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Clippers vs. Milwaukee - Second Half Open Thread

This is your second half game thread for Clippers-Bucks.

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Our offense needs to get going
Michael Eaves Does Great Work With L.A. Kids

did you know he was adopted?

No

listening to the radio a few years back and Eaves along with Lindsay Soto were talking and Mikey mentions he was adopted

Im still looking past this game

Test is coming up

apparently the clippers are looking past this game too
Studying for the Finals?

thought they were after the All-Star break usually in June

no

i meant clippers test coming up with Por Lal Mia

Big Reggie pulling down some boards
Hopefully That Is All He Pulls Down During The Game LOL

he is giving the Clips a hand

What You Could Call The Clippers Handyman
Sounds like an updated model of the Kandiman
Did You Have To Remind Us. LOL
Yes I went there
Only down by 2 points despite the shitty play in the half.

Maybe instead of saying Reggie is a great rebounder.

We should say he is a great grabber

Rebounds are just on the things that he grabs

funny the bucks fans think they are going to lose the game. they're nice, but not very optimistic.

they told me that the clippers only need a 10-1 run and the game is over.

Time for CP3 to take over

this game is winnable, fellas

well

That’s a given, right? They just have to win it.

last season who knows if the Clips win a game like this however this season the sense is that all games are winnable

that word used to be blasphemy roud here
The Clippers TV Guys Are So Much Better Than The Other Staples Tenant's Are

Love Ralph. The radio guy not so much

Haven't Listened To A Clippers Game On The Radio Since They Played in San Diego
Brian Siemans

is better than John Ireland and Mychel Thompson!

that is not a compliment

it's not an insult
Bucks

Bucks play hard on defense, I’ll give them that. Two years ago when people were psyched about them, they were among the best defensive teams in the NBA.

fyi

Brockman won’t play in second half. Left eye contusion.

Did Reggie Give It to HIm?
left EYE contusion

not left THIGH contusion

first three

That’s the first Clippers three of the game. About time.

Caron continues to impress me so far this season
Damn Blake way to take charge
wow

That was an assertive move by Griffin. And that one too.

Hope that lifts our energy
blake operating in the paint..forget the jump shots for now.
The Blake Show Tonight
Who let the beast out??
haha DJ yelled f*$k!
SLLAAAAAAAAAAM DUNK
clippers run I say.
Blake On Display Tonight
SUPERMAN.....I swear he was horizontal

that ball was way ahead of him and he still caught it

blake should stop dribbling so much.
+99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
CP3 got the alley-oop to Blake nail down better thean Baron ever did haha
that's not true
yeah, not even close yet, but it will get there
Time to turn on BEAST MODE!
is Marshaw checking in?
There's the Lob City 3rd quarter in action
The Bucks Guy Looking Right On LOL
I like THESE guys

instead of the whoever played the first half

G... What did u expect??
We seem more fluent in our movements
A matter of time before these guys woke up.
Halleluyah- Billlups made some shots
Great halftime coaching by VDN!!!!!
i can only imagine the speech...

“DUDE, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4t6zNZ-b0A

monkey fighting snakes?

hahaha….havent seen it on TV

hahaha.. on this Monday to Friday plane!

I died laughing, when I first saw it on TV!

Nice making shots

What a difference when shots are going in. Blake’s been great in the third, but just making jumpers is huge.

Sometimes I can't digest the words Chris Paul & Clippers together

It’s just tooo surreal

WOOOOOW

BAD BLAKE

So.... much.... power....

its awe inspiring

insult

Talk about insult to injury. Poor Ilyasova. And on Turkish appreciation night too.

poor guy tripped over his own feet
Thinking about post game kebabs
funny

It’s funny when like 10,000 people in Staples see a pass, but the player doesn’t.

Unfortunately Billups aint looking for the lob
now we're playing clippers ball.

funny and exciting.

^fun
It is funny.....if you saw Illiyasova
curse you natedog

you got to the joke first!

Don't hate the player !!

