WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:06.639 Got your fall. It's time to react to La Clippers basketball. This is 2 00:00:06.679 --> 00:00:11.279 Clippers Talk. All the chat, reaction and analysis hosted by Adam Aslay. 3 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:14.720 You know he's feeling good. Take the show with you anywhere you are and 4 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:20.079 Nation Baby, get the podcast. I'm the iHeart Radio and now your host. 5 00:00:20.199 --> 00:00:26.719 He makes everything happen, Adam Mossley. Even while down six players, 6 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:31.920 the Clippers were still too much to bear for the Memphis Grizzlies. Thanks to 7 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.719 Yogi your newest Clipper, having eight points on the fourth quarter, and the 8 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:41.759 Clippers come back down eighteen in the first, they went by twelve. You're 9 00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:45.439 at Staples Center with a final score one seventeen to one oh five over the 10 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:49.840 Memphis Grizzlies. Welcome into Clippers Talk. I'm at Am Moslin to eight six 11 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:54.560 six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five 12 00:00:54.799 --> 00:01:00.640 seventy is the phone number. What a victory jump online? Now. I 13 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:04.599 know it's going to be a busy one tonight because that was as inspiring as 14 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:07.560 of a win as they've had all season long. And we've been saying that 15 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:12.560 twice a week, it seems like. And Noah brought this up it's it's 16 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:15.200 the Oprah meme. You get a car, you get a car, you 17 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:19.920 get an amazing victory, you get another comeback Clippers victory. They're doing this 18 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:26.000 all season long. We're really post All Star break now, they're eighteen in 19 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:30.200 five post All Star break. We're talking about the hottest team in the league. 20 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:37.200 But to do this without Kauai, without Paul George, without Sergebaca, 21 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:42.719 without Patrick Beverley, without Reggie Jackson, and without Gen Rondo tonight against the 22 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:49.079 team that has been playing like the best offense in the league over the last 23 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:52.840 month, in the Memphis Grizzlies, that is also playing for a playoff spot. 24 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:56.879 They're in the eighth seed right now in the West. To do this 25 00:01:57.359 --> 00:02:01.719 and come back down eighteen, this is what this Clippers team is all about. 26 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:07.879 They have formed this identity where they will never quit. They are this 27 00:02:07.039 --> 00:02:12.280 resilient no matter what the score is. They believe they can win, and 28 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:15.759 you have to have that belief come playoff time. And we're just eleven games 29 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:22.240 away from the playoffs starting and the Clippers, through all these injuries going on, 30 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:29.800 they found their identity and it's a never say die attitude because down eighteen 31 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:34.639 in the first quarter with about a minute left in the first to come all 32 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:38.159 the way back and at one point have a thirty three point turnaround on the 33 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:45.000 Memphis Grizzlies is unbelievable. But to do it without six players, six key 34 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:51.919 players, without your two superstars, it's unheard of. But we've been saying 35 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:55.840 this a lot lately. They did it in Detroit with Reggie Jackson hitting the 36 00:02:55.879 --> 00:03:01.280 game winner, and they just came back the six with two minutes left last 37 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:06.960 night, but most of that was thanks to PG thirteen, who was not 38 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:13.439 available tonight. But their identity remains and that's how you know it has fully 39 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:19.039 formed. Now. They have this belief, they have this winning attitude, 40 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:23.319 and this is what we saw a couple of seasons ago and has finally happened 41 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:28.960 for this team this season. And Tulu and the coaching staff, they deserve 42 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:35.199 so much credit for putting guys in the right position, like Yogi Farrell in 43 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:38.240 this game, who they just picked up on a ten day contract and he 44 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:46.479 has eight points and four assists in the fourth quarter alone. DeMarcus Cousins has 45 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:52.960 ten boards in fourteen minutes. Was playing big time bullyball, was physical out 46 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:57.479 there this was a physical game against a Memphis Grizzlies team that also has that 47 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:00.199 grit and grind mentality. They started it. That was their motto, their 48 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:08.120 mantra they're saying a few years back when they had Zebo and Marcus all and 49 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:14.680 Tony Allen and the Clippers have taken that and they built it up a couple 50 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:18.240 of seasons ago. But it felt like last season it was mostly teams coming 51 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:23.920 back on them. Now it's turned back the other way. It started with 52 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:29.959 that twenty two point turnaround in Atlanta against the Hawks, but this team is 53 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:34.439 figuring out ways to win, where before it seemed like they were finding ways 54 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:41.800 to lose at times. There is a complete mindset shift now with this Clippers 55 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:46.079 ball club. And I do think being a Staples Center two of the last 56 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:51.560 three games has helped back In front of Clipper Nation, It's a limited crowd, 57 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:57.720 but you can hear them and to have a turnaround like this down eighteen 58 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:00.800 or you just have no business winning the this game against this Memphis Grizzlies team 59 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:05.759 with John Morant playing with triple J back and Jaren Jackson Jr. Who played 60 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:12.399 well, had fifteen points in eighteen minutes, eight boards, had the elbow 61 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:15.800 shot. I think it was inadvertent with DeMarcus Cousins. They squashed it, 62 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:20.839 but Decauz came back at him in the second half and Memphis they put up 63 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:27.360 a thirty nine spot with I believe six three pointers made in the first quarter 64 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:31.160 alone. They were so hot from the outside. It looked like it was 65 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:33.920 just gonna be one of those nights for the Clippers where they didn't have enough, 66 00:05:34.319 --> 00:05:39.240 not enough bodies, not enough talent to compete with this Memphis Grizzlies team. 67 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:46.519 But you really can't continue to be surprised with the way they play. 68 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:50.959 This is who they are now, and we hope it transitions into the playoffs 69 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:57.680 because what happens in the regular season does tend to trickle into the playoffs. 70 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:00.839 Look at what happened last year with the Clippers. They had games where they 71 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:05.560 gave up big leads. A game in Atlanta came to mind immediately, and 72 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:10.399 it followed them into the playoffs. So now you got to hope that it's 73 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:15.519 going to go the other direction this time. Were these comebacks and this intestinal 74 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:21.000 fortitude that they have and this will to win also follows them into the playoffs 75 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:26.319 this year, after they come back down eighteen in the first quarter, and 76 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:30.319 they win by twelve over the Memphis Grizzlies with a team that was just patched 77 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:36.600 together. People were laughing earlier today at the injury report on Twitter, saying, 78 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:40.879 oh, this is a scheduled loss. Oh, they're just giving up. 79 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:47.680 No, that hasn't happened, because they have that foundation and that's their 80 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:54.160 identity of being a team that never gives in. They ended up assisting on 81 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:59.160 seventy five percent of their maide shots tonight, twenty eight assists on thirty eight 82 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:02.759 made shots. And when they needed to get hot from three and pull away 83 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:05.480 in the fourth quarter, and we've seen that a lot over the last couple 84 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:11.399 of weeks, they did five of their fourteen made threes happened in the fourth. 