WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.080 --> 00:00:06.519 Time for a postgame Look, it's your La Clippers. This is Clippers Locker 2 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:09.960 Room, brought to you by Cedars Sinai, the official health partner of the 3 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:14.960 La Clippers, and by Patchonga, official travel casino of the LA Clippers. 4 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:20.160 Breaking down today's action with the pre and postgame voice of You're La Clippers. 5 00:00:20.239 --> 00:00:25.839 They're locking in every game every night. Adam osled the Clippers and their sixth 6 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:33.479 game losing streak in style as James Harden comes through with a four point play 7 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:39.119 to win it late. Welcome into your Clippers postgame show after they win one 8 00:00:39.159 --> 00:00:43.479 O six to one hundred here at Crypto dot com arena over the Houston Rockets 9 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:48.679 coming up second half highlights and oh a certain highlight from a certain bearded wonder 10 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:53.359 named James Harden from a certain play by play man and Carlo Jimenez who is 11 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:58.320 now joining us. Postgame, Carlo, this was the perfect way for the 12 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:03.359 Clippers to exercise some DNS an end the six game losing streak, and you 13 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:07.000 talk about all the things that they struggled with coming into this one. The 14 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:10.640 main point was closing games at him and what they do tonight in the final 15 00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:15.280 two toh four they go on a twelve to one run and they close the 16 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:18.760 game, and that's a big time win. They played better on the defensive 17 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:22.680 end, held this Rocket team who struggled today. A lot of room to 18 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:26.120 improve. But man, feels good to finally get it back in the win 19 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:30.159 call, and let's keep the conversation moving. Better to learn in a victory, 20 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:33.840 in a win and be able to build on this than what we've seen 21 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:37.879 the last five games with James Harden the last six games overall, and it 22 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:41.799 was really the difference was the ball was in his hands late, he was 23 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:47.159 making plays for others of beats the Zobots with some incredible defense leading to offense. 24 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:51.159 He got rewarded on that end. But the play from Paul George was 25 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:53.799 it Jalen Green who was going up for that layup. It looked like it 26 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:57.760 was gonna be an easy one. He's got bunnies, he's got hops. 27 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:01.640 Paul George gets back on defense. I'm not saying it was Lebron James and 28 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:06.760 Andrea Goadala in Game seven of the NBA Finals, but it was an incredible 29 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:09.280 block. It was. I mean, the defensive intensity at him in those 30 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:13.879 last two minutes was just so different from the first forty six. They were 31 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:17.520 always in rotation, they were always had their hands in the rockets. Felt 32 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:21.680 like cookie jar the entire game. They're swiping at every pass. They were 33 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:24.639 in passing lanes. The Clippers focus in those last two minutes on the defensive 34 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:29.719 end was excellent. Round They didn't foul Houston got a ton of the free 35 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:32.280 throw line in that fourth quarter. It's just fun to watch this team lock 36 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:37.240 in and play a taste of playoff basketball. And after a game where a 37 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:40.800 Vitzuzubas didn't get to close against the Denver Nuggets, he comes out and this 38 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:46.840 one plays most of the fourth quarter and shined and had his best performance of 39 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:51.080 the season by far. Maybe he exercised some regular season demons as well. 40 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:53.240 Just getting off to a slow start this year. Yeah, he struggled in 41 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:57.919 the last couple of games leading up to Denver. Had a strong outing in 42 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:00.319 Denver, but didn't play the end of that game, Tylu changing it up 43 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:04.759 as he usually does when he sees things that he wants to see out of 44 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:07.400 different guys, and I Vitazubats was hanging around the rim. Guys were there 45 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:12.159 to lob defeed him. We talked about how this Rockets team is so good 46 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:15.039 at guarding the three point line that you have to penetrate the lane, and 47 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:17.759 the Clippers did that and found of Vitza zubats on dump bops on lobs, 48 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:22.319 and he was able to not only catch, but finish six for eight tonight 49 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:28.719 for Big Zoo, including a poster. Might I say on Alfad Sangoon check 50 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:32.879 Instagram for that one. Hey, now he's got daniel Tye's back already and 51 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:38.039 they just became teammates. I love it. Those posters are gonna get overlooked 52 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:42.879 now. After he had blocked Shengoon on the other end defense, leading to 53 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:46.240 offense a one man wrecking crew by Avitza Zoobots, who had been called out 54 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:50.439 at times by not playing big enough, by not playing strong enough. He 55 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:53.599 finished with authority here in this fourth quarter, and you just hope now the 56 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:58.280 Clippers found something and they can flip a switch and take it with him into 57 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:01.360 San Antonio for two now next week, Yeah, big two coming up against 58 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:04.599 the Spurs, a team still trying to learn, very young, they've lost 59 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:08.520 a lot of games to start this season. You feel like if you can 60 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:12.080 get those two, Adam and you come home to play three straight here in 61 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:15.600 this building. A lot of momentum building. Dallas and Denver come to town. 62 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:18.879 Those are two teams you launched to earlier this season. We'll see if 63 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:23.160 the Clippers can come away with a win in that stretch. Need to have 64 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:26.639 an opportunity to put some wins together. This is great, but let's string 65 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:29.480 them together. If you're the Clippers, start to get back towards five hundred. 66 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:32.120 If you didn't know James Harden was a Clipper, this was his coming 67 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:35.800 out party. Eight of eleven from the field, two to four from distance, 68 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:40.879 but none bigger than a four point play to win this one for the 69 00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:45.360 Clippers with just seconds remaining. He finished with twenty four seven assists of just 70 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:48.759 three turnovers, and the offense ran through him late and it worked. Clippers 71 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:51.879 win one oh six to one hundred, and that's six number. They break 72 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:59.079 the six game losing streak in style. Who great call by you tonight, 73 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:01.720 Carlo Jimenez. Thank they they made you do a little bit of work. 74 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:05.360 You're gonna need some hot tea after this one. A good times. It 75 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:09.759 is always with the squad and a winner is a cherry on top. Big 76 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:13.480 brother Jake war Or a head engineer in the house as well. The vibes. 