WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:04.280 The game is over. Paul George money in the pain, but the postgame 2 00:00:04.320 --> 00:00:09.279 reaction has just begun. Kahi Leonard is so smooth in the mid range. 3 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:13.800 This is Clippers locker Roo, a recap of today's game and a look ahead 4 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:18.920 on your home for LA Clippers playoff basketball. And now your host, You, 5 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:23.920 sir, are a bad man, Adam Oslin. Clippers lose Game two 6 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:27.839 in Phoenix in this series is tied up at one a piece after the Suns 7 00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:31.399 win once twenty three to one, O nine over your Los Angeles Clippers. 8 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:35.240 Welcome in to your post game show. I'm atam Oslin coming up. We'll 9 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:39.039 postgame audio from the head coach in the players and get into your final box 10 00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:42.200 score. But first back out to Phoenix with your voice of the Clippers in 11 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:45.399 Noah Eagle, No, you talked about it. Clippers led by as many 12 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:49.280 as thirteen in that second quarter. To me, this game really turned those 13 00:00:49.399 --> 00:00:52.479 last three minutes of the first half. Yeah, big time. Where the 14 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:57.600 Clippers had momentum in that second quarter, and again similar to what we saw 15 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:00.960 on Sunday where the Clippers gave up that momentum to finish the first half, 16 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:07.079 Phoenix brought what was a sixteen point Clipper lead down to five going into the 17 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:07.560 half, and you said, oh, oh, here they come, and 18 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:10.719 sure enough, they build it up to nine in the third quarter. But 19 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:14.439 the Clippers responded and they took that punch. They delivered a CounterPunch. I 20 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:18.079 saw a lot of similarities today where Clippers went up big in the second quarter, 21 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:21.599 Phoenix comes out, they make their run, they tie it at halftime, 22 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:25.760 and then from there they went up big, up by as many as 23 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:27.480 I think it was twelve or at one point in the third quarter, at 24 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:30.239 least double digits. In the third quarter, the Clippers bring it back to 25 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:34.519 within five going into the fourth, Phoenix extends to thirteen, and then the 26 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:38.560 Clippers again make another run, bring it to six with just under three minutes 27 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:41.799 remaining, or a little over three minutes remaining either way, with a couple 28 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:47.000 of minutes left, and then after that turnover, turnover, turnover, misshot 29 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:52.040 turnover. That's what you can't have if you battle. And Clippers gave themselves 30 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:53.519 chances, and all you need is a chance a couple bounces to go your 31 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:57.519 way. Things change in a hurry. And when you've got Kawhi Leonard, 32 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.680 especially with the way he's played these first two games of the series. You're 33 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:02.480 always gonna have a chance if you keep it close. But it just felt 34 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:05.760 like the Clippers shot themselves on the foot a little bit too much. They 35 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:08.919 ended up end up this game with fifteen turnovers. They didn't crash the glass 36 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:14.400 the same level they did in the first game, and so those margins shrunk 37 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:17.479 just enough. Phoenix shot the ball fifty nine percent from the floor forty two 38 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:22.240 from three. Clippers didn't shoot nearly well enough to even compete with that, 39 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:25.919 and eventually they ran out of time and just ran out of I would say 40 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:30.400 efficiency to get the job done on both ends. Yeah, and a game 41 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:34.159 where the Phoenix Sun score one hundred and twenty three and Devin Booker's going off 42 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:37.280 like that, even when they were playing good defense, it didn't seem to 43 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:39.800 matter. And the Clippers average one hundred and fourteen per game and only put 44 00:02:39.919 --> 00:02:43.280 up one on nine. And you mentioned it, a lot of open shots 45 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:46.039 missed on the perimeter completely, you know, you make three or four of 46 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:50.240 those, which are more than I mean, that's exactly what the Clippers did 47 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:52.759 all season. They were the third best three point shooting team in the regular 48 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:55.120 season at thirty eight point one percent mentioned it throughout the game. They were 49 00:02:55.199 --> 00:02:59.840 first in bench three point shooting at thirty eight point five. But we're talking 50 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:02.520 about Nick Mutoom, who during the regular season was thirty nine point one percent. 51 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:07.560 We're talking about Bones Highland, who during the regular season was thirty seven 52 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:09.840 point one percent, talking about Norman Powell, who during the regular season was 53 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:15.479 forty percent from three. So we're talking about three excellent, elite three point 54 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:17.800 shooters who want to combine Oz for eleven from three. I mean, even 55 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:22.000 if three or four of those go, it completely changes the complexion of this 56 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:25.120 game. So again, you always are disappointed when you lose a game in 57 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:30.560 the playoffs, no doubt about it. But it's funny because I think that 58 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:32.680 when we were talking to some of the people around here in Phoenix after Game 59 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:38.199 one, they felt like it was that sky is falling feeling. They didn't 60 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:40.120 actually believe this guy was falling, but it was that feeling of we're never 61 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:44.000 gonna win again, right that that playoff feeling. It doesn't feel like that 62 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:46.680 for the Clippers right now. It doesn't feel like they have completely taken themselves 63 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:50.199 out of the series. Part of that is that they won game one. 64 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:53.639 But the other part of that is for reasons like that, you hit three 65 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:57.199 or four more of those wide open three point looks, you're very much in 66 00:03:57.280 --> 00:03:59.520 this game. You might be ahead in this game in the fourth quarter, 67 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:01.960 and now you're talking about a completely different complexion of what it looks like and 68 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:05.039 how it's played down the stretch, similar to how it was in game one. 69 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:09.240 So go back to the drawing board, you tweak a couple of things. 70 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:11.879 I don't think you overreact to this at all, and you got your 71 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:15.159 home court advantage. Moving back to La, see what you can do with 72 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:17.040 that, use it to your advantage, and see if you can get those 73 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:21.000 wins and come back here up three one for Game five next Tuesday, Clippers 74 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:26.079 fall once twenty three to one on nine in Phoenix to the Sun's in game 75 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:29.600 two. Game three coming up Tuesday night. As no Ego mentioned, tip 76 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:32.120 off is at seven thirty. We'll have Clippers countdown from Crypto dot com arena 77 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:36.480 starting at six thirty. No, my friend, great call is always can't 78 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:40.439 wait to see you on Tuesday. What what'd you just say? What you 79 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:45.519 did you used to say? Can't wait? Can't wait? Zacho call? 80 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:49.319 He was ready for coming up next here at your post game show, we'll 81 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:53.959 get into this final box score. Clipper's fall on Game two, but got 82 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:59.120 the split in Phoenix. They return home Thursday night. You're listening to the 83 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:04.480 Los Angeles Clip Radio Net one. Oh Paul Jorge La Clippers playoff basketball continue 84 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:10.439 in his pains as he ferries the three on the home of your La Clippers. 85 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:16.439 Devin Booker has thirty eight and he sinks the Clippers as they fall in 86 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:19.759 Game two of US best of seven first round series one twenty three to one 87 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:25.399 on nine in Phoenix to the Suns. Welcome back into your post game show. 88 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:30.800 I met, i'm oslin. Game three coming up back in downtown Los 89 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:33.000 Angeles Thursday night at Crypto dot com or you know. Tip time for that 90 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:36.839 one is at seven thirty. We'll have Clippers count Daniel pregames show starting at 91 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:41.920 six thirty. Clippers end up shooting just forty three percent from the field, 92 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:46.120 eleven of thirty from the outside. Suns were ten of twenty four. Took 93 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:51.240 five more three pointers then they took all of last game, and they would 94 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:57.040 end up hitting four more six in Game one. Ten in this game. 95 00:05:57.160 --> 00:06:00.639 But we know the mid range mastery in the mid range mop that they have 96 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:04.319 and possess. It wasn't just Devin Booker who went fourteen to twenty two overall. 