1 00:00:10,919 --> 00:00:15,679 Welcome to Season two, episode fifty seven, Borderline, episode fifty eight with 2 00:00:15,759 --> 00:00:20,000 how many times We've had to start this thing over? I am Chuck Buckler, 3 00:00:20,559 --> 00:00:26,000 joined by Adam Oslin. Will Updank. Our usual other host is unavoidably 4 00:00:26,039 --> 00:00:30,079 detained. He's at Doune too. He couldn't make it. He didn't want 5 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:34,719 to talk about I know we got left out of Timothy shamalot or whatever more 6 00:00:34,759 --> 00:00:39,799 than us challenge. He didn't want to talk about the Clippers collapse, which 7 00:00:39,799 --> 00:00:44,039 we are going to talk about today. We're going to talk the loss against 8 00:00:44,359 --> 00:00:47,240 the Bucks, which no one liked. We're going to talk about the upcoming 9 00:00:47,719 --> 00:00:51,119 must win I guess against the Rockets. Every game feels like a must win 10 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:56,640 right now. If you're listening Yesterdays was. If you're listening, thanks for 11 00:00:56,719 --> 00:00:59,600 listening. If you're watching us on YouTube, we have a little special treat 12 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,240 for you to If you want to watch us, you can find us on 13 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:07,040 YouTube dot com, slash at Clippers Podcast and Adam. We have a giveaway 14 00:01:07,239 --> 00:01:11,319 I believe too. We do. We still have the Russell Westbrook bobblehead to 15 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:15,400 give away. We're doing three keywords. Here's how it works. We've already 16 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:19,519 dropped two in two previous episodes. May have been a YouTube, may have 17 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:23,040 been a clips and double dip where one of these fine gentlemen not will because 18 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:29,599 he's not here. When Chuck joins me postgame after a Clippers loss, typically 19 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:34,480 so we already gave away two keywords. There's one more to give away after 20 00:01:34,519 --> 00:01:38,840 that. You drop all three in the YouTube comment section. If you are 21 00:01:38,879 --> 00:01:44,680 the first, you're gonna win that Russell Westbrook bobblehead that they gave away on 22 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,680 a night where unfortunately Russell Westbrook broke his left hand. We'll talk more about 23 00:01:48,719 --> 00:01:51,959 that and give you an update on his health. But uh, Chuck, 24 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:56,319 I know we do have to go back over the last game now, even 25 00:01:56,359 --> 00:02:00,879 though a lot of people are probably wishing we weren't. We gotta talk about 26 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:05,480 the bad We're gonta learn from last stakes period, And there was a lot 27 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,879 of them. Yeah, that's my that's my thing. Is like it's been 28 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:14,240 you know, twenty four hours whatever since the horrible loss. Is this more? 29 00:02:14,759 --> 00:02:16,919 Is this a larger concern? Is the process from this loss something we 30 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:21,159 should be concerned about? They look, gas, it was a second hind 31 00:02:21,159 --> 00:02:23,400 of a back to back. I'm not using that as an excuse. They 32 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,039 didn't have their first and third best player. They were up fifteen. It's 33 00:02:27,039 --> 00:02:30,400 a game you have to win. I'm having deja vu in multiple ways right 34 00:02:30,439 --> 00:02:34,840 now. It's like a deja vu multiverse because I'm gonna say something. I 35 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,960 feel like I've said this before. But you know, every game has its 36 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,960 own story. And while the Lakers game was one where they lost to Lebron 37 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:46,639 James going off in that fourth quarter leading by twenty one, this was a 38 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,520 little bit different. They scored twenty five points on the fourth quarter as opposed 39 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,560 to just sixteen against Los Angeles Lakers in that one, but they gave up 40 00:02:53,599 --> 00:02:59,280 forty points to the Milwaukee Bucks, and Bobby Portis caught fire late. He 41 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,879 had fourteen of his twenty eight points in that fourth quarter. Dame had ten 42 00:03:02,479 --> 00:03:07,039 of what his forty one in the fourth quarter. Again, no Giannisanna Kuopo, 43 00:03:07,199 --> 00:03:10,520 no Chris Middleton in that game. Not a lot of excuses you can 44 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:16,000 make for this Clippers team. And I'm gonna say the unraveling of this meltdown 45 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:22,599 and this collapse this time by the Clippers really occurred just at the end of 46 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:28,280 the third quarter and through the power of technology. I am now able to 47 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,879 share my screen here on the YouTube for the first time. I figured it 48 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:38,759 out. Guys, I'm no longer the Caveman and Zulander banging on the computer. 49 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:42,840 I got this, Jockie, you're seeing what I'm seeing? Can you 50 00:03:42,879 --> 00:03:46,120 confirm? Got it? I got it. We've touched down, all right. 51 00:03:46,639 --> 00:03:49,280 So here's the end of the third quarter for the Clippers, and we'll 52 00:03:49,319 --> 00:03:53,280 go through some of this in the fourth leading to a fifteen point comeback. 53 00:03:53,319 --> 00:03:57,479 But at this point we're talking about a Clippers team that is still up eighty 54 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,840 one to seventy. They were up by thirteen forty sec is left in the 55 00:04:00,879 --> 00:04:04,719 third quarter. They gave up a couple of free throws to Damian Lillard as 56 00:04:04,719 --> 00:04:09,840 the Milwaukee bus attempted fourteen of them in that third where the Clippers really been 57 00:04:09,919 --> 00:04:13,800 defended without fouling. You'll see there the score was eighty one to sixty eight. 58 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,600 They're not gonna show free throws on highlights, So here we go. 59 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:23,720 Beasley ends up getting Terrence Man up into the air back into the left by 60 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,199 Terrence Man here on the fly by. I don't know if he thought that 61 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:30,920 this was gonna be the end of not just the shot clock, but the 62 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:34,560 end of the third quarter with the haste he had going up for that pump 63 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:39,199 fake like Beasley's gonna fly by him or something like that. Not a great 64 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:43,680 defensive play there, but the Clippers then would be up by just eight heading 65 00:04:43,759 --> 00:04:47,759 into the fourth. It's eighty one to seventy three. Now the Milwaukee Bucks 66 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:53,399 start to get hot. Here is Bobby Fortis who misses one. This was 67 00:04:53,439 --> 00:04:57,279 a big play. After the Bobby Portis missed three porn on the far side 68 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:02,519 corner. Danilo Gallinari comes in and is able to fly amongst the trees. 69 00:05:02,639 --> 00:05:08,519 There's a viza zubats, there a mirror coffee. They did not account for 70 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:13,759 Gallo who got up and had to put back dunk. That's pretty inexcusable. 71 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,879 But what I will point out here is just how many ridiculous shots that the 72 00:05:17,879 --> 00:05:25,319 Milwaukee Bucks were able to make in this fourth quarter that have somewhat assuaged my 73 00:05:25,519 --> 00:05:29,720 fears of this Clippers team late in ball games, because a little bit of 74 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,560 this was fluky to a degree. I will say too, do you got 75 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:38,680 a thesaurus page up you want to share that tab? No? The Dorris 76 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,560 Rex here, but here's Bobby ports Now on the far side corner. Same 77 00:05:42,639 --> 00:05:46,319 play from him. You first see Aviza zubats here as I'm pointing to the 78 00:05:46,319 --> 00:05:48,879 screen like you can see me pointing to it. Aviza zubats Here doesn't like 79 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:53,000 the defensive rotation, so you see that he puts his arms out a little 80 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,839 bit of frustration there. He goes to close out on Portas of the far 81 00:05:56,959 --> 00:06:00,319 side corner. It wasn't a bad close out. He got his hand up, 82 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,199 doesn't matter, it's too late. Portis knocks down that three pointer. 83 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,240 He's doing a little bit of a shimmy. Now they're starting to get it 84 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:11,600 going. But James Harden, remember as the Clippers were ice cold to start 85 00:06:11,639 --> 00:06:15,360 the fourth quarter. Those were the first points in the fourth by the Clippers. 