WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.960 --> 00:00:06.080 Get your fall. It's time to react to La Clippers basketball. This is 2 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:11.199 a playoff edition of Clippers Talk Reaction and Analysis, hosted by Adam Mossley. 3 00:00:11.359 --> 00:00:14.640 You know he's feeling good. Take the show with you anywhere you are and 4 00:00:14.919 --> 00:00:18.399 go Clipper Nation, baby, get the podcast. I mean, iHeart radio 5 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:24.239 out and now your host. He makes everything happen, Adam Mossley. Leonard 6 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:27.399 against Luca. Double comes from Finnish Smith too a toomb left wing back to 7 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:30.039 Leonard. He's gonna drive on Finnish Smith. With six to shoot, Leonard 8 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:36.079 step back straight away. Three. Oh, Kawhi, Leonard's pure. He 9 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:41.119 ties his playoff career high with forty five, and the Clippers league ninety eight 10 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:47.119 ninety Calm the claw, Calm the terminator, Calm Kawhi legend. All I 11 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:51.439 know is winning doubt. Let Kawhi Leonard bail you out. He drops forty 12 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:55.840 five as he heard from Noah Eagle there and the Clippers force a game seven. 13 00:00:55.960 --> 00:00:59.880 They win Game six in Dallas one oh four to ninety seven. Welcome 14 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:03.920 in two Clippers Talk. I'm at a Moslin eight seven seven five two zero 15 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:08.079 eleven. Fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven. Fifty is the phone 16 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:11.280 number coming up here on the show. You'll hear from Kawhi Leonard, post 17 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:15.920 game, Paul George, head coach T Lou plus my guy Law Murray from 18 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:19.959 The Athletic will be here. Far Broyd s and Shari from SI Now will 19 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:23.640 join the show as well. We'll get to all of your phone calls and 20 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:29.040 we'll get your tweets in also at follow Adam a on Twitter. When your 21 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:32.840 best is required in the playoffs, who do you look to but someone like 22 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:36.640 Kawhi Leonard. You have to play your best in spots like this, when 23 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:41.439 your back is against the wall in a must win situation. He just had. 24 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:44.959 I can't say it's his best playoff game ever, which is really saying 25 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:51.599 something because the game seven, obviously with the Toronto Raptors in Philadelphia, where 26 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:55.920 he had the Plinko chip game winner that fell, that's likely his best game 27 00:01:56.040 --> 00:02:00.120 ever. But this was his best game in a Clippers uniform when they needed 28 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:06.640 it most. Kawhi Leonard came through. He finishes with forty five. I 29 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:09.360 don't think he even scored in the first six minutes. It was almost like 30 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:13.800 a feel out process, and then he realized he had to take over. 31 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:19.159 Had just three points in the first quarter, then had thirteen points in the 32 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:24.159 second quarter. Was assertive, aggressive, but he had it going early with 33 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:29.840 the jumper his first I think three buckets were all from the outside, and 34 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.000 you knew good things were going to happen. Then if he has that going, 35 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:38.800 the defense has had his mercy. And oh, Luca Dontich was late 36 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:43.840 in the fourth quarter when Kawhi Leonard was picking on him for once the tables 37 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:49.080 turned. It was Luca Dontchich looking for the mismatches, and the first five 38 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:53.599 games of this series matchup hunting, looking for the weakest link out there on 39 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:58.400 the court to get matched up with in terms of Clippers defenders. This time 40 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:04.840 it was Kawhi Leonard who was going right after Luca, hitting multiple threes over 41 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:07.240 him in the fourth quarter, where he had twelve of his forty five points. 42 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:14.520 Had seventeen points in the third quarter alone. Kawhi Leonard did scored sixteen 43 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:17.960 in the first half, outdid that in twelve minutes in the third quarter with 44 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:24.080 seventeen points. But as always, it's a team game. It's a team 45 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:29.520 win or it's a team loss. Reggie Jackson came out and for the second 46 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:36.240 time in this series now the Clippers have handed the Dallas Mavericks a loss after 47 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:40.919 Dallas wins the first quarter. They were twenty nine and zero when winning first 48 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:46.680 quarters all season long heading into Game three, the Clippers would get a victory. 49 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:50.439 Then after Dallas still won the first quarter, they win tonight twenty eight 50 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:53.400 to twenty six in the first quarter. And the reason it was that close, 51 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:55.599 and the reason the Clippers had twenty six points in that first quarter was 52 00:03:55.599 --> 00:04:00.360 because Reggie Jackson had fifteen of his twenty five points in the first twelve minutes. 53 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:05.199 He showed up. Reggie Jackson knocked it out of the park. Mister 54 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:10.680 June, he want to call him that. He was huge. Credit ty 55 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:14.719 Loo for making the adjustment and putting him in the starting lineup starting with Game 56 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:19.600 three, and then also Paul George early in that fourth quarter. He struggled 57 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:24.879 at times in this game, had five turnovers, really struggled in the third, 58 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:28.079 but we've seen him turn things around all season long. Come the fourth 59 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:32.079 quarter, he had seven quick points, had their first bucket, I believe 60 00:04:32.079 --> 00:04:35.560 in the fourth quarter, a jumper look confident, hit a three pointer, 61 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:43.639 and had a huge block on a Tim Hardaway junior attempt at three that you 62 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:46.240 just felt like was probably going to go in if you're a Clippers fan, 63 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:49.759 because it's been like that all series long for him. He still finished with 64 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:55.399 twenty three points. Luca Dontage finished with twenty nine, got some cheape's late, 65 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:00.680 but he was held to eleven of twenty four from the field two of 66 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:06.000 nine from three still had eleven assists. Still Luka Dontich, but Kawhi Leonard 67 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:10.879 and the rest of the team collectively did about as good of a job as 68 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:15.199 you could defensively in this game against Luca and the rest of the Dallas Mavericks, 69 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:18.800 holding them to just ninety seven points, held him to eighty one in 70 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:24.759 Game four ninety seven. In a must win Game six, they pull it 71 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:30.360 out thanks to Kawhi Leonards heroics. He win eighteen of twenty five from the 72 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:36.399 field. That is a blistering seventy two percent, But remember in games two, 73 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:40.920 three, and four he shot seventy one percent from the field. He 74 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:45.360 has an off game in Game five where he goes seven of nineteen for just 75 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:51.680 twenty points and completely redeems himself dumb and Dumber style with a forty five spot 76 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:57.680 in a must win Game six in the Lions Den in Dallas, and oh 77 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:03.120 yeah, it's the first time in history the road team has won at the 78 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:08.360 other team's home court on the other team's home court in every game in the 79 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:13.920 first six games to start off this series. We're hoping that trend stops now 80 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:19.000 is Game seven is back at Staples Center, twelve thirty tip time on Sunday. 