85 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:15.319 They end up going fourteen of twenty seven from distance. That's fifty two 86 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:18.399 percent. Marcus Morris was great. He had twenty five points. Four of 87 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:21.759 those three pointers came from him. But Luke Kennard goes for a season high 88 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:30.040 twenty eight his career highs thirty he tied his career high and three pointers made 89 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:33.519 with six tonight, Goes six of seven from three, stayed hot from the 90 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:40.319 second quarter. On had twelve points in the second quarter, ten more in 91 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:46.319 the third quarter, and ended up scoring five more points in the fourth quarter. 92 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:53.199 But Joki Farrell for him to fit in this seamlessly, it's unbelievable. 93 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:58.199 It's unfathomable how he could come in tonight in his first game as a Clipper 94 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:05.759 and play twenty in play crunch time minutes when it was a close five point 95 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:09.360 game in the last five minutes until the Clippers pulled away, and a lot 96 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:13.160 of that was because of his passing. He had a momentum play, a 97 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:16.720 momentum like assist at the end of that third quarter where the Clippers got up 98 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:22.160 by five heading into the fourth after he grabbed a loose ball and had an 99 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:28.959 alley up to Terrence Man for a huge throwdown. But I guess get used 100 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:33.000 to this Clipper Nation. This is what they've been doing now for a month 101 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:37.879 and a half, best record post All Star Break. Nobody's been hotter, 102 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:43.240 nobody's been playing better. But a night like tonight with six players out, 103 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:48.080 critical players, pivotal guys that they're going to need obviously in the long run. 104 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:52.720 But it's just great to see and I think it epitomizes the fact that 105 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:56.559 they have established an identity here. Finally, that defensive mindset came into play 106 00:08:56.600 --> 00:09:01.360 in the second half, where they only gave up four three points to Memphis 107 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:07.440 after they had sixty in the first half. And PG thirteen said this last 108 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:11.960 night after they've won in Portland, that they weren't great for forty eight minutes, 109 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:16.440 but they were great when they had to be. Same thing happened tonight, 110 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:20.960 and you could feel it because this has been a trend, This is 111 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:26.399 a pattern. Now. There is something to the makeup of this Clippers team 112 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:31.519 that is very different from last season and feels much more reminiscent of what we 113 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:35.120 saw from twenty seventeen all the way to the end of twenty nineteen where they 114 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:39.759 had the biggest comeback in playoff history against the fully loaded Golden State Warriors. 115 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:43.639 Clippers won one seventeen to one oh five. Let's start things off with Morris 116 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:48.159 in Long Beach. Morris, I know you're happy. Welcome in to Clipper 117 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:52.240 Stock without a Moslin from Staples Center. Morris, what's up, Adam? 118 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:56.559 I got to share something with you know. Let's be honest, the Clippers 119 00:09:56.600 --> 00:10:01.360 had no business winning this game. This was the great his game I've ever 120 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:03.240 seen the Clippers playing. Now, and I've watched a whole lot of'em, 121 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:05.919 let me qualify that. You know, when you got your stars, 122 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:09.679 that's one thing. I'm looking to guys that are starting. And the guy 123 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:13.519 that I was watching the game with, I said, and mister Carl, 124 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:18.200 if those guys are started, who coming off the bench? Coming off the 125 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:20.120 bench? And I watched in the first quarter, right these guys that I 126 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:24.120 were thirty eight to sixteen or something like, Oh my lord, And when 127 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:28.759 they started coming back in that second a half, played that defense. This 128 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:33.000 was the best game I've ever seen in my life. The Clippers played because 129 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:35.519 you know, when you got the stars, you know who's gonna get to 130 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:37.840 touch at the end of the game. You know who's gonna get to touch 131 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:41.279 when the when the game's on the line. But tonight they were dependent. 132 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:45.960 They had to depend all of'em, all of'em. They had to depend on 133 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:50.240 each other. Did your Canard, your Morris's and zoo box? Oh Lord, 134 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:54.879 have mercy? That brother's wild in the paint. Everybody's watching the ball. 135 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:58.639 Watch the zoo box in the paint. When the rebounders man they're not 136 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:01.600 paying him enough. I couldn't do it job like that. I'm surprised he's 137 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:05.360 not bloodied up more. This was a physical, physical game, and I'm 138 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:07.639 glad they picked up Cousins because they needed somebody like that. This is the 139 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:11.799 best game I've ever seen. These guys play at him because I almost didn't 140 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:18.000 recognize nobody on the on the court. And then and these guys of Memphis, 141 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:20.039 they still grinders. They and they in the playoffs. It's not like 142 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:24.679 being Detroit. No disrespect to the Pistons, but the Pittons aren't going to 143 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:26.600 do the playoffs. But Memphis could have won this game the night. Nobody 144 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:31.120 would have been shocked. But I'm shocked they won. And I'm a Clippers 145 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:33.679 fan. I still don't believe it. And I saw the game. Let 146 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:37.279 me, let me let you go at him. Hey, it's the best 147 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:39.159 call I ever heard, the best game you ever saw, best call I 148 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:43.320 ever heard, Morrison, Longbeach. You mentioned a Visa zoobots there, And 149 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:46.559 yes, Memphis is not only a playoff team, they're a playoff team in 150 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:50.919 the West, and they have fought their way back into and they've gotten into 151 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:56.120 this position without Triple J. Jaren Jackson's junior, who looked great tonight, 152 00:11:56.759 --> 00:12:01.879 almost remind me of stro Miles Swift from the Memphis Grizzlies back in the day. 153 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:05.399 Okay, he doesn't quite have bounced like that. Who does, but 154 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:09.840 a Visa zu Bots was battling in the paint. He ends a Marcus Cousins. 