86 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,680 So we're almost three minutes in and James Harden scored their first ten points 87 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:24,839 of the fourth. He did not score again after that, though, so 88 00:06:24,959 --> 00:06:28,240 as good as he was early, he couldn't get anything to go late. 89 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,240 James Harden with that little floater there, James Harden once again, a deep 90 00:06:32,319 --> 00:06:36,800 three pointer, A huge shot. I thought shots like that stemming the tide 91 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:40,720 from the mockey bocks would be the difference, but there's still eight minutes left. 92 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,079 It's a six point game. Here's Damian Lillard a little euro step around 93 00:06:44,079 --> 00:06:46,800 Paul George here for the easy one flexes on him plus an and one. 94 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,240 Look like kind of a weak foul, but I guess it doesn't matter here. 95 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:53,399 You can't complain if you're the Clippers when you led by fifteen. James 96 00:06:53,439 --> 00:06:58,160 Harden once again getting not one but two and ones, I believe in this 97 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:00,959 fourth quarter, gets to the free He was doing all he could. Nobody 98 00:07:00,959 --> 00:07:04,079 else was scoring for the Clippers, though at the time it's ninety one to 99 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:09,079 eighty six. Now with six forty five left in the fourth quarter, the 100 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:14,600 Clippers have gone small Ofvitza Zubots is off the floor. They're going up against 101 00:07:14,639 --> 00:07:16,920 that zone, which, by the way, Aviatsa Zubots may have been helpful 102 00:07:16,959 --> 00:07:20,720 against breaking because he could get to the middle of the paint. Okay, 103 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:26,439 we'll talk more about that coming up. Here's Bobby Porters Junior ding up or 104 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,240 Paul George on him. Is this bad defense or just good offense? Well, 105 00:07:30,279 --> 00:07:32,800 he doesn't even get a hand up there in the little spin move for 106 00:07:32,879 --> 00:07:36,959 the hook shot too easy, and now he's in rhythm. He's already knocked 107 00:07:36,959 --> 00:07:41,439 down a three pointer. This Clippers team, though, is on their heels. 108 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,120 They still lead by six with five minutes left. Here, look at 109 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,839 this though from Dame. I don't know what else you do against that. 110 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:54,120 A mere Coffee contested that three pointer he pulled up after he was trying to 111 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:58,399 lull him to sleep. It's well contested. I give him mere credit there. 112 00:07:58,519 --> 00:08:01,160 That's not I I'm not gonna call it a bad shot like Paul George 113 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:05,639 did a few years back in that playoff series. Good. Yeah, it's 114 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:09,680 not a wide open shot. It's not a clean look. A mere Coffee 115 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,639 was there to contest it. It goes for Dame. He had ten points 116 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:18,680 on the fourth quarter. It's a three point game. Now the Clippers are 117 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:22,000 in rotation and scrambling as they try to get ball out of Dame's hands. 118 00:08:22,279 --> 00:08:26,879 It ends up going to Pat Beth. You could say here late, as 119 00:08:26,879 --> 00:08:31,480 I freeze framed this, that Paul George is too late to get a hand 120 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:35,000 up on Patrick Beverly. He's already into his shooting motion. He has a 121 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:39,240 clean view and by the time PG can test it, it's probably just you 122 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,559 know, muscle memory. At that point, it's too late. That was 123 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:45,960 the side of the game. Speaking of George, very next possession for the 124 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,360 Clippers, it's ninety six, all four to twenty two left PG on the 125 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,159 right wing. He's got James Harden. They go to double him as it's 126 00:08:52,159 --> 00:08:56,759 still that little two three zone, but not a traditional one because you know, 127 00:08:56,799 --> 00:09:00,799 you can't have a guy three seconds in the painting more we saw that 128 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,360 with Bobby ports getting called for that and Paul George missing the technical free throw. 129 00:09:03,759 --> 00:09:09,200 This pass, though, can't have just a lazy pass to James Harden. 130 00:09:09,279 --> 00:09:13,279 That's too far out in front of him. He gets one hand on 131 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,159 it. Look where the basketball is. Patrick Beverly's about as close at James 132 00:09:16,159 --> 00:09:20,080 hardness to it. If they're a fifty to fifty ball, that means Pat 133 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,000 beab is probably gonna get to it. He swipes at it again, Dame 134 00:09:22,039 --> 00:09:26,840 gets a hand on it, ball goes bouncing around. Bobby Portis comes up 135 00:09:26,879 --> 00:09:30,000 with it. Dame gets in transition down the right side lane, puts it 136 00:09:30,159 --> 00:09:33,399 up in off the glass. No foul at least this time, But all 137 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,320 of a sudden, the Bucks have the lead at ninety eight to ninety six 138 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:39,000 with three forty left when the Clippers are up by eight entering the period up 139 00:09:39,039 --> 00:09:43,279 by fifteen in the third, here's more from Dame. The double coms Clippers 140 00:09:43,279 --> 00:09:48,759 are in rotation. This is a ridiculous shot by aj Green. The football 141 00:09:48,799 --> 00:09:52,879 player did not turn out to be a basketball player. I don't know if 142 00:09:52,919 --> 00:09:56,320 you know much about him. Obviously, the Bucks are down a few guys. 143 00:09:56,759 --> 00:10:01,440 He's what thirty feet out at least there? Chuck like, what is 144 00:10:01,519 --> 00:10:05,519 that? I understand where Paul George is. He thinks he might pumpake or 145 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:09,440 try to drive by him or PG thirteen has to come over and guard Bobby 146 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:13,799 Portis in the near side corner. That is maybe a bad shot. That's 147 00:10:13,919 --> 00:10:18,200 closer to what Dame did against PG thirteen when he was with the Thunder to 148 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:22,720 end that series. That's unguardable. If he's making that, there's not much 149 00:10:22,759 --> 00:10:26,480 you can do about it. The momentum has splung. This Milwaukee Bucks team 150 00:10:26,639 --> 00:10:30,600 is now on fire. Bobby Portis junior. Does this look like an easy 151 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,519 jumper over a mere coffee? No, he just turns around and puts it 152 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,000 up. He's got a hand in his face. That's well contested. That's 153 00:10:37,039 --> 00:10:41,399 a tough shot, turn around fade away from Bobby Portis, Are you kidding 154 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,600 me? And the floodgates have opened. There was a twelve zero run at 155 00:10:45,639 --> 00:10:48,919 one point by the Milwaukee Bucks. Now they're up one oh five to ninety 156 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,159 six with a minute forty nine left. Clippers actually got a good look here. 157 00:10:52,799 --> 00:10:58,600 Kawhigo's baseline kicks it out to Norman Palell came forth. He knocks down, 158 00:10:58,639 --> 00:11:01,720 but he had a cold night over. But this Clippers team defensively wasn't 159 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:07,039 good enough. Now they have Kawhi Leonard on Bobby Portis, so he's taking 160 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,960 up the challenge. He knows they're trying to go to him. This is 161 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,879 well defended too. What are you gonna do there, Bobby Porters, it's 162 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,840 that to go over Kawhi Leonard. I think it was too little, too 163 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,519 late, and by the time the Clippers were playing good enough, dnse Bobby 164 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:26,840 Porter Junior was hot, and I think he hits one more three pointer here 165 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:33,879 Norman pal leaves portis Bobby Portis. I should say he goes to pick up 166 00:11:33,919 --> 00:11:37,639 Patrick Beverly. He's already knocked down a three pointer here in the quarter, 167 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,080 and now he's at the top of the key. He's at the top of 168 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:45,960 the arc. So you got a decision to make nice play by Patrick Beverly. 