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game losing streak in style as James Harden comes through with a four point play
to win it late. Welcome into your Clippers postgame show after they win one
O six to one hundred here at Crypto dot com arena over the Houston Rockets
coming up second half highlights and oh a certain highlight from a certain bearded wonder
named James Harden from a certain play by play man and Carlo Jimenez who is
now joining us. Postgame, Carlo, this was the perfect way for the
Clippers to exercise some DNS an end the six game losing streak, and you
talk about all the things that they struggled with coming into this one. The
main point was closing games at him and what they do tonight in the final
two toh four they go on a twelve to one run and they close the
game, and that's a big time win. They played better on the defensive
end, held this Rocket team who struggled today. A lot of room to
improve. But man, feels good to finally get it back in the win
call, and let's keep the conversation moving. Better to learn in a victory,
in a win and be able to build on this than what we've seen
the last five games with James Harden the last six games overall, and it
was really the difference was the ball was in his hands late, he was
making plays for others of beats the Zobots with some incredible defense leading to offense.
He got rewarded on that end. But the play from Paul George was
it Jalen Green who was going up for that layup. It looked like it
was gonna be an easy one. He's got bunnies, he's got hops.
Paul George gets back on defense. I'm not saying it was Lebron James and
Andrea Goadala in Game seven of the NBA Finals, but it was an incredible
block. It was. I mean, the defensive intensity at him in those
last two minutes was just so different from the first forty six. They were
always in rotation, they were always had their hands in the rockets. Felt
like cookie jar the entire game. They're swiping at every pass. They were
in passing lanes. The Clippers focus in those last two minutes on the defensive
end was excellent. Round They didn't foul Houston got a ton of the free
throw line in that fourth quarter. It's just fun to watch this team lock
in and play a taste of playoff basketball. And after a game where a
Vitzuzubas didn't get to close against the Denver Nuggets, he comes out and this
one plays most of the fourth quarter and shined and had his best performance of
the season by far. Maybe he exercised some regular season demons as well.
Just getting off to a slow start this year. Yeah, he struggled in
the last couple of games leading up to Denver. Had a strong outing in
Denver, but didn't play the end of that game, Tylu changing it up
as he usually does when he sees things that he wants to see out of
different guys, and I Vitazubats was hanging around the rim. Guys were there
to lob defeed him. We talked about how this Rockets team is so good
at guarding the three point line that you have to penetrate the lane, and
the Clippers did that and found of Vitza zubats on dump bops on lobs,
and he was able to not only catch, but finish six for eight tonight
for Big Zoo, including a poster. Might I say on Alfad Sangoon check
Instagram for that one. Hey, now he's got daniel Tye's back already and
they just became teammates. I love it. Those posters are gonna get overlooked
now. After he had blocked Shengoon on the other end defense, leading to
offense a one man wrecking crew by Avitza Zoobots, who had been called out
at times by not playing big enough, by not playing strong enough. He
finished with authority here in this fourth quarter, and you just hope now the
Clippers found something and they can flip a switch and take it with him into
San Antonio for two now next week, Yeah, big two coming up against
the Spurs, a team still trying to learn, very young, they've lost
a lot of games to start this season. You feel like if you can
get those two, Adam and you come home to play three straight here in
this building. A lot of momentum building. Dallas and Denver come to town.
Those are two teams you launched to earlier this season. We'll see if
the Clippers can come away with a win in that stretch. Need to have
an opportunity to put some wins together. This is great, but let's string
them together. If you're the Clippers, start to get back towards five hundred.
If you didn't know James Harden was a Clipper, this was his coming
out party. Eight of eleven from the field, two to four from distance,
but none bigger than a four point play to win this one for the
Clippers with just seconds remaining. He finished with twenty four seven assists of just
three turnovers, and the offense ran through him late and it worked. Clippers
win one oh six to one hundred, and that's six number. They break
the six game losing streak in style. Who great call by you tonight,
Carlo Jimenez. Thank they they made you do a little bit of work.
You're gonna need some hot tea after this one. A good times. It
is always with the squad and a winner is a cherry on top. Big
brother Jake war Or a head engineer in the house as well. The vibes.