155 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:15.799 You have to commend the effort that they had tonight because Memphis is so 156 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:20.559 scrappy and they go so hard, and that's why the Clippers lost in that 157 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:24.960 game in Memphis on the first half of a back to back, a two 158 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:28.879 game miniseries about a month and a half ago, and they got blown out 159 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:33.240 by twenty eight because they didn't match their physicality. You know, Memphis is 160 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:39.480 gonna play you tough. But Zoobots and Decause in the paint, they certainly 161 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:45.639 matched that energy tonight and they were both frustrated at times, and they played 162 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:50.240 through it. A vizza. Zoo Bots finished with eighteen and seven plus three 163 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:54.320 assists and two blocks, and had went on John Morant where he almost dared 164 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:56.799 him to go at him. He got John Morant to turn over the ball 165 00:12:56.840 --> 00:13:03.960 on the perimeter because he traveled as Zubots was coming out to guard him and 166 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:07.960 to Marcus Cousins, he was everywhere. He ends up being a plus seven, 167 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:13.279 but he is still a load in the paint. He may not move 168 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:18.559 like he used to be able to, but he is still someone that absolutely 169 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:22.080 demands attention when he has the ball on the block because they were doubling him. 170 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:28.720 Same thing happened last night with Portland. This could prove to be a 171 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:33.080 really huge pickup for the Clippers, along with the Yogi Ferrell tonight in his 172 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:37.679 first game. Yogi legend is how we have to refer to him now. 173 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:41.399 He gets fouled on that three pointer in the fourth quarter, hits all three, 174 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:45.919 he finds a Vita Zubots a possession or two later, puts him in 175 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:48.720 a position where Memphis has to foul him, and that was part of the 176 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:54.720 story tonight. The Clippers stayed within striking distance because they were more physical, 177 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:58.600 they were more aggressive, and they got to the free throw line and attempted 178 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:03.720 thirty six, hit twenty seven of them, and then eventually they're three point 179 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:05.960 shooting after they hit just two in the first quarter. They were struggling. 180 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:11.960 That came along, but we're talking like they had their normal roster out there, 181 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:16.000 and it's just well, of course they're the greatest three point shooting team 182 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:20.799 of all time. Eventually they're gonna start hitting them. Well, when you're 183 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:26.399 missing some of your best three point shooters and you still go fifty two percent 184 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:31.360 from three on fourteen of twenty seven shooting after a cold start, it's just 185 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:35.360 unbelievably impressive. While we have a second, let's pause ten seconds for station 186 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:41.360 identification. Here on AM five seventy l A Sports, this is LA Clippers 187 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:48.080 Basketball, A five seventy KLAC Los Angeles, KYR HD two Los Angeles and 188 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:52.919 iHeart radio stations. Take one more call before we break here Jose in Southgate, 189 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:56.200 because I know you big hived Jose, what's up here on Clippers? 190 00:14:56.200 --> 00:15:01.919 Stop without a maslin, Adam, You know on big hikes, so please 191 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:05.039 open me us. This is the first time you know it used to come 192 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:07.320 in with the heart takes, So I don't unless you talk, Adam. 193 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:11.679 A wa, thank you. You put me in Morris up against cz and 194 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:16.200 Jeff. You already know what it is. There's all I gotta say, 195 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:18.639 Adam, this is all I gotta say at him. Look I got my 196 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:24.840 clipboard right here. Look you were talking about it Clippers Anniversary against the against 197 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:28.200 the Memphis Grizzlies. I heard Marcus so I thought it was on the wrong 198 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:30.960 channel, and then I heard Nick Young. I'm like, oh, I 199 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:33.080 know what we're talking about, kind of what we're talking about. And then 200 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:37.919 after that we heard and more thnalization by PG thirteen. Yes, pg thirteen, 201 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:41.399 Yes, quite Landy. You're from so Cal. You know what it 202 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:45.320 is. First championship, Let's go Clippers. After that, I heard no 203 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:48.080 Ego talking about nah Bro. You know, if you're watching the Clippers, 204 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:52.879 you already know nah Bro. Okay, after that rondo, it got the 205 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:56.759 Baka effect. We don't want them to have a defensive scheme. You seem 206 00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:58.360 too much a rondo. You know what we're trying to do. Okay, 207 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:03.559 after that, it's all they's all freestyle. Okay, we have fits and 208 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:07.360 okay. Fifth was last game. I'm a twenty five year old Clippers fan. 209 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:11.240 I've never seen fifth. I've never seen what's his name today? What's 210 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:15.559 his name? What fits is on the sea? Farrell? Yeah, yo, 211 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:18.639 thank you, Adam, Adam, thank you. Usually I don't let 212 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:21.559 you talk, but I'm not talking right now. Fifth, last game. 213 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:23.919 Foul? This game. Who are they? This is the third team? 214 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:30.639 Evoka, You over there dunking everything you already know. I don't last I 215 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:34.279 say in South game, thank you for the phone call. We're gonna take 216 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:40.159 a break here. But it is interesting that he brought up in Clippers rewind 217 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:45.960 earlier in our pregame show that the Clippers in their second biggest comeback in the 218 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:51.279 playoffs back in twenty twelve, we're down twenty seven in Game one on the 219 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:56.639 road against the Memphis Grizzlies. I don't know how much of that actually relates, 220 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:59.919 but these two teams, at least we're out here tonight on the court. 221 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:03.519 I know there are no players remaining from either one. But this was 222 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:07.720 a real rivalry in twenty twelve and twenty thirteen because they faced each other and 223 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:11.319 back to back years in the first round, and Memphis goes hard and you 224 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:15.839 got to respect this team. I've always been a big fan of them, 225 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:19.279 and it goes back to Jerry West in their front office. Now with your 226 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:25.799 Los Angeles Clippers. Clippers win tonight by twelve after they were down eighteen in 227 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:29.599 the first quarter. They win one seventeen to one oh five over the Memphis 228 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:33.599 Grizzlies from Staples Center. I'm out of Moslin and you're listening to Clippers stuck 229 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:45.519 here on the five seventy LA scores. This is the official home of your 230 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:49.480 LA Clippers, Pizza souppots, death dates on the rim and the home of 231 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:53.400 the Clippers. Here it comes left to right, Jackson drobbing middle. Jackson 232 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:56.920 to the right. He had it blocked by Knar. Here it comes back 233 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:59.920 the other way, right to left. Canar with a crossover seeds the trailer 234 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:04.160 man driving baseline man to the rim and that's a man slam runs in for 235 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:10.799 two. It's back to three seventy five, seventy two man scot fifteen. 