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But first back to your radio voice of the Clippers in Carlojmenez. What
just a gutsy win by this Clippers team without Paul George, they faced adversity
late, they had those clutch time minutes and they stepped up during crunch time
once again, Carlos, I mean they continue to just close out games so
well with that Norman Palell plus the starters lineup, and it was it was
excellent to watch because these are experiences where you gain callouses for later in the
year, for playoff time. You learn how to play through situations where you
have a big lead, all of a sudden it's down to three with under
four minutes, but you still close it out. You finish the game strong.
And that's what the Clippers did tonight. And they were able to finish
strong. Why because Norman Powell had eight straight points to finish the game.
Norm was excellent. This was a great gut check win for the Clippers,
who, as Amir said, was so happy to have them on post game.
They're figuring out who they are. They're figuring out who they are,
and they're a great basketball team. And how about a mirror coffee. Stay
ready so you don't have to get ready. His number was called No.
Paul George. He's in the starting lineup, plays thirty minutes, has eighteen
and knock down four to three pointers and was making big, scrappy plays.
He was on the court, getting the steal, getting the board, just
doing everything he could to help this team win. When he had been completely
out of the rotation, he had averaged a singular point in his previous eleven
games, a singular point, and he came in and had eighteen, the
most since his last start in January last season. It was so fun to
watch him scrap on the defensive end. At him that doesn't show up in
the box score, but his effort on every single possession is why I think
TYLERU keeps him out late in the game because he knows that Amir is gonna
give it him all. He was flying the closeouts with Steph Curry, flying
the Klay Thompson, staying with guys as they drove by. I mean,
I don't think I'm gonna sleep tonight. I'm so caffeinated from that experience.
It was so much fun to watch him battle on every single possession. And
you've talked about it, and we've talked about it, how the minutes for
Kawhi, PG and Harden are starting to tally up because Tyler said, we
need to win some games. They're getting back some of those wins. A
mirror feels like a guy you could slot in there and play big minutes down
the stretch alongside Kobe Brown, Norm Russ, whoever. If he continues to
play this way and put out this effort on the defensive end, it shows
off the depth of this Clippers team. When a guy who I thought was
the best player for an entire month for them back in January of twenty twenty
two had been out, the rotation comes in tonight and just fits in seamlessly.
It's about the depth, it's about the chemistry, it's about them knowing
who they are out there, and it's about James Harden being that system.
He played almost forty three minutes tonight, dropped twenty eight points, five of
six from distance. On a night where they didn't have Paul George. We
knew someone would have to step up and supplement some of that scoring. James
Harden was willing, able and just looked magnificent out there for the Clippers in
a time where they really needed him. Now. I don't know what they're
putting in those postgame drinks, but thirty four year old James Harden looked twenty
four tonight. The way he was able to play, I mean almost out
a triple double, got everybody involved four blocks at him. That's ridiculous,
that's ridiculous. His deflections are through the roof. He did everything they needed
him to do to win, and there was so much chatter. Yeah,
I mean, you're the receipt. You got the receipt. You know,
you know the amount of this will never work. He's only gonna do what
he wants to do. James Harden came into tonight and showed us, hey,
I could play like this every night. If we need me to win
us a ballgame, I'll do it. But also I'm gonna get people involved
like he did Tuesday against Sacramento and come away with seven assists and six rebounds
and kind of take a back seat, but he was the first on plus
minus tied with Norman Powell. I mean, it's a perfect match. He's
such a selfless player. It's a James Harden that I don't think a lot
of people see because the narrative around him in the national media is the total
opposite of what we're seeing in terms of his ability to get his teammates of
all to make the dirty play, to be the connector as a superstar.
But he's doing it all right now for this Clippers team. He had seven
of their first eight assists the ballgame. He was making sure everybody else got
fed and then he would look for his shot afterwards. And when you only
need twelve to get to twenty eight points. That tells you the efficiency is
there. He's getting to the free throw line multiple times, was fouled on
a three pointer, goes eleven of twelve from the charity Strive. But as
you mentioned, those four blocks and the fifteen assists, that is some of
that stuff that I think will surprise people when they think, oh, he's
just a dribbler, he's an isolation player. He plays by himself on an
island. No, he has fit in perfectly with this Clipper squad. He's
fit in so so well. Tylu talked about a pregame in his presser that
he's like an extension of him on the court, like another coach. He'll
often come to the sideline and James will talk about something that ty was gonna
tell James. They're on the same radio wavelength and they've been excellent as a
duo on the court. And man, this team is fun to watch.
There's so many great positives to take out it today. The Russ and Harden
minutes in that second quarter to start were really, really good. The Clippers
were able to boun to a big lead. I thought Daniel Tye had solid
minutes contesting shots. Russell Westbrook continued to give juicy he had nine points in
just nineteen minutes, and if Eatsu Zubats was great around the rim once again.
Kevon Looney under ten points against this Clipper team. He hasn't scored more
than ten against Clippers all year. That's a tough, experienced, gritty Golden
State team. And the Clippers come away with a big time win and the
I wanna keep it rolling. Clippers win one twenty one to one, thirteen
over the Golden State Warriors. They make it six straight. They've won eleven
of their last fourteen games, and they got another one coming up at Crypto.
At this four game homestand Saturday night it'll be against the New York Knicks.
The revenge tour continues. They lost their first game in New York with
James Harden a few weeks back. They have a chance for redemption. Seven
thirty tip. We get to pregame show starting at six thirty. Carlo Jimenez,
great call as always. Let's do it again on Saturday night. Oh
yeah, let's do it again. Wait Adam, see you Saturday night.
Nixon Town Clippers win one twenty one to one thirteen over the Golden State Warriors.
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Dubs here at Crypto dot Com Arena without Paul George. Welcome back in.
I'm adam OSLM. This is your Clippers postgame locker room show. Clippers winners
of eleven of their last fourteen games. They've won six straight. They are
the hottest team in the NBA. It's almost like it just took a little
tweak into the starting lineup, empowering James Harden, who dropped twenty eight tonight
on six of twelve shooting plus fifteen assists to just four turnovers. On real
We knew he needed to step up without Paul George. He did so.