The vibes I believe we were talking with our old friend Noah Eagle earlier
today about the vibes and they showed up in a big way tonight, as
did James Harden. More on this coming up next year in your Clippers locker
room postgame show. The losing streak is over. Let's hope they start a
winning streak now. Clippers win by six over James Harden's former team in the
Houston Rockets. And you're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. Every
Clipper game all season long. They didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to
the LA Clippers Audio Network. I'm streaming on the iHeartRadio app. Oh Clippers
back to their winning ways, and they do so off a game winning three
that turned into a four point play from James Harden. They win one oh
six to one one hundred over his former squad in the Houston Rockets. I'm
Madame Oslin live from Crypto dot Com arena. As the Clippers win one six
to one hundred over the Rockets. They break their sixth game losing streak on
a day where Russell Westbrook sacrifices, says he'll go to the bench, He'll
do whatever it takes for this team to win. That is big the buy
in from Russ the Clippers coming through late. Finally the offense came alive at
the end of the ballgame, something they had struggled with a twelve to one
run in the last two to oh four of the ballgame. The offense finally
became unlocked. Why because the ball was in the hands of James Harden,
and he's a threat to pass and to score, and he can make life
easier for everyone, including Kawhi Leonard, who passed that ball to him as
he was being defended very well with just seconds remaining in the fourth All right,
get two fourth quarter highlights. As the Clippers were down by six,
it didn't look good. Kawhi made a few buckets early. Then it would
just seem like he and Paul George were forcing it. It was just one
of them isoing each and every possession. But then James Harden took control,
took the keys, put his hands on the steering wheel, and drove this
team to victory. But he also found his teammates, including Big Zoo of
Viza, zubots. George on his backside, puts it on the deck,
spins baseline, Bats comes to help it, blocks it away. Zu blocka
with a rejection. George picks it up. Mark corner fines harded. Cloppers
have four on three left corner. Norman Pale attacks the pain, leaves it
up underneath a beat. The doubts hammer over shan gun put them on a
poster. Harden on the right wing. Forty five seconds left down the lane,
two bots left, block go dump ducks at home. Clippers on top.
One hundred and ninety nine. Big Zoo was just fierce at the basket
on both ends in the fourth quarter everything people wanted to see. Who were
doubting him? He came alive in that fourth quarter. But it would be
James Harden who put this ball game away. They were tied at one hundred
with six seconds left. Take it away Carlo straight away Harden with three triple
in the air yes nine one and the bowel one oh three, one hundred.
Clippers lead six seconds left, Harden a chance for a four point play.
He would convert it that Clippers would go up one oh four to one
hundred. Some inconsequential free throws on the other end by Kawhi made it a
final score of one oh six to one hundred, and the Clippers six game
losing streak is over coming. Up next to your final box score still to
come, we'll have Clippers stock eight six six nine seven two five seventy eight
six six nine eight seven two five seventy What an appropriate way to lose.
I know Clipper Nation is up after this one. I know the NBA is
up after this one. Now, that was an nd season tournament game,
but the Clippers just need a victory and James Harder more Clippers postgame locker room
coming up next right here in Los Angeles, Clippers. Every Clipper game all
season long, they didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to the LA Clippers
Audio Network streaming on the iHeartRadio lap. Clippers get the victor in dramatic fashion
as James Harden comes through with six seconds left knocks down a three and one.
It was a four point play, and the Clippers go on to win
one six to one hundred off the patented, perfected James Harden's step back three
that you've been seeing for over a decade. Welcome back into your Clippers postgame
show. I'm Adam Oslin coming up on a five seventy LA Sports. We'll
have clipperstock for you. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight
sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number, or get
to me at follow out of May on X on Twitter. Clippers end up
shooting just forty three percent from the field. But here's what I want to
read to you. The starting five tonight no Russell Westbrook in it, as
he sacrificed to come off the bench. The worst plus minus by a player
in the starting five was a plus nine by Paul George in a game they
won by six. That's how good they were. I got more to say
about this coming up in clipperstock, and I may have to call some people
out. I know it's just one game, but if you can't see the
potential of what this Clippers team can do with James Harden as their third option,
I don't know what to tell you. Eight six six, nine eight
seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
phone number. The Clippers losing streak is over. They'll be in San Antonio,
Monday night. Tip time for that one. As it's a Texas two
step where I guess they just are stationary two stepping around. It's some poor
dancing. It's bad. It's not even Napoleon Dynamite. It's nothing. They'll
be in San Antonio and your pregame show starts at four on Monday. Tip
off at five. I'm Adam Monslin outside of Los Angeles. Talk to you
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now your host on your home for the Clippers. They were in attack mode.
Adam Austley tend to shoot working on Smith eight to shoot, pulls it
out with seven dancing. It's gonna be Kawhi step back with four straight away,
Harden with three, a triple in the air, yes, ion and
the bowel one O three, one hundred. Clippers lead six seconds left,
Harden a chance for a four point play. Bear the beard, Houston as
James Harden just absolutely scorns his former team with a four point play to win
it for the Clippers here at Crypto dot Com Arena. Kind of miss the
background music there fuel alone at Acapella. Clippers win one six to one hundred
over the Houston Rockets. What a victory, What a way to end the
sixth game losing streak. Welcome in to Clipperstock. I'm adame oslin to eight
six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight sixty six nine eighty seven two
five seventy taking up till the bottom of next hour, live from Crypto dot
Com Arena. As others right now on the floor are trying to replicate some
fans the James Harden stepped back three pointer to win it with six seconds left.
