Clippers vs nuggets game 5 series#

I know this game is close but the way this series has gone the Clippers would have to be down by 20 or so in the fourth before I'd think, 'hmm, maybe they won't win tonight' They've really just let Denver get comfortable on defense by not having to guard multiple actions. Yeah, I'm not a fan of how the offensive movement has devolved in this third quarter. If he inherits the ghost of Josh Smith, I may never recover.īack-to-back triples for 👌🏾👌🏾 /eFBEuwDBCW Paul Millsap was averaging 8 PPG coming into this game. Denver hasn't gone away just yet though, and give them credit - avoiding the temptation of escaping from the bubble so many times.Ĭlippers 80 | Nuggets 73 /NPz9Jzl4Ff coming back on TNT! /xgNnwkkCyeĬlippers 80, Denver 73 | End 3 | Some big 3-pointers from Morris Sr., Leonard and PG helping keep the Clippers afloat. How will the Clippers react down the stretch? Nuggets making their push, Clippers lead 82-80 Get him outĭenver takes an 89-88 lead with 6:48 to go That’s twice Trezz took I’ll advised shots. When you blow a 16 point lead /fEEDWy5lRe This is Denver's first lead of the night. This is how Denver came from 3-1 down vs Utah. The Clippers nearly blew out Denver, and nearly blew 'em out, and nearly did … and now Denver is up 6. They're down 6 points, lead all game, and were up by as many as 16 points. The Clippers are collapsing in a 21-8 fourth quarter. What an incredible turnaround, Denver leads 94-88 with just over five minutes left. And credit Denver, they're shooting the lights out and rotating beautifully defensively. JOKIC!!! #NBAextra /5rkeUD8kFyĭoc took too long to get Leonard, Morris and Zubac back in. Here come the Clippers, down 102-100, 1:58 left.įrom the Clips: This is Kawhi Leonard’s seventh game this postseason with at least 30 points scored which ties Bob McAdoo for the most such games in a single postseason in franchise history. Two days after he publicly called out his coach for playing time, and hours after Malone tersely told reporters he told MPJ to keep those issues in house. with a gut-punch three to go up 5 with 1:11 left. Porter actively stopped rebounding a basketball to scream in Zubac's face after stonewalling the Clippers at the rim twice. Inside SoCal Sports 📰 September 12, 2020 1 player in his high school class before he got injured at Mizzou There's a reason he was the consensus No. Michael Porter Jr with the dagger three, and then block the other end. Then they revert back to their typical, lackadaisical player & everyone is just like, “Well, they’ll get them next time!”Ĭlippers will finish this Sunday, but they can’t keep pissing away an easy win in every series. Whenever the Clippers turn it on & look great folks RUN to Twitter to declare them the best team & wonder how anyone can beat them… You would think he would have learned by now….

Leaving Montrezl out there for way too long.īringing in Lou who couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat to take the go-ahead shot MPJ with the clutch block after hitting a three!!Ĭhampionship teams don’t blow games like this, folks. Another game vs Nuggets will get them even readier for the Lakers. The Clippers are such a new team that they need more fire-testing playoff reps against a hard-to-guard team like Denver. Everyone gets that, right? We still have two more chances to close this out.īlessing in disguise. “Good job by the NBA to make Clippers blow that lead to protect LeBron and the Lakers” – Rockets Twitter probably Michael Porter Jr scored all 7 of his points in the final 1:11