As per report, he will be out because of coronavirus health and safety protocols. And as per NBA rule, it will be a minimum of 10 days: https://www.nba.com/news/nba-establishes-health-and-safety-protocol-for-2020-21-season.


So still up to Chris if he tested positive or not. But it could be 10 days.

It's good that that Jazz vs Clippers games are extended, I think it's favoring Chris Paul to cover for that 10 days.

Almost all of the teams now missed their star players and some are playing with injury.

Jazz - missed Conley
Clippers - missed Leonard
Suns - missed cp3
76ers - Embiid playing with an injury.
Nets - missed Kyrie.
Nets - Harden playing with an injury.

I think this season where almost all-star players got injured during the process, this might be the cause of not practicing so much because of coronavirus, since their body is more exposed to practice their body adjusts to less contact, but still, some of that player is battling those injuries in the process, some got severe injuries.

76ers almost lose Game 6. Hack a Ben.
I thought Ben made a lot of adjustments last year. He knows that is his weakness, freethrow and outside shots. Maybe he didn't really train for it.
In that youth it would be better to strengthen those weakness early and not idle with what he already have.

Hawks just missed a very good chance for an early rest to the Conference Finals but, the Clippers didn't let it slide reviving from a 25 point deficit.
Terance Mann put ecstasy to the Clippers fans with his performance.
What's with Coach Snyder? Is it pride for Gobert? Clippers is playing small ball and every player could see he is the weak side of them. Heck, even his teammates can see it.

When I saw the score on half time, I thought it will be a game 7 since 25 points advantage is really big. But the clippers did not give up, and outplayed and outscored the jazz in the second half. Maybe,  a big factor is Donovan is still hurt. You can see his face grimace when running. He can still contribute but I guess he can do more when if he do not have the ankle issue. Hope for the best for the jazz next season.

Three words for Terance Mann. He's the Mann .
I would like to give the credits to the players for having a better performance. They stepped up when they needed the most. When Kawhi didn't play in these last 2 games, all of them have better performance and they did the almost impossible. To defeat the Jazz and give them a huge upset (probably their biggest upset).

Aside from the players, I would like to give credits to Coach Ty Lue for giving Clippers their first Western Conference Finals after 50 years of drought. We almost forgot that he coached Lebron in the Cavaliers so he has the capability to do the same too with the Clippers.

Now going to the WCF it will be the Suns Vs. the Clippers. In their 3 games this season, Clippers won 2 of them. Clippers have a possibility that they will not have Kawhi this series because of their injury but on the other hand, the Suns don't have CP3 because of the COVID19 protocols. Who do you think will win?

I have the same view.
And the only player I have been thinking of is Patrick Beverley. This dude will be the key player of the Clippers.
Be the pest for Booker or CP3 (when he is able to play). In terms of speed, Beverley could match both guards of Suns. Height is not a problem if he could stop them before they can even take off or force them to pass the ball.
While Suns' key player will be Ayton. Zubac will probably end up in foul trouble most of their game.

Yeah they have proved it twice.
In 2020 NBA playoffs they were up 3-1 against the Denver Nuggets and choked. Now they choked again up 2-0.
They seem to have no resiliency, once they're in a lossing streak they usually don't bounce back and win again.

I can't say they're an automatic Finals bound team. The Phoenix Suns had a good run currently. If CP3 will play in the WCF, this would be a good series to watch again. But If not, the Suns will have a lower chance in winning against the Clippers.

The clippers made history again, I was really thinking we will see a game 7 but Mann is the man, he doesn't want to go back to salt lake City and he gave the fans the best gift. After 50 sesasons, Clippers are finally in the WCF, I'm sure these guys will receive a good bonus.

I agree with your analysis, they started strong in this series, but somewhat instead of the Clippers choking, it was the Jazz who didn't adjust and the lost without Kawhi on the Clippers line-up. Defensive player of the Year and then Six man of the year and yet they can't close out a tired Clippers.


I myself never thought that they can win against a powerful Jazz team. But they did it so kudos to them and let's see how far they can go against the Phoenix. I'm seeing them as being the favourite in the series even without Leonard.