What a shot, What a call by Carlo Jimenez, and what a
much needed victory for your Los Angeles Clippers who were reeling at times and on
the ropes at times here in the fourth quarter. They were down by six,
but it wasn't just their offensive execution late and they were great. They
went on a twelve to one run in the last two to oh four of
the ball game. After the Rockets led ninety nine to ninety four with two
seventeen to go, that sense of vergent see that desperation kicked in. And
it happened on the defensive end. My goodness of Viza Zubots. What a
block on Sangoon Kawhi Leonard made Jalen Green miss what was looking like an open
layup. Paul George then blocked Green and then had a layup on the other
end. Big Zoo came alive off of lobs from James Harden, and it
was the offense running through James Harden late. How many of you said,
why did coach loub bring in James Harden late in the fourth quarter of the
last two ballgames. It didn't work. They didn't end up winning. The
continuity in chemistry is building and James Harden has always been a devastating offensive force
and yes a system unto himself as you could run through, and the Clippers
ran through the tape and finished tonight after it looked like it was going to
be another poor offensive performance in the fourth quarter during crunch time technically it's called
clutch time, last five minutes of a game within five points, and they
come through and they had to have it, and you could see it,
the urgency, the rotations defensively, the physicality, the defensive intensity. The
Clippers finally were able to pull out a victory when they were staring at seven
straight losses. As people stare at me like an animal in a cage here
at Crypto dot Com arena, screaming after this huge victory, but I don't
care. The Clippers had to have it and they got it. Could this
be a turning point? We'll find out. They're in San Antonio next week.
But don't tell me that the move of James Harden bringing him in and
playing off of two to one three doesn't make you lick your lips and go,
you know what? They got something here offensively, Hey Kawhi Leonard,
he passed up the shot and didn't force it, and whod he passed it
to another Hall of Famer and he knocked it down. It was these classic
virtueo so step back three. That did it, something he's been perfecting for
over a decade, and he did it in the Clippers time of need,
their darkest hour. You could say, down six with two minutes left,
the Clippers offense finally figured something out and it wasn't hard to see. It
was James Harden running running it through him. That was the difference. It
was a lot of ISO with Paul George and Kawhi Leonard before that. Kawhi
hit a couple of shots early in the fourth, but then was struggling forcing
it. There was some hero ball out there. Didn't like what I was
seeing, But then you just put the ball in James Harden's hands, get
the defense off balance. You don't know if he's going for the floater or
if that's gonna end up being a lobbed to Big Zoo who finished with authority,
who was a beast, who was a menaced defensively and then a force
on the offensive end, blocking sengon on one end, dunking on him on
the other. His best game of the season by far. He came alive
and I wouldn't say it was a great three quarters from Zoo. He had
a couple turnovers in the first dropping passes, but when they needed him to
step up late after him not getting to play late in the fourth quarter in
Denver, he did so. That say you earn those minutes and your trust
from your head coach. Zoo finished with twelve points, seven boards, sick
of eight from the field, but two huge dunks late. And I want
to say six of his twelve points, yes, came in the fourth quarter,
and it was James Harden finding him. I'm telling you right now,
Harden cannot only unlock the best versions of Kawhi and Paul George, but he
can bring the best out of Big Sue in the pick and roll. He
can make life so much easier for him. You saw it late. Couldn't
be more impressed. This was a gritty victory. The Clippers weren't perfect.
They had ten turnovers in the first half, just four to one the second
half. They had stretches in the fourth where they looked like a mess offensively,
just lacking any sort of rhythm from the five point fifty three mark till
who the two h two, so almost four minutes they didn't have a made
field goal in the fourth and then it all clicked in and it started with
an alu from James Harden to a beat to Zubats at that two h two
mark at the fourth quarter. But that Clippers defense was incredible. The block
by Paul George on Jalen Green, who has as much bounced as anyone in
this league. After Paul George missed the three pointer, he got back on
defense like his hair was on fire, as VTB would say, and got
back in time to block that shot and then had a layup in transition on
the other end. Just elite two way player right there that encompasses Paul George.
Unbelievable. Kawhi Leonard with a steal on Green at the forty seven second
left mark, or at forty seven seconds left in the ball game, I
should sa this was a thrilling and dramatic and is necessary of a victory as
the Clippers have had well so far this season, but it's still early.
But my goodness, they couldn't drop seven in a row. And it took
everything, including coach lou challenging a call and it was the right move.
With Dylan Brooks embellishing trying to sell a foul on Kawhi, it was overturned.
There was a jump ball Sengoon then was called for a foul trying to
boost himself up on Zubats's shoulders, and then the Clippers straight up just got
the ball, saved a possession. What a win, but hopefully it's the
start of something bigger than just one victory. And after the last twenty four
hours with Russell Westbrook coming to coach Lou and saying, hey, I'll do
whatever it takes for this team to win, bring me off the bench,
and russ struggled at times early in the fourth quarter. I thought he took
a couple tough, ill advised three pointers, unnecessary shots. But they're gonna
need him moving forward all the same. He has been their vocal leader.
He'll remain that. But the Clippers got performances from their starters that tell you
just how much firepower this group can have when they're running on all cylinders.
Terrence Man, I know he was zerover three. I could care less.
