Clippers Clinch Fifth Seed, Harden Scores 39 in Victory

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00:00124-119. The Clippers win, which also secured them the fifth seed in the Western Conference

00:08playoffs. It dropped the Warriors down to the seventh seed. They're going to be in the play-in

00:12tomorrow night, which we'll talk about momentarily. Kawhi had a big night with 33-6-7. James Harden

00:19had 39, and he hit the key threes in overtime on Fanville Sports Night.

00:24This for Curry since the third quarter. Harden, corner three. Got it! And the Clippers take the

00:30lead by three. On the screen and on the switch, Butler's got Harden. So you got the smaller

00:35defender on Zubats, but Draymond Green now comes to help. Three from Harden. Good again! Back-to-back

00:41triples by James Harden. I'm telling you, no one wants to admit it, but I do. The Clippers are

00:48better than the Warriors. Everyone wants to hand the title to the Warriors when they got Jimmy

00:53lymphoma as I'm watching him limp around yesterday. I'm telling you, this Clippers

00:58team is better than them, hands down. That's all there is to it. And they all give Kerr all

01:02these accolades. Ty Lue is every bit the coach that Steve Kerr is. I don't care what anybody

01:06says. The guy's a winner, and he's got badasses on that team, and they're very deep. What a

01:11deep, loaded team they are. Starters and bench, sickening. I think the Nuggets have a problem

01:18on their hands. I think the Nuggets are going to have a problem as well, and I'm going to give

01:24you that price in a little while. You know, the Clippers are dogs in that series. Of course they

01:28are. And I just, I don't see it. I think that the Clippers are going to beat them, which we will

01:34talk about in a little bit. Let's hear from Steve Kerr on his side of things with the loss. Of course,

01:41the Warriors, what really did them in, Scotty, when you think about it, was losing that Harrison Barnes

01:45game earlier this week. You lose. If they don't lose that game, then they're not playing

01:49tomorrow night. But guess what? You lose. You are playing. Well, yeah, we've got to turn

01:55the page quickly and, you know, move on to that game. And, you know, so the guys will have

02:00tomorrow off. We'll come in and have a walkthrough on Tuesday and ready to roll. And great opportunity

02:07to win a game and get into the playoffs, which has been our goal this whole time. Now it's a great

02:12opportunity, you know. Sure. Great opportunity. I don't buy any of that. But I will say this.

02:18Look, I think they have relatively easy work. Now, I'll say this because I think, you know,

02:25the Dubs are at home at the chase against the Grizzlies in that matchup against a team that's

02:32won that many championships. Let's face facts. For the most part, you know, 65, 70 percent of them

02:39were on the team. Right? Fair enough. They're a little different, but they're still same coach,

02:43Curry, Dre. You know, let's face facts. They have guys on this team that have been in big playoff

02:49series. And to me, the Grizzlies have it. I won't deny they have Jaron. I won't deny they have

02:56Desmond Bain. I won't deny they have Ja. I won't deny that they're good. But they have not looked good

03:04for the most part for the last month and a half. They've had nothing but problems. They won a

03:09couple of games and everybody got excited. I think they're dead meat at the chase tomorrow night. Dead

03:13meat. Yeah. Look, and when you think about it this way, obviously they were trying to win the game

03:19yesterday. It's understandable. I mean, it was a great game over time and whatnot. But sometimes when

03:23you lose, you can maybe be put in some better situations. Now, if they win tomorrow night, they're

03:29going to be the seven and they're going to play the Rockets in the first round. Now we love the

03:33Rockets. They've had a huge year, but I think what the narrative, the narrative with them is,

03:39is that they don't have any playoff experience, right? That Rockets don't have guys that have

03:44been there before. While the Warriors have all these guys that have won titles, Curry and Draymond

03:49and Butler's been in the finals, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So you would think Warriors Rockets

03:53or playing the Lakers and LeBron, maybe they got the better draw if they can win this game

03:57tomorrow night. Maybe.

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