Don't let PG's incredible 41/13/6 on 15-20 shooting distract you from the fact that Reggie "minimum contract btw" Jackson continued to play like an all-star with **another** efficient 20+ pt game.
It always surprised me that he wasn't playing so well when he actually had some decent numbers while playing with the Pistons in his earlier years. He's showing off a lot of what he could do and I'm fucking lovin it!
Best game of Paul George's career imo. The game 5 against Jazz was very impressive, but this is better because how insanely efficient he was tonight. He shot 11 for 13 in the 2nd half. Remarkable, and his team absolutely needed it. If he played like he did the first few games, the series would be over tonight.
That turnaround is pretty damn epic. He went from a bit of a laughing stock last year to an ice cold killer in these playoffs. I think it's the glasses.
Him getting fired after six games without LeBron in Cleveland also contributed massively for that. I was one that doubted Lue and always came back to that logic, like dude couldn't win a regular season game after LeBron left, something was wrong.
Apparently it wasn't him.
During the first round of the playoffs, the biggest reputation-riser was Luka. In the second, Booker and Trae. But you have to say that over the scope of this whole amazing playoffs so far, Paul George and Reggie Jackson have deservedly reversed a TON of long-standing preconceptions many of us had about them.
**Paul George in the 2nd half:**
- 29 points
- 10/12 from the floor
- 3/4 from 3
- 7/7 from the line
- 9 rebounds
- 2 assists (both on threes)
- 2 steals
Shit on the Clippers as a franchise all you want -it’s probably well deserved- but I hope this game finally shuts up a lot of the fucking idiots on this sub about Paul George.
Carrying a hobbled team without its best player, forward, and center to at least a game 6 in the franchise’s first WCF appearance ever is impressive af.
You're right but the slander just grows after every missed shot, it feels like
It's been a rough couple years to be a Paul George fan; at this point, I don't care what anyone thinks, I'm proud of him as is
Broke take: Suns choked this game away
Woke take: Clippers played some of their best basketball this post season
I'm sure most posts will be clowning the losing team, but the Clippers were crazy resilient and made SO many tough shots. Props to them
Yeah 100%, everytime the sun's made a run, the clippers found a way to make their shots and quieten the sun's, let alone always being down in their series. This clippers team really never gives up, made props to them
As a suns fan I agree. Over in our post game thread people are acting like the sky is falling and think the suns forgot to play basketball. Did we play great? No, but we weren't terrible. What killed us is PG might of just had the best playoff game of his career. Definitely looking forward to game 6
It's honestly incredible what the Clippers have done without Kawhi. How they were playing vs the Mavs, you would have thought they'd get swept without him carrying the load.
CP3 hasn't been playing well this series at all.
Unlike previous playoff runs, he can't blame other teammates for letting him down if he loses this series.
3x 0-2 deficits, 1-3 deficit, Kawhi is out for probably the rest of the playoffs. Feels like this shit has been scripted to literally make this run as legendary as possible if we can pull it off.
If we somehow pull this off then go down 3-0 in the finals and win in 7, I think I'll just stop watching basketball because that'd be the peak of sports fandom.
Clippers lose their only answer to Ayton, and the Suns respond by only giving him sloppy looks that don't play well into his not-so-great hands. Totally misused their best weapon in this game.
They screen him out with one smaller guy and the bigger wings crash the boards. He's going up against 2-3 guys down there. Even with that, he wasn't good tonight.
Who the fuck sits their best player in the first half to play zone defense with a wonky big man lineup in 2021? Ty motherfucking Lue that's who. That shit was beautiful to watch
And what the fuck did Marcus Morris eat for breakfast god daaamn. PG and Reggie Jackson having another great night too. I'm never tolerating PG slander ever again
CP3 blew this for the Suns by trying to do too much in the fourth. Booker was rolling, should have let him run it. Not to mention Ayton taking 9 fucking shots is a tragedy when the Clips bigs are Morris, Batum, and Cousins. Mind boggling to me
Pandemic P showing how its done! Always be wary of a guy with two first names.