81 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:23.000 That's the dreaded twelve thirty tip time. The Clippers have to break through 82 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:25.959 that, they have to find a way. We got your pregame show starting 83 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:30.360 at eleven thirty am. You're listening to Clipper Stock. I'm atam Osland at 84 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:34.800 eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven 85 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:41.079 fifty is the phone number you know what for once. Let's start things off 86 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:44.000 with Jeff and Tarzana. Jeff, in a night like this, I'm feeling 87 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:46.839 generous as Kawai was given the Dallas Mavericks plenty of buckets. Jeff, what's 88 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:56.240 up? Never Adam, Adam, I have never in all the years I've 89 00:06:56.279 --> 00:07:01.480 in following basketball, ever seen a series like this. This is incredible highlights 90 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:08.560 and in some cases low lights, but is it true that the Clippers have 91 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:12.040 not won a playoff games? They've lost eight in a row at home. 92 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:17.160 The last time they won at home was I believe game five in twenty seventeen 93 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:23.759 in the first round against the Utah Jazz. Well, how many games wouldn't 94 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:26.639 that make? I saw a staff the other night. They're like eight games 95 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:33.120 or something. So they lost I believe three against the Golden State Warriors at 96 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:40.600 home. They lost their last two. There's five. But you know what, 97 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:44.959 this is a different team, and they've got Kawhi Leonard all right, 98 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:48.480 But but what I'm saying, Adam's still eight games. I don't know if 99 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:51.800 it's eighth straight losses at home. But yeah, Jeff, it's been a 100 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:57.839 lot. Can we focus on the positives now? Kawhi at forty five incredible. 101 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:05.199 You know what. I cannot believe how good Reggie Jackson is in everything. 102 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:09.120 And I don't know what's gonna happen someday, Adam, nobody knows what's 103 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:11.720 gonna happen. I hope the Clippers win, but I'll tell you three guys 104 00:08:11.720 --> 00:08:16.240 they should not get rid of for next year, no matter what happens. 105 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:22.279 Or Kawai Paul George and Reggie Jackson. I was wondering on your personal on 106 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:24.480 behalf, because you're a lot closer to the team than I am. How 107 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:28.199 many of these players do you think are not going to be with the Clippers 108 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:33.960 next year? Oh, Jeff. They just win in dramatic fashion in a 109 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:37.480 must win game by seven to force a game seven, and we're talking about 110 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:41.039 the off season. I don't want to go there yet. We're not there 111 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:46.240 yet. This Clippers team obviously isn't done. They refuse to lose. In 112 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:50.320 this game. It was a lot of Kawhi Leonard and Reggie Jackson. I 113 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:56.440 thought Marcus Morris, while going one for ten and oh three from distance, 114 00:08:56.159 --> 00:09:01.080 well, as much as he struggled offensively, I thought at times his defense 115 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:07.559 was brilliant, whether it was against Bobon or Luca don Chich. The Clippers 116 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:11.039 only got four points from their bench, and they still put up one oh 117 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:18.000 four. The starters scored one hundred points in this game for them, and 118 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:22.600 they survive shooting just ten of thirty four from three. We've been talking about 119 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:26.720 they are due for a hot shooting game from distance, and I thought the 120 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:31.759 three ball could be there undoing in this game. But Kawhi Leonard wouldn't let 121 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:35.200 it happen because he had five of their ten makes from distance. Reggie Jackson 122 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:39.759 had three, Paul George had two, a big one in the fourth quarter. 123 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:46.000 That's less than thirty percent. This team is shooting about thirty four percent 124 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:50.559 from three in this series. That is unlike the Clippers, who all season 125 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:56.440 long led the league in three point percentage at forty one point one percent, 126 00:09:56.559 --> 00:10:01.720 fourth best shooting during a regular season in NBA history. They gotta be due. 127 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:05.559 They gotta be due to hit some of these wide open three pointers that 128 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:11.960 they missed tonight. But Kawhi Leonard would not miss Bull's eye. He was 129 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:18.279 an absolute marksman in the fourth quarter with twelve of his forty five points. 130 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:22.000 Seventeen of those forty five came in the third, and the Clippers force a 131 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:31.879 Game seven back at Staples Center m on Sunday. Zach Lcaldy, our producer 132 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:37.120 and technical engineer back here in Burbank, just said their last playoff home win 133 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:41.799 was against the Utah Jazz, but it was back in twenty seventeen in Game 134 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:48.799 two. They won that game ninety nine to ninety one. So Jeff and 135 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:52.159 Tarzana maybe right about one thing. They may have lost eight straight playoff games 136 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:58.480 at Staples Center, but there isn't a Clipper that was on that team that 137 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:01.879 is on this team currently, so I'm not sure how much you can draw 138 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:05.799 from that. We just saw history being made within this series where for the 139 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:11.080 first time, the first six games were won by the road team. It's 140 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:16.679 never happened before. All right, let's go to Sean and Inglewood. Sean, 141 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:20.039 you're on Clipper stop without a Maslin. What's up? Sean? Hey? 142 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:22.759 Hey double any thanks to the line. And I just want to say 143 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:26.679 thank you to Jeff and Carzana because I thought I had the most negative phone 144 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:31.440 call in the week and he just really topped it. So thank you, 145 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:35.519 Jeff. I don't feel so bad anymore. Anyway, I did want to 146 