Clippers led it the half by thirteen. Speaking of PEG thirteen shoutout popcas P
sixty nine fifty six was the score at the half and a mere coffee in
place of Paul George in the starting lineup after he had six points and a
couple of three pointers in the first half. Kept it going in that third
quarter. Gives it up coffy near corner. A three is in the air
and in the bucket there's the tenth assist for James. I'm here copy another
corner pocket three pounce pans to box. He drives down the lane. He
flips it up, no pfensive rebound poppy put back to the fowl and one.
The pot is hot and the caffeine is dear. Gives it up coffee
park corner, drives by Looney into the paint, pulls it back. Crick
the line jumper rims around and down the home room for a mirror. Who's
got fourteen for the Clippers. He's on a heater deep on the right side.
Shakespa Jempski with five to shoot, left corner coffee three swirls in a
mere coffee. He's hot, a mere coffee. With eleven points on the
third quarter, Kawhi Leonard had eight Clippers led though by just six heading into
the fourth after a quick six to oh run by the Golden State Warriors,
including a CP three buzzer beater at the end of the third quarter, But
then in the fourth when it was a very close game down the stretch,
it came down to clutch time once again. It was Norman Powell the norm
core stepping up late for the Clippers. Kicks at Norman Powell with four angles
to the rim, right handed fluid rims in NORM with the home rule as
he greases the cylinder. Norman Powell left handed lamp of the ram off going
down home. Norms got fifteen for the second straight contest. The claw in
the traffic left handed handle shovels pale to the rim of the right hand the
lamp up and end. He took contact as well. Left corner it's Norman
Poal into traffic of the right hand a fancy finger roll for two NORM with
Norman Powell with ten of his twenty one points in the fourth quarter, scored
eight straight for the Clippers at one point during clutch time, and the Clippers
go on to win one twenty one to one thirteen over the Golden State Warriors.
They make it six straight victories. They're coming back to take on the
New York Knicks here on Saturday night. More on that plus your final box
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into your postgame show. I'm Adam Oslin. Clippers winners of six straight,
eleven of fourteen since the new starting lineup, and they didn't even have Paul
Georgian it tonight, but still Terrence Man starting. But it was a mere
coffee filling the roll of PG thirteen doing his best impression as he could.
He had eighteen points, knockdown four threes, big hustle plays the Clippers were
scrapping. They ended up with nine blocks and six steals and a ton of
deflections. They end up shooting fifty percent from the floor thirteen to thirty two.
That's forty one percent from distance. They go twenty six of thirty from
the free throw on They've been much better there over the last week. They
were led by James Harden twenty eight fifteen and four blocks plus seven boards.
He had a historic performance. More on that coming up on Clippers Stock eight
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Adam Osley, I know in numerology there's something with the number six, sign
of the beast. Well, the Clippers are beasting right now. Six straight
victories, eleven of fourteen. They take down the Golden State Warriors one twenty
one to one thirteen. Here at crypto dot Com areno without PG Team.
Paul George as James Harden drops twenty eight, goes five of six from distance,
six of twelve from the floor, has fifteen assists, seven rebounds,
and four blocks. Welcome into Clipperstock. I'm Adam Oslin. Eight six six
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out of May coming up. We got postgame audio from the players and the
head coach. You'll also hear from Chuck Mockler of Clips and Dip. We'll
get to your phone calls. But Clipper Nation, I know you're coming out
of the woodwork tonight. If you weren't believing before and what I was telling
you about James Harden from day one, how about now. I know there
were a lot of doubters. I know there were a lot of people who
are stereotyping his game, saying he's just a dribbler, isolation player, can't
work within a team concept. How about now, have you not seen a
difference. And by the way, he's been doing a lot of this stuff
the last couple of seasons in Philly with Brooklyn, he already was deferring to
guys. He helped Joe Embiid get the MVP. He played next to k
D and Kyrie. He was ripe for this moment to be next to two,
one, three and to fill in scoring wise without Paul George tonight,
you think they win this game with doubt James Harden tonight doing what he did.
No, they had to get this guy. It was the right move.
Set it from day one. He will unlock the best version of Kawhi
and Paul George and tonight it wasn't just the fifteen assists and the way he's
been setting the table, but he was dropping three pointers and getting to the
free throw line after being fouled on three pointers multiple times. It happened.
Players who have scored twenty eight points had fourteen assists, seven boards and three
blocks in the last forty seasons. Nikola Jokic, Lebron, James Larry Bird,
Charles Barkley, Magic and James Harden. That's good company. Right there.
That's impressive. I got one more for you. Players with twenty eight
plus points, fifteen plus assists, seven plus rebounds, four plus blocks in
the last forty seasons. Guys who have had that stat line Lebron James in
twenty ten and James Harden tonight. That's it. And you didn't want this
guy. You were hesitant about this. Look. I know plenty of people
here on Clippers Talk did want him, and I understand he could be polarizing.
You want to talk about his off the court stuff, but this is
about what he's bringing to this Clippers team on the court and how he can
elevate them, not just in the regular season, but as the third option
in a playoff series. Two, he's making life easier for everyone right now.
Kawhi Leonard, I'm gonna tell you this, this is the best version
of Kawhi since the torn acl against the Utah Jazz in Game four of the
twenty twenty one second round playoffs. This is it. This is the most
light on his feet that I have seen him over this stretch, and I
think it's one he's feeling good physically. Two Mentally, he knows that this
team has what it takes to win a championship. The pieces are there.
The point guard that he and Paul George have been asking for for years is
here now, and he's excited, and he's got pepinist step, he's got
burst, and he continues to torch teams. Last six games coming into this
one, he was at sixty two percent from the field, fifty six percent
from the outside. Tonight he gets twenty seven on just sixteen shot attempts.
