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IF anyone wanted to make a bet that DUBS would beat the CLIPS by 20+ points while shooting 40 percent FG and 30 percent from 3pt, I would have bet against it....GO WARRIORS...

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Once we get Steph/Wiggs/GP2 back, I hope it looks like the squad we've been seeing, but with:

1. Jerome → Steph

2. Lamb → Wiggins

3. DDV → 50% DDV / 50% GP2

This team is going to be nasty... if they can get healthy and finish gelling. If that happens, I fear absolutely nobody. I guess Giannis, Jokic, Embiid are a little scary... but honestly, I trust Loon to be able to sorta kinda handle them enough.

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I hope EA got his Joga in… cuz these Warriors are looking like they’ll be setting him up for plenty of E1Ps

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Just realized that Poole had more points in the 3rd quarter [22] than the Clipper's high scorer Kawhi [21] had for the game.

Plumley had 20 rebounds - Clippers as a team had 47. Dubs had 60 with Klay & DDV grabbing 11 each with 43 rebounds among the starters + Kuminga had 7.

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No Kawhi for the Clippers tomorrow night against the Kings in Sacramento.

https://twitter.com/lawmurraythenu/status/1631539737826836480

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I love seeing Poole explode last night. And Dray and Klay being Champion level studs. Looking through the box chart (yah, still on the road, no Dubs for me except here) I saw …

- Kuminga had a really well balanced stat line. How was his game? If anyone can write up a few thoughts/notes I’d really appreciate it.

- I love how DDV contributed on the glass even though his shooting wasn’t there. He must have had some good ball hawkery, leading the team in +/-.

- Looney. As usual. The Dog God. The Dog Star. Canis Major.

- Really nice minutes distribution. Only JP (barely) over 30 minutes. Seems like Kerr is thinking about winning tonight and not exhausting his guys for the stretch run.

- Tyjo and Lamb - lots of minutes but neither was killing it out there. Still, hit the FTs, no turnovers. These two shouldn’t be carrying the Dubs so I call that Doing The Work.

- PBJ returns to earth. No worries, glad to see him get a few minutes.

- Poor Moody. Relegated to the JMG zone.

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Mar 3, 2023Liked by punk basketball

Marcus Thompson II

@ThompsonScribe

PBJ confirmed he’s up to 6 feet, 11.25 inches with shoes

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Was/Is there a rule of thumb on being up by a certain number of points with a certain amount of time remaining and play out the clock or sub in the bench to play garbage time?

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You got to be a fucking clown to throw a dude who won't even play defense like Westbrook onto the court to completely sabotage your offense into playing 4 on 5. How can any grown man sit there watch that and be ok with it

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Mar 3, 2023Liked by punk basketball

While we’re all on a high (various) I’d like to point out how no one on this site has been anything but supportive of Wiggins and whatever tough personal situation he’s going through. It’s all been classy fandom rooting for Andrew to be ok.

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Mar 3, 2023Liked by punk basketball

We’re Streaking! We’re Streaking!

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https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxbNylsZPWg5-ccCnnWS02fX9eizWoxC0F

Zach Lowe covering Westbrook's dedication to improving his all-around game, such as setting more screens. This year he's reached a career high of... barely over 1 screen/game.

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Damn! Dray has had near triple double these two games. Glad he is not Russ.

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Festus and Loon doing Yoga alongside each other? I so want that video ASAP.

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I would prefer we stop spotting teams 15 points before we remove our Chuck-E-Cheese bibs and start playing like we can, but that was pretty fun, anyway.

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Some interesting Clippers stats - Powell (42% 3 point shooter on the season) 0/7 on threes.

Hyland - Fouled out in 12 minutes

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