![]() ![]() Mitchell has to attack before the doubles come. ![]() They have to play faster before the Clippers can set their defense. The Jazz were the best team all season and still have to like their chances going home for the swing Game 5 and potentially for a Game 7. Each team has shown its hand, laid out its winning formula, and now we see who executes better with it all on the line. There are no more secrets in this series. So, here we go, 2-2 with Game 5 on Thursday. The Clippers have outscored the Jazz by 42 points in those minutes.- StatMuse June 15, 2021 Terance Mann has played 44 minutes this series. Mann scored three points in 15 minutes on Monday, and those numbers do nothing to capture his impact as a defender and energy supplier. Ty Lue has had him out of the rotation at points, and there's a reason he's been getting roasted for that decision on Twitter. When he's making 3s, the Clippers are an entirely different team with the attention that has to be paid to Leonard and George.Īlso, a lot of love for Terance Mann is in order. Marcus Morris, who was 5 for 5 from 3 in the first half, might be the biggest X-factor remaining in these playoffs. Meanwhile, the Clippers got the peripheral performances they needed. By the time Joe Ingles and Bojan Bogdanovic found their strokes, the deficit was into the 20s. Mitchell didn't get much of any scoring help when he needed it in the first half. The Clippers did everything they could to keep that from happening, and they were successful. Mitchell has become a great off-the-dribble 3-point shooter, but he's really killing you when he's getting in the lane and the Jazz are hitting you with swing-swing sequences that end with a clean 3-point look. Mitchell and the Jazz made their 3-point numbers look better by the end of the game, but the damage was done early. With his downhill energy cut off, Mitchell was forced behind the line as well, taking 10 of his 14 first-half shots from 3. Utah took 60 percent of its first-half shots from beyond the arc, making just 33 percent of them. They trapped, doubled, collapsed on his drives and forced the Utah shooters to hit shots. The Clippers were adamant Donovan Mitchell was not going to beat them. ![]() On Monday, the first half decided the game. That doesn't mean they're going to win it, but this is what gives them their best chance: Leonard and George play like stars and the defense suffocates with switches, aggressive rotations and ball pressure. Good for him.Īnd good for the Clippers, who have seemingly dialed in their championship formula. When he was subbed out for the last time in the fourth quarter, he left to a standing ovation. And yet he's playing as though he is oblivious to it all. It would be so easy for him to get hesitant. It feels like all of social media is just waiting for him to fail, and he's aware of it. He's attacking with force and shooting with confidence, and the impressiveness of that cannot be understated given the spotlight that is on him. George finished with 31 points, nine rebounds and four assists. He brought on much of the mocking with the self-proclaimed nickname and the whole "that's a bad shot" routine, but a few high-profile stinkers aside, there is no way you don't want this on your team. ![]() The man is playing terrific, and quietly has been through most of this postseason, and he has for most of his career. There was an error processing your subscription. ![]()
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