Clippers @ Suns Monday WCF game thread 6-28-2021 - Game 5

[Dback Jon]

I don't want the Suns to get overconfident.

Clippers could rain threes.


They need to come out like Leonard and Zubac are playing.

 

[Mainstreet]

I don't want the Suns to get overconfident.

Clippers could rain threes.


They need to come out like Leonard and Zubac are playing.

This is what needs to happen... FOCUS.

 

[Absolute Zero]

Congrats!! I will mark 30 years at the end of this year.

 

[Chaplin]

Season-defining win coming up.

Expecting Devin Booker to come out on fire, and the fans to be going beserk.

 

[Mainstreet]

Devin Booker is wearing face mask in warmups.

 

[AZ Native]

this is over by halfitme.

I'm expecting a SUNSBURST in the first half that melts Clippers' faces off Raiders Of The Lost Ark style.

My biggest concern is maintaining our composure once we get rolling and the Clippers start trying to start crap because they're a bunch of a-holes. They'd like nothing more than to ruin our chances in the finals after we destroyed their chance to get there. We can't give them the satisfaction.

This title is ours if we just keep our heads cool like we have all season.

I’m holding you on this.

 

[Superbone]

Devin Booker is wearing face mask in warmups.

How much you wanna bet he won't be wearing it before the end of the game?

 

[Mainstreet]

How much you wanna bet he won't be wearing it before the end of the game?

I wouldn't be surprised if Booker starts the game without a face mask.

If he does wear it and his shooting is off, then off it comes.

 

[Dr. Jones]

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[Lefty]

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[Proximo]

If Zubac isn't playing we 100% win.

If he is 75% healthy with reduced minutes....... we better win.

Oh sugar I'm nervous! @cheesebeef ........ REASSURE ME!!!!

I’m feeling pretty confident.

I expect a double digit win.

 

[Absolute Zero]

Zubac is OUT tonight.


Kellan Olson
@KellanOlson

Ivica Zubac is out, per Ty Lue

4:31 PM · Jun 28, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

 

[AzStevenCal]

My worries tonight are us getting baited in more dumb T's, as well as them purposefully injuring us.

I'm concerned more about the double T. It's tough to protect against that situation. And we've already had a few of them.

 

[Dr. Jones]

So nervous...... We really need a throaght stomp in the opening 10 minutes.

I see a ton of small ball on their part tonight. Need to make sure 1. Ayton doesn't get into silly foul trouble. 2. D-up the three point line. 3. DOMINAYTON the rest of the time!

 

[Mainstreet]

They are showing Deandre Ayton's half court shot on ESPN.

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[Cheesebeef]

So nervous...... We really need a throaght stomp in the opening 10 minutes.

I see a ton of small ball on their part tonight. Need to make sure 1. Ayton doesn't get into silly foul trouble. 2. D-up the three point line. 3. DOMINAYTON the rest of the time!

they will bring everything in the first quarter. I expect it to be close or even losing after 1.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I love the confidence here. Wish I could share it. Guess I'll stick with scared but hopeful.

 

[Dr. Jones]

I love the confidence here. Wish I could share it. Guess I'll stick with scared but hopeful.

Pulse is racing. Excited/nervous.

Meet your destiny kids!

 

[Mainstreet]

I love the confidence here. Wish I could share it. Guess I'll stick with scared but hopeful.

We are sitting in the same boat. I never take a game for granted.

 

[82CardsGrad]

I love the confidence here. Wish I could share it. Guess I'll stick with scared but hopeful.

Jalen Rose just tossed out a stat that I wasn’t aware of. Thru 4 games, the Clippers have actually outscored the Suns… I gotta go check that as, being up 3-1 and being outscored just doesn’t seem to make sense, but I guess that game 3 loss makes it so.

 

[Mainstreet]

Here are the starting lineups.

Kellan Olson
@KellanOlson

The Clippers will be going small without Ivica Zubac. Starting lineups:

Suns - Paul, Booker, Bridges, Crowder, Ayton

Clippers - Jackson, Beverley, George, Morris, Mann

5:49 PM · Jun 28, 2021·TweetDeck

 

[AZ Native]

Jalen Rose just tossed out a stat that I wasn’t aware of. Thru 4 games, the Clippers have actually outscored the Suns… I gotta go check that as, being up 3-1 and being outscored just doesn’t seem to make sense, but I guess that game 3 loss makes it so.

There are no lap points. Just the final scores.

 

[Mainstreet]

Suns depth could be important tonight.

I'd like to see Cam Payne have a good game as the entire bench.

 

[AZ Native]

I love the confidence here. Wish I could share it. Guess I'll stick with scared but hopeful.

I'm there with you. I have seen my teams lose too many games "we should have won". Throw away the paper, play the game.

 

[Germz249]

LETS GET THIS WIN!!! Blood in the water!!! GET IT!!

 

[AzStevenCal]

Jalen Rose just tossed out a stat that I wasn’t aware of. Thru 4 games, the Clippers have actually outscored the Suns… I gotta go check that as, being up 3-1 and being outscored just doesn’t seem to make sense, but I guess that game 3 loss makes it so.

You'd be surprised how often that happens, especially when there is a young team involved. But it usually goes the other way, the young team wins a blowout or two and loses all the close games. Yay us!