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Originally Posted by aahhsin
Lakers, yes, Clippers no.
After watching the Laker/Suns series, the Suns lacked inside presence, and display a lot of weaknesses. All weaknesses that the Clippers could easily exploit. Mainly rebounding and the inside.
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Suns lacked Stoudemire, hence, as you said, inside presence. And, I have just checked the stats, Clippers actually exploited that quiet a lot - but only in terms of rebounds and blocks, not in terms of fts - since neither Suns is a fouling team nor I believe Clippers have the talent of Spurs to exploit the inside weaknesses. That might be the only advantage they have. Suns have a better team play (more than ~50 assists in the whole series), more established play that results in less turnovers (~24 less turnovers), and better individual skills to gather the ball. Let's not forget that inside presence does not mean a lot if the other side can use the ball from outside as well.