I think The Clippers are going to have to play through it like Coach Lue says. Clearly they are not getting a lot of favorable whistles, in particular on ball handling and defensive rebounding. The Mavs are allowed to be physical on Clippers ball handlers and to grab and slap at the arms and hands of defensive rebounders.... I don't even care about the no calls but don't call it on the other end. Russ had a layup which should have clearly been an "and one" when he was smacked across the head, no call.... Of course there are always missed calls or bad calls in a game so i don't really focus that much on the officials but some consistency would be nice. I thought The Clippers did a great job keeping their emotions in check after losing their huge lead and The Mavs went up by one! James Harden brought him home with an incredible sequence late 4th qtr where he was vintage Harden! "The System" Great team win! Now get game 5 at home!
I'm glad I didn't watch it. Sounds like Cuban slipped refs some Bitcoin helping Mavs come back. Silver gotta go and bring in a commissioner who bans all staff, coaches, players, refs and owners from gambling of any kind of sports. Gambling within is a cancer. Surgical removal is typically the best option. Nobody who gambles on sports on a sports team has a trustworthy image. Players, coaches and refs make enough money not to throw games. Owners caught gambling should be forced to sell the team for pennies on the dollar.
Sometimes it feels like Harden is just sandbagging until all the haters are in the sack, then he reminds them who he is and throws the sack full of haters into the dumpster. PG steady and excellent on both ends. Do that again, thanks!
Love Coach Lue. That's a players' coach. He's on my list of all time favorite coaches. Lakers really messed up not signing Lue, but not a Lakers hater. Just want Russ, PG and Harden to chip.
yeah, he has no defensive IQ and has no floor spacing. When you sub Theis for Zu it gives the offence so much more space, and its hard for a defense to adjust for those theis minutes. Whereas plumlee is literally a way worse ZU
Let me say this.....i think Coach Lue is betting on trying to keep the scores low. I believe that's why he is using the Zu/Plumlee duo and not incorporating Theis or Tucker. He's trying to make this as much of a slow down half court match up as possible. He has yet to overreact to The Mavs runs when they go to more pace. Let's be honest, had the organization not tried to play Kawhi in those 2 games, this might be over, or at least 3-1 Clippers. In other words, he might be out coaching J Kidd a bit here but using Kawhi might have hurt this strategy. We'll have to see with game 5 So far in the two non-Kawhi games, The Clippers have looked like the better all around team.
If they plan on winning this series then they have to do better boxing / blocking out and controlling their rebounding advantages , giving up way too many offensive rebounds ,, good game defensively at times ,, need to be better with interior defense ,, not going to shoot this good every game , and that's why they must STOP 🛑 END , giving up second chance points ,, great decision making by James Harden and Paul George , T Mann and Ivica Zubac and Norman Powell , Let's Keep it going Clippers 💯🛐💚🔯💛☪️❤️🕉️💪💪💪💪💪🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@armstrongedo8505Westbrook haters are guys having trouble with the ladies, as we always knew. They usually support Roy Cohn's literal former lover Donald Queen Spurs. Strange thing. Strange dudes. As if women repellent behaviors are a mystery?
@@cherdofulBasketball is more than just scoring. Do you know that Mavs score most of their points on Harden and Norman? That shows that they are also only productive on one end of the field. Russ is playing badly offensively and Harden is playing badly defensively. For us to win this series Russ as to focus on locking up Luka and kyrie, and Harden needs to focus on scoring and facilitating
@@cherdofulOffensively Russ isn't shooting the ball well and that is to be expected since he always struggles when to put him in the corner. Ty lue is turning russ into the Russ we saw with the lakers
Game 4 redemption for ty lue and frank after foolishly Inserting kawhi into the lineup for game 2 and 3. Kawhi definitely wasn't 100 percent and still isn't.
I think Adam Silver meddling is what happened. Silver always doing internal memos suggesting fines if top players don't play with minor injuries. Silver on borrowed time in my opinion. There's lots of guys who could be better NBA commissioners. Lots. Magic, Pop, Kareem, David Robinson, Manu, Worthy, etc etc ... There's 50+ better options than Silver.
Kawhi is hopefully getting top care and rehab. He can still factor into a championship. If Clippers were allowed to load manage freely without Silver meddling, Claw would be excellent playing either first or second half, not both. Same with Westbrook. Older players get more issues with lactic acid build up / stiffness after playing hard for any duration. If they sit on the bench / halftime after reaching full perspiration, odds of injury goes way up if they go back in that game 'cold' and stiff. That's what keeps happening to Claw I believe. Lakers were dealing with that blunder by Vogel for a couple of seasons, and Bron and AD were out more games than ever before because of no attention paid to correct load management.
This series is tiring Luka mentally and physically. He really should get in better shape. His defense has waned. Harden blew by him the entire last 5 minutes dropping more floaters than he has all season. And why wouldn’t kidd put in lively or gafford to protect the rim instead of klieber? - Let’s go clips in 6!
Luka is like the boy who cries wolf. He acts like he is injured then forget that he was just acting injured. I don’t know his role. Is he a player or a referee. Clippers thank you for not paying attention to Luka’s antics. Clippers will need fresh legs for the next game. Zubac has been consistent and I like that. PG we will need you even more next game. Amir and T Mann need not to hesitate. Russ there is a game out there with your name on it so get ready to punch your ticket. I love the composure although when they went on that run in the 3 rd some players body language started to become unfocus but that’s what the play off experience maturity that Hardin showed. That is why Leonard should be on the bench motivating his teammates. I apologize if he was there and I missed him.
nice win for L.A.C. and everyone want to praising for sitting out, But its fools gold if you think without Kawhi they go deep in the playoffs like any other teams best player who is out..... just ask Milwaukee.
But if Kawhi Leonard is fully healthy and can do what he wants, maybe Luka will tease that Kawhi is too small for him, he will eat everything. Sometimes that arrogance is what can bring us down, they are not Michael Jordan to brag about their fellow players, first they have nothing to prove. Stat maybe but Kahwi is 2x NBA Champ.
Mavs would be bounced in 4 by Nuggets or Wolves. Clippers match up better than Mavs against Wolves and Nuggets. Mavs will never chip until they get an owner not so creepy.