77 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:16.360 The vibes I believe we were talking with our old friend Noah Eagle earlier 78 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:20.240 today about the vibes and they showed up in a big way tonight, as 79 00:05:20.279 --> 00:05:25.319 did James Harden. More on this coming up next year in your Clippers locker 80 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:30.360 room postgame show. The losing streak is over. Let's hope they start a 81 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:33.319 winning streak now. Clippers win by six over James Harden's former team in the 82 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:40.199 Houston Rockets. And you're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. Every 83 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:44.759 Clipper game all season long. They didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to 84 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:49.959 the LA Clippers Audio Network. I'm streaming on the iHeartRadio app. Oh Clippers 85 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:54.800 back to their winning ways, and they do so off a game winning three 86 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:59.160 that turned into a four point play from James Harden. They win one oh 87 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:02.399 six to one one hundred over his former squad in the Houston Rockets. I'm 88 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:08.839 Madame Oslin live from Crypto dot Com arena. As the Clippers win one six 89 00:06:08.920 --> 00:06:14.319 to one hundred over the Rockets. They break their sixth game losing streak on 90 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:17.720 a day where Russell Westbrook sacrifices, says he'll go to the bench, He'll 91 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:23.720 do whatever it takes for this team to win. That is big the buy 92 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:30.000 in from Russ the Clippers coming through late. Finally the offense came alive at 93 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:33.040 the end of the ballgame, something they had struggled with a twelve to one 94 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:39.600 run in the last two to oh four of the ballgame. The offense finally 95 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:44.000 became unlocked. Why because the ball was in the hands of James Harden, 96 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:47.199 and he's a threat to pass and to score, and he can make life 97 00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:53.519 easier for everyone, including Kawhi Leonard, who passed that ball to him as 98 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:59.360 he was being defended very well with just seconds remaining in the fourth All right, 99 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:03.600 get two fourth quarter highlights. As the Clippers were down by six, 100 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:10.079 it didn't look good. Kawhi made a few buckets early. Then it would 101 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:13.519 just seem like he and Paul George were forcing it. It was just one 102 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:18.800 of them isoing each and every possession. But then James Harden took control, 103 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:24.519 took the keys, put his hands on the steering wheel, and drove this 104 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:28.040 team to victory. But he also found his teammates, including Big Zoo of 105 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:30.079 Viza, zubots. George on his backside, puts it on the deck, 106 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:34.360 spins baseline, Bats comes to help it, blocks it away. Zu blocka 107 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:39.360 with a rejection. George picks it up. Mark corner fines harded. Cloppers 108 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:42.639 have four on three left corner. Norman Pale attacks the pain, leaves it 109 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:46.879 up underneath a beat. The doubts hammer over shan gun put them on a 110 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:50.879 poster. Harden on the right wing. Forty five seconds left down the lane, 111 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:55.360 two bots left, block go dump ducks at home. Clippers on top. 112 00:07:55.759 --> 00:08:01.720 One hundred and ninety nine. Big Zoo was just fierce at the basket 113 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:05.519 on both ends in the fourth quarter everything people wanted to see. Who were 114 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:09.319 doubting him? He came alive in that fourth quarter. But it would be 115 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:13.519 James Harden who put this ball game away. They were tied at one hundred 116 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:20.639 with six seconds left. Take it away Carlo straight away Harden with three triple 117 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:26.279 in the air yes nine one and the bowel one oh three, one hundred. 118 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:31.799 Clippers lead six seconds left, Harden a chance for a four point play. 119 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:37.159 He would convert it that Clippers would go up one oh four to one 120 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:41.840 hundred. Some inconsequential free throws on the other end by Kawhi made it a 121 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:46.519 final score of one oh six to one hundred, and the Clippers six game 122 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:52.240 losing streak is over coming. Up next to your final box score still to 123 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:56.159 come, we'll have Clippers stock eight six six nine seven two five seventy eight 124 00:08:56.240 --> 00:09:01.320 six six nine eight seven two five seventy What an appropriate way to lose. 125 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:09.000 I know Clipper Nation is up after this one. I know the NBA is 126 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:11.360 up after this one. Now, that was an nd season tournament game, 127 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:18.799 but the Clippers just need a victory and James Harder more Clippers postgame locker room 128 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:24.559 coming up next right here in Los Angeles, Clippers. Every Clipper game all 129 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:28.919 season long, they didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to the LA Clippers 130 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:37.360 Audio Network streaming on the iHeartRadio lap. Clippers get the victor in dramatic fashion 131 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:43.919 as James Harden comes through with six seconds left knocks down a three and one. 132 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:46.559 It was a four point play, and the Clippers go on to win 133 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:54.120 one six to one hundred off the patented, perfected James Harden's step back three 134 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:58.639 that you've been seeing for over a decade. Welcome back into your Clippers postgame 135 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:01.720 show. I'm Adam Oslin coming up on a five seventy LA Sports. We'll 136 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:05.559 have clipperstock for you. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight 137 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:09.080 sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number, or get 138 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:13.639 to me at follow out of May on X on Twitter. Clippers end up 139 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:16.720 shooting just forty three percent from the field. But here's what I want to 140 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:22.480 read to you. The starting five tonight no Russell Westbrook in it, as 141 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:28.480 he sacrificed to come off the bench. The worst plus minus by a player 142 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:33.159 in the starting five was a plus nine by Paul George in a game they 143 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:39.600 won by six. That's how good they were. I got more to say 144 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:43.519 about this coming up in clipperstock, and I may have to call some people 145 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:48.080 out. I know it's just one game, but if you can't see the 146 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:54.919 potential of what this Clippers team can do with James Harden as their third option, 147 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:58.679 I don't know what to tell you. Eight six six, nine eight 148 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:03.639 seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the 149 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:09.120 phone number. The Clippers losing streak is over. They'll be in San Antonio, 150 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:15.440 Monday night. Tip time for that one. As it's a Texas two 151 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:20.120 step where I guess they just are stationary two stepping around. It's some poor 152 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:24.000 dancing. It's bad. It's not even Napoleon Dynamite. It's nothing. They'll 153 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:28.799 be in San Antonio and your pregame show starts at four on Monday. Tip 154 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:31.360 off at five. I'm Adam Monslin outside of Los Angeles. Talk to you 155 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:37.279 then in LA it's Clippers talknext live from Crypto dot com arena. This has 156 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:43.879 been LA Clippers basketball really good on multitude of levels. Don't miss a moment 157 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:48.279 all season long on their official home. Join us next time on the LA 158 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:54.759 Clippers Audio Network. Hello Clippers fans, if you're gonna go for it, 159 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:58.879 if that's what you wanna do you do Welcome the Clippers Talk. Your first 160 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:03.679 chance to react to all the action of Clippers basketball. Doing to hear every 161 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:09.440 episode. Subscribe to Clippers Talk on iHeartRadio or wherever you podcast. Hen right 162 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:13.799 now your host on your home for the Clippers. They were in attack mode. 163 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:20.000 Adam Austley tend to shoot working on Smith eight to shoot, pulls it 164 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:24.159 out with seven dancing. It's gonna be Kawhi step back with four straight away, 165 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:28.120 Harden with three, a triple in the air, yes, ion and 166 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:35.159 the bowel one O three, one hundred. Clippers lead six seconds left, 167 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:43.399 Harden a chance for a four point play. Bear the beard, Houston as 168 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:50.559 James Harden just absolutely scorns his former team with a four point play to win 169 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:54.120 it for the Clippers here at Crypto dot Com Arena. Kind of miss the 170 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:58.879 