He stays on the heater. What a board he got laid off? The
miss from a mere coffee boardman gets paid, goes to the free throw line,
knocks them both down. Only two points he had in the fourth quarter
all they needed to put this game away. Put him up by six,
and the Clippers would win one twenty one to one thirteen. But I'm not
going to gloss over a mere coffee and what he was able to do tonight,
getting the start with no Paul George. You know how hard it is
to find a rhythm, to find your place, not just coming off the
bench and easing your way into the ball game, but starting when you haven't
been in the rotation, when you haven't played close to meaningful minutes and to
come through with a performance like this. Thirty minutes played four to three pointers
hit by a mere coffee eighteen points. They didn't credit him with a stealer
or a block, but I saw this man on the floor for a loose
ball. I want to say it ended up with one of those Norman Powell
buckets in the fourth quarter where he had ten of his twenty one and eighth
straight at one point, Powell Rangers, stand up, call your zords,
morph whatever you want to do. It's morph In time. It's Norman Powell
time. He has been unreal to start off this season. The guy who's
been notorious for slow starts drops twenty one points tonight, is shooting forty five
percent from three. On the year, he goes nine to thirteen shooting.
He only needed one three as he was just getting to the basket at will.
That lineup late with Norman next to Harden, next to a mirror,
next to Kawhi with a vitza zubots did damage. I was I wonder when
Big Zoo and Kawhi were coming back in. It happened about the eight minute
mark. Clippers were bleeding points. They had gone small, but coach Lou
knew what he was doing. He knew exactly how they were gonna win this
game and how guys were gonna have enough gas left in the tank to do
so and get him across the finish line. Norn Powell appropriately hit the final
two points of the ball game at the charity stripe as they just couldn't stop
them. What a victory by the Clippers. What a month. This Clippers
team with James Harden is the third option. This is a championship contender.
This Clippers team with Kawhi Leonard back at this level with more bounce and bursts
than I saw in the three months where he was spectacular before tearing the meniscus
in Game one against the Phoenix Suns in the first round. This Kawhi Leonard
is different. This is that unstoppable force. This is a guy who is
not just on a heater offensively. He's able to play elite defense and have
enough wind. Why because he's not bringing the ball up the floor every time
it's James Harden or Russ. They got other guys that make life easier on
Kawhi your number one option. That's the path to success. That's how you
make yourself have a chance to win it all. This is the formula,
this is the blueprint, and that's what I've been saying was going to happen
if you give it time and believe in this squad. And James Harden,
with what he said at his introductory press conference, it's all come to fruition.
He wants a chance to win. He wants a chance to be heard
by his head coach, and Coach Lu said pregame they have a constant dialogue
to the point where they can finish each other's sentences with what they're seeing out
there. James Harden is an extension of coach Lou And if you didn't know
about his vision and his passing and what he can do defensively with his quick
hands, I don't want to call you a casual, but you haven't been
paying attention. Your pigeonholed him as just a scorer and ISO player. I
don't like that. Brandon basketball, guess what superstars can evolve too. He's
done it. Russell Westbrook has done it coming off the bench. He gave
him great minutes tonight too. And I love the role he's playing. Just
shot out of a cannon when he's out there on the floor playing defense,
had a block to end the first half on CP three, a layup to
start the fourth, a big, big board over Dario Sarge in the fourth
quarter. Can't say enough about the Clippers team, this Clippers team and the
way they are trending. But I guess I'll let somebody else now take over.
I'm gonna hand the baton to start things off tonight to my guy Lenny
in Inglewood. Lenny, before I run out of breath, I don't have
the same cardio, I don't have the same win as somebody like Kawhi Leonard,
a two way superstar. So I gotta give it to somebody else here,
Lenny, what's up? Gim me the because you in your bag?
Man, I love it. You in your bag. You can call it
it, claim it, claim it man, because I say, I say,
I do believe we got ourselves a squad man. Uh, this version
of James hard I was telling a friend of mine, Man, I've never
seen a player go through the evolution that James Harden has done. Came in
the league as a pistol pack in six six man goes to Houston, they
build a team around him. He becomes a volume shooter MVP Candidate one the
MVP. Then huh won the MVP in twenty eighteen. Yeah, yeah,
right, what I'm saying, You're right, he won the MVP. Then
he goes to the NETS has to remake his game, and I didn't think
he could do. When he did at the NETS, I was like,
what is this dude? Man? He was putting up twenty six and ten
and then and then he dropped down to twenty two and then last year.
I'm telling you something, man, I'm you right. I knew if we
had that version of James were good, were good. And don't know,
man, how you gonna shut down four shooters four buckets in a seven game
series. Man, everywhere on the floor you got a bucket. And then
my boy Powell just doing what just doing norm pile things and you're right,
got to give it up to coffee coming in there. Man. You know,
like Sweet Lou said, you stay ready. If you stay ready,
you ain't got to get ready. And that's what that's what Coffee did tonight.
You could tell he's been on that bench rather than sulking and wonder where
he was ready? Man, he was ready. He still in and performed
beautifully. But I just you know, you're right, man. Uh.
The fact that hard and stepped up defensively, Now, we never knew Harden
to the defensive player. Four blocks. I believe Harden has led the league
in steels multiple times. People will say, oh, he's just crashing passing
lanes. He's always been a good post defender. He has struggled at times
on the perimeter. But what happens is when you have guys sharing the scoring
load like the Clippers do now, then they can veer into other areas of
their game to help the team win and start doing some of the little things.
The block he had on Potzimski in the fourth quarter, it was so
quick. I thought it was Kawhi. I said, Kawhi, and I
look James. He got off up the seat man and not only blocked him,
was blocked him to control it. I believe he had another one on
Kevon Looney where it looked like he was gonna have an easy layup on the
mismatch and he knocked it out of bounds. He's got some of the quickest
hands you'll see. Man. I love it. And let me tell you
something. Golden State wanted this game. Oh, they were desperately. They
played hard too. Yes, Clay, I haven't seen Clay toppers like that
since since since he eliminated Oka. See that man he put up with fourteen
points. That was game six. Clay out here tonight, Yeah exactly.
