Game Thread GAME# 73: BLAZERS @ CLIPPERS - MARCH 24, 2016 - THURSDAY, 7:30 PM (PDT), CSNNW

Aminu should've been in there as well when Crawford tied it. Or was he? I'd rather have him chase redick around than mccollum, at least his length will be there.

 

True, but review stoppage doesn't count. There has to be video footage of the timeout situation. Regardless, nothing could ever come of it. It would just be nice to know.

 

Given our usual late game execution, we woulda fucked it up

 

Chalk up another loss because of Stotts. I'm getting so tired of his decisions lately. Why in the world would you intentionally foul when your team has all the momentum, is up 7, and there's three minutes left to play?

That decision completely changed the rhythm of the game and the Clips were tough to stop on offense once that foul took place.

The players need to take some blame too. No clue why Harkless is fouling CP3 immediately after the Hack-a-Jordan, either. Also, when there's 11 seconds left and the game is tied, you MUST leave no time left on the clock.

We just can't seem to break through on the road over this past month of so ... beyond frustrating.

 

What happens when they get the offensive rebound off the second free throw or they foul us and we miss a free throw or we just plain turn it over?

Only way you can ever foul when up 3 is if there's less than 5 seconds and the opponent doesn't have a timeout and its a fast enough smart defender to foul without doing in the act of shooting a 3; extremely rare circumstances to all come together at once.

 

Can't seem to stay out of our own way long enough to close it out.

 

Harkless made a mistake and will learn from that. But, he was really close to a steal on that play. It wasn't intentional or anything. That is a very tough learning experience. Don't touch a superstar at the end of a game.

 

I'm hoping these late game snafus are due to youth.

 

Agreed. Please ignore annoying posters instead of replying with similarly annoying posts.

 

I hate that excuse - these guys have all played basketball for years.

 

He was 4-14 from the line. It was a good strategy by Stotts. Play the percentages. With his season percentage 81% of the time he misses one or two. Great odds just one of many unlikely events that all went against us.

 

I'm not blaming, Moe. He was one of the best players on the court tonight and he's always aggressive, which I'll take over a passive player any day of the week. It's more Stotts' strategy of intentionally fouling. Just play defense!

I would have liked the team to call timeout once Dame was getting denied at the end of the game. That last possession was ...

 

Why, though? We had all the momentum and it changed the rhythm and flow of the game. Make the Clippers work for their points and take some time off the clock in doing so.

 

I refuse to blame the coach. Guys look at all the open shots missed. Harkless made mistakes, Plumlee had a crucial turnover in the 4th. It's just a young team still growing and learning. Chill

 

Refresh my memory. Was that Crabbe inbounding the ball there?

Horrible decision to get it to Ed 25' from the basket in that situation. That too with a timeout remaining.

Also, how the fuck does CP still get away with his cheap shit still? Dude was mugging Dame on that last possession

 

And the veterans on the opposing team even more.