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:41.320 say good victory, Clippers. I also agree with you, Adam, is 147 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:45.799 that the three ball. I think they were going to it much too early 148 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:50.159 instead of trying to establish down low. Of course, I keep saying we 149 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:54.080 should have a big man to have a download threat sometimes and he should work 150 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:58.679 the ball in and then out, not out bout a three point line is 151 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:03.919 then, Sean, that's not modern basketball unless you have Joel em beat or 152 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:09.960 Nikola Yokich. Nobody does that anymore. This is twenty twenty one. I'll 153 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:13.320 tell you what if they If they win this series and get to the next 154 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:18.120 series and play boogie and go down to the low post and Dylan he doesn't 155 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:22.679 have anything and he kicks it out, you'll see that percentage, Sean, 156 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:26.320 one of you thinks happening to boogie. On the other end, having to 157 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:30.759 guard Luka dontchee, who he's going to look for every time down, that 158 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:33.799 is a mismatch. That's why they are going small, to have more defenders, 159 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:39.440 more versatility defensively, to guard one of the hottest players we've ever seen. 160 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:46.480 Okay, since when does your you're six foot eleven guy guard the guard 161 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:50.679 when you got two seven foot three guys on the on the on the Sean, 162 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:54.039 have you watched this series? How many times he's John? Have you 163 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:58.000 watched this series with how many times Luka Doncic has drawn Avitsa Zubots out to 164 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:05.879 the perimeter. It's been happening this entire series. Zeka Dubach is not DeMarcus 165 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:11.120 Cousins. DeMarcus ain't fallen for that, Sean. I appreciate the phone call. 166 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:15.879 It kind of turned into some negativity. We need something positive to start 167 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:20.840 things off here on Clippers Talk. You know what, Let's go to CJ 168 00:13:20.440 --> 00:13:24.320 in Alhambra. CJ. Help me out, man, b R Kawhi, 169 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:30.000 Leonard Tonight, pick us up. Let me tell you something. My heart 170 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:31.960 is still beating out of my chest. I have to find in the corner 171 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:35.559 of the room. Man. This was this was something else. This is 172 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:41.039 for the ages. And one thing that I really liked was how Kawai silenced 173 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:46.120 all the haters, the maysayers, the doubters. And then one other thing 174 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:50.960 that that was really remarkable was a lot of the great play that we saw 175 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:56.480 in defense offense was in the closing final minutes of the game, which is 176 00:13:56.519 --> 00:14:01.360 something that we have been criticized time and time and time him again, and 177 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:05.720 so this was real solid play. I would like to see a little bit 178 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:11.000 more, Marcus Morris. I'd like to see your boy play. Yeah, 179 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:15.000 Marcus Morris played forty two minutes. Do you want him to play the entire 180 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:20.000 game? I'm a little more production would help. Okay, est minute, 181 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:24.399 he's he's due. Now, you're right, he's due from distance, for 182 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:28.679 sure. You know, so I mean, you know, other than that, 183 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:31.559 I mean I'm glad our superstars finally came. All this talk about whereas 184 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:39.000 playoff Paul George has been silenced, Kawai got his chance and his moment tonight 185 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:43.399 to silence the critics. The team on a hole showed guests we could close 186 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:48.840 it out. I'm feeling real, real anxious and real excited about Sunday's game, 187 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:52.360 even though the way the pattern's been going, it kind of seems we 188 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:58.120 win over in Dallas, they win here in La. So maybe Bomber should 189 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:01.039 float the ticket to get all those Dallas spans out to Staples Center and we 190 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:05.600 could work it to our advantage. Huh, CJ, thank you for the 191 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:11.039 phone call. Game seven on Sunday back at Staples Center. Records are made 192 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:13.759 to be broken. Trends like this, with the road team winning every game 193 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:18.960 in a series, it's also meant to be broken. The Clippers will try 194 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:24.200 to do that on Sunday and close out the Dallas Mavericks. But what a 195 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:35.240 victory tonight to extend the season. Kawhi extends himself with forty five points ties 196 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:43.240 a playoff high, unreal performance. I talked about MJA ninety six and the 197 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:48.679 comparisons a lot last season with Kawhi Leonard. You definitely saw that tonight. 198 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:52.480 He's the first player in NBA post season history to now have four games in 199 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:58.200 a single series of at least twenty nine points while shooting at least sixty six 200 00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:06.360 percent from the field. There's your superstar. More Clippers stock coming up next 201 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:08.200 eight seven, seven, five two zero, eleven fifty. The lines are 202 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:12.720 full. I'll screen him during the break. This is the Patriot eleven fifty. 203 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:25.519 The quest for the Larry O'Brien is ah for them to get to the 204 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:29.399 Promised Land for the first time in franchise history. You're listening to La Clippers 205 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:34.000 playoff basketball on their exclusive hold. Five minutes gone on the third quarter, 206 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:37.799 Jackson top of the keys of a two left wing down the left, Dally 207 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:41.720 pounced, pass it inside. What a feed O. Kawhi Leonard with amendment 208 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:47.600 hammer with a right hand sixty two sixty, Clippers down by a deuce with 209 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:52.080 seven oh one to play the third, Noah Eagle and the call. The 210 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:59.320 Clippers answered the call in a must winston situation in Dallas, they were victorious. 