He was a plus fifteen out there, six boards, three assists, hustle
plays. He had an offensive rebound off a misshot ended up finding some of
me for a three pointer. That that was in the first half. Vitza
Zubos did the same one of the biggest plays was a Norman Pale made three
pointer after a Vitza Zubats first had a beautiful short roll pass kick out to
Paul George for a far side corner three. He missed it, and then
Big Zoos slapped the ball into the hands of Norman Powell, who knocked down
a three pointer at the six forty five mark to Tide at ninety two.
I mean, what an effort from your big man doing everything. Heart,
unbelievable heart from this Clippers team late and especially the heart of Big Zu.
All right, let's get to some phone calls eight sixty six nine eight seven
two five seventy eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy Howie in the
eight one to eight Howie, what's up here on cliper? Oh yeah,
great, a few pointers. It was great, uh for uh poetic justice
for James Harden bashers out there, yep, especially all the analysts on I
won't say the channels, but uh, it was great to see Zoomah play
like we all know he can play. I mean, finally, you know,
and how many steels did I have? Because he has some great steals
there that really made a difference. Uh, I did it up with five
steals, and three of them came in the fourth quarter. How he three
of them in Yeah. One thing I didn't like and let's make it quick.
Paul George at the point at the Well, that's the one. Paul
George. H he seems to just do the one on one isole thing and
he and it just you know, like a In the second half, they
brought out Harden to start at the point, right, they Paul George.
They took Paul George away from the point and started out hard nut. I
just like the way Harden gets more people involved. Paul George is so much
is running the show. That is the entire point of putting Russ off the
bench. So there's no conflict with two ball dominant playmakers out there together in
the starting lineup. They're running it through Hardened. But they weren't early in
the fourth quarter. They got away from that. It was too much one
on one isolation basketball with Paul George and Kawhi. Let hard make the game
easier, and that's why they went on a twelve to one run in the
last two or four of the ball game. Yeah, yeah, good point.
Yeah, great game, great exciting game. Win. All right,
thanks man. I'm not sure if he cures what ails him, but I
know for Clipper Nation right now, it is a huge sigh of relief.
They had to have it, and I got it. Marvin in downtown Los
Angeles, Marvin, you're on Clippers side without am awesome. Hey, finally
we gotta win under a belt, Adam, great game. So the Clippers
didn't need to figure it out. You know what they needed, Adam.
They needed to grind it out. Because figure it out, it is gonna
take some time to assimilate the hardened system because Hart instead, he is the
system. Starting. No, no, he said, let's let's be fair
here. A lot of people are misquoting him. He said he is a
system. He's not a system player. He is a system, which is
a fact. Okay, So there we go, and starting with Russell Westbrook,
which I want to approad because he's a true professional and class actor,
deferring to be the sixth off the bench like Sweet Lou and j cross Over
along with Norman Powell, the dynamic Jucile buendum. And also to Carlo,
thank Carlo for your being a fite man. He keeps on us in suspense
it was good hearing you on the radio because usually I'm at the games,
but I was hearing him on the radio where I was driving, and I
like his phrase. I like what he said, fear the beard, pardon
era is here. Let's keep it going, Clippers, thank you, Adam.
All right, Marvin, it was a fantastic call by Carlo Jimenez.
James Harden coming through like that. I just wonder what type of carryover momentum
legs this could have. Roles are being more defined, and if you notice,
by far in this game, James Harden had the most drives to the
basket. Before that, it was last game. It's been come, it's
been building. He said, I'm getting back into game shape. It's one
thing to be in shape. There's no way to replicate in game NBA regular
season reps except getting them. And you could see it. He was blowing
past guys. He was getting easy layups and that's why he went eight for
eleven from the field. I don't even think eleven shots is enough, I
was saying early on the fourth quarter, get James Harden back in. If
you watch the thread or follow the thread I put up for every game now
on X, you know Russ put up a couple of tough three pointers,
and I was thinking to myself, James Harden's gotta be back in this ball
game, and he closed it out. All right, we'll hear from James
Harden coming up. We'll hear from the head coach in Toronto. Lewin more
of your phone calls. Eight sixty six ninety. It's seven two five seventy,
eight sixty six ninety. It's seven two, five seventy. Russ gets
the Clippers their first victory in the last seventeen days. Oh like an oasis
in a desert right now. The Clippers finding this victory, and they didn't
find it, they took it. This is the Rockets team that just won
six in a row. They played well, but James Harden step back three
and one to win it. You're listening to Clipperstock right here on the M
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They didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming
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their six game losing streak. They take down Harden's former team, in the
Houston Rockets as he hits them with a step back three pointer that turned into
a four point play that they know all too well. Welcome back in the
Clippers stock. I'm at a Moslin eight sixty six nine eight seven two five
seventy eight six seventy before we hear from James Harden Pam and Temple City Pam.