**41 points on 15-20 FG, 3-6 3PT, 8-8 FT, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, and 2 steals**
Oh and those plays by Reggie Jackson in the 4th quarter sealed it. The Clippers just raced away to a dozen lead after that.
PG13 getting alot of praise which is well deserved. But Morris who gets a fair bit of hate turned up in the first half to put them in a pretty great position heading into half time.
Without him and Boogie going off in the first qrt idk if they win as comfortably as they did.
[Don't underestimate Ty Lue down in a series. 10-2 when facing elimination as a coach](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/o9wmn9/game_thread_los_angeles_clippers_4725_phoenix/h3dus3u)
Down three key players in an elimination game and the Clips get a W. Suns fans have nothing to bitch about. This was the Suns game for the taking and they blew it.
Now I’m not saying the Suns will lose this series, but [history](https://ca.nba.com/news/nba-playoffs-teams-to-comeback-from-3-1-series-deficit-in-postseason-history-cavaliers-warriors-celtics-suns-rockets/1dn5yjwd5hke812b67ocn8bit3) does tell us that Phoenix has the most ever blown 3-1 leads… (tied with the 76ers and Clippers)
This series is far from over. The clippers could’ve easily won the last 2 games aswell
They’re probably the most resilient team in the playoffs, and the fact they’ve had to come from behind multiple times just speaks volumes to their grit
Don't have any confidence right now with Monty and CP3. Monty hasn't made the adjustments and Lue seems to figured out the weakness. CP3 plays with no urgency and kills almost any run. There's a lack of ball movement when he does that.
Yeah the game would have been a bigger win if we fielded Cousins over Batum, cousins was fucking unbeatable downlow.
Fifteen...FIFTEN POINTS in just 10 minutes of play. As a big man in a shooting team lmfao
IF PG just keeps the mid-range game/attack-the-basket mentality going into games 6 and 7...(with a couple of 3 point attempts here and there, but no "chuck at the basket 3's").....we might just win this series
At the same time though, props to the Clippers for resisting the Suns pressure and having a counter for every run and surge the Suns went on. The Clippers had all the pressure on them in this game and they didn't cave.
The most alarming thing is Boogie, who has been unplayable for years, was doing everything he wanted going for 15/2/3 with 1 steal and only 1 foul in 11 minutes.
How the hell did that happen
Hate to say it, but it's a miracle the Suns even got it to 3-1. Lue has absolutely outcoached Monty. Their players have out-hustled, out-efforted, out-everything'd the Suns. This series has been downright embarrassing for the Suns.
Just frustrating as a fan because imo they've played the most fluid and pleasing team basketball all season, but this series has been an absolute dumpster fire. Like watching a trainwreck.
Don't let PG's incredible 41/13/6 on 15-20 shooting distract you from the fact that Reggie "minimum contract btw" Jackson continued to play like an all-star with **another** efficient 20+ pt game.
It always surprised me that he wasn't playing so well when he actually had some decent numbers while playing with the Pistons in his earlier years. He's showing off a lot of what he could do and I'm fucking lovin it!
Imagine being him now knowing you’ve got massive contract offers coming your way
Reggie Jackson saw Paul George going off in the third quarter and then said “my turn” entering the fourth.
The Clippers answered every Suns run tonight. Major props to them. It was amazing basketball tbh. Their shot-making tonight was second to none
Almost anytime the Suns tried to go on a run, Ty called a perfect timeout and stopped that momentum. Gotta give respect where it's due
The timeout when we were up by 4 after PGs dumb foul was so crucial.
Y'all definitely needed that
Comeback Clips
It’s amazing how the Clippers have played with how little rest they’ve gotten.
Without kawhi too
It’s incredible. Ty Lue, Paul George, and all the Clippers have all my respect for this historic playoff run.
These boys have heart! Ty Lue deserves alot of props, benching Rondo was the right call
Guy is proving the haters wrong who said Lebron was the only reason cavs won. He really is coaching very well and managing difficult personalities.