236 00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:17.960 Noah Eagle on the call. I was just gonna talk about that play, 237 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:23.319 zach el quality back in Burbank, reading my mind. That started with a 238 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:29.799 vizza zoo bots getting frustrated after triple J Jaren Jackson Junior had a two handed 239 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:33.039 block on him. It could have been over the back wasn't called. But 240 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:37.519 then Luke Kennard blocks triple J on the other end. And while you heard 241 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:42.839 the rest there, Clippers come back down eighteen to win by twelve over the 242 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:48.079 Memphis Grizzlies here at Staples Center, and take a bow. Clipper Nation, 243 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:52.599 you're two and oh you're undefeated back at Staples in front of your Clippers. 244 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:57.960 It means something. It does to get runs like that, to have comebacks 245 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:03.599 like this. The crowd brings energy to the team. It helps. It 246 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:07.160 makes a big difference. I don't know if the Clippers pulled this off without 247 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:11.160 you. Clipper Nation, welcome back. In new Clippers talk, I'm at 248 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:14.920 a Moslin to eight six sixty nine eight seven two five seventy eight sixty six 249 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:18.960 nine eight seven two five seventy. Before we get to t Lou, I 250 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:22.920 just want to remind everyone that the Clippers were missing six rotational players tonight. 251 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:26.160 No Kauai, no Paul George, no Surge of Bacca, no Patrick Beverley, 252 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:30.039 no ra Gen Rondo, and no Reggie Jackson. And it just came 253 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:34.519 back down eighteen to beat the Memphis Chrislies, who have been the best offense 254 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:41.920 over the last month. On real, All right, here's coach Lou post 255 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:45.400 game. We will get to back to your phone calls, uh, Greg, 256 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:49.240 hold on, Lenny Tagus, Jeff Chris, I see you. We'll 257 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:52.839 get to all of you before we get out of here tonight. But I 258 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:56.480 want to hear from the head coach t Lou post game after this comeback first 259 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:04.240 DG. No way, we definitely need'em. But you know, man, 260 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:07.960 I'll tell y'all, guys, man just stuck together. You know, 261 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:11.759 got down early, you know, down eighteen, and we just like I 262 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:15.039 said, have been resilion, just keep fighting, keep trying to find ways 263 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:18.519 to win, never fragment. We stayed together the whole time, never pointing 264 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:22.160 fingers and just kept playing. You know, I thought Cousins was great taking 265 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:25.440 three charges. You know that's winning basketball. Uh, Luca Nard, you 266 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:29.880 know the shots team made twins zoo. You know Nico's defense, you know 267 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:33.319 Yogi Phil coming in for the first game and playing away did having seven assists. 268 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:36.880 I mean, it's a total team after Man's so proud of the guys. 269 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:41.720 Can you talked about the defensive the defensive communications at halftime. We to 270 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:45.400 call that turnaround in the second half of all at that end of the floor 271 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:48.680 to start things. Yeah, I thought early on they got out in transition. 272 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:51.359 You know, we wasn't scoring a basketball. They hit a good job 273 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:55.440 of being physical on the offensive end. So uh, we just you know, 274 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.480 the judgment we made was you know, we made some shots in the 275 00:20:56.480 --> 00:21:00.279 second half. You know, holding this team the forty three points and trying 276 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:02.960 to keep him out of the transition was our main focus. And the second 277 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:06.240 half was able to control the Temple, control the game. We posted markets, 278 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:08.599 we posted, cousins, posted zoo a little bit, and kind of 279 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:11.440 just you know, slowed the Temple down and got the game in our favor. 280 00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:14.960 And like I said, our guys executed, you know, in the 281 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:21.200 second half on both ends of the floor. Thank you, next step till 282 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:26.519 there the time, uh BEETSI the win. You talked about it a couple 283 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:30.039 of times this season about the resiliency of this team, but like it's just 284 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:33.400 a trade. But you guys are shorthand and you guys are still pulling out 285 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:37.839 a game, some competitive games. It's the Grizzlies to heat on the nineteen 286 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:41.759 nine basis. How is that? Is it as simple as resilienus? You're 287 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:44.359 like, what does it come down to you, like I said, just 288 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:47.119 come down the heart, you know, wanting to compete, you know for 289 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:48.599 forty eight minutes, no matter who were playing, no matter who's playing, 290 00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:52.200 and now we don't want to make excuses, you know, like I said, 291 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:55.359 a lot of teams are down players and they're finding ways to you know, 292 00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.920 keep playing, keep competing, and that's what we wanna do. And 293 00:21:57.720 --> 00:22:00.920 like I said, our guys are step up all year, you know, 294 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:03.680 with all the injines we had, and it's just good to see, you 295 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:07.000 know, they're getting the experience they need going forward. So if anything like 296 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:10.839 this happens, you know, guys have I haven't had a chance to play 297 00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:12.559 all season, so they'd be ready for the playoffs. So like I said, 298 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:15.000 our coaches staff, you know, just stay employees, you know, 299 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:18.519 our team staying together, you know, not fragmenting, not going crazy in 300 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:22.000 the huddles and just staying together, you know, and just you know, 301 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:25.599 just trying to weather the storm and continue back good habits, I mean, 302 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:30.160 contend to build good habits. Yogi only places forty minutes all season, but 303 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:33.240 it looked like he'd been there a while. Uh what can you see about 304 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:37.119 this? Just overall presence at the point guard. So I put in the 305 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:38.640 seven and soon but he had that better move where drew the foul. This 306 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:41.759 is overall played that. Yeah, play was good, you know, first 307 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:44.559 half I thought it might be a little nervous, you know. But I 308 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:47.200 told him before the game started, just be yourself, you know, don't 309 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.119 try to fit in. If you're doing too much, I'll let you know. 310 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:52.160 We need to be aggressive, use your speed, attack, you know, 311 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:55.119 and make plays. And I thought he did that, you know, 312 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:57.839 So you know, hats off to him for just like you said, only 313 00:22:57.880 --> 00:23:02.000 playing forty minutes this year, come into a new team and playing the way 314 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:07.720 he did was huge for us. There was Coach lou post game