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pete clemenza said:
That was the game CP3 was supposed to deliver for us if he's truly a top tier super star PG. He had the biggest 'deer in the headlights' look out of everybody on the team in that game 6. Like most of the shyt I blame Doc and the owner Steve Ballmer for not having real GM in place and not developing players and making decent trades... But that OKC choke the year before and that Game 6 up by 19 in the 4th was CP3's moment to carry us home.. especially that game 6 against Houston:francis:
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Blaming that Game 6 shyt on CP3 is pure slander. He had 31-7-11 on 10-19 shooting and helped hold Harden/Terry/Prigoni to 8-31 shooting. He was dominant on both ends as far as he could control things.

Chris Paul scored 21 of the Clippers' final 33 points in the final 1.5 quarters of the game. No one else had more than 3, including Blake who didn't score at all in the final 16 minutes of the game.

Plus CP3's defensive responsibilities didn't do shyt during the late Rockets run. It was random-ass Terrance Jones (2-3 for 7 points), Josh Smith (4-5 for 14 points) and Corey Brewer (5-10 for 15 points) who brought them back. How da fukk is Chris Paul supposed to shut down three 6'9" guys? James Harden and Jason Terry were silent as hell that whole time, it was the forwards who were killing the Clippers.


And he did all that with an injured hamstring. Saying that CP3 had some "deer in the headlights" look is pure bullshyt. He had a "what the hell are ya'all doing to me?" look.
 
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The Dankster said:
Blaming that Game 6 shyt on CP3 is pure slander. He had 31-7-11 on 10-19 shooting and helped hold Harden/Terry/Prigoni to 8-31 shooting. He was dominant on both ends as far as he could control things.

Chris Paul scored 21 of the Clippers' final 33 points in the final 1.5 quarters of the game. No one else had more than 3, including Blake who didn't score at all in the final 16 minutes of the game.

Plus CP3's defensive responsibilities didn't do shyt during the late Rockets run. It was random-ass Terrance Jones (2-3 for 7 points), Josh Smith (4-5 for 14 points) and Corey Brewer (5-10 for 15 points) who brought them back. How da fukk is Chris Paul supposed to shut down three 6'9" guys? James Harden and Jason Terry were silent as hell that whole time, it was the forwards who were killing the Clippers.


And he did all that with an injured hamstring. Saying that CP3 had some "deer in the headlights" look is pure bullshyt. He had a "what the hell are ya'all doing to me?" look.
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:merchant: at this revisionism. I'm sure I've called you out for this before. It's clear as hell you did NOT watch that series.
 
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I'm straight heated with these claims about the Houston collapse right now.

CP3 scored 12 out of 15 Clippers points during a run where they stretched the lead to 19 in the 3rd quarter. Then Doc took him out of the game.

The next 5 Clippers possessions:

Blake turnover
Blake turnover
Rivers missed layup
Rivers missed three
Reddikk missed three

Doc realizes the rest of the team doesn't have shyt and brings CP3 back in, who immediately sets up a made three for Crawford, but with Terrance Jones hitting a three on Blake the lead is now just 13 going into the 4th quarter.

In the 4th Corey Brewer suddenly goes crazy, scoring 9 of the next 12 points (the other was a 3 by Ariza). Then Josh Smith suddenly catches fire, scoring 8 straight before Brewer makes 5 more. The two of them take turns down the stretch in the most unlikely playoff scoring duo ever.

Meanwhile, everyone on the Clippers not named "Chris Paul" looks like they forgot how to play basketball. Blake Griffin goes 0-5 for the quarter, with four of those misses coming at the rim, and commits three fouls while being completely unable to stop either Brewer or Smith. Crawford goes 0-4 and commits two fouls. CP3 was missing some shots too, but still scored more than everyone else on the Clippers combined (9 for CP3 in the 4th, just 6 for everyone else). And despite all the time that CP3 has the ball in his hands, there were 4 Clippers turnovers in that final 15-minute run and not a single one was on him.

And you're talking about the guy who had just had the incredibly clutch Game 7 against the Spurs in the first round (27 points on 9-13 shooting including the game-winner over Duncan, all on a pulled hamstring) and who had missed Game 1 and Game 2 due to that same injured hamstring. He was running around at 75% and still looked like the best player on the court.

I don't know what you wanted CP3 to be able to do to stop Smith/Brewer from lighting up the Clips, get Blake to stop turning the ball over and missing bunnies, and have Crawford hit a damn shot when it mattered.



p.s. - in the three losses to end the series, the Clippers were -25 in 23 minutes when CP3 sat. That's why Doc had to force an injured player to stay in 40 minutes/game.
 
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Gil Scott-Heroin said:
CP3 making players "better" is one of the biggest myths in basketball. Yes, he is/was a great player, but he didn't make players around him better. It's just a loaded term used for pass-first PGs.
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Lol somebody knows basketball. Him going to LA exposed people perpetuating that myth. Had them juelzing every flop cpo had in the postseason
 
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