And to think my comments are coming from Australia……yet you are local

funny

Ilysova was funny.

truly felt a bit sad for him on that play

but not really

True it will be on Sportscenter for the next few weeks

poor guy, he’s not coordinated

Eh, I figured after cutting the deficit to 2 at halftime they'd come out strong in the second half...

but we can’t have any more of the “same old Clippers” stuff, like playing down to a weakened version of your opponent.

I saw this coming

being only down 2 at the half , they were gonna make a run

they werent gonna let DJ dunk that
Bucks are Brick City
blake looks tired. bring in reggie.
[insert ball-grabbing joke here]
Dr. J Had Very Big Hands For Ball Grabbing
I Watched Jenning's 50 Point Game It Was Amazing

I doubt he will ever do better in a game

jennings

He’s so quick. He needs to go to the hole more, and stop jacking up threes.

He Is pretty slight of Build. Maybe his body can't take too much of it.

the beating in the paint

Its Also A High Injury Risk Play For An Athletic Guard

as we know from watching EJ play

Oh Vinny

He only calls the timeout now?? pff

I agree

The momentum was slowing and players were winded. There should have been a time out at 63-54.

Game lost it's feel again

Clippers got stuck on 63.

bucks back in it and our 1st unit is getting tired.

2nd unit better produce.

I got the blog like Jagger

In case you were wondering.

The Bucks look really bad

Even with Bogut I dont think they are a playoff team. I mean, the Clippers have played pretty awful tonight and are still up.

she wants to meet his wing man

13 for 25 free throws will do it to ya

with reggie on our team that has to make us the worst free throw shooting team in the leagues. All our big guys suck.

I believe it...

I’ve watched a lot of Clipper games over the past decade, and none have ever looked this bad in FT’s.

Pat Sajak

In the house. Clippers getting the A-listers now!

Where would the Clippers be without ...

Reggie Williams

CP3

He’s picked up 3 bad fouls this quarter.

Griffin has missed 5 free throws in a row

I really thought he would improve his free throws this year

he will

But this is not his game.

ouch!
I almost had a heart attack there
i almost had a heart attack right now
i just shit myself
Pornstar Lisa Ann is at this game.

I wonder which player(s) she’ll be going home.

She wants some BG
say no to the clap, Blake
If "it" ain;t on....it's not on

but will settle for Leslie

Lucky we don;t play for 3 days after this
Evans

Evans cleared Butler out of there after that hard foul.

On A Play Like This In Europe

They get four free throws

where is that?

Europe is next door to Russia, made up of alot of different countries
sanders was all scared lol
wow, Blake is struggling with the ball tonight
At first I thought "wow, you called that..."

And then I realized AFN is on like a 15 second delay.

cook for griffin...

all is well

cook is in..ugh.
Cookie and Evans

This could be ineresting

UGGGGGHHHHH

Cook…

the players are getting a bit chippy

Tough Juice
I believe it is

Tuff Juice. TM

Can't BUY a three tonight...
and then that happens....
38 points in first half

32 in third quarter (so far)

I love Caron!
i think it's good when they keep at least one of the first unit guys with the 2nd team.
Mo doing his thing....hopefully he's buying into his role
20 points/5 rebounds for Butler so far.. So nice to have starting over Gomes
playing well

and I thought they overpaid

Our bench are all in the -, where as our starters are all +10 or more
Meh doesnt mean much

Mo came in right when the Bucks started their run, but it had nothing to do with him.

how could they give up a 3?

They were scrambled

They played it like there were only 5 seconds in the quarter, but there was enough time for MIL to take their time and get the shot

Well, it's settled...

Randy Foye is better than Brandon Roy.

Brandon Roy could have made that shot in his sleep

he probably IS asleep at this moment

Everyone got so mad at that Caron-Mo argument earlier

But they play together well.

what argument? i must have been doing shots and missed it
No I mean a few games ago
man ;(

this game takes halts so often… it’s killing the flow!

