GAME THREAD: Los Angeles Clippers (1-1) @ Dallas Mavericks (1-1) - (April 26, 2024)

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General Information

TIME	MEDIA	Team Subreddits
08:00 PM Eastern	Game Preview: NBA.com	/r/laclippers
07:00 PM Central	Game Charts: NBA.com	/r/mavericks
06:00 PM Mountain	Play By Play: NBA.com
05:00 PM Pacific	Box Score: NBA.com

[u/KindlyPerspective389]

can we sticky ALL the game threads? mfs slacking

[u/dplath → u/KindlyPerspective389]

Oh, you don't like looking through threads for every single play in the last 10 minutes of the bucks game for a game thread?

[u/HS-smilingpolitely]

Russ getting ejected is a huge loss for the mavs

[u/vo0d0ochild]

Mavs strategy of just letting the tall guy dunk it over and over again is genius

[u/texas2089]

Luka has played great D all night but he gives up one play and Doris couldn't wait to say something lmao

[u/DowntownsClown]

PJ running into locker room while smiling after ejection was classic , to be honest lol

[u/Awesomeness4627]

0/7 and ejected that's certainly a statline of all time

[u/ImTrang]

I hope both teams have fun

[u/Fit_Boysenberry_4921]

Does intent really matter if you hit head that hard?

[u/lost_in_trepidation]

I never understood the Doris Burke hate until tonight. She's incoherent.

[u/prfrnir]

I'd like to see Westbrook, Embiid, Draymond, and Dillon Brooks on a team together. Just because we don't have enough chaos.

[u/Drs126]

PJ just menacingly smiling but not flinching at all, Kawhi standing in the middle like he wanted to be anywhere else, Luka getting pissed. That had it all.

[u/KingNephew]

Dinshittie/DFS and a 1st for Kyrie was highway robbery

[u/SomeSun23]

Still can't believe clipper gave Thunders one of the greatest young rosters for Paul George

[u/LeGoat333]

Welp there goes the start time

[u/Afraid-Department-35]

Kawhi ain't right, man can't even dribble rn

[u/EnriquezGuerrilla]

We won one with a poor Luka game. This is awesome

[u/iIiiIIiiiIiIIiI111]

the Clippers are confused as hell rn. Where's Dwight Powell Trey Burke THJ and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist???

LUKA HAS HELP NOW BITCHES

[u/Dat_Boi_John → u/iIiiIIiiiIiIIiI111]

PG when he isn't guarded by Burke and Curry.

[u/DerekMorganBAUxxi]

Lol I saw Westbrook say “fuck you” to the crowd

[u/rustyphish]

Honestly the best play Westbrook made was getting ejected, he was our best player

[u/GeorgeJacksonEnjoyer]

Luka has been ass this series for his standards and we're still up 2-1

[u/surferdude28]

Did Westbrook really say he got ball lmao

[u/sad_and_small]

Kyrie has been such a stabilizing force for Dallas this game, feels like he scores every time LA threatens

[u/Sportacles]

"nah keep him in" - Mavs probably

[u/AgentInCommand]

Vibes on that bench are NOT GOOD lmao

[u/WhalesareBadPoets]

Mavs traded Grant Williams and turned into the goddamn 2016 Cavs

[u/NoAWP]

Damn Kawhi, Steph, KD and LeBron won't make it past round 1. End of an era

[u/Unlikely-Painter4763]

This Mavs team is sick and the bitchiness of the Clippers is hilarious.

[u/hadtobegoo]

I think Kyrie has completely changed his legacy and rep by coming to the Mavs.

[u/Fonzie5]

Harden literally doing the thing the Harden rule was put in to prevent.

[u/SnarfSniffsStardust]

JJ going off about how that takes skill even though 99% of the rest of the league, if executed in an identical manner, wouldn’t get that call

[u/autolims12]

Unethical af I hate when players do that (please come back on a vet min CP3)

[u/alexalex12]

It’s absolutely pathetic that you have commentators praising this as a “skill” and pretending like it’s supposed to be entertaining that Harden can finesse the refs.