211 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:03.159 Kawhi Leonard had forty five and they win one to oh four to ninety 212 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:07.319 seven over the Mavericks to force a game seven. Back at Staples Censor on 213 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:11.799 Sunday. Welcome back into Clipper Stock. I'm out of Maslin eight seven seven 214 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:15.960 five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is the 215 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:21.279 phone number. Kawhi Leonard is just the sixth player in the shot clock era 216 00:17:21.359 --> 00:17:25.359 and the first since Lebron James when he did it. And I believe this 217 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:29.240 is the game six, must win game in Boston back in twenty twelve to 218 00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:33.680 score at least forty five points while shooting at least seventy two percent from the 219 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:37.160 field in a postseason game. He joins Bob McAdoo as the only players in 220 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:42.039 franchise history to score at least forty five points in a postseason game. And 221 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:48.000 we got that game in Clippers rewind. Clippers win by seven to force a 222 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:52.960 game seven. Let's go to Tagus in Walnut. Tagus, what's up? 223 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:56.319 You're on Clipper stop without Austin Adam. What an awesome game? You know? 224 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:59.960 I was on tins and needles the whole game, yelling at the team 225 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:06.960 v screen. But when Kawai started going off. I was just remembering Lillard 226 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:08.400 from the other day, and I was like, Kawai is doing his best 227 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:14.640 Lillard impersonation. On the offensive end, I'd say he's doing his best Kawhi. 228 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:18.880 I mean he's done this before. He tied a postseason career high with 229 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:25.480 forty five. Yeah. And when I said like a little impersonation, it 230 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:29.240 was on the offensive end, because on the defensive end, Kawai was just 231 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:33.559 like magnificent. He's been getting a lot of slack that he can guard Luca. 232 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:37.000 But if you have the numbers when Kawai's guarding Luca, I think his 233 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:42.400 percentage is in the thirties. So I hope that's cleared up and it does 234 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:48.240 solidify the Quai is the best two way player in the game. I think 235 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:53.000 it's taken for granted quite often. And I also wanted to say it seemed 236 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:57.759 like when I'm looking at the game on Sunday Games five and six, Rick 237 00:18:57.839 --> 00:19:03.039 Carlisle has just been playing lot of zone D and he's enticing the Clipper role 238 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:07.640 players to make the threes and beat them. So I was encouraged with the 239 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:10.640 looks that they got the Clippers because I thought they got far better looks than 240 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:14.720 Dallas on the three point line. What do you think is going to happen 241 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:18.680 Sunday? Do you think the role players are going to have to keep shooting 242 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:22.119 those threes or are they gonna have to take it to the basket because they're 243 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:26.400 crowding the paint and I'm sure they're gonna be doubling quiet a little bit harder. 244 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:30.279 So what's got to happen for them to put out the victory on Sunday? 245 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:34.039 And how sweet would it be if we went on Sunday at the twelve 246 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:38.519 thirty time, because I think earlier in the year we lost by fifty two 247 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:42.279 Dallas at that twelve thirty time. Tage this great phone call, they lost 248 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:48.119 by fifty one. Yes, they could exercise some demons here. I think 249 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:52.359 they have to continue to attack no matter what. Because they did get to 250 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:56.079 the free throw on twenty eight times, they only hit twenty two of them. 251 00:19:56.200 --> 00:20:00.640 Reggie Jackson missed a couple, Paul George was just six of ten from 252 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:04.839 the free throw line. You hope those open threes that the Clippers are gotten 253 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:10.839 to fall all season long were the law of averages at this point should be 254 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:14.880 on their side for a hot shooting night, you would think, but I 255 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:17.480 don't know if you want to rely on that. I don't know if you 256 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:22.920 want to be too reliant on living or dying by the three. And I 257 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:26.599 would say attack no matter who is in there. We saw Bobie get moved 258 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:30.440 out of the way in Game four by Kawhi Leonard when he went to the 259 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:34.759 basket. Anthony in North Hollywood, Anthony, what's up? You're on Clippers 260 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:37.400 stock without in Awslin, How are you? Yeah? What's up? A 261 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:41.720 hell of a game today? I honestly thought the Clippers are lose, being 262 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:47.839 a long suffering Clipper fan, but I'm glad they showed to Moxie and they 263 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:49.720 finally took it to Dallas. To me, the game plan has got to 264 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:52.519 be simp on Sunday. I know it's an early start time and they kind 265 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:56.079 of sleep whilest. They better come out like their lives on the line on 266 00:20:56.119 --> 00:21:00.920 Sunday. You gotta throw two defenders like they didn't second half at Luca. 267 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:03.440 I don't care what it takes. If you've got to throw a third, 268 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:07.000 third defender to Kawai's gotta take it. That assignments, even if it tends 269 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:10.160 a little wear map a little bit. You can't let Luca go in early 270 00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:14.240 because he can take over and single handy beat You make Nny Smith hardaway, 271 00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:18.279 Porzingis whoever else. I'll be comfortable stay lose with those guys beating them today. 272 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:22.880 They were the better team. So to me throw two defenders at Lucas, 273 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:25.400 you gotta throw a third, do whatever you have to do to contain 274 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:29.079 and lock them down. I think that was the key winning the game today. 275 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:33.160 And then obviously Kawai's gotta get his offense going like he did today. 276 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:34.680 I want to see his Sunday when he's in rhythm. Man, he's as 277 00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:37.440 good as anybody, but we don't see it as often for some reason. 278 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:41.880 So throw get the offense go and running through him. It's good. But 279 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:45.119 as Clipper fans man, they're setting us up to lose. I mean, 280 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:48.359 I hope I'm wrong, but if I'm gonna be devastated with the pattern of 281 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:51.920 this series, it's unpredictable. I'm not gonna I want the Clippers to win, 282 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:56.240 but I'm not making any term predictions on who's gonna win because this series 283 00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:59.759 is is so wacky. The road game winning every series I hope it's a 284 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:03.279 clip to come out on top and they put a point like it, man, 285 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:06.519 because it's gonna be devastating if they rip our hearts out again on Sunday. 286 00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:10.400 So let's go, Clippers. Get it done. Man, Thanks Anthony, 287 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:14.240 thank you for the phone call. Keep the face, Chris and Lahabra. 288 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:17.480 You're on Clippers stop without a Maslin Before we get the postgame audio from 289 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:21.599 head coach t Lou Chris, what's up, hey, double a A man. 290 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:23.720 I just wanted to start off, man, already thirty minutes or so 291 00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:26.799 since the game med, and my heart's still unting, man. But such 292 00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:30.039 an amazing game, like you you you touched on the point of Kawaii. 