The Clippers, who already have their back to the walls, won’t have one of their top big men available against the Mavericks on Friday, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets.
Serge Ibaka will sit out due to a lingering back issue. The Clippers lost the first two games of the series with Ibaka playing limited minutes. He only saw action for six minutes in Game 2 after a 13-minute stint in Game 1.
Ibaka played two games late in the regular season after being sidelined for two months due to his back injury. Ibaka admitted to the media just after the regular season he’s been dealing with a nerve issue in his back all season and it hasn’t fully healed.
Ibaka was one of the key signings the Clippers made after last season’s playoff flameout. Ibaka inked a two-year, $19MM contract that included a $9.72MM player option this summer.
Serge was a warrior for the Raptors. Too bad he has to be caught up with the disaster that are the Paper Clips. Somehow, I still see him finishing his career with Raps.
The curse of Donald Sterling strikes again.
Clips are finished. Hopefully kawhi makes sensible choice to leave this summer and we can go back to ignoring clippers.
lakers fans are the most sensitive lmao
Ibaka’s ORtg-DRtg for the five NBA months (splits) went: +11, +14, +5, -3, -8.
Porzingis was a big negative against LA. Multiple missed defensive assignments, no contributions on the offensive end.
I think they need to play Powell more.
Lue has no idea when it comes to rotations. Ibaka should’ve always been starting
Maybe Ibaka stays healthy had he remained with raps. When you try to get an easy route to a chip, sometimes you regret the decision. Now look he’s barely in the rotation now.