WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:04.400 The game is over. Paul George money in the pain, but the postgame 2 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:09.000 reaction has just begun. Kawhi Leonard is so smooth in the mid range. 3 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:13.919 This is Clippers Locker Room, a recap of today's game and a look ahead 4 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:18.480 on your hope for LA Clippers basketball. And now your host, you, 5 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:23.320 sir, are a bad man. Adam Ausley. New look Clippers get the 6 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:27.559 victory one thirty four to one twenty four over the Golden State Warriors in downtown 7 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:30.760 Los Angeles. Welcome into your post game show. Coming up. We got 8 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:34.479 second half highlights you'll hear from the players and coach lou But first let's get 9 00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:38.039 back out to your voice of the Clippers, Noah Eagle, No before we 10 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:41.039 get to the new guys, and they're big performances in this one. Nothing 11 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:45.320 new from Kawhi Leonard, but still very impressive. Thirty three points twelve of 12 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:48.920 seventeen, shooting seven of nine from three, tying hiss career high with seven 13 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:53.560 made threes and a plus fourteen is really what stands out amongst all of that. 14 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:56.399 So, yeah, he put up the numbers, but he was impactful 15 00:00:56.439 --> 00:00:59.799 in doing so, and his defense was still at an elite level. Whenever 16 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:03.200 he wanted to lock someone down, he did. But that's that's what they 17 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:06.079 need. If the Clippers are going to reach their peak, it's because Kawhi 18 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:08.159 Leonard and Paul George are going to do the same right alongside of them. 19 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:11.159 And sure the new additions they look great, but at the end of the 20 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:14.799 day, this is going to go as far as they'll allow it to go. 21 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:18.519 Yeah, no down Mason Plumly though, in seventeen minutes, and he 22 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:23.400 had a huge third quarter, but eight points, five boards, three assists, 23 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:26.200 was pushing the pace, was getting them out and running. You talk 24 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:29.159 with him post game, but not a bad debut. Yeah, I really 25 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:30.640 liked what I saw out of him on both ends. He had that one 26 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:34.640 defensive stand. Moses Moody, who is athletic as they come, and tried 27 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:38.519 to cock it back and throw it down on him and instead Plumbly straight up 28 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:42.920 got the stop at the rim, force the turnover. And that's him in 29 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:47.120 a nutshell. So yeah, that's not necessarily what he's known for, but 30 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:49.640 he's he's a high IQ player, and I think that's why this team wanted 31 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:53.159 him, and that's why they they're welcoming him with open arms is because when 32 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:57.719 you have the one two punch of a Vizza Zubats who has just gotten better 33 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:00.359 and better and better each year in the NBA, and now Mason Plumley coming 34 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:04.680 off the bench, someone who can rip the rebound down and to your point, 35 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:07.760 start the fast break himself, dribble out of traffic, get it towards 36 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:09.879 mid court, then it advanced past or maybe even dribble it all the way 37 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:14.680 into the pain kick it out. He's a playmaker. He's a defensive guy. 38 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:16.319 He can do a little bit of everything, but he's not someone who 39 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:21.439 requires the basketball to be effective. That's important on a team where you've got 40 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:23.680 so many guys that need the ball in their hands. So we saw a 41 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:25.560 couple of follows. We saw a couple of screens that he said, we 42 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:30.240 call it a couple of dribble handoffs. You know. It was a lot 43 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:32.159 of what he learned in Denver from Nicola Yokich, and I think we've seen 44 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:36.080 it now rubbing off on him the last few years. Good to see Norman 45 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:38.599 Powell fit in with the new guys twenty four points off the bench. I 46 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:42.439 believe most people have him as the leader in the clubhouse now for six Minute 47 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:45.039 of the Year voting. Oh is that true? I think so? Okay, 48 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:46.639 I mean, listen, man, I'm just trying to start the campaign, 49 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:50.400 That's all I'm saying. I'm not talking about Cameron Payne. I'm talking 50 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:53.280 about a real campaign here. I think that Norm deserves a lot more love 51 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:57.159 than he's gotten this year. He's flown under the radar in my opinion, 52 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:00.960 because he had a slug of start to the season, so then people didn't 53 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:02.879 start talking about him in the beginning of the year, and the Clippers record 54 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:07.280 maybe isn't where people expect it to be, although at thirty two and twenty 55 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:09.280 eight they're right in the thick of it in the Western Conference. As long 56 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:14.800 as they take care of their business, especially after All Star Break, they're 57 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:17.479 gonna put themselves in a very good position come post season time, and when 58 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:21.800 the playoffs roll around, they're gonna have good momentum. Norman pal is gonna 59 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:23.560 be as big of a reason as anybody on this team. Ford as mentioned 60 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:28.759 it before the game. He's won them multiple games this year with his ability 61 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:30.879 to come off the bench and play at one speed that is right downhill, 62 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:35.919 right into your face fast as you know what getting to the rim, getting 63 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:38.080 to the line, hitting threes. He was great from downtown again at a 64 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:42.599 three to five from three point territories. So when you get twenty four points 65 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:45.639 and twenty five minutes from someone coming off your bench, and he's not your 66 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:47.960 only impressive score off the bench. You can add at Bones Highland, you 67 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:53.159 can add an Eric Gordon to that group. It just makes it so dangerous. 68 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:57.199 That second unit looked really really impressive tonight with forty nine points and overall 69 00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:00.879 the Clippers ball moving on offense. I mean, thirty three sist on forty 70 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:03.080 nine makes. It was pristine out there were they were getting great looks and 71 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:05.879 not turning the basketball over. Yeah. What I loved is how they got 72 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:11.680 those looks drive kick swing. We saw it in full force today. I 73 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:14.960 think this was the best example all season of the Clippers getting into the paint 74 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:17.079 and then playing off with their shooters on the outside. And even with Mason 75 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:21.319 Plumley in there or of Vitsa Zubots, you still have so much shooting surrounding 76 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:26.759 them. When you think about it, Man has really continued his rise from 77 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:30.199 three this season. Paul George obviously an outstanding shooter. Marcus Morris a great 78 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:34.040 shooter. Kawhi Leonard just went seven of nine from three today. Bones Highland 79 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:39.600 is an excellent shooter. Norman Powell has been lights out. Eric Gordon's an 80 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:42.279 excellent shooter. And while Patu went over for three today and only played in 81 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:46.519 eight minutes of action, he is a really a sniper when he's open. 82 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:48.839 We've seen it, so every other player on the floor is going to shoot 83 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:53.800 it at a ridiculously high clip. With those guys, you can utilize that 84 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:57.600 to your advantage, and for whatever reason, they haven't unlocked it until this 85 00:04:57.639 --> 00:05:00.920 point. But I think Highland did a really good job of special getting into 86 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:05.399 the paint and then finding the right person to spark that essentially spark the rest 87 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:09.000 of the ball movement. So he might not have been credited with a ton 88 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:12.160 of assists, only two of them, but the hockey assists for him were 89 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:15.240 crucial for the Clippers to rack up thirty three of them on the night. 