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Russell Westbrook: 4 pts, 9 rebs, 4 asts, and 5 turnovers. Was a -4 in 37 mins. Clippers lost to the Jazz by 2 (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by logone22@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Not really sure why they had him out there for so long. He has a huge negative impact on the team's spacing and defense when he doesn't have the ball in his hands. Clippers don't really need his playmaking when kawhi and PG having it going so there's no point to him playing so much.

Box score: https://www.espn.com.au/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401584713

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[–] honditar@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Not really sure why they had him out there for so long

Terance Mann is out, right? Who are the Clippers' options to close out games?

I think they gotta bite the bullet and take some L's like this to try and get it to work in the long run.

[–] swhos@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Other than the panicked shot at the buzzer when he probably should've kicked it out to Batum, he wasn't a negative down the stretch. The only reason he had the ball at all at the end was because he got the offensive board. The 4 turnovers in the first half were bad but, you know, he cleaned those up in the 2nd half.

Like you suggested, without Mann, they don't have other options. Clippers don't have much depth.

[–] isaacz321@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Yea Mann is main guy. We do have some non westbrook lineups with more spacing but they have other issues