There are also, obviously, legitimate non-COVID illnesses that people get. This is the org that sat Paul George in a do-or-die play-in game because he tested positive for COVID, so I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt.

Took at peek at the standings. Denver is moving upwards. They are the King to beat. OKC and Minn are a distraction.

My dark horse is the Lakers. As much as I hate their franchise and fans (almost as much as the Warriors), LeBron is the best of our generation, AD is looking all pro and DLo is an assassin.

Side note: do you also feel that Kawhi’s volume from 3, especially off the catch, has plummeted?

Pau George had a great 2nd half. He made a lot of simple plays out of the short roll or rotation pass that were perfect. It created space for him to get to the rim effectively.

Team was +18 with Zu on the court. Still don’t understand why Lue takes him out to go small when up by a few possessions late.

Bones Hyland is showing the potential of being a good fit as the backup #1. He hit three 3 pointers, which kept the defense stretched. He’s making the simple play and rotation and others get the opportunity to cook. He was a +6 today and the early Q4 offense from him took a deficit and turned it into a working +6 to +9 margin for the Clippers.

T-Mann was critical to the comeback in Q3. I still don’t get why he gets almost no Q4 time, but I’d like to see his 24-25 min per game stretch to 30. Norm is just an explosive scorer in space and off of rotations. We got him 14 shots and more touches today.

It’s only been a few games since Russ’ injury, but I think the balance between the first and 2nd units with Bones in the rotation shows real promise.