He was man everywhere. I mean he was hitting three points from twenty three
feet out. It was. It was phenomenal. Man. I was like,
I thought we would be in some trouble, but no, baby,
we're good. We are good, and now we got Tylue. We got
him the pieces that he needs. And now I just need to see what's
gonna happen. Two things. One thing, I think that another level we
can reach because if you look at Paul George, Paul George's been playing,
but he ain't been playing classic Paul. He's not been an efficient of a
guy. I'm hoping he works it out, not recently, but he's also
been playing heavy, heavy minutes. I think he's been averaging something like thirty
eight minutes a game the last couple of weeks. Well, let him rest,
let him rest, let him do what he needs to do until he
gets back. We're good, and I think that I'm just curious to see
how We're gonna work in Mason plumbly here because I want to know how.
I want to see how that's gonna work. Because Maniel Thice is still nice
and he's doing what he does. And uh, but I know Tyler,
you know Tyler, we trust so but man, what I'm getting all new
gear tomorrow. Man, that's time he bust off some new gear. So
getting my clue everything. Man, what just just an awesome maestro performance by
Harden with the team looking this nice, you got to improve the fit as
well. Right, you want to match him? Look good? Feel you
got to get the drip. That's right, all right? If you do
your thing? Man, all good, All right? Letting you appreciate the
phone call. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone
number. We'll come back. We'll get to your calls. We'll hear from
coach Lou. We got Chuck Mockler coming on from clips in Dip, taking
you till about fifteen after the top of the hour. As to Kay Newton
for making that work. Clippers win one twenty one to one thirteen over the
Golden State Warriors, And there haven't been many times in the two pine three
era where they've looked better than this. Winners of eleven of fourteen against stiff
competition, beaten Sacramento, finally, beaten Denver, beaten Golden State twice.
Now and tonight they were going for it. If you saw CP three hit
that shot at the end of the third quarter and also the hit he put
on Daniel Tis chief shot Flagrant one, didn't like it. They were playing
with some edge and Steph Curry gets held to five of seven seen shooting by
the Clippers again, third straight game where he has not gotten off against them.
Unbelievable. Clippers make it six straight. More Clippers sock here On five
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They still want to get that Larryo be. Don't miss a moment all
season longed. This is the LA Clippers Audio Network, Clipper Nation. If
you were one of the people that was disrespecting James Harden, I'm just gonna
need the apology to be as loud as the disrespect was. That's all I'm
asking for. It's all I'm asking for. I tried to set you down
the right path. I didn't lie to you. I told you from day
one. What was gonna happen? James Harden has bought in the Clippers that
bought into his style of play, and look at this, all of a
sudden eleven or fourteen six straight victories. They look like a well oiled machine,
even in a game where Paul George was out. Welcome back in the
Clippers stock. I'm out a Maslin. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two
five seventy is the phone number. Speaking of James Harden postgame has left hand
wrapped. He said, it's fine, just a jammed finger who crisis averted,
all right, speaking to someone who may be having a crisis of faith
of the way he knows basketball, Sean and Inglewood. Sean, you're on
Clippers stock without a Maslin. I fancy you calling in on a game where
the Clippers win. Strange, he started with me already having yeah, well
you earned it. If I have not, Oh, okay, okay,
Sean, let me, let me, let me set, let me set
the table. Then here's why you earned it. When James Harden hit that
game winner against the Houston Rockets for the Clippers to break the losing streak,
what do you email me? I don't remember I'm calling the well you want
to pull up for you because it's I still don't want them. I still
don't want James Harden. I still don't like him. That's what the email
said. Yeah, So anyway, getting to this game, I thought it
was a playoff atmosphere, Okay, like the other callers, shiit they Golden
State really wanted and needed this game, and it was it was the intensity
was there. I really enjoyed the game. But I want to say that
I didn't expect Coffee to get that many shots in the game. He got
one less than Kawhi. You know why Why Because they left him wide open,
right, because they kept leaving them open. But I was going to
say, Kawhi and James Harden had some extreme efficiency in their shooting. And
James Harden's defense was better than I ever saw it, so I'm giving him
a thumbs up on that. I also like the defense that Westbrook played in
a block shot he got on Chris Paul was amazing. So there was just
a lot of good high points and it seems like they kind of finally got
their continuity. Would you agree? Yeah, I knew it was gonna take
time. I knew also you couldn't have Russell Westbrook in the starting backcourt next
to James Harden. I said it back in July. If you bring in
James, you gotta bring Russ off the bench. You're preaching to the choir.
I wasn't that concerned. I knew it would come together eventually. But
yeah, the way they're playing now, with the sense of urgency, when
you talk about a playoff like atmosphere here tonight, Sean, there's a different
edge to the Clippers. They want to be great defensively. Kawhi Leonard is
calling guys out, even up thirty against Sacramento in the third quarter when they
had miscues on the defensive end, he says, nah, I'm chasing perfection
here, and I think he senses this is a roster that can win the
whole thing, and that's why he wants guys locked in and building championship habits
right. And another thing, we're twenty four games in and this is the
first time we didn't have Paul George, so Paul and Kawhi have been pretty
much on it, been focused, been there. That's good to see if
we want to keep that up as well, because you know, the best
of the ability is availability, so you can't predict entries and there's nothing you
can do about it. It's unfortunate, that's right, But I appreciate the
where it's going right now. All right, well, let's keep praying to
the basketball gods. Then they keep it going, knock on wood, whatever
it is you want to do. All right, John, appreciate the phone
call. Didn't really walk back anything, but whatever, Howie in the eight
one eight, how are you gonna try to rain on the parade again tonight?
You're gonna go or on me? Or you're actually seeing what I've been
talking about with this team. Yeah, I'm here. Hello, Yeah,
that's sorry about that that last call last game. But tonight that was an
impressive win. I mean that was a really impressive win. Harden, you
know, doing his thing. But that last play by Kawhi at the end
of the game when he stole the ball, what was it like a minute
left or something. He stole the ball on the guy got the rebound.