293 00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:33.759 Man, it's unreal over sixty percent. I think he's averaging like thirty two 294 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:37.960 thirty three a game this series. Man, But I gotta I gotta talk 295 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:40.920 about my boy, Reggie. I just said, tweeted you a couple like 296 00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:44.759 ten minutes ago after game two, and everything seemed like, you know, 297 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:47.359 it wasn't going in that favor. It was over, YadA, YadA YadA, 298 00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:51.279 and I talked about it interning Reggie Jackson because I felt like all season, 299 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:53.079 you know when pat bed went down and we're missing you know, that 300 00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:56.440 point guard. He said into that role and he really bought him. I 301 00:22:56.480 --> 00:23:00.799 felt like last year joining our team and in the well, he didn't look 302 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:03.880 like himself, he didn't know his role. But I think he really got 303 00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:06.480 he got he bought into his role. This year, he got us some 304 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:08.640 confidence starting. I think that's where we needed to be in the in the 305 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:12.279 playoffs, and I think that's really the turning point of the series. Like 306 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:17.880 like you know, Game five overshadowed what we did the first two games, 307 00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:21.000 and then this game just you know, it's just just showed like like the 308 00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:23.000 what type of team we have this year as opposed to last year. You 309 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:27.039 know, in the third quarter we went down. You know, it seems 310 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:30.480 like every time we got back, they punched us in the mouth. And 311 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:33.640 there was a couple of seven point deficits that we're facing where it looked like, 312 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:37.000 you know, the game was over and they were gonna separate. But 313 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:40.640 we said calm, collective, and resilient, and you know, we just 314 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:44.119 led by the Kawaii and in the second half. And I'll be bold enough 315 00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:47.119 to say I might be a little biased, but I think Kawaii is the 316 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:49.240 best player in the series. And people are gonna shake their heads and not 317 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:52.599 agree with me. But when you look at the numbers and fairly similar, 318 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:56.119 you know, if you don't if you take away the assistant rebounds, which 319 00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:59.160 is, you know, a big part of the game. But as far 320 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:03.960 as clutch time and especially the second half and what Luca has done in the 321 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:07.160 fourth quarters of games, the close out games, it hasn't been him. 322 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:10.839 It's been the other guys hitting big shots. And I've seen Tim Hardaway Junior. 323 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:12.359 Man, He's gonna get a big contract this year, and I give 324 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:15.960 him props for keeping him in this game, Chris, but I appreciate, 325 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:22.039 appreciate the phone call. Man. It's a good point. Luca nags in 326 00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:27.720 their three wins in the fourth quarter for the Dallas Mavericks three for twenty from 327 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:33.599 the field. It hasn't been him. It's been the other guys down the 328 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:37.200 stretch that have killed the Clippers. And it looked like it could happen again 329 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:42.119 with Tim Hardaway Junior, first hitting a three pointer at the eight twenty two 330 00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:48.960 mark to tie the game and then getting an hand one off an offensive rebound 331 00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:52.799 at about the seventh thirty mark. In the fourth quarter, but Paul George 332 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:59.440 hit a big three pointer in the fourth Kawhi Leonard obviously did work. And 333 00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:03.319 then Paul George had a huge block on Tim Hardaway Junior on a long three. 334 00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:10.119 And then we got Nicholas Batoum catching the oop from Reggie Jackson from about 335 00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:14.519 thirty five feet out, a huge momentum play, a run out. The 336 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:19.000 Clippers haven't got enough of those. They overcome their shooting woes. They win 337 00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:25.480 by seven before we get to the head coach, Did I get a Bill 338 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:29.920 and Irvin yet Zack? Bill and Irvine trying to keep jack here? Bill? 339 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:33.119 What's up? You're on Clippers style without him Awsome? Yeah, thanks 340 00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:37.240 for taking my call. That was huge in that one sequence when there was 341 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:41.559 sixty two to sixty and then it became sixty seven sixty and the Clippers kept 342 00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:45.000 them in you know, kept them in sight. They the game never really 343 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:49.000 got away beyond that. Also, isn't it great to have Reggie Jackson on 344 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:55.119 your side after I guess there's only historical things about the Clippers. When Reggie 345 00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:59.839 was on OKAC, he had that jump ball, you know, with that 346 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:03.079 high up with Barnes and we know what happened there and the Chris Paul game 347 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:07.400 where he took two charges. But it's great to have Reggie on our side 348 00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:11.240 now. Anyway, Bill, thank you for the phone call. Stay Reggie, 349 00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:15.000 Reggie action. Jackson was in it. In thirty eight minutes, had 350 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:18.160 twenty five points, led them in the plus minus category, was a plus 351 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:25.559 thirteen. Speaking of thirteen, PG thirteen led them with thirteen rebounds. And 352 00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:29.759 these weren't just Russell Westbrook getting free boards or anything like that. He was 353 00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:34.200 in traffic among the trees getting tough boards. He's done that all series. 