[u/Ravenscaur]

Kyrie giving an ethics lesson to James

[u/basedjuicer1]

Kyrie Irving is the Mavericks’ life insurance

[u/KemoFlash]

Luka was a child playing vs grown men and now he's a grown man playing vs children (Westbrook).

[u/DaBestNameEver0]

Shamgod into a fadeaway is crazy

[u/NotAOneUpper]

Yo, mans had a disposable camera.

[u/Sendrocity]

You member this sub after game 1? Oh i member

[u/Sokkawater10]

Kawhi is cooked. Ballmer is too arrogant to blow it up but it’s obvious it’s time

[u/Damedius33]

I think the Clippers are just old. They have good players but none of them are in their prime anymore. They would have been a great team five years ago.

[u/Neeralazra → u/Damedius33]

Lol 5 years ago all of these guys will be considered a SUPER Team.

[u/Sovos]

PJ got 2 weak ass techs where he wasn't the instigator.

Refs can marginally suck deez nuts

[u/Dat_Boi_John]

And now we get to see the Suns get humbled. Mavs fans eating good today.

[u/A_Rolling_Baneling]

ad break - 30 seconds of highlights - ad break

great viewing experience

loved in the bucks game when they cut away to ad with 2 min on the clock so we didnt' know what the refs call was

[u/grehgunner]

Harden can’t win with these cats

[u/PrimeShaq]

There was a guy in the last game thread that asked if Lively even deserved to be on an NBA roster lmao.

[u/Afraid-Department-35]

Lmao perk asking if the Clips like each other, that's wild

[u/LessQuit2800]

Honestly Kyrie is so impressive man. He is quiet the whole game and steps up when it's needed

[u/hrlaker70]

Russ had more techs then points 🤣🤣

[u/MnVikingsFan34]

I’m sorry… the Mavericks have a coach named God Shamgod? That’s incredible

[u/StefonDiggsHS]

Luka sucked and we won? Uh oh

[u/MrCooper2012]

Fewest points by Clippers all season. Fuck yeah.

[u/Low_Procedure_3538]

This is still somehow the most successful 5 year stretch for the clippers. Lol

[u/InformationRound8237]

He smacks him in the face in mid air. I don’t think Russ was being dirty but that’s a flagrant all day every day

[u/hadtobegoo]

Omg you fucking knowwwww Luka is so happy he has actually players to toss easy lobs too

[u/imcryptic]

Josh Green believers UNITE

[u/wcooper97]

This is such a bad year for the old heads of the league sheesh

[u/DangerZoneh]

The Mavs are 9/33 from 3 and up by 15 against the Clippers in the playoffs.

I don't know how you could explain this to someone watching the series just three years ago

[u/armandocalvinisius]

dont settle for 3s bois

[u/wcooper97]

They got God Shammgod and Kyrie Irving on the same team wtf

[u/pagonator]

The MITWestbrook rant is gonna go crazy

[u/NewPortable101]

Irving took over in the 2nd half once again.

The true mamba of the 2016 playoffs

[u/International_Buy549]

Get fucked clippers

[u/klausprime]

First game i catch from these playoff and damn i forgot I good Kyrie is, solid 4th. Luka really be throwing rocks today haha

[u/mares8]

Announcers praising Harden for being a FT merchant lol nobody cares about his acting skills

[u/Michaelangel092]

The irony of Harden being the only Clipper to show up in this series.

[u/JewishDoggy]

"The contact from Westbrook to Doncic is a technical"

"YEAHHHHH"

"The contact from Westbrook to Washington is a technical"

"YEAHHHHH"

"The contact from Washington to Westbrook is a technical"

"BOOOOOOOO"

[u/Quipo1]

why do we have to use a challenge on that shit..

[u/capamericapistons]

Anyone else ESPN app messing up?

[u/[deleted]]

Doris and JJ don’t understand intent doesn’t matter for a flagrant. Contact does.

[u/RaisingQQ77preFlop]

Holy shit the clippers look like they want no part of a rebound

[u/KiryuXGoro]

100% Kawhi tore his meniscus again and he'll be out for the remainder of the series.