background music there fuel alone at Acapella. Clippers win one six to one hundred 171 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:05.159 over the Houston Rockets. What a victory, What a way to end the 172 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:09.679 sixth game losing streak. Welcome in to Clipperstock. I'm adame oslin to eight 173 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:13.480 six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight sixty six nine eighty seven two 174 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:18.240 five seventy taking up till the bottom of next hour, live from Crypto dot 175 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:24.480 Com Arena. As others right now on the floor are trying to replicate some 176 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:30.440 fans the James Harden stepped back three pointer to win it with six seconds left. 177 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:33.879 What a shot, What a call by Carlo Jimenez, and what a 178 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:39.399 much needed victory for your Los Angeles Clippers who were reeling at times and on 179 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:43.559 the ropes at times here in the fourth quarter. They were down by six, 180 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:48.440 but it wasn't just their offensive execution late and they were great. They 181 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:52.879 went on a twelve to one run in the last two to oh four of 182 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.440 the ball game. After the Rockets led ninety nine to ninety four with two 183 00:13:56.519 --> 00:14:03.159 seventeen to go, that sense of vergent see that desperation kicked in. And 184 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:07.679 it happened on the defensive end. My goodness of Viza Zubots. What a 185 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:15.480 block on Sangoon Kawhi Leonard made Jalen Green miss what was looking like an open 186 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:20.480 layup. Paul George then blocked Green and then had a layup on the other 187 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:26.399 end. Big Zoo came alive off of lobs from James Harden, and it 188 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:31.159 was the offense running through James Harden late. How many of you said, 189 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:35.120 why did coach loub bring in James Harden late in the fourth quarter of the 190 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:39.559 last two ballgames. It didn't work. They didn't end up winning. The 191 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:48.000 continuity in chemistry is building and James Harden has always been a devastating offensive force 192 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:56.440 and yes a system unto himself as you could run through, and the Clippers 193 00:14:56.519 --> 00:15:01.639 ran through the tape and finished tonight after it looked like it was going to 194 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:07.080 be another poor offensive performance in the fourth quarter during crunch time technically it's called 195 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:11.200 clutch time, last five minutes of a game within five points, and they 196 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:15.480 come through and they had to have it, and you could see it, 197 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:22.600 the urgency, the rotations defensively, the physicality, the defensive intensity. The 198 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:28.240 Clippers finally were able to pull out a victory when they were staring at seven 199 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:33.360 straight losses. As people stare at me like an animal in a cage here 200 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:39.320 at Crypto dot Com arena, screaming after this huge victory, but I don't 201 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:43.879 care. The Clippers had to have it and they got it. Could this 202 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:48.159 be a turning point? We'll find out. They're in San Antonio next week. 203 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:56.399 But don't tell me that the move of James Harden bringing him in and 204 00:15:56.480 --> 00:16:02.320 playing off of two to one three doesn't make you lick your lips and go, 205 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:06.639 you know what? They got something here offensively, Hey Kawhi Leonard, 206 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:11.159 he passed up the shot and didn't force it, and whod he passed it 207 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:17.720 to another Hall of Famer and he knocked it down. It was these classic 208 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:22.039 virtueo so step back three. That did it, something he's been perfecting for 209 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:26.840 over a decade, and he did it in the Clippers time of need, 210 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:33.039 their darkest hour. You could say, down six with two minutes left, 211 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:41.639 the Clippers offense finally figured something out and it wasn't hard to see. It 212 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:45.679 was James Harden running running it through him. That was the difference. It 213 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:51.679 was a lot of ISO with Paul George and Kawhi Leonard before that. Kawhi 214 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:55.879 hit a couple of shots early in the fourth, but then was struggling forcing 215 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:59.759 it. There was some hero ball out there. Didn't like what I was 216 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:04.680 seeing, But then you just put the ball in James Harden's hands, get 217 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:08.400 the defense off balance. You don't know if he's going for the floater or 218 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:12.680 if that's gonna end up being a lobbed to Big Zoo who finished with authority, 219 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:21.880 who was a beast, who was a menaced defensively and then a force 220 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:26.160 on the offensive end, blocking sengon on one end, dunking on him on 221 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:33.680 the other. His best game of the season by far. He came alive 222 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:38.279 and I wouldn't say it was a great three quarters from Zoo. He had 223 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:44.559 a couple turnovers in the first dropping passes, but when they needed him to 224 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:47.839 step up late after him not getting to play late in the fourth quarter in 225 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:52.759 Denver, he did so. That say you earn those minutes and your trust 226 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:59.920 from your head coach. Zoo finished with twelve points, seven boards, sick 227 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:06.960 of eight from the field, but two huge dunks late. And I want 228 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:10.880 to say six of his twelve points, yes, came in the fourth quarter, 229 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:17.440 and it was James Harden finding him. I'm telling you right now, 230 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:22.039 Harden cannot only unlock the best versions of Kawhi and Paul George, but he 231 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:26.319 can bring the best out of Big Sue in the pick and roll. He 232 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:33.119 can make life so much easier for him. You saw it late. Couldn't 233 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:37.519 be more impressed. This was a gritty victory. The Clippers weren't perfect. 234 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:40.559 They had ten turnovers in the first half, just four to one the second 235 00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:48.039 half. They had stretches in the fourth where they looked like a mess offensively, 236 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:56.519 just lacking any sort of rhythm from the five point fifty three mark till 237 00:18:56.319 --> 00:19:06.319 who the two h two, so almost four minutes they didn't have a made 238 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:11.839 field goal in the fourth and then it all clicked in and it started with 239 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:15.279 an alu from James Harden to a beat to Zubats at that two h two 240 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:19.839 mark at the fourth quarter. But that Clippers defense was incredible. The block 241 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:26.039 by Paul George on Jalen Green, who has as much bounced as anyone in 242 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:30.720 this league. After Paul George missed the three pointer, he got back on 243 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:37.519 defense like his hair was on fire, as VTB would say, and got 244 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:41.240 back in time to block that shot and then had a layup in transition on 245 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:48.880 the other end. Just elite two way player right there that encompasses Paul George. 246 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:56.640 Unbelievable. Kawhi Leonard with a steal on Green at the forty seven second 247 00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:59.640 left mark, or at forty seven seconds left in the ball game, I 248 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:06.839 should sa this was a thrilling and dramatic and is necessary of a victory as 249 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:10.640 the Clippers have had well so far this season, but it's still early. 250 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:17.039 But my goodness, they couldn't drop seven in a row. And it took 251 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:23.079 everything, including coach lou challenging a call and it was the right move. 252 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:30.440 With Dylan Brooks embellishing trying to sell a foul on Kawhi, it was overturned. 