354 00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:38.640 I commend PG thirteen for the all round game. Here was Coach Loop post 355 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:44.720 game after the Clippers force a Game seven on Sunday by winning in Dallas once 356 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:48.160 again in game six one oh four ninety seven. Tip first of all and 357 00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:52.160 guts on the big win. Just what do you what do you make of 358 00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:56.000 of Kawai? How do you explain that performance? I know you didn't play 359 00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:59.359 up to the standards in game five, but really made up for it and 360 00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:03.559 marked tonight. You know, great players perform, you know in big moments, 361 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:06.720 and he was huge man, you know, taking the challenge, guarding 362 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:08.720 a little of the whole game. I thought our coverage was great. We 363 00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:14.039 kept kawhile in a lot throughout the course of this game. We mix it 364 00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:17.119 up, we switch it some shows, some blitz, but you know, 365 00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:19.720 played forty two minutes and guard their best player, who's a hell of a 366 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:22.759 player for the whole game. That just shows you who Kawhi learn it is. 367 00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:26.319 And you know PG was great. You know, thirteen rebounds played the 368 00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:30.400 last thirty six minutes of the game. Our thought Zoo came in a game 369 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:33.319 was great minutes. Betchie Jackson was great, you know, especially in that 370 00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:37.200 first quarter. Give us some offense and I'm scoring in that first quarter, 371 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:40.440 Marcus, you know they go we shot one for ten. But defensively he 372 00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:42.920 was great, you know, wrestling with bobon blitzing on the pick and rolls 373 00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:45.799 which called Luca turn the ball over a little bit. You know, so 374 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:48.559 like all of you know, he's a total team win. Like I said, 375 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:51.480 Kawai and PGI, you know, really did a great job with the 376 00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:56.000 games. Thanks thanks to Mark Medina that Kawai corress with everything or tie, 377 00:27:56.039 --> 00:28:00.799 I'm sorry about that, Uh, congrats with everything with Kawai. You mentioned 378 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:03.000 his performance, but what jumped out to about his leadership, like in the 379 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:07.440 huddles and on the sideline, all the just said, you know, just 380 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.759 keep staying with it. You know, they went, they got i think 381 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:11.599 seven points, we had a few times in the third quarter, you know, 382 00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:14.839 and just we just stay calm, and Kawai just said, listen, 383 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:17.480 take care of the basketball. We can get any shot we want. And 384 00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.480 you know we still have a shot in the ball. Well, we're getting 385 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:22.880 great looks, open looks, and we just can't make it right now. 386 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:25.960 So we're doing for a great game, a great shooting game. But I'll 387 00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:29.680 tell you Kawhi PG and the huddles they were fantastic, along with Pat Beverley 388 00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:33.759 and Rondo as well. Thanks next to you, own ty. You've been 389 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:37.960 through playoffs, playoff battles with some of the great ones. Uh did you 390 00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:41.200 see anything in Kawai's eyes or did you say anything, Squire, he say 391 00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:45.680 anything to you going into this game that kind of gave you an inkland that 392 00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:52.279 this was gonna come alis saying something. Yeah, you know, you know, 393 00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.920 he just he was a disappoint He didn't shoot the ball well in Game 394 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:59.400 five, so you know, we just want him to be aggressive, attacking, 395 00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.680 you know, on what he does, and like say, at five 396 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:03.759 or nine from three tonight, made some you know, huge ones, especially 397 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:07.319 when they made a run. I mean, made two big threes to kind 398 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.839 of, you know, secure the winning for us. But I'm gonna shoot 399 00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:12.160 eighteen for twenty five and a half forty five points and that's pretty outstanding. 400 00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:15.960 And did this seem like a Game seven? I mean to tell us watching 401 00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:18.720 it, it looked and felt like a Game seven. And if it was, 402 00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:22.799 I mean, how do you guys duplicate that now for a real game 403 00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:26.759 set? Well, I just think we gotta shoot the ball. Better clean 404 00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:29.440 up a couple of our mistakes defensively. That's gonna happen throughout the course of 405 00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:32.119 the game. But you know, we just gotta shoot the ball. We 406 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:33.880 shoot the ball, will then you know we're in great shape. We're in 407 00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:37.119 gret shape anyway, but we gotta just have one of those great shooting nights 408 00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:42.559 that were used to in the customer too and would be five thanks thanks. 409 00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:48.920 Next to Melissa, he tied. Quiet is obviously no stranger to game sevens 410 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:52.160 and huge games. How much is the team going to be leading on his 411 00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:56.079 sort of even killedness and experience heading into this type of the situation a lot, 412 00:29:56.400 --> 00:30:00.480 you know, I think with you know him and PG and just being 413 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:03.720 into ling on those guys, specially early on the game. You know that 414 00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:06.519 first quarters gonna be huge, and just getting off to a good start at 415 00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:10.079 home, and they only know Kawhi a lot, you knowuse he's been through 416 00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:12.440 it. He understands what it takes, and so just his poison, his 417 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:18.960 approach, We're gonna be fine. There was Coach Lou post game after the 418 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:23.119 Clippers win by seven to bring it back to Staples Center for a game seven 419 00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:26.519 on Sunday, thanks to Kawhi Leonard and his forty five points. Before we 420 00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:30.319 break here, Bob and Woody or Bob, you're on Clippers stop without of 421 00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:33.680 Maslin. What's up, Bob? Well, Adam as everyone said, what 422 00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:36.279 a hell of a playoff game. And you know what, you don't have 423 00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:38.480 to be a Clipper or a Madlick fan who have enjoyed this game. This 424 00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:44.119 was one of the great and an NBA playoff games of the last ten years. 425 00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:45.960 Bob, let me say this, you probably enjoy it more if you 426 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:48.720 weren't a fan of either team, because it was that stressful of a game 427 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:52.920 for some people. Oh yeah, I think I had to turn it off 428 00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:56.599 a few times and just turned it back was getting kind of tight. But 429 00:30:56.799 --> 00:31:00.799 what I liked about it was it was a Friday night and the lone game 430 00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:07.400 that the entire country was watching, and Kawhi Leonard went on a performance reminiscent 431 00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:11.759 of Kobe, reminiscent of Michael Jordan, of all the greats that have done 432 00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:15.200 this. And I think it's good for the Clippers because they're still kind of 433 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:18.559 in the shadow of the Lakers, even nationally, and now that the Lakers 434 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:22.440 are gone, it's good that they A lot of people expected them to lose 435 00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:26.839 this game. A lot of people expected here, same old Clippers. When 436 00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:30.880 they have a chance to stand up and be a little bit better than the 437 00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:33.720 Lakers, they don't. But this time they did. I do expect them 438 00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:37.480 to win on Sunday. And yeah, it's just a real, real, 439 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:42.920 real good playoff game for everybody to enjoy. Finally, some positivity from Bob. 440 00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:45.759 Bob, thank you for the phone call. Become a regular here on 441 00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:48.839 Clippers talk like your points, like your voice. There, We're gonna take 442 00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:52.160 a quick break, we'll come back. We'll get some more of your phone 443 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:56.079 calls eight seven seven five to zero eleven fifty eight seven seven, five to 444 00:31:56.279 --> 00:32:00.079 zero, eleven fifty and Law Murray from the Athlete will join me next. 445 00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:07.279 Clippers win by seven to force a game seven back at Staples Center Sunday afternoon. 