169 00:11:46,039 --> 00:11:48,120 He burns the Clippers, gives it up to Portis Junior in the near 170 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:52,399 side corner, who's wide open now because the Clippers were in rotation trying to 171 00:11:52,399 --> 00:11:54,679 get the ball out of Damian Lillard's hands. That's game, that's your kill 172 00:11:54,720 --> 00:12:00,519 shot. They're up by ten. It's just some of these shots that was 173 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:05,639 wide open. Some of these shots were just insane that the Milwaukee Bucks were 174 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:09,519 able to hit, some of them from Bobby Portis Junior. And I'm sorry 175 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:13,639 for going Tim Leagler there and going for way too long, but Chuck the 176 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,840 more, why we watch that again? Why did we have to relive that 177 00:12:18,039 --> 00:12:22,440 again? Well, I guess my point throughout this is it may have been 178 00:12:22,519 --> 00:12:28,120 less to do about the Clippers and more to do with some ridiculous hot shooting 179 00:12:28,159 --> 00:12:31,879 from the Milwaukee Bucks. In some ways, there were at least four shots 180 00:12:31,919 --> 00:12:35,480 there that were so well defended and it doesn't even matter. There was so 181 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:37,919 there was a lot of great shot making, right. It's it's like the 182 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:43,039 Lebron thing too. You don't expect Lebron to make those threes, But you 183 00:12:43,159 --> 00:12:46,840 do expect things like Bobby port Is to punish a small ball line up right, 184 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:52,120 Like we saw that kind of happen. Uh, And now we turn 185 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,919 around feet aways on a mere coffee though okay, not with a long three 186 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,480 poorner on the far side corner over the outstretched hand of Avitza Zubas. Those 187 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,879 are tough shit, those two at least, right, but those two, 188 00:13:03,039 --> 00:13:05,399 But like, it's not like, but there are things the Clippers did poorly 189 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,039 in this game. So they were sloppy with the ball. They fouled a 190 00:13:09,039 --> 00:13:13,559 bunch. They didn't drive the paint in the zone, which we're gonna see 191 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,679 in the playoffs. It feels like it feels like teams are gonna hurl a 192 00:13:16,759 --> 00:13:22,960 zone at the Clippers because of how wonky or like you mentioned Zoo right like 193 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:28,519 he was. He could maybe do some damage there. He was asking for 194 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,960 the ball early in the fourth quarter against that zone. They didn't give it 195 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:35,639 to him. And that is becoming a very much a pet peeve of mine, 196 00:13:35,799 --> 00:13:39,480 them not finding Zoo enough and giving him opportunities on offense when I don't 197 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:43,879 think this team can reach their highest ceiling if they're not exploiting the fact that 198 00:13:43,879 --> 00:13:46,840 if Eatza, Zubots has been much better offensively and him working with James Harden 199 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,960 is one way to execute offense down the stretch. Isn't that what we saw 200 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:56,399 against the Houston Rockets in that first victory for James Harden the step back three 201 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:58,720 pointer where he was I think he was fouled at the very end, but 202 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,480 it was the first time in a long time we saw them with a real 203 00:14:03,639 --> 00:14:07,360 system late in a ball game. They were just running pick and roll with 204 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,480 him in a visa Zoo Bots. I'm sorry, Yeah, that's what we 205 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:13,639 need. And what happened to Zoo closing? That was a thing earlier in 206 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:18,480 the year and everyone was like, whoa, Zoo's closing. Mostly us, 207 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,480 We're very proud because we love you on the spot, but it's like Zoo's 208 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,519 closing. It gives the Clippers size at the end of the game, which 209 00:14:24,559 --> 00:14:31,240 has been an issue the small ball. You know, the Powell Rangers were 210 00:14:31,279 --> 00:14:35,039 great for that stretch and things like that, but that's not necessarily a defensive 211 00:14:35,039 --> 00:14:39,080 lineup, Like the small ball has been so wonky, and it felt like 212 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,440 that's kind of the process of some of these losses, right is the small 213 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:46,840 ball lineup not being as effective and still getting run, which also is difficult 214 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,120 to deal with. Mason Plumley's not playing well, so he's kind of out 215 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:54,600 of the rotation, so like there is some I can see why, but 216 00:14:54,679 --> 00:14:58,480 it's just frustrating to see it cost us a game in the way that it 217 00:14:58,519 --> 00:15:03,440 did. Said postgame, the logic there was they wanted to be able to 218 00:15:03,559 --> 00:15:07,639 rotate easier. Obviously they were doubling Dame, so guys are going to be 219 00:15:07,639 --> 00:15:11,159 flying around the perimeter trying to get back to that wide open man. It's 220 00:15:11,159 --> 00:15:16,200 not like it was completely irrational. They're knocking down some tough threes. When 221 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:20,120 you see Aj Green hit that thirty footer like that, it's just this team's 222 00:15:20,159 --> 00:15:24,039 going off. I think they were six of eleven from three in the fourth 223 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:30,720 quarter. It felt worse than that always does. But some of those shots 224 00:15:30,759 --> 00:15:33,919 spread the floor so much. Then you get Bobby portis going to work on 225 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:37,519 the inside against a smaller guy. So, as Paul George also point out 226 00:15:37,559 --> 00:15:41,960 postgame, they kind of were doing both against the Clippers. It wasn't just 227 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,639 the threes. They were very balanced down the stretch. They were punishing them 228 00:15:46,639 --> 00:15:50,159 for not having size. They were punishing them along the perimeter, regardless of 229 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:54,200 them going small. And you mentioned the Power Rangers lineup, Well, initially 230 00:15:54,639 --> 00:15:58,679 that included a Visa Zubats. He was part of that five true. Yeah, 231 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:04,080 well, I don't understand. Look, I'm not gonna say that it 232 00:16:04,159 --> 00:16:07,840 was wild and crazy to not have a beach to Zubats on the floor at 233 00:16:07,879 --> 00:16:11,279 some point, though, I would have thought Bobby Portis, with the way 234 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,799 he was trying to punish them, Big Zoo could have been useful out there 235 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,759 late in the ball game. And it just seems like right now, and 236 00:16:18,799 --> 00:16:22,360 maybe it's because he's been out of the lineup for so long, out of 237 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:26,919 sight, out of mind. Regarding the players and maybe even the coaching staff, 238 00:16:26,919 --> 00:16:29,960 we've all kind of forgotten how good of eats Zubats was for about a 239 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,200 month and a half straight. When the in this crazy role, it was 240 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:38,679 him and James Harden doing so much of initiating the offense, and I think 241 00:16:38,679 --> 00:16:41,960 they need to get back to that, especially in big moments like I mentioned 242 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,399 that game against Houston, the first win with James Harden, that dramatic victory, 243 00:16:45,919 --> 00:16:48,840 they were running an offense at the end of the game. Finally it 244 00:16:48,919 --> 00:16:53,840 wasn't just Iso ball Withhi and Paul George. And yeah, the Clippers missed 245 00:16:53,879 --> 00:16:56,519 some good looks too in the fourth quarter. Those aren't going to show up 246 00:16:56,519 --> 00:17:00,919 in the highlight package. They had some open shots, but they attempted of 247 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:06,039 their twenty shots in the fourth fourteen of them were three pointers. Now, 248 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,440 some of that is because you're playing his zone. You have to bust it 249 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:14,519 by hitting shots. But another way is to attack the space and either kick 250 00:17:14,559 --> 00:17:18,400 it out or find those crevices in the defense. Find those cracks in the 251 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:23,319 defense by having a big man in the middle. You know what's funny. 252 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,400 I guess this isn't funny. You know what bums me out now that I'm 253 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,839 thinking about it. You know who helps against his own and cutting into space? 254 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:37,319 Russ? He doesn't. You know what I'm saying. If there's one 255 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,279 thing he's good at, it's that back door cut and getting the lob from 256 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:42,240 James Harden. That's a good I'm not at. I'm not saying, you 257 00:17:42,279 --> 00:17:48,440 know, anything crazy here, but like that, losing Russ's cutting is is 258 00:17:48,599 --> 00:17:51,720 rough. That's something where Terrence man because again I think we're gonna see these 259 00:17:51,759 --> 00:17:56,319 zones. Terrence's cutting has to be good. Well, yeah, and Terrence 260 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:57,960 wasn't out there late. They went with a mere coffee. Now, the 261 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,480 logic there is you're going against his own he's a more willing shooter, So 262 00:18:02,759 --> 00:18:03,880 yeah, I can see why you go with the mere coffee. Also, 263 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:08,160 he was playing elite defense. He did not get burned by bad defense. 