97 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:08.879 He did hit four to three pointers, a big one at the end 98 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:12.439 of the first half where the game really started to swing back in the Sun's 99 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:15.560 favor. They went on a big thirteen to two run in the final three 100 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:20.920 minutes of that second quarter and the game was tied up at fifty nine after 101 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:25.480 the Clippers led by as many as thirteen in the first half, but Devin 102 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:30.240 Booker two a fish in fourteen to twenty two thirty eight points. Chris Paul 103 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:33.920 hit some big buckets late. He had sixteen plus eight assists. Kevin Durant 104 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:39.120 had twenty five, ten of those came in the second quarter. DeAndre eight 105 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:43.319 and had ten in the second as well. He finished with fourteen and thirteen 106 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:46.279 and as for the Clippers, they were led by who else, Kawhi Leonard 107 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:51.360 finished with thirty one points and eleven of twenty shooting. Russell Westbrook bounced back 108 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:56.600 from a miserable performance just three of nineteen from the field, but made all 109 00:06:56.639 --> 00:06:59.920 the plays down the stretch to get the Clippers to win in game one. 110 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:04.079 He finished nine of sixteen for his twenty eight points, five assists, three 111 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:08.040 turnovers. The Clippers, though overall, missed a lot of shots and a 112 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:11.360 lot of good looks from the outside, especially off of passes from Kawhi Leonard 113 00:07:11.399 --> 00:07:16.360 when he was doubled and triple team to times. Just seventeen assists to fifteen 114 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:21.040 turnovers. That is not a very good ratio, and the Phoenix Suns had 115 00:07:21.079 --> 00:07:27.560 just eleven turnovers in the ball game and shot almost sixty percent from the field 116 00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:30.399 forty one percent from the outside. Clippers weren't good enough on either end, 117 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:34.160 scoring just one O nine. They average one hundred and fourteen points per game 118 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:38.959 defensively giving up one hundred and twenty three look Some of those shots were well 119 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:42.600 defended. It's not gonna matter at times against the Phoenix Suns. They are 120 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:47.720 tough shot makers, and Tory Craig also torched them with five made three pointers 121 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:50.360 after he had a really good game one with twenty two points. Finished with 122 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:56.319 seventeen but some timely threes I thought from Tory Craig Off the bench for the 123 00:07:56.399 --> 00:08:00.639 Clippers, norn Pal just four of eleven twelve points, terrace Man just ten 124 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:05.399 points, bones Highlands struggled two of seven h four from the outside, had 125 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:09.759 six points, and Nicholas Patum with the starters, he's really struggled the first 126 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:13.439 two games of the series four all of his attempts were from three in his 127 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:18.439 nineteen minutes. They simply need more, too much on the shoulders of Kawhi 128 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:24.040 Leonard. I think on the offensive end and defensive ended times. Clippers will 129 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:28.240 regroup and bring it back to downtown Los Angeles. Thursday night tip off for 130 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:33.559 Game three, seven thirty three game show starting at six thirty. Coming up 131 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:37.360 next, we got postgame audio from the Clippers players and your head coach in 132 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:41.080 Toronto, lou after they fall once twenty three to one on nine in game 133 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:43.399 two to the Phoenix Suns. Series tied at one game apiece, and you're 134 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:52.720 listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Radio Network slart Patch. Kawhi Leonard goes for 135 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:58.440 thirty one, but Devin Booker were thirty eight on just twenty two shot attempts. 136 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:05.039 I mean uber efficient. Phoenix Suns shoot fifty nine percent from the field 137 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:09.120 and they win one twenty three to one oh nine in Game two in Phoenix 138 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:13.000 tonight in your Western Conference first round matchup for your Los Angeles Clippers is tied 139 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:16.559 up at a game apiece coming up on the Patriot Am eleven fifty. We 140 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:22.320 will have Clippers talk here eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven 141 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:26.200 seven five two zero eleven fifty is the phone number or get to meet at 142 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:33.279 follow Adam a Clippers just not good enough on either end. Couldn't get stops 143 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:37.360 when they needed too, couldn't hit shots when they needed to, especially those 144 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:39.720 big timely three pointers. They just weren't there for him. And this is 145 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:43.759 a team, Noah Eagles said it top three three point shooting team on the 146 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:48.080 season. They've been I think at worst top two the last three years. 147 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:52.159 They have the guys to knock them down. Nicholas Patum in a bit of 148 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:56.559 a funk right now, as is Norman Powell. Those two combine to go 149 00:09:56.799 --> 00:10:00.600 oh for seven from the outside. Add in Bones Highland and you're oh for 150 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:03.960 eleven from those three guys. That just can't happen. That's a recipe for 151 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:09.440 disaster. And the Clippers having fifteen turnovers just seventeen assists. You're not getting 152 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:13.240 many assists when you're not hitting shots that would be their undoing. They lose 153 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:16.639 one twenty three to one O nine, they will bring it back to downtown 154 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:22.360 Los Angeles for Game three, Thursday night, tip off seven thirty. We'll 155 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:26.720 have Clippers count down starting at six thirty. Outside of Los Angeles, we 156 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:28.480 are leaving you until then, but coming up next year. On the Patriot 157 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:33.279 Am eleven fifty, we got Clippers Talk eight seven seven five two zero eleven 158 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:37.639 fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty. Outside of Los Angeles, 159 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:41.080 we will talk to you a Thursday night in La. It's Clipper Stalk next. 160 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:46.000 Hey, Adam, Hey, how are you doing. Welcome into Clipper 161 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:50.879 stock. Here's a new sheriff from count You won't be able to denight if 162 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:52.519 you're going to go to the NBA Finals. I believe it in my heart. 163 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:58.480 The mid range mastery of Kawhi Leonard. I am all about the Clipper 164 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:03.759 Nation, this playoff Clippers Talk. They're trying to win the whole thing. 165 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:09.840 A post game look. It's your LA Clippers recapping this playoff matchup, the 166 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:13.080 stars and a look ahead to what's next. To hear episodes you've missed. 167 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:18.879 Subscribe to Clippers Talk on iHeart Radio or wherever you podcast. Now your host 168 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:26.240 of Clippers Talk. Here's Adam Oslin. The Clippers get burned in Phoenix by 169 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:31.879 the hot shooting Suns as Devin Booker has thirty eight on just twenty two shots, 170 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:35.879 and your Los Angeles Clippers fall in Game two one twenty three to one 171 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:39.639 oh nine, and this best of seven first round series is tied up at 172 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:43.000 a game of piece. Welcome into your postgame show. This is Clippers Talk. 173 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:48.080 I'm Adam Oslin coming up. Chuck Mockler from Clips and Dip will be 174 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:50.600 here. Plus you'll hear from the head coach in the players after this one, 175 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:54.399 and we'll get to your phone calls at eight seven seven five two zero 176 00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:58.320 eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty. Who knows we might 177 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:05.320 have a special guests call in tonight. Clippers, though quite frankly not good 178 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:09.879 enough on either end. Credit the Suns. They got hot. This is 179 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:13.399 one of those nights where it's just really tough to stop a team that has 180 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:18.000 the talent advantage. Without Paul George currently for the Clippers, we knew it 181 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:22.440 was coming at some point, and all it took one game in for the 182 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:30.200 Phoenix Suns to really find their footing in Devin Booker to get scorching hot because 183 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:35.600 those thirty eight points. A lot of those shots well defended of his fourteen 184 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:39.279 makes, but doesn't matter. And you're gonna deal with a lot of that 185 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:45.879 frustration in this series against the Phoenix Suns team that is just loaded with tough 186 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:50.600 shot takers and makers. The mid range Mafia, it's what they call themselves. 