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NBA Game Action : 11/18/2019

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by DreamShook, Nov 18, 2019.

  1. DreamShook

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    Low scoring game in LA tonight. A lot of guys playing against their former team. It should be a good finish.
     
  3. plates300

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    I refuse to believe this is good defense. The offense is painful to watch, so many careless turnovers.
     
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    Push Lou to his right and he is worthless.
     
  5. ThatBoyNick

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    Big dick CP3.


    God damn, we ****ed up by trading him for WB. I think we would have won it all with him this year.
     
  6. DreamShook

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    CP3 clutch defense then clutch flop in the penalty.. Dude is annoyingly smart, lol.
     
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    Clippers cannot even beat OKC?
     
  8. Houstunna

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    LAC went 2-for-1, down 2, with only 30 seconds remainin, with a quick 3PT by George.

    He made it.
     
  9. DreamShook

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    PG13 always gets a 3.
     
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    Wow...

    Rivers FIRST NBA coach to use a challenge correctly. Had he wasted it on an earlier moment they lose this game.

    EDIT: Yep, that was a huge challenge. It makes no sense to use your challenge before like the last 2 minutes. You may as well just sit on it and expect the refs to blow a crucial call like that.
     
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    Harkless reaching, lol. can't overturn that.

    They over turned it.
     
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    Thunder win that game If Westbrook is playing.
     
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    Gallo was wide open... twice.
     
  14. REEKO_HTOWN

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    Poor CP3. I feel so bad for the guy.
     
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    You can never trust gallo in the clutch. Cp3 still a great player, but he just cannot beat people off the dribble anymore.
     
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    Yikes. Okc under .500 and cp3 leading one of the worst offenses in the league. Superstars win games like that. Such a fall off from a great player.
     
  17. icewill36

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    Me too. On one hand I’d like to see him on a contender, on the other hand he is still good enough to tip the scales for a team that is already very good and could lessen the rockets chances. Imma need him to stay where he is for this season. I’m sorry Chris you deserve better :(
     
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    What if you overturned 2pts earlier, then they're up 3 before the Harkless foul?

    I'm sure this is how some coaches think:
    • You can't challenge without a full timeout. And you can only use 2 timeouts in last 3 minutes, so you lose extra timeouts.
    • Since you lose timeouts at the 3 minute mark, if you have more than 2 remaining, you generally need them for time mgmt in close games.
    • Consider how many times a team uses their last timeout to call a last play, and that play has the foul to challenge that you are worried about.
      • Are you critical that they didn't have a timeout to use to challenge, when they needed it to stop the clock and call the play?
      • Or are you mad that they never challenged earlier when they had timeouts, prior to losing them at the 3 minute mark.
    also note, only fouls can be challenged in last 2 minutes.
     
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    He is still really, really good.

    It’s interesting how underrated his career has become.
     
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    I just think we approach the end of games differently. You could say what if he challenged the first foul and saved his team 2-3 points, would anyone go back and really look at that foul? I think teams play a lot more loose and feel each other out at earlier points in the game. I think that last 2-4 minute period in a close game is when you should challenge.

    They need to change the challenge rules really, I think you should keep your challenge if you win your challenge...but, given how the Rockets have lost games basically on blown calls in the clutch I'd prefer to have a challenge then.

    Doc having this challenge was massive though, otherwise Gallo goes to the line for a possible tie or take the lead if he doesn't choke the FT shots and now the Clippers would have had to make a game winning shot to win the game.

    I just think that challenge has a ton more value in close games at the end.
     

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