Do people knock the Butler signing now?
DJ has barely played and it's not because of fouls either

he looks out of it tonight. not sure why. flu?

is he counting his money?

I get scared when Cookie is in there, whatever happened to our other new guy?
wow..the first unit will have to come in sooner than later. this 2nd unit is not good.
luckily we have a few days off.

we cant lose this game

it's Mo against 5
Nice Screen By Reggie
I honestly despise Cook

Nice guy and all, but if he wants this team to win, he needs to retire or waive himself.

I groan every single time Cook, Foye, and/or Gomes steps on to the court.
i hear the crowd booo on that shot
Who's guarding Jennings?
That would be Jasen Powell
Brian Cook...

Needs to be our Jack Haley. Sit, stand, cheer, and clap.

God bless Jack....played his role to perfection
Cookie is good for one thing.....
Sell out

What the hell is going on if the Clippers sell out against MIL?

Last season

I went to MIL-LAC, it was pretty packed. . .the Blake effect.

big bucket

Billups

Ice in his veins
Note to Clipper Girls:

It’s two weeks past Christmas, please start wearing your regular skimpy outfits.

three guard lineup

VDN goes with Billups, Paul and Mo together. I guess Chauncey is defending Jax.

And...

Bucks go right to Jax in the post.

HAHA booing Cook

Can you blame the fans?

Cook you stink!
cook is out..i see a clippers run.
what happen
Just the ugliest 3 point attempts I've ever seen...
Cook is in love with his funny looking 3 pt shooting
That cheer was for Cook leaving..
Caron needs to get back in the game
Me - "Brian what has been the highlight of your long illustrious career?'

Cookie – “Backing up Blake Griffin and clanging my open shots”

Paul has only 4 fg attempts. i guess he's waiting for the last 2 minutes.
Billups

CB was 1 for 8 in first half. He’s been huge in the second.

Gomes

Interesting the VDN showing no confidence in Gomes.

maybe VDN has finally subscribed the ClipsNation?
nope, he's still playing Cookie
Gomes

Is the weakest link right now on this team, even though he comes through at random times, like his mid-range J tonight. Im fine with a Reggie/Jones/generic C(anyone but Cook) frontcourt bench, but this team really needs a better wing off the pine.

B4 His Knee Injury I Wouldn't Bet On DJ On this Jump Ball
the Brandon Jennings show

Dribble for 20 seconds, shoot.

hey if it works...
Brandon Jennings

IS A STUD.

so he tells us

Here comes hack-a-DJ
Hack a DJ time?
olooks like it
I really didn't expect it from skiles

for someone that preaches defense, and actually relys on his defense to make games even close, you’d think they’d think they would be able to get stops. Maybe it was just that one play if they thought DJ was going to get ahead.

Clippers in bonus

DJ needs to make these

Blake with 2 blocks, i like it

he should try it more often

nice drew gooden..no wonder you have played for like 10 teams
TV Foul on Chauncey
scrappy game

not sure I like the Mo-Chris-Chauncey line up. Too many playmakers.

hack a dj?

Wonder why Skiles called it off? Was he only going to do it if DJ missed both the first time?

Who Knew?
It’s mind-blowing how many stories about former superstar athletes involve bankruptcy. An estimated 60 percent of former NBA players are penniless within five years after hanging up their sneakers
damn....thats more than 5 players who are on the floor right now...ha
source?
Source? We no need no stinkin' source

Source

actually

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1153364/index.htm

is the real source (your article links to another article that links to this)

SI is the original reporting

SI

NFL is worse

I heard that percentage before

I know I read a few individual stories (Pippen being one I think) and the kind of investments they make are atrocious.

have no idea why we needed the 3 guard line up tonight
Chauncey remembers how to pass, doesn't he?
time for paul to start scoring..close this game.
DJ Get That Sheet Out of Here
Butler

hesitates too much to shoot the 3-ball. Breaks momentum

dammit Paul

perfect mid-range jumper for you right there. And we get a air ball fade away jumper.

Horrible

Fast break.