187 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:54.320 Devin Booker was the Dawns and I are the Godfather. Kevin Durant all 188 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:56.080 ten of his makes, first twenty five points came in the mid range, 189 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:01.879 had five assists too. And the Clippers have to be better offensively. I 190 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:05.679 was talking about it with big shot Bob Flom post game. He thought it 191 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:11.320 was more about their defense. I'm saying it was pretty even because defensively, 192 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:15.879 there's only so much you can do against this Phoenix Suns team. When they're 193 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:20.799 hitting shots like that, you gotta score more points, though one O nine 194 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:24.399 likely isn't gonna cut it. Clippers average one hundred and fifteen points per game 195 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:28.600 on the season, and they've been better than that since they brought in Russell 196 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:33.240 Westbrook. So if you can't stop them, even when you put a hand 197 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:35.480 in the guy's face. You got to make them pay on the other end 198 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:39.639 and knock down shots. And the Clippers were just eleven or thirty from three. 199 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:43.720 They hit one more three pointer, they took one less. They shot 200 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:46.279 thirty seven percent from the outside compared to thirty three percent in Game one. 201 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:52.440 But eleven is still not a big number. I said the Clippers needed to 202 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:56.679 hit sixteen to win this ball game. I believe they are thirteen and three 203 00:13:56.759 --> 00:14:00.399 on the season. When they hit sixteen three pointers or more, they are 204 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:03.399 capable. They have had open looks. Guys aren't hitting. A couple of 205 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:07.279 guys, specifically Nick Batoum, who has been streaking up and down all season, 206 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:13.639 oh for four, Norman Powell, oh for three, Bones Highland, 207 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:18.879 oh for four. You can't get three guys to go oh for eleven from 208 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:24.000 distance and win a ball game against the Phoenix Suns when they score one hundred 209 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:26.679 and twenty three points. So there are gonna be stretchers. They're gonna be 210 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:31.600 games where you have to score with them. Where I'm not saying it has 211 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:33.440 to look like the game against the Sacramino Kings where it was one seventy six 212 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:37.039 to one seventy five. But there are going to be some high scoring affairs 213 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:41.559 in this series and some big numbers that the Phoenix Suns put up, and 214 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:46.519 the Clippers have to meet them. It's not easy without Paul George Russ gave 215 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:50.840 twenty eight points and helped out Kawhi Leonard, who at thirty one. Russell 216 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:54.879 was great nine of sixteen from the field, took three less shots, made 217 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:58.519 six more, hit a couple three pointers, had a huge block on Kevin 218 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:03.159 Durant. First quarter was setting the tone and the Clippers were up by thirteen, 219 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:09.480 and the third they looked to be in control. Now, thirteen isn't 220 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:13.039 a huge number in this league anymore, especially against the team as good as 221 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:18.120 the Phoenix Suns. But the Clippers had an opportunity to close out the half 222 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:24.679 in style, and they let the Suns off the mat a little bit being 223 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:30.840 up by thirteen, because in the last three minutes of the second quarter the 224 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:35.120 Suns went on a thirteen to two run. Clippers went cold, made one 225 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:39.279 field goal within those three minutes. It was Kawhi Leonard went you know. 226 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:45.080 But after leading by thirteen, they were tied of a fifty nine at the 227 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:48.360 half. That was a huge momentum swing in favor of the Suns, and 228 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:54.799 it got Devin Booker going, who hit a big three pointer with one second 229 00:15:54.919 --> 00:16:00.240 left in that second quarter. He carried it over, rolled it over into 230 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:06.879 having a huge third where he went seven of eight. The only shot he 231 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:12.919 missed was blocked by Bones Highland. Devin Booker had eighteen of his eventual thirty 232 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:17.960 eight in the third quarter on seven of eight, shooting two of two from 233 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:22.960 the outside, two two from the free throw line. Clippers still though within 234 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:27.039 striking distance. They had it to within five, but they got outscored in 235 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:32.360 the fourth quarter thirty one to twenty two after entering it just down five, 236 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:37.240 and turnovers would kill them down the stretch. When it was a six point 237 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:41.279 game and the Clippers still had life at around the three minute mark, I 238 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:45.480 want to say, yeah, Russell Westbrook was at the line three thirteen mark, 239 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:48.080 one fifteen one on nine was the score. But then Chris Paul hit 240 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:52.000 a tough shot. I think it was in front of Bezza Zubas who played 241 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:56.799 it well. Didn't matter. Then Russell Westbrook had a turnover, DeAndre Aden 242 00:16:56.840 --> 00:17:03.360 got an easy won RUSS another turnover, another CP three tough step back jumper 243 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:07.599 Clippers time out, and after that the game was pretty much over at one 244 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:12.400 twenty one to one oh nine, as the Clippers had a few more turnovers 245 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:17.599 misqs on offense, and they really waved the white flag at about the one 246 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:22.079 minute mark, took another time out with fifty eight seconds left, just got 247 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:29.720 out executed, and they didn't score in the final Let's see three thirteen of 248 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:34.400 the ball game. So you go through scoring slumps at the end of both 249 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:42.160 halves and Phoenix loaded up, and your margin for air is slim enough that 250 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:45.799 if you don't hang with the Phoenix Suns for stretches of a ball game, 251 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:48.839 but if you don't match them shot for shot, the score is gonna end 252 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:52.359 up looking a lot more lopsided, which you did. One twenty three one 253 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:56.759 o nine was the score when it was just a six point game with three 254 00:17:56.799 --> 00:18:03.640 minutes left. Again, Clippers up by thirteen that second quarter. You gotta 255 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:07.920 close, you gotta stamp by double digits. Heading into the half. It 256 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:12.720 was fifty one to thirty nine with five minutes left in the third, and 257 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:15.880 the Suns would go on that big run and have it tied at fifty nine 258 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:22.000 at the half. I'm telling you right now. It wasn't so much on 259 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:26.839 the Clippers defensively. They contested a lot of those shots. It's not going 260 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:32.920 to matter, and that could be demoralizing at times and deflating when you play 261 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:37.839 your best defensively and the Sun still hit and Tory Craig again has a big 262 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:41.839 game with seventeen and five mate three pointers and a lot of timely, big 263 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:48.160 momentum shifting shots six of nine from the field, five of eight from distance 264 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:52.680 for his seventeen and he's out there talking. He did a little bit of 265 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:56.240 talking yesterday saying, yeah, they put a Viats' zoobots on me. I 266 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:59.359 figured I would get have a big game in Game one. He had another 267 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:06.720 big game. And even though the Sun's got just thirteen points off the bench, 268 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:10.839 it doesn't matter. They're top heavy. Everyone was in double figures with 269 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:15.440 their starters. Durant twenty five, Craig seventeen, DeAndre eight and fourteen had 270 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:18.880 ten of those on the second. He knocked down some jumpers too, Chris 271 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:22.359 Paul's sixteen, Devin Booker thirty eight. Craig, yes, is getting open 272 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:26.200 looks because they're loading up on everyone else, just like in Game one. 273 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:30.960 But kd CP three and Devin Booker took a lot of tough shots and made 274 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:36.559 a lot of them. CP three was eight of fourteen, Kevin Durant ten 275 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:40.079 of nineteen, and Devin Booker fourteen is twenty two and as a team, 276 00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:44.559 the Phoenix Suns shot almost fifty nine percent from the field. They only hit 277 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:48.559 ten threes, but they took six less than the Clippers, who only hit 278 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:53.519 one more to eleven, and the Clippers still won the battle of the boards, 279 00:19:53.960 --> 00:20:00.160 at least on the offensive reboundy or in the offensive rebounding department twelve to 280 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:04.720 seven, but the Suns ended up getting up five more shots outrebounded them overall 281 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:08.599 thirty five to thirty two. Clippers got to the free throw line of ton 282 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:17.319 they got fouls. They attempt at thirty one free throws. It's seventeen more 283 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:19.200 than Phoenix did and they knocked down twenty eight of them. That's ninety percent. 284 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:25.839 That's good. But you gotta start hitting your threes against this team. 285 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:30.400 That was my biggest key coming into this series. The Clippers have to win 286 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:33.799 the math problem, which is a hot shooting mid range team, a bunch 287 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:37.079 of guys that shoot around fifty percent in the mid range, which is elite. 