90 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:19.240 I like what you said about him dipping the shoulder down and finding those tough 91 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:25.160 angles to create those shots. Eventually through the hockey assists there, Bones Thailand 92 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:28.680 was six points in his debut for the Clippers. Clippers win one thirty four 93 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:31.120 to one twenty four over the Golden State Warriors. Next ball game coming up 94 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:36.079 in Phoenix on Thursday. Tip time is at seven pregame shows starting at six. 95 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:39.399 Now, Kevin Durant for the Suns. But hey, they got a 96 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:42.920 victory tonight over Sacramento without Good They're good even without him, Adam, they 97 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:45.920 got as much talent as anybody in the league at this point, especially with 98 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.040 Kevin Durant coming in, and so it's never an easy out. We know 99 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:51.360 that the Clippers are very familiar with them, and you also know I can't 100 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:56.879 wait. Coming up next, we got second half highlights from Noah Eagles, 101 00:05:56.879 --> 00:06:00.800 the Clippers win by ten over the Golden State Warriors, and you're listening to 102 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:11.439 the Los Angeles Clippers Radio net play. Clippers won one thirty four to one 103 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:15.879 twenty four over the Golden State Warriors, and down sound Los Angeles. Welcome 104 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:17.879 back into your post game show. I'm Adam Oslin, coming up on a 105 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:21.000 five seventy LA Sports. We'll have Clippers talk for you. Eight six six 106 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:26.480 ninety seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 107 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:30.160 the phone number. Let's get second half action here second half highlights for the 108 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:33.000 Clippers. They were now by fourth a half. It was sixty five sixty 109 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:38.879 one Golden State. Kawhi Leonard. He had thirteen points total in the first 110 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:42.199 half. He would match that in the third quarter alone. A minute into 111 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:46.279 this second half, here Leonard step into a right wing three cash. Oh 112 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:48.879 why Leonard making it rain four to three of the night for the Claw, 113 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:53.879 who's got sixteen on the right wing. Man chest pass left side for Leonard 114 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:58.920 office screen. I'll try another creek Kawhi. Leonard is feeling it. He 115 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:02.519 connects it is the game at sixty nine. A nice looking stroke. Leonard 116 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:06.759 comes away with it. What a play by the Claw. Left to right 117 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:11.879 Leonard working on Green dancing back and forward step back right wing three. Oh, 118 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:19.240 Kawhi. Leonard is feeling it tonight, smoking hot from downtown. Leonard 119 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:25.000 making it rain in a major way. Kawhi with thirteen points in that third 120 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:28.920 quarter. Clippers led by twelve heading into the final period. In those final 121 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:31.519 twelve minutes, it started with Norman Palkin, I'm going working on Thompson chap 122 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:35.120 step thought about the jumper, gets rid of it for Pale pal driving middle 123 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:39.839 into the Pike gets to the room and look out. Norman Powell takes flight 124 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:46.439 for the right handed stuff one oh seven ninety three Pal was sixteen Clippers by 125 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:49.120 fourteen long rebound of Gordon up ahead. It goes to Pale and the right 126 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:54.680 wing. He'll try at three and he cans in Norman Pow at nineteen and 127 00:07:54.800 --> 00:08:01.199 the onslaught continues. Clippers one ten Warriors ninety three. Lobbitt for Leonard on 128 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:03.160 the right wing just inside the arkansa right back to Gordon, driving right ticket, 129 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:05.800 left wings swing, it's far side corner. It's Powell for three. 130 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:09.920 It's good. How about the ball movement from the Clippers that is drive kicks 131 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:15.639 swing to a t and it started with a penetration from Gordon. Norman Powell 132 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:18.560 with ten of his twenty four points on the fourth quarter. But Golden State 133 00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:20.879 wasn't going away, so Kawhi Leonard elected to put the finishing touches on this 134 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:24.839 one. Tend to shoot Leonard off the screen to his right. Leonard with 135 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:26.920 a switch on Pool six to shoot fires a right wing. Three. He's 136 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:33.000 got it. Kawi Leonard his seven three of the night one twenty eight one 137 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:37.639 fourteen three h five to go shout out pitfall that would tie a career high 138 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:41.039 for Kawhi Leonard in a regular season game from the outside, as he finished 139 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:46.519 seven or nine from three he had thirty three. Clippers win one thirty four 140 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:50.080 to one twenty four over the Golden State Warriors. Coming up next will preview 141 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:54.039 Thursday night's game in Phoenix Clippers and Sons. As you're listening to the Los 142 00:08:54.080 --> 00:09:03.519 Angeles Clippers Radio Networks, Clippers winners of nine of their last thirteen as they 143 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:07.240 win one thirty four to one twenty four over the Golden State Warriors and Downtown 144 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:11.279 Los Angeles, Welcome back into your post game show. I'm Adam Oslin. 145 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:15.240 Coming up on AM five seventy LA Sports. We'll have Clippers talk for you 146 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:18.600 eight six six ninety seven two five seventy eight sixty six nine eight seven two 147 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:22.840 five seventy as the phone number, or get to me at follow Adam a 148 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:28.960 on Twitter. Clippers next game coming up on Thursday in Phoenix against the Suns. 149 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:33.120 So where are the Clippers sitting the standings right now? They're in fifth 150 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:35.840 place. There are a half game back of the Suns, who beat the 151 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:39.360 Kings tonight. Sons of one five of six. They've yet to get Kevin 152 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:43.559 Durant on the court. He won't be playing on Thursday either. It will 153 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:48.279 be post All Star Break for him when he finally returns from a right mcl 154 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:52.600 sprain. I believe it was but Phoenix in that fourth spot, half game 155 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:56.960 up on the Clipper Sacramento game, and a half up in the three seed, 156 00:09:56.679 --> 00:10:00.360 and that's the important spot to get to. I think you get the 157 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:05.600 three seed and you could avoid it. Looks like Phoenix or Denver in the 158 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:09.360 first two rounds of the playoffs. That would be huge for the squad. 159 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:15.039 But tip time Thursday night in Phoenix, seven pm Live Clippers Countdown starting for 160 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:18.200 you at six. Outside of Los Angeles, we are leaving you until then. 161 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:30.919 Coming to Max on five seventy LA Sports. It's Clipper Stock. Welcome 162 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:35.480 into Clipperstock. 