The Los Angeles Clippers became the favorites to win the NBA championship when they signed Kawhi Leonard and Paul George back in the summer of 2019.
But there will be no title for the Clippers this year. Heck, there won’t even be a first-ever trip to the Western Conference Finals, as Kawhi and Co. lost Game 7 to the Denver Nuggets, 104-89, in embarrassing fashion on Tuesday night in Orlando.
Making things even worse is the fact that the Clipper blew a 3-1 series lead to Denver. They also blew big leads in Games 5 and 6 and then they were terrible in the second half of Game 7 and were never really in it in the fourth quarter.
Plus, Leonard and George were dreadful in Game 7, shooting a combined 10-of-38 for 24 points.
Just like that the Clippers are headed home, falling woefully short of the expectations that this team carried all season long.
Magic Johnson and the rest of Twitter crushed the Clippers for falling short and looking so bad in doing so:
The Clippers choked again. 🤦🏾♂️ They choked against Houston in 2015 and they choked tonight against the Denver Nuggets.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) September 16, 2020
My last tweet before I finish this glass. They did vote they ain’t wanna play no more. . . But I didn’t think they was gonna go out like that 😂
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) September 16, 2020
Bag it, Clippers. LOL LAC
— Adam Schein (@AdamSchein) September 16, 2020
Murray is a gamer and they deserve to win. Shame on Clippers. Worst 4th quarter performance I’ve ever seen!! I mean EVER!!
— Paul Virzi (@PaulVirzi) September 16, 2020
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The Clippers have treated themselves like the champions all season, so I doubt they are going to be too affected by this embarrassing loss.
— Dieter Kurtenbach (@dieter) September 16, 2020
The Clippers played and acted all season like they were a group that had won something when only Kawhi had been there. They had no identity other than him. The fake bully act can only get you so far.
— Josh Schrock (@Schrock_And_Awe) September 16, 2020
Did Gostkowski give Paul George a pep talk before the game? #NBAPlayoffs
— Sarah Tiana (@sarahtiana) September 16, 2020
This Clippers team is the Big Baller Brand of NBA teams. All hype, no delivery.
We waited for them to be great all year. Never happened. Folded up and quit up with a 3-1 lead in the playoffs.
— Ryan Phillips (@RumorsandRants) September 16, 2020
The Lakers had the better No. 1. The Lakers had the better No. 2. The Lakers had the better record through the season. The Lakers had the better temperament through the season. And all year folks lauded and anointed the Clippers regardless of the signs.
— Derek Peterson (@DrPeteyHV) September 16, 2020
PG spurned the Lakers twice
Kawhi chose the Clippers over the Lakers last year
Pat Bev said they had the best squad in the city
Now they getting kicked out of Disney World
— Phillip Barnett (@regularbarnett) September 16, 2020
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