Noah Eagle and Derek Fisher discuss how the Portland Trail Blazers’ energy flustered the Los Angeles Clippers offensively and why the latter must rely on Bennedict Mathurin’s scoring off the bench.
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One fourteen to one oh four.
One fourteen to one oh four.
Portland gets a huge win for the Western Conference play-in implications and standings on the backs of Jrue Holiday and Deni Avdija, Noah Eagle, and the five-time champ, Derek Fisher.
Portland gets a huge win for the Western Conference play-in implications and standings on the backs of Jrue Holiday and Deni Avdija, Noah Eagle, and the five-time champ, Derek Fisher.
We look at this one, and you just said it.
We look at this one, and you just said it.
The math is really what eventually sways this game in favor of Portland.
The math is really what eventually sways this game in favor of Portland.
A ton more shots, the second chance points, the three-point volume compared to what the Clippers did.
A ton more shots, the second chance points, the three-point volume compared to what the Clippers did.
It just felt like they had the perfect game plan, and they executed it for all four quarters.
It just felt like they had the perfect game plan, and they executed it for all four quarters.
Yeah, the Blazers, their energy, their effort, their activity just overwhelmed the Clippers as this game went on, leading to fifteen more total field goal attempts, but also fifteen more three-point field goal attempts specifically, plus fifteen from the line, leads to a Blazers win by ten.
Yeah, the Blazers, their energy, their effort, their activity just overwhelmed the Clippers as this game went on, leading to fifteen more total field goal attempts, but also fifteen more three-point field goal attempts specifically, plus fifteen from the line, leads to a Blazers win by ten.
The Clippers are now only half a game ahead of Portland for the eighth seed in the Western Conference.
The Clippers are now only half a game ahead of Portland for the eighth seed in the Western Conference.
Kawhi Leonard did have another twenty-plus point game, fifty-second consecutive.
Kawhi Leonard did have another twenty-plus point game, fifty-second consecutive.
But for the Clippers, that just felt like they didn’t have a rhythm early, didn’t get a ton off the bench from Benedict Mathurin either.
But for the Clippers, that just felt like they didn’t have a rhythm early, didn’t get a ton off the bench from Benedict Mathurin either.
Yeah, that, the tough part right now offensively for the Clippers is Kawhi Leonard’s playing at a All-Star Hall of Fame level, but that bench scoring from Benedict Mathurin is really key to any success that the Clippers want to have moving forward.
Yeah, that, the tough part right now offensively for the Clippers is Kawhi Leonard’s playing at a All-Star Hall of Fame level, but that bench scoring from Benedict Mathurin is really key to any success that the Clippers want to have moving forward.
Not his night tonight, but they will need him to get it going.
Not his night tonight, but they will need him to get it going.
And he will certainly have it more than he will not.
And he will certainly have it more than he will not.
The leading bench scorer in the NBA since the All-Star break just didn’t have his best stuff tonight.
The leading bench scorer in the NBA since the All-Star break just didn’t have his best stuff tonight.
One fourteen, one oh four, the Blazers come to within half a game of the Clips.
One fourteen, one oh four, the Blazers come to within half a game of the Clips.