Comments on: Clippers dominate game 5, defeat Mavericks 154-111

By: TheGreatestShowman

TheGreatestShowman — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 20:20:34 +0000

Definitely hearing personal stories brings home the impact, but it’s a heavy burden on Doc to expect him to continually re-live his past trauma in public.

By: G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD

G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 19:40:16 +0000

It doesn’t matter if a was a good look or not! How many times has our team been cheap shotted in the playoffs? Bogut, draymond,
Zaza, Memphis Grizzlies etc.
I don’t think it was intentional
But if it was , at this point in the series ,who really cares? We’re at war for our post season lives! Morris is mvp of the series if we get through this from guarding luca and hitting timely shots and doing WHATEVER it takes to win! For all those who wished we could of kept harkless you all have been proven wrong for harkless would of easily cost us this series.
Dallas has been getting away with a ton a dirty shit too, the series is chippy it is what it is. Don’t want nobody getting career ending injury
But I’ll say what most wont say or admit and be brutally honest, luca been killing us on one good ankle
“If Morris did it on purpose which I don’t think he did,
I got no problem with it! They been talking shit to pg13 when he was down out depressed with anxiety and hard fouling and flopping.
When you flop complain play chippy and it’s the playoffs all moral gets thrown out the window.
Nobody will remember or point out these things in the future they just remember if a team wins it all or not!
So good shit mookie blayLOCK! Dominate luca one more time for us so we can move on.

By: osamu6238

osamu6238 — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 19:23:29 +0000

I have a new appreciation for this Dallas team. Luka obviously, but also a number of the role players. I thought Hardaway was an inefficient scorer mostly famous for Giannis jumping over him, but this year, and in this series, he’s looked like a legitimate shooter and solid starter in the league. Curry, I knew was a shooter, but probably underrated his other skills. Burke, I’ve always liked and wanted the Clips to give him a shot after Utah gave up on him, but still he’s had a few other stops where I thought he might establish himself in this league. He has definitely impressed in this series.

Still, Luka has to shoulder such a heavy load on this team, I always thought he was bound to wear down in this series. Obviously the ankle injury is what is slowing him down the most, but for them to win a chip, I can’t help but feel like Luka needs to get into Lebron level conditioning.

By: osamu6238

osamu6238 — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:38:14 +0000

I still have a soft spot for Austin and will root for him. But as a player, he was just far too streaky for my taste. Obviously he’ll have those hot nights, but on other nights he’ll shoot you out of a lot of games. Reggie has been a solid backup. I hope he realizes this is probably the role he should be in the rest of his career.

I really hoped that there wouldn’t be any problem with him being coached by his dad, but clearly there was, and maybe you deal with that if he was a star, but for a player of his caliber, it’s not worth it. Doc and Austin are both better off not mixing their job and family.

By: chogokin

chogokin — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:31:55 +0000

I wish we still had a rec system for comments – this right here should be gold-plated.

By: osamu6238

osamu6238 — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:29:35 +0000

I’m sad I feel like the BLM and Breyonna Taylor message they’ve been pushing has mostly fallen on deaf ears. I feel like everyone is already divided and has their stake in the ground, either you support BLM or you don’t, reiterating the same thing isn’t doing much good.

Doc’s message I think was more clear in what the goal of this movement is, and I think we need more statements like this. I would also like to hear more first hand experience of racism that these players have felt. I liked how after the game Kenny talked about having guns pulled on him by police. I’m sure most if not all these players have at least some experience that maybe they consider “normal” to them but clearly shouldn’t be the norm in this country. Maybe it’s common knowledge these days, but I feel like Doc should bring up having his house burned down. This isn’t something that happens to most people in this country.

By: Thretch

Thretch — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:50:07 +0000

Seen that on both ends. I can’t remember the details but a Clips player went in for a layup and the defender undercut him on the way down. Could easily have been avoided, but no one made a deal out of it since it didn’t involve a star. So this is ongoing on both sides.

By: TheGreatestShowman

TheGreatestShowman — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:48:20 +0000

The ongoing whining by the Mavs including Luka is certainly not a good look. I’ll be very happy if we send them home on Thursday.

By: chogokin

chogokin — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:27:08 +0000

It looks like he tried to grab his waist to keep him from falling over and then handed him his shoe afterwards. But let’s not get in the way of a good sports narrative. Luka is the current/next media darling, after all.

By: Oodypkt

Oodypkt — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:16:44 +0000

Good game, hope we wrap it up next game.
Still feels strange not to be underdog in the series. 🙂
So glad that team has each other’s back.
One game at a time, just keep going.