Comments on: Clippers vs Heat Preview: A Tough Back to Back

By: Oodypkt

Oodypkt — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:57:05 +0000

I still miss T-Mann. That Jazz game is a stuff of legend.
Hope he comes back one day, a la Batum, to finish his career with us.
But you can’t deny what Bogi brings to the team => that dribble down the court, pass to his left to Batum who quickly get it to Zu is like an attacking midfielder who counter-attack, put the ball out wide to the winger who then cross the ball to the striker to score.
Dude starts to adapt to the team and it shows.
Not sure how the rotation looks like when Norm & Ben are back.
But we might become one of the most stacked 8th-seed team of all time. 🙂
Let’s see how it goes.

By: John Maclean

John Maclean — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 02:08:52 +0000

KPJ with 22 points, 5-7 from three, two steals and two blocks lol. And it’s not the first good game he’s had for the Bucks. I don’t miss him especially with Bogi now but on a performance level it makes one wonder if he wasn’t being used here properly. Boston and Moose faring better elsewhere too.

By: zhiv

zhiv — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:11:33 +0000

Kind of weird, Basketball-Reference not updating today, so I can’t check the stat upticks after a good return to form. See it as 4 out of 5, and take the NOP gutpunch as standard misfortune.

Start with Harden, giving him mega kudos for resilience and general star gravity. There might be nit picks, but his ability to lead this team to a high and surprising level of success throughout the entire season is stunning. Kawhi is still taking his time rounding into form, Norm has missed 11 games (including his Laker Sunday cameo), and the Clippers have still stayed on course. The comparison to Paul George as a 2nd star alongside oft-injured Kawhi Leonard is laughable..

Could move to Zu, who is right up there with Harden, but this was Bogie Breakout Night, which we had been hoping for and waiting on for some time. We knew that Bogie was capable of hitting shots and making plays, which he was already starting to show. He can also get on heaters, like any solid 6th man/scorer, and that’s what we got to see last night. It was a good look at how high his ceiling can go, but at the same time his floor has been raised considerably over the past few games. So now we just wait for Norm to come back, and hope Kawhi gets into some good fine tuning. And maybe Ben Simmons shows up too.

Zu is streaking, and he shows no signs of slowing down. 10 straight double-doubles, and scoring 35-22-16-22-19-26, 23.3ppg in the last 6. It’s amazing, and really fun to watch.

By: CrossRoads

CrossRoads — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:58:03 +0000

The breakout - Bogi d Pogi !

By: khyber jones

khyber jones — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 07:45:31 +0000

Clippers have 16 games left. Kawhi is looking physically healthier and might be on the verge of breaking out. Bogdanovic is looking good of late. Harden and Zu are demons and Norm might be back soon.

This team could have a dominant finish if the big 4 + Bogdanovic are healthy .

@ATL, CLE, OKC, @NYK, @CLE, @GSW are the toughest games, but it’s possible that the Clippers go 12-4. They’re 1.5 games behind GSW and effectively 2 behind Minn. It’s going to be tough to get that #6 seed but if either of those two teams have a hiccup, the Clips might be able to get by 1 or both. I’d like to get that 7 seed at least to have that first play in game at home in Intuit.

By: khyber jones

khyber jones — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 07:36:46 +0000

Good win for the Clippers, as road wins are hard to come by. The opposing points off LAC turnovers is a dreadful stat. The team needs to do a better job of matching up when running back on defense. But that also means our shot selection has to be better, where we’re conscious of the fact that taking certain shots may give the opponent chances to leak out and get down the floor quickly.

Zu and Harden were brilliant again. Bogdanovic had his most productive game but you can tell that it’s been coming. He has been very good over the past 5 or 6 games.Seeing him produce like that makes one think about the possibilities if our big 4 is healthy and playing on the court and Bogi is the first guy off the bench to go along with Dunn, DJJ, Batum and then Coffey et al.

Shout out to Coffey and Jordan Miller. Both guys came in and played well at the tail end of Q3 when Harden was tiring and the start of Q4 when Harden was on the bench. Their effort set the Clippers up for a fairly comfortable win in Q4.

Tough game coming up vs ATL. They are 8-6 since Mann joined and have won 5 of their last 6. ATL runs the floor and creates wide spacing. If the Clips turn the ball over, we could end up in trouble like we did vs N.O.

By: John Maclean

John Maclean — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 06:04:01 +0000

Well, the Mann for Bogi trade sure looks like genius tonight and even Eubanks was solid. No way to predict if everyone will be in peak form by the end of the season but if so and we waste this roster as a play in team it will be a shame.

The league scoreboard from my perspective was all pretty good including Wolves over Nuggets. Seems like they should climb to 6 now and push the warriors down to at least 7 so we have a shot at them for that seed. If so Memphis at 2 might actually be a series for us.

By: JCplusULTRA

JCplusULTRA — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 05:46:03 +0000

Not sure, I was far from the TV when Siemens was explaining, but he came back. So, probably not too bad.

By: mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 03:05:49 +0000

What happened to Dunn? Was watching without sound.
Bogi–wonder if ATL hs buyer’s remorse? Nice game–guy’s a cold blooded scorer—shows very lil emotion. Pretty cool pickup.

By: JCplusULTRA

JCplusULTRA — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 02:14:06 +0000

What the hell is this game? Who is this team? Has Brian Shaw been reading my comments?

Decent 8-man rotation with a dash of Jordan Miller due to Dunn’s injury. Some semblance of an offense not dependent on Harden ISO/PnRs. Holding and growing a lead in the 4th?