I feard who got the rebound he stole out of him. That was impressive
and once again making the big defensive play and he should be nominated for Defensive
Player of the Year and Wow, they're just playing really good. I mean,
keep it going. And the best thing I like about it is seeing
Warrior fans leave the building after a loss, you know, and then you
walk back to your car and you got to hear him talking to themselves like,
oh man, you know if you would have hit that Curry would have
hit that shot, we would have beat him. You know, you walk
into your car, right. I love that man, because there was like,
what five thousand? How many Warrior fans are there? Like five thousand
maybe so loud? A few more than I would have liked. But I
understand when the Lakers were down for seven years and didn't make the playoffs,
a lot of them turned into Wolden State Warriors fans while they were winning championships.
So that's what happens. No shade, just facts. Howie, appreciate
the phone call. Glad you enjoyed this one, all right, Howe?
In the eight one to eight a win so good. Even Howie had to
say, yeah, this Clippers team looking impressive. We'll take a quick time
out. No, we won't hobber in the Hobber Heights. Javier, you're
on Clipper stoff without Amazon here, Abadam, Thank you for taking a call.
You know what, I'm speechless since the last time I called you was,
I believe November twenty seventh when they lost to the Nuggets with Richie Jackson
and Janny Jordan. I say, you know what's gotta go it say that
how's it going now? Exactly? There one since that game, I think
they won six out of seven. I think the only loss was in Golden
State. So you know, you got to give it up. I mean
it just now. I'm just you know, he's doing I don't know what
he's doing now, Tylu, but he's doing something right. And you did
mention earlier about Kawhi that he is. He's talking more on defense. I
notice every time you put the camera on him, he's telling the players the
word to be And like you said earlier, he's diving for the ball.
He wants that ball, and there's a loose ball, he's out there getting
it. So that kind of shows the team that he he's here to win,
so you know, and just keep it up and I'll just keep him
off shut with Tyloo now so we'll see what happens. All right, thank
you think you can come my car? All right? Now that's fair.
That's a Maya Copa that's owning it. I think Sean will get there eventually.
We'll see. I love him. Anyways, let's go to Roman and
Santa Clarita. Roman, you're on Clippers soccer in that going. Uh tried
to call in last time, ran out a time again. You're my favorite
Laker fan. Well, you agree that during those seven years when they didn't
make the playoffs and they were picking first, second, and third every years,
some of those Laker fans turned into Golden State Warriors fans and they were
made. Yeah. I mean they could stay gold and stay Warrior fans for
all week here because we stick with our teams in LA. You know what
I mean. My point is not everybody did. Yeah, I know,
I know, but those are those are the ones that jump on Those are
the same thing as Patriots fans. They jump on the wagon when they're winning,
and then when the wagon's not going, they're off. Right now,
I'm on the wagon with these Clippers. You know, I'm not. I'm
not a Clippers fan, but I'm I'm a James Harden fan. I'm a
Kawhi fan. I'm a basketball fan, and Kawhi Leonard is playing like an
MVP right now, James Harden playing like an MVP right now. Kawhi's playing
like an MVP all year though, you know, And what I'm seeing is
exactly what we said when they got James Harden. I remember going on with
you right when they got James Harden, the first time I ever called yep,
and everybody was doubting it. I mean, I remember how a year
calling and saying fires, tylu, that's not part of that's not part of
allowing the team to grow, you know. And what it comes down to
is James Harden was getting his legs under him, learning a new team.
And let's just say he is who we thought he was. We knew he
was, but him and him and Kawhi the last few games. I Paul
George last time I called, I said, Paul George just didn't look right
out. There's something's bugging him. You know, something's going on. Defensive
efforts tonight we said, you know, you said a mere coffee and I
agreed with you a couple of weeks back, like why is he not getting
in the games? And when his number was called there he is doing exactly
what we knew he can do. Absolutely, And you know what, half
off to you because you've been right on this whole time with Harden. I've
been with you, and we knew that he was going to command that court
like a floor general. And Kawhi is over there at being the star that
he is, you know, because he's allowed to be because the little pressure
is taken off of him and we can't see James Harden scorer and Paul George
and coffee tonight, norm Pal, I mean the pieces are falling into place
when you have a floor general like that. You're absolutely right. Harden was
the way to go in a way to stay. And you don't get rid
of your coach when you when you're starting the system with a new with a
new player that's a superstar. So I agree with you, Adam. I've
been loving watching these Clippers over the last two months. You know what,
you know, Ball, Roman, I love basketball? Why k B.
You know Ball appreciate the phone call as always quickly, Daniel, you're having
me, Thank you Daniel and echo park you Yeah, he Adam, I'm
going to make this clear out and go to see my friend play open mic
on suns that bull bide. But let me say one thing, dude,
Crippers defense, we've been top we're top five. Down, dude, we
are top five. We got to focus on that. Keep it going.
And uh man, did I love it? Dude? We are creeping in
the top five. We've been holding these guys down to like one hundred or
left or one five where money I love it by enjoy open mic. I
hope Chapelle shows up out of nowhere. Clippers win one twenty one to one
thirteen here at Crypto dot Com arena, and Clipper Nation is starting to come
around on James Harden. The doubters, they're seeing what I saw all along.
Tried to tell you it's okay that he's a system. That system is
a top seventy five player. Ever, that system is now the third option,
not the first, not the second. He's third on this Clippers team.
But tonight he turned into a first option at times they needed him to.
He stepped up twenty eight fifteen, seven boards, four blocks in forty
two minutes without Paul George. The reinforcements are here, and they come in
superstar form. This is how you can weather injuries better. This is how
you can get through a treacherous regular season schedule. Nobody's got tougher than the
Clippers stack talent, and Kawhi and Paul George have been wanting that prototypical floor
general. They got it in James harden More. Clippers started coming up eight
sixty six, ninety seven two five seventy eight sixty six ninety eight seven two
five seventy. Juck Mockler will be here from C and D. Clippers are
won six straight eleven of fourteen since shifting to the new starting lineup. Tonight
though it was a mere coffee in place of the injured Paul George. So
happy for him. Get this opportunity, meet the moment, make the most
of it and make fourth threes. I know Brian seemens happy he's back to
coffee. Puns runneth over more clipperstock. Next here on m five seventy LA
Sports, the LA Clippers continue their hunt for a Larry O. B.
