Ha, funny if he keeps it up I will be happy to call beast mode time...

What about 'Hack a De Andrea' is this tactic really required?

It seems to work. They just do it until he is harassed out of the game.

DJ's missed free throws in game 3(?) amounted to the something like 6 turnovers.

Of course it works. The Spurs are scared to drive against him so if he's on the bench he isn't a presence. He's shooting around 30% for the series from the FT line.

Splitter looks really injured, and I'm sorry to say but Baynes is a big downgrade because he can't really catch the ball (and especially can't pass: his post ups are a black hole) and fouls people too much. Parker doesn't look the same as usual either.

At the end of the day, it's just going to be about whether LA's superior starting 5 can build a lead big enough that their bench won't blow.

And this is a really uncharacteristic high turnover game for the Spurs. What are they doing?

Not sure Baynes is getting enough ball when he should to gauge an opinion like 'he can't really catch the ball' Mick?

Jordan on a double, double already. He is a beast!

Not tonight. They've gone away from Baynes post ups / P&R feeds after the first couple of games.

The downside of that though is that he has had a couple of nice dives where he could have been hit with a pass and finished and they've gone back out to a shooter. He still isn't 100% trustworthy catching & finishing though, so it's a tough decision to make

Yes, the decisions have been not to go to him, so he hasn't been able to redeem himself. Let's hope they can give him that opportunity.

I've never seen a rim protector affect the Spurs like this before. Their whole game has been altered by Jordan's presence. Guys who are normally fearless attackers are just not driving at all any more.

Agree, now Baynes on 4 fouls due to Jordan, he is a monster just as the commentators are calling him!

What about that travel call on Griffin? I was surprised they called that, in the NBA they let that stuff go all the time!

Two steps, a dribble and fouled on another two steps!

The Spurs need to really make Paul and Griffin work harder on D if they want to win.

Where is Patty?

Parker is really hurt too...

Parker is really hurt too...

Yeah I don't know how smart it was to use Patty to foul DJ. They'll need him for a bit yet, and guarding Paul uses up fouls as it is.

Q: would Austin Rivers start on an average NBL team?

Whenever Baynes tries to contain an opposing ballhandler out of a P&R it ends bad for him. Pop should alter the coverage when Baynes is on the floor so he just sticks at the rim at all times. He picks up like 3 fouls every game from being too slow and trying to guard a wing or PG.

Game on boys, what a final quarter!

Clips kind of blew it, but winners are grinners, GO SPURS!

Baynes must have stunk it up to get a plus 9 on the box score, 3 more points than Chris Paul hahahha I love that stat

+/- is a terrible stat.

Lolllll Austin rivers would be top 5 players in the league

I doubt that very much.

Remember of course that Jonny Flynn is widely considered one of the NBAs biggest busts. Averaged 17.5, 4 and 6 in Australia. The worst NBA player is gonna be pretty close to the top of the semi-pro NBL

Jordan McRae averaged 20 5 and 3 here. Good enough to play for the joke of the NBAs Philadelphia 76ers D-League team.

Yes, we know the NBL isn't the NBA Hoopster. No one was under any illusion that it was. But James Ennis seems to be doing all right for himself.

Refs cost the clippers that game, so sick of seeing Ginobili and Parker flop year after year and continue to get rubbish calls. Also, while that Jordan putback late was offensive interference, the one on Matt Barnes earlier definately wasn't. Gotta feel a bit robbed if you are a clippers fan.

Only reason james ennis played here is because Miami couldn't afford to sign him. Please don't for a second think playing in the NBL made him good. He was already an NBA quality player

Also if deandre learned how to shoot a god damn free throw we'd have won. Embarrassing he's been around so long and can't put an uncontested shot from directly in front in the basket

"so sick of seeing Ginobili and Parker flop year after year"

You do realise the Clippers flop, whine, grapple, hold, elbow, cheap shot, etc. more than any other team in the league?

They don't realise that if they keep treating the refs like dirt and keep acting like petulant children, they won't get calls. Chris Paul literally cries and stamps his feet like a baby when a call doesn't go his way. I am not joking. He cries like a baby who wants his dummy, jumps up and down and stamps his feet. All the other Clippers do the same, because baby see, baby do. I love rewinding their reactions on league pass and watching in slow mo for comedic effect. It's beyond a joke.

They flop and whine so much the refs never give them the benefit of the doubt, because they contest every. single. call. it's like the boy who cried wolf. Next time down the floor the ref won't pay their advice/protest any notice because they are full of B.S.

The Spurs are no angels in that department either...although they used to be much worse.

But the Clips just take it to a whole 'nother level.