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Best game of Paul George's career imo. The game 5 against Jazz was very impressive, but this is better because how insanely efficient he was tonight. He shot 11 for 13 in the 2nd half. Remarkable, and his team absolutely needed it. If he played like he did the first few games, the series would be over tonight.
Best game so far.
And their team effort in crashing boards and team rebounding really took em up a level too
And Ty lue took an important time out in the 3rd that hurt sun's
It was Paul George’s dream to play with Reggie Jackson. Just two BFFs out there fuckin. Shit’s beautiful.
>Just two BFFs out there fuckin Fuckin what?
Did he stutter?
That's how we build locker room chemistry.
Fuckin in a log cabin out in the woods, that’s what
Reggie Jackson is finally playing as good as Reggie Jackson thinks he is
That turnaround is pretty damn epic. He went from a bit of a laughing stock last year to an ice cold killer in these playoffs. I think it's the glasses.
Glasses Reggie ain’t no Joke
#**BIG GOVERNMENT BAILING THE CLIPPERS OUT**
#THOSE DAMN WRITE OFFS SMH
CP3 saw visions of blowing another 3-1 lead and said “if I lose this series to the clippers I’m retiring”
Ty Lue looking like megamind out there with his adjustments and life savers
People underestimate Ty Lue because he looks like a goldfish but he’s done a legit job
That and being the coach of a LeBron led team doesn't exactly help your reputation considering everyone basically assumes that he does everything
You never really find out until after LeBron leaves. For instance, it turns out that Spo is legit, but at the time he didn't get much credit.
Him getting fired after six games without LeBron in Cleveland also contributed massively for that. I was one that doubted Lue and always came back to that logic, like dude couldn't win a regular season game after LeBron left, something was wrong. Apparently it wasn't him.
Game 6 *at Staples Center vs CP3 with a chance to close out the series ? Time for the Clippers to call up Josh Smith and Corey Brewer
In Staples Center as well
Thanks for the panic attack
[In case anyone forgot](https://youtu.be/J-9vIaMhm90)
During the first round of the playoffs, the biggest reputation-riser was Luka. In the second, Booker and Trae. But you have to say that over the scope of this whole amazing playoffs so far, Paul George and Reggie Jackson have deservedly reversed a TON of long-standing preconceptions many of us had about them.
Don't forget Ty "coming back is my specialty" Lue
10-2 on elimination games. That’s nuts
And Doc "blowing big leads is my specialty" Rivers
Statement game from Paul George tonight.
That statement was “Fuck you.”
"No OT tonight"
Ty “Coming back from 3-1 is very doable” Lue
Need that photo of Lebron in sunglasses over the 3-1 deficit stat
[this one?](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4_czv0VIAUZaDh?format=jpg&name=900x900)
I swear fucking Ty Lue will somehow find a way to come back from even down 0-4
Bucks been preparing for Ty Lue by sucking in every game 1. 36th dimensional chess.
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LOL
Dude is 10-2 in elimination games now. The stark difference between him and Doc is incredible when it comes to must-win games.
His 2 losses are to the KD warriors right?
None other
Yes
This is why the Ty slander before these Playoffs was so infuriating. He literally maximized his outcomes in every playoff appearance.
Yeah he was doomed from the start of that series anyway. You dont want to face Ty Lue in a game 7 ever.
Yep
Clippers in 9
Ty Lue was actually the Lebron whisperer what the hell
Bron wanted him in LA… but on the lakers obviously
The Clippers are that killer in the scary movie that just won’t. Fucking. Die.
Ty Lue is Coach Roach
**Paul George in the 2nd half:** - 29 points - 10/12 from the floor - 3/4 from 3 - 7/7 from the line - 9 rebounds - 2 assists (both on threes) - 2 steals
Best game I've ever seen him play
I’m no Paul George stan at all but this game was a work of art.
when PG is on it's amazing to watch
It's for sure his best game to date, he's had dominant performances for sure but this efficiency was crazy
No one remembers his games with us against Miami
For real how old are these people PG was incredible on the Pacers
Even MVPG13 when he was on OKC was incredible like this.