They still want to get that LARRYO. B. Don't miss a moment all
season long. This is the LA Clippers Audio Network. I mean, do
you believe me now about James harden To being the guy that should be starting
and Russell Westbrook coming up the bench? Is it working well enough for you
Clipper Nations, the doubters on James hard. They make it six straight.
They've won eleven of fourteen since Terrence Man was put in the starting backcourt next
to James, and they're playing some of the best basketball of the two to
one three era. James Harden steps up with twenty eight points and forty one
minutes, fifteen assists, seven boards. Historic night from him, but when
they needed it most for him to show that yeah, he can still shoot
the rock well too, No, Paul George, no problem. James will
drop twenty eight on twelve shots. James would go to the free throw line
twice for three free throws after being fouled on three pointers. Clippers win one
twenty one to one thirteen over the Golden State Warriors. Welcome back into Clippers
Talk. I'm Adam Oslin. Well, we have a moment. Let's pause
ten seconds for station identification. Here in Los Angeles Clippers Audio networking AM five
to seven LAS Sports. This is LA Clippers Basketball AM five to seventy KLAC
Los Angeles ninety eight seven KYSR HD two Los Angeles and iHeartRadio station. And
now joining this show is Chuck Mockler from Clips and Dip after the Clippers make
it six straight victories, Charles, did I tell any lies on our recent
episode on YouTube when I had to call out some people for the way that
they treated James Harden when they started zero to five with him, and now
they've won six straight. Seems like things are working out, eh, Chuck,
Yes, things are working out right now. It's been fantastic to see
James Harden step maybe flower than some people thought he was going to step into,
you know, a prominent offensive role for this team. He should be
taking when you know two and three is healthy, James should be at the
second or third most field goal attempts, and you look at it tonight and
he was so efficient he didn't need the extra one, so that's good.
But you can just see him building more confidence as this starting lineup continues to
get more time to jail. Terrence didn't have the best game, which is
a bit of a shame, but James was able to kind of still have
a good game, still be the engine of the team and stuff like that.
So he's been phenomenal. Hitting twenty five thousand points as the Clippers.
Pretty cool too, So let's help this keeps up. But this game was
the perfect example of why the Clippers traders are games Harden and how he can
lift you in the regular season. We'll get to the playoffs when we get
to them. Right now is exactly what he's supposed to be doing. Look,
if he can lift you in the regular season, then he can lift
you in the playoffs by you having a higher seed entering the tournament. He
can raise your floor and your ceiling with the way he plays. And I'm
just not worried about him in the playoffs as a third option next to Kawhi
and Paul George. But speaking of Kawhi, Leonard mentioned it yesterday. I
think this is the best he has looked since tearing the ACL. I know
the shooting splits, it hasn't been three months yet. We'll see how that
ends up. It's gonna be hard to match shooting forty seven percent from three
for three straight months. But just the movement, the ability out there,
the bounce, how light he's been on his feet, And I'm wondering if
part of it is because he's encouraged and revitalized, because he knows one he
doesn't have to do everything. It gives him more energy to expand on the
defensive end, but also because he can see that this team has the talent
in the right pieces to make a run and the two one three era is
far from over. Well, I think it's it's the talent the right pieces
that have been there, you know, kind of on paper for a lot
of this two one three era. Every year it felt like we'd be like,
oh, this is the best Clippers roster we've maybe ever seen. But
now guys are more so locking in. The Kauhai's example of getting things done
almost just curased because I forgot around the radio, But I think you know
what I was going to say, like, he's here to get things done
this year, and everyone else is feeling that. There were clips of him,
you know, being frustrated during the losing streets and I kicked the chair
or something like that, which is good to see because you want to see
that from the heart and soul of this team. So now we're seeing the
good side of that and everyone is locking in and on the same wavelength as
Kawhi Leonard in terms of the grittiness and understanding how urgent things are. Some
of these boards that the Clippers got late in this game, a Mere Coffee
had one that ended up in a James Harden assist to Kawhi for a dunk.
But if you go back and watch that rebound, that rebound, it
pops, because I feel like you don't see stuff like that a lot from
this this era of the Clippers. But we saw a mirgate one, Kawhi
had a great one and many got fouled. Like we're seeing that snapshot of
those gritty rebounds late in this game is what this Clipper seem is about,
and we're seeing that identity come from Kawhi. I had to pull some receipts
on myself from a show that we did probably six weeks. Yeah, no,
it was a positive receipt, but me saying you'd just forgotten about a
Mere Coffee. There's still a wing on this team that can help them.
And he got some run when they were in San Antonio for that Texas Stationary
two step, but since then has and played meaningful minutes and I couldn't be
more impressed with his level of professionalism, with coming into a game, getting
the start and making the most of it. To this degree tonight, he
looked incredible and it's such a difficult position to be in, yet he thrived.
Yeah, he came through. He was not afraid to shoot at all
eleven, three point at ten and you know he can an above average amount
of them. So you do really love to see the confidence not gone at
all from a mirror. He had a tough offseason obviously, but he stepped
up really when the Clippers needed it. On a night when Terrence didn't quite
have it all the way there, a mirror really picked up slack. But
yeah, he's ready to go. You mentioned his attitude. I couldn't agree
more. Him and Bones have just been as professional as you could possibly be
during a time when the Clippers are playing, like you said, some of
their best basketball with three era. So big shout out to him he or
big shout out the Bones just for you know, the attitude during all of
this and to sign of a good locker room and good leadership from Kawhi,
Paul, George James now, but also of course coach lou With making sure
guys still feel like they are involved in the process of what's happening with this
Clippers team right now and knowing that they need to stay ready because it could
be their opportunity. It could be their night. Now. Norman Powell has
had a lot of these nights to start off this season, but this was
one of his best. In the fourth quarter in a close game. He
scored eight straight for them, had ten of his twenty one points in the
fourth and the Powell Rangers it was morph in time and he morphed into the
closer. I guess you could say he was awesome. Well, Norm.