Yogi Ferrell 315 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:11.960 didn't get off to a good start, but he had four of his seven 316 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:15.200 assists in the fourth quarter, had all eight of his points scored in this 317 00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:21.920 one in the fourth quarter, hit that big three pointer, also got three 318 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:26.079 free throws at the line that he would knock down. But I just love 319 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:29.680 what TLU talked about there, with their poise, their heart, how they 320 00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:36.200 stayed together. These guys believe in one another even when you have different lineups 321 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:38.440 and rotations out there. Because of all the players out tonight, and this 322 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:41.480 was one of my keys to the game. I didn't think it would happen, 323 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:45.119 to be honest, because it's so hard to take care of the basketball 324 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:48.720 when you're playing next to different guys when there's four other guys next to you 325 00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:52.680 out there on the court, and to be in sync. But they only 326 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:57.400 had thirteen turnovers. They averaged thirteen turnovers per game, and with a new 327 00:23:57.480 --> 00:24:02.960 group out there, they somehow did not get too careless with the basketball, 328 00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:07.279 especially in the second half. I believe they had eight turnovers in the first 329 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:11.119 half, so just five in the second. Let's go to Chris and Lahabrock. 330 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:14.640 Chris, you're on Clipper stock without a Oslin after they come back down 331 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:18.720 eighteen at home to beat the Memphis Grizzlies. Hey, I don't thank you 332 00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:22.240 for the calling, man, I just wanted to real quick before I get 333 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:23.920 into it, just thank you for having me on. And how hard you 334 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:26.559 work. Man. I'm at work until three o'clock and I hear you on, 335 00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:30.400 you know, the Robin and Rodney and everything, and you're doing all 336 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:33.440 this work in the meantime. You worked, You worked really hard. You 337 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:37.960 have good stuff, man. Oh, I appreciate you. Chris. First 338 00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:41.200 of all, I'm a big big Terrence man Sin and you know, he's 339 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:45.160 probably his game is probably overshadowed today with you know, not shooting really well. 340 00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:49.720 And then you know, Luke Kennard balling out Zuba doing this thing down 341 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:52.880 low. I just I just wanted to say, I'm not worried at all 342 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:56.480 about this team, but the only thing if I do have a worry is 343 00:24:56.720 --> 00:25:02.680 how is tylu going to do his rotation once Patrick Beverley Rondo? You know 344 00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:04.640 all these guys ready, Jackson, you know all these guys are in the 345 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:07.960 lineup. Who do you think is a odd night out or how do you 346 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:12.440 think you'll work that once it comes playoffs? Signe Chris, thank you for 347 00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:17.279 the phone call and for the love there. Look, these are good problems 348 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:21.559 to have. As Noah Eagles said earlier, it's an embarrassment of riches with 349 00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:25.039 this team with the amount of depth that they have. They're deeper than they 350 00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:30.039 were last season, and I think they have better playoff depth, guys whose 351 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:37.119 style of play translates better into the playoffs. I was thinking earlier today Luke 352 00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:41.000 Kennard might be on the outside looking in, and then he goes for his 353 00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:45.079 season high of twenty eight points and has a career high of six three pointers. 354 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:49.119 I don't know how they're going to work this out when they get healthy 355 00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:56.839 and when Patrick Beverley is back. But if there is one guy who has 356 00:25:56.880 --> 00:26:02.680 his finger on the pulse of exactly what he needs at that one moment for 357 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:04.759 that one play, or for that one sequence, or for that one quarter, 358 00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:08.720 it's Coach Low. I trust him implicitly. I think he is the 359 00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:12.440 perfect guy for this team because of their versatility, because of their depth, 360 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:18.799 and because of the way he optimizes lineups and he let guys. He lets 361 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:23.519 players who are hot stay hot by letting them continue to run out there. 362 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:29.240 Yogi Farrell tonight did not come out of the game late in the fourth quarter. 363 00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:33.480 He was playing well. Ride the hot hand. Even if it's a 364 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:38.759 player who has never played for you before, it's just absurd. But yeah, 365 00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:42.160 I thank you for the phone called Chris Jeff in Tarzana, Jeff, 366 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:48.799 what's up? You're on Clipper Stock without hm Awsom. Never a doubting Adam 367 00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:52.920 really proud of this team. I was a little bit worried when they were 368 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:56.079 eight of the six players that they missed. But what do you mean, 369 00:26:56.279 --> 00:27:03.079 never a doubt, Jeff? Never? Yeah, I got that. I 370 00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:07.960 just cannot believe how everything that ty Luke does come out the right way. 371 00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:14.240 His substitution patterns, he puts a guy in that he hasn't ever played before 372 00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:18.319 and Jogi Faroll, I mean Kinner doesn't play all the time and winds up 373 00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:23.759 scoring twenty eight points. I really want to see the Clippers past Phoenix because 374 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:29.279 I want to see Tylu get Coach in the Year. And I think the 375 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:33.279 only thing that prevents him of the two years are the two teams that are 376 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:37.640 up ahead of him and Phoenix, who never ever was expected to be where 377 00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:41.839 they are, And also how good Utah is to share having the best record 378 00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:45.440 in the NBA. But if there was anybody should be Coach of the Year 379 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:51.319 with all the injuries and all the substitutions patterns, it would be Tylu And 380 00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:56.079 I was wondering what your opinion of that is. Jeff, thank you for 381 00:27:56.160 --> 00:28:00.720 the phone call. In my book, he's been the best coach. Now. 382 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:03.640 I may be biased, but it's going to be tough to win that 383 00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:07.440 award, as you mentioned, because of what Quinn Snyder has been doing and 384 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:11.960 Monty Williams and Doc Rivers in the Eastern Conference if Philadelphia ends up winning the 385 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:17.799 East. Because people often give out these awards to the best or the team 386 00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:22.000 with the best record, and that coach often ends up winning. But look, 387 00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:25.759 when it comes to awards, you know what the Clippers are about. 