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All the pressure on Kwai: "The Clippers' loss will have historic consequences for the NBA"
Doc Rivers is confident that "no criticism can divert Kwai from the goal," but commentators are already sharpening the keyboards: how a loss will affect his future, why he is to blame for the situation and why he should never be compared more to LeBron.
Predictions and preparations for Game 7 against Denver (4:00, Sports 5)
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Tuesday, 15 September 2020, 14:48
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NBA fans will get up tonight as well (Monday through Tuesday, 4 p.m., Sports 5) to watch Game 7 between the Clippers and Nuggets, which will decide a fickle series, quirky and full of stories.
Ahead of the game, the United States is mostly preoccupied with the Clippers' disappointing ability, wondering if they are capable of turning the momentum in the series after two straight losses.
The two losses were quite similar: in both of them Doc Rivers' team led by a large margin - plus 16 in the fifth game, plus 19 in the sixth game - and in both they kicked the bucket and dropped it with a very disappointing ability in money time.
Doc Rivers sees no specific reason for the extreme fluctuations in his players' ability and their inability to translate a big advantage into victories.
"There's no secret behind it, nothing out of the ordinary happened," the coach said in training last night.
"There are two keys we didn't stand on defense - they were 60 percent accurate from the field in the second half of Game 6, and went to penalties in almost every move. Once Jamal Marie was injured, they got a back wind. It's normal. When you see a player injured, you give More".
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Rivers warned his senior players of getting into an early offense issue as has happened more than once in the series, focusing mostly on professional highlights ahead of the game.
"Coaches' speeches are overrated. You only see them in movies. In reality there is no secret or magic, just play basketball, try to be as tough as possible, move the ball, do all the things you are used to doing."
Rivers is convinced that Kwai Leonard, who has been disappointed in the last two games, is calm and focused ahead of Game 7. "You can not distract this man from the goal even for a moment. He is human and it is impossible to know whether he will play well or not, In Kwai, you just know he will be ready and confident. "
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But while Rivers maintains optimism, commentators continue to sharpen the keyboards.
"How does a team with experienced players like Kwai, Patrick Beverly, Paul George, continue to lose such great benefits? How does this continue to happen?", Fox network commentator Shannon Sharp wondered.
"I keep being told that Kwai is one of the most effective players in the world. He is only accurate in two games in this series more than 50 percent from the field, is that efficiency? To score such a low percentage, to lose such great advantages time after time, it would not happen to LeBron James "You can never compare LeBron to Kwai, because Kwai was never criticized the way they criticized LeBron. If LeBron had played so badly in the playoffs for several games in a row, they would have finished him off."
Stephen A. Smith also believes all the pressure will be on Kwai and the Clippers: "They don't seem to have anyone to stop Nikola Jukic. Denver is young, fresh, hungry, athletic, fearless and now she's playing without pressure because no one expected her to take the The Clippers for seven games. With the Clippers the situation is reversed. I think you can look at Game 6 and say at the height of sincerity that Kwai is to blame for this loss. To be more focused and aggressive in Game 7. For coming to Los Angeles, man. "
ESPN's Brian Windhorst argues that the Clippers' loss could have far-reaching implications for the NBA in the coming years - no less and no more.
In his opinion, a loss would make Kwai and Paul George, who had one year left on their contract, wonder if they should stay.
"If the Clippers lose, there will be historic repercussions for the NBA," he said.
"It will be a disappointment on a historical scale. Kwai and Paul George will have a lot to think about, and those are just some of the consequences."
"Something's going on with the Clippers," Windhorst added.
"It's not just the big advantages they lose, not just the losses - Denver defeats them. The Nuggets' bench that was supposed to be much less good is better in this series. Denver's energies are bigger, their level of performance in money is better, they look more trained. "It doesn't mean the Nuggets will win Game 7, but the Clippers are at a breaking point. They got themselves in trouble, now they have to find a way out of it."
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