The great thing about one of I mean one of the great things about Norm's
game to night is he only took four threes. If Norm can find a
way to get a bucket, he's going to do it over and over and
over until you stop him. And he was getting to the rim at will
against this Warriors tevem It did not matter who was on him, and that's
great. We said, hey, go for it, man, you're gonna
shoot seventy percent. Yeah, get us close to the hoop as possible if
they're gonna let you. He had a steal, he had five boards,
which I think is very helpful against a rebounding you know, as good of
a rebounding team as the Warriors are. But this is Norm's best stretch as
a Clipper. I don't think that's too you know, something too crazy to
say right now, but the Clippers has needed it. But talk about someone
who stays ready. He's been a revelation to open this one, A Viatza
Zobos didn't have an eye popping box score ten and eight, did his job,
but a couple of blocks and had a possession where he got CP three
to travel because of his defense. Uh, and then a nice finger roll
to start off things in the third quarter. But overall, just speak to
a Vitza Zuba and maybe the moment he's having over the past couple of weeks
with this new starting lineup where you're seeing the growth in different areas from him
and make maybe making that leap at the age of twenty six to just becoming
a more consistent, a more dominant player who plays with more confidence on offense.
I think one of the things that speaking to his confidence is it was
in the fourth quarter. I think Norm had kind of a breakaway and he
hit Zoo with you know, not a hectic pass, but a quick pass.
Zoo was like five to nine feet away and he hit just a one
handed floater, you know what I mean. It wasn't anything. It wasn't
an authoritative dunk or anything like that, but it was late in a close
game. He had no hesitation going up with it, kind of away from
the rim, and it was It was perfect. So I think that little
piece of his game tonight is kind of emblematic of how good he's been all
year. He's made the right decision for the most part all year. You
know, we say ten and eight an okay game from Zoo a year ago.
We would be hyped if he averaged that, but he's out pacing that.
He's been fantastic and closing lightups, which is a little surprising to seem
from Tyleru. But when it's working, it's working really well. What was
that stat going around He's saved the most points at the rim per seventy five
minutes or something like that in the league. Like he's he's having his best
year as a Clipper. It's really I feel like we've said that about a
handful of guys so far. But I mean, Zoo playing good defense is
great to see. Yeah, and we thought he might be a little tired,
you know. He We liked his zero basket in the off season last
year and stuff like that. But I hope that the fitness is still there.
I think it will because he's just playing so well right now. And
a great point by you. That bucket he made. It was a four
point game, one six to one oh two, was seven minutes left,
and he finessed that layup in off a nice feed from Norman Palell. He's
just showing much better touch, more consistently, at least around the basket,
and I'm glad they're trusting him late in games because I've always felt like when
he gets the opportunity, he's proven to me that he can close, that
he can do it on both ends and not be a liability somewhere just because
he doesn't have the jumper or can't play five out when Big Zoo is out
there in a closing lineup. Let's see one more for you here, Chuck.
Just defensively, what we're seeing from this team. They've been so dominant
on that end. But it's not just because of personnel or the roster or
finding the right rotations. There's a level of urgency and effort that we've noticed
that has been just throughout the forty eight minutes at a much higher level than
we have seen, especially last season. You know, when they couldn't really
they were about ten DP defense for the majority of the year after that great
star by beats Zubats holding it down. But they never really figured it out,
and Coach Luke kept saying defensive intensity, defensive intensity, but the message
never came through. It's happening now you're seeing it out there eyeball test and
the advanced numbers tell you this team can be great defensively, and they're buying
in right now. Yeah, it's really impressive to see. I think back
to all the talk they had about how much more they were able to practice
in the off season. They practice after that back to back or I think
it was either a back to back or like a three and four or something,
and they practiced on a day that it was kind of surprising if you
were a Clipper fan, you're reading about them practicing after all we heard,
you know, kind of historically about the lack of time they got together.
So I think maybe setting that tone and really following through with it from ty
lu on, we're going to practice, We're going to run like this is
that's what helps you on defense, is not stopping and things like that.
You mentioned the consistency of the DEE and I think the new emphasis specifically on
practice and the intensity and the frequency of it is really helping the Clippers.
And to go back to the point we were just talking about, it helps
Chun Kwhi. Leonard is playing as well too, because when someone on your
team is playing as good a defense, you know as Kwi Leaners, it
makes you want to play good defense too, So I think that's a big
boost as well. Great point. Clippers win one twenty one to one thirteen
over the Golden State Warriors. He is Chuck Mockler of Clips and Dip.
We'll have a new YouTube episode coming for you later this week. Chuck,
thanks for doing this tonight, a little Clips and double dip here on Clippers
Talk. My friend, Hey, thanks for having me. Let's go clip
well, cose things out next with a few phone calls, maybe brother Jake
Warner of course in the building. What are you looking for on X there,
Jake? What are you looking for? Clippers win today's twenty one to
one thirteen. Congrats to James Harden gets to twenty five thousand career points.
He was holding the ball in the locker room. His left hand is heavily
wrapped in ice, But you say he just jammed a finger. Indiana Pacers
aren't taking this ball. More Clippers stock next year. On m five to
seventy LA Sports, the LA Clippers continue their hunt for a LARRYO Bee.
They still want to get that Larryo beat. Don't miss a moment all season
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down eight to nothing to Klay Thompson who did finish with thirty. It was
an ugly start, but a beautiful finish. Clippers win one twenty one to
one thirteen over the Golden State Warriors. They make it six straight. They've
won eleven of fourteen since when the new starting lineup with Russ coming off the
bench, who I think is really starting to enjoy this fan favorite six man
role he's in. He's getting a ton of love from Clipper Nation the building.