388 00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:30.920 They're trying to get that Larry ob That's what matters most. But I had 389 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:37.720 high expectations for coach Lou because I really like the way he would experiment with 390 00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:44.400 things and not be afraid to hold guys accountable. But his adjustments. People 391 00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:48.279 think it was just Lebron James and that's why they won that championship in twenty 392 00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:52.440 sixteen. That's just not the case. He wasn't afraid to play Richard Jefferson 393 00:28:55.039 --> 00:29:00.839 over Kevin Love. He made tough decisions and embraces the analytics. If you 394 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:06.160 ever hear him pre your post, he'll quote stuff. He knows which lineups 395 00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:10.960 work and which haven Remember going back to the beginning of the season, he 396 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:15.720 took a ten game sample size of Sweet Lou Williams, Reggie Jackson and Luke 397 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:18.640 Knar playing next to one another and said, this is not going to work 398 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:22.839 out there. And he told the guys and as he always says, he 399 00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:26.200 likes just telling the truth, just being honest with people, and that's a 400 00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:32.400 good way to deal with professionals at this level. They want to hear the 401 00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:37.079 truth. So he's also the Rondo whisperer. By the way, if you 402 00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:41.279 haven't heard that, and you have another coach on the floor with Rashon Rondo, 403 00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:44.680 who if anyone's an extension of their head coach, it is Rondo. 404 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:48.720 All right, we'll take a quick break here on Clippers Talk after they come 405 00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:55.240 back down eighteen to beat the Memphis Grizzlies here at Staples Center by twelve. 406 00:29:56.400 --> 00:30:00.519 Tagus Lenny greg We're getting to all three of you coming back. Plus we 407 00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:07.920 have Luke Kennar postgame audio after he goes for his season high of twenty eight 408 00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:12.240 ties a career high with six main threes, six of seven from distance from 409 00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:15.200 Luke Kennard. And by the way, we had a caller there, bring 410 00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:21.680 up Terrence Man, Chris and Lahabre. He had an off night shooting wise, 411 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:23.920 just six of sixteen, but I thought he was pivotal in that third 412 00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:29.519 quarter. The ball was in his hands a lot. He probably had as 413 00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:34.079 usage rating in the third. He was in control where the Clippers went from 414 00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:38.400 being down five or down nine at the half to being up five heading into 415 00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:44.680 the fourth quarter. And Terrence Man obviously had that spectacular throwdown at the end 416 00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:47.119 of the third. All right, more Clippers talk coming up next right here 417 00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:56.240 on NAM five seventy l A Sports. This is the official home of your 418 00:30:56.640 --> 00:31:00.079 LA Clippers, Pizza, Zupbots, death dates on the rim and the home 419 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:07.880 of the Clippers. Now for Cousins the east side, block outside for Canard, 420 00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.880 around for man not up at two on the left wing with a pump 421 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:12.839 pick and drive bounds past Cousins spins baseline kickout. Canard sets the feet fire 422 00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:18.960 to three. That's good cash money for Luke Kennard on the outside tis the 423 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:22.519 game at eighty two, his fourth three of the night. That was the 424 00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:27.839 only assist from Dcuz, but he kept the ball moving inside out. Peyton 425 00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:33.759 sprays t Luke calls it. That's why you're looking at the best shooting team 426 00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:37.720 of all time in the Los Angeles Clippers. It's because first they put the 427 00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:41.880 pressure on the defense at the rim, and then they find open shooters like 428 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:45.079 that there. Luke Kennard finished with twenty eight, his season high. Clippers 429 00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:48.920 come back down eighteen to win by twelve over the Memphis Grizzlies. At one 430 00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:53.559 point it was a thirty three point turnaround. Welcome back into Clippers talk. 431 00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:57.799 I'm atam Oslin eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy coming up still 432 00:31:57.880 --> 00:32:01.480 you will hear from Luke Canard post game. I also want to point out 433 00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:08.319 Nicholas Batum his defense on triple j late and he also had a block in 434 00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:14.440 the fourth quarter. Huge was making great plays for the Clippers, as he 435 00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:16.160 always does. But if you look at the boss score just two points, 436 00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:21.519 but no, he came up big as well. A mere coffee who got 437 00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:25.559 the start, played great. And the dirty little secret is sometimes you can 438 00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:29.839 win games by getting to the free throw line. Often you can. The 439 00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:32.640 Clippers the last two seasons before this one, they had led the league in 440 00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:37.440 free throw attempts. That was a big part of their game, and it's 441 00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:40.240 been a weakness at times this season. But some of that is a trade 442 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:44.039 off. When you're hitting so many shots and you're this efficient on offense, 443 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:49.240 you're not gonna get as many free throws if you're hitting that many three pointers 444 00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:52.160 from the outside. But the Clippers will take the w They're forty two and 445 00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:57.240 nineteen on the season, twenty four and eight at home, undefeated. Back 446 00:32:57.279 --> 00:33:00.400 in front of Clipper Nation here at Staples Center, Tages is undefeated with his 447 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:04.920 great phone calls Tages and Walnut, what's up? You're on Clippers stock without 448 00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:08.680 a Mouslin thanks, I had him. I was actually going to comment on 449 00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:15.319 Cousins and the Clippers posting him up a lot early in the fourth. I 450 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:17.440 know he got some turnovers trying to, you know, score the basket. 451 00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:21.680 I didn't really mind it, because I think it's a good way for him 452 00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:25.319 to shake off the rust and see what he can and can't do in preparation 453 00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:30.839 for the playoffs. But one thing underrated about him was his is his passing 454 00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:34.559 ability. And like you were saying, he had that fee to Luke Nard 455 00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:37.559 today for the three and I was thinking yesterday he had the same pass two 456 00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:40.079 or three times in Portland to Luke and he just missed a shot. But 457 00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:45.880 today Luke knocked knocked him down. Did you see that play? Yeah, 458 00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:51.519 I believe I remember what you're talking about here. But DeMarcus Cousins has always 459 00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:54.680 been one of the most skilled big men in the league. And he's a 460 00:33:54.880 --> 00:34:00.599 very good passer, which fits fits in nicely on this Clippers team, all 461 00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:04.240 right, And then I just wanted to say, how, looking back now, 462 00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:09.000 how wasn't a blessing that Luke Tylu benched Luke Kenart early in the season. 