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Here's Adam as new look Clippers helped them 170 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:13.840 get back to their old winning ways as they got to Dub against the Dubs. 171 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:18.120 They win one thirty four to one twenty four over the Golden State Warriors 172 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:22.480 in downtown Los Angeles. Welcome in a Clippers Talk. I'm outam oslin to 173 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:26.159 eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven 174 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:30.159 two five seventy is the phone number, or gets me at follow Adam a 175 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:35.399 looking for postgame audio from coach Lou and the players. Will also have William 176 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:39.159 Mupdyke from Clips and Dip tonight on the show. But that's what we were 177 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:43.639 hoping to see. The Cavalry arrived and they helped lead the Clippers to a 178 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:50.120 victory. I thought very good debuts all around from not just Mason Plumley, 179 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:54.559 who we expected to fit in seamlessly with this team, and he certainly did 180 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:58.519 with in that third quarter where he played some great defense, but also pushed 181 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:03.360 the pace on offense. Finished with eight points, five boards, and three 182 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:07.799 assists for them. But Bones Highlands, he Bones Highland showed flashes of being 183 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:13.919 able to run that second unit. He looked very comfortable moving the basketball. 184 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:18.679 Three assists to one turnover, you know what, make it two assists to 185 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:24.000 zero turnovers, but had six points. His first made shot as a Clipper 186 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:26.840 was from distance, but he was getting into the paint and the Clippers over 187 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:31.279 and over again. We're getting back to their principles and their philosophy of drive, 188 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:35.840 kick swing, and that's what led them to thirty three assists on forty 189 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:39.240 nine made shots. That's big for this squad. They went seventeen of thirty 190 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:43.600 six from the outside after a poor shooting night against the Milwaukee Bucks. They 191 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:48.559 shoot almost fifty percent from three. Of course, it helps from Kawhi Leonard 192 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:52.480 returns and goes seven of nine from distance, tying a regular season career high 193 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:58.000 with seven made three pointers. He finished with thirty three points and really put 194 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:01.159 this ball game away with that seven made three to put the Clippers up. 195 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:05.200 I want to say sixteen late in that fourth quarter, as Golden State was 196 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:09.960 trying to hang around had it to within ten multiple times. Norman Powell continues 197 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:16.120 to flourish on this team, twenty four points in twenty five minutes, ten 198 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:20.120 of seventeen shooting playing with the new guys. Was out there with Gordon and 199 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:22.519 Bones Highland at times three or five from distance. I want to say, 200 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:26.960 had ten of his twenty four in the fourth quarter, had the first five 201 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:31.960 points of the period for the Clippers there to get them started offensively. Defense, 202 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:35.360 yeah, they got areas they can improve in, especially in that first 203 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:39.240 half where they gave up sixty five points and trailed by four. But I 204 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:43.360 tweeted it out at follow Adam Ay on Twitter, I said, I want 205 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:48.399 to see the Clippers come out and have their best third quarter of the season. 206 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:52.440 And when's you know? They put up their highest scoring quarter of the 207 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:56.360 year with forty four points in the third. They won it by sixteen, 208 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:03.639 holding Golden State to twenty eight. And it was just an offensive onslot from 209 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:09.000 first Kawhi Leonard and it was Terrence Mann out there who I think had seven 210 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:13.080 of his sixteen points early in the third. But Kawai, after having thirteen 211 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:16.960 in the first half, he had thirteen in the third quarter alone, and 212 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:22.840 really asserted himself was aggressive and his running mate and Paul George. While he 213 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:28.759 took only twelve shots PT thirteen point guard p eight assists to two turnovers, 214 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:33.440 so he did a great job of running the show. I'm not gonna follow 215 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:35.799 him for only taking twelve shots when the Clippers were moving the basketball as they 216 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:39.639 were tonight, and he was leading them in that area and only had two 217 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:43.799 turnovers. And that has been a story for this team for some time now. 218 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:48.799 They finished with just eight turnovers over their last fifteen games. Coming into 219 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:52.639 this one, they were averaging just eleven point seven turnovers per ball game, 220 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:56.960 and at one point in this one, I think it was Andrew Greif who 221 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:01.879 had the tweet. Clippers had three turn in ours for the first forty one 222 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:03.440 minutes and then had two within twenty six seconds, and there was a bad 223 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:09.559 one by Paul George. But overall, that's championship basketball, not turning it 224 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.200 over, and the Clippers have turned a corner in that area. They've looked 225 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:18.159 much better, much more focused, locked in with a sense of urgency. 226 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:22.320 But it really started in that third quarter, especially a good start to this 227 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:24.559 one in the first quarter, but down by four at the half, to 228 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:31.000 get things right with Kawhi Leonard being that hot from distance in the third and 229 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:33.440 guy's getting behind him, and Marcus Morris knocked down a couple from three. 230 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:37.120 I mentioned Terrence Man, he hit two three pointers in this ball game, 231 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:43.159 Norm Powell three. But the second unit and Mason Plumbly out there playing with 232 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:48.480 Kawhi Leonard and Plumbly pushing the pace and getting them easier looks, getting them 233 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:52.480 into their offense quickly. When he pulled down rebounds, he was dribbling it 234 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:56.679 into the front court, a rare straight from a center, let alone a 235 00:15:56.759 --> 00:16:00.759 backup center. I told you may have the best backup center in the league. 236 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:06.279 Now. This guy was average in sixteen and eleven per game in January 237 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:10.639 with four assists. He finished with three in his first game as a Clipper, 238 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:14.759 plus eight points. He had six and I want to say two boards 239 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:18.639 or three of those boards. Yeah, three of his five boards in the 240 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:23.639 third quarter alone. Really impactful. There stood up Moody on a dunk who 241 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:27.240 was going down and trying to throw it one of the dunk of the Year 242 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:33.279 candidates on Mason plum Ly rule of verticality, faced him straight up. I 243 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:38.039 thought played really good basketball just fit in seamlessly. But bones Hiland also looked 244 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:41.320 for him early on for an oop as soon as he entered the ball game. 245 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:47.919 Both those guys were there in the first quarter. So with twenty three 246 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:52.279 games remaining, now it's twenty two, Clippers weren't easing these new players into 247 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:57.759 it. They were playing big minutes in big spots. Early on, Bones 248 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:00.320 looked for plum Lely in this sea half a connection. He tried to lob 249 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:03.759 it to him eventually in the second half as well, and ended with a 250 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:07.640 foul on Mason Plumley and the left handed free throws. But outside of those 251 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:11.759 fouls where Bones did have five of them and the fifth one was tough Kaminga, 252 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:15.599 I thought he defended him about as well as he could. And there's 253 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:19.119 almost something to say for a guy picking up five fouls where he was playing 254 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:22.160 hard defensively. He can't pick up a foul if you're not near a defender. 