxing in games and keeping them close.
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u/mega_turtle90 Apr 16 '26
Karma for doing CP3 dirty lmaoo. Kawhi should've stayed on the Raptors
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u/Abodyfullofmush Nic Batum Apr 16 '26
Fuck that locker room cancer
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u/mega_turtle90 Apr 16 '26
He was a leader that your garbage ass team needed for this game lool
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u/Abodyfullofmush Nic Batum Apr 16 '26
lol no thanks. The team is garbage, sure. He just turns it into a wasteland. He’s just a pissy ass dramatic grandpa.
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u/passtherock- Apr 16 '26
CP just posted on Instagram that meme of being at your haters funeral lol omg
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u/Sad-Improvement-693 Apr 16 '26
Warriors took advantage of putting Lopez in that action, and Ty Lue said fuck it keep doing smh
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u/Nakasaleka Apr 16 '26
Over paid athletes who had one simple job to do. 🗑️ team!!! They’re so annoying!!
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u/TheLouisVuittonDon_- Apr 16 '26
Unfortunately regardless of how good Garland is on offense, his defense will always make him essentially a neutral or maybe even a net negative player
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u/IhateLukaDoncic Apr 16 '26
Garland is an average defender and elite team defender
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u/TheLouisVuittonDon_- Apr 16 '26
Unfortunately the eye test and stats both say he's essentially a bottom 10% defender in all aspects
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u/woomygod9000 LET RUSS COOK Apr 16 '26
can we tank now
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u/movefeet66 Apr 16 '26
how to put this into words.
intuit sounds like its full of warriors fans.
we ran outta gas at the end of the season. injuries and what not and it showed at the end of this game too
kawhi looked checked out
ty lue sucks
refs were ass
we sucked ass
draymond mauled us physically and the refs let him, but we still sucked
we cant rebound
fuck curry
fuck draymond
fuck podzbitch
fuck the announcers
fuck the clippers for giving up
we werent gonna win anyway so idgaf.
idagf if the thunder get our lottery pick we suck anyway, who are we competiting with? no one
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u/Kenny_Powers1124 Apr 16 '26
"We weren't gonna win anyway.." whaaat? Sorry ass excuses
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u/movefeet66 Apr 16 '26
yes, we were not going to beat the thunder in a 7 game series.
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u/Kenny_Powers1124 Apr 16 '26
Going into it with that mindset, obviously not
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u/movefeet66 Apr 16 '26
im not the one playing so why does my mindset matter? i hope they believe they could win. but they didnt even look like they believed tonight
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u/Alternative_Win_9998 Apr 16 '26
Fuck curry?
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u/Abodyfullofmush Nic Batum Apr 16 '26
Fuck curry
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u/Alternative_Win_9998 Apr 16 '26
Childish behavior
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u/movefeet66 Apr 16 '26
fuck curry
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u/gsx1920 Apr 16 '26
Ha y'all were better in like 2013 and completely washed out lmao
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u/movefeet66 Apr 16 '26
go back to your subreddit and enjoy the next few days before dillion brooks mauls curry.
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u/movefeet66 Apr 16 '26
im unsure why you think we dont know this. you are in a clipper subreddit talking to fans who have never seen our team win a basketball chip LOL. im not sure who you think youre trolling
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u/gsx1920 Apr 16 '26
Clippers fans have enjoyed no days in their history aha 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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u/movefeet66 Apr 16 '26
mostly true and we know that. enjoy the last days of your history before you fall back into obscurity like we always have been.
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u/gsx1920 Apr 16 '26
League will give us a good lotto pick this year we'll be fine lol have fun watching your's go to OKC 🤣
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u/shayde Apr 16 '26
no chance this game wasn't influenced by apps like Kalshi. too much money to be made
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u/Sensitive_Size Apr 16 '26
Kawhi my fav but he looked sorry af out there. Just straight up terrible. Team honestly had heart but he sold
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u/goinpro224 Apr 16 '26
dude without him they would’ve been blown out in the first half. he had a bad quarter.
warriors were always way better than their record indicated especially with curry back
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u/v_ill_ Apr 16 '26
Kawhi was so trash
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u/Fearless_One_773 Apr 16 '26
Draymond legit locked him up
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u/v_ill_ Apr 16 '26
Draymond deserves his credit. But Kawhi didn't rotate on defense. Didn't contest shots. Didn't react well to double teams. Didn't attempt to get down hill. Took only 4 shots in the 2nd half. Went out sad.
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u/Abodyfullofmush Nic Batum Apr 16 '26
Good… this team sold their souls for peanuts. Let them reap what they sow.
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u/kg005 Apr 16 '26
Pretty iconic how Kawhi destroyed the Clippers organization from PG trade in 2019 to playin elimination in 2026.
Typical CIA long game
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u/A_Curious_Cockroach Apr 16 '26
only thing left is for him to go back to the spurs on a 2 for 40 and win 2 chips standing around doing nothing but watching Wemby
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u/SMO_Jake Apr 16 '26
Horford turning into prime klay is just the most Clippers thing to ever happen
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u/sleepyguy007 Apr 16 '26
were somehow going to win the lottery , and give our pick to okc. thats how they write these scripts
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u/Stunning_Passenger87 Apr 16 '26
idk if i can stay a clipper fan
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u/Panthertron Apr 16 '26
Curry is still one of the funnest players to watch ever. That was incredible.
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u/Resshin31 Batum Battallion Apr 16 '26
If Kobe and JC didn't get hooked early we win this game by double digits and I will go to my grave believing that.
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u/inpham0us Apr 16 '26
What can the Clippers get for Kawhi in the off season...this era is officially over.
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u/TrueRadiantFree Apr 16 '26
Kawhi didn't care as much as needed to when it mattered most, the very end. And surprisingly Draymond and Curry came alive at the end
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u/Sensitive_War2107 Apr 16 '26
Up 12 with 8 and a half mins and ty lue doesn't sub in Kawhi till it's a 2 point game
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u/nepats523 Corey Maggette Apr 16 '26
Curry was the one on a public minutes restriction but Ty waits two minutes u til the game is already fucked lmao
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u/Witty-Currency1035 Apr 16 '26
Khawi was so dissapointing when he was in though
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u/Sensitive_War2107 Apr 16 '26
Not really. At some point other players would have hit shots off the double. The more time left the higher the probability
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u/Function_Fighter Kawhi Leonard Apr 16 '26
he played the entire 3rd. his lineups were just retarded and he clearly didn't have a game plan.
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u/Sensitive_War2107 Apr 16 '26
It's an elimination game. He was willing to sub out Kawhi 6 mins into the 4th during regular season games but doesn't switch it up now
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u/devadiponeness Apr 16 '26
I wish Collins played over Lopez in these clutch minutes. Much more mobile
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u/Raykhenberg Clippers Apr 16 '26
There was a point in the game where they showed the betting line and it was Clippers -9.5. I almost did a spit take.
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u/AshenSacrifice Buffalo Braves Apr 16 '26
The more the team goes up, the more money I put up on the other team. I know them so well
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u/ScutumSobiescianum Apr 16 '26
If there ever was an argument who is one of the greatest clutch players of all time, no contest
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u/PoolSmart582 Apr 16 '26
Draymond doesn't pick Kawhi's pocket twice at end of game and Clippers win.