He's feeding off of it. There is a love affair with Russell Westbrook
embracing coming off the bench, sacrificing the VTB self sacrifice to help this team
get to this place where they've now won six in a row and looked much
more like a well oiled machine welcome back into clipper Stock. I'm at a
maslin before we get out of here, Tajus and Walnut, who's been holding
on patiently, Tagous, Sorry for not getting to you earlier. I knew
some people needed to come in here and apologize, but you know, I
think I only got it from Howie. Tajus, what's up? Okay?
So you and I've been wanting Amir coffee. And when we when we heard
that Paul George wasn't playing, I was thinking, uh, who who's he
gonna start? And I was thinking he might go bone Thailand to you know,
play small. But I'm so glad that Emir got to run. And
it's just that, you know, we never got to see a mere play
with Kawhi PG and everyone on the floor. We've seen him play with all
the role players and he played well. So now that he gets to play
with the stars, it's going to be really interesting to see. And we
hope hopefully he can get some more run. And he does kind of feel
the void that Covington and but Toom when they got when they left. He
fills that same void in a lot of similar and similar ways. And two,
you know, I've been always wanting I was happy with the hard and
trade. I wasn't one of the people who were doubting it. Uh,
I have the receipt right here, Tagus and Walnut was for James Harden being
a Clipper, I got it. No, And you know what, the
media just kind of, you know, wanted to say, oh, he
can't stick around and carry that narrative, the narrative you know, for the
casuals and everything. But if you look at it, he was in Houston
for a long time and when he went to Brooklyn, yeah, he has
to get traded. But if he was really the issue, then once he
got traded, why did Kyrie leave? And then why did k D leave?
So obviously he wasn't the issue because all of them weren't happy in Brooklyn,
and that those points are never brought up. And the other point that
when he was in Philly, he took a less contract to sign the other
players on the team, like the PJ Tuckers and try to win a championship.
So he did sacrifice, but all that gets lost by the media.
So and the point is also Adam that I don't think necessarily he's a third
option. Maybe he was in the beginning. But I feel like as he
get more comfortable, PG Kawhi and Harden, they're really good at knowing who's
got the hot hand, and they're willing to sacrifice that someone's got the hot
hand, don't take the back seat. And with Hardened kind of being more
comfy, you'll see kind of like, okay, you know, him taking
more shots, and with all three of them being a thread, it's just
so good to see that. It's going to increase their longevity for the rest
of the year, and it allows what's happening now. You see Kawhi playing
d guarding Steph Curry. He's able to do that, and that's all because
Harden's there. That's the only thing. Let's give revenge on Saturday against the
Knicks. Thanks Adam. Yes, I like it. I like it.
Great phone call tagus. Look, when people talk about sacrificing, I think
sometimes they go, well, he's playing, you know, fifteen more minutes
a night than Russell Westbrook, So what's he really sacrificing. James Harden coming
into this ballgame was averaging just ten shot attempts per game. This is somebody
that used to attempt twenty five shots a game. That's sacrifice. That's trying
to blend in almost to a fault at times where he needs to be more
aggressive. But when the situation called for tonight without Paul George, he was
still only had to take twelve shots but got to twenty eight points. Unbelievable.
Jose and Southgate Final call of the night, Jose, what's up here
on Clipperstock without a muscles with suth Adam Man. I'm just thinking when I
was saying, hey, Adam, you know Tyler was saying we just need
ten fifteen games, I said, let's give it to him. I expect
some good wins. We're seeing them. I also remember when Carl Tarboro's on
the podcast back when we were just running around with chickens with the heads cut
off. I commented, hey, we needed some manager to put coffee in
the lineup, and I just laughed it off. But I don't have the
time stand yet. I'll get it. You probably did it. You probably
did it at them. You probably also study. You know, it makes
sense. What else. Let's finish this. Listen to finish this? Is
this? This home? Is this home? Stand strong to try last year
at Staples, who was a good win against the worst today. Not a
changing of the guard game, but like the Clippers have been hot before,
Clippers have been the hot team in a before it but it just feels different.
It just looks different on both ends of both ends of the court.
And we're stacking up these wins like they were seeing this whole time. I'll
see you on Friday at them. I mean, I'll see on Saturday night,
Adam. Least go Claire first. I'd never laugh at coffee. They
gave me an ulcer once. I know the power of it too much.
Before we get out of here, we need some powerful words from the fake
philosopher Big Brother Jake Warner Big Brother Jake Podcast on the podcast one network.
Big Bro, what's up? Man? Feeling good right about Adam? You
know, you know we just love news break? Yeah maybe hopefully. Yeah.
Clippers won six straight. That's enough to make anyone feel good. Absolutely
absolutely. I got some positive words right now. You will never change your
life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is
found in your daily routine. So it's all about I mean, Chuck brought
it up earlier. This team was practicing more. They went to a day
three, a day's during training camp. They took a different approach to this
regular season. They wanted to make it more serious out there. That was
something Frank Lawrence Frank wanted coming out of the exit interviews of last season.
You're being a more serious approach and a more locked in focus approach from this
Clippers team. And it starts with building those daily habits, championship habits.
That's how you gotta do it. Thank you, Big Bro anytime, perfect
way to engine it as always. Before we get out of here, I
do want to thank the Clippers organization, rolb Lawler, Brian Seeman, Noah
Ego, now Carlo Jimenez on the call, Katie and Newton, our producer
back in the bank. Great job, Katie, big Bro, our head
engineer here, the callers, the listeners. How many times have I said
this in closing? You either get on the James Harden bandwagon now or you
might get left behind, or you might have me calling you out later on
when you try to jump on. Can you see the vision Clipper Nation?
I know Kawhi can right now. Clippers won six straight, eleven of fourteen.
They're taken on the New York Knicks Saturday night. Right back here Crypto
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will talk to you then. Why he was doing his thing. All they
want to do is win in La. I win. I thought they gave
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