Quote Originally Posted by zsr View Post
Well that fell apart quick for Portland
Go read some posts from a guy who knows what he is talking about (me).

Portland is a nice team but they cant win on the road, so to be lumped into the conversation as one of the best teams in the league they have to beat teams they are better at on the road. But they cant beat anyone.

Clippers are beating teams theyre supposed to beat at home. They lost two games, one at SA with all their (SA's) players, and at Portland. Two tough places to play. So no real shame there.

Clippers blew out lakers last night without Mo Williams. Granted Lakers are borderline lottery team but they showed just how much better they are than them. Kobe is in selfish mode now. He is just getting his and letting everyone else go through the motions, that is just going to make this team even worse down the road. He can score 35-40 a night and beat the shit teams they have, but against good teams the Lakers are going to get buried. They'll go 0-5 these next few games more than likely, maybe 1-4 if they get a lucky win.

Clippers now have an issue with Chris Paul and a strained hamstring. They can beat NJ without him, might even be able to steal one in Tah if Mo plays. Tough one will be at home against dallas on the third game of a back to back to back. Then they have two beatable teams at home in the next 5 days, then the Lakers again. So their schedule isnt horrible going forward. Even with out Paul but with Williams they shouldnt lose more than 2 of those games. thats about 16 days. Paul should be fine by then, strains are usually 7-10 day deals but giving them an extra few days is always good to make sure they dont come back. So 14 days they play at Den and home to OKC,theyll need paul to win those games. even with him those games are going to be tough.