What's up here on Clipper stop that I'm awesome? Oh, thank you
so much, Adam. I don't want to say too much because I will
be echoing everything you've said and how we said. And Marvin said, but
I've called you when we acquired Harden, and I said, you know,
it's going to be a different story with him, because the Clippers are a
different team. The Clippers are a an unselfish team who are not into their
egos and who care about the game and about the team effort. And what
I saw tonight in hearing wonderful Carlo, who I'm welcoming to is awesome too.
Is that that's what happened? I mean in Russell, you know,
to defer as he did, which I guess Marvin may mention of too.
I just think that this is going to be the beginning of something great,
because now that they have this win, it's going to give them confidence,
each of them and Zubots he had that turn around and the fourth is gonna
helped his confidence. And I just see a lot of good things. I
couldn't be more proud to be a Clipper fan. These gentlemen are wonderful,
and thank you for listening to me at him. You made some great points
there, Pam, specifically regarding Beats the Zoobots, who was six and four
with a block in just the fourth quarter, six points four boards, a
huge block on Sengoon who then he punished, dunking on him. On the
other end, Big Zoo was nasty. It was dirty, filthy, yammed
on him. Since thankgivings next week. It was unbelievable, the fourth quarter
turnaround, as you put it by Beats the Zoobots after he wasn't having his
best game, but you know what, you have a fourth quarter like that,
it is his best game in the season. You prove you should be
on the floor late and fourth quarters, that you can be reliable. That
was it. That's the formula. Tageous, Walnut, tagous, You're Clipper.
Stop with that. I'm aweso Adam. You know, I used to
always get annoyed when Harden would get those four point plays, but now I
find them like poetry emotion. Why a little bit different when he's got a
Clippers uniform on? Huh? Yeah? Tell me. After the Denver game,
I told you I didn't like the last few minutes of the execution by
the Clippers. I felt it was about of one on one. Paul George
is jacking up some bad threes, and I was telling myself, I'm like,
I see this happening right now all over again, and I'm like,
why aren't they running through the offense through Harden? And after they got down
by five, it seemed like, okay, Harden started doing the pick and
rolls and we saw zuba get like a layup and a dunk or two dunks
something like that, and it just looked like the offense was so much easier.
And I think going forward, when you know it's crunch time or clutch
time, I would like to see that more often, because even if Zubac
doesn't get it or Harden doesn't shoot, I feel like Paul George and Kui
are gonna be wide open for you know, for three or whatever. But
it's gonna make the offense a lot smoother because we've been struggling, struggling during
the uh clutch minutes. Oh, I know it. I brought it up
and then Coach lou talked about it yesterday. Not because he listens to me
or anything. Nobody should listen to me. But on Clips and Dip on
Wednesday, I went over all the clutch time numbers, the Clippers shooting twenty
five percent from the floor in the last five minutes of a game within five
points, the fact that they were giving up one point four points per possession
in that time defensively, meaning one hundred and forty points over one hundred possessions.
So teams were super efficient against them, and they couldn't be more inefficient
on the other end in clutch time. And they turned it around finally in
the last two minutes after going empty for a while, last two to zero
for the game, they went on a twelve one run. They had to
get stops, and they had to execute on offense, and they had to
get the ball in the hands of their playmaker, the guy they're playing through
in James Harden, who was masterful late. I don't know how you can
hate on James Harden. I'm seeing people you know, Sean and Ingele was
not calling tonight, I guess, but he'll email me, which is interesting.
Can I block people on Gmail? H He said, I still don't
want James Harden? Send him back exclamation point. It's like, I don't
know what you've been watching from this Clippers team or what you've watched throughout Harden's
career to not want this guy or to think that he can't help them be
better. How can you not see it? You know on this show,
I've been telling you the entire time. I believe their ceiling is the highest
with Harden as the third best player. It's nothing against Russ. They need
some of what he brings, but James Harden is the better player at this
point, and he is a more traditional playmaker. He led the league and
assists last season. And what else I liked early in this game was Coach
Lou. I want to say it was early third quarter. Clippers had some
nice possessions and then they walk the ball up slowly. Coach Lou called a
time out. I'm guessing he was saying, we need to play faster,
we need to play harder. We can't just walk the ball up all nonchalant.
To quote Mike Singletary, they needed to bring a certain level of competitiveness
and effort, and he called him out. I'm guessing that's what that timeout
was. Well, hear from him post game. Let's hear from James Harden
postgame though after he is the hero for the Clippers. And yet somebody's gonna
email me that here was James Harden post game, Christina Pink or Jamie Maggio,
Oh no, no, no, I got Patrick O'Neill postgame on ballet
Sports. Okay, Brian, thanks very much for those Clipper fans that are
still here. If you can hear me, let's get some love and appreciation
for James Harden. James, you get the ball and so sign in the
hunter and you hit a big shot at four point point? What's going through
your mind there? Get a shout out. That's something I'll work on everything
all day. So get a shout out. My step back here and all
right, I have confidence in it, which I'll work on it every day.