Blake Found The Energizer Bunny In The Second Half LOL
So Blake does have limitations

He can’t fly 30 feet.

he should really learn to just stop for the 6 foot jumper.....even a little bank shot

…you can tell he was like “damn i cant dunk from here”

yeah he wanted to so bad but knew he'd kill himself or at the least get called for an offensive foul.

we are making it wayyyyyy too complicated

How are we losing the rebounding game right now? 36-40?
Because Cook is like a negative rebounding machine

I swear he tapped the ball to the Bucks at least 2 times this game.

block and jump ball..

captain jack is hurt

please get a stop now
Thats why DJ is worth 10 million
that looked painful
the jump ball should be easier with the other player limping
we should be running the ball through Butler

Dude is on fire feed him

He was before

I agree though. He is better offensively than I thought he would be.

DJ playing good D!
Blake needs to continue working on those fts
How does Blake not get those fouls calls

He hard ever gets that call. It’s baffling

He Looked A Bit Out Of control on that play
he was out of control and losses balance a lot!
A wave at a basketball game?

Ugh…

clipper darryl does it every game, usually at not the best moments
he needs to stop
The wave is the absolute worst at a game

Everyone in front stands up and starts screaming at inopportune times. It’s a basketball game, folks, pay attention.

This Game Is Now In The Refrigerator
"I won't rest until the final buzzer"

jello is a jiggling

Last season

as well as many seasons before this game would be an L. Things are a changin’

DJ-a-hack safe zone

under the 2 min

Yeah saw that coming...

terrible turnover.

damn that would have been the dagger 3 by Butler
LOL Clippers have a one night stand in Portland!

that ralph is hillarious

Raptors Led By Amir Johnson In Town on the 22nd
luckily we were able to contain Drew Gooden.
man Paul better be aggressive next three games

We need him to go beast mode from the first jump

especially against the competition we'll be facing
Sloppy win assuming we hold on
This Just In

these ain’t your daddy’s Clippers

CP3

very, very ordinary tonight. I guess he’s allowed, but let’s hope it doesn’t happen often.

begs the question

how is the knee?

r u serious?
I think OK

his handles were off. Jennings was owning him

This is what he looked like a lot of last year

Gathering from what I have heard from Hornets fans.

he is still a bit off

but I think he’ll improve. Like it or not, in NO he had to carry this team (with a little help of West). With this team others can help.

On an off night he can play the off guard and let Chauncey run the point

Or Mo. Or Foye. Point is there are options. Options = good.

unless we put all three in

then we get slapstick like in the 4th

I was wondering what that was about

Clippers are having a hard time rebounding as it is. Let’s not do that again, Vinny.

or the Paul passes to Mo and Chauncey at the same time moment
D-Rose had an equally bad evening as well

Happens

Just saw their box score

Boozer had a +/- of -39!!!

until they can get Boozer going

the Bulls aren’t going anywhere. Rose can only do so much.

Same story, different year.
my only knock on Thibs

offense is also a part of the game, you know

You touch an ump like that in baseball automatic 5 game suspension, lol
There Is A Long History In Baseball Dating Back to the 19th Century That Brought That About
ah the game of team hugging contest

or what do you call those bench clearing thingies?

A win is a win, my friends!
no matter how ugly

Thanks only to a solid 3rd quarter against a mediocre team WITH injuries.

Undefeted in 2012

Keep it going.

Ugly wins are better than pretty loses as what they say
I got tired of always hearing, "That was a good loss."

I prefer ugly wins – you’re right, it does sound better.

Aminu w/ monster game w/ new orleans
Aminu is much better of in NO

they got nothing to loose so they can take the bad with the good

not on his first couplr games
still playing 17 mpg before this game

and I’m guessing it would have improved even without ariza injured. I still think he is better of there. Seems to me a player that needs to play in order to improve. He wouldn’t have gotten that with us.

just saw this

15pt 12reb 4st wow. too bad it was in a loss, with Mahinmi leading the Mavs… not looking good for NOH

always been an exceptional rebounder
very impressed
I would rather see Gomes play at 4 over Cook

I would much rather see Thompkins or even Solomon Jones take those minutes. And I never, ever, want to see Cook play the 5.