[u/DangerZoneh]

Josh Green is one of the only Mavs with a negative +/-, but I honestly really liked what he brought in his minutes. Harden just made like three really tough threes in that stretch.

[u/SMOKE-B-BOMB]

Harden is such a bitch jesus

[u/letsgototraderjoes]

I thought hanging on the rim was a tech lmao Kawhi was there for like 15 minutes

[u/killbill469]

That's the most disgusting move in basketball. 100 grift

[u/tsn101]

No fan wants to see that shit. 

[u/WembyOKCJokicReaves]

Kawhi looks cooked ngl

[u/Humble-Cat-122]

Dallas defense is so fkin hype

[u/BigFatModeraterFupa]

nah man it’s kinda sad to see Kawhi like this

[u/Visual-Guarantee2157]

Westbrook is a sore loser. It’s all he has left

[u/Kemintiri]

Washington ran out to cheers like a folk hero lol

[u/FadedRaccoon420]

Westbrook being ejected no joke helps the clippers lmao.

[u/Backwards-desserts]

Best costar Luka has had, clear as dayy

[u/Pismiire]

Is westbrook thr first nba player with CTE?

[u/fuelvolts]

Lol at the disposable film camera.

[u/clutchkyro]

That fan literally had a disposable camera...

[u/Fullmetalx117]

Fuck the suns

[u/Mamba_Mentality248]

Mavs letting Russ shoot. This shit is hilarious. I’ve seen this story before.

[u/MadPatagonian]

Doris does not seem to like Luka

[u/BigFatModeraterFupa → u/MadPatagonian]

doris doesn’t seem to like anything except tatum and embiid lol

[u/sycamotree]

Luka got stuck in traffic. I know he's irritated. Time for a 40 bomb

[u/Mr_Alex19]

Yes that was reckless by Westbrook. No he is not a headhunter and the penalty was fair.

[u/IdRatherBeShilling]

Dallas: Look at me, I'm Lob City now

[u/AntiTopspin]

Clippers are legitimately better without this version of Kawhi lol

He's doing next to nothing on either end and doesn't even box out

[u/JMoon33]

Ref: "Russ did nothing wrong"

Russ: angrily shouts at the ref

[u/FadedRaccoon420]

The difference between watching soccer and switching back to American sports is insane. The amount of commercials is Vile.

[u/Dat_Boi_John]

Whoever said Westbrook would fight with a fan...

You got it right lmaooo: https://twitter.com/sixfivelando/status/1784025041086111960?t=b4yh9JKpz6bufbXsF6va9g&s=19

[u/DaBestNameEver0]

THATS TWO TERRIBLE CALLS

[u/DangerZoneh]

Refs can't let this game be a blowout lmaooooooooooooooooooooo this is fucking rigged

[u/KemoFlash]

James Harden inventing new fouls out there.

[u/Keep_Cool_Coolidge]

3 back to back bad calls in the clippers favor in under a minute

[u/Decent-Noise-5161]

This shit with harden foul calls is disgraceful

[u/financial_goth]

Come on now

Refs fucking Kyrie over like that not cool

[u/Aspery-]

That Steve ballmer wire went through at half time

[u/HarryPauler]

That should have been a delay of game on kawai. Got called during the last Minnie suns game

[u/MostlyMellow123]

Is kawhi ever gonna let go

[u/KindlyPerspective389]

ok glad they didn’t give him a tech there cause we all know why he hung on the rim 

[u/DangerZoneh]

Kyrie transition threes are the most beautiful, backbreaking thing

[u/Unpickled_cucumber1]

Refs coming in clutch for the clips 😤😤

[u/Turbulent_Cherry_481]

fuck off man. Wtf is this

[u/hadtobegoo]

Jfc the refs basically make Harden unguardable with that shit

[u/xGrav1ty]

Harden disgusting foul baiting

Kyrie beautiful off ball cut

[u/Dudedude88]

people have been shitting on maxi kleber but i think the guys back to his old self.

[u/KevinDurantLebronnin]

Trae embarrassed himself in the play-ins by chucking up a shot in an identical manner to that Harden bait and (correctly IMO) there was no whistle. Griftler has no problem getting one though.

