[Im The One]

Tonights match up pits
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Both teams are struggling at this point with injuries. Corey got hurt but said he will play, and Q hurt his leg but I expect him to play also,unless I hear otherwise. Philly has been getting of to rought starts, as have we.

The Clippers front line is superior to the sixers, but Iverson will have to be contained to stop him from getting his big men easy baskets.I expect the team that gets of to the best start and plays consistent will win this game.

keys to game
* Contain Iverson
* Get easy Baskets
* Take advantage of our big men
* Use out athletes to our advantage.

The game should be close, and it is hard to tell who will win it. You can not really tell because neither team is at full strength, and playing up to it's ability. So without being able to really decide, I will let my biased opinion decide lol and say Clippers by 8. edited

[THE'clip'SHOW]

I'm gonna say clips win.
It will be close for almost 3 quarters and then the clips will pull away.
I believe Corey and Q should be played sparingly. And that when Dre, Marco, and Keyon are on the court the clips will look great. I think they should try and play Marco on AI.

[Shanghai_boy]

4th Qtr 5:26
Los Angeles 84, Philadelphia 86
Turnovers 19:6

[jsa]

I can't say the Clippers are a sophisticated coherent unit yet, but they played more team ball than last year when I saw them against the 76ers. Olo had a fine game, when he last played the 76ers he just looked like an overpaid, disinterested jock. Magette seemed to be getting the team idea better as well. He can really run.

Miller hit a nice leaner at the end, but you still don't have that end of game go to player. It's not Odom, but Magette could get there.

Piatkowski had a great shooting game, unless he always shoots lie that, but he must be the slowest two guard in the league. Richardson was hurt, so I can't pass judgement, but he or someone else needs to work that position. Dooling is well placed now.

You have some real talent there, but they have to continue to mature, play like a team, and find their star at the end.

Gentry is a Brown disciple. Brown preaches: The defense has to always work. Then on days your offense works, you win. On days you offense doesn't work, you can still win. Effort and mental discipline is the key to the Clippers.

[THE'clip'SHOW]

Originally posted by <b>jsa</b>!
I can't say the Clippers are a sophisticated coherent unit yet, but they played more team ball than last year when I saw them against the 76ers. Olo had a fine game, when he last played the 76ers he just looked like an overpaid, disinterested jock. Magette seemed to be getting the team idea better as well. He can really run.

Miller hit a nice leaner at the end, but you still don't have that end of game go to player. It's not Odom, but Magette could get there.

Piatkowski had a great shooting game, unless he always shoots lie that, but he must be the slowest two guard in the league. Richardson was hurt, so I can't pass judgement, but he or someone else needs to work that position. Dooling is well placed now.

You have some real talent there, but they have to continue to mature, play like a team, and find their star at the end.

Gentry is a Brown disciple. Brown preaches: The defense has to always work. Then on days your offense works, you win. On days you offense doesn't work, you can still win. Effort and mental discipline is the key to the Clippers.

I agree with you for the most part, however if Brand makes both free throws at the end of regulation clips win, or if he makes them both in OT. He also had a shot with 3 seconds left, in the paint that he would nail 80% of the time and just came up short. The game shouldn't even have been close stats wise except the Sixers were allowed to stay in the game because of the clips 20+ turnovers

[jsa]

Clip'nshow- Brand had a fine game and easily could have hit the shot at the end. But the best "go to " guys have radical offensive ability and high confidence at the most difficult of situations. And they are easily able to create their own shot .That's not Brand.

Iverson, an unbelievable offensive talent, struggles at crunch time because he is small and they double team him, and fouls are often overlooked. That is just the NBA.

If you like the Clippers, just be happy they seem to be moving away from the track meet mentality. Having Olo and Brand, and a promising rookie in Ely , with a real point guard, gives the non fast break game a chance to score.

If I was their coach, I'd be drilling their young selves endlessly. Young players can recover physically very quickly, but need endless repetition on the wiley ways of NBA winning style play. They need boot camp mental toughness. The talent level is certainly playoff + level. Do they understand how to get there?