At least Cook isn't playing the 1!

(be positive)

I really don't care to see Cook play, period.

Seems like an OK guy, just not when it comes to shot selection.

shot selection is OKish

but if he isn’t those open 3’s why play him?

Exactly

He’s a freaking abyss beyond the arc – he never passes.

butler admitting the underestimated the Bucks

Get the focus back and get ready the next three games are dangerous

Dangerous? More like really, really tough

The Heat look really good this year, as much as I hate them.

the heat have a big advantage. they are going to catch us at the tail end of a back to back after playing portland at portland. it’s going to be tough. but i believe in our team.

and even if we lose to Miami

would that be that bad? In this compressed season you have to know which battles you want to fight. At Miami, having played against Portland the night before?

Miami at home

Clips will put up a good fight this week, these games will be under a media microscope, and they know it. They clearly were not up for this game until the half when they realized the Bucks were putting up a real fight.

if only we could start off like the game last year at home against the heat.

40 some points in the first quarter. But this time we don’t allow them to come back. that game was lovely. I know the team will be pumped for that game and the laker game.

this game only close because of missed fts,,,,,,
Charles Barkley

The round mound of rebound hosting SNL tonite

+1
Sure feels nice to be above .500! I have missed this feeling!
Missed?

I dont even remember that feeling

LOL.. Yeah, it's been a long time.

Even if the Clips go 1-2 next week I will call it successful if they beat the Lakers

we should be rested by the time we play the lakers on saturday.
Yep I can't eat my words when I said we were gonna have a better record than the Lakers

I said this before the CP3 trade.

0-3 is possible

Portland and Lakers are going to be motivated and Miami is just very good.

dont say that
Geezus...

stop with this negativity…positive energy with this Clippers team. I think we’ll compete next week. Let the outcome speak for itself.

I said it is possible

I didn’t say it will happen. But it wouldn’t be the end of the world. This team has still a lot of gelling to do. I’ll evaluate after 20 games.

totally

we’re playing a team we already beat during the regular season, a team we beat twice during the preseason and a team we beat on our home court last season. 3-0 baby!!!

meant to reply to hangtime, not you negative Nancy
negative Nancy?

better then the panic posse that broke out after losing to the Spurs and Bulls.

Good god that was dreadful

I havent seen most of those people since though. True bandwagon fans.

ever thought about a new nickname?

The ClipperBorg have assimilated you.

I dont want to change my name

I have thought about it, but my nickname is dedicated to that awful Cavs team of 2010-2011 that I supported mainly because of what LeBron did to them.

Better than calling yourself NewClippersfan
a sort of living digital memorial plaque

what happens when you let your superstar run your team

Hey Hey

I’m banking on those bandwagon fans to buy my Heat and Lakers tickets at an insanely marked up price.

I respect the people of this blog way too much to sell them my marked up prices.

that made me smile
i understand you said it's possible

obviously it is, but it’s not gonna happen because these aren’t the old Clippers. We’re going 3-0. (and if i don’t i’ll still say we’re going to win the rest of the games of the year because i think we are in a position to where we can win the rest of the games of the year).

if clips don't... doy
Reggie Evans

3pts, 6rebs, 19 mins. Good numbers for his debut. Could’ve had more points if he made his FTs.

Key to happinness

1) Go to www.nba.com
2) See first story
3) Smile calmly.

hurray for the clips and their ugly win

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrAwK9juhhY

“I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true”

Things I felt about this game.