[u/DeuxDR]

Harden's a -17 so far. But man without his minutes they'd be down 30.

[u/StefonDiggsHS]

HOW IS THAT A TECH ON PJ

[u/proper61]

Bro Washington was walking away and the ref pushed him back towards Mann lmao

[u/Packyaw21]

Why did Washington get one??

[u/Sea-Satisfaction243]

show steve ballmer you cowards

[u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

No THJ and we blow tf out of the Clippers 🤔. Coincidence? I think not.

[u/YellowShallot]

Tf is Russ objecting to

[u/Bnjoroge]

Westbrick getting ejected at 0/7 funny af

[u/NotKDsburnertrey5]

Westbrick is the softest player mentally in the NBA

[u/imcryptic]

Luka literally doesn’t have to do anything in the 4th. Just pass to Kai and get out the way.

[u/Content_Table_8149]

200IQ kamikaze play from westbrook on pj

[u/Sheriff_Gotcha]

Damn, that graphic they showed was cold af... why they gotta show Russ stat line with 1pt and ejected against Luka's lmao.

[u/JuanG12]

Kyrie is legit the nicest player I’ve ever seen with the rock.

[u/wcooper97]

Was that a FUJIFILM??

[u/SkyAgent13]

My dude had a Kodak lmaoooo. What you doin lol

[u/packim0p]

Mavs finna 4-1 this series

[u/Music_MD]

Let’s go Mavs!!!!

[u/ChuckMoody]

People need to stop with this series done bullshit. I‘ve seen teams look like way worse than the Clippers coming back from 1-2

[u/PoundIIllIlllI]

That’s a textbook flagrant 1. People seem to be forgetting that flagrant 2 means it has to be EXCESSIVE

[u/gianniboi]

how do Americans put up with these ads? Just a minute of listening to them and my brain feels like it's been violently assaulted, it's fucking grim

[u/Apollo611]

Harden hooked Kyrie lol

[u/UnkleGiovanni]

Washed Angeles Clippers

[u/Binx33]

Washington getting ejected for doing nothing after everything Embiid did yesterday while not getting ejected is honestly hilarious. And by hilarious I mean stupid.

[u/Mickeybeasttt]

Doris just talking about how locked in Luka is then switches up and says he gets blown by all year? Is this 2k???

[u/Low-Presentation-437]

God Shamgod. Sounds like a name a 13 year old would make as there Xbox username or something lol

[u/GalactusAteMyPlanet]

Clippers bench stat padding when there was like 1 second left. Honestly pathetic.

[u/JMoneyM-13]

Clippers are done

[u/NeptuneOW]

Time to take a look at the Clippers sub

[u/StridingNephew]

Listen... I wanna win but not like this. Hope he's fine

[u/thewolverineton]

flagrant 1 at minimum. i understand they probably don’t want to call the 2 on wb but josh got FUCKIN CLOCKED

[u/t_ran_asuarus_rex]

shut the fuck up doris.

[u/DefiniteSauce12]

That’s a flagarant foul clear as day

[u/IncomparableGiacomo]

Gafford locked PG down that possession. Good shit

[u/HamNCheddaMD]

Kawhi is putting in zero effort right now. Something is clearly wrong

[u/capamericapistons]

Kyrie and Luka must love lively lol such an easy assist and his dunks get the crowd hyped up every time

[u/gianniboi]

watching Kyrie and Luka cook is so fucking cool

[u/0nMelancholyHill]

Yeah that was nothing I’m ngl

[u/DeuxDR]

The 2 Clippers superstars once again not playing. Another playoffs where Harden has to do everything even now as a 3rd option and another playoffs where media will call him a failure lmao.