Like I said, so, I feel good. I feel good to
finally get a victory. Now we've gotta get this thing. Going, Oh
they hear you out. Okay, there it is. There's the love and
appreciation. What does it mean for you to finally get that win as aid
clipper? Uh, this is is a sign of relief. You know,
it's missed some tough times his last few games, but we got a bigger
pitcher and trying to be the last team standing. So it's gonna be a
process and you guys stick with us. He's be some great results at the
end of the season. Love to hear it, James in that fourth quarter,
some big defensive plays by zoo Bots and the entire team. For you
guys to close out a game late, what does that mean? It's a
stepping stone for us. You know what I mean? Now, So now
we're gonna watch film, practice, ye, and get ready for a good
road trip. So first win the many your owner stuff, Brod Steve Bomer,
what do he tells you first win as a Clipper? I was excited
there it is. Gotta keep that in out. It's a stepping stone for
a team that's not trying to skip any steps this season. Bringing James Harden
in some ways it wasn't a full reset, but it did significantly change the
dynamic of this team. It was going to take time. Did I think
they were gonna lose five in a row? Now they have lost games to
Memphis when they were under man, to Brooklyn. No, but you could
tell the difference in James Harden the last two games compared to the first couple.
He's moving differently, he's getting more comfortable and he's asserting himself. But
those last two minutes, that is definitive James Harden type of basketball. While
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they didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming
on the iHeartRadio Lab. I said back in July when the James Hardened trade
rumors were swirling, the biggest reason I thought they should bring them in is
because then Russ can come off the bench and be the vocal, the focal
point and the vocal leader of the bench unit. And after five games with
James Harden, they made that decision. Russ made that decision, and now
the Clippers have won for the first time in seventeen days. They win onezh
six to one hundred thanks to James Harden with a step back three pointer and
one over his former team in the Houston Rockets. Welcome back into Clippers stock.
I'm Adame Moslin eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six
six nine eight seven two five to seventy. I'm not trying to pat myself
on the back or Sam a genius, but it's just obvious you can't have
two ball dominant playmakers on the floor like that. Coach LUs said, they're
trying to split him up, and I said, what's going on though they're
still in the starting backcourt. Well, tonight they split him up. It
worked. The worst plus minus for a starter was Paul George at a plus
nine, Kawhi was a plus eighteen, Zubot's a plus twelve, Man a
plus fifteen, James Harden a game leading plus twenty one. Ryan and Burbank,
you're on Clipper stack without a mas and what's up, Adam. Pleasure
to be on with you after a great Clipper when a couple of things here,
and you've kind of hinted at it, having two ball dominant guys is
not gonna work. And finally tonight we finally saw one guy has the ball.
When one point guard has the ball, and he makes the game easier
for everybody else. That's the biggest thing that the Clippers were lacking. I
would argue for most of the tenure of the Clippers, the best year that
the Clippers having we're all healthy, was in Regg Jackson had a career year
and he was a solid point guard. But what's happening now with Harden is
he's gonna make everyone else's job easier, so hopefully everyone else can focus on
the other things that they do really well, which why we know he's a
fantastic offensive player. He's also an amazing defender. He should be able to
get easy shot so that his efficiency is to be good and he can also
be a great defender. Paul George the same thing. He hopefully his efficiency
from three goes well. And I love Paul George of that. He shouldn't
have the ball in his hands the majority of the game. He should be
catching and shooting, finding easy lanes to cut through, that sort of thing.
So hopefully that continues to happen. I think the Clippers one week is
still Adam. I think most people would argue agree with me on this that
the size portion of this is gonna be dicey as we get through the season.
Hopefully Plumbley comes back. I don't know if they're going to add somebody
else size wise. I think that's the real big issue. But if you,
Adam, if you look through the rest of the West right now,
the Clippers have to be thinking. Man, it's like there's like two teams
right now, two or three teams that have the star power we have,
and if we can put this thing together. I mean I'm looking at like
Denver and I'm going Denver's probably the best team and everything else. Man,
it's a coin flip and the Clippers can easily see them. And again that's
where the size things going to come into play. But I really loved that
the idea of where this Clippers team can go if Harden is given the keys
and say let's make the job easier for everybody else moving forward. He was.
Look, the first mistake I brought it up at the time is when
they said we're gonna play James Harden off ball because Russ can't really play off
ball. It didn't make sense to me. You don't bring in James Harden
to get the ball out of his hands and to turn him into a catch
and shoot guy. Then two games in they said, okay, we're playing
through James Harden and coach who told the entire team that at practice and for
the Harden everyone else. But it still wasn't setting in. It's just natural
if Russ is out there, the ball is gonna be in his hands at
times, and you can't have two guys like that. It just doesn't work.
They're contrasting or they're too similar styles that are conflicting with one another.
With getting this offense turning into a well owled machine. I couldn't tell you.