253 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:33.920 There was a jump ball Sengoon then was called for a foul trying to 254 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:41.400 boost himself up on Zubats's shoulders, and then the Clippers straight up just got 255 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:48.559 the ball, saved a possession. What a win, but hopefully it's the 256 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:53.400 start of something bigger than just one victory. And after the last twenty four 257 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:59.640 hours with Russell Westbrook coming to coach Lou and saying, hey, I'll do 258 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:02.240 whatever it takes for this team to win, bring me off the bench, 259 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:07.240 and russ struggled at times early in the fourth quarter. I thought he took 260 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:11.519 a couple tough, ill advised three pointers, unnecessary shots. But they're gonna 261 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:15.920 need him moving forward all the same. He has been their vocal leader. 262 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:25.240 He'll remain that. But the Clippers got performances from their starters that tell you 263 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:30.400 just how much firepower this group can have when they're running on all cylinders. 264 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:36.079 Terrence Man, I know he was zerover three. I could care less. 265 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:41.759 He was a plus fifteen out there, six boards, three assists, hustle 266 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:47.119 plays. He had an offensive rebound off a misshot ended up finding some of 267 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:49.880 me for a three pointer. That that was in the first half. Vitza 268 00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:56.680 Zubos did the same one of the biggest plays was a Norman Pale made three 269 00:21:56.759 --> 00:22:02.799 pointer after a Vitza Zubats first had a beautiful short roll pass kick out to 270 00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:06.079 Paul George for a far side corner three. He missed it, and then 271 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:08.799 Big Zoos slapped the ball into the hands of Norman Powell, who knocked down 272 00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:11.519 a three pointer at the six forty five mark to Tide at ninety two. 273 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:19.559 I mean, what an effort from your big man doing everything. Heart, 274 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:26.839 unbelievable heart from this Clippers team late and especially the heart of Big Zu. 275 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:30.799 All right, let's get to some phone calls eight sixty six nine eight seven 276 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:36.759 two five seventy eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy Howie in the 277 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:41.039 eight one to eight Howie, what's up here on cliper? Oh yeah, 278 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:45.839 great, a few pointers. It was great, uh for uh poetic justice 279 00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:51.480 for James Harden bashers out there, yep, especially all the analysts on I 280 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:55.359 won't say the channels, but uh, it was great to see Zoomah play 281 00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:56.680 like we all know he can play. I mean, finally, you know, 282 00:22:57.559 --> 00:23:02.079 and how many steels did I have? Because he has some great steals 283 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:06.960 there that really made a difference. Uh, I did it up with five 284 00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:11.920 steals, and three of them came in the fourth quarter. How he three 285 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:15.720 of them in Yeah. One thing I didn't like and let's make it quick. 286 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:19.440 Paul George at the point at the Well, that's the one. Paul 287 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:25.839 George. H he seems to just do the one on one isole thing and 288 00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:29.440 he and it just you know, like a In the second half, they 289 00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:33.240 brought out Harden to start at the point, right, they Paul George. 290 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:37.519 They took Paul George away from the point and started out hard nut. I 291 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:40.839 just like the way Harden gets more people involved. Paul George is so much 292 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:44.960 is running the show. That is the entire point of putting Russ off the 293 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:49.119 bench. So there's no conflict with two ball dominant playmakers out there together in 294 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:53.839 the starting lineup. They're running it through Hardened. But they weren't early in 295 00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:57.000 the fourth quarter. They got away from that. It was too much one 296 00:23:57.000 --> 00:24:02.799 on one isolation basketball with Paul George and Kawhi. Let hard make the game 297 00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:04.559 easier, and that's why they went on a twelve to one run in the 298 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:07.640 last two or four of the ball game. Yeah, yeah, good point. 299 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:12.000 Yeah, great game, great exciting game. Win. All right, 300 00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:15.680 thanks man. I'm not sure if he cures what ails him, but I 301 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:18.720 know for Clipper Nation right now, it is a huge sigh of relief. 302 00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:25.359 They had to have it, and I got it. Marvin in downtown Los 303 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:29.880 Angeles, Marvin, you're on Clippers side without am awesome. Hey, finally 304 00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:33.799 we gotta win under a belt, Adam, great game. So the Clippers 305 00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:36.519 didn't need to figure it out. You know what they needed, Adam. 306 00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:40.720 They needed to grind it out. Because figure it out, it is gonna 307 00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:44.799 take some time to assimilate the hardened system because Hart instead, he is the 308 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:48.960 system. Starting. No, no, he said, let's let's be fair 309 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:52.799 here. A lot of people are misquoting him. He said he is a 310 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:56.839 system. He's not a system player. He is a system, which is 311 00:24:56.880 --> 00:25:02.599 a fact. Okay, So there we go, and starting with Russell Westbrook, 312 00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:06.880 which I want to approad because he's a true professional and class actor, 313 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:11.400 deferring to be the sixth off the bench like Sweet Lou and j cross Over 314 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:15.640 along with Norman Powell, the dynamic Jucile buendum. And also to Carlo, 315 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:21.759 thank Carlo for your being a fite man. He keeps on us in suspense 316 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:25.519 it was good hearing you on the radio because usually I'm at the games, 317 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:27.799 but I was hearing him on the radio where I was driving, and I 318 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:32.279 like his phrase. I like what he said, fear the beard, pardon 319 00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:34.920 era is here. Let's keep it going, Clippers, thank you, Adam. 320 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:40.319 All right, Marvin, it was a fantastic call by Carlo Jimenez. 321 00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:47.720 James Harden coming through like that. I just wonder what type of carryover momentum 322 00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:52.920 legs this could have. Roles are being more defined, and if you notice, 323 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:56.240 by far in this game, James Harden had the most drives to the 324 00:25:56.240 --> 00:26:00.440 basket. Before that, it was last game. It's been come, it's 325 00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:04.400 been building. He said, I'm getting back into game shape. It's one 326 00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:08.880 thing to be in shape. There's no way to replicate in game NBA regular 327 00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:14.519 season reps except getting them. And you could see it. He was blowing 328 00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:18.920 past guys. He was getting easy layups and that's why he went eight for 329 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:25.119 eleven from the field. I don't even think eleven shots is enough, I 330 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:30.279 was saying early on the fourth quarter, get James Harden back in. If 331 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:33.000 you watch the thread or follow the thread I put up for every game now 332 00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:37.640 on X, you know Russ put up a couple of tough three pointers, 333 00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:41.279 and I was thinking to myself, James Harden's gotta be back in this ball 334 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:45.319 game, and he closed it out. All right, we'll hear from James 335 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:48.079 Harden coming up. We'll hear from the head coach in Toronto. Lewin more 336 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:51.000 of your phone calls. Eight sixty six ninety. It's seven two five seventy, 337 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:56.000 eight sixty six ninety. It's seven two, five seventy. Russ gets 338 00:26:56.000 --> 00:27:04.920 the Clippers their first victory in the last seventeen days. Oh like an oasis 339 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:08.759 in a desert right now. The Clippers finding this victory, and they didn't 340 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:14.880 find it, they took it. This is the Rockets team that just won 341 00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:19.200 six in a row. They played well, but James Harden