Comments on: Clippers vs Nuggets Preview: Coming out of the All Star Break https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-nuggets-preview-coming-out-of-the-all-star-break/ L.A. Clippers News and Analysis Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:33:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.20 By: chogokin https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-nuggets-preview-coming-out-of-the-all-star-break/#comment-68350 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:33:23 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=21453#comment-68350 Denver can’t miss from 3, the Clippers can’t buy one from 3, and the Clippers C’s can’t stop fouling. All things considered we’re lucky to only be down 7.

]]> By: John Maclean https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-nuggets-preview-coming-out-of-the-all-star-break/#comment-68349 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:32:43 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=21453#comment-68349 The low IQ plays are killing us. We’d be ahead with half as many. How about that Mathurin?

]]> By: Josh Smith https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-nuggets-preview-coming-out-of-the-all-star-break/#comment-68348 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:30:07 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=21453#comment-68348 We can’t shoot and just keep making awful mistakes.

]]> By: Josh Smith https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-nuggets-preview-coming-out-of-the-all-star-break/#comment-68347 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:28:45 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=21453#comment-68347 Man, they just slip baseline constantly while the top of the key pick and roll is happening. And somehow we don’t see it?

]]> By: chogokin https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-nuggets-preview-coming-out-of-the-all-star-break/#comment-68346 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:25:30 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=21453#comment-68346 He just doesn’t look confident behind the 3-pt line.

]]> By: chogokin https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-nuggets-preview-coming-out-of-the-all-star-break/#comment-68345 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:24:54 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=21453#comment-68345 I did not have “Bruce Brown and Benedict Mathurin outscoring Kawhi, Jokic, and Murray” on my bingo card.

]]> By: Josh Smith https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-nuggets-preview-coming-out-of-the-all-star-break/#comment-68344 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:13:28 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=21453#comment-68344 Miller hitting the wall a bit.

]]> By: Josh Smith https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-nuggets-preview-coming-out-of-the-all-star-break/#comment-68343 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 03:55:39 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=21453#comment-68343 Does it feel like no matter who suits up for the Nuggets, they are gonna play great against us?

]]> By: osamu6238 https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-nuggets-preview-coming-out-of-the-all-star-break/#comment-68342 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:48:50 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=21453#comment-68342 Hope Jokic comes out on a slow ramp up back into playing hard again after the whole 5 minutes of action he saw in the all-star game. At least Kawhi should come into the game with at least some confidence in his shot.

Curious how these guys spent the last few days. Did Jokic go all the way home? Did Kawhi leave Intuit Dome? Who will be impacted by jet lag or one final hangover before the stretch run.

Big picture wise, how do the Clippers play the last 1/3 of the season? Like the first 1/3 or the second 1/3? Feels like if Kawhi really believes that they have no shot, there is a chance they fall back into a bad place. While I might be inclined to get Kawhi some nights off and make sure he gets into this summer healthy, I think he can only miss like 4 more games and still be eligible for NBA awards, which right now should have him (at least to me) at worst as 2nd team all-NBA. How much does he care about that?

]]> By: John Maclean https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-nuggets-preview-coming-out-of-the-all-star-break/#comment-68341 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:17:26 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=21453#comment-68341 While long term I want to see Ben starting, I hope Ty doesn’t try to force that tonight. If Kawhi wants to play like did on Sunday he can match Joker’s production and we can win this.

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