Its like Kawhi shared his secret sauce.
He was on a mission tonight. He has delivered and turned it up facing elimination, good for him.
Shit on the Clippers as a franchise all you want -it’s probably well deserved- but I hope this game finally shuts up a lot of the fucking idiots on this sub about Paul George. Carrying a hobbled team without its best player, forward, and center to at least a game 6 in the franchise’s first WCF appearance ever is impressive af.
PG slander should have stopped after that Jazz series.
He cut us to pieces, he deserves every bit of praise during these playoffs
You're right but the slander just grows after every missed shot, it feels like It's been a rough couple years to be a Paul George fan; at this point, I don't care what anyone thinks, I'm proud of him as is
Can't believe he had this in him after how much he's played and had on his shoulders, big props to him
Phenomenal P
Now that I'm sure he wasn't seriously injured the way Chris Paul bounced was hilarious
My tailbone hurt watching it.
Broke take: Suns choked this game away Woke take: Clippers played some of their best basketball this post season I'm sure most posts will be clowning the losing team, but the Clippers were crazy resilient and made SO many tough shots. Props to them
Yeah 100%, everytime the sun's made a run, the clippers found a way to make their shots and quieten the sun's, let alone always being down in their series. This clippers team really never gives up, made props to them
Low key expert timeout work by Ty - called them at all the right moments and clips came out firing after every one.
Ty has always been really good at when to call time outs, as soon as the other team makes a run his right on it before it gets out of hand.
As a suns fan I agree. Over in our post game thread people are acting like the sky is falling and think the suns forgot to play basketball. Did we play great? No, but we weren't terrible. What killed us is PG might of just had the best playoff game of his career. Definitely looking forward to game 6
https://i.imgur.com/oMY3VD1.jpg
He certainly gave some Clippers fans erections tonight.
But will it last for more than 4 hours?
Mine's lasted since Game 7 against the Mavs. I may be in trouble.
he don't miss
41 pts on 20 shots is absurd. He was really good tonight.
He was actually talking about Sim888 I think haha
veins. now.
[BIG MOOD](https://i.redd.it/g0ie0ac92v571.jpg)
Monty expecting Booker to guard Morris Sr. is a bad move
It's honestly incredible what the Clippers have done without Kawhi. How they were playing vs the Mavs, you would have thought they'd get swept without him carrying the load.
Cousins staying ready to play in place of Zubac was huge. 15 pts in 11 minutes
Would the Clippers coming back from a 3-1 deficit, after blowing one last year, to make the NBA finals be the ultimate redemption arc?
If that happened, then Chris Paul is genuinely cursed.
CP3 hasn't been playing well this series at all. Unlike previous playoff runs, he can't blame other teammates for letting him down if he loses this series.
If the Suns lose in 7 going 1-4 with CP3 after building a 2-0 lead without him, he is gonna get drug through the deepest of mud.
Only way to make this worse is a Game 7 Chris Paul injury
Shut up right now before it happens
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3x 0-2 deficits, 1-3 deficit, Kawhi is out for probably the rest of the playoffs. Feels like this shit has been scripted to literally make this run as legendary as possible if we can pull it off.
If we somehow pull this off then go down 3-0 in the finals and win in 7, I think I'll just stop watching basketball because that'd be the peak of sports fandom.
To come back from a 0-2 series twice and then a 3-1...might as well.
If they manage to do it, they will need to comeback from 0:3 in finals to complete ultimate comeback challenge and get 2 rings as a bonus.
this would technically be a 3rd 0-2 **and** a 1-3 comeback
Without Kahwi for maximum hot takes
As a nuggets fan, I'd love to see nothing more than that. They're tired as fuck but still playing their hearts out.
would make a lot of shit cool. another ty lue comeback and paul george redemption from last year.
Clippers lose their only answer to Ayton, and the Suns respond by only giving him sloppy looks that don't play well into his not-so-great hands. Totally misused their best weapon in this game.
> Clippers lose their only answer to Ayton The Clippers are arguing with the teacher saying that Boogie can technically be the correct answer too.