step back three 342 00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:23.000 and one to win it. You're listening to Clipperstock right here on the M 343 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:29.559 five to seventy LA Sports take a pok every Clipper game all season long. 344 00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:34.440 They didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming 345 00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:38.559 on the iHeartRadio app. Clippers win one oh six to one hundred, breaking 346 00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:45.279 their six game losing streak. They take down Harden's former team, in the 347 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:49.200 Houston Rockets as he hits them with a step back three pointer that turned into 348 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:53.680 a four point play that they know all too well. Welcome back in the 349 00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:59.200 Clippers stock. I'm at a Moslin eight sixty six nine eight seven two five 350 00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:04.599 seventy eight six seventy before we hear from James Harden Pam and Temple City Pam. 351 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:07.200 What's up here on Clipper stop that I'm awesome? Oh, thank you 352 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:11.119 so much, Adam. I don't want to say too much because I will 353 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:15.279 be echoing everything you've said and how we said. And Marvin said, but 354 00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:21.680 I've called you when we acquired Harden, and I said, you know, 355 00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:23.480 it's going to be a different story with him, because the Clippers are a 356 00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:30.599 different team. The Clippers are a an unselfish team who are not into their 357 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:34.119 egos and who care about the game and about the team effort. And what 358 00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:42.480 I saw tonight in hearing wonderful Carlo, who I'm welcoming to is awesome too. 359 00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:47.079 Is that that's what happened? I mean in Russell, you know, 360 00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:51.039 to defer as he did, which I guess Marvin may mention of too. 361 00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:56.079 I just think that this is going to be the beginning of something great, 362 00:28:56.279 --> 00:29:00.000 because now that they have this win, it's going to give them confidence, 363 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:04.359 each of them and Zubots he had that turn around and the fourth is gonna 364 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:08.759 helped his confidence. And I just see a lot of good things. I 365 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:12.720 couldn't be more proud to be a Clipper fan. These gentlemen are wonderful, 366 00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:17.319 and thank you for listening to me at him. You made some great points 367 00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:22.480 there, Pam, specifically regarding Beats the Zoobots, who was six and four 368 00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:29.720 with a block in just the fourth quarter, six points four boards, a 369 00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:33.759 huge block on Sengoon who then he punished, dunking on him. On the 370 00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:40.079 other end, Big Zoo was nasty. It was dirty, filthy, yammed 371 00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:45.559 on him. Since thankgivings next week. It was unbelievable, the fourth quarter 372 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:49.680 turnaround, as you put it by Beats the Zoobots after he wasn't having his 373 00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:52.279 best game, but you know what, you have a fourth quarter like that, 374 00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:56.880 it is his best game in the season. You prove you should be 375 00:29:56.920 --> 00:30:00.319 on the floor late and fourth quarters, that you can be reliable. That 376 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:07.160 was it. That's the formula. Tageous, Walnut, tagous, You're Clipper. 377 00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:11.200 Stop with that. I'm aweso Adam. You know, I used to 378 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:15.200 always get annoyed when Harden would get those four point plays, but now I 379 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:21.240 find them like poetry emotion. Why a little bit different when he's got a 380 00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:26.759 Clippers uniform on? Huh? Yeah? Tell me. After the Denver game, 381 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:30.880 I told you I didn't like the last few minutes of the execution by 382 00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:34.160 the Clippers. I felt it was about of one on one. Paul George 383 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:37.640 is jacking up some bad threes, and I was telling myself, I'm like, 384 00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:41.920 I see this happening right now all over again, and I'm like, 385 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:45.880 why aren't they running through the offense through Harden? And after they got down 386 00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:48.799 by five, it seemed like, okay, Harden started doing the pick and 387 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:55.200 rolls and we saw zuba get like a layup and a dunk or two dunks 388 00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:59.759 something like that, and it just looked like the offense was so much easier. 389 00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:04.440 And I think going forward, when you know it's crunch time or clutch 390 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:08.839 time, I would like to see that more often, because even if Zubac 391 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:12.200 doesn't get it or Harden doesn't shoot, I feel like Paul George and Kui 392 00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:17.319 are gonna be wide open for you know, for three or whatever. But 393 00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:21.680 it's gonna make the offense a lot smoother because we've been struggling, struggling during 394 00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:26.440 the uh clutch minutes. Oh, I know it. I brought it up 395 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:30.839 and then Coach lou talked about it yesterday. Not because he listens to me 396 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:34.880 or anything. Nobody should listen to me. But on Clips and Dip on 397 00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:40.680 Wednesday, I went over all the clutch time numbers, the Clippers shooting twenty 398 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:45.440 five percent from the floor in the last five minutes of a game within five 399 00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:48.759 points, the fact that they were giving up one point four points per possession 400 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:55.319 in that time defensively, meaning one hundred and forty points over one hundred possessions. 401 00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:59.839 So teams were super efficient against them, and they couldn't be more inefficient 402 00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:05.000 on the other end in clutch time. And they turned it around finally in 403 00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:09.920 the last two minutes after going empty for a while, last two to zero 404 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:15.640 for the game, they went on a twelve one run. They had to 405 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:19.400 get stops, and they had to execute on offense, and they had to 406 00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:22.960 get the ball in the hands of their playmaker, the guy they're playing through 407 00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:29.039 in James Harden, who was masterful late. I don't know how you can 408 00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:31.880 hate on James Harden. I'm seeing people you know, Sean and Ingele was 409 00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:37.039 not calling tonight, I guess, but he'll email me, which is interesting. 410 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:40.799 Can I block people on Gmail? H He said, I still don't 411 00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:45.480 want James Harden? Send him back exclamation point. It's like, I don't 412 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:51.519 know what you've been watching from this Clippers team or what you've watched throughout Harden's 413 00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:54.599 career to not want this guy or to think that he can't help them be 414 00:32:54.720 --> 00:33:00.440 better. How can you not see it? You know on this show, 415 00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:04.799 I've been telling you the entire time. I believe their ceiling is the highest 416 00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:09.680 with Harden as the third best player. It's nothing against Russ. They need 417 00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:15.400 some of what he brings, but James Harden is the better player at this 418 00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:21.279 point, and he is a more traditional playmaker. He led the league and 419 00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:27.680 assists last season. And what else I liked early in this game was Coach 420 00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:31.839 Lou. I want to say it was early third quarter. Clippers had some 421 00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:37.000 nice possessions and then they walk the ball up slowly. Coach Lou called a 422 00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:40.279 time out. I'm guessing he was saying, we need to play faster, 423 00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:50.279 we need to play harder. We can't just walk the ball up all nonchalant. 