1 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:07,799 Clippers take two in Portland, winning on Wednesday and then tonight for the most 2 00:00:07,799 --> 00:00:12,320 part in more impressive fashion. I would say the backups let up the twenty 3 00:00:12,359 --> 00:00:15,720 six point lead late, they still won one twenty five to one seventeen over 4 00:00:15,759 --> 00:00:19,679 the Blazers. Welcome back into Clippers stock. I'm out of Mosland. Eight 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:25,199 six six ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number if you want to 6 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:30,239 talk about I don't know the elementary school I went to Franklin or anything like 7 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:34,200 that, if you're like that color John. But right now we got a 8 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:39,960 guy from Montana on and big Chuck Mackler. I hope that wasn't TMI or 9 00:00:40,039 --> 00:00:43,119 giving out too much info there. It's well known, right Chuck, Come 10 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:47,479 on Montana Forever. Yeah, not at all, Absolutely up with Montana. 11 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:52,840 Let's talk about this Clippers team and just what occurred tonight, because the big 12 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:57,799 takeaway for me was Paul George and Kawhi Leonard looked about as quick as I 13 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:03,039 had seen them in the two P one three era. Yeah, I mean 14 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,359 it was. It was great to see the process. You know, you 15 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:10,400 mentioned the lead getting blown, which your tweet was great too, because when 16 00:01:10,439 --> 00:01:12,239 the starters played you know, think things were good in this game, but 17 00:01:12,599 --> 00:01:17,359 you're right, Kawhi and Paul George are moving so well. Kawhi hit like 18 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:22,719 a little crossover between the legs moves that had so much force and agility with 19 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,799 it, right because he always has the force on those jab steps and stuff. 20 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:27,959 But he had the quickness after it too, which was really cool to 21 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,200 see. And yeah, Paul George, he was putting his head down early 22 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,359 in this one. Paul George had seven free throws. I would bet in 23 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,280 most games where Paul George has you know, over five free throws or six 24 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:42,120 free throws, the Clippers probably win most of those games because it means he's 25 00:01:42,159 --> 00:01:45,840 getting into the paint. It meanings. If he's not getting free throws, 26 00:01:45,879 --> 00:01:48,799 that just means the balls in the paint anyway for the Clippers. So a 27 00:01:48,799 --> 00:01:52,359 lot of good stuff from you know, two and three tonight. Obviously you 28 00:01:52,359 --> 00:01:55,319 want to see Harden hit a couple more shots here and there, but this 29 00:01:55,519 --> 00:01:57,480 was, you know, a game that they were going to win, but 30 00:01:57,519 --> 00:02:00,560 we wanted to see them build good process and I thought the most part we 31 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,480 saw that. Yeah, and two one three, they kind of led the 32 00:02:04,519 --> 00:02:07,319 way when it came to building good habits. Paul George, by the way, 33 00:02:07,359 --> 00:02:09,599 his last eleven games now is getting almost twenty five points on fifty three 34 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:14,879 percent from the field and forty four percent from three So, uh, maybe 35 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,599 he's feeling much better because that Dunky almost had on Moses Brown, and he's 36 00:02:17,599 --> 00:02:23,599 had a lot of almost dumps. Yeah, like that was nasty. Just 37 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:30,199 the explosiveness tonight from those two just was very noticeable, uh to me, 38 00:02:30,479 --> 00:02:35,039 and very encouraging to see. Of course, we love it, but I 39 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:39,520 do want to talk about Big Zoo. Can he get more than three shots? 40 00:02:39,599 --> 00:02:42,879 Chuck. You know, I'm gonna be upset about that. You know, 41 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,360 I'm gonna be upset about that. I know we want to played eighteen 42 00:02:45,439 --> 00:02:50,000 minutes. But still yeah, so that's you know, we talked about the 43 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,599 stars being really good light and the process was good for the most part. 44 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:58,280 But I do think and in the playoffs, yes, obviously Kawhi, Paul 45 00:02:58,319 --> 00:03:00,240 George's and James Harden's field goal tens of minutes, they're all going to go 46 00:03:00,319 --> 00:03:05,120 up zoos, might you know, stay the same, But I'm wondering if 47 00:03:05,159 --> 00:03:07,479 they're kind of maybe getting Zoo used to a playoff diet of shops or something 48 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:13,159 like that, right, because I hope not I need more than three. 49 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:15,759 I hope it's more than three too. I don't want to make it seem 50 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:20,680 like that, but I yeah, we hopefully the pick and roll maybe has 51 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,599 some more emphasis against different competition. No disrespect to the Blazers, but that 52 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,919 roster they put out there tonight, just from the guys they had available because 53 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:30,840 of the injuries and everything, it's kind of a weird one, I think, 54 00:03:30,879 --> 00:03:34,400 to take a lot away from when it comes to, you know, 55 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,639 stringent half court offense. So we'll see how it looks at twelve thirty on 56 00:03:38,759 --> 00:03:44,159 Sunday, you know, against the Sixers who are also down obviously very you 57 00:03:44,159 --> 00:03:47,800 know, a key piece. But I hope he gets more than three. 