CarbonGray Earl

Was at the Clippers-Memphis game yesterday. Man, I still can't get over how crazy athletic these giants are in person. Pretty gutsy game by both teams. No real animosity, just hard play. Zach Randolph gave a hard foul to Blake Griffin, but it seemed like they are pretty cool afterward.

Other notes:

-Griffin isn't the guy he was during the regular season. You can tell he feels a bit of pressure to perform and doesn't quite know when to attack.

-Marc Gasol is a BIG dude. Rudy was pretty clutch, until good defense stopped him.

-Staples Center is THE place to be, sport-wise in LA. Its 3 occupants are in the playoffs, and they are doing well. Win or lose, somebody's making a shitload of money, and its pretty fun. The atmosphere was electric during and after the win.

Lastly, got to fist bump Clipper Darrell and ran into Jim Harrick (last UCLA bball coach to win a NCAA championship in 95) in the bathroom of all places. lol...

AnthraciteAspec

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lol nice, yea it is a blast. I only got to go to one regular game season this year, hoping to get some second round Lakers tickets

clpassenubye

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Staples is a great place but I wouldn't waste my money on the Clippers. Sterling is definitely a slumlord and allegedly a racist so he is the person I want to contribute to.

clpassenubye

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In my opinion its Cuban and the GM's fault for not seeing the value in keeping Tyson Chandler (Defensive player of the Year) and or maybe Barea. If they had they would still at least have a chance of returning to the finals.

Yumcha

Bulls...

CarbonGray Earl

Me too...but I didn't pay. I have a friend who's an exec, so we got his seats, got comped a meal, and drinks. My friend is actually a diehard laker fan, but once you start working for an organization, you tend to root for their success.

I don't really care, but from what I hear, Sterling has shown his face in the office 1 or 2 times out of 3 years.

RyanCHICL

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I think it is safe to say, "see you in the fall" soon. This is not what we thought would happen to the best team in the East before the playoffs.

CarbonGray Earl

Did anyone see Baron Davis just bust his knee?

mystikk

Yet another point guard down with a knee injury. Bibby better watch himself.

That shit looked nasty though. Nobody wanted to look at it lol. People are saying it looks like a dislocated patella.

CarbonGray Earl

True, but Bibby's almost too slow to injury his knee now, lol.

clpassenubye

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It's very sad but it's time for Baron to call it a career too many injuries the last several years he was already a shadow of himself as a player in his earlier years. I highly doubt anyone will want to keep him on a roster after that.

clpassenubye

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You can't beat free. My cousin is an agent for a lot of prominent players and he tells me the Clippers organization is pretty much the worst run but I knew that before he told me that was just confirmation.

DaChef320

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I was at the game it looks bad I think he should call it quits I used to be a big fan of him when he was with the warriors but after he left to go to the clippers he stinks

DaChef320

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Had a blast going to the Knicks Heats game Carmelo finally showed his skills too bad it'll be over for them game 5 heats gonna rape them

clpassenubye

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Good win by the Lakers it was a good hard fought game.

Good win by the Knicks even though they can't win the series Carmelo Anthony not Amare Stupidmire is the heart of the Knicks because when the pressure is on Carmelo steps up and Amare punches fire extinguishers.

With 13 plus seconds left that was the worst play that the Heat could have run at the end of the game. There was many different things that could have been done but they didn't seem to have a clue.

Josh Smith and Al Horford were back playing and Atlanta just damn choked no other way to explain such a collapse.

DaChef320

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It's all about the money in the end really think heats plays as bad as they did today? Wade n James didn't do much today

CarbonGray Earl

That's one of those games that was more relieving than satisfying.

Great that Sessions and Blake hit BIG 3s....makes me not miss Fish as much. Fisher would have gotten torched by Ty Lawson...

Doom878

Why does Spo have Battier who is getting torched cover Melo instead of Lebron? It's like FGA% of 50 vs 29

BraveDemon

:barf: I got sick to the stomach watching the slow motion replay... I didn't even know a knee cap could bend in that direction...

asianspec

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put lebron on melo and put James Jones in.