424 00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:58.079 To quote Mike Singletary, they needed to bring a certain level of competitiveness 425 00:33:58.240 --> 00:34:02.160 and effort, and he called him out. I'm guessing that's what that timeout 426 00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:06.079 was. Well, hear from him post game. Let's hear from James Harden 427 00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:09.320 postgame though after he is the hero for the Clippers. And yet somebody's gonna 428 00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:15.440 email me that here was James Harden post game, Christina Pink or Jamie Maggio, 429 00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:20.079 Oh no, no, no, I got Patrick O'Neill postgame on ballet 430 00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:23.280 Sports. Okay, Brian, thanks very much for those Clipper fans that are 431 00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:27.679 still here. If you can hear me, let's get some love and appreciation 432 00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:30.880 for James Harden. James, you get the ball and so sign in the 433 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:34.800 hunter and you hit a big shot at four point point? What's going through 434 00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:37.559 your mind there? Get a shout out. That's something I'll work on everything 435 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:39.960 all day. So get a shout out. My step back here and all 436 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:43.039 right, I have confidence in it, which I'll work on it every day. 437 00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:45.719 Like I said, so, I feel good. I feel good to 438 00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:49.280 finally get a victory. Now we've gotta get this thing. Going, Oh 439 00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:52.519 they hear you out. Okay, there it is. There's the love and 440 00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:55.280 appreciation. What does it mean for you to finally get that win as aid 441 00:34:55.320 --> 00:35:00.639 clipper? Uh, this is is a sign of relief. You know, 442 00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:04.840 it's missed some tough times his last few games, but we got a bigger 443 00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:07.840 pitcher and trying to be the last team standing. So it's gonna be a 444 00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:10.599 process and you guys stick with us. He's be some great results at the 445 00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:14.679 end of the season. Love to hear it, James in that fourth quarter, 446 00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:17.559 some big defensive plays by zoo Bots and the entire team. For you 447 00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:21.679 guys to close out a game late, what does that mean? It's a 448 00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.400 stepping stone for us. You know what I mean? Now, So now 449 00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:24.920 we're gonna watch film, practice, ye, and get ready for a good 450 00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:29.719 road trip. So first win the many your owner stuff, Brod Steve Bomer, 451 00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:32.199 what do he tells you first win as a Clipper? I was excited 452 00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:38.159 there it is. Gotta keep that in out. It's a stepping stone for 453 00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:43.519 a team that's not trying to skip any steps this season. Bringing James Harden 454 00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:50.480 in some ways it wasn't a full reset, but it did significantly change the 455 00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:53.360 dynamic of this team. It was going to take time. Did I think 456 00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:57.320 they were gonna lose five in a row? Now they have lost games to 457 00:35:57.360 --> 00:36:00.840 Memphis when they were under man, to Brooklyn. No, but you could 458 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:07.599 tell the difference in James Harden the last two games compared to the first couple. 459 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:14.960 He's moving differently, he's getting more comfortable and he's asserting himself. But 460 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:21.440 those last two minutes, that is definitive James Harden type of basketball. While 461 00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:24.360 we have a moment, let's pause ten seconds for station identification on five seventy 462 00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:31.239 LI Sports. This is LA Clippers Basketball AM five seventy KLAC Los Angeles, 463 00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:37.039 ninety eight seven KYSR HD two Los Angeles and iHeartRadio station Quick time out. 464 00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:39.000 We'll come back. You'll hear from the head coach. We'll get to your 465 00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:43.599 phone. Calls Roman, Ryan, we will get to you. Eight six 466 00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:46.320 six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eighty seven two five 467 00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:52.960 seventy. After James Harden comes through late, Kawhi Leonard trusts him, he 468 00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:58.559 passed the ball to him. Well played game overall by the Houston Rockets, 469 00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:04.360 but the Clippers were desperate. They were in need of a victory. Now 470 00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:09.280 can they keep it rolling? We'll see they're in San Antonio for two games 471 00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:14.440 Monday and Wednesday. I met Ammuzlin and this is Clipperstock here on M five 472 00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:25.000 seventy sports. Welcome to the future, Dickerson. All your trophy muscles are 473 00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:29.480 irrelevant. What are you talking about? For forty six years, the Ford 474 00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:31.840 F series has been the best selling truck on the market. 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You're listening to the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming 500 00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:39.519 on the iHeartRadio Lab. I said back in July when the James Hardened trade 501 00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:45.159 rumors were swirling, the biggest reason I thought they should bring them in is 502 00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:49.320 because then Russ can come off the bench and be the vocal, the focal 503 00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:55.719 point and the vocal leader of the bench unit. And after five games with 504 00:39:55.840 --> 00:40:01.360 James Harden, they made that decision. Russ made that decision, and now 505 00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:06.599 the Clippers have won for the first time in seventeen days. They win onezh 506 00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:12.039 six to one hundred thanks to James Harden with a step back three pointer and 507 00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:15.719 one over his former team in the Houston Rockets. Welcome back into Clippers stock. 508 00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:20.960 I'm Adame Moslin eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six 509 00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:23.000 six nine eight seven two five to seventy. I'm not trying to pat myself 510 00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:27.679 on the back or Sam a genius, but it's just obvious you can't have 511 00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:32.639 two ball dominant playmakers on the floor like that. Coach LUs said, they're 512 00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:37.119 trying to split him up, and I said, what's going on though they're 513 00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:42.960 still in the starting backcourt. Well, tonight they split him up. It 514 00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:49.679 worked. The worst plus minus for a starter was Paul George at a plus 515 00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:53.719 nine, Kawhi was a plus eighteen, Zubot's a plus twelve, Man a 516 00:40:53.719 --> 00:41:01.360 plus fifteen, James Harden a game leading plus twenty one. Ryan and Burbank, 517 00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:07.159 you're on Clipper stack without a mas and what's up, Adam. Pleasure 518 00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:13.639 to be on with you after a great Clipper when a couple of things here, 519 00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:17.119 and you've kind of hinted at it, having two ball dominant guys is 520 00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:22.639 not gonna work. And finally tonight we finally saw one guy has the ball. 521 00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:28.159 When one point guard has the ball, and he makes the game easier 522 00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:32.239 for everybody else. That's the biggest thing that the Clippers were lacking. I 523 00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:36.519 would argue for most of the tenure of the Clippers, the best year that 524 00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:39.159 the Clippers having we're all healthy, was in Regg Jackson had a career year 525 00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:45.760 and he was a solid point guard. But what's happening now with Harden is 526 00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:51.880 he's gonna make everyone else's job easier, so hopefully everyone else can focus on 527 00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:54.280 the other things that they do really well, which why we know he's a 528 00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:59.400 fantastic offensive player. He's also an amazing defender. He should be able to 529 00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:02.480 get easy shot so that his efficiency is to be good and he can also 530 00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:07.159 be a great defender. Paul George the same thing. He hopefully his efficiency 531 00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:09.840 from three goes well. And I love Paul George of that. He shouldn't 532 00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:13.280 have the ball in his hands the majority of the game. He should be 533 00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:16.400 catching and shooting, finding easy lanes to cut through, that sort of thing. 534 00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:20.599 So hopefully that continues to happen. I think the Clippers one week is 535 00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:24.280 still Adam. I think most people would argue agree with me on this that 536 00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:30.639 the size portion of this is gonna be dicey as we get through the season. 