255 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:25.960 You got to be a little bit smarter on that end. We know 256 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:30.359 that's not one of his strengths, to say the least, but if he 257 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:33.720 can hang in there and prove in that area with his abilities to get to 258 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:37.759 the basket, his first bucket as a Clipper was a three pointer off a 259 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:41.839 great hustle play from Nicholas Batum, who missed some open looks from the outside 260 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:47.240 and only played eight minutes after not playing against Milwaukee, was oh three from 261 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:49.519 distance. But in that first half he had I think it was near the 262 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:56.519 end of the first quarter where he had a steal off a Clipper's miss that 263 00:17:56.640 --> 00:18:00.519 eventually ended up into the hands of Bones Highland, who knocked down a three 264 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:03.279 pointer. But then in the second half, Hyland, his second mate shot 265 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:08.119 as a Clipper was just going to the basket and blowing by a defender and 266 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:12.079 getting a little underhand scoop shot. This is something the Clippers sorely need. 267 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:17.559 That juice, that ability to hit the turbo button and get to the rim 268 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:22.880 rim pressure is something they've been looking for, and Highland provides that in spades. 269 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:26.079 He just plays at a different pace than anybody we've really seen this season 270 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:29.880 with this Clippers team, especially in the half court, but look to be 271 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:33.880 in control again. He didn't turn the basketball over, had a couple assists. 272 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:37.720 I thought he had at least one hockey assists in there too, because 273 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:41.519 when you're getting into the basket and you're drawing two guys on you, there's 274 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:45.119 an open player, and if if the Clippers can eventually find him by swinging 275 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:49.079 the basketball around after that eventual kickout off the penetration get into the basket. 276 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:52.240 They're in good shape offensively, putting up one hundred and thirty four points, 277 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:56.440 shooting fifty three percent from the field forty seven percent from the outside. Forcing 278 00:18:56.480 --> 00:19:02.640 the issue by playing physical, aggressive basketball and getting downhill. That's what this 279 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:07.119 team has to do in Bones Highland. He's unafraid this guy. If he 280 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:14.519 becomes third true, reliable backup point guard for this team, that is quite 281 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:18.759 a development. Getting him for two second round picks from the Denver Nuggets, 282 00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:23.240 the top seed in the West. So all in all, I think the 283 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:27.359 Clippers you pass their first test with this new look group. It was dicey 284 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:30.400 at times. They were going up against Warriors team that obviously didn't have Andrew 285 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:33.039 Wiggins or Steph Curry, and they were down by four at a half. 286 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:37.279 But I was very encouraged by the signs we saw in the second half because 287 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:41.319 they got out by as many as eighteen and really close things out in the 288 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:47.319 last four minutes. Both teams well Steve Kerr waived the white flag and both 289 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:51.279 teams emptied their benches. Clippers win one thirty four to one twenty four over 290 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:56.960 Golden State. Lenny start things off here on Clippers stock Adam aw Smith. 291 00:19:56.359 --> 00:20:00.960 I'm about to say something so nice, I gotta say it twice. You 292 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:06.240 ain't never gonna have to tell Eric Gordon to take ten shots a game. 293 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:11.680 You ain't never ever like to worry about Eric Gordon taking ten shots a game. 294 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:15.480 Luke, you got your flowers, Thank you, wish you are the 295 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:22.599 best. We finally got a player that's gonna keep the defense on their keels. 296 00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:29.880 You got Kawhi doing his thing. You got PG getting some help on 297 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:36.880 the ball distribution, you got Norm Power on Adam automatic. And now you 298 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:41.720 bringing Eric Gordon, who can go for twenty at any given moment, okay, 299 00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:47.359 on any given Sunday. This dude is Michael Wave. You still got 300 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:52.480 it. So Mason Plumley in the paint doing his thing. Look, the 301 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:56.680 front office nailed it, man. They did the best. They did some 302 00:20:56.799 --> 00:21:00.960 of the best moves that they had need to do. What they ad ads 303 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:06.200 off to him. Man, I think that you know, Kauai. My 304 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:10.759 only thing now is going to the playoffs. I still think that we stick. 305 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:12.599 We're gonna need a vocal leader, man, because these these guys. 306 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:18.200 I still think Phoenix is favored just because of just the sheer talent they got. 307 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:22.480 They got you come off almost four. They're starting four all stars, 308 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:26.599 but they don't. They don't. Nobody has a definitely got So with that 309 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:32.119 death and Tyler doing his Queen's gambit, yeah, it's gonna be interesting. 310 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:37.680 Letty I appreciate the phone call. Yeah, this revamped, reloaded Clippers team 311 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:41.200 and especially Eric Gordon looked good. He was just two for seven, but 312 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.920 he had a scoop lay up to start things off, hit a three in 313 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:48.240 the second half. And he can shoot from distance. No Steph Curry out 314 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:49.799 there, but he has some of that Steph Curry range. He shoots the 315 00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:55.799 basketball from deep. Had an interesting comment about that in his press conference yesterday 316 00:21:55.880 --> 00:22:00.720 is introductory press conference. He bones Highland made some plumbly after practice or before, 317 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:03.599 I'm not sure which, but he said, you know those deep shots, 318 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:07.000 Well, a lot of people talk about how far you are from the 319 00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:11.799 basket. Guys also aren't guarding you, and you're getting better looks. So 320 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:15.160 he likes to take those deep three pointers, which also helps floor spacing out 321 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:18.279 there. But he gets to the basket. He can be a bully at 322 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:22.960 times with his size for his position, and he can defend and guard up 323 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:26.680 on the other end. He had I want to say, both of his 324 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:30.200 steals, or he at least generated a couple of steals in that fourth quarter 325 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:36.319 key plays. I like what I saw from Eric Gordon, not surprised. 