288 00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:41.960 That's what Kawai shoots two. So to beat that, to combat that, 289 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:48.960 to counter that, you gotta knock down three pointers. The Clippers thrive 290 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:52.759 in that area, but they haven't so far in this series, where they're 291 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:57.799 shooting about thirty five percent from the outside so far. Certain guys are due. 292 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:03.640 My second biggest point, our biggest key, biggest X factor in the 293 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:08.720 series. Norman Powell thought he needed to average an effish in twenty. Well, 294 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:17.160 through two games, he's only scored twenty six points after being on a 295 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:22.160 heater ending the season. The last three games of the regular season, he 296 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:25.799 scored twenty seven against the Lakers, twenty three against Portland, and twenty nine 297 00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:33.319 against Phoenix and their backups. And so far in this series he's four for 298 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:38.279 eleven and five for ten. Now, neither of those numbers to me are 299 00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:44.519 enough shot attempts. He's also just one for seven from the outside, and 300 00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:47.279 he was struggling from deep. Even though he was getting to the basket at 301 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:51.400 the ends of the regular season, he still wasn't knocking down three pointers where 302 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:55.079 he was won for his last thirteen, So he may just be cold there. 303 00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:59.400 He can heat up in a hurry, I believe, but it's gonna 304 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:04.400 have to be an hurry. As in Thursday night, Norm comes off the 305 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:08.240 bench and gets hot for a quarter and it completely changes a ball game. 306 00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:14.039 Clippers were down five hitting into the fourth. They were down just six or 307 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:18.720 three minutes left. The game was well within reach, but turnovers and miss 308 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:23.480 shots and miss q's out there would doom them. And those open threes when 309 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:26.839 Kawhi Leonard is passing out of double teams and triple teams, which you know 310 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:32.759 are coming, especially without Paul George right now, you gotta knock those shots 311 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:38.759 down. The role players have to be better. Westbrook was shooting wise after 312 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:45.000 three for nineteen performance nine of sixteen twenty eight points. But there's got to 313 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:49.680 be consistency from somebody off the bench right now, and they're searching. But 314 00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:53.880 I think if Norman Pale doesn't have a good series, I don't see a 315 00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:57.960 path for the Clippers to win this series. That's how critical he is to 316 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:02.799 this team. Said it all season long. I think he can be the 317 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:07.119 third most important player. I mean, he averaged the most points off the 318 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:12.640 bench in the NBA this season as just over seventeen even with two stints on 319 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:17.960 the injured list for a significant amount of time. Otherwise he'd likely be the 320 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:22.319 sixth man of the year. He's had a great season, but he hasn't 321 00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:26.039 even gotten the seventeen and one of these games yet, and I think without 322 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:29.599 Paul George, he needs to have a couple of Norm Powell games where he 323 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:33.839 goes off for twenty five or thirty. He could do it. Right now, 324 00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:38.720 he's not even putting enough enough shots to get there, and he's not 325 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:42.680 finding the three ball. He's not finding his range from the outside. That's 326 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:48.599 concerning. Same with Nicholas Batoum. While he shot thirty nine percent of the 327 00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:55.160 season, it has been feast or famine and right now looking for manna from 328 00:23:55.200 --> 00:24:00.359 heaven in the playoffs because he is one for seven from the outside in the 329 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.440 first two games. I think he hit his first three attempt at end Game 330 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:08.559 one and then missed the next few. You gotta get more than just three 331 00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:12.960 points in two games from Nicholas Batoum so far. I know he's out there 332 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:22.400 mostly for defensive purposes and switchability and versatility, but this is basically what's required 333 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:25.680 of this Clippers team to beat Phoenix. They're not just going up against a 334 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:30.160 good team in the first round. They're going up against a team that has 335 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:32.960 some of the highest top end talent in the league, and most people are 336 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:34.759 picking to come out of the West. If you're gonna pull off the upset, 337 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:41.119 a few guys are gonna have to play above their heads defensively. I 338 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:44.319 like the effort again tonight, but they're gonna be nights like this where it 339 00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:47.720 doesn't matter and your offense is going to have to win you a game, 340 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:51.960 and they haven't been good enough on that end through two games. Really, 341 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:56.319 they won game one. Sons were missing some shots, they got the jump 342 00:24:56.400 --> 00:25:00.319 on him, a lot of offensive rebounds. There was a game they were 343 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:03.079 up sixteen, there was a twenty five point turnaround. They were down by 344 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:06.680 nine in the second half. They pulled her off late with Russell Westbrook and 345 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:12.839 his heroics. But tonight they didn't close down six or three minutes left. 346 00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:18.279 They don't score in the last three minutes in thirteen seconds starting things off tonight, 347 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:22.920 Let's go to Damien in La Damien. You're on Clippers staff without amazin 348 00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:27.599 triple Hey, thank you for taking my call. Brother. You know I 349 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:32.279 would say tough loss, but this was kind of in the DNA. For 350 00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:36.480 me, I expected that, you know, we might have a difficult time, 351 00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:40.119 but I will tell you this, I am extremely encouraged, and I'll 352 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:42.119 tell you why I want to spend a little time talking about the Suns. 353 00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:45.319 We know about the Clippers. You did a great job speaking about the Clippers 354 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:49.200 just now, But I don't expect that the Suns can play much better than 355 00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:53.400 what you've seen, Adams. And you don't think Kevin Durant can go better, 356 00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:57.039 you can get hotter from the field than just ten of nineteen for twenty 357 00:25:57.079 --> 00:26:00.319 five points, because I do. I really, I really think that he 358 00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:03.880 can. The question is are we going to let him do that? Because 359 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:10.440 the Flippers team do have an invested interest in in hampering the guy. And 360 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:12.839 this has been two games now, Adam, so we can't say that it's 361 00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:17.200 an anomaly, that it's a fluke that these guys are not keyed in on 362 00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:19.799 Kevin Durant and they don't understand what it is that he's doing. We know 363 00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:25.119 how to descend him, We know how to descend this squad. Well, 364 00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:30.279 he's shooting from the field in the series so far. I wouldn't go too 365 00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:32.799 far in the direction of like, he's shooting under forty percent and they know 366 00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:34.519 how to defend him. He he just isn't taking a lot of shots. 367 00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:38.480 But but this is what I mean by this is that when you talk about 368 00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:44.920 defending a superstar, it's not about stopping him. It's about containing him and 369 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:48.279 getting him to take the shots that you want to take. And I've noticed 370 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:52.039 that he's not taking a lot of shots that he wants to take. We're 371 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:56.240 not necessarily letting him always get to his spots on the floor. Adam, 372 00:26:56.440 --> 00:27:00.359 they're doing They're doing a solid job, I would say, But ten of 373 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:03.519 his makes still came in the mid range. He's just a tough shot maker, 374 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:06.720 you know, the pro I'm not. I'm not saying that we're gonna 375 00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:08.279 stop him. I don't want us to stop him, you know what I'm 376 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:11.000 saying. I want to give him some fall confidence. And what's going on. 377 00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:15.799 What I'm saying is is that I don't really think that the rest of 378 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:18.440 the team can play much better. I don't think that Booker is gonna have 379 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:22.079 another thirty eight forty point game. I really don't think that that's gonna happen. 380 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:26.279 I think you're fooling yourself then I don't think you know who Devin Booker 381 00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:29.839 is because this is light work for him. He can do this easily. 