1) Reggie Evans was a great pickup. I now see why he is such a great rebounder; he always fights for position and his timing is excellent. He also never gives up on a single play. I hope to see a healthy Evans all year round.
2) Our defense was decent, but Jennings was just having a solid shooting night. Not to mention CP3 was just out of it tonight, even with his okay stats.
3) Our offense was what caused the “ugly” loss. We were out hustled and it seemed like we just outplayed. I think we weren’t prepared for this game, because our offensive playbook seemed pretty dry. Our terrible FT and 3PT shooting didn’t help at all.
4) The refs are BLIND. Before, I would always stand by my words “Griffin should stop complaining.” I believe that it is NEVER good to complain, but it has to be known that they are missing such blatant fouls which can easily change the game.
5) Chris Paul needs to go back to his leadership roll like last game. This game was not a strong one offensively for him, but I think his less than stellar (for him) performance will have him fighting for 3 wins in the next 3 games.

Not to take away from your astute observations ...

But despite all that the Clippers still came away with the win. I can’t remember it off hand but there’s some cliche out there about learning how to win on your worst night. It’s what good teams do and in seasons past it felt like the Clippers had to have a perfect storm to come away with a W. Did I want to see a wire-to-wire win, absolutely, but there’s some solace in knowing that the best PG plays on my favorite team, had an off night, and still came away with a 6 point win.

For what it’s worth – Reggie is a beast.

I agree.

No matter what you say, a win is a win. I was just giving my 2 cents with what I saw. And from what I have seen in Paul, he will be more disappointed in himself than any other player, coach, or fan. He seems to really play well after games in which he is seen to play to a lesser caliber than he usually does; and hopefully he comes to Portland looking to dominate! This stretch of three games is pretty vital for the team and it’s confidence, so let’s take 3/3!

+1

Preach!

Oh yeah, forgot to mention the obvious.

Judging by the word “obvious” I’m sure whoever is reading this has guessed it.
6) Cook is total trash. I don’t see why Del Negro still has any interest in playing him and not playing Jones. Cook is not only a terrible shooter (almost all of which are 3’s) but he is worse than useless on defense. All he has to do is throw up his arms and jump 10 inches to alter someones shot, but even that is too complicated for him. I believe it was near the end of the second or third, but Williams seemed to assume that someone would help him out on a Jennings drive, but when Jennings blew by, he had an almost uncontested layup which led to a Clippers time out. So please, put in Jones and make Cook a bench player so deep that he is sitting by Clipper Darrel. With Evans, you can have a pretty decent 2nd team.
Williams
Leslise/ Foye
THOMPKINS (like many of us, I have no faith in Gomes; I also think Thompkins is perfect as a 3)
Evans
Jones. Jones, who is said to be a shot blocker, can make someone like Jennings think twice about driving for a layup. Evans can then clean up missed shots with his tenacity on loose balls ;). I think Leslie would be a solid defender, and I think Thompkins has the height and qualities of a SF.

anybody at the game catch that fight at the end of the 4th? was 6 rows in front of me.

i didnt like our interior D

Evans is a nice pickup

CP3 was a bit too passive for my taste

We want more info on the fight!
group of mexicans start arguing with a white guy about 4 rows above them

one of the mexican guys goes up with his friend trying to hold him back
his friends are all up there and the aisle person in purple head over there to try and break it up
he lunged at the white guy and started beating the snot out of him

What were they arguing about?
Wild! What section are you in?

I’m in 116 and the only thing we get are those 2 boys that dance all the time.

premier 10, it was the 100 section below me, not sure of the exact number
Possibly any alcohol involved?

I don’t want to be stereotypical or racist, but Mexican fans are known to get somewhat rowdy at sporting events. Yet again, not trying to bring in race, but I see that as a possible factor.

Hispanic/Latino sports fans in LA are generally very passionate

But regardless of race, alcohol can fuel this passion into violent behavior.

As someone who lives in a predominantly hispanic neighborhood ive seen some rough brawls at local bars over games, the worst being an Angels Dodgers game a few years ago that resulted in a gun drawn ( thankfully no one was shot). As a Clipper fan its not easy to go to a bar that caters to local Laker faithful and ask to turn on a Clipper game. I went to said bar for the first Clipper/Laker preseason game this year with a friend wearing a Clipper jersey and the doorman said ’you’re a brave man for wearing that in here.’ Not that he really meant it, but with the Clippers gaining so much attention as a legit threat to the Lakers status as ‘best team in La’, i wonder if this year there could be more violent incidents of Clipper/Laker fan clashes. Lets hope we can all co-exist in peace.