446 00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:12.960 More about that coming up as well. You're listening to Clippers Doc, 447 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:21.039 I'm out of Maslindon. This is the Patriot Am eleven fifty. The quest 448 00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:23.240 for the Larry O'Brien is off for them to get to the Promised Land for 449 00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:28.720 the first time in franchise history. You're listening to La Clippers playoff basketball on 450 00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:34.119 their exclusive hold one. Leonard with a clear out. What will he do 451 00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:37.480 here? Steps it back straight away, Leonard cross over twenty footer on the 452 00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:43.000 way. It's good. Kawhi Leonard clutch bucket for the claw. He's got 453 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:46.440 thirty nine and the Clipper leader is ninety two eighty eight, two fifty remaining. 454 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:51.920 Kawai and the clutch and the playoffs. We've seen this before, but 455 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:55.599 this was his best game as a Clipper in their time of need. Kawhi 456 00:32:55.720 --> 00:33:00.200 Leonard dropped a forty five spot in Dallas. The Clippers force a Game seven 457 00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:06.240 back at Staples Center on Sunday after winning one O four to ninety seven over 458 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:08.480 the Mavericks here in Game six. I promise we'll get to your phone calls 459 00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:13.839 here on Clippers, Doc Morris, Gabriel, Rex, Mitch. We'll get 460 00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:15.240 to you, but first I want to get to my friend Law Murray of 461 00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:21.839 the Athletic, who helps me get prepped before each in every Clippers game with 462 00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:25.599 his great writings, his great columns on the Athletic. Follow him at law 463 00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:30.839 Murray, the Nu Law. I know it wasn't his best performance in the 464 00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:35.359 playoffs because he has such a high standard for himself, but this was his 465 00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:38.200 best performance as a Clipper, and Kawhi Leonard what he did tonight. No, 466 00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:44.920 are you sure that wasn't his best playoff game ever? Well, there 467 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:47.680 was a Game seven against the Philadelphia seventy six ers with a shot that dropped 468 00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:52.160 in to wointed. I don't that's tough to top. Listen, I'm not 469 00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:55.960 saying that this was his most important game. I'm not saying it's his best 470 00:33:57.119 --> 00:34:04.160 moments. But in terms of peak Kawai abilities both ends of the floor, 471 00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:09.280 complete game, I think this has to be considered. This is arguably is 472 00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:13.039 that there's a debate, and you know, I'll write about it and hopefully 473 00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:17.440 people him in on that. Hopefully this is relevant literally forty eight hours from 474 00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:22.519 now, not even you can probably say forty five hours from now. Like 475 00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:27.199 the turnaround the game seven is quick. But Kawai and what he did to 476 00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:30.199 get it to that point, and it was it was buckets and it was 477 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:37.719 it was just being consistently good on defense in the way that Kawaii honestly hasn't 478 00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:44.039 really been since leaving San Antonio. He was, he was just fascinating, 479 00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:50.199 breathtaking today in Game six and downs with the team facing elimination, Kawhi finishes 480 00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:52.679 with forty five points. The Clippers win one O four ninety seven in Game 481 00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:55.920 six to force a Game seven on Sunday back of Staples Center. Law Murray 482 00:34:57.000 --> 00:35:00.480 is our guest here from the Athletic pulset game Luca Donchers. I think this 483 00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:06.079 was the first time in this series he finished as a minus maybe Game four 484 00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:08.960 as well, but he was a minus eight out there, Law, because 485 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:13.440 you're a smart, heavy guy. What adjustments are left to be made, 486 00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:16.159 if any, in this series or is it just a battle of wills at 487 00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:21.760 this point? Come Game seven. Game seven is weird. Game seven's are 488 00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:25.800 weird. It is absolutely a battle of wills at this point. Actually, 489 00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:31.920 I was hardened to see that there was still a personnel adjustment for the Clippers 490 00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:37.360 and that Lucas Nod. I'm laughing because Luca Dart has been arguably the most 491 00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:42.639 polarizing player on the team this season, and he didn't make it three. 492 00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:45.480 But it was it was great to see Ty say, you know what, 493 00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:50.559 let me get another guy in there. And the bench was so it was 494 00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:53.960 it was so dormant, and you just have to think, man, someone's 495 00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:59.679 got to make a three. Someone's gotta step up when they weren't expected. 496 00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:05.719 And it can't be Reggie Jackson. It can't be Reggie Jackson. So besides 497 00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:08.000 that, I mean, look, it's on Dallas. They get the opportunity 498 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:12.440 to respond. That's the advantage of taking a three t series league. If 499 00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:15.159 you lose that Game six, even if it's at home, hey, it's 500 00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:17.039 on you to basically say, all right, we're not going to let something 501 00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:22.880 that you know prevented the team from closing things out happen again. Kawhi. 