58 00:03:49,319 --> 00:03:51,719 But he did look good otherwise, right, he did, he did. 59 00:03:51,919 --> 00:03:55,560 I don't know. I guess I'm looking for something just to give the full 60 00:03:55,599 --> 00:04:00,639 scope of what happened tonight and make sure, okay, you're chasing, but 61 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:02,919 it could still be more perfect than it was tonight. The one thing I'll 62 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,240 say, though, even though it was Portland, what I saw from Kawhi 63 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:10,479 and Paul George really has nothing to do with that. With their individual movement 64 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:15,319 and just looking very healthy and fresh out there. And also the Clippers were 65 00:04:15,319 --> 00:04:19,399 attacking so quickly. They didn't play with their food at all. I mean, 66 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:25,480 being up forty two to twenty seven over the Portland Trailblazers, most people 67 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:29,160 would think, Okay, they're gonna slow roll into this one. They're gonna 68 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,399 slow drip into this one. Maybe lead by a couple points heading into the 69 00:04:31,399 --> 00:04:34,120 second quarter. I mean I think they were down by one or two heading 70 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,879 into the second quarter on Wednesday night. No, no, no, they 71 00:04:36,959 --> 00:04:43,000 hit the ground running tonight. There was purpose out there. Yeah, and 72 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,759 I was I don't know if I was underwhelmed by the first game against Portland 73 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,879 this week. I think I guess I was whelmed to quote ten things I 74 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:55,079 hate about you, but I was pleasant, you know. I liked the 75 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,720 process in this one, right, because you're right they were. It was 76 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,680 fut on the throat. They did what they were there to do. There 77 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,639 was kind of a hiccup there. PJ. Tucker only played eight minutes, 78 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,759 and I say that because he's played a lot of minutes lately. So TYLERU 79 00:05:06,759 --> 00:05:12,959 had to deal with that and calf injury. It sounded like I was trying 80 00:05:12,959 --> 00:05:16,759 to decipher post. Yeah, we hope it's just the calf. And then 81 00:05:16,759 --> 00:05:21,920 you kind of have this weird thing too with with Bones. He you know, 82 00:05:21,959 --> 00:05:26,839 the body language has been rough from Bone lately. Obviously his roles changed 83 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:30,480 a lot, but that's odd for him to deal with, it, seems, 84 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,680 so we hope that gets figured out. But yeah, just you know, 85 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,279 just I hope Bones is doing all right because he I think he does 86 00:05:36,319 --> 00:05:41,079 have a future with the team. The last two games coming into this one, 87 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,560 uh yeah, some bad body language. You could see it out there. 88 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,720 He just looked a little bit unfocused, a little bit checked out, 89 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:53,240 And I'm not sure why, because you know, he started a couple of 90 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:57,279 games and I thought for the most part, especially that game of Chicago, 91 00:05:57,319 --> 00:06:00,920 where he looked fantastic. But even in the Law of the Pelicans, I 92 00:06:00,959 --> 00:06:03,959 didn't think he played bad. Uh. I thought it was up and down, 93 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:08,879 but you expect that from a young player. And then he didn't look 94 00:06:08,879 --> 00:06:13,600 good against Atlanta. He definitely didn't look good, and he was pulled early 95 00:06:13,639 --> 00:06:16,879 in that game Wednesday for Brandon Boston, as I think coach lu saw he 96 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:21,480 just the energy wasn't right there. And then tonight what he played for in 97 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:26,639 consequential minutes very late in the ballgame, Like, yeah, it was I 98 00:06:26,639 --> 00:06:29,920 mean Moon was in there before he was, So that kind of says it 99 00:06:29,959 --> 00:06:34,839 all. That is disappointing, especially for a skeleton keyholder like myself. But 100 00:06:35,439 --> 00:06:41,920 how about Terren's man back back in the starting lineup with a bullet like Terror's 101 00:06:41,959 --> 00:06:45,439 Man looked fin. I was a little bit worried because you know, he 102 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,839 gets hurt in practice after talking about having that ankle injury before that practice took 103 00:06:49,879 --> 00:06:54,480 place and being one hundred percent finally and then he has a shoulder issue, 104 00:06:54,480 --> 00:07:00,000 but he missed one game, came back, he looked fantastic tonight. Yeah, 105 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,920 Man is hitting the exact kind of you know, upswing that you need 106 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,519 a player like Terrence Man to hit for a playoff team. Right, he 107 00:07:09,079 --> 00:07:14,120 is a starter, but he's very much the fifth option for the starting lineup 108 