382 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:33.000 I believe in the NBA Finals he had two forty point games against the Milwaukee 383 00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:36.880 Bucks in the NBA Finals. Know who he is, Adam, I know 384 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:40.400 who he is. Well, it's a part of the team that we haven't 385 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:44.480 seen. We haven't seen everything defensively from this team yet, and they have 386 00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:48.200 another gear to hit defensively. We let this one get away. They can't 387 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:52.839 play the Sun can't play much better. That's my point, and we should 388 00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:57.119 be encouraged by that. All right. I appreciate the phone called Damien. 389 00:27:57.720 --> 00:28:00.799 Look, they got the split, and that's great. They had to have 390 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:04.519 the split to have a chance to win this series. You gotta win a 391 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:10.200 game in Phoenix, and they got game one. But I'm telling you, 392 00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:14.119 I think you're underestimating this Phoenix Suns team. In the firepower they have. 393 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:18.759 Devin Booker can get thirty eight again, KD can go above twenty five points. 394 00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:22.920 I'm not gonna sit here and tell you that, Oh they just took 395 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:27.920 Phoenix's best shot tonight. Now this could happen again in Game three because the 396 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:33.279 problem is you're talking about another gear. Defensively, the Clippers played good defense 397 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:37.440 and they still scored one hundred and twenty three points. They only hit ten 398 00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:45.599 three pointers to do it. They only attempted fourteen free throws. The Suns 399 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:49.680 are very much capable of putting together back to back performances like this. You're 400 00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:52.240 gonna have to match them at time, shot for shot. You gotta be 401 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:57.319 better offensively because they're tough to slow down when they're hot, which happens a 402 00:28:57.359 --> 00:29:02.680 lot when you have two guys that can eat get you a clean easy forty. 403 00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:06.240 And Kevin Durant or Devin Booker wasn't Kevin Durant tonight he had twenty five, 404 00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:08.119 but Devin Booker has thirty eight on twenty two shots. Next game, 405 00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:14.440 it could be the other way around. That's what makes them difficult. You 406 00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:18.039 gotta pick your poison a little bit and hopefully get lucky and they have an 407 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:25.680 off night. Clippers fault once twenty three to one O nine in Phoenix in 408 00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:30.000 game two coming up next, back to your phone calls eight seven seven five 409 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:34.519 two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty. I said 410 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:41.160 this when they brought in Kevin Durant. The Suns are a super team when 411 00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:42.799 you have four players that good. When you have a team that went to 412 00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:49.559 the NBA Finals two years ago, you bring in a star like Kevin Durant. 413 00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:56.480 They can reach heights and have stretches that not many teams can match offensively 414 00:29:57.039 --> 00:30:03.119 were their shot making is just other worldly and on a different level. You 415 00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:07.480 hope that they go through a few slumps and you're able to weather the storm. 416 00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:12.519 There's gonna be games like this though. How many from the Phoenix Suns, 417 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:21.720 Well, hopefully not four Clippers fall thoughte Tonight They're coming back home to 418 00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:25.400 Crypto dot Com Arena Thursday night, tip off at seven thirty. We'll have 419 00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:30.359 Clippers count down at six thirty. More Clipper stock coming up next. Suns 420 00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:34.599 win one twenty three to one on nine over your Los Angeles Clippers in Game 421 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:38.000 two in this best of seven first round series is tied up at a game 422 00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:44.839 apiece, with Game three coming back to Los Angeles Thursday night. Welcome back 423 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:47.680 into Clipper Stock. I'm out, I'm oslin to eight seven seventy five two 424 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:52.200 zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty. If you think 425 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:56.319 what Devin Booker tonight did is an outlier. Him going for thirty eight on 426 00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:59.359 twenty two shots. I got news for you. He had back to back 427 00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:04.720 forty point games against Milwaukee in the NBA Finals, and he was doing that 428 00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:14.279 without Kawhi Leonard or excuse me, without Kevin Durant on the floor, which 429 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:18.400 gives you more open looks when the attention goes his way. This is what 430 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:22.400 made them so scary when they brought in KD. They already had a guy 431 00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:27.839 who could kill you no matter what the defense does, and now you can't 432 00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:32.720 load up as much against him because they got KD. And if you do, 433 00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:37.279 Durant might be the guy that had thirty eight tonight instead of Devin Booker. 434 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:45.720 Choose wisely. The Clippers. Look, they played decent defense the majority 435 00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:49.000 of the time and it's not going to matter, so you better score points 436 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:52.279 on the other end and knock down three pointers. They can win that math 437 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:56.720 problem because they are the better three points shooting team overall. They have been 438 00:31:57.200 --> 00:32:01.480 body of work three seasons of doing this, but just this year better team. 439 00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:07.599 Devin Booker is a streaky shooter from the outside. He's a career thirty 440 00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:10.160 five percent three point shooter, which is kind of shocking considering how perfect his 441 00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:14.519 form is. It looks Ray Allen esque, and he still is just a 442 00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.960 thirty five percent. I'm guessing a lot of those, though, are off 443 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:21.119 the bounce, tougher three pointers than just spot up stuff eight seven, seven, 444 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:23.640 five two zero eleven fifty tay just a walnut. What's up? You're 445 00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:30.119 on clipper stop without amazin. Hey, Adam, I agree with most of 446 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:34.680 what you said, but defensively, you know, in that second quarter, 447 00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:38.680 I thought that we had a really good chance to push that lead, you 448 00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:44.759 know, to maybe fifteen twenty, but I thought that Mason Plumley was playing 449 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:46.960 a little too soft on it. And then eight and kept making like four 450 00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:51.599 or five shots in a row, and they were pretty open, and I 451 00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:54.039 thought that we were kind of soft on that area. They were giving him 452 00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:57.000 up to eight, and they were giving him up to eight, and you 453 00:32:57.119 --> 00:33:01.039 have to choose and pick your poison. Aiden and Craig are going to get 454 00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:07.519 open shots. I agree with that. I just think it was way too 455 00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:09.440 open where I thought there should have been a little bit more resistance. But 456 00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:14.480 I know what, they're trying to pick their poison, so I got that 457 00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:17.480 in the fourth quarter. I thought that, I don't know if it was 458 00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:22.400 his own defense, but Booker, when every time we were closing out, 459 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:27.319 our closeouts were horrible. We were just like there are two or three times 460 00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:31.440 where Powell just ran a Booker and all he did was just dribble right around 461 00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:36.799 him and going for ev ten fifteen footer. The closeouts had to be much 462 00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:39.160 better where they just stay in front of him and then make them take at 463 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:44.640 least a contested shot. Booker and that fourth quarter had so many wide open 464 00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:47.279 shots. So to me, that fourth quarter the closeouts and that defense needs 465 00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:53.880 to be cleaned up. That's that. And then offensively, I agree with 466 00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:58.480 you. We when Kawi is getting a double or triple teamed, we got 467 00:33:58.599 --> 00:34:00.359 to hit the open three's the role players. Otherwise we're not going to be 468 00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:05.680 able to win. I would I would well, I'd like to see maybe 469 00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:08.519 in some to change it up a little bit. I would like to see 470 00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:14.440 when Kawai kicks it out of the double team, maybe some people can roll 471 00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:16.119 like we didn't see any of that. Tearnce me on cut to the baskets 472 00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:21.039 were missing those as well, so I don't know what they gotta do because 473 00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:24.239 every time he's getting double triple team that we're shooting a far three, And 474 00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:29.159 I'm okay with that sometimes, but sometimes we gotta mix it up, especially 475 00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:30.400 when Aimee's not in the game. We should be attacking. And I know 476 00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:35.199 Bimbo is there, but if he's getting double triple team, we gotta get 477 00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:38.159 some better rotations in there. And maybe when