502 00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:27.440 It's gonna be tough to ask Kawhi to do what he did tonight. It's 503 00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:30.559 going to be tough to expect Paul George to have all of a sudden a 504 00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:37.039 great game after playing the entire second half, really the entire last three quarters 505 00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:42.920 tonight, and Reggie was he played over his head. Every other Clipper has 506 00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:45.719 another level that they can get to and need to get to help those other 507 00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:50.360 three guys out. And I'm fast seamed to see if it comes through, 508 00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:53.760 because if they haven't shot well, they haven't shot to the standard that they 509 00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:59.960 set during the regular season really at any point in this series so quickly here 510 00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:07.559 law have they figured anything out defensively because in their last three games now against 511 00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:12.360 the Dallas Mavericks, they've held them to just ninety five points per game. 512 00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:16.199 What has changed for this Clippers team on the defensive end. It's just a 513 00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:22.320 matter of don't give Luca Duncich everything, and by everything, I mean assists 514 00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:29.800 possessions where they don't end in turnovers, the three pointer. You can't let 515 00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:37.079 Luca get everything. Luca created twenty two of the thirty seven field goals of 516 00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:40.559 Dallas made tonight. Now that's a far cry from the thirty one out of 517 00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:45.480 thirty seven number from Game five. But here is what was key. The 518 00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:49.719 Dallas Madvers, even though they shot better than the Clippers did from three, 519 00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:52.559 Luca wasn't really a big part of that at all. Luca on we made 520 00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:57.079 two out of his nine three pointers. One of them was in garbage time, 521 00:37:57.119 --> 00:38:01.199 the other was a catch and shoot three. A rare site came in 522 00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:06.679 the fourth quarter. A fourth quarter is that the Clippers pulled out one of 523 00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:12.840 their biggest fourth quarters in a long long time, an eleven point differential overall 524 00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:17.440 and a fourteen point turn around when you consider the fact that the Clippers took 525 00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:22.519 a ten point lead with a minute about a minute left in the game. 526 00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:25.800 So when it comes to Luca, it's about tiring him, giving him a 527 00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:30.000 lot of bodies. If he wants to do all the heavy lifting it's got, 528 00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:34.760 there's got to be a tax, and there's two taxes. Number one, 529 00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:37.800 will Luca had his legs to do what he does as a score in 530 00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:43.519 the fourth quarter, and then number two shut everybody else's water off. And 531 00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:47.119 outside of Tim Hardaway Junior, who it looked like Tim Marty Junior wore down 532 00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:52.119 in the fourth quarter. Outside of Whinnie Smith's threes that he hit in the 533 00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:55.320 third quarter. That one was pretty much at Boban. It took him thirteen 534 00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:59.239 shots to get twelve, which that's hard to do when you're seven. Five 535 00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:06.280 good Clippers have done an outstanding job of making sure that Luca is going to 536 00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:09.920 be the only guy and that he's relatively inefficient while doing Law. I love 537 00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:13.960 you, hope to see you at Staples Center on Sunday again. Get to 538 00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:17.519 Law Murray at Law Murray, then you. He took over for Jovon Bouhak 539 00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:22.559 covering the Clippers for the athletic this season. He's been unbelievable. Law, 540 00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:24.440 we'll talk to you Sunday. We'll see at Staple Center, my friend. 541 00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:29.800 All right, path on everybody before we break here, before we get out, 542 00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:32.920 let's get to Rex in La Rex quickly. You got twenty seconds? 543 00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:37.840 Oh yes, I just have nothing but praise for the Clippers that they will 544 00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:45.000 do well on Game seven. They will win it. That choir Leonard has 545 00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:51.199 been doing great. The bench has been doing great. Paul George PG. 546 00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:55.800 Thirteen his performance. I hear you, Rex, call me back on Sunday. 547 00:39:57.199 --> 00:40:04.159 Jose in Southgate, Jose twenty seconds, twenty seconds, Adam twenty seconds. 548 00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:07.559 This is all I need is because all needed to hear Paul George said, 549 00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:09.960 we need to terry Kwai Landard finally eager to push to us to the 550 00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:14.519 side. We have our clutch, and after that he says, they know 551 00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:16.719 we don't do We don't do it in early games. So that's already in 552 00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:23.880 nor mentality. Baby Clippers, thank you, Jose Gabriel and Santa Fe Springs. 553 00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:30.920 Gabriel yarn Clippers talk. He got twenty seconds, Adam, I want 554 00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:34.039 to shout out, Muke Morris. It took me off the air last time. 555 00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:38.360 I felt because I was killing him that guy against that John with Dylan. 556 00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:43.559 He took him down. And we're playing a game six and we'll see 557 00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:50.519 you for bunch on Sunday, Adam, see you Sunday, Gabriel, We'll 558 00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:57.000 be there. I'm going my guy come, come for a vaccine fifth bumps 559 00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:02.880 before we get out of here. To close things out tonight, Morris in 560 00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:07.360 Long Beach, we started with negativity from Jeff and Tarzana. It's only appropriate 561 00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:12.039 we stopped this show or we end this show with Morris and long Beach, 562 00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:15.559 who normally starts things off. Morris, give it to me, my brother. 563 00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:19.960 I'm so glad that we've returned in normality. Now, Kawhi Leonard, 564 00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:22.119 let's not forget the brother is all pro. You know, forty five, 565 00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:25.599 what's gonna be shot by that. I'm gonna glad to Reggie Jack and showed 566 00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:29.280 up today and played the role of a point guard. And I'm gonna tell 567 00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:30.840 you what you're gonna see on Sunday. The Clippers are gonna shoot the lights 568 00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:35.639 out on Sunday. Kawhi won't have to score forty point because the Clippers are 569 00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:37.760 not going to go to champ of City's from the three. And if the 570 00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:39.880 Clippers beat these guys in the first quarter, it's over. Okay, it's 571 00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:44.000 over. So and another thing, I was appressed that Paul George was on 572 00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:46.159 the board and they figured out how to handle up the donkeys with five guys 573 00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:50.199 on him and two guys on the bench, and you got it. Morris, 574 00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:52.880 thank you for the phone call from your lifts the basketball God's ears. 575 00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:57.920 I love the basketball God. Today was Kawhi Leonard, who finished with forty 576 00:41:57.920 --> 00:42:00.079 five. Clippers win by seven to force a game seven on Sunday. Before 577 00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:02.079 we get out of here, I do want to thank the Clipper's organization. 578 00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:06.400 Noah Eagle, Brian Steman, Ralph Lawler. We'll see you, Jake warnerback 579 00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:08.840 at sap'll Center on Sunday. Big thanks to Zach l Caldy as well. 580 00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:15.119 Until Sunday at eleven thirty am four Game seven, I'm at A Miles