264 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,480 He had a hand up, he was right there. Dame hits that shot. 265 00:18:11,519 --> 00:18:15,680 Bobby portis the fade away. I don't know what you do against that 266 00:18:15,839 --> 00:18:19,440 stuff. It's not like the Lakers game. I thought for sure their offense 267 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:23,160 is what failed them with just scoring sixteen points in the fourth quarter. Sure, 268 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:29,960 they did have twenty five in the fourth yesterday against Milwaukee, but I 269 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:34,079 will say a couple of those three pointers from Paul George late skewed the numbers 270 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:38,839 some right, and because I over in the fourth, Yeah, oh for 271 00:18:38,839 --> 00:18:45,640 fourth. I think we can all agree Low's listening and watching. That's probably 272 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:49,279 an anomaly too, to your point of things that were some outlier things maybe 273 00:18:49,319 --> 00:18:55,160 happening. For the most part, he has had his struggles at times, 274 00:18:55,200 --> 00:19:00,839 like the entire Clippers team has had at times, executing lighton ball games and 275 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,880 looking like a well oled machine when you know, you get a bad pass 276 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,519 like that from Paul George to James Harden, it's inexcusable. We've seen too 277 00:19:08,519 --> 00:19:15,599 many plays like that late in games, just sloppy with the basketball mis cues. 278 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:19,960 I listened to James Harden postgame Cohi post game of Paul George. I 279 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:25,759 like what James Harden said. He seemed upset. He talked about we need 280 00:19:25,839 --> 00:19:29,079 to execute it starts there. It's not about them, it's about us. 281 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:32,559 If we do what we're supposed to do, we're winning most nights. He 282 00:19:32,759 --> 00:19:36,200 was completely right about that. There was one thing that I didn't like from 283 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:40,599 Paul George. They asked him about the nine miss free throws of the ball 284 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:45,599 game. He said something to the effective that's part of the game, and 285 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:51,480 I thought, well, five of them came in the fourth quarter and three 286 00:19:51,559 --> 00:19:56,000 of them were missed by Paul George too early. And then the miss technical 287 00:19:56,039 --> 00:20:00,000 free throw off the defensive three second call on Bobby Portis when they were playing 288 00:20:00,039 --> 00:20:03,720 in the zone. James missed one, kauh, I missed one. Can't 289 00:20:03,799 --> 00:20:07,119 happen. That stuff can't happen in a close game. Down the stretch, 290 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,400 nine minutes of bonus time in the fourth. I said this on the double 291 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:15,000 tap, but that's that's what I've been going to. Nine minutes of bonus 292 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:18,279 time in the fourth and the second night of a back to back is probably 293 00:20:18,319 --> 00:20:22,319 never gonna happen to the Clippers again. And they weren't able to fully take 294 00:20:22,319 --> 00:20:26,319 advance with the reviews and everything. Just no, they had, but they 295 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:30,319 were in the bonus for nine minutes they had. I thought you were counting 296 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,839 up how many reviews the game? Yes they were, they were in the 297 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:40,200 past too, but actually, yeah, they couldn't get the bonus going. 298 00:20:40,279 --> 00:20:41,400 It was like, oh, there's nine minutes of bonus. Let's do this. 299 00:20:41,559 --> 00:20:48,279 Just just dribble straight out there, just you'll get something. Part of 300 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:52,960 that is they're playing a zone. They're daring you to shoot. Typically, 301 00:20:53,079 --> 00:20:56,759 the Clippers should be able to beat that because they are such great they're such 302 00:20:56,799 --> 00:21:02,680 a great shooting team. But as we have post All Star Break now, 303 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,759 they're not hitting three pointers. In fact, outside of I think two games 304 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,640 right now, they're shooting thirty four and a half percent from three in their 305 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,640 last eleven games, not post All Star Break, post Grammy road trip, 306 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:19,960 where they are five and six and they're shooting just about thirty five percent from 307 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:25,839 the outside, when the entire year they have been top two from distance. 308 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:30,079 That's a little bit shocking. It speaks to the offense and their struggles right 309 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,960 now. Maybe they're not getting as many open looks. I haven't looked at 310 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,240 the advanced numbers. Maybe they're just missing some of those shots. They certainly 311 00:21:36,279 --> 00:21:38,519 did against the Bucks. They even did against Minnesota in that game too, 312 00:21:38,599 --> 00:21:41,599 from the outside. To be honest, and as much as people want to 313 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,319 look to that and say, hey, they beat Minnesota, they did and 314 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:49,039 they played great defense, I also don't know how repeatable that type of victory 315 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:55,200 is. When you get out rebounded like that by a team nine times out 316 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:59,960 of ten, you're probably going to lose. They miss shots Minnesota mission. 317 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:04,400 It was a rock fight, a slugfest, but it was a third straight 318 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,400 game also where James Harden and Paul George didn't play well against that team. 319 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:12,319 So if you're looking at things that are repeatable, seems like that is right 320 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,920 now against Minnesota. I don't want to have to rely on them having to 321 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:22,119 win by one because they had a few less turnovers and yeah, they did 322 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:26,480 execute well down the stretch and Kawhi Leonard hit some clutch free throws, but 323 00:22:26,839 --> 00:22:32,240 eighty nine points isn't getting it done over. It was the first time since 324 00:22:32,319 --> 00:22:36,000 twenty twenty two a team had won a ball game scoring that few of points 325 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:41,440 eighty nine. Not just the Clippers, I think anybody. So that's an 326 00:22:41,519 --> 00:22:47,400 oddity that's not that repeatable. So they're just not playing good basketball right now. 327 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:51,400 They're twenty first in this last eleven games coming post a Grammy trip, 328 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:57,799 or twenty second defensively last eleven games, and then you account for two collapses 329 00:22:59,559 --> 00:23:04,240 in Milton Downs against a Lakers team they were boy twenty one against against a 330 00:23:04,319 --> 00:23:07,319 team without Johnson and a coop on the Milwaukee Bucks, you're up by fifteen 331 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:12,640 against. I kept saying, put them away, put period. The whole 332 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:18,960 timeline was like foot on their throat, let's make this happen. I can 333 00:23:19,079 --> 00:23:23,440 understand running out of gas and that could account for some of the misfree throws 334 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:29,599 and not having legs. It was another perfect storm of everything that could go 335 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,519 wrong for the Clippers, everything that could go right for the Milwaukee Bucks. 336 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:37,200 But for it to happen twice in five days now you're wondering is it a 337 00:23:37,279 --> 00:23:44,759 pattern? Is it more concerning Chuck. I don't know. I think it's 338 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:48,160 it is rough when two anomalies happened to you in five days, right, 339 00:23:48,319 --> 00:23:52,720 like when when two of those things happened? But how many games that away 340 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,880 from the All Star breaks? Six? Something like that. I go Grammy 341 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,480 road trip. That's where I'm at, because that's when it seems like things 342 00:24:00,599 --> 00:24:03,519 change. They were six and one, since then they're five and six. 343 00:24:06,039 --> 00:24:07,680 They got a chance against the Rockets We're going to talk about in a sec. 344 00:24:07,759 --> 00:24:11,559 Which is kind of spooky looking at some of these stats between the Clippers 345 00:24:11,599 --> 00:24:14,200 and the Rockets, who's post All Star break? We are very close in 346 00:24:14,279 --> 00:24:15,920 some categories. You don't necessarily want to be close to the Rockets. And 347 00:24:18,559 --> 00:24:25,440 I thought the legs were really obvious on yesterday, which is really frustrating, 348 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,039 which is something the Clippers that is a pattern. Right, They're an older 349 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,319 team. They just are an older team. Having bones is nice. That 350 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:36,440 little bit extra juice. He had that like four second bucket I think for 351 00:24:36,599 --> 00:24:38,319 half or something. He like took the ball end of the first quarter. 