Bimbo's in there, it's a 478 00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:43.360 good time to play more small ball. Bring in Covington, let him play 479 00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:46.679 center. If but Toomb's not hitting it threes, I would like to see 480 00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:50.599 a little bit mixed up. But overall, I'm encouraged. I'm not I'm 481 00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:54.119 not discouraged by the loss, and I think we can still take these next 482 00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:59.719 few games at home. Yeah, I think there's a decent chance that for 483 00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:02.159 them to win this series, they might have to win the next two games 484 00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:07.559 at home. They might You mentioned Byambo there. I thought he had a 485 00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:12.159 really good defensive game. He guarded Kawai Will at times. He had three 486 00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:16.320 blocks, Terrence Man did get one at the rim at the end of the 487 00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:22.199 third quarter, and I thought played some great defense on CP three to start 488 00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:27.000 the second He was just wrecking Chris Paul as he did in Game one. 489 00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:31.239 But end of the game Chris Paul hit a couple of tough jumpers hand in 490 00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:35.920 his face. Doesn't matter. You mentioned the fourth quarter there with Devin Booker 491 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:38.480 and then them not playing good enough defense on him. Then okay, but 492 00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:43.079 he only had seven of his thirty eight in the fourth. He had eighteen 493 00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:47.360 points on the third quarter. Can they play better defense? Yes? Is 494 00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:54.079 it not gonna matter sometimes? Yes? The Phoenix Suns are that good when 495 00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:58.880 they are on they are extremely difficult to stop. And this was just Game 496 00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:01.960 ten with them Kevin Durant. But you see the potential there, and I 497 00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:07.960 think the Clippers overall drew the right team. If you look at the first 498 00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:10.199 round and what the Kings are doing to the Golden State Warriors, just running 499 00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:15.519 them ragged, that matchup was not favorable for the Clippers. The Phoenix Suns 500 00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:20.480 at least play at their pace. They're a slower, more methodical, older 501 00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:27.079 team. They're the only team that really has less built up chemistry and is 502 00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:30.440 probably the less athletic team than the Clippers, who also have a much better 503 00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:35.480 bench. They have a lot of advantages in this series, and that's a 504 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.519 big reason why it's tied at a game of peace, so I'm not overly 505 00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:42.559 concerned. I'm just telling you, like what the Phoenix Suns did tonight, 506 00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:52.519 they can reproduce this. This isn't some otherworldly shooting night where you say, 507 00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:54.440 Okay, it happened once in the series, but now they got it out 508 00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:59.559 of their system. No, they can do it again. So the Clippers 509 00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:01.239 have to be better on offense. I think they will be Thursday night. 510 00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:06.320 Let's hear from Coach lou post game after the Clippers fall in Game two one 511 00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:13.320 twenty three to one on nine in Phoenix, Booker Booker k D and CP 512 00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:15.360 through. We really did a good job with just controlling the game. And 513 00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:20.639 like I said that in that second half and fourth quarter, like they really 514 00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:22.920 took over. You know, we try to blitz, we try to fire. 515 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:24.239 We did a lot of different things, and like I said, they 516 00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:28.239 played great, you know, and I'm just proud of our guys because we 517 00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:30.800 wasn't satisfied. We're just coming in and winning one game, and I thought 518 00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:34.320 our got scrapped and we gave everything. We had missed some shots, you 519 00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:37.239 know, had a couple of key turnovers, but other than that, I 520 00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:38.320 thought you know, we came in with the mindset that we wanted to win 521 00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:42.800 this game, and so that's all you can really ask for. And so 522 00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:45.400 we we did that. Some things we got to be able to clean up, 523 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:47.199 you know, going into the next game, and you know we'll be 524 00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:50.920 ready. But like I said, you know, they were down one oh 525 00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:52.840 at home and their stars came to play to Night. They had a great 526 00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:57.920 game. You see that game one, they only made eight mid range shots. 527 00:37:58.199 --> 00:38:00.920 They made twenty one to Night when you made eleven in the first half. 528 00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:05.079 When you see that, like, I mean, that's that's the shot 529 00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:07.280 that a lot of teams like to give up. Y'all challenge that shot, 530 00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:08.960 well, but they make them. Like when you see that, like, 531 00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:12.400 what do you what do you kind of take away from that? Well, 532 00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:14.880 I think you just gotta continue to keep mixing coverages up, you know, 533 00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:17.000 not let them get comfortable. And you know, in the first half, 534 00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:20.719 I thought we did a good job with our bigs being up and then Aiden, 535 00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:22.519 you know, he kind of got going. He made like four or 536 00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:25.599 five of'em, and then you know we backed up then Booking Katie and CP 537 00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:29.440 got going. So just mixing up our coveragees, try to keep them all 538 00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:31.320 balanced. I thought our zone was was pretty good for us at times, 539 00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:34.840 but just you know, just gotta keep trying to keep them all balanced as 540 00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:39.639 best as possible. Coach, yesterday you talked about how important it is to 541 00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:44.639 keep the guys keep their confidence up. How do you do that after a 542 00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:47.639 game like today? Our confidence is great. Our confidence is great. Like 543 00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:52.719 you said, we come in play in a hostile environment. We won one, 544 00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:54.519 lost one, and like I said, we was in a game. 545 00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:57.519 I'll watching like the last six minutes of the game, So I mean, 546 00:38:57.559 --> 00:39:00.719 we're very confident. Some things we can clean up and do better, and 547 00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:05.320 we'll be ready to go. There was Coach Lupo's game. Clippers lose Game 548 00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:07.840 two in Phoenix to the Suns one twenty three to one on nine. I'm 549 00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:14.039 not worried about them being rattled after this. There are a lot of positives 550 00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:15.760 to take away from this ball game. I mean, Russell Westbrook missed a 551 00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:21.039 dunk in a game where he played really well, was much more efficient on 552 00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:22.599 offense. He missed a dunk in the second half. Kadi gets fout on 553 00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:27.920 the other end. It was kind of one of those nights were shots they 554 00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:34.440 typically make, including that dunker and three pointers didn't go. But the three 555 00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:37.840 point shooting is a little bit concerning so far in this series, just because 556 00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:43.440 they haven't hit forty percent yet and they started this game off hot. I 557 00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:47.639 believe there were six for thirteen in the first quarter, so they were I 558 00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:53.239 think five for their last seventeen from the outside. They got to catch a 559 00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:58.199 heater and some of it is just ball movement, but they got open looks. 560 00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:04.159 Eric Gordon four they're eleven. Russ hit two, Kawai had three, 561 00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:07.719 they got a couple from Team Man. Terrence Man had a really nice performance. 