326 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:38.880 Thought he fit in very well with this team too. People thought maybe there's 327 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:45.200 too much similarity between him and Norman Powell. I saw a lot of Clipper 328 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:48.599 nations saying I'm not sure about the fit, but I think you'd take two 329 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:52.960 Norman Powell's if you can get him and Eric Gordon a little bit bigger on 330 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:55.960 the defensive end, can guard more guys, all right. When while we 331 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:59.640 have a moment before we break here, oh, actually, you know what, 332 00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.799 we got Zachocaldy in the house. I'll take care of it during the 333 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:06.839 break. Something they pulled back the curtain anymore than that. Clippers win one 334 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:12.079 thirty four to one twenty four over the Golden State Warriors in downtown Los Angeles 335 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:15.279 eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six, nine, 336 00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:21.480 eight, seven, two, five seventy react to these new look Clippers, 337 00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:26.839 three players playing pivotal minutes to night already for this team, which is twenty 338 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:30.920 two games remaining. It's exciting going into this one and almost felt a little 339 00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:36.079 bit like Opening to Night, just because you know Clippers got a few new 340 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:41.480 toys or gifts that they'd have an opportunity to throw out there. And you 341 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:44.160 get to see in a Clippers uniform for the first time. Eric Gordon's been 342 00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:48.880 in one before, but Bones Thailand Mason Plumley really acquitted themselves well. So 343 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:51.759 there's win by ten of our Golden State. Next game coming up Thursday night 344 00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:55.559 against the Phoenix Suns. More Clipper stalk. Next, you're a five seventy 345 00:23:55.640 --> 00:24:02.839 light sports Leonard driving down the right ally get to the rim. Oh Kawhi 346 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:08.400 Leonard. The springboard slam, he got upstairs in a hurry. Thirteen and 347 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:14.599 the third for the Claude's got twenty six overall Clippers lead eighty nine. Kawhi 348 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:18.240 Leonard finished with a game high thirty three. I'm twelve of seventeen, shooting 349 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:23.359 seven of nine from three seven or nine deep space nine seven of who's that 350 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:27.599 character? Okay, but he hit seven threes and that tied a career high 351 00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:32.880 mark in the regular season for Kawhi Leonard, plus that four assists before that 352 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:34.160 dunk, I want to say the possession right before it, he had a 353 00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:37.799 great no look pass to Terrence Man who threw it down. He finished with 354 00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:42.160 sixteen. Clippers would win one thirty four to one twenty four over the Golden 355 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:48.079 State Warriors, while the Clippers reloaded with three new players who all played their 356 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:53.519 roles really well. And I'm most impressed because you know, you see guys 357 00:24:53.720 --> 00:25:00.799 come into new situations and sometimes they can be tentative. They was the old 358 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:07.680 tweet from Lebron James about Kevin Love fit in, fit out. Sometimes you 359 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:10.799 can do too much or do too little. And I thought they were all 360 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:15.880 balanced by being who they've been, especially the veterans in Eric Gordon Mason plumbly 361 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:18.480 been in this league over ten years each of them, but then also fitting 362 00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:22.720 in with this team into the flow of the offense and keeping the ball hoping. 363 00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:26.039 Eric Gordon had a nice pass down low to a Visa Zubots, who 364 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:30.279 I think put him up sixteen with an easy one late, and then both 365 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:34.160 teams would clear their benches. But you see the potential of Bones Highland and 366 00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:38.519 what he can bring, the energy, the excitement that he plays with and 367 00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:44.279 getting other guys going. I think that's much needed with this Clippers team. 368 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:47.960 Let's go to Howie the eighte eight. Howie, you're on Clipper stock with 369 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:51.799 Adam Oslin. Howie, what's up? Oh Adam Man? And I'm trying 370 00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:53.960 to catch my breath. That was so exciting. Oh my god, we 371 00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:59.279 have a legitimate contender now, I mean we just beat did we just beat 372 00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:03.480 the defending champ? I mean those Warriors, Howie. Let's Howie. We 373 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:10.880 gotta be honest about this. They didn't have Steph Currier Andrew Wiggins come and 374 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:14.079 they were on a back to back Howie. I'm not trying to reign on 375 00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:18.279 your parade, but it's not. This wasn't the team that won the championship 376 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:22.000 last year. Okay, Well that Jordan pool Man, that guy's a baller. 377 00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:25.599 And what about that blocked by Plumbly? Who was it who was trying 378 00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:27.599 to make that dunk and then Plumbly blocked it. That's that big, huge 379 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:33.279 dunk Moody and Plumbly stood him straight up. Yeah, that was Oh my 380 00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:36.960 god, that was unbelievable. I mean to see that lie the holy cal 381 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:41.599 I'm so happy that we got plumbly what a difference and uh oh Kawhi. 382 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:45.160 Leonard was completely dialed in. I think that was probably the best game of 383 00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:47.359 the year. I don't know, but he was so dialed in. I 384 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:49.559 mean it was a great game. I mean it was really well, we 385 00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:52.319 really have a contender now, I mean we can go with this team, 386 00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:56.559 all right, all I want to say, yeah, I'm with you, 387 00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:59.640 Howie. I love the pieces they brought in, the players they brought in, 388 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:04.119 credit Lawrence Frank and the front office. I just love how seamless a 389 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:07.640 few of these guys were tonight. I think all three of them played their 390 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:14.200 roles outside of the Clippers and having some defensive lapses and not being good enough 391 00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:18.559 on that end at times. They look great offensively with the ball movie thirty 392 00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:25.039 three assists on forty nine made shots. And what I mean by the new 393 00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:29.400 guys fitting in the right way and playing their roles, they adhered to what 394 00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:33.039 the Clippers ask of them. Get to the painter die trying, Eric Gordon 395 00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:37.920 an Bones Highland did some of that. They created some havoc, they kicked 396 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:42.559 it out, or they got layups themselves. The Clippers need easier baskets, 397 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:47.759 and they're able to do that when they run their offense to perfection, which 398 00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:52.279 at times tonight it was a thing of beauty to watch Morris in Long Beach. 