Lakers VS Slippers Discussion

Woooo …. Jazz up 2-0 game 2 117-111.

 

No!! S***! Just saw this. What did that pr*** do on what kind of a play? Was only following the score.

 

If you can't force Gobert out of the paint , you're toast .

The unavaibility of Ibaka is a significant loss for the Floppers in this matchup .

 

but mitchell can shoot. if he starts getting 20 fts on touch fouls, fold up the tents!

and i think someone was arguing with me in this thread that the clippers were deeper than utah. i disagreed.

he and chuck are wrong so often. i get that they're there mostly for comic relief, but it's pretty embarrassing that they seem to have such a tenuous grasp on what's going on in the league. happens with announcers sometimes, too, though most of them at least do some homework and watch some games that they aren't actively covering.

yeah, luka's got to be watching this and thinking that if he switched his supporting cast with mitchell's, they sweep the clippers. i'm telling you--i think luka will sign his extension and ask for a trade within a couple years.

i think utah would trade having conley healthy for the clips having the husk of ibaka healthy. conley was an allstar this year!

 

dantoni ran gobert off the floor a couple times, right? but the clips may not have the personnel.

 

Yeah Conley is important too .. Not saying Utah leading 2-0 deserves an asterisk because of Ibaka absence .

He's just the only Clippers option to limit Gobert impact , at least a little bit

 

it's possible...though i'm not sure he can't be exploited as badly as zubac on defense. will his three point shooting make up for it? would utah bother to cover when every three ibaka takes is a shot that leonard isn't taking? we may find out as the series progresses.

 

Not gonna celebrate yet...

 

Yeah Luka didn't close them Clips out but the Jazz are the best team in the league all season so there is hope that they'll fare better.

 

the mavs had two out of body shooting nights to go up 2-0, and the jazz have only had 1, so that's a positive. but the jazz games were at home, where they're notoriously good. will not be at all surprised to see the series 2-2 for game 5. i wonder if utah's planning on that and may just rest conley even if he's feeling good in the hopes that he'll be closer to 100% for the last 3 games of the series.

another interesting wrinkle from the box score: leonard played less than 40 minutes in both games after playing a lot of 40+ minute games in the dallas series (all but one of them).

 

Clips are getting good shots and some of the shots Utah hit were crazy. Could see the Clips making this series again because of this but not if Conley comes back.

With a healthy Conley I don't think they can run a zone effectively on the Jazz like they did last night to get back in the game

 

Wow, I completely forgot about Conley. How the hell did the Jazz get Gobert, Mitchell, Clarkson, Bogdan, Ingles, and Conley all on the same team? Speaking of Conley... sure would love him on the Lakers.

 

Ibaka is out for the season after a season-ending back surgery. I bet Clippers would love to have Trezz back right about now...

 

Jazz are good and better than I thought.