Paul George is going to have a breakout game, surely?

[Shogon]

If you saw this guy's face during the game in the 3rd and 4th quarters, his body language and his actual face screamed that he was not interested in even being in the arena.

He legitimately looked terrified.

Why?

Surely he's going to explode for like 30+ next game or something.

[ImKobe]

He will, he always averages out to decent numbers. How the hell does he only get 14 shots in 45 minutes? What's Doc doing?

[StrongLurk]

I'll be shocked if he doesn't. He is without a doubt due for a 30 point game.

[Stanley Kobrick]

his shot selection has been rather volatile

[imdaman99]

He's gotta drive more. And Mavs doubled off him so often, he was afraid to shoot when he got the pass. I don't get him. I used to value the guy and thought he would team with Russ and bring success but it wasn't to be.

[Akeem34TheDream]

He will, he always averages out to decent numbers. How the hell does he only get 14 shots in 45 minutes? What's Doc doing?

Did you watch the game? He was afraid to take shots. He was only playing for defence basically.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Definitely due.

Scoring 30 would be great, but he doesn't even need to do THAT. Just play average. That happens and LA wins the next 2 handily.

Right now though he's shooting 31% from the field. And in the last two, 21% :oldlol:

[ImKobe]

Did you watch the game? He was afraid to take shots. He was only playing for defence basically.

Watched the whole thing, he didn't touch the ball on a lot of possessions, Clippers play too much iso ball, not enough ball movement with Lou Williams and Kawhi chucking shots. He passed up a couple when they had wide open 3s.

[Roundball_Rock]

Pressure. Title or bust for the first time in his career. He is melting down in response.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Definitely due.

Scoring 30 would be great, but he doesn't even need to do THAT. Just play average. That happens and LA wins the next 2 handily.

Right now though he's shooting 31% from the field. And in the last two, 21% :oldlol:

Let me reword that. Make that three straight games shooting 21%.

:biggums:

Any "star" whose shot this terribly?

[Roundball_Rock]

Let me reword that. Make that three straight games shooting 21%.

:biggums:

Any "star" whose shot this terribly?

It is bizarre. In a series where both teams are routinely putting up 120+ and everyone is scoring, even role players like Trey Burke are having big games. :lol

[NBAGOAT]

i think he needs to play pretty well actually at least a game. kp should be back, mavs will always have a few guys shooting well and luka's bad game at this point might be 25/8/8 right now. clips cant assume lou and morris will continue to cover up the slack

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

It is bizarre. In a series where both teams are routinely putting up 120+ and everyone is scoring, even role players like Trey Burke are having big games. :lol

Good point, making it all the more stupefying.

Kawhi wont ever tell him anything, but you know he's staring a hole into PG's head :oldlol:


i think he needs to play pretty well actually at least a game. kp should be back, mavs will always have a few guys shooting well and luka's bad game at this point might be 25/8/8 right now. clips cant assume lou and morris will continue to cover up the slack

You're probably right. With every passing game there will be more pressure. Good luck!

[Axe]

He was already petrified? Was he like this last year?

[999Guy]

He’s got Draymond Green disease.

When you’re on a loaded team with a questionable amount of possessions, your shot selection changes because:

1. You may not get many chances

2. You are taking away from other superior offensive players in the first place.

If you notice PG has relegated himself to only shooting “good” shots. Which is why he’s visibly playing bad and it’s easy to see.

Kawhi himself misses plenty of open shots. But Kawhi has the confidence to put the ball on the floor and fish for easier shots, and even do this until he shoots/FT/finished into a solid rhythm

With Lou and Kawhi doing Shaq/Kobe numbers aka KD/Curry numbers aka Wade/LeBron numbers when should PG take some possessions to fish for easy points even after going 2/6 to start?

Literally giving the ball to Lou or Kawhi is more logical when you start out rough. You go long times without the ball. Now when you get the ball, it is literally magnified. It’s like talking when you’ve been quiet for a while. It’s hard to get social after you’ve been chilling for a long time. You’re gonna pay attention to every little thing you do/say.

Paul George needs to be needed. He literally isn’t and it’s killing him. Being a role player is a skill and it’s nothing he’s developed.

So he’s gonna look like shit like Klay/Draymond/Bosh have in the past because it’s very difficult to shrink your game into a miniature version of itself and stay effective when the whole idea of your game is getting volume with time and possessions and turning that into the occasional big night to have a nice average.

[Roundball_Rock]

Good point, making it all the more stupefying.

Kawhi wont ever tell him anything, but you know he's staring a hole into PG's head :oldlol:

You're probably right. With every passing game there will be more pressure. Good luck!

:lol Kawhi was ignoring him late in the game. That won't work long term (even if "long term" turns out to be 2-3 more games)--the Clippers need PG to produce something to win. PG has a shaky playoff record but the Clippers voluntarily shipped SGA, Gallo and a decade's worth of draft picks for him. They are stuck and have to make something out of the situation.

[Shogon]

:lol Kawhi was ignoring him late in the game. That won't work long term (even if "long term" turns out to be 2-3 more games)--the Clippers need PG to produce something to win. PG has a shaky playoff record but the Clippers voluntarily shipped SGA, Gallo and a decade's worth of draft picks for him. They are stuck and have to make something out of the situation.

They had to trade for him otherwise Kawhi wasn't going to sign.

So... it's not the Clippers that really made that decision, per se.

Unless your contention is they would have been better off with those guys instead of both PG AND Kawhi.

[ImKobe]

Let me reword that. Make that three straight games shooting 21%.

:biggums:

Any "star" whose shot this terribly?

PG in the 4 games against the Mavs is shooting 20/69, Pippen in the first 4 games against the Knicks in '96 shot 24/76, with a shortened 3PT line. At least PG has had one good shooting night, Pippen didn't have one good scoring game in the series. Also, Pippen in those same Playoffs shot 21/68 in the last 4 games of the Finals, didn't have more points than shots in any of those games and was just 4/7 from the FT line.

But you won't see Roundball bring that up, I wonder if the excuse there is that he was simply too old?

[Roundball_Rock]

They had to trade for him otherwise Kawhi wasn't going to sign.

So... it's not the Clippers that really made that decision, per se.

Unless your contention is they would have been better off with those guys instead of both PG AND Kawhi.

True. Yeah, you do whatever you must to get Kawhi there but I wonder if they even tried to convince him to come play with Gallo/SGA versus simply rolling over to Kawhi's demands. Kawhi isn't a GM and he is paying the price right now for trying to be one.

They are in the PG boat now. They need PG to produce and if Kawhi won't trust him that will be a problem.

[Axe]

It suddenly makes sense now that the raptors didn't grab pg in exchange for spicy p just to fulfill kawhi's wishes should he stay in the north. Still missing him in their uniform tho.