463 00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:17.800 Two things happened with that enabled Terrence Man to expedite his development and he 464 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:22.679 gained a lot of confidence, as you can see, and it pushed Luke 465 00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:27.960 to kind of step it up a gear and force him to keep the defense 466 00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:30.360 on his by shooting. If he wasn't going to shoot, then he was 467 00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:34.400 going to get benched. And you can see now that he's answered that call, 468 00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:40.440 and I think it benefited Tea Man and Luke Kennarth. T's this great 469 00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:45.960 point, great phone call. There's a lot of nuance to the great moves 470 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:50.480 that TLU has made all season long that go under the radar, or if 471 00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:52.920 you're on the outside looking in, you're just thinking, oh, this Clippers 472 00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:57.320 team. Yeah, they have Kauai, they have PG thirteen, they brought 473 00:34:57.360 --> 00:35:00.679 in Sir Gerbaka, they brought in Rondo. Now they're one of the best 474 00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:02.039 teams in the league. And most people didn't say, we'll prove it to 475 00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:07.559 me in the playoffs. But if you're looking at TLU and the little things 476 00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:10.840 that he has done to optimize this team and make them better, and then 477 00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:15.519 you look at all the injuries they have had, especially during this run where 478 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:21.920 they're eighteen and five post All Star break, even with Kauai and PG combining 479 00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:25.360 to miss ten games combining to miss over thirty games now overall in the season, 480 00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:31.440 no Sergebaca, no Patrick Beverley for twenty plus games now post All Star 481 00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:36.400 Break. Marcus Morris has been in and out of the lineup, and they 482 00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:40.199 just keep humming because they stick to his principles and his philosophy of how to 483 00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:44.760 play the game. And it's working and they look different than they did last 484 00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:49.280 season. They're passing the ball. They're making about thirty more passes per game 485 00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:54.000 than they were last year. Let's get to Lenny in Inglewood, Lenny, 486 00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:58.679 what's up here on Clippers stock with Autamaza had to call the night breath, 487 00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:01.800 had to call the night Bruh. I had to call the Knight brouh because 488 00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:06.639 guess what, Adam ast you on point about the sniper. I've been checking 489 00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:08.480 you. I see you too. Let me tell you something, man, 490 00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:14.639 There's a couple of things I want to say. If Tyler does not receive 491 00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:19.360 Coach of the Year, I might buy a kick it and go to whichever 492 00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:24.920 hometown team receives it. And throw a brick through the window for that. 493 00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:30.559 That's that's that's why I'm riding this year. And let me tell yourself, 494 00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:35.000 man, Sweet Luke's still all over the team. I didn't know how he 495 00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:37.519 was gonna do it, man, because everybody knows what Sweet Lou mess to 496 00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:40.800 this team, to the spirit of his team. Okay, but when he 497 00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:46.199 left and he went to a good place, I cannot forget the conversation that 498 00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:50.639 he had with Zubak and Tea Man on that event. That then, man, 499 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:54.880 when he told Zubok be aggressed, stay aggressive. He told Tea Man, 500 00:36:55.360 --> 00:37:00.360 be hungry, stay hungry. Don't forget how we got here. That's 501 00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:05.840 with these caps I've taken with him into this next step. Okay, this 502 00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:10.960 team. Man, when last night when Tyler walked off the court and he 503 00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:16.119 had a snarl on his face like he was playing a high stakes game of 504 00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:22.079 posters poker with some stone cold players and it wasn't his night, but he 505 00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:24.320 did one move was the last last minute. I took all their money and 506 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:29.480 walked off. But he was feeling disrespected by those wrecks. And he knows 507 00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:32.840 they're not getting those calls. He knows not getting those calls man, and 508 00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:37.920 it shows to me, Man, it's just a lesson that you've got to 509 00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:42.039 know what you bring to a situation with your value that you're working. Because 510 00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:45.960 when Tyler told Lakers last year, no, I'm not gonna take that job. 511 00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:51.400 I'm not gonna let you pick my coaching staff, I'm not I want 512 00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:55.000 I want to raid show me some respect, Okay. And then he came 513 00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:59.599 to the Clippers and man, we got a we got a solid rock. 514 00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:04.760 We got a coach probably for the next ten fifteen years. Man, this 515 00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:08.079 dude has treated a culture. Okay, this dude has treated a culture. 516 00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:13.559 Never never died. He's playing He's playing checkers, man, and that dude, 517 00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:17.199 it's right. Uh. I always felt this team that as a dangerous 518 00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:22.519 as Luke Canard can take them because not necessarily seeing his contribute to be gay, 519 00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:25.320 but he has that. He's that piece, he's that gold coins you 520 00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:30.039 got your pocket, you know you can go down and can can flip everything. 521 00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:34.519 So I'm just so impressed with this way, man, I'm so impressed 522 00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:37.159 with the culture. I'm soppressed with this Chien yogi fail who comes in. 523 00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:40.800 I mean, how I think, man, this this this is on popp 524 00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:45.440 Man. This is apopple. Look he's being at him. I can't wait 525 00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:50.559 one day? Can we can? We can knock go on back. I'm 526 00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:53.199 worse. You just don't bring any bricks. You think you're Victor Brick the 527 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:59.840 brick, eat it your freak letty. Overall, very good phone call. 528 00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:01.920 You mentioned Lou Williams at the beginning. He's still part of this culture, 529 00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:07.559 of course, and Paul George's brought this up before. It's added motivation even 530 00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:10.119 more so to win a ring this season because Lou would still get one. 531 00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:15.280 But in terms of Luke Kennard and who has to play coming off the bench 532 00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:21.920 and figuring that out, t lose the right guy for that situation. And 533 00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:29.920 this Clippers team with the unselfishness and guys staying ready something that has emanated from 534 00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:34.639 Pat Pat to everybody else on the team, with guys stepping up whatever their 535 00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:37.599 number is called. You just know Tlu is going to push the right button, 536 00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:40.639 bring in the right guy at the right time to hit whatever shot or 537 00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:45.159 to make whatever play he needs from them. Come playoff time, all right, 538 00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:47.159 before we break your Greg and Ventura, you're on Clippers stop without a 539 00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:52.239 Oslin. Yeahdam you and Noah did a great job again tonight, and I 540 00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:57.440 wanted to go back to what your first callers said, Morris, this is 541 00:39:57.599 --> 00:40:00.400 one of them, I'd say in the last years that I've been listening to 542 00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:06.400 basketball on the radio, this is one of the most amazing games I've ever 543 00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:09.519 heard in the regular season, in the sense that all of these guys, 544 00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:15.119 basically bench players come off, come off the bench. Six starters are out 545 00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:19.400 six you know, all these other guys come off the bench, and they've 546 00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:22.920 just played a hell of a game. I don't care if they got down 547 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:24.840 by eighteen. They came back and won the game, and it was an 548 00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:31.199 amazing, amazing game, and it cost me to think this forget the game 549 00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:37.559 for a minute. You know what this management in the front office, Jerry 550 00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:42.639 West and all of them, they have put together some real winners that make 551 00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:49.320 this team Adam in my opinion, the deepest team in all of basketball. 