537 00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:34.320 Hopefully Plumbley comes back. I don't know if they're going to add somebody 538 00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:37.480 else size wise. I think that's the real big issue. But if you, 539 00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:38.679 Adam, if you look through the rest of the West right now, 540 00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:44.119 the Clippers have to be thinking. Man, it's like there's like two teams 541 00:42:44.199 --> 00:42:45.800 right now, two or three teams that have the star power we have, 542 00:42:46.199 --> 00:42:51.119 and if we can put this thing together. I mean I'm looking at like 543 00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:53.599 Denver and I'm going Denver's probably the best team and everything else. Man, 544 00:42:53.639 --> 00:42:58.519 it's a coin flip and the Clippers can easily see them. And again that's 545 00:42:58.519 --> 00:43:00.880 where the size things going to come into play. But I really loved that 546 00:43:01.039 --> 00:43:05.679 the idea of where this Clippers team can go if Harden is given the keys 547 00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:08.880 and say let's make the job easier for everybody else moving forward. He was. 548 00:43:09.360 --> 00:43:14.000 Look, the first mistake I brought it up at the time is when 549 00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:19.400 they said we're gonna play James Harden off ball because Russ can't really play off 550 00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:22.280 ball. It didn't make sense to me. You don't bring in James Harden 551 00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:24.960 to get the ball out of his hands and to turn him into a catch 552 00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:29.880 and shoot guy. Then two games in they said, okay, we're playing 553 00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:34.239 through James Harden and coach who told the entire team that at practice and for 554 00:43:34.360 --> 00:43:39.239 the Harden everyone else. But it still wasn't setting in. It's just natural 555 00:43:39.280 --> 00:43:42.440 if Russ is out there, the ball is gonna be in his hands at 556 00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:47.480 times, and you can't have two guys like that. It just doesn't work. 557 00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:52.480 They're contrasting or they're too similar styles that are conflicting with one another. 558 00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:58.559 With getting this offense turning into a well owled machine. I couldn't tell you. 559 00:43:58.800 --> 00:44:05.599 The offensive rating for the starting five was ninety. The worst offensive rating 560 00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:08.159 in the league was one TOZH four by the Portland Trail Blazers, and the 561 00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:13.239 Clippers with Russ, James Harden, Paul George, Kawhi, Leonard and Avitza 562 00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:17.280 Zubats was ninety. It was fourteen points per one hundred possessions, worse than 563 00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:22.320 the worst offense by a team in the league. They were shooting thirty eight 564 00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:29.119 percent. That's starting five. And then tonight you got three players who scored 565 00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:32.599 over twenty points in Kawhi, Paul George, James Harden, and you had 566 00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:37.719 guys that were huge pluses out there in the plus minus category. I haven't 567 00:44:37.719 --> 00:44:40.400 got a chance to run the numbers yet to see what their offensive rating was 568 00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:46.199 tonight and their defensive rating, but it damn sure was good. And I 569 00:44:46.239 --> 00:44:51.760 know it's one game, but Houston had a top five defense and the Clippers 570 00:44:51.760 --> 00:44:55.679 played well. They played efficient basketball with their starters tonight for the first time 571 00:44:55.719 --> 00:45:00.360 since James Harden has been there. And I'm not saying it's Russ's fault. 572 00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:06.000 I'm saying it's just not optimizing your talent having both of them next to each 573 00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:10.199 other. You hear me on that, Ryan Adam, I couldn't agree with 574 00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:15.719 you more and again, Russ can be used still and we've seen that he 575 00:45:15.800 --> 00:45:19.679 will still be used. But like you said, perfectly, the space scene 576 00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:23.840 doesn't work when Russ is out there with Hardened together. It just doesn't mesh 577 00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:27.960 well. But that's okay. Russ can still be used. He's a warrior. 578 00:45:28.239 --> 00:45:30.599 He's still a great player. That's all right. Get him in that 579 00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:35.360 second unit, get some guys out there with him and have him run and 580 00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:38.519 like co and I think Kyler said it perfectly the other day, the team 581 00:45:38.760 --> 00:45:44.039 needs to play faster, get going, get quick, up up the floor. 582 00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:46.000 I think you're gonna see that the offense take off and it's gonna be 583 00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:50.119 really fun to watch. Really just he kind of clarified that today. I 584 00:45:50.159 --> 00:45:53.559 appreciate the call. Ryan pregame. He said, it's not necessarily about pace. 585 00:45:53.639 --> 00:45:58.199 It's just about getting into our sets quicker. It's not about just playing 586 00:45:58.679 --> 00:46:02.000 up tempo seven seconds. The last Mike D'Antoni type of offense, who did 587 00:46:02.039 --> 00:46:08.920 coach James Harden. It's just more movement. More motion getting into sets and 588 00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:12.960 they can't lollygag up the court. And that's why I think he called that 589 00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:15.000 early time out in the third quarter. He didn't like that. Now, 590 00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:20.480 I'll point out something I don't like tonight, and I didn't like it coming 591 00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:25.480 into the game. But when you talk about spacing PJ. Tucker next to 592 00:46:25.480 --> 00:46:29.920 a beat to Zubas just hasn't worked at all. For those who say, 593 00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:32.880 oh, we got to play bigger, they were a minus thirty six and 594 00:46:32.920 --> 00:46:37.639 forty seven minutes overall the Clippers were when those two guys were on the court 595 00:46:37.719 --> 00:46:42.920 coming into tonight, and that just got a lot worse. PJ. Tucker 596 00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:46.239 in his fourteen or fifteen minutes round up was a minus twenty four, and 597 00:46:46.320 --> 00:46:50.599 it looked like that when he and Zubats were on the court. Clippers weren't 598 00:46:50.599 --> 00:46:55.159 scoring. They're crowding the paint. The spacing isn't there for Slashers, for 599 00:46:55.239 --> 00:47:01.400 Harden, for Paul George. The defense does respect PJ. Tucker enough on 600 00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:07.679 those corner threes, They just sag off of him and the paint becomes congested. 601 00:47:09.039 --> 00:47:13.079 So I'm wondering if that's something that changes. Because I like him at 602 00:47:13.079 --> 00:47:16.119 the five when they're going small PJ. Tucker, but at the four next 603 00:47:16.159 --> 00:47:21.039 to Zubots, it just it is not worked. Daniel Tys, by the 604 00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:27.000 way, eleven minutes one for three did get dunked on twice. But I 605 00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:30.239 don't even care. You gotta get over that stuff. If you're gonna be 606 00:47:30.239 --> 00:47:35.119 a good defender and you're going to contest everything at the ram, which I 607 00:47:35.159 --> 00:47:38.079 thought he did, you're gonna get dunked on sometimes. The amount of guy 608 00:47:38.119 --> 00:47:42.159 that dunked onto Camam Tumble. I know he wagged his finger a lot for 609 00:47:42.239 --> 00:47:45.800 a lot of blocks, but he also got dunked on plenty. That's just 610 00:47:47.760 --> 00:47:53.280 that's a part of the job. That's a work hazard. It's just what 611 00:47:53.440 --> 00:47:57.119 it is when you're big. But I like what daniel Tye brings with his 612 00:47:57.239 --> 00:48:00.920 energy. I thought the three pointer, you couldn't get that to fall. 613 00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:02.760 I'm not sure where that's at. He's thirty two percent three point shooter for 614 00:48:02.880 --> 00:48:09.039 his career. But overall it's a positive tonight, they got something to build 615 00:48:09.079 --> 00:48:13.119 off of. Like James Harden said, as stepping stone, we'll take a 616 00:48:13.159 --> 00:48:15.280 quick time out, we'll come back, we'll get to coach lou we'll close 617 00:48:15.320 --> 00:48:20.920 things out, Roman and Santa Clarita. We will get to you as well. 618 00:48:20.920 --> 00:48:24.199 Clippers win one oh six to one hundred off of James Harden step back 619 00:48:24.239 --> 00:48:28.280 three. It turned into a four point play against his former team in the 620 00:48:28.360 --> 00:48:31.320 Rockets. This was the perfect way for the Clippers to end the six game 621 00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:36.760 losing streak. I'm Adam Mosland. This is Clippers stock on M five to 622 00:48:36.800 --> 00:48:42.800 seven. LA sports every Clipper game all season long. They didn't stop playing 623 00:48:42.800 --> 00:48:49.079 hard. You're listening to the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming on the iHeartRadio app. 624 00:48:49.280 --> 00:48:52.559 Eight six six, nine eighty seven two five seventy is the full number. 