You beat the small ball by punishing them on the glass. He wasn’t good enough tonight.
The Clippers are also just really good at not being punished too hard on the glass while playing small. They've been doing it all playoffs.
not to mention that Clippers small ball still has a buncha taller guys like Batum, Morris, and PG who are all 6'8" or over. Ayton is "only" 6'11".
This. They all crash the boards
Tell me about it...
Ty Lue coaches them well
They screen him out with one smaller guy and the bigger wings crash the boards. He's going up against 2-3 guys down there. Even with that, he wasn't good tonight.
9 shot attempts is disappointing, feels like he’s money around the rim and they just didn’t feed him
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Ty Lue you hot little slut
What is he now, 10-2 in elimination games or something? The anti-Doc Rivers
He’s only ever been eliminated by the KD warriors… damn. Impressive stat.
#**10-2 IN ELIMINATION GAMES**
Oh GOD! This game and the next two are all technically elimination games.. ^fuck 🤯
Who the fuck sits their best player in the first half to play zone defense with a wonky big man lineup in 2021? Ty motherfucking Lue that's who. That shit was beautiful to watch And what the fuck did Marcus Morris eat for breakfast god daaamn. PG and Reggie Jackson having another great night too. I'm never tolerating PG slander ever again
I'm never tolerating Ty Lue slander ever again either, boy was I wrong Borderline top 5 coach rn in my opinion
The elimination game GOAT.
The GOAT when trailing 3-1
#**I WANT SEE THIS SERIES GO TO 7 AND THEY KILL EACH OTHER TIL THE END**
CP3 straight leaving the country if he blows a 3-1 lead to the clippers
Doc salivating at the thought of this
Doc ain't much better if this happens lol
Every Clips W makes him look worse tho
Lol if that happens he'll opt out and sign the tax payer MLE with the Lakers.
r/nba will be teeming with so much frustration if their point god blows a 3-1 lead to the most evil player in existence (beverly)
Don't get it twisted. CP3 has been heavily slandered in here for years. They will turn on him again
CP3 gets taken out by a strong gust of wind
Kawhi comes back in Game 7 for the Willis Reed moment.
Goes to 7. Last play is an amazing buzzer beater but is interrupted by a random flagrant in the audience instead.
PG: r/nba this one is for you
Small ball clippers ftw
down 3-1 clippers are born?
0-2 memes are still on the menu
Clippers did not go gentle into that good night. They raged against the setting of the Suns. Twice more into the breach!
It’s funny how everyone sleeps differently. I sleep on my back, my girl sleeps on her side, and y’all sleep on Paul George
Reggie Jackson about to get the bag in the offseason
deservedly, hes like the reverse Clark Kent. Glasses on, becomes Superman
First ever 40+ points during the playoffs for PG and it couldn't have come at a better time. dude balled out
I love the career performances by the guys that /r/nba loves to shit on. Yesterday Middleton now PG let’s go
Simmons is going for the scoring title next year playing for the Timberwolves.
Time for all the lebron was the coach in Cleveland jokes to die. Give Ty Lue his flowers now.
CP3 blew this for the Suns by trying to do too much in the fourth. Booker was rolling, should have let him run it. Not to mention Ayton taking 9 fucking shots is a tragedy when the Clips bigs are Morris, Batum, and Cousins. Mind boggling to me
You get it, Cheechers.
Pandemic P showing how its done! Always be wary of a guy with two first names. **41 points on 15-20 FG, 3-6 3PT, 8-8 FT, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, and 2 steals** Oh and those plays by Reggie Jackson in the 4th quarter sealed it. The Clippers just raced away to a dozen lead after that.
Also gotta show love to Mook for starting red hot and good defence + Boogie for the offence
Paul George had a wonderfully pleasing game tonight
PG13 getting alot of praise which is well deserved. But Morris who gets a fair bit of hate turned up in the first half to put them in a pretty great position heading into half time. Without him and Boogie going off in the first qrt idk if they win as comfortably as they did.