352 00:24:38,559 --> 00:24:41,000 Yeah, you know what I'm talking about. It was just like, I 353 00:24:41,039 --> 00:24:45,799 don't think there's any other Clipper healthy who could do that, but he's only 354 00:24:45,839 --> 00:24:49,079 playing though right now, when James Harden's off a floor, it's one or 355 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,799 the other, so they're not playing them together at all, like Russ with 356 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,440 James Harden. So bones, if that's the case, he's not going to 357 00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:00,359 get much more than thirteen fourteen minutes a night, right, I think I'm 358 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:07,400 at I'll say a five and a half out of ten concern as of six 359 00:25:07,559 --> 00:25:12,720 thirty one pm on March fifth. I'm right there with you, just because 360 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:19,160 crazy. But there's twenty two games left. They're not building great habits at 361 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:25,640 the moment exactly. You're too close to the finish line for the regular season 362 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:33,119 and you're playing worst basketball. Now, I'll give you this stat though I 363 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:38,480 got this from Carlo Amennez earlier. He is too humble to take credit for 364 00:25:38,599 --> 00:25:41,240 it. He said he saw it somewhere on TikTok. But I don't know 365 00:25:41,319 --> 00:25:45,839 who that guy was, and I know who Carlo Amenez is. So Carla 366 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,079 gets the credit. Sorry, Carla's getting the credit whether he won it or 367 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:53,359 not. The Golden State Warriors two years ago, on their way to winning 368 00:25:53,440 --> 00:26:00,279 the championship, they went eleven and twelve post All Star Break, the Denver 369 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,880 Nuggets last year on their way to win the championship. They went twelve and 370 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:10,839 eleven post All Star Break. Now, both those teams ended up finishing Top 371 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:17,240 two or top three. Denver had some distance between them and the second seed 372 00:26:17,279 --> 00:26:19,160 in the Memphis Grizzlies, and I think that's why they took their foot off 373 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,920 the gas a little bit. They could afford to. The Warriors finished third 374 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:29,240 in the West, and they were a game under five hundred post All Star 375 00:26:29,319 --> 00:26:37,720 Break. I don't know if that years or if it's just there's no comparison 376 00:26:37,839 --> 00:26:40,720 because we're talking about the Clippers and those are two other teams, two unique 377 00:26:40,759 --> 00:26:45,240 situations. I don't know. I'm looking for positives right now. I was 378 00:26:45,319 --> 00:26:51,079 asking for it from callers last night. I just they should be three and 379 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:56,319 OHO in March right now. But alas the seventeen and oh in March crowd 380 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,240 is in shambles, and I hope they're doing okay. I don't know what 381 00:26:59,319 --> 00:27:03,720 they expected, but I'm sad for them. I guess which really bothers him 382 00:27:03,839 --> 00:27:07,720 is they're getting two games at the end of the season that will not be 383 00:27:07,839 --> 00:27:11,599 forgotten when you look at the final standings in the record the game against the 384 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:17,279 Lakers and the game against the Bucks yesterday, Everyone's going to point to that 385 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,319 if they finished outside the top three, if they could have finished top two 386 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:26,680 because of that, It's it's tough. Those are just two inexcusable losses at 387 00:27:26,759 --> 00:27:33,240 the wrong time where it felt like they had ways to win both of those 388 00:27:33,279 --> 00:27:37,440 ball games, and they didn't go to the right game plan. And I 389 00:27:37,519 --> 00:27:41,960 think I y'all just heard me trying to break down some film tape. What 390 00:27:42,039 --> 00:27:47,759 the hell do I know? But it just seemed like, you know, 391 00:27:47,799 --> 00:27:51,200 I'm surprised that the Visa Zubas wasn't back on that ball game, who didn't 392 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:56,279 play heavy minutes, who likely would have been fresher. And I just don't 393 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,799 understand why they're looking. They're looking, they're looking him off. You gotta 394 00:28:00,799 --> 00:28:06,319 get back up. I mean, I'm down even further now. I'm down 395 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:11,400 that you are. You are sinking right now. They smoke Houston tomorrow. 396 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:17,599 They beat Chicago back home on Saturday, and they redeemed themselves against the Bucks. 397 00:28:17,759 --> 00:28:21,119 So they went three in a row and they're five and one to start 398 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:25,400 off March. I'm going be singing their phrases. There we go and this 399 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:30,480 was just a one off and anomaly, a bad week, and there's not 400 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,440 much to see here. And look, coming into the Lakers game, they 401 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:37,920 were what thirty one and one when leading going into fourth quarters. Nobody was 402 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:44,440 better and they've had two more losses since then in those scenarios. So look, 403 00:28:44,559 --> 00:28:48,960 they're clutch rating. I think it's six now net rating wise after what 404 00:28:48,039 --> 00:28:52,960 happened last night, but I think since December their top to at least in 405 00:28:53,079 --> 00:28:59,400 clutch rating. So maybe we're nitpicking, and you got to go back to 406 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:03,359 the body of work with this team right now. And because that's a bigger 407 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:07,200 sample size. Eleven games though, isn't nothing. It's almost fifteen percent of 408 00:29:07,279 --> 00:29:11,079 the season, and they're five and six and the lost eleven, Latoba gets 409 00:29:11,119 --> 00:29:14,160 better. Against the Rockets, we're gonna be talking. We got a Russ 410 00:29:14,319 --> 00:29:18,599 injury update ish and we're talking Clippers verus Rockets. If you're listening on audio, 411 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:22,079 the ads have been loud for some people. That's been the case where 412 00:29:22,079 --> 00:29:23,519 you go ahead and turn it down. If you're watched on YouTube, you 413 00:29:23,599 --> 00:29:27,000 just gonna see our faces for a little bit. Uh, we got loud 414 00:29:27,079 --> 00:29:33,400 ads and then Clippers versus Rockets top coming up in three two? What welcome 415 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:37,640 back in It's clips and dip episode fifty seven of season two. I'm Ada 416 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,359 Manslim, weve got check Mockler, No will Updyke. He'd rather see part 417 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:48,559 two of some movie that's setting records so far this year that is directed by 418 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,160 my favorite director. But I still didn't like the first month. Great, 419 00:29:51,279 --> 00:29:55,640 Yeah, anyway, Yeah, it's it's phenomenon, that's it's happening right now. 420 00:29:55,839 --> 00:29:57,319 It's done. Two is a big deal, But so is the Clippers 421 00:29:57,359 --> 00:30:00,839 team all right? And so is what upen to Russell Westbrook and losing him? 422 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:06,799 And Chuck made the point earlier of not having that slasher against his own. 423 00:30:07,319 --> 00:30:10,200 A guy can get to the basket, and even if he's not able 424 00:30:10,279 --> 00:30:12,519 to get those to go, he was finding Mason Plumbley the last couple of 425 00:30:12,559 --> 00:30:15,160 games before he got hurt near the basket. He can find it. Beats 426 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:19,599 a zoobots. Yeah, I think Russ wasn't he against the Bucks? I 427 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:25,400 think Minnesota is obviously a worst matchup for him. But we do have an 428 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:30,680 update on Russ coming from Adrian rose Darowski here, Chuck, Yeah, he's 429 00:30:30,759 --> 00:30:36,000 a successful surgery on Monday, the hope is that he'll return for the start 430 00:30:36,119 --> 00:30:40,400 of the playoffs. Not super concrete, right, Also, the timeline kind 431 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,759 of makes sense with what we've been seeing, like four to six weeks. 432 00:30:44,799 --> 00:30:52,000 Playoffs start April twentieth for twenty for those who like numbers, but yeah, 433 00:30:52,079 --> 00:30:57,799 I mean some people like the date with numbers. It'll be interesting to see 434 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:04,160 what his rehab process looks like, because if you're going from broken hand to 435 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:08,880 playoffs, that's what it seems like, right. He's not getting any regular 436 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:15,160 season round. I hope he does. But this timeline initially reported is he's 437 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,200 going to be coming maybe straight back to the playoffs, which would mean six 438 00:31:18,319 --> 00:31:22,799 weeks, which is kind of what we all thought. Their last regular season 439 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:26,799 game is April fourteenth, so you get that week off if you're not a 440 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:33,559 playing team. That could be substantial for this Clippers team considering March and just 441 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:37,599 getting guys rest before the playoffs start. And hey, I totally understand what 442 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:41,200 most people are saying right now, or a lot of the fan base is 443 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:45,720 saying, which is just be healthy for the playoffs. So you can't be 444 00:31:47,119 --> 00:31:51,119 in the playing tournament if you want that time off right before the first round 445 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:56,079 starts. It'd be great to have us back then. I think everyone kind 446 00:31:56,079 --> 00:32:00,160 of just figured six weeks. Six weeks seems like we're at He's the only 447 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:06,599 player on the injury report for Clippers. Verus Rockets chappens Wednesday at four thirty 448 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:10,400 pm if you're in LA, a very kind of inconvenient time for the game 449 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:15,519 to start. Pregame at three thirty if you're in traffic, Ampusvnyla Sportes. 