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,120 offensively. So he was wildly efficient tonight, which is great if the ball 109 00:07:17,199 --> 00:07:20,199 is gonna somehow find his way to him on offense. I don't think any 110 00:07:20,199 --> 00:07:24,319 of us are super worried about that. You want him to, you know, 111 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,120 make some quicker decisions when it comes to shooting, but you know, 112 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,399 in the playoffs. I think he's gonna be okay. But he's he handled 113 00:07:30,439 --> 00:07:34,199 Scoot right like he's that's their point of attack guy, right, So he's 114 00:07:34,279 --> 00:07:38,160 kind of got to handle him well enough to shuffle him off to two win 115 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:42,519 three in the playoffs. So his point of attack defense is looking solid and 116 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:46,759 his offense is looking decisive, which is the best possible version of Terrence Man 117 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,160 and the version of the Clippers are going to need depending who they play in 118 00:07:50,199 --> 00:07:55,160 the first round. Speaking of that, they're currently a game and a half 119 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,519 up on the New Orleans Pelicans, Clippers in the four spot, New Orleans 120 00:07:58,639 --> 00:08:03,319 in the five they earlier tonight, Dallas Mavericks. There are a couple games 121 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:09,399 behind the Pelicans. We saw the Brandon Ingram injury. Thankfully it's not as 122 00:08:09,399 --> 00:08:13,560 bad as it looked last night. That's great news for Pelicans fans. For 123 00:08:13,639 --> 00:08:16,040 the entire NBA, he's one of my favorite players to watch because he embraces 124 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:20,839 the mid range game. It's just fun. He looks he looks very similar, 125 00:08:20,839 --> 00:08:22,959 you know, because the expectations were so high with him coming out of 126 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,279 Duke and they were talking about him being Kevin Durant, and at this point, 127 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:31,560 you know, he's like seventy percent at least of what Kevin Durant is, 128 00:08:31,639 --> 00:08:33,600 and that's a pretty damn good player, and he's been an All Star 129 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:39,440 before. But what will it take for your faith to be rewarded in this 130 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:43,960 Clippers team with just thirteen games left to say, Okay, they're back. 131 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,879 They had that rut, they had that bump in the road, They're now 132 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:52,720 ten to ten post Grammy road trip last twenty games. What's it gonna take 133 00:08:52,759 --> 00:08:54,799 for you to really start believing again that they can get back to that level 134 00:08:54,840 --> 00:09:00,399 they were for two months. So I'm not so much worried about the record, 135 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,039 right because if good process, which is what I'm you know, it's 136 00:09:03,039 --> 00:09:07,000 a pretty broad term, but that's just what I'm worried about because this Clippers 137 00:09:07,039 --> 00:09:09,879 team, you know, you know, we had the nine game win stream, 138 00:09:09,879 --> 00:09:11,679 but outside of that, it's been a little disjointed. So I want 139 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:16,159 to see good process. With good process comes wins for a roster like this 140 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:20,080 and a team that we have seen kind of hit close to its peak this 141 00:09:20,159 --> 00:09:24,759 season. So I just want to see good process down the line. I 142 00:09:24,799 --> 00:09:30,600 would love to see Paul George continue this up screing on offense and you know 143 00:09:30,639 --> 00:09:35,039 on the other side of the wall too, and TYLERU. I hope we 144 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,679 see some not playoff rotations, you know what I mean, necessarily, but 145 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:41,879 maybe the playoff rotation a little more figured out because right now, you know, 146 00:09:41,919 --> 00:09:46,279 we have Russell Westbrook coming back for the pacer the game on Monday, 147 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:50,000 which he's gonna get some playoffs minutes, so he's got to get back into 148 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,279 the rotation and things like that. So I'm going to be looking at Tyler's 149 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:58,000 rotations mostly this last little bit because that's also going to dictate, you know, 150 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,679 how good of process the Clippers aren't able to who's out there. I 151 00:10:01,799 --> 00:10:03,679 like that. That's a good point. Do we have a YouTube coming up 152 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:07,320 tomorrow? We're gonna preview the back to back tomorrow. Chuck, Yeah, 153 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:11,519 I believe we are. Okay, that's pretty cool too. He is Chuck 154 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,559 Mockler of Clips and Dip. Look for that YouTube. Not sure if it'll 155 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:20,080 be alive or not, but it will be on the YouTube channel at Clippers 156 00:10:20,159 --> 00:10:24,039 Podcast is where you can find that for Clips and Dip. Charles, thanks 157 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,879 for doing a little double dip tonight here on Clipper Sock. Hey always a 158 00:10:26,879 --> 00:10:31,440 good time to come on when they win. It's usually not your thing. 159 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:39,559 Will so jealous right now, so jelly, thank you, Chuck. I'm 160 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,200 a good one.