Last time that check just fine, shine on my neck, Clippers fall Brett,
last time that first time in a couple of weeks. They lose in
Cleveland to the Cavaliers, their first loss on this seven game Grammy road Trip
one eighteen one o eight was the final. I'm Adam Oslin. You're listening
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But join the show right now for a little Clips and Double Dip. Is
our friend Chuck Mockler from Clips and Dip? Chuck, where was this game
lost in your eyes or mind or whatever? Searching for answers right now?
Yeah, exactly. I I'm not entirely sure. I'm honestly kind of torn
between Kawhi Leonard being really the only guy who could find any kind of rhythm
out there. I gotta put a lot of the you know, if we're
going to go that run, I got to kind of point the finger a
little bit at Paul George, who isn't one hundred percent we know he's not
one hundred percent. It's just a matter of how not one hundred percent is
he And just kind of the lack of focus there was the Calves. Really
there were parts of this game where the Calves really could have pulled away from
the Clippers and they just didn't. And the Clippers had a couple opportunities,
especially late, to make things happen, but it was just quick bad decisions
too. It was possessions ending really early, you know, through through a
bad turnover or something like that. So I think it's one of those two
things. Yeah, I mean, it was still a tight game. The
Clippers made it interesting late after they were down double digits in the fourth quarter.
They weren't exactly going quietly into the night. To quote a what was
that Bill Claxton to quote the yeah, ID four baby, come on.
But look, it was a five point game down the stretch. Kawhi Leonard
was still playing well. It was a four point game after a mere coffee
got a two pointer. They were fighting, they were battling. They just
didn't execute well enough, and there were so many little mental miscues and errors
out there that were frustrating to watch from a team that has been really sound
in a lot of different little areas that you need to be to win a
championship. Just some of those habits didn't show up in this one. To
meet Chuck, Yeah, and it's it is hard to do that for every
single game, right, The Clippers have played so well lately that I don't
know if we were due for something like this, but yeah, there was
lack of executions is a great call. There was just yeah, the Cabs
are a great defense, right. We do need to give credit to the
Cabs. They use their size really well. It really bothered the Clippers pick
and roll rhythm and things like that. But yeah, there was just no
room for a lot of airs tonight. And unfortunately there were hard with I
think the most turnovers he had he's had in a couple of games combined.
So I think at that point, you know, James Harden raises the floor
so much for the Clippers and the ceiling, but when he's not playing well,
the Clippers tend to maybe go the way of him a little bit.
It was Bill Pullman rip Bill Paxton, one of my favorites ever. Just
want to correct myself there, This is a game where with out of Eats's
Zoobos it really stands out. It really shines a light on how much he
is missed. And I hope people understand that because you know a lot of
people were saying, hey, they're fine. See they have Plumbley and Daniel
Ties. They can make up for his production out there. You can't.
No one guy can. And he's their best route rebounder, their best rint
protector, their biggest guy. He was sorely missed against Cleveland. Yeah,
and I know people might look at this game and say, oh, the
Clippers really need more size. You do have to remember that Zoo was gone,
right. Tyson and Plumbley are so good when you can tune them and
use them as kind of a one two punch to see what's going to work
when you have the stabilizing presence and literally the size of Zoo against the larger
team like the Cavs. So, yeah, it hurts. We hope that
reevaluation goes well for him and he can come back one hundred percent. I
also kind of maybe hope PG system the next to games so he can get
back to one hundred percent too. Yeah. I think, I mean,
you're not winning a championship if he's not right. If he can't be himself.
So at what point do you strike that balance of knowing the regular season
is important. Yes, you're trying to be a top three seed, but
also knowing that to win it all, you got to have these guys healthy
and you can't have this lingering groin injury just continue to bleed into games.
I don't know if they're just trying to get to the All Star break and
maybe that would be enough. But with the next couple of games coming up
against lesser opponents, that is an opportunity where if Paul George isn't feeling right,
he certainly didn't look right in this game, it may be time to
sit him. I also felt like there was just a really wacky whistle in
this game, just so many that it took guys out of their own rhythm.
I mean, Daniel Tice gets called for the foul with his face.
Uh. And I'm not saying it was a bad whistle against the Clippers because
that technical foul on Max Strus for handing the ball too aggressively to the official.
I would be livid if I was a Cavaliers fan over that call.
It looked like nothing, but it didn't help. But just felt like the
game was jumped up even more against a team that's that good defensively. Yeah,
I mean everything went wrong for the Clippers. That was kind of out
of their control a little bit, right. The Cows were playing great.
Mobile came back and looked really good in his limited minutes. The Clippers didn't
win his minutes, I think, but he was still a problem for them
that they had to account for and whatnot. And yeah, it just no
rhythm. That's what really I keep coming back to for anyone on the team.
Norman was started the fourth grade. He hit a three right to open
that but he scored ten in the first but was quiet in the second and
third just you know, Paul George fouled out. Like these are all things
where there was no rhythm to be found in the middle of the game at
all. How cool is Kawhi Leonard though, I mean, come on,
how awesome is Kawhi Leonard? The dunk on Zara Allen, but the three
pointer to me on Donovan Mitchell in the far side corner, falling to his
left back into the left chuck. That was insane. Yeah, that didn't
make any sense. And that three, I think was a nice microcosm of
his game as a whole. Right, Kawhi is doing these unreal things.
He's making things happen. He drags the Clippers to not getting blown out to
night. Really, that is what Kawhi did. Unfortunately they couldn't get any
help. You know. It was just a little too late for some other
guys. But yeah, Kawhi continues to be a top three player in the
NBA. We love it. Kawhi. Leonard tried his best, but the
Clippers would fall by ten. He had thirty. They lose one eighteen to
oneh eight in Cleveland to the Cavaliers. He is Chuck Mockler of Clips and
diff We got a new YouTube coming tomorrow, Chuck. Thanks for the double
dips to night here on Clipper Stock. My friend Yep, thanks for having
me up. Clips coming up next. Back to your phone calls. Eight
sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number Clippers dropped to
thirty and fifteen on the season. We'll update you on the Western Conference standings
that's still to come. We will not go quietly into the night. Yeah,
it's a good, good line, good speech. Does the movie hold
up now? Probably not, But it might be in so bad it's good
territory, or at least watching it near the fourth of July, it's still
fun. I'm at am Auslin. You're listening to clipperstck here on five seventy LA Sports