450 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:20,240 There we go. Rockets are two and four since the All Star Break. 451 00:32:21,039 --> 00:32:24,359 They've had a pretty brutal post All Star Break schedule. They beat Phoenix twice, 452 00:32:24,799 --> 00:32:29,240 they lost the Pels, they lost the Thunder twice, and they also 453 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:36,319 lost to the Suns. So they've played a pretty tough cludway since the All 454 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:40,000 Star Break. And I found some similarities between these two teams that I think 455 00:32:40,039 --> 00:32:46,319 are not ideal. This is just since the All Star Break, Clips are 456 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:52,880 nineteenth and points per game Rockets are twenty second, Clippers are twenty second, 457 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:57,799 and three point percentage Rockets are twenty fifth. The Rockets are taking the third 458 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:01,319 most three point attempts per game. Well, the Clippers are taking the eighteenth 459 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:06,119 most, so kind of a bit of a disparity there. If we shoot 460 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,160 the same percentage but these amounts stay the same, tomorrow might be more difficult 461 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:14,200 than we want it to be. Rockets are twelfth in defensive rating. Clippers 462 00:33:14,359 --> 00:33:19,920 are fifteenth in defensive ratings since the All Star Break. I don't like how 463 00:33:20,039 --> 00:33:22,880 close some of these stats are. We are a better net rating. Obviously 464 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:30,960 we are net rating. We're one point two or eleventh. Rockets are minus 465 00:33:30,079 --> 00:33:34,759 seven and a half. So when they lose, they're losing by quite a 466 00:33:34,799 --> 00:33:38,279 bit in these games. So I don't know. They're grabbing a lot of 467 00:33:38,319 --> 00:33:43,599 boards, They're getting a lot of free throws. In terms of the mistakes 468 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,240 we talked about in that first segment. How are you feeling about this game? 469 00:33:47,119 --> 00:33:50,920 They're a young team. I just think we're too top heavy though, 470 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,359 right we got to get this win. According to the Andrew Report, outside 471 00:33:54,359 --> 00:34:00,359 of Russell Westbrook, everyone's available right now. That's big from what I saw. 472 00:34:02,599 --> 00:34:06,920 They need to play like they did against the Washington Wizards after losing that 473 00:34:07,039 --> 00:34:12,760 game against the Lakers, where they are upset, where they, as Patrick 474 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,920 Beverley would say, they want to get their lick back. They lost the 475 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:22,960 game they shouldn't have once again, and guys need to show up when it 476 00:34:22,039 --> 00:34:25,519 matters most, because they can be as upset as you want to. I 477 00:34:25,559 --> 00:34:30,280 don't know if you're gonna put this Rockets team away. And I don't know 478 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,960 if the Clippers can feel comfortable no matter what the score is, no matter 479 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,400 how much time is left on the clock right now. That's really what it 480 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:42,159 comes down to. The crust of the issue for me is are guys going 481 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:45,599 to start thinking about it? Is it going to get in their head that 482 00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:50,239 they've given up on these leads that they haven't played their best basketball when their 483 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:57,199 best is required recently? Overall great, but this happening twice in a week 484 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,559 perks your ears up. It's a bit of a flag. So they get 485 00:35:00,599 --> 00:35:05,960 into a tight game down the stretch against the Houston Rockets. Are they drawing 486 00:35:06,079 --> 00:35:13,079 from a reservoir of confidence or are they gripping a little bit? Are they 487 00:35:13,159 --> 00:35:17,679 feeling like here we go again the Rockets start to hit some crazy wild shots 488 00:35:19,039 --> 00:35:22,599 like the Bucks did. Are they gonna feel like everything's against us? I 489 00:35:22,639 --> 00:35:29,239 don't know. They uncertainty. That's the biggest thing they're battling, which is, 490 00:35:29,599 --> 00:35:31,519 as Clippers fans, is the most frustrating part. We know what the 491 00:35:31,559 --> 00:35:35,880 team looks like at its highs, right, they run the pick and roll. 492 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:38,760 So Zoo made great decisions out of the short roll against Milwaukee. I 493 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:44,440 thought it took a couple he's still getting back to being fully Zoo, you 494 00:35:44,519 --> 00:35:50,119 know, but he was making great reads out of the short roll, and 495 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:54,920 I just like it's the closing lineups is what we're all kind of worried about. 496 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:59,119 I think, as if things aren't working, it's tiging to do the 497 00:35:59,159 --> 00:36:01,199 quick switch. He's gonna see how it works. Like this is the Rocket 498 00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:05,400 team. They have a lot of guys who can put up points. Van 499 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,039 Fleet, Jalen Green doesn't play any defense, but he can put up points. 500 00:36:08,599 --> 00:36:15,360 Sengoon tough cover to start, Like, this is a team that's not 501 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:20,719 an offensive juggernaut or anything like that, but they're gonna run. If you're 502 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:24,119 a team playing the clips, you run if you're young. Now the good 503 00:36:24,199 --> 00:36:29,519 news there is if you're looking for any positives right now, here's a pretty 504 00:36:29,559 --> 00:36:34,920 big one. The Clippers the last two games total have only given up six 505 00:36:35,079 --> 00:36:40,000 fast breakpoints. They give up zero against Minnesota. Another reason they won that 506 00:36:40,119 --> 00:36:46,679 game. Maybe the biggest they give up six against Milwaukee total. That's incredible. 507 00:36:47,519 --> 00:36:51,679 So we've talked about the transition defense, how poor it has been, 508 00:36:52,559 --> 00:36:55,800 how it's bringing down their overall defensive rating. If they could just get teams 509 00:36:55,840 --> 00:37:00,239 into the half court, they're pretty damn good. Less than Walker, he's 510 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:07,360 just making everything they that attention to detail and the game plan discipline there has 511 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,960 been different lately. And you're right, they got to have it against this 512 00:37:12,119 --> 00:37:15,679 Houston Rockets team. Where where do they sit on pace on the season here, 513 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:22,320 I'm pulling it up right now. So there are fourteenth per Basketball Reference, 514 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:28,599 around ninety nine possessions per game and the Clippers are twenty first, so 515 00:37:29,559 --> 00:37:31,679 which probably isn't a huge difference, right, that's what like three possessions or 516 00:37:31,679 --> 00:37:37,880 something like that. Yeah, I think it's just more of what this Houston 517 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:43,159 team is capable of doing based off the young talent. If they click in, 518 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,480 they can turn into they can give you a glimpse into the future of 519 00:37:46,519 --> 00:37:50,199 what they could be, you know, on a good night. Basically that's 520 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,239 what it is. Yeah, the glimpse of the future game is not what 521 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:58,480 we want. No, we want ghosts of Rockets past, but not so 522 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,599 far past where James Harden starts playing for them or something. Yeah, he 523 00:38:01,639 --> 00:38:07,400 said, Dune becomes Yeah, I don't want that. They foul a ton 524 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:14,320 which helps the Clippers. Hopefully teams take twenty six teams say the second most 525 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:20,039 rethrow attempts against the Rockets, so they foul. If the Clippers can hit 526 00:38:20,039 --> 00:38:22,320 free throws, that would be great. Uh. And and just bench depth 527 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:29,639 wise, the Clippers don't have the deepest team, but they have a deeper 528 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:34,639 team than the Rockets to I'm in Thompson, Jock Londale, Kim Whitmore, 529 00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:37,199 Jeff Green, Aaron Holliday. That's who was off the bench for the Rockets 530 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:45,840 last game. Not slouches, but not as good as Norm Powell. I'm 531 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:51,119 your coffee might end right there. But I like how much better our bench 532 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:57,320 is with the with the rotations that are hopefully they're on point the Clippers, 533 00:38:57,639 --> 00:39:02,519 and I like their coaching staff obviously now uh, they've been competing. Jalen 534 00:39:02,599 --> 00:39:07,320 Green has had some moments recently that worry me. Has