The offensive rating for the starting five was ninety. The worst offensive rating
in the league was one TOZH four by the Portland Trail Blazers, and the
Clippers with Russ, James Harden, Paul George, Kawhi, Leonard and Avitza
Zubats was ninety. It was fourteen points per one hundred possessions, worse than
the worst offense by a team in the league. They were shooting thirty eight
percent. That's starting five. And then tonight you got three players who scored
over twenty points in Kawhi, Paul George, James Harden, and you had
guys that were huge pluses out there in the plus minus category. I haven't
got a chance to run the numbers yet to see what their offensive rating was
tonight and their defensive rating, but it damn sure was good. And I
know it's one game, but Houston had a top five defense and the Clippers
played well. They played efficient basketball with their starters tonight for the first time
since James Harden has been there. And I'm not saying it's Russ's fault.
I'm saying it's just not optimizing your talent having both of them next to each
other. You hear me on that, Ryan Adam, I couldn't agree with
you more and again, Russ can be used still and we've seen that he
will still be used. But like you said, perfectly, the space scene
doesn't work when Russ is out there with Hardened together. It just doesn't mesh
well. But that's okay. Russ can still be used. He's a warrior.
He's still a great player. That's all right. Get him in that
second unit, get some guys out there with him and have him run and
like co and I think Kyler said it perfectly the other day, the team
needs to play faster, get going, get quick, up up the floor.
I think you're gonna see that the offense take off and it's gonna be
really fun to watch. Really just he kind of clarified that today. I
appreciate the call. Ryan pregame. He said, it's not necessarily about pace.
It's just about getting into our sets quicker. It's not about just playing
up tempo seven seconds. The last Mike D'Antoni type of offense, who did
coach James Harden. It's just more movement. More motion getting into sets and
they can't lollygag up the court. And that's why I think he called that
early time out in the third quarter. He didn't like that. Now,
I'll point out something I don't like tonight, and I didn't like it coming
into the game. But when you talk about spacing PJ. Tucker next to
a beat to Zubas just hasn't worked at all. For those who say,
oh, we got to play bigger, they were a minus thirty six and
forty seven minutes overall the Clippers were when those two guys were on the court
coming into tonight, and that just got a lot worse. PJ. Tucker
in his fourteen or fifteen minutes round up was a minus twenty four, and
it looked like that when he and Zubats were on the court. Clippers weren't
scoring. They're crowding the paint. The spacing isn't there for Slashers, for
Harden, for Paul George. The defense does respect PJ. Tucker enough on
those corner threes, They just sag off of him and the paint becomes congested.
So I'm wondering if that's something that changes. Because I like him at
the five when they're going small PJ. Tucker, but at the four next
to Zubots, it just it is not worked. Daniel Tys, by the
way, eleven minutes one for three did get dunked on twice. But I
don't even care. You gotta get over that stuff. If you're gonna be
a good defender and you're going to contest everything at the ram, which I
thought he did, you're gonna get dunked on sometimes. The amount of guy
that dunked onto Camam Tumble. I know he wagged his finger a lot for
a lot of blocks, but he also got dunked on plenty. That's just
that's a part of the job. That's a work hazard. It's just what
it is when you're big. But I like what daniel Tye brings with his
energy. I thought the three pointer, you couldn't get that to fall.
I'm not sure where that's at. He's thirty two percent three point shooter for
his career. But overall it's a positive tonight, they got something to build
off of. Like James Harden said, as stepping stone, we'll take a
quick time out, we'll come back, we'll get to coach lou we'll close
things out, Roman and Santa Clarita. We will get to you as well.
Clippers win one oh six to one hundred off of James Harden step back
three. It turned into a four point play against his former team in the
Rockets. This was the perfect way for the Clippers to end the six game
losing streak. I'm Adam Mosland. This is Clippers stock on M five to
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Eight six six, nine eighty seven two five seventy is the full number.
After the Clippers win one oh six to one hundred here at Crypto dot
com Arena, they break the six game losing streak thanks to a four point
play with six seconds left from James Harden. How appropo he does it against
his former team, breaks the Clipper six game losing streak and gets his first
victory as a Clipper. He was stellar, He was steady. He was
exactly what the Clippers needed tonight, especially late in the ball game after they
went through a stretch of going scoreless and then in the last two to four
they went on a twelve one run to win it. The defense was incredible
and the Clippers rose to the occasion. Roman and Santa Clarita, what's up
here on Clippers sock without a Maslin? Last call to night? Hey,
how you doing? How you doing? Adam? It's going to be back
on again. Lifetime Lakers fan. But I've been following your Clippers this year.
A lot of what we talked about after that Jazz game. I feel
like it came to fruition in this game with Zubac being in at the end,
him dominating at the end. Like you said last, the Jazz game
was his best game until this game. I'm with you on that Zoo in
the fourth quarter was a different animal like that, that zoo. That's what
everybody wants, That's what they want to see all the time. But I'll
tell you this, it's hard to do it all the time. But he
picked the right time right And we said that, We said he has to
be in there in the fourth quarter, no matter how many fouls he has,
and and and you brought up Daniel Thief. He's gonna be himself once
he gets, you know, into into the system. He's gonna get rebounds,
I mean shooting. He you know, he missed a three pointer.