399 00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:56.759 Lawris, what's up here on Clipper Stalk without him? Austin hey man, 400 00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.759 let me go on to say, Adam, let me go on to 401 00:27:57.799 --> 00:28:03.039 give a Valentine's your boy, Lawrence frank Man. Because I didn't think the 402 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:06.200 team would get any deeper. I really didn't, and that's why I'm not 403 00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:10.279 the general manager. They got. The Clippers is now eleven deep. Now, 404 00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:12.799 just to show you that I'm not exaggerating, count the first five guys, 405 00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:17.359 and I guarantee you that there's another five guys that's gonna be playing when 406 00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:21.519 you get into the playoffs. You know Promili's gonna play, you don't coming 407 00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:23.559 off the bench. You know Power's gonna play, you know Patoon's gonna play, 408 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:27.559 you know Gorger's gonna play, and you know Bones Highlands is gonna play. 409 00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:33.319 They really got I don't give your boy frank a little shout out Valentine's 410 00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:34.279 you did a good job man. I didn't think they can get deeper, 411 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:37.799 but they did. Allen just did they gonna let you go? Thank you 412 00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:41.680 very much, Thank you Morris. I appreciate the phone call. Yeah, 413 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:48.119 shout out Laurd's Frank can't say enough getting Bones Highland for those two second round 414 00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:53.559 picks, which is shocking to me considering he's coming over from a competitor in 415 00:28:53.680 --> 00:29:00.359 the Western Conference that's at the top of the league. And I know he 416 00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:04.839 wasn't in the rotation and that makes sense, but giving them up to the 417 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:11.519 Clippers. I'm very interested to see how his career progresses and to see how 418 00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:15.400 they use him the rest of the season. There were some interesting quotes coming 419 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:21.039 out post game from coach Lou regarding some of the new guys and some of 420 00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:26.039 the lineups, and this came from Andrew Greiff of The La Times. Coach 421 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:30.039 Lou said, basically, if a three guard lineups with Norm Bones Gordon are 422 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:34.720 scoring at a high clip, he's gonna roll with it. He's hopeful for 423 00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:40.400 their defensive potential together, but said it's an evaluation period and he wanted to 424 00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:47.160 test out that trio tonight. And while usually coach Lou, we'll take ten 425 00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:51.319 games sample sizes, he admitted pre game. With only twenty two games left 426 00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:53.680 in the regular season, now, I can't really do that. We're going 427 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:57.640 off of how guys look over the span of a week and a half now, 428 00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:02.880 and obviously there's just one more game before the All Star break, so 429 00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:06.920 the Clippers will have twenty one games to play after Thursday night when they're in 430 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:11.480 Phoenix taken on the Suns. It's just unbelievable the way this season has gone 431 00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:14.960 by. But nobody's played more games so far than the Clippers, so a 432 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:18.400 team that could use the time off as well, but they just got three 433 00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:21.960 days off. Kawhi Leonard, by the way, if you watch that game, 434 00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:26.440 his last game he played in last Wednesday against the Dallas Mavericks, stark 435 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:32.680 difference between today and then because he just looked gassed. You could tell he 436 00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:37.119 didn't look right. So that day off he got Friday against Milwaukee proved to 437 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:41.519 be effective and the right move once again. And people talk about the little 438 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:48.119 management and Kawhi Leonard not playing back to backs, look at the results and 439 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:52.000 how he has looked coming off the right ACL tear. He's been so good 440 00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:56.799 since really the turn of the new year, he's looked like a different player, 441 00:30:56.960 --> 00:31:00.039 well back to where he was before the injury. You could at least 442 00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:04.319 say he had a two headed dunk in this one. But the seven threes. 443 00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:07.799 I told you at the beginning of the season. When he starts hitting 444 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:11.599 three pointers again, you'll know he's feeling good, and he certainly has over 445 00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:14.640 the last month and a half. But I've also asked, is it possible 446 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:18.119 that he's gotten even better as a shooter, where in the second time of 447 00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:22.200 his career, now Kawhi Leonard comes back from a major injury and actually gets 448 00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:26.400 better than he was before, because the one thing you can do while you're 449 00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:30.920 out physically with a lower leg injury is get shots up from from distance. 450 00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:37.640 And Kawhi Leonard, now he has just been an unbelievable on an unbelievable run. 451 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:42.319 You could say he was runner up for Player of the Month in January 452 00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:48.160 Wild Card line Jeff in La Jeff here on Clipper's stop with Autamasa. What's 453 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:56.240 up, yeah, Adam, Yeah, Jeff, Yeah, I just called 454 00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:57.720 in. They didn't even ask me for my name. It's a Rex from 455 00:31:57.880 --> 00:32:02.799 La. So what's up. How's it going? Yeah? So I just 456 00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:07.599 watched the game and I just wanted to comment on how deep this team looks. 457 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:12.119 I mean, oh my god, I didn't I want to stay humble, 458 00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:16.319 be humble, Kendrick again, But I mean, Eric Gordon looks like 459 00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:22.400 a let's just put it this way, maybe like a four man Norman Powell. 460 00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:27.519 And to have two or two players that can flash like that and shoot 461 00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:30.720 like that coming off the bench with Mason Pormley, who looks like you could 462 00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:36.400 dribble the ball and push the pace, I mean it's even dangerous because I 463 00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:40.839 mean they just got even deeper now. So I'm honestly my title hopes are 464 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:45.480 even stronger and let's go clip. Thanks for again, Adam. As we 465 00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:49.279 like to hear Rex after the trade deadline, you're feeling even better about this 466 00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:52.920 Clippers team. Yeah, there are similarities between him and Norm Powell. Instant 467 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:58.000 offense. I think Eric Gordon can guard bigger guys than on the other end. 468 00:32:58.039 --> 00:33:00.279 Obviously he's proven it. He's been a lot of big moments too as 469 00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:05.119 Norman Powell. That's twenty nineteen Toronto Raptors Round. But Eric Gordon with the 470 00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:07.519 Houston Rockets in twenty seventeen and twenty eighteen when they were going toe to toe 471 00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:12.039 with the Golden State Warriors when they had James Harden and CP three, So 472 00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:15.160 it was good to see him back out there in a Clippers uniform. I 473 00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:20.920 thought all three guys that they brought in were impactful tonight and had their fingerprints 474 00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:22.720 on this one as the Clippers win one thirty four to one twenty four over 475 00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:27.640 the Golden State Warriors. Coming up next, we'll get to William Updyke from 476 00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:30.200 Clips and dipping back to your phone calls eight six six to nine eight seven 477 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:34.960 two five seventy eight six sixty nine eight seven two five seventy as the phone 478 00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:37.400 number. I'm atam oslind and this is Clipper Stock here in the five seventy 479 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:50.960 l a sports screen knew his right from zubox. Lennard hooks it zubos on 480 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:54.000 the short roll, drives metal spins on, Thompson missed it. Rebound man 481 00:33:54.440 --> 00:34:01.279 and he slams with the right a man's chair inside and Clippers leave five eighty 482 00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:07.599 one seventy six. Darren's man was sixteen points seven of ten shooting. Clippers 483 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:10.519 win by ten one thirty four to one twenty four over the Golden State Warriors. 484 00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:14.679 Welcome back at the Clippers stock. I'm out of Moslin, still looking 485 00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:19.159 for postgame audio from the head coach and the players, but right now joined 486 00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:23.360 by Will Updyke from clips in Dip. Well, thanks for doing this tonight. 