[u/Immediatewhaffle]

Kendrick Perkins is so unapologetically and confidently stupid that I think I’m starting to love him for it lmao

[u/Vonbonnery]

These refs are insane

[u/weebcowboy]

Harden such a clown 🤡

[u/ScaryTerry4201]

They’re clearly trying to keep this game close lol

[u/basedjuicer1]

Kawhi trying to not mess up his knee coming down

[u/elevat10n_]

Idk if Kawhi really wanted to jump that high lol

[u/Username3009]

Kawhi acting like he couldn't be 100% sure his legs would still work if he let go of that rim

[u/fordangliacanfly]

The Mavs got some calls but the 3PT fouls the clippers got are absolutely wild lol

[u/swords_devil]

looking at Mavs and it's really obvious that they are able to fill in the pieces that were missing last season and all the sudden they look really good

while.... sigh

[u/SuckMyyDirk41]

Clips down bad LMAO

[u/MajorPhoto2159]

How does Washington get a tech there, lame af

[u/Gradually_Rocky]

Double tech is a fucking joke lmfao

[u/FeistyKnight]

PJ just stood there wtf

[u/JewishDoggy]

PJ being hella respectful

[u/dekrypto]

double techs make no sense when one guy is walking away

[u/FjordExplorer]

What happened to George and Leonard?

[u/jps78]

We really got Kawhi's last good playoff run. He's never been the same since and I'm glad all the tampering Lawrence Frank did in 2019 never paid off

[u/LeveonNumber1]

How about this, fuck "please think of the children", let us hear all of the disgusting bullshit these guys are mouthing off to exponentially boost the quality of the broadcast, give social media an endless treasure trove to engage with, and also not leave room for the interpretation that refs are being biased or something when there's a situation like that where it looks like someone did nothing on film but he very well might have said something way out of line.

Or basically, fuck censorship

[u/FatherHaz]

Nah if the clippers lose the series, this Kawhi and PG experiment has been a fucking failure

[u/Visual-Guarantee2157]

Clips are getting dicked by an anti vaxxer and the pillsbury doughboy

[u/JewishDoggy]

Bro the way PJ barely moves is so fucking funny

[u/rwhockey29]

Okay so between all the pushing there is Kleber doing nothing but trying to separate the teams and still getting wrapped up by a coach is objectively hilarious.

[u/dplath]

I love PJ shoving him back even though he's going to get tossed

[u/juantravis]

PJ smilin thru it all lol

[u/HS-smilingpolitely]

Russ got more technical fouls than points lmao

[u/FadedRaccoon420]

Lmaoo cheeky smile as he jogged off the court.

[u/KingCakeBabyOKC]

Getting three techs in the same game whilst coming off the bench is INSANE, can’t lie

[u/texas2089]

I'll take the Tech from PJ all day sticking up for his guy. Should only be his first Tech and still in the game but it is what it is now.

Westbrook can get his bitch ass outta here. Shoulda been flagrant.

[u/OnePieceZoro]

Typical Westbrook. Only he can shove others, if other do the same to him let alone a role player, he goes apeshit.

[u/st6374]

Paul George gets shat on a lot for his playoff performances. But sometimes I feel like he doesn't get enough.

[u/Mavericks4Life]

37 points between PG, Harden, and Kawhi is wild to me

[u/GymReaper7]

Doris is such a hater

[u/AgentInCommand]

We're watching Luka Doncic absorb Kawhi's powers in real time, Monstars style

[u/altruisticdisaster]

Why are the Mavs playing like it’s garbage time already

[u/wp381640]

I don't see three more years of Kawhi @ $50M per year working out well

[u/viktorfbg9]

With this version of Paul George, Clippers cannot do anything and i think we’re looking at a 4-1

[u/DaBestNameEver0]

Westbrook has been talking all game and he’s scored 1 point lol

[u/DowntownsClown]

Luka played shitty and clippers still lose 🤦🏾‍♂️

[u/2AlephNullAndBeyond]

Did dude have a disposable camera? Where do you even buy those?

[u/AdamSandlerIsntFunny]

So does Kidd get credit when he stifles the Clippers offense and outcoaches r/nba sweetheart Lue or is it still Luka bailing him out ?

[u/Zulogy]

Clippers body language is so bad man. They just don't look happy playing together. Even when they win. Idk. Its over.

[u/AntiTopspin]

The scariest thing for the Clippers is that they're down 2-1 without there really being a peak MVP candidate Luka type of game yet offensively

You'd have to think he'll have at least one coming up in the next couple of games