
Cp3,Blake,JCraw,MattBarnes,DJ,Bledsoe,Odom, and you get bounced in the first round
Try again
And that wasnt even everybody from last years team.
How werent they good enough?
Look at names on a roster and don't watch games brehs.
Chris Paul is good, but he's not some incredible superstar contrary to the hype he gets. He's way too passive in a lot of instances. Blake has become arguably the best power forward in the game. Deandre Jordan doesn't do all that much other than rebound and catch lobs. Bledsoe was used sparingly off the bench and he comitted a lot of retarded turnovers and blew out teams in garbage time. Odom was ok.
The Clippers have never been an elite defensive team. They're a team that relies on jumpers and turnovers to beat people in transition.
They weren't shooting the ball well and again, defensively, they're pretty mediocre. Blake and Deandre went up against a frontcourt that is very, very gritty and very intelligent.
Blake wasn't as good as he is now, but either way, Z-Bo pushed him around and got in his head. Mike Conley played well too.
Memphis just flatout beat them because they play a more consistent brand of basketball.
They beat Memphis the year before that and Memphis beat them the year after, which was last year.
Memphis controlled the tempo, capitalized on the Clippers' poor shooting, and bullied their frontcourt into submission.
For the clippers to go far they'd have to go on some crazy three-pointer spree and avoid bricking from deep.
They should lost two years in a row if it wasn't for a fluke 27-point come back in Game 1 of Round 1 in 2012 but that comeback was spurred by--guess what?--- incredible three-point shooting from the likes of Nick Young and Mo Williams.
Clippers just aren't that great for all the hype they get, and yes, CP3 is part of why that is along with the other players on their roster