487 00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:28.079 Something I haven't touched upon yet. He just looked at the offensive rebounds 488 00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:30.519 by the Clippers in this one. They had three offensive rebounds all of last 489 00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:36.079 game Friday night against the Milwaukee Bucks. I believe it was the three offensive 490 00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:38.679 rebounds in that one. They had three offensive rebounds in the first quarter in 491 00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:44.280 this ballgame, and Mason Plumbly and Bones Highland finished with five of their twelve 492 00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:47.079 offensive rebounds. There was just a different energy out there with these new guys. 493 00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:52.760 Yeah, yeah, I couldn't agree more. It was, you know, 494 00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:57.000 Bond Thailand was a much needed sort of Joel to the stream of energy, 495 00:34:57.679 --> 00:35:00.719 and Mason Plumbly, oh my go. We talked about surprise performers of 496 00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:05.639 the game. You came all the way through with that one. I mean, 497 00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:08.480 just looking at the Clippers deadline. I know a lot of people weren't 498 00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:15.360 super impressed, maybe, but just an upgrade going from no disrespect to Moses 499 00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:19.440 Brown or or you know, having another wing kind of fill in those minutes 500 00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:23.719 due when the actual like in the actual NBA center in Mason Plumley, is 501 00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:28.719 just such an unbelievably huge upgrade. And I thought that we got to see 502 00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:32.719 a lot of his game tonight with the five rebounds, those three assists, 503 00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:38.960 it was just very clearly, it was just very clearly an upgrade and a 504 00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:43.559 much needed one at a position where they were a little short. Yeah, 505 00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:47.679 fans were looking for that backup traditional center all season long, a little more 506 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:51.239 seasoned of a player in that position. Oh, they got one now. 507 00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:54.119 I thought. I was really impressed with him pushing the pace after getting rebounds, 508 00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:59.440 bringing the ball into the front court at least once he found Norman Pale 509 00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:01.800 for an easy one, just because of the speed he was playing with and 510 00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:06.679 the Clippers they need some of that, they need to play at a higher 511 00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:08.280 tempo out there. It was good to see it from him. Same with 512 00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:13.840 Bones Highland, though I wasn't sure how much he was going to play in 513 00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:15.639 his first game as a Clipper, but Coach Luke came out and said he 514 00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:19.440 was going to be the point guard coming off the bench in this one. 515 00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:22.880 I thought he looked really good as well. Yeah, absolutely, I mean 516 00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:27.760 him and Gordon both, I thought I had some moments of brilliance in there. 517 00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:30.239 Although Gordon struggled to shoot from the floor, I mean Bones did as 518 00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:35.519 well, but you can both see that there is the ability there for them 519 00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:38.480 to sort of to set the table for them both also to make very aggressive 520 00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:43.639 drives into the paint and kick out from there, which is obviously always a 521 00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:46.719 much needed skill for this Clippers team. Just somebody else who could kind of 522 00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:52.920 get get shots, easier shots for you know, the knockdown shooters that we 523 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:57.239 have around, or even get Kawhi and Paul George in position where they don't 524 00:36:57.320 --> 00:37:01.400 have to initiate directly on as many section you mentioned Kawhi there. He finished 525 00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:07.199 with thirty three, but Ty's a career high was seven, made three pointers 526 00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:10.400 on seven of nine shooting, and you know, I think the extra rest 527 00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:14.519 did him some good. There was a noticeable difference, of course, between 528 00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:17.760 him and the last game he played against the Dallas Mavericks last Wednesday and tonight. 529 00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:22.480 I just thought Kawhi letter look fresh out there, and especially in that 530 00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:25.800 third quarter when the Clippers were down by four at the half. It was 531 00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:30.360 Kawai who got them pointed in the right direction. Oh yeah, unreal. 532 00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:35.239 He had that absolutely savage dunk in the third. I gotta be honest, 533 00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:39.599 I love I love the seven of nine shooting. Some of them weren't shots 534 00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:45.039 that I necessarily loved the take of, just in the terms of overall process, 535 00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:49.239 Like some of them were kind of early in a shot clock putting one 536 00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:51.960 up. But you know what, if you're on a heater, I'll definitely 537 00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:55.360 live with it. But no, it was absolutely phenomenal. He's on another 538 00:37:55.480 --> 00:38:00.079 level. He you know, even with the restructure of the team post the 539 00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:05.519 trade deadline, he has not skipped a beat. Same thing with Norman Powell, 540 00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:08.840 who even it doesn't seem to have matter surrounding with whoever you want on 541 00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:13.880 the bench, the guy is good for twenty easy pushing thirty no sweat, 542 00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:19.360 and Norman Powell finished with twenty four on just seventeen shots, three three pointers. 543 00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:22.239 What I like about him is he seems to do his best work and 544 00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:24.760 the stats and the eyeball tests confirm it. In the fourth quarter, where 545 00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:29.000 he's been shooting about fifty three percent from the field, he got them off 546 00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:31.519 to a quick start with a three pointer and a two. He had a 547 00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:36.079 big throwdown as well, you know, those energy plays. But in the 548 00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:39.760 fourth he's just playing his best basketball. And for a team that has struggled 549 00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:44.199 at times to close out, Norman has not been the problem in that area. 550 00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:46.559 No, not at all. And he's another one of those guys. 551 00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:50.800 I mean you talked about the efficiency. I also just love the way he 552 00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:54.480 can, like he finds a seam and just dissects it immediately, like there's 553 00:38:54.559 --> 00:39:00.880 there's just no hesitation, and that ability to just get a quick bucket without 554 00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:02.840 really having to you know, without half to dribble, while without having to 555 00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:08.480 expend a lot of effort really for him is just incredible, and it's awesome 556 00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:13.840 to see him be able to sit in really regardless of who is around him. 557 00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:16.639 It's one of those things that makes him just such a such an essential 558 00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:21.079 six man for this team. You know, normally I'd get on Paul George 559 00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:23.320 for only taking twelve shots, but in a game where they're implementing all these 560 00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:28.800 guys and they're moving the ball beautifully and he was at the vanguard of that, 561 00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:31.400 leading them with eight assists just two turnovers, I'm fine with it. 562 00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:37.039 That was playmaker Pete. That was him at times making really good decisions out 563 00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:39.039 there. I know he had a bad turnover in the fourth quarter, I 564 00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:43.880 think it was. But outside of that, a solid playmaking ball game from 565 00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:47.760 Paul George. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, And I'm curious to see how 566 00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:51.039 things are going to kind of shake out. I mean, you know, 567 00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:53.320 with some of the comments that he's made about the point guard. You know, 568 00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:58.320 we have seen him, you know, sometimes maybe fade a little bit 569 00:39:58.400 --> 00:40:01.000 in the fourth or la during games, and I don't know if that's due 570 00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:05.599 to him having to initiate a lot of the offense. But you know, 571 00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:08.880 he stepped up the challenge tonight and Wall it wasn't necessarily you know, only 572 00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:13.800 twelve shots. He was still hyper efficient overall, didn't really have it going 573 00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:17.079 from three. You know, he is has been up to the challenge so 574 00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:22.639 far. But I'm curious to see, like how real we determine that need 575 00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:27.079 is and how we can shift that with what we already have versus if we 576 00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:30.519 think the Clippers are going to be an active buyer on the buy out market. 577 00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:34.320 Yeah, you shoot a game like tonight and you feel like, Wow, 578 00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:37.960 this team has enough playmakers that collectively they can get it done. You 579 00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:42.679 don't need a traditional playmaker when Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are going to have 580 00:40:42.760 --> 00:40:45.880 the ball anyways, it's just the guys around them have to have to move 581 00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:50.760 the basketball. Well. I feel like Eric Gordon does that, Bones Highland 582 00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:55.119 certainly did that. Mason Plumley average four assists per game in January. These 583 00:40:55.199 --> 00:41:00.679 guys compliment the two stars so well. It just seems like the fit is 584 00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:05.440 right there with the guys they brought in. Yeah. Yeah, I would 585 00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:07.199 agree, and I would say that this was I mean, this game was 586 00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:13.079 definitely a positive affirmation for all of those moves. But the front end office 587 00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:15.599 made it. We talked about, you know, sort of a consolidation of 588 00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:17.840 some of the positions that you know, I think that it was overall what 589 00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:22.239 they achieved through the trade deadline, and I you know, I think that 590 00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:27.039 this was a step in the right direction, albeit against the shorthanded Warriors squad. 591 00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:31.000 I did like the overall process, especially just given how low they were 592 00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:35.480 able to keep the turnovers in this one, despite you know, all the 593 00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:38.159 new kind of moving pieces. Only eight turnovers this team is I mean, 594 00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:43.519 that's that's pretty incredible, even with the standard cast that's been playing together, 595 00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:45.760 you know, fifty some games to this point. He is well up. 596 00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:51.280 Dike from Clips and Dip does the podcast with myself and Charles Mockler. Well, 597 00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:53.400 we'll talk to you tomorrow for a tripod on the Clips and Dip. 598 00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:57.639 Thanks for doing some Clips and Double Dips tonight here on Clippers Talk, my 599 00:41:57.760 --> 00:42:01.800 friend, always a pleasure. I'll talk you ate it coming up next we'll 600 00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:07.320 close things out. I got some postgame quotes from Coach Low that I found 601 00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:10.440 interesting. Clippers win one thirty four to one twenty four over the Golden State 602 00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:16.400 Warriors after losing two straight and now one nine of their last thirteen overall. 603 00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:21.280 Though they take on the Phoenix Suns to close out not the first half of 604 00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:23.679 the season. There will be only about twenty five percent of the season left 605 00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:28.599 after they come back with twenty one games left after the All Star break, 606 00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:31.320 but work to be done in Phoenix coming up Thursday night. We'll preview that 607 00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:46.599 as well right here on Clipper Stock on a seventy other sports. Climbers were 608 00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:51.360 their third highest scoring game of the season. Then they put up one hundred 609 00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:53.440 and thirty four points on the Golden State Warriors. They win by ten at 610 00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:58.960 one thirty four one twenty four. Welcome back into Clipper stock. I'm Adam 611 00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:04.840 Oslin. Clippers next contest for the All Star Break Thursday night in Phoenix, 612 00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:07.519 a team that's a half game ahead of them in the four seed in the 613 00:43:07.639 --> 00:43:15.440 West. I saw this quote post game from Paul George on Andrew Greiff's account 614 00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:19.760 works for the La Times covers Clippers quote. I think the key about it 615 00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:22.760 is now they have a five man. When he was talking about the three 616 00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:27.360 guard lineups, Plumbley's addition means small ball can be used in doses and not 617 00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:31.480 just a second unit default. That's huge because if you're not able to stay 618 00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:35.360 in front of your defender, at least plum Ly is waiting for them on 619 00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:39.199 the back end to clean up some of the messes as he did against Moody 620 00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:45.800 who was trying to throw down on him. This is just a huge upgrade 621 00:43:45.679 --> 00:43:51.159 for the Clippers to have a guy with the experience of Mason Plumly and the 622 00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:58.119 skill level having a career year and having him behind a vizza zoobots. That's 623 00:43:58.159 --> 00:44:04.199 big for this team. Also, lam Y of The Athletic talked about the 624 00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:08.000 mid range shooting for the Clippers. Tonight Warriors were one of eight in non 625 00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:12.800 paint twos. The Clippers were eight for eleven Kawhi three or four in the 626 00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:15.760 MIDI Paul George two, A two, Norm three or four. So they 627 00:44:15.800 --> 00:44:20.800 were getting to their spots and those are playoff type shots. You know, 628 00:44:21.159 --> 00:44:25.000 teams often give up the mid range. The Clippers have guys who can certainly 629 00:44:25.199 --> 00:44:30.920 hit them. Clippers late in the ball game though, they were closing with 630 00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:35.159 the lineup with new Clipper Eric Gordon, with Norm Powell out there next to 631 00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:38.400 Paul George, Kawhi, Leonard and Evitza Zoobots. Those were the guys who 632 00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:43.440 eventually got it done as they pulled away, got up by sixteen, and 633 00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:47.199 eventually Steve Kerk called off the dogs with about four minutes left. Clippers go 634 00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:52.800 on to win by ten. Coming up Thursday night in Phoenix, tip time 635 00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:55.239 for that one Clippers and Sons is at seven. We'll have Clippers count down 636 00:44:55.280 --> 00:45:00.599 for you, just like tonight's starting at six. Before get out of here, 637 00:45:00.119 --> 00:45:02.960 I do want to thank the Clippers organization. No what Eagle, Brian 638 00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:08.000 Seaman, Ralph Lawlor, big brother, Jake Warner, a head engineer downtown 639 00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:13.719 Los Angeles producer Zach o'caldy in tonight, Thank you, Zach. Then as 640 00:45:13.760 --> 00:45:20.719 Dagastino statistician to the Stars. The Star right now, no Eagle until Thursday 641 00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:23.559 night with the Clippers and Sons tipping off at seven pregame at six, I'm 642 00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:44.719 Adam Oslin. We'll talk to you that homeless churches are and this has been 643 00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:50.719 Clippers Talk, a postgame conversation about your LA Clippers with Adam oslaf If you 644 00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:54.039 like the show, subscribe to Clippers Talk on the iHeart Radio, WAP or 645 00:45:54.159 --> 00:46:00.920 wherever you podcast the best. This team has those championshiping ingredients. They have 646 00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:05.480 some of that DNA. We can see it. 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