Oh well, we don't need him to score for us. But I like
that kick out from Russ to him. It didn't make sense to me.
Russ turned down a couple of layou layups and kicked it out and Daniel Tice,
I just you know, they're getting used to each other. But you're
but you're also seeing Russell Westbrook on that second unit showing his energy. Like
you said, this is okay, see Russell Westbrook not you know, okay.
The dunk rus Russell Westbrook he tried on Dylan Brooks, Yes, in
the first half, would have been the dunk of the year. It would
have been absolutely It would have brought the house down. We would have been
the bowels Ofcrypto dot com arena. And I think I think that's where we're
at. It's like, that's the kind of energy you need on that second
unit. I agree with you on PJ. Tucker and Zubok. They crowd
the lane together. But PJ. Tucker can play an excellent five on that
second unit with Russell Westbrook and maybe a Norm Pal and you could have your
you know, the lineup that you like, which is the hard end,
hardened, Paul George, Kawhi, Leonard, Terrence Mann and Zuba out there
and then you know, slowly move your pieces. But I think they did
it today, and I think Clipper Nation actually saw the James Harden that they're
getting. This is this is James Harden, you know, at the end
of the game, four point play, this is a this is a normal
thing for him. And he's getting his footing with the Clippers, showing that
he dishes a ball. I mean he I mean, you're you're gonna be
playing that ice Cube song over and over for him. Messed around and got
a triple double because that's what he is. Great call. Yeah, absolutely,
I don't. I want to cut you off to let him cook last
thing, get it. Yeah. I just think, you know, Clipper
Nation, I think you I think you you have something in the works here,
and if everything's going the way it shouldn't you get that maybe maybe even
if if plumb Lee comes back, I think you have the pieces there to
make a run. I mean, you've seen Hardin's teams go on go on
runs like this in the path, but with Paul George and Kawhi Leonard leading,
you know, leading the charge along with him. I mean, you
guys, are you guys could be an unstoppable force. Roman, you know
what, I call you my favorite Laker fan. Thank you the Lakers one
tonight. So well, okay, I take everything back. What's all right?
So let's let's get that battle for Los Angeles going in the playoffs this
year. Roman, thanks for the call. We'll talk to you next week.
I had one more thing to say. Where the hell was I I'm
at Crypto dot com arena, and let's hear from coach Lupost game after the
Clippers win one six to one and Ti zoo he was great down the stretch,
getting a chance to play in the fourth quarter, and just wanted to
know what did you see from him and being able to just make himself available
to those passes and to have those finishes to help you take the lead down
the stretch. Yeah, I didn't think he was as good in the first
half. I thought, you know, late he got better. I think,
you know, he was experiencing some back tightness whatever, so we had
to play through some things. So he didn't really have his balance and his
ability to jump in block shots early on. But you know, he gutted
it out for us like he always does, and I thought you like I
said that last part of the fourth quarter, he really did a good job
of getting to his spots, James be able to find him, had a
couple of blocks, and so he was really good and coach with Rusk coming
off the bench, what did you like from him? And also you were
able to play James and Russ several minutes together. What did you like when
you saw them both on the floor together. Just got to get Russ comfortable,
I think, you know, just switching units and playing with different guys.
We just got to get him used to it and get him accustomed to
doing that. And it's tough, you know, it's tough to go from
starting to off the bench and from off the benches starting, you know,
especially with the caliber player that he is. So we just got to get
him comfortable, make sure we got the right guys on the floor with him.
But like I said tonight, it was our first time and first chance
of doing it, so we just got to get better with it. Eighties
guitar Russell Westbrook, by the way, decline to talk post game, but
he's been doing this for over the last week now I believe. I'm not
sure if it's something nothing worth monitoring, we'll put it that way. Clippers
win one O six to one hundred. And it is time because we're back
at Crypto dot Com arena to bring in the fake philosopher big brother Jake Warner
for your positive moments of the night. Positive moment of the night. Payne
will leave once it is done teaching you. Okay, okay, big bro
coming through late like James Harden. You already know, baby. Yeah.
And it was a painful last seventeen days. The Clippers had not once since
October thirty first on Halloween. Ouch. Yeah, it was getting spooky.
Feels good tonight though. It does good to see you, my friend.
Same same, We'll do it again soon as The Clippers now head out to
San Antonio for two starting Monday, tip time at five against Victor Webban Yama
and the Spurs, a team they beat by forty here at Crypto dot Com
Marina. I don't think the Spurs forgot about that. We'll have a pregame
show starting at four before we get out of here. I do want to
thank the Clippers organization. No at Eagle TM Ralph Lawler Brian Seaman, Carlojmenez
on the call tonight, Big Brother, Jake Warner, our head engineer here
at Crypto dot Com arena, Katie Newton, our producer back in Burbank.
The caller, the listeners, the haters emailing me. Why would I send
a spam? Until Monday at four with the free game show, Clippers in
San Antonio taking on the Spurs. I'm out a Mosland. We'll talk to
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