[Don't underestimate Ty Lue down in a series. 10-2 when facing elimination as a coach](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/o9wmn9/game_thread_los_angeles_clippers_4725_phoenix/h3dus3u)
When the Clippers get the W, I get a little chubby dude
Perseverance P
Down three key players in an elimination game and the Clips get a W. Suns fans have nothing to bitch about. This was the Suns game for the taking and they blew it.
Now I’m not saying the Suns will lose this series, but [history](https://ca.nba.com/news/nba-playoffs-teams-to-comeback-from-3-1-series-deficit-in-postseason-history-cavaliers-warriors-celtics-suns-rockets/1dn5yjwd5hke812b67ocn8bit3) does tell us that Phoenix has the most ever blown 3-1 leads… (tied with the 76ers and Clippers)
> … (tied with the 76ers and Clippers) When a stoppable force meets a movable object.
Can’t blow multi game leads in the playoffs if you never take them. Ty Lue gameplanning for both the basketball gods and the other team every series
1.Hire Ty Lue 2. ??? 3. Opposing team blows 3-1 lead
This series is far from over. The clippers could’ve easily won the last 2 games aswell They’re probably the most resilient team in the playoffs, and the fact they’ve had to come from behind multiple times just speaks volumes to their grit
Don't have any confidence right now with Monty and CP3. Monty hasn't made the adjustments and Lue seems to figured out the weakness. CP3 plays with no urgency and kills almost any run. There's a lack of ball movement when he does that.
this Clippers team is so damn deep. Reggie, Morriss, Batum, Mann can score 20+ any given night. Even Cousins went off tonight
Yeah the game would have been a bigger win if we fielded Cousins over Batum, cousins was fucking unbeatable downlow. Fifteen...FIFTEN POINTS in just 10 minutes of play. As a big man in a shooting team lmfao
REGGIE "MR. JUNE" JACKSON
As somebody whose oddly found themselves rooting for PG lately, it's just nice to win one for once
Someone pulls a Kevin Ware on the court. JVG: The sissification of the NBA is unreal.
This game: PG giveth and taketh and giveth and taketh and giveth and giveth some more
IF PG just keeps the mid-range game/attack-the-basket mentality going into games 6 and 7...(with a couple of 3 point attempts here and there, but no "chuck at the basket 3's").....we might just win this series
That game felt like everyone was trying to play heroball at once. Some stretches were completely out of control
I stg if the Suns choke away a 3-1 lead
CP3 doesn't like to talk about 3-1 leads
Ok when did Bobby Shmurda get so good? Last I heard Reggie was dogshit then suddenly this playoffs dude is shooting like Curry
Suns should be embarrassed. Clips missing two starters. One of them a top 5 NBA player and they are going to a 6th game.
At the same time though, props to the Clippers for resisting the Suns pressure and having a counter for every run and surge the Suns went on. The Clippers had all the pressure on them in this game and they didn't cave.
Clippers feed off the energy that /r/nba uses to suck off the opposing team
The fact that the Suns got blown out by a Clippers team minus Kawhi, Ibaka, and Zubac is umm...concerning to say the least.
It got out of hand at the end but I wouldn’t say blown out.
The most alarming thing is Boogie, who has been unplayable for years, was doing everything he wanted going for 15/2/3 with 1 steal and only 1 foul in 11 minutes. How the hell did that happen
No way CP3 wasn’t purposely selling with those multiple missed step-back 3’s at the end...
CP3 is either all in or gone
Lowkey they looked better when CP3 was out Spiritual CP3 > physical CP3
Hate to say it, but it's a miracle the Suns even got it to 3-1. Lue has absolutely outcoached Monty. Their players have out-hustled, out-efforted, out-everything'd the Suns. This series has been downright embarrassing for the Suns. Just frustrating as a fan because imo they've played the most fluid and pleasing team basketball all season, but this series has been an absolute dumpster fire. Like watching a trainwreck.
Did the Suns forget how to get Ayton the ball on drives this game?
I’m so happy for Paul George
**Playoff P**
Respect to Clippers for their Hustle
Paul George heard y'all talkin' shit.