562 00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:13.400 I'd say overall, do they need more scoring? Yes, I've got 563 00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:16.920 coming into this series. Just to match the firepower of the Phoenix Suns, 564 00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:21.559 You're gonna have to have a few guys, and Terrence Man be one of 565 00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:27.320 them. Maybe have a breakout series. Norm Powell's another guy just to help 566 00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:31.239 out Kauhi, and I tweeted this out earlier. One of my concerns as 567 00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:37.360 the series goes along is because you get these two really good performances from Kawhi 568 00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:43.159 and games won in games two, but you'll worry about him getting worn down 569 00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:46.639 as the series goes along because he has to do so much. You know. 570 00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:52.239 He led them with seven assists too. He had three steals. He 571 00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:54.639 ripped Kevin Durant on one in the first half and went the other way for 572 00:40:54.719 --> 00:41:00.920 a dunk. It was just an insane play. And I still think Kawhi 573 00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:04.719 Leonard is the best player in this series. He just got He has to 574 00:41:04.800 --> 00:41:09.079 get some help. The supporting cast has to be there for him because with 575 00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:12.800 all he's asked to do. When he guarded Kevin Durant, loott in the 576 00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:15.559 more in the second half, which I think is why he started to slow 577 00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:17.920 down. He only had nine of his twenty five in the second half. 578 00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:24.559 Kawhi's on him there. Well, he may not have the legs to close 579 00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:29.119 out games as well, or he might not be as a fish. And 580 00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:34.519 he was still eleven or twenty in ball games when you're expending any energy on 581 00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:39.519 the defensive end. So it's just something a monitor moving forward here eight seven 582 00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:45.440 seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty coming 583 00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:49.119 back, more of your phone calls. Chuck Mockler will be here from Clips 584 00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:52.360 and Dip. We'll also here from Russell Westbrook post game. Clippers will lose 585 00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:54.599 Game two one twenty three to one on nine and in Phoenix to the Sun's 586 00:41:55.199 --> 00:42:00.880 Game three Thursday night at the Crypt for Stock next year. On the Patriot 587 00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:07.840 amlem fifty, Clippers lose Game two in Phoenix by a final score of one 588 00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:10.440 twenty three till one o nine. I'm at I'm auslin. You're listening to 589 00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:15.599 Clippers stock here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. Back to your phone calls 590 00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:19.639 in just a bit here at eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty plus 591 00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:22.800 we will hear from Russell Westbrook. But right now, let's get out to 592 00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:28.079 Chuck Mockler from Clips and Dip pod does it with myself and will Updyke. 593 00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:31.119 I believe they were doing some live streaming earlier and we got a podcast coming 594 00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:36.519 out on the off day tomorrow. Chuck, where was this game lost for 595 00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:42.800 you? I mean, I hate to say this, but it was lost 596 00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:47.400 in the role players? Right. You look at Nico and Bones and Norm 597 00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:52.440 they don't make a single three. I don't know how many games the Clippers 598 00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:55.840 win with those guys don't make a single three. So I think you gotta 599 00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:59.480 take your hat to Phoenix. They got what they needed to get you know, 600 00:42:59.559 --> 00:43:02.440 they're big three went off, plus Tory Craig, he did his thing, 601 00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:06.679 and that's what they needed. The mid range mass won this game, 602 00:43:06.760 --> 00:43:08.800 and we just got to help the role players, you know, shoot better 603 00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:14.280 in front of a raucous home crowd. And I'm on Thursday. Yeah, 604 00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:17.679 And one of the warning signs to me is just that the Clippers only score 605 00:43:17.719 --> 00:43:22.360 one hundred and nine points. They're not hitting three pointers so far to high 606 00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:25.400 rate in this series they need to be. They're not getting big performances from 607 00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:31.199 Norman Powell or Terrence Man or Nicholas Batoum standout performances from guys. When you're 608 00:43:31.199 --> 00:43:34.760 down, Paul George, you just have to have it from at least one 609 00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:39.039 guy. Russ was good with twenty eight, but Phoenix, this isn't abnormal. 610 00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:43.239 They can hit these shots, they can make these shots, and they 611 00:43:43.280 --> 00:43:45.880 can put up one hundred and twenty three points. There's gonna be games where 612 00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:50.480 you have to hang with them offensively, and they just haven't shown that they 613 00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:53.239 have enough scoring punch so far. Really to me, in the first two 614 00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:58.239 games, well, it's been tough, right, you know, Terrence went 615 00:43:58.360 --> 00:44:02.519 three for three, right for what he attempted. It was literally perfect, 616 00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:07.159 but I think Ty had had a bit of walking rotations in this one. 617 00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:09.960 I didn't like a lot of the decisions that Eric Gordon made from deep but 618 00:44:10.159 --> 00:44:15.440 I mean, if you if you take a step back, because you know 619 00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:19.960 I'm both of us. Obviously we watched every Cliffer's possession with the eyes of 620 00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:24.199 a hawk. We split two games away, which is exactly what you're supposed 621 00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:28.599 to do through the road team. We we kind of have the advantage coming 622 00:44:28.639 --> 00:44:35.639 back in front of his home crowd at Crypto on Thursday, but I think 623 00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:37.519 they're going to get it worked out. I don't think there's another night where 624 00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:43.599 we get this poor results from our role playing guys. It does hurt to 625 00:44:43.760 --> 00:44:47.119 waste such an efficient Westbrook night. I think a lot of us and I 626 00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:51.400 was skeptical of the rest trade when it happened, but since then, I'm 627 00:44:51.800 --> 00:44:55.559 I've been converted to being a believer. But there might be a regression coming 628 00:44:55.599 --> 00:45:00.360 up. He's had two I mean, he had one wildly efficient games and 629 00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:04.920 we lost, and he had a very inefficient night game one and we won. 630 00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:09.840 So there are some question Marshall the Clippers as to what really drives a 631 00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:14.320 win, I guess from the playoffs, but I also think the sum are 632 00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:19.000 still kind of throwing things at the wall to see what sticks. So we 633 00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:22.000 got to help the intensities high when we come when we come back to LA 634 00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:25.760 because I would love to see the Funs having a battle back from the double 635 00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:30.079 point, double digit deficit in the first quarter. Yeah, the crowd can 636 00:45:30.119 --> 00:45:36.119 definitely carry them and help some of that outside shooting. I think just the 637 00:45:36.239 --> 00:45:38.039 roar of the crowd in downtown Los Angeles. I don't know what the splits 638 00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:43.559 are home and away. Obviously they haven't been a great home team this season, 639 00:45:44.199 --> 00:45:45.760 but I do think Clipper Nation is going to show up in a big 640 00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:50.679 way. Now. You mentioned they're throwing stuff at the wall, and we 641 00:45:50.800 --> 00:45:58.239 did see coach Lugo extremely small in the fourth quarter with Norma russ Man bones 642 00:45:58.599 --> 00:46:02.599 in Kauai. Do you think he was just trying anything and considering they weren't 643 00:46:02.639 --> 00:46:07.280 getting stops even with more defenders out there, he was just trying to load 644 00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:09.920 up on the offensive side and hoping they can go on and run. Well, 645 00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:13.960 I was just saying this, so Will and I are actually live on 646 00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:16.000 YouTube right now. I'm taking a quick break from it. But we were 647 00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:21.000 just talking about this. So when you're when you're a wing heavy team to 648 00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:25.000 start the season like the Clippers, right you would assume that Marcus Morris, 649 00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:29.480 I don't care what people think about him and Robert Covington again, I don't 650 00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:31.039 care if people think about him as a player that they're going to get some 651 00:46:31.079 --> 00:46:36.320 time on the playoffs. We have now, through a series of some decisions, 652 00:46:36.639 --> 00:46:42.679 removed two of those wings from the playoffs, which is killing the Clippers 653 00:46:42.719 --> 00:46:47.679 I think right now. So I think I never want to see the Clippers 654 00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:51.920 going out small again. It was a nightmare. I know the postgame Tyler 655 00:46:52.079 --> 00:46:54.719 said it was good defensively, but he's also been a patrol with the media, 656 00:46:54.840 --> 00:47:00.360 which I do respect. I think some fans should maybe respect at too. 657 00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:05.480 But this is what happens when you make changes too late, like we 658 00:47:05.599 --> 00:47:08.119 saw with the batoum starting for Marcus Morris when that maybe should have happened with 659 00:47:08.760 --> 00:47:13.440 more than six or seven games left in the regular season, and then with 660 00:47:13.719 --> 00:47:17.239 not playing Robert Covington at all, where you just even if putting Robert Cummington 661 00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:21.000 in would still be throwing something at the wall to see what sticks. But 662 00:47:21.599 --> 00:47:24.400 I hope whatever pieces Tyler throws up the wall next game, if he has 663 00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:28.920 to are bigger than the small ball five. If you put out tonight, 664 00:47:29.480 --> 00:47:32.039 well, I gotta be honest. I predicted that Rocco would play at some 665 00:47:32.199 --> 00:47:36.440 point in the first two games, and it hasn't happened yet. And it's 666 00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:42.079 a little bit more surprising because Nicholas Batoum is one for seven so far from 667 00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:45.440 three. Like, I'm surprised he hasn't gone to Roco or didn't tonight, 668 00:47:45.880 --> 00:47:51.840 considering the amount of guys that were struggling from the outside and trying that. 669 00:47:52.039 --> 00:47:53.920 But you know, maybe I shouldn't be it. He hasn't played much this 670 00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:59.199 season. Do you point that out many times? We'll see what happens as 671 00:47:59.239 --> 00:48:02.440 we move along here. But Kawhi Leonard finishes with thirty one. He was 672 00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:06.960 still efficient eleven or twenty from the field, three or five from the outside. 