figured it out, 535 00:39:07,599 --> 00:39:10,960 has email like gotten him to actually buy in, because that's when I want 536 00:39:12,039 --> 00:39:16,480 to go that far fair. I'm starting to figure it out. Yeah, 537 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:22,599 Yeah, he's he's still twenty two. He's got some Jaron Fox in him. 538 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:27,159 So the last two games against Phoenix, now they could have an emotional 539 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:31,400 letdown, just because they're coming off of two of their highest intensity ball games 540 00:39:31,599 --> 00:39:36,679 of the season against the Suns where they got into it with them and guys 541 00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:40,480 were ejected, and Jalen Green had the ball bounce off of his head from 542 00:39:40,559 --> 00:39:45,199 Bradley Beal on the inbounds play. He took it further than Matt Barnes did 543 00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:49,639 with Kobe. He actually hit him on the head. Yeah. But Jalen 544 00:39:49,679 --> 00:39:53,440 Green in those two games thirty four points in each, and he hit no 545 00:39:53,639 --> 00:39:59,480 less than six three pointers in either of them. He had seven, He 546 00:39:59,599 --> 00:40:02,679 went even for seventeen. He got up seventeen threes in the first game. 547 00:40:04,199 --> 00:40:07,079 They lost that one by five against Phoenix, but then he goes six to 548 00:40:07,159 --> 00:40:13,400 twelve the next time out. Am I crazy to think that they they actually 549 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,440 might have an emotional letdown like that was their playoff series. That's what I 550 00:40:16,519 --> 00:40:22,320 can speak because the Clippers need an emotional up bring what's the opposite of a 551 00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:29,519 letdown? Bring up? Uh? Yeah, yeah, I don't know. 552 00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:34,000 Well, that bounce back is what they need for sure. Emotional roots a 553 00:40:34,079 --> 00:40:37,719 lift, Yeah, Lyft. I like Lyft. The Clippers need a lift 554 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:45,079 in Houston, Yeah, the Rockets, and it's gotta come from I mean, 555 00:40:45,639 --> 00:40:49,400 I just I want to see everyone. I want to see the bench 556 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:52,639 play better. But like Paul George, I would love to see how a 557 00:40:52,679 --> 00:40:55,800 great game start to finish, none of the mental lapses. He was efficient 558 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:59,719 last game. People were losing their minds about Paul George, which I thought 559 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:05,679 was a little much after what happened yesterday. Extension talk aside, that's a 560 00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:08,760 conversation for another day. But like this is a game again where like the 561 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:12,440 Clippers are going as far as two and three and hard and take them. 562 00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:16,800 They need to lead by example and just show them why we won nine games 563 00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:22,199 in a row. Them being the fan, show us them whatever. Like 564 00:41:22,039 --> 00:41:25,280 I don't want to see him play in the fourth quarter. They have a 565 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:32,519 weird matinee brunch back to back this weekend. Like, make things happen, 566 00:41:32,679 --> 00:41:37,679 do what we know we can do. Take it seriously with the rotations. 567 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,920 We know that you talked about it. We've seen the pick and roll. 568 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:45,079 We know that this what this team can do. Like and I think the 569 00:41:45,119 --> 00:41:49,880 emotional leftown is coming from Houston. I like that. I agree. I'm 570 00:41:50,039 --> 00:41:54,079 holding on to that. No, I'm scared. Oh no, we've flipped. 571 00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:58,960 We're overly confident. I said they have to I didn't say they will. 572 00:41:59,119 --> 00:42:01,519 To be fair, I'm trying to think of is there any bad blood 573 00:42:01,599 --> 00:42:05,679 between the two teams, And all I can think of is James Harden is 574 00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:07,440 back in Houston, So they're gonna try to stop him, and the crowd's 575 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,599 gonna be on top of him, or he's gonna get a great I mean, 576 00:42:10,639 --> 00:42:14,639 he should be celebrated, right he sho could get a standing home. 577 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:16,840 Yeah, he'll get a standing yeah. I mean yeah, It's not gonna 578 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:21,079 be like Paul George back in Indiana. Well for what for all the money 579 00:42:21,119 --> 00:42:24,039 that James Harden brings to the Houston economy through certain endeavors, that man has 580 00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:29,400 deserves the standing ovation. Yeah, and he's been back a few times, 581 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:34,599 so maybe that stuff is simmered. Anyways, whatever however that could emotionally charge 582 00:42:34,639 --> 00:42:38,760 a game or bring up the intensity in the atmosphere that should be quelled by 583 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:43,440 now. And I don't think and this is just gonna be my bugaboo that 584 00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:46,480 I'm gonna maybe mention for every game from here on out. Do we thinks 585 00:42:47,559 --> 00:42:53,920 close? Uh? Do we think he's throwing some zone at us? That 586 00:42:54,159 --> 00:42:59,599 that's annoying for the Clippers. They have an issue with it. So they 587 00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:05,239 gave up tape on how bad they were with transition defense, and teams were 588 00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:08,800 taking advantage of that and were intent on beating the Clippers that way. And 589 00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:13,440 now they may have They may have given them some good tape out the last 590 00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:15,760 couple of games. They'll give it up six fast break points. But now 591 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:21,719 the zone's going to be out there. It's their job to prove they can 592 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:25,480 beat it or else. Yeah, they're gonna keep seeing it. It not 593 00:43:25,559 --> 00:43:29,760 a ton obviously, because it's still like it's yeah, you know, teams 594 00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:32,320 will do it here and there to jump up the game. But it should 595 00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:37,639 be as ineffective against anyone in NBA history as it should be against the Clippers 596 00:43:37,679 --> 00:43:42,079 because of the shooting on this team. But they haven't shot it well the 597 00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:46,119 last eleven games, thirty four and a half percent from three, So maybe 598 00:43:46,159 --> 00:43:52,960 even that's encouraging because it's like unuerstainable, it's unsustainable. They're they're too good 599 00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:58,280 of a three point shooting team for that to hold up. I'm sorry, 600 00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:02,480 Uh have the personnel. We all agree they have the roster. Oh no, 601 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:08,679 I'm sorry. And they're too good in clutch. Time to give up 602 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:13,400 another game the way they have against the Lakers and Bucks, they have the 603 00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:17,320 second best clutch rating. They're fifteen to five in those situations since December first. 604 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:24,960 They're great there. They just had two I don't know box losses. 605 00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:30,639 Burn the tape, burn the tape of the fourth. Build good habits against 606 00:44:30,639 --> 00:44:34,760 the Rockets. Let's get to the brunch, back to back. That's how 607 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:38,559 I'm feeling right now, build one good habit again. Start to build one 608 00:44:38,599 --> 00:44:43,760 good habit against the Rockets. Now you're worried. The Rockets are like, 609 00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:50,280 this is who we are with the new bad Boys. We kick everyone's ass. 610 00:44:50,519 --> 00:44:54,159 Now we took out pots. They pissed us off. You don't want 611 00:44:54,159 --> 00:45:02,519 it. You don't want like us when we're angry. So who is player 612 00:45:02,519 --> 00:45:07,039 of the game? Pick Will would say, p J. Tucker Will officially 613 00:45:07,079 --> 00:45:10,880 put his vote down as p J Tucker. I'm going James Harden back in 614 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:17,320 Houston. I love it was having a phenomenal game against the Bucks till there 615 00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:22,679 were only about six minutes left, Okay, Harden and Houston. I mean 616 00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:29,920 he was afterwards, he was upset. You're going to Harden. I can't 617 00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:34,480 pick Coy Leonard because he's in the He's in the damn thing. I'm gonna 618 00:45:34,519 --> 00:45:39,519 go rolled up like in a cartoon. Yeah, I'm going Zoo St. 619 00:45:39,599 --> 00:45:43,960 June is a really good center. He's really active. He does a lot, 620 00:45:44,039 --> 00:45:49,760 he does everything defense, defense, but he's not you know, he's 621 00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:53,000 a people walk here and there. He's not a sieve. But Zoo's gonna 622 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:58,880 have responsibilit He's gonna be moving around a lot. We're gonna probably see I 623 00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:01,199 think I want Zoo to have a good game because I want Zoo to get 624 