[Im The One]

Just some quick thoughts

When are we going to cut down on TO's? 23 is way to much compared to the Sixers 9

We need to maintain leads, and keep up the intensity

We have to make crucial Ft's, if Brand hit his there would be no OT

Micheal Olowokandi has been impressive at times

We should of won last night, the was no excuse for losing that game to a overrated team like Philly.

Some days Andre shoots good, but i think he presses the issue to much at times.

I wish we had Lamar back he is needed.He is our best player and leader. Sometimes I think if he had him we could change it around and wouldnt have to go thru things like this.

Overall we did pretty well if we can cut down on To's and play smart we would win games like this

[THE'clip'SHOW]

Originally posted by <b>jsa</b>!
Clip'nshow- Brand had a fine game and easily could have hit the shot at the end. But the best "go to " guys have radical offensive ability and high confidence at the most difficult of situations. And they are easily able to create their own shot .That's not Brand.

They need boot camp mental toughness. The talent level is certainly playoff + level. Do they understand how to get there?

So you can't create your own shot in the post? Elton Brand is a good "go to" guy, what about Shaq daddy he is a go to guy and he scores in the post. I would describe Elton has confident with competant offensive ability. Why would you say thats not Brand.?

[jsa]

Brand can be a go to guy in the post during the main part of the game. At the critical junctures in the fourth quarter, teams have historically done much better with a versatile 2 or 3, because they have height, speed , elusiveness out on the floor. Much harder to deny that style player his shot.

Odem should be that player, but does he shoot well enough to fulfill the role exceptionally?

If the Clippers substiture properly they can always have a quality scorer on the inside on the floor between OLO, Brand and Ely.This should be exploited as a huge advantage, but players must recognize this. Few teams have such a luxury. It gives the outside and wing players much more freedom and better looks, and the weakside forward a chance to clean up on the boards. But you must quickly recognize situations and exploit. Miller will help immensely in this regard, but the others must learn.

By the way, Philadelphia was not overated this year, they were predicted as a near .500 team. Clippers have more talent, and way more young talent.But Philadelphia has a winning tradition, a no nonsense coach, and many cerebral players. This is not the merciless defensive team of two years ago. That team was astonishing defensively. It is a formula that works. If you add talent and mental acuity you are talking big time winner.

[THE'clip'SHOW]

Originally posted by <b>jsa</b>!
Brand can be a go to guy in the post during the main part of the game. At the critical junctures in the fourth quarter, teams have historically done much better with a versatile 2 or 3, because they have height, speed , elusiveness out on the floor. Much harder to deny that style player his shot.

Odem should be that player, but does he shoot well enough to fulfill the role exceptionally?

If the Clippers substiture properly they can always have a quality scorer on the inside on the floor between OLO, Brand and Ely.This should be exploited as a huge advantage, but players must recognize this. Few teams have such a luxury. It gives the outside and wing players much more freedom and better looks, and the weakside forward a chance to clean up on the boards. But you must quickly recognize situations and exploit. Miller will help immensely in this regard, but the others must learn.

By the way, Philadelphia was not overated this year, they were predicted as a near .500 team. Clippers have more talent, and way more young talent.But Philadelphia has a winning tradition, a no nonsense coach, and many cerebral players. This is not the merciless defensive team of two years ago. That team was astonishing defensively. It is a formula that works. If you add talent and mental acuity you are talking big time winner.

I agree with you. When the clips had a chance to win the game on one of the last possesion in the 4th they gave it to Kandi, who IMO looks like the opposite of what you described when the pressure is on. He doesn't understand when to make his move and when to pass out yet.

[Peter Vescey]

Originally posted by <b>jsa</b>!
Miller hit a nice leaner at the end, but you still don't have that end of game go to player.

Originally posted by <b>jsa</b>!
Brand can be a go to guy in the post during the main part of the game. At the critical junctures in the fourth quarter, teams have historically done much better with a versatile 2 or 3, because they have height, speed , elusiveness out on the floor. Much harder to deny that style player his shot.

Originally posted by <b>THE'clip'SHOW</b>!
I agree with you.

Previously you've held consistent in whatever your thought was, but I'm glad to see you've come around. When I asked about your closer, it appeared you were still in denial.