552 00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:53.239 And they showed it tonight. They showed it tonight. And I don't care 553 00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:57.639 any other team that has to play with a couple of stars that get injured 554 00:40:57.800 --> 00:41:00.800 or can't play it to night or whatever. They they do the best they 555 00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:05.599 can. This team was decimated, right from the very tip off, and 556 00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:09.360 they came back and demonstrated how deep they are and how talented they are, 557 00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:14.360 and I think they should go on a long, long way into playoffs. 558 00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:16.760 Adam, That's what I'm hoping this year for the Clippers. Thanks guy, 559 00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:21.760 Greg, thank you for the phone call. As always, let's take a 560 00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:24.119 quick break here, we'll come back. You'll hear from Luke Kennard post game 561 00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:30.159 after the Clippers come back down eighteen. They win by twelve here at Staples 562 00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:34.840 Center over the Memphis Grizzlies. And to Greg's point, no matter who is 563 00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:39.400 out there, they continue to play Clippers basketball. And we're starting to see 564 00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:46.599 what that is. Great passing and just a really resilient group that refuses to 565 00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:53.360 lose. Some great shooting too, some passionate players, some tough guys. 566 00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:58.440 They got a little bit of everything, but that refused to lose mentality. 567 00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:02.440 It's forming with this team. It is formed. You gotta believe after a 568 00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:06.079 game like this, all right, more Clippers style coming up next here on 569 00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:16.880 NAM five seventy ELI Spots who wind the ball the Way run. This is 570 00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:22.360 the official home of your La Clippers, a pizza Zuppots Dead dates on the 571 00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:28.320 rim and the home of the Clippers. Now Canard has its straight away with 572 00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:30.320 twenty five Canard one dripple, three ball on the way. He's good. 573 00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:37.519 Lucanard buries it from downtown. He has tying a career high with six by 574 00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:40.199 threes, and the Clippers have a twelve point lead one oh nine ninety seven. 575 00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:49.440 The Clippers have a Han solo like never tell me the odds type of 576 00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:52.559 victory, as we just heard from Luke Nard. There they win one seventeen 577 00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:57.800 to one oh five over the Memphis Grizzlies here at Staples Center, after they 578 00:42:57.880 --> 00:43:06.000 were down eighteen, well missing six key players. This is Clippers talk. 579 00:43:06.199 --> 00:43:09.480 I'm at a maslin. Luke Kennard gets a season high twenty points, six 580 00:43:09.639 --> 00:43:15.480 of seven shooting from distance. And here was Luke Kennard post game on with 581 00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:22.199 Christina pink on Bally Sports. Hey, Luke, you know, I want 582 00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:27.079 to call this an improbable win, but you guys have done this again and 583 00:43:27.239 --> 00:43:31.920 again and again, down eighteen with six players out tonight. How did you 584 00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:37.280 guys pull off this victory? Oh? Yeah, I mean next man up, 585 00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:39.639 next man up mentality. You know, we we've been working hard all 586 00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:43.239 year. We got we got a really deep team. We got guys that 587 00:43:43.280 --> 00:43:45.760 can play, and you know, coming from back to back, you know, 588 00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:47.880 we were ready to go. And uh, you know, can't take 589 00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:52.960 anybody lately, no excuses, and we just came to play, especially there 590 00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:57.559 in the second half. Yeah, you came on, especially in that second 591 00:43:57.639 --> 00:44:01.159 half. But you were scoreless in the first core and then poured in twenty 592 00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:05.880 eight points. How did this game open up for you as it went on? 593 00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:07.480 Uh, you know, coach Luce is just getting us in the right 594 00:44:07.719 --> 00:44:12.239 positions situations. And we got stops on the defensive end. You know, 595 00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:15.719 that was the key going into halftime, just getting stops and getting down transition. 596 00:44:15.800 --> 00:44:17.199 And we got guys that can push the ball and make plays, and 597 00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:20.960 they just found me when I was open and I was able to knock down 598 00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:23.159 some shots. So on credit to the guys for for getting stops and uh, 599 00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:25.880 you know, turning it into into some good offense for us. Luke, 600 00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:30.280 you stepped up for this team time and time again, but especially over 601 00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:32.800 the last few weeks. We've seen it in Detroit and and other victories. 602 00:44:32.880 --> 00:44:37.440 Where did you sense the shift for you this season? Oh? Yeah, 603 00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:40.800 it's just staying ready the entire year. You know, we got some big 604 00:44:40.840 --> 00:44:44.599 time players. We have a really good team, and you know, guys 605 00:44:44.639 --> 00:44:45.960 are gonna have their nights. So for me, it was just you know, 606 00:44:46.159 --> 00:44:50.119 staying in the gym, staying ready, working with these guys, and 607 00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:52.239 uh, you know, just just playing playing the game. You know, 608 00:44:52.280 --> 00:44:53.960 we we love playing basketball. It's what we do. And uh, you 609 00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:57.400 know, it's good to have these fans back. Really good to have these 610 00:44:57.480 --> 00:45:00.280 these people back. Man. It's it makes a difference, really it does. 611 00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:04.480 So I'm just staying ready and you know, just having fun with it. 612 00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:09.400 Great Lindsay night in front of Clipper nae post game on Ballet Sports with 613 00:45:09.559 --> 00:45:15.519 Christina Pink he has twenty eight points. Talked about that next man up mentality 614 00:45:15.480 --> 00:45:20.519 that is firmly a part of the fabric of the makeup of this team. 615 00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:25.400 But that competitive spirit has just been extraordinary over the last month. From your 616 00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:30.719 Los Angeles Clippers. They come back down eighteen without six key players, they 617 00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:36.039 win by twelve here at Staples Center over the Memphis Grizzlies. I know Wallace 618 00:45:36.159 --> 00:45:39.440 called in late Wallace callback Friday, I'm sorry, we gotta get out tonight. 619 00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:42.920 We are up against it. I know, big brother Jake Corner has 620 00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:46.519 a big day tomorrow before we get out of here. I do want to 621 00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:54.400 think the Clippers organization, Noah Eagle, Brian Semen, Ralph Lawlor, the 622 00:45:54.559 --> 00:46:01.079 callers, the listeners, Zach Lcaldy back in Burbank running the board, pulling 623 00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:07.079 all the sound, and Jake Warner Big Brother Jake Podcast on the podcast one 624 00:46:07.159 --> 00:46:15.800 network. Check it out until Friday with the Clippers in Houston taking on the 625 00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:20.639 rockets with your tip time at five pm. We'll have Clippers Talk at four 626 00:46:21.840 --> 00:46:24.480 your Clippers countdown. I should say it for you can call in like Wallace 627 00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:38.920 if you want, We'll talk to you then. What a victory this has 628 00:46:39.000 --> 00:46:45.719 been Clippers. Tom on the Clippers recap of all the Clippers action on their 629 00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:52.079 official Hall Dynasty says he'll miss a single show every day. Hear anything you 630 00:46:52.199 --> 00:46:54.119 missed. I mean, I heart radio. Wid is an amazing man. 631 00:46:54.239 --> 00:46:57.719 I'm happy to be part of it. Joined us. Next game, I'm 632 00:46:57.800 --> 00:47:01.480 your home for La Clippers basket by Okay, great, see you later. Bye,