00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:07,679 the lee Shawn. Zoo is so short and it's a lot longer for I 625 00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:12,679 would say maybe everyone else on the team except for like Bones Island. So 626 00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:17,599 I'd like to see him because he has to build back up from where he 627 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:24,679 was pre illness. Because they need a reminder, Yeah, they need to. 628 00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:30,599 They need a y'all must have forgot type games from Zubas And again, 629 00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:37,719 just for the record, will pick PJ. Tucker. Uh, let's get 630 00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:39,679 in all right. We gotta give no quarter. Update If you think we're 631 00:46:39,679 --> 00:46:43,960 gonna win. Let us know at Clippers pod on Twitter. Let us know 632 00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:45,760 at Clippers podcast on YouTube. If you think we're gonna lose, keep it 633 00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:51,599 to yourself. Uh, we gotta give no quarter. Update from our chief 634 00:46:51,679 --> 00:46:57,840 statistician, John Rodriguez. There have been sixty games in this NBA season for 635 00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:01,079 the Clippers, two and forty total quarters possible. The math that John is 636 00:47:01,119 --> 00:47:06,679 doing on this stuff is incredible. We got one overtime game, so that's 637 00:47:06,719 --> 00:47:10,679 an extra quarter. Clippers have won one hundred and thirty one quarters. Hey, 638 00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:19,639 great. The Clippers have lost ninety seven quarters, which feels like a 639 00:47:19,679 --> 00:47:27,199 lot. They've tied twelve of them. They've lost one overtime quarter. Hold 640 00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:30,119 on, I want that one more time. How many did they win and 641 00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:35,119 how many they lose? One hundred and thirty one, one hundred and thirty 642 00:47:35,159 --> 00:47:42,159 one wins, how many losses ninety seven losses, twelve draws, and how 643 00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:46,480 many games sixty? Yes, I copy and pasted this from Twitter. I 644 00:47:46,559 --> 00:47:52,360 did no double checking. I trust our chief statistician. It's like a fifty 645 00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:58,239 seven percentage or something like that. Nope, not terrible, not terrible, 646 00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:02,000 but you know what that means. That's quarters lost counting overtime, which means 647 00:48:02,079 --> 00:48:09,119 we individually owe twenty four to fifty to our respective charities. I thought it 648 00:48:09,239 --> 00:48:14,079 was a group project, like we're pulling our phones like together now we are 649 00:48:14,159 --> 00:48:22,239 pulling our funds together twenty four to fifty each as of right now. So 650 00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:25,280 yeah, so I hope, you know, win some more quarters. That 651 00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:30,440 would be nice. Win all four against Houston, A complete game, please, 652 00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:34,360 we need we need the We need the Clippers complete game. You win 653 00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:37,960 every quarter, you hopefully win the game after doing that. I don't know 654 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:44,880 how else you wouldn't win every quarter. Uh, the Cali three goes off 655 00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:52,119 zoo double double bones three or four from three more than fifteen points. Hey 656 00:48:52,679 --> 00:48:57,880 bones came in and hit that three, got downhill in four seconds, Like 657 00:48:57,960 --> 00:49:02,400 Tyus Edney man, it's fun. Like he brings a thing that the Clippers 658 00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:07,880 did not have, that twickiness, that quickness, like it's it's it's fun 659 00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:13,880 to watch. It's like it's really especially in the backdrop of this Clippers team. 660 00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:16,400 It pops a lot more if you've really been watching this team. He's 661 00:49:16,440 --> 00:49:21,960 electric. That pass he had to Daniel Tice, he hit him for a 662 00:49:22,119 --> 00:49:25,679 beautiful wrap around pass for a kickout on a three that Tys missed against Minnesota 663 00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:30,159 the day before, too wide open like Boones can create. That is the 664 00:49:30,239 --> 00:49:34,519 thing we found out about him last season. Oh, he's more of a 665 00:49:34,639 --> 00:49:38,039 score he's just a pull up shooter type guy. No, he can play 666 00:49:38,159 --> 00:49:43,760 point and he can get others involved and make life easy for him. So 667 00:49:44,320 --> 00:49:47,199 let's see some more of it. Speaking of what more, just one more 668 00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:52,079 thing before we get out of here. I believe we alluded to it earlier. 669 00:49:52,679 --> 00:49:57,280 Is there a keyword that we need to give people for the Russ Bibblehead 670 00:49:57,320 --> 00:50:00,920 giveaway? Are we doing that? Keyword? Number three? The final keyword? 671 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:02,880 And remember, if you got all three of them, drop it in 672 00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:07,519 the YouTube comment section below here. If you're first, you win the Russ 673 00:50:07,599 --> 00:50:19,679 Bobblehead, your third and final keyword incorporated, Incorporated. We're not giving out 674 00:50:19,679 --> 00:50:21,719 the other two. You had to have listened to those shows. You can 675 00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:24,679 go back and go back and listen. You can even the radio ones. 676 00:50:24,719 --> 00:50:28,800 We put those out as a podcast episode. It's all up there. It's 677 00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:31,719 all all up there. That's a good word. It's all up there. 678 00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:39,320 We're gonna have that about wrap things up for us. Will uh isn't here. 679 00:50:39,360 --> 00:50:42,880 He says, Bye, he's at dune. You picked PJ. Tucker 680 00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:45,679 again. Uh, we're doing a double dip after the Rockets game tomorrow, 681 00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:50,039 Adam, what are these double dips? We keeping? Well, that's when 682 00:50:50,079 --> 00:50:52,840 one of these guys joins me post game for the call in show Clippers Talk 683 00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:58,639 on five seventy LA Sports for a segment. It's a fun time. I 684 00:50:58,719 --> 00:51:01,039 get my spiel out earlier in the post game show, and then I get 685 00:51:01,079 --> 00:51:08,920 a new perspective from Chuck Mockler. Will Updyke wasn't fun yesterday. I had 686 00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:16,039 a caller that was like, we can still go out there and get somebody 687 00:51:16,199 --> 00:51:21,199 right, and I had to explain how they picked someone up. At this 688 00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:25,039 point, they're not playoff eligible, so this is the team picking up. 689 00:51:25,159 --> 00:51:30,400 They are rolling with guys. This is it. So they got to get 690 00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:35,880 better internally, optimize some lineups get Big Zoo going. Like Chuck said, 691 00:51:37,199 --> 00:51:42,719 big Zoo he can be a monster at times. For him to get what 692 00:51:43,039 --> 00:51:46,360 two shots yesterday? Yeah, he was one no, no, no, 693 00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:52,239 four shots two a four. He was asking for the basketball. The Bucks 694 00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:57,199 were playing without Brook Lopez at times. I think even without Bobby Portos out 695 00:51:57,239 --> 00:52:00,639 there and the Clippers still didn't look for I just feel like they need that 696 00:52:00,719 --> 00:52:06,280 refresher. Course, who would be to zubots Is. I don't get it. 697 00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:08,320 I don't know what it's gonna take, but they're gonna need him. 698 00:52:08,679 --> 00:52:15,000 They need that dimension to their offense for them to reach the highest of highs 699 00:52:15,599 --> 00:52:19,159 and to get back to playing that elite offense they were before he was getting 700 00:52:19,199 --> 00:52:25,880 banged up and before this post Grammy trip swoon that they've had. Here's to 701 00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:29,880 win in tomorrow against the Rockets. We'll have that double dip for you. 702 00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:34,559 Have a tripod on Friday to talk the brunch back to back that's happening this 703 00:52:34,639 --> 00:52:37,679 weekend. Just don't even look at the schedule. Just be surprised by it. 704 00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:42,159 It's gonna be a good time. I'm also if you're listening to this 705 00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:45,199 before Wednesday, I'm gonna be on the Bleacher Report app at nine in the 706 00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:50,239 morning, LA time to talk about the clips. So if you have a 707 00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:52,280 nine am meeting and you need to present something, go ahead and download the 708 00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:54,880 app. Pop me up on there on the screen, and I'm sure your 709 00:52:54,920 --> 00:52:58,840 coworkers will love it. We'll be back. Like I said, with the 710 00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:01,599 double dip tomorrow and as always, thank you for listening, thank you for 711 00:53:01,719 --> 00:53:06,599 subscribing, and you can find us over on iTunes, Apple, Deezer, 712 00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:09,320 at YouTube as well. Adam's got the call, he's got to get out 713 00:53:09,320 --> 00:53:12,599 of here. As always, let's go clips