{"id":608445,"date":"2026-04-16T17:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/608445\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:38:08","slug":"chris-pauls-pointed-reaction-to-clippers-play-in-loss-to-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/608445\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Paul&#8217;s pointed reaction to Clippers&#8217; play-in loss to Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Four months after being <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/clippers\/story\/2025-12-03\/clippers-shock-by-cutting-ties-with-franchise-favorite-chris-paul\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pushed into retirement<\/a> by the Clippers, future Hall of Famer <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/paulch01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chris Paul<\/a> apparently took delight in the team\u2019s quick exit from the postseason Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Paul posted the familiar meme \u201c<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/cp3\/3876337070118141828\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">stopped by my biggest hater\u2019s funeral<\/a>\u201d on his Instagram story shortly after the Clippers blew a 13-point fourth-quarter lead in <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/clippers\/story\/2026-04-15\/los-angeles-clippers-golden-state-warriors-play-in-game-recap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a 126-121 play-in loss <\/a>to the Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>Paul, the Clippers\u2019 all-time assists leader, called out teammates, coaches and executives during his short second stint with the team early this season. In an effort to inject accountability during the team\u2019s 6-21 start, Paul instead angered many, including head coach Tyronn Lue, who <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/article\/chris-paul-addresses-clippers-exit-says-teams-president-of-basketball-ops-praised-his-leadership-before-his-benching-032317465.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wasn\u2019t on speaking terms<\/a> with Paul at the end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone was fed up,\u201d a league source <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/clippers\/story\/2025-12-03\/clippers-shock-by-cutting-ties-with-franchise-favorite-chris-paul\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told The Times<\/a> in December. <\/p>\n<p>Paul, who is second to John Stockton in NBA career assists with 12,552, posted at the time about his being cut on social media, saying \u201cJust Found Out I\u2019m Being Sent Home,\u201d along with a peace emoji.<\/p>\n<p>For their part, the Clippers turned around their season, going 36-19 after a horrific start to finish with a winning record for the 15th consecutive season at 42-40. <\/p>\n<p>Then came the dispiriting loss to the Warriors and the 40-year-old Paul\u2019s opportunity to get in the last meme, even though it wasn\u2019t exactly original. Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid posted the same one when the team traded guard Ben Simmons in 2022.<\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four months after being pushed into retirement by the Clippers, future Hall of Famer Chris Paul apparently took&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[229512,49,48,6687,8840,1172,94518,3278,229513,459,4623,229511,229514,6903,82,8726,2341,214938,47621],"class_list":{"0":"post-608445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-all-time-assist-leader","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-chris-paul","12":"tag-clippers","13":"tag-coach","14":"tag-december","15":"tag-executive","16":"tag-future-hall","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-paul","19":"tag-play-in-loss","20":"tag-quick-exit","21":"tag-season","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-start","24":"tag-team","25":"tag-teammate","26":"tag-warriors"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}