625 00:48:52.119 --> 00:48:57.440 After the Clippers win one oh six to one hundred here at Crypto dot 626 00:48:57.440 --> 00:49:00.280 com Arena, they break the six game losing streak thanks to a four point 627 00:49:00.400 --> 00:49:07.119 play with six seconds left from James Harden. How appropo he does it against 628 00:49:07.119 --> 00:49:10.320 his former team, breaks the Clipper six game losing streak and gets his first 629 00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:15.559 victory as a Clipper. He was stellar, He was steady. He was 630 00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:20.400 exactly what the Clippers needed tonight, especially late in the ball game after they 631 00:49:20.440 --> 00:49:22.719 went through a stretch of going scoreless and then in the last two to four 632 00:49:22.760 --> 00:49:28.760 they went on a twelve one run to win it. The defense was incredible 633 00:49:29.280 --> 00:49:32.840 and the Clippers rose to the occasion. Roman and Santa Clarita, what's up 634 00:49:32.840 --> 00:49:37.840 here on Clippers sock without a Maslin? Last call to night? Hey, 635 00:49:37.920 --> 00:49:39.239 how you doing? How you doing? Adam? It's going to be back 636 00:49:39.320 --> 00:49:43.840 on again. Lifetime Lakers fan. But I've been following your Clippers this year. 637 00:49:45.960 --> 00:49:49.320 A lot of what we talked about after that Jazz game. I feel 638 00:49:49.320 --> 00:49:52.519 like it came to fruition in this game with Zubac being in at the end, 639 00:49:52.880 --> 00:49:55.679 him dominating at the end. Like you said last, the Jazz game 640 00:49:55.880 --> 00:50:00.239 was his best game until this game. I'm with you on that Zoo in 641 00:50:00.239 --> 00:50:06.360 the fourth quarter was a different animal like that, that zoo. That's what 642 00:50:06.440 --> 00:50:08.639 everybody wants, That's what they want to see all the time. But I'll 643 00:50:08.639 --> 00:50:12.920 tell you this, it's hard to do it all the time. But he 644 00:50:12.960 --> 00:50:16.599 picked the right time right And we said that, We said he has to 645 00:50:16.599 --> 00:50:19.920 be in there in the fourth quarter, no matter how many fouls he has, 646 00:50:20.119 --> 00:50:23.920 and and and you brought up Daniel Thief. He's gonna be himself once 647 00:50:23.960 --> 00:50:28.000 he gets, you know, into into the system. He's gonna get rebounds, 648 00:50:28.159 --> 00:50:30.159 I mean shooting. He you know, he missed a three pointer. 649 00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:32.920 Oh well, we don't need him to score for us. But I like 650 00:50:32.960 --> 00:50:36.440 that kick out from Russ to him. It didn't make sense to me. 651 00:50:36.719 --> 00:50:40.719 Russ turned down a couple of layou layups and kicked it out and Daniel Tice, 652 00:50:40.800 --> 00:50:45.880 I just you know, they're getting used to each other. But you're 653 00:50:45.920 --> 00:50:51.239 but you're also seeing Russell Westbrook on that second unit showing his energy. Like 654 00:50:51.280 --> 00:50:54.679 you said, this is okay, see Russell Westbrook not you know, okay. 655 00:50:54.880 --> 00:51:00.400 The dunk rus Russell Westbrook he tried on Dylan Brooks, Yes, in 656 00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:04.480 the first half, would have been the dunk of the year. It would 657 00:51:04.480 --> 00:51:07.320 have been absolutely It would have brought the house down. We would have been 658 00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:13.719 the bowels Ofcrypto dot com arena. And I think I think that's where we're 659 00:51:13.760 --> 00:51:15.880 at. It's like, that's the kind of energy you need on that second 660 00:51:15.960 --> 00:51:20.320 unit. I agree with you on PJ. Tucker and Zubok. They crowd 661 00:51:20.320 --> 00:51:22.639 the lane together. But PJ. Tucker can play an excellent five on that 662 00:51:22.679 --> 00:51:28.199 second unit with Russell Westbrook and maybe a Norm Pal and you could have your 663 00:51:28.400 --> 00:51:30.719 you know, the lineup that you like, which is the hard end, 664 00:51:31.480 --> 00:51:37.039 hardened, Paul George, Kawhi, Leonard, Terrence Mann and Zuba out there 665 00:51:37.079 --> 00:51:38.760 and then you know, slowly move your pieces. But I think they did 666 00:51:38.800 --> 00:51:43.480 it today, and I think Clipper Nation actually saw the James Harden that they're 667 00:51:43.519 --> 00:51:46.199 getting. This is this is James Harden, you know, at the end 668 00:51:46.199 --> 00:51:49.880 of the game, four point play, this is a this is a normal 669 00:51:49.920 --> 00:51:52.519 thing for him. And he's getting his footing with the Clippers, showing that 670 00:51:52.599 --> 00:51:55.679 he dishes a ball. I mean he I mean, you're you're gonna be 671 00:51:55.679 --> 00:52:00.239 playing that ice Cube song over and over for him. Messed around and got 672 00:52:00.280 --> 00:52:06.760 a triple double because that's what he is. Great call. Yeah, absolutely, 673 00:52:06.960 --> 00:52:09.039 I don't. I want to cut you off to let him cook last 674 00:52:09.079 --> 00:52:14.800 thing, get it. Yeah. I just think, you know, Clipper 675 00:52:14.880 --> 00:52:17.199 Nation, I think you I think you you have something in the works here, 676 00:52:17.599 --> 00:52:22.280 and if everything's going the way it shouldn't you get that maybe maybe even 677 00:52:22.280 --> 00:52:24.639 if if plumb Lee comes back, I think you have the pieces there to 678 00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:29.960 make a run. I mean, you've seen Hardin's teams go on go on 679 00:52:30.079 --> 00:52:32.079 runs like this in the path, but with Paul George and Kawhi Leonard leading, 680 00:52:32.199 --> 00:52:35.480 you know, leading the charge along with him. I mean, you 681 00:52:35.719 --> 00:52:40.280 guys, are you guys could be an unstoppable force. Roman, you know 682 00:52:40.320 --> 00:52:46.000 what, I call you my favorite Laker fan. Thank you the Lakers one 683 00:52:46.000 --> 00:52:52.760 tonight. So well, okay, I take everything back. What's all right? 684 00:52:52.199 --> 00:52:55.960 So let's let's get that battle for Los Angeles going in the playoffs this 685 00:52:57.039 --> 00:53:00.760 year. Roman, thanks for the call. We'll talk to you next week. 686 00:53:01.199 --> 00:53:05.599 I had one more thing to say. Where the hell was I I'm 687 00:53:05.599 --> 00:53:08.000 at Crypto dot com arena, and let's hear from coach Lupost game after the 688 00:53:08.000 --> 00:53:14.719 Clippers win one six to one and Ti zoo he was great down the stretch, 689 00:53:14.880 --> 00:53:17.239 getting a chance to play in the fourth quarter, and just wanted to 690 00:53:17.280 --> 00:53:23.239 know what did you see from him and being able to just make himself available 691 00:53:23.320 --> 00:53:27.559 to those passes and to have those finishes to help you take the lead down 692 00:53:27.559 --> 00:53:30.719 the stretch. Yeah, I didn't think he was as good in the first 693 00:53:30.719 --> 00:53:32.480 half. I thought, you know, late he got better. I think, 694 00:53:34.599 --> 00:53:36.800 you know, he was experiencing some back tightness whatever, so we had 695 00:53:36.800 --> 00:53:39.199 to play through some things. So he didn't really have his balance and his 696 00:53:39.280 --> 00:53:43.159 ability to jump in block shots early on. But you know, he gutted 697 00:53:43.199 --> 00:53:45.400 it out for us like he always does, and I thought you like I 698 00:53:45.400 --> 00:53:47.239 said that last part of the fourth quarter, he really did a good job 699 00:53:47.239 --> 00:53:51.320 of getting to his spots, James be able to find him, had a 700 00:53:51.320 --> 00:53:54.920 couple of blocks, and so he was really good and coach with Rusk coming 701 00:53:54.960 --> 00:53:59.400 off the bench, what did you like from him? And also you were 702 00:53:59.400 --> 00:54:02.480 able to play James and Russ several minutes together. What did you like when 703 00:54:02.519 --> 00:54:06.760 you saw them both on the floor together. Just got to get Russ comfortable, 704 00:54:06.840 --> 00:54:09.199 I think, you know, just switching units and playing with different guys. 705 00:54:09.239 --> 00:54:12.239 We just got to get him used to it and get him accustomed to 706 00:54:12.320 --> 00:54:15.719 doing that. And it's tough, you know, it's tough to go from 707 00:54:15.719 --> 00:54:17.360 starting to off the bench and from off the benches starting, you know, 708 00:54:19.400 --> 00:54:21.599 especially with the caliber player that he is. So we just got to get 709 00:54:21.679 --> 00:54:23.480 him comfortable, make sure we got the right guys on the floor with him. 710 00:54:23.480 --> 00:54:27.159 But like I said tonight, it was our first time and first chance 711 00:54:27.639 --> 00:54:31.320 of doing it, so we just got to get better with it. Eighties 712 00:54:31.400 --> 00:54:36.880 guitar Russell Westbrook, by the way, decline to talk post game, but 713 00:54:37.119 --> 00:54:40.599 he's been doing this for over the last week now I believe. I'm not 714 00:54:40.639 --> 00:54:45.360 sure if it's something nothing worth monitoring, we'll put it that way. Clippers 715 00:54:45.400 --> 00:54:50.440 win one O six to one hundred. And it is time because we're back 716 00:54:50.480 --> 00:54:54.159 at Crypto dot Com arena to bring in the fake philosopher big brother Jake Warner 717 00:54:54.199 --> 00:55:00.360 for your positive moments of the night. Positive moment of the night. Payne 718 00:55:00.360 --> 00:55:07.480 will leave once it is done teaching you. Okay, okay, big bro 719 00:55:07.760 --> 00:55:12.199 coming through late like James Harden. You already know, baby. Yeah. 720 00:55:12.239 --> 00:55:15.400 And it was a painful last seventeen days. The Clippers had not once since 721 00:55:15.480 --> 00:55:21.239 October thirty first on Halloween. Ouch. Yeah, it was getting spooky. 722 00:55:21.400 --> 00:55:23.960 Feels good tonight though. It does good to see you, my friend. 723 00:55:24.559 --> 00:55:29.239 Same same, We'll do it again soon as The Clippers now head out to 724 00:55:29.280 --> 00:55:35.440 San Antonio for two starting Monday, tip time at five against Victor Webban Yama 725 00:55:35.440 --> 00:55:37.199 and the Spurs, a team they beat by forty here at Crypto dot Com 726 00:55:37.199 --> 00:55:42.000 Marina. I don't think the Spurs forgot about that. We'll have a pregame 727 00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:44.679 show starting at four before we get out of here. I do want to 728 00:55:44.679 --> 00:55:51.880 thank the Clippers organization. No at Eagle TM Ralph Lawler Brian Seaman, Carlojmenez 729 00:55:51.920 --> 00:55:54.800 on the call tonight, Big Brother, Jake Warner, our head engineer here 730 00:55:54.800 --> 00:55:59.360 at Crypto dot Com arena, Katie Newton, our producer back in Burbank. 731 00:55:59.440 --> 00:56:05.159 The caller, the listeners, the haters emailing me. Why would I send 732 00:56:05.199 --> 00:56:08.840 a spam? Until Monday at four with the free game show, Clippers in 733 00:56:08.880 --> 00:56:13.159 San Antonio taking on the Spurs. I'm out a Mosland. We'll talk to 734 00:56:13.159 --> 00:56:16.199 you then. So why he was doing his thing? All they want to 735 00:56:16.239 --> 00:56:20.880 do is win in La. I thought they gave everything they had. I'm 736 00:56:20.960 --> 00:56:24.679 very proud of them. This has been Clippers Talk, the official postgame reaction 737 00:56:24.800 --> 00:56:30.320 of the LA Clippers. God bless Paul George. It's just changed. Don't 738 00:56:30.360 --> 00:56:35.000 miss an episode all season law Go to wherever you podcast and subscribe. Today 739 00:56:35.079 --> 00:56:37.760 we'll have the show I got join the iHeart Radio. You guys are great. 740 00:56:37.840 --> 00:56:42.800 Thank you for joining us for another exciting broadcast of LA Clippers basketball