673 00:48:07.599 --> 00:48:10.679 I'm a little bit concerned because we've seen a history of this. It 674 00:48:10.840 --> 00:48:16.960 happens throughout playoff runs where a guy can get worn down as a series goes 675 00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:22.280 along because so much has asked of them without Paul George, and if another 676 00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:27.400 guy is inconsistently helping out in tonight. It was r Us with his twenty 677 00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:30.920 eight points, but they still needed more shooting out there, especially when Kawhi 678 00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:34.239 is being doubled and he's finding the open man. And he did have seven 679 00:48:34.239 --> 00:48:37.320 assists. He was very good passing wise. I want to say he had 680 00:48:37.400 --> 00:48:39.719 five of those in the first half. But I'm a little bit concerned that 681 00:48:39.840 --> 00:48:45.800 Kauai as the series goes along, there's just so much on his plate that 682 00:48:45.960 --> 00:48:47.679 I wonder if the efficiency is still going to be there, because it has 683 00:48:47.760 --> 00:48:52.519 to be. Really, they have to have Kawai shoot fifty percent from the 684 00:48:52.599 --> 00:48:58.360 field to hang with the Phoenix Suns. I think you're right, but I 685 00:48:58.400 --> 00:49:01.440 think one thing we can take solison is that Kawhi went about his rehab exactly 686 00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:05.519 like he wanted to, and the results have been there so far, and 687 00:49:05.599 --> 00:49:07.679 we just kind of have to put a little bit of hope, which if 688 00:49:07.679 --> 00:49:13.119 you're a Clippers fan, you hopefully have a little bit of that leftover that 689 00:49:13.280 --> 00:49:16.480 he can still be efficient up until we get PG back, hopefully for either 690 00:49:16.599 --> 00:49:21.360 Game seven or the next round. But I think what's interesting too is you 691 00:49:21.400 --> 00:49:25.519 look at those minutes totals for the Suns and the team I mean Kd's averaging 692 00:49:25.559 --> 00:49:30.519 more minutes in Kawhi. I think same with Devin Booker, Like we're pushing 693 00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:35.599 this team. This Sun team is doing everything they can through these two games 694 00:49:35.639 --> 00:49:37.840 to not be down zero two, and they only split them. Right, 695 00:49:38.039 --> 00:49:43.239 So at some point the bench guys are going to step up and at some 696 00:49:43.360 --> 00:49:45.840 point, yes, Kawhi's EF efficiency might dip a bit, but it's not 697 00:49:46.039 --> 00:49:52.360 going to dip into you know, horrifying territory. You'll let me have that 698 00:49:52.480 --> 00:49:57.480 one. So we just got to write it out. We absolutely need to 699 00:49:57.559 --> 00:50:02.039 win game three in La relief with the pressure, although no doubt he is 700 00:50:02.239 --> 00:50:07.320 Charles Mockler of Clips and Dip. You guys got the stream going right now 701 00:50:07.639 --> 00:50:13.199 at Clippers Podcast on YouTube with Will up Deck. Yes, we're on it 702 00:50:13.320 --> 00:50:15.760 right now. All right, get back to work. I appreciate you, 703 00:50:15.960 --> 00:50:21.800 Charles, thanks for doing this time. We'll go clips. Let's go clips. 704 00:50:21.840 --> 00:50:23.039 We'll take a quick time out, we'll come back. We'll close things 705 00:50:23.079 --> 00:50:28.119 out with your phone calls and you'll hear from Russell Westbrook. After the Clippers 706 00:50:28.199 --> 00:50:31.519 lose one twenty three to one oh nine in Phoenix to the Sun's Game three 707 00:50:31.679 --> 00:50:37.599 coming up on Thursday, huge swing game, pivotal critical game three. I 708 00:50:37.679 --> 00:50:42.239 mean, it's usually safe for a game five, but no, Clippers got 709 00:50:42.320 --> 00:50:45.400 to find a way to come out and recapture the momentum after losing this one 710 00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:50.719 in Phoenix, and they did make the Sun's work for it. You're down 711 00:50:50.920 --> 00:50:53.599 just six with three minutes left after it looked like the Suns could have ran 712 00:50:53.639 --> 00:51:00.039 away with it. Clippers were there, but they couldn't cross the finish on 713 00:51:00.239 --> 00:51:05.320 tonight, mar clipperstock here on the Patriot Emily in fifty next, Clippers lose 714 00:51:05.400 --> 00:51:08.000 one twenty three to one on nine in game two in Phoenix to the Suns. 715 00:51:08.360 --> 00:51:13.480 I Matt, I'm oslin. This is Clippers talk, all right. 716 00:51:13.599 --> 00:51:19.559 Before we hear from Russell Westbrook, let's go to Morris in Long Beach for 717 00:51:19.679 --> 00:51:22.800 some positivity on the way out tonight, Morris, what's up now? I'm 718 00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:27.039 gonna tell you the God's Adam looking. We gotta split. We gotta split 719 00:51:27.159 --> 00:51:30.320 in sinning. There's no way Phoenish. Don't let anybody go down here and 720 00:51:30.360 --> 00:51:34.119 beat him. The first two games, don good game. The Clippers got 721 00:51:34.199 --> 00:51:36.519 what they wanted. They wanted us, They got to split. They got 722 00:51:36.639 --> 00:51:38.840 one inside building a house piece by piece. We've got this out of behavior, 723 00:51:38.920 --> 00:51:44.079 so I'll talk to you lady. Look, the split is great. 724 00:51:44.199 --> 00:51:47.119 Of course you would sign up for that because the only way they were gonna 725 00:51:47.119 --> 00:51:50.880 win the series is if they got to split. They had to have it. 726 00:51:51.760 --> 00:51:53.519 But if you had one tonight in a game you're up by thirteen in 727 00:51:54.440 --> 00:51:59.559 the series is close to being over. Now. A team can obviously come 728 00:51:59.599 --> 00:52:02.239 back down zero two. We've seen the Clippers do it. But there would 729 00:52:02.280 --> 00:52:07.400 be so much pressure on the Phoenix Suns if the Clippers had won both games 730 00:52:07.199 --> 00:52:13.559 in Phoenix and this was a winnable game tonight. Devin Booker though, thirty 731 00:52:13.599 --> 00:52:17.760 eight points on just twenty two shots. Yeah, he played forty five minutes. 732 00:52:17.800 --> 00:52:22.159 He's twenty seven. He can play heavy minutes. Maybe we'll see some 733 00:52:22.320 --> 00:52:25.599 fatigue with Kevin Durant. He's been playing forty five in both games so far. 734 00:52:27.000 --> 00:52:30.360 CP three. No doubt he's thirty seven, but he still played his 735 00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:37.159 best in the fourth quarter near the end of his thirty eight minutes, hitting 736 00:52:37.239 --> 00:52:45.159 tough shots. This is a very top heavy Phoenix Suns team that can beat 737 00:52:45.239 --> 00:52:50.480 you with just a few guys going off sometimes because they're that efficient. Jose 738 00:52:50.679 --> 00:52:55.360 and Southgate. Jose, what's up? You're on Clipper South the Subada Lawler. 739 00:52:55.440 --> 00:52:58.519 I thought we're gonna break the lot of Night, but we were not 740 00:52:58.679 --> 00:53:01.800 good enough to Night, particularly to end the first half. I feel like 741 00:53:01.920 --> 00:53:07.280 everyone except for Quiet start their halftime like at the two minute marks. But 742 00:53:07.039 --> 00:53:09.639 like I said, we weren't good enough, but just not to Night. 743 00:53:10.039 --> 00:53:14.199 I know they're not as I know they're not fully healthy cough cough, but 744 00:53:14.320 --> 00:53:17.039 neither are we. And yet we both games. We had a league, 745 00:53:17.440 --> 00:53:21.039 kept the league, but we lost it and we split. Still, I 746 00:53:21.039 --> 00:53:22.880 haven't had that team man game still. I haven't had that power game. 747 00:53:24.119 --> 00:53:27.920 But two of them looks like he needs some home cooking. But all the 748 00:53:27.960 --> 00:53:30.760 boys are gonna get it. They're coming back home Clipper Nations. I've been 749 00:53:30.880 --> 00:53:34.119 going to my game as the whole my whole life. I know how we 750 00:53:34.199 --> 00:53:37.360 are now that I'm thinking about it, this might be the last time I've 751 00:53:37.440 --> 00:53:40.079 been a home team at Staples. Anyways, we need to be out there. 752 00:53:40.840 --> 00:53:44.199 I heard that I'm clisting this our lives, so I'm about to go 753 00:53:44.239 --> 00:53:49.400 over there. Claps go Clippers, all right. I appreciate the phone call, 754 00:53:50.280 --> 00:53:57.280 Jose. Role players typically play better at home. So there's a lot 755 00:53:57.360 --> 00:54:00.519 going in the Clippers favor back home to the safe haven in front of their 756 00:54:00.559 --> 00:54:04.599 fans, cliber Nation, you got to show up in a big way on 757 00:54:04.719 --> 00:54:07.159 Thursday Night. They need you. They feed off the crowd, especially with 758 00:54:07.280 --> 00:54:12.960 Russell Westbrook there there's already a love affair between him and clipber Nation, and 759 00:54:13.079 --> 00:54:17.559 the way he roars and just lets out those primal screams, as Brian Semen 760 00:54:17.599 --> 00:54:22.920 would say, he gets the crowd into it. Here was Russell Westbrook though, 761 00:54:22.960 --> 00:54:25.360 post game after they lost to Night in Game two. You know, 762 00:54:25.519 --> 00:54:31.239 we know it's gonna be a tough serious and you know they came back and 763 00:54:31.320 --> 00:54:36.320 took a business tonight. But I thought, we give ourself a chance. 764 00:54:36.599 --> 00:54:42.039 We came out the right mindset, throw the game, tough jumpers, shut 765 00:54:42.119 --> 00:54:45.840 the bar really well from the field. So what all that we said, 766 00:54:45.960 --> 00:54:49.920 We still give ourself a chance. Uh, you know the way rust they've 767 00:54:50.039 --> 00:54:52.920 they've taken twenty shots at the rim in two games and one hundred and five 768 00:54:52.000 --> 00:54:57.519 mid rangers at that time. Is that Can you guys live with that shot 769 00:54:57.559 --> 00:55:00.719 diet that they're taking? Sorry, what are you say? Can you live 770 00:55:00.760 --> 00:55:02.320 with that? Like? Is that something you guys are happy to They're gonna 771 00:55:02.320 --> 00:55:07.880 take those. They're a good mid range shooting team. I think historically for 772 00:55:07.960 --> 00:55:12.320 them, it just making sure we contesting them. I think a lot of 773 00:55:12.360 --> 00:55:14.760 them tonight we're wide open. I don't know. We didn't get a chance 774 00:55:14.800 --> 00:55:17.159 to contest them. So they're shooting us fine, but we've got to make 775 00:55:17.199 --> 00:55:21.639 sure we contest in NBA and make sure we're in the vision to make those 776 00:55:21.760 --> 00:55:28.079 a little more tougher than normal firs. What allowed you to get in two 777 00:55:28.159 --> 00:55:34.320 better offensive rhythm today than the previous game. Just take up my time getting 778 00:55:34.360 --> 00:55:37.960 what I want. Nine of sixteen for twenty eight points. He believes they 779 00:55:38.039 --> 00:55:42.320 can be better at contesting those shots with the Phoenix Suns. They're gonna have 780 00:55:42.440 --> 00:55:46.159 to be because if you're only scoring one on nine, they're giving up one 781 00:55:46.199 --> 00:55:50.360 twenty three. That is a problem. I think. Thursday night, though, 782 00:55:50.440 --> 00:55:54.559 the Clippers put on a much better performance in front of their home fans. 783 00:55:54.719 --> 00:55:59.480 It's gonna be fun. Seven thirty Tip time from Crypto dot com. 784 00:55:59.559 --> 00:56:04.119 Are you yeah? We'll have your pregame show starting at six thirty. No 785 00:56:04.360 --> 00:56:07.000 Eagle was sick. Can't wait. Speaking of I do want to thank the 786 00:56:07.039 --> 00:56:12.639 Clippers organization, no it ego, Brian Seaman, Ralph Lawlor, big Brother, 787 00:56:12.760 --> 00:56:15.239 Jake Warner, Katie Newton was out. We had Zach l quality, 788 00:56:15.400 --> 00:56:21.440 Zach attack our producer holding it down here in the bank. Big thanks to 789 00:56:21.519 --> 00:56:25.079 the callers, the listeners. No thanks for Fred Rogan. I thought he 790 00:56:25.159 --> 00:56:30.559 was gonna call in the Dean. He's gonna hear about this and the next 791 00:56:30.599 --> 00:56:34.840 time I come on Rogan and Rode And you don't already know that until Thursday. 792 00:56:34.920 --> 00:56:37.519 With the pregame show starting at six thirty for Game three, I'm outa 793 00:56:37.599 --> 00:57:00.280 Oslin. We'll talk to you then. This has been playoff Clippers Talk, 794 00:57:00.599 --> 00:57:05.559 a postgame conversation about your LA Clippers with Adam Osley. If you like the 795 00:57:05.679 --> 00:57:09.880 show, subscribe to Clippers Talk on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you podcast. 796 00:57:10.119 --> 00:57:15.400 They have the best page. This team has those championship ingredients. They have 797 00:57:15.599 --> 00:57:19.960 some of that DNA. You can see it. This is Clippers Basketball. 798 00:57:20.159 --> 00:57:22.639 Join us next time on the LA Clippers Audio Network.