Hunter Patterson
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard 28 Jan
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From game five, he put up 43. I think he needed to have another huge night in this game and try to shut the Clippers down. Otherwise, you need just more out of Jokic. He's got to be more aggressive. And it's tough. It's tough to ask this guy that's done so much to get him here to continue to do it every single night. At some point, somebody else has stepped up like we saw in game four and five.
Yeah, it's physical. This guy, I want to give him credit, right? Like this guy's had a back surgery. He's obviously had an injury history that is a mile long. We know about the red flags for him coming out in the draft. He hasn't been healthy his entire career. And then he he suffers this shoulder injury in this series. And I mean, he's been laboring the entire time he's been coming back.
And I think it's one of those injuries where he's going to have it some nights and he's not some others. And it's got to be tough with the short turnaround. They finish up the game the other night, they hop on a plane, fly out here, and now they've got to turn around and go back to Denver to do this again Saturday night.
And so you start to worry, like, okay, well, if he looks like this in game six, it's only going to maybe be worse in game seven. But they closed with Russell Westbrook. And I think that that's pretty telling. Right. Like he had a really great game five. But you know how it is with Russ. Right. Like you're going to get the good and you're going to get the bad.
Right. And you hope they even out. And I think that if if game five was that top of the roller coaster, you know, right before you get to the huge drop. Tonight was a huge drop and they would have really probably rather had Michael Porter out there, especially just for his rebounding.
I mean, just think about how many times the Clippers were able to tap the ball out, you know, gang rebound on Jokic, even when they were playing small. So, you know, it just I just can't imagine what it's like to be able to play in an NBA game with only one arm functioning. So, you know, tip the cap to Michael Porter Jr. for what he's done so far. But yeah, it wasn't a great game for him.
If I can answer that question, if the Clippers can answer that question, I feel like we would probably know. You know, we would know it out loud. With Harden, it does seem like you know which Harden you're going to get at the start of the game, right? Does he have the juice? I mean, he starts out this game, obviously, like... attacking the basket and against this nugget seam.
That is the recipe for success, especially for the Clippers. James Harden can get to the basket at will. He just needs to do it. He basically needs to put them in the blender, right? Like just over and over again, running those pick and rolls with zoo. And then they surround him with shooters. And you look at the way that Kawhi actually plays off the ball from, from James Harden.
It's not like, you know, he's not out there making tons of cuts. He's not out there, but he's not out there standing around. Right. He's actually clearing out space in the lane. They have a system. It's just so often that system seems to be, hey, beat your man. And, you know, that's I think with Harden, if he's if he doesn't have that first step that day, he's not this man.
And with his physical as Christian Brown and Aaron Gordon have been, you know, when they're out guarding him. It's, it's not surprising to me, right? Like the, the referees allowing those guys to guard with their body guard with their hands. I think that that has bothered James Harden a little bit, which is funny to say, because he is such a physical offensive player.
He's constantly creating contact to create space. But I do think that the nuggets defense has bothered him. And tonight they just didn't have it. I mean, he was just blowing past them. It must've been nice to sleep in his own bed or something. You know what I mean? I'm going to figure out what it is, but you know, he just looked faster. He was getting into his actions faster.
And then, you know, down the stretch when he started to milk clock, it just, we saw him pick them apart and, and the Clippers made them pay. They were getting open looks. As soon as they sent the second man over onto Harden, he let the ball go and the, and the ball found an open shooter. So I think if the Clippers stick to that, I mean, that game plan can work against the Nuggets.
The Nuggets looked slow starting about the middle of the third quarter, and this was one of the first times that the Clippers have been able to survive going small. So they even found a way to get Zubac off the court and give him some rest. I mean, you saw how fresh he looked. Came in with like four minutes left in the fourth quarter. That's a luxury. for the Clippers.
Usually they don't have the defense without him as the anchor. I think that the Clippers might have figured some stuff out rotation-wise in this game. It takes a while before you can figure those things out, but six games is better than going home after game six.
They make so many shots, right? Like they have three guys that are advanced shot makers. Norm Powell kind of gets lost in this, but it does seem like any time they need a big shot, Norm has got to do it. He also does a good job of attacking closeouts, getting to the basket, putting pressure on the rim. I would say that this was a textbook example of what they want their offense to be.
James Harden initiate, hopefully get into the pick and roll, drive, create a lane, you know, make the pass, kick it around. And then if you have to, Kawhi is able to catch the ball on the on the correct. Get a clear out in isolation. And I mean, look, the mid range is automatic for him. And we see this in fourth quarter after fourth quarter. When it comes time, they need a basket.
They need a tough shot. Give it to Kawhi. He's going to get the shot over anybody. I mean, he had a shot over Jokic in the fourth. And that's tough because the guy's 7'2". It just doesn't matter for Kawhi. So I think that the big key for Game 6, can James Harden keep these guys in the blender? Can Norm Powell make shots like he did? Or excuse me, for Game 7, yeah.
Can Norm Powell continue to make shots? And then is everybody going to allow Kawhi to continue to be Kawhi? The Clippers, if they can just do what they did in Game 6, which is easier said than done, I mean, I think that they should be looking pretty good for Game 7. Now, the difference is, Nikola Jokic is like the most clutch guy in the league, and when it comes to time to get a bucket...
That's the guy I'm choosing no matter the award. So if the game is close in game seven and you're playing in Denver, you've got his home crowd there. There's no chance in a close game. I'm going against Jokic. So I don't know. I'm kind of pumped for this game seven. I don't know if you can tell. I don't come to a lot of games. And I had to come to this one.
We need it, though, Zena. We need a good seven game series. You want to make a prediction?
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