Rick_TL-S

That was a bit tough to watch.

On a similar note, right after the game, a couple articles were writing that Lin was trying to get back in better shape so he could fill in for Davis, but it seems the coach this morning is calling it unlikely (as with Game 4).

AnthraciteAspec

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Jeremy Lin is going to come back and win 3 straight with the Knicks!

yea, I know it won't happen but it would be crazy lol

clpassenubye

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If the Heat don't win this year somebody's not going to be their next year either Spo or one of the Big Three. In my opinion its Spo, I still think if they had a better coach even with Lebron's choking they would have won.

CarbonGray Earl

What was up with the chick that ran on to the floor of the Nuggets-Lakers game yesterday?

Heard she was yelling for Kenyon Martin (who's now with the Clips) or wanted to have JaVale Maggee's baby or something.

CarbonGray Earl

Slow-mo was NASTY, but even when it was live, you could see his knee cap wasn't in the right place.

Hope that shit never happens to me.

is300eater

the Clips NEED to take care business tonight... if they lose, then home court goes back to Memphis and the whole point of the epic stealing of game 1 would be wasted

Osamu

they gotta take care of business at home. I don't think they can afford to play a best of 3 with 2 of them in Memphis. I'm nervous since no one has yet to win 2 in a row, but hopefully Blake's playoff jitters are subsiding, he hasn't looked the same yet. The last two games of the regular season he was hitting the outside jumpers at an amazing rate, I was hoping he'd roll that into the playoffs, but I haven't seen it yet. Hopefully they can hit some g'dang FTs too

clpassenubye

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The Clippers are going as far in the playoffs as Chris Paul can take them plain and simple When they run into a cough cough (the Spurs) team that can effectively stop him its over Blake/Jordan/Butler/Evans/Bledsoe/Williams etc can't win without his big contributions.

CarbonGray Earl

Believe it or not, Reggie Evans has been the key for the Clips in this series. Guy just hustles for balls.

CarbonGray Earl

BTW, Baron Davis... partial tear of patella tendon, complete tear of ACL and MCL, as per NYK tweet.

BraveDemon

Early Reports are saying Baron has partial tear of the patella tendon, and complete tears of ACL and MCL.

Jesus.. its like his entire knee was put in a blender....

mystikk

Good fucking lord.

I'll give him this though. He went out the Garden like a boss. Smiling on a stretcher through injuries like that, where everyone around him was turning the fuck away in disgust. Plus the Knicks won!

CarbonGray Earl

Is that worse than Livingston? Does anyone remember?

asianspec

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No, Pat Riley loves coach Spo. If anything it will be an overhaul of the bench, the bench had not contributed as needed. Although I don't agree with benching James Jones with battier and Miller hogging the minutes there is no space for him.

Yumcha

^ Dude, I won't stop laughing until I die if the LeHeat fail to win it this year. Seriously, who the eff stands in their way now that the Bulls are screwed?

No one.




While the Thunder and Spurs look impressive, they are no match for Miami. And no, I'm no even snarking about the LeHeat's supremacy here. They have no one standing in their way this year.

Rick_TL-S

LOL, they have a 1-0 record with San Antonio & a 1-1 record with Oklahoma. Miami is a strong home team, that's about all that can be gathered from those 3 games. Besides that, it's nigh impossible to tell who the better team is in a 4-7 game playoff.

Let them play at San Antonio & see how they stack up. Oklahoma, from the season, is more than capable of holding Miami.

Yumcha

I honestly am not sold on OKC's defence. San Antonio is good...but, in a 7 game series, they may not be able to keep up with Miami. Their age is against them IMO.

asianspec

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Since when did your opinion count?

You won't be the only one pissed if it doesn't go to plan this year.

mystikk

Props to the Jazz for even making the playoffs this year. They were originally predicted by many to be at or near last place in the west. They're gonna have a mean fucking front court next season.

Doom878

The problem is that we haven't seen that Oh Shit game lately like early in the season when we ran. Boston will be a big problem for us.