It's certainly rough

I was at a Giants – Dodgers game in SF a few years back and a Dodgers fan started to shout racial slurs at me all because we were talking about Fernando Valuenzela and his great nickname of “El Sombrero.” My sister’s fiancee and I almost got in a fight with that dude on the outfield boardwalk. All for what, talking about El Sombrero?

Being in the minority in LA gets a bit interesting at times.

I didnt hear exactly what they were arguing about, but from what I saw I'd fault the white guy.

The mexican guys were trying to hold their friend back and the white guy kept talking. a few people in each camp tried to break them up when he got up there, then he went at him
neither were particularly rowdy or drunk during the game at least from what i saw. if he was drunk he navigated climbing the seats pretty well

Any of them obvious Clipper or Bucks fan?
pretty sure both were clipper fans
And to think

we were one of the classier fans… :( I know we can blame this bandwagon bull- but still- they are now “fans” of the organization..

can’t stand when a group has to gang up on one person. if you wan to fight let it be 1 on 1 not some coward gang beating.

it was a one on one basically
I was at this game

wasn’t that great.. :( I usually never say this, but the refs should let the players play…

To add onto it

I was watching the Saunders- Butler foul. I didn’t think it was a flagrant.. Opinions?

not a flagrant
it was in my eyes

he basically clotheslines him. It wasn’t intentional, you could see that from Sanders reaction.

i dont think it should be called a flagrant if there's no evidence of intention
That doesn't cut it for me

that’s the kind of fouls that can injure players. Intention is always difficult to gauge. You’d see because of Sanders reaction, but in then end lots of flagrant fouls are called for these fouls.

I dont know..

I need want to rewatch the foul again. Just because a player falls to the floor shouldn’t always be a foul. Sometimes its just because the player is in the air and any motion would cause a player to drop.

I disagree

Somethjing like this should be a flagrant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdWF3luMGKI

(Not sure about flagrant 2, but flagrant 1.) I doubt Harris’s foul was intentional.

It wasn't intention but they're going to call it if you're above the shoulders.

He seemed sincerely apologetic, which was a nice gesture.

On the topic of fouls:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaZIAXJJDKQ LOL

Aw Joey Crawford, how you shouldn't be a ref...

Joey often blows the whistle and because he, just like all the other refs, would never say, oops my bad, he makes a stupid call, which in that case was a crucial one. Not to mention he hates laughter ;)

Refs let the BUCKS play.

Can’t say the same about the Clippers. I will be the first to say that I hate Griffin’s constant complaining, but there were some no calls in this which should be brought to the referee’s attention. Did you see Paul talking to the refs after the game? I’m not 100% sure, but it seemed like he was talking to them about fouls. I’m fine with letting teams play, I actually like it, but you gotta be fair. Regarding the flagrant foul, I thought it was a flagrant simply because you don’t go for a player mid jump unless you have the chance to get a block. Frankly, I didn’t see any way that Saunders was going to get a clean block, so he should have let him be. Block in mid jump is a big no no, because it is just a bad fall waiting to happen.

Yeah, Griffin’s complaining is annoying. But it seemed like he was trying to tone it down in this game. I don’t think Saunder’s foul was a flagrant. He was not being malicious. Just a terrible foul. Fortunately no one got hurt.

Yeah, I don't like it, but it is like the refs are asking for it now.

And I didn’t think it was a malicious foul, but he has to learn that you CAN’T hit someone in air.

again above the shoulders!
I think

Its flagrant if the player is in the air and u pull him back like that cuz he can fall very hard and get an injury more serious than if his fit were still on the ground

deandre really needs to become a better rebounder

i like DJ, but we are constantly getting out rebounded even by a poor shooting team like the bucks

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