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come up, clutch and Clutch City. They were down by twenty in the
first half. They win in Houston one twenty two to one sixteen. Welcome
into your postgame show. I'm Adam Osland. If you want to get on
early, we'll have clipperstock for you on a five seventy LA Sports eight sixty
six nine eight seven two five seventy. But first back to Toyota Center with
your radio voice of the Clippers. Well, Kawhi Leonard with ten points in
the fourth quarter, James Harden with eleven, and Big plumb really turned the
tide. Get you injected into the starting lineup to start off the third quarter.
What a difference Mason Plumley was able to make off the bench hadn't played
the last couple of games. Spectacular performance from Big Plump Carlo all the credit
to Big plum to stay locked in, to stay ready, and these are
the kind of games that championship built teams have when things aren't going your way,
when maybe you know you're not getting the looks you want or the defensive
rebounding you need, and you're able to pull a guy off the bench who's
missed the last two games plus the entire first half, and has not missed
a beat. He gets two points away from a double double, three blocks
in this one. He was like an umbrella over the top of Alphared shan
gun shielding his view to the basket and of some huge, huge buckets down
the stretch. What a performance by Mason plum Lee. What a way to
stay ready. We really shouldn't be surprised Plumbley came back from injury and if
you'll remember, Tyleru told the media that Big plum told Tyleru, Hey,
things are going so well for us right now, I don't need to play.
If you don't want to put me in the rotation, that's okay,
just because I'm available. I don't want to mess things up. He is
all about team, all about sacrifice, and that's what coach Lou Oways talks
about is the reason this team's so successful. He sacrificed, he was ready
when his name was called, and at the end of the day, he
flipped the script here at Houston love seeing Coach slu put him into the starting
lineup to start that third quarter and then playing a little chess match with e
May injecting Terror's man into the ballgame a few different times for Mason Plumby for
some switchability, and they were trying to hack a plumb out. There.
Just a brilliant game down the stretch from a Clippers team that outscored the Houston
Rockets forty two to thirty in the fourth quarter, outscored then by nineteen in
the second half. Kawhi Leonard showed up big with some tough shots late.
But I thought James Harden running the show and being a system late is what
pulled this Clippers team through offensively. I mean his ability to find shooters in
the corner, to find Plumbley on the pick and roll, to swing the
basketball. One point, he tried a layup that I thought was a layup
and turned into a no look pass to Leonard in the right corner. The
Clippers three point shooting when the bell was wrung. It came up big late
in this one, Adam. They were three for thirteen at one point.
They finished the game nine of their next sixteen to close this one. Big
time stuff from the Clippers to get it done down the stretch. I thought
the clutch shooting was excellent. I thought their defense was really good. Houston
had won turnover in the first almost twenty minutes of this game. The Clippers
turn them over seven more times throughout the night. Just a big time,
gutsy win for the Clippers, and you talked about it. There was a
little bit of concern after you lose the way you did against the Lakers and
Milwaukee, that hey, does this become a mental barrier for this team?
And I think that's why this win. Yes, it's important to get a
win, Yes it's important to beat Houston, but to do it this way,
to get it done in this manner, I think means so much more
for this Clipper team, just confidence wise, down the stretch. And that's
how you close out a road trip. As they head back home for a
back to back on Saturday and Sunday, we talked about Paul George struggling early,
he was one of six. He would go six for his next nine,
big three pointer or late. But how about the board from PG thirteen
doing the little things as well, that offensive rebound. I thought it really
started at him with his defense to begin the third quarter. Really the end
of that second quarter, he had a couple of steals, he had a
block. He was engaged on that end, and that led to the offense
on the other end. When Paul George takes his matchup personally, you can
see it. He is in his defender. There's a reason he's a four
time All Defensive Defense selection and a reason he's top five in the NBA in
steels per game, the first time he's top five at NBA and steels in
the NBA and steals per game since he was an All Defensive selection back in
seventeen eighteen with Houston. He is playing at another level on that end of
the floor. He was so good for the Clippers down the stretch, and
I thought his ability to remain confident to knock down a team high four threes
was huge up and down the board. I got Terrence Man, how about
a sneaky good performance from him five for five for the fields, three threes
with a couple of rebounds, and fifteen points on a perfect shot shooting percentage.
He was great for the Clippers, an all around team performance. Everybody
who got in there scored, Everybody contributed, and the Clippers can take that
long four hour flight home with smiles on our faces. And after what happened
on Monday night missing those free throws late, the Clippers came up clutch at
the charity stripe. They knocked them down. They put the Houston Rockets away.
They go on to win once twenty two to one sixteen when they were
down by twenty in the first half. Clippers return to Crypto dot com arena,
as we mentioned, a back to back, a home back to back.
Both matinee starts starting on Saturday at one pm. They're tipping off against
the Chicago Bulls. We'll have your pregame shows starting at noon. Carlo Jimenez.
Great call is always hashtag comeback Clips, Safe travels. We'll talk to
you on Saturday. Talk to you Saturday, and a big win for the
Clips you wanted to go to and one they go to and one. Now
it's time to win some at home. Let's go Clippers basketball three and one
so far to start off the IDEs of March as well. We got your
second half eyelids with Carlo Jimenez coming up next. The Clippers were down fifty
to thirty in the first half in Houston and they end up winning by six
over the Rockets. Big time performances across the board. We'll talk about it
all here in your Clippers locker room postgame show right here on the Los Angeles
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The Clippers overcome a twenty point deficit. They win in Houston one twenty two
to one, sixteen over the Rockets. Welcome back into your postgame show.
I'm out a Mosland coming up. We'll get to your final box score.
We'll have Clippers talk for you on a M five to seventy LA Sports eight
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or get to me, I follow Adam a on X Let's get your second
half highlights. As mentioned, the Clippers were down by twenty. It was
fifty to thirty with about six minutes left in that second quarter. The Clippers
would go on to twelve to two run. They were down fifty seven to
forty four at the half. PG thirteen was one for six to start this
ball game, but then he started to cook in the third quarter. George
and the right wing shake Smith dances down the right alley behind the back freaker
line, fading, firing, burying Paul George. A little shaken bake play,
don't you know by Eric Upbado that was spooth. Seventy one sixty three
Rockets. Leonard kamlawright channel skips at George, ran corner, catching you three.
Jack popped George from downtown. He had two points in the first half.
He's got ten in the third quarter. Seventy four sixty six Houston.
Paul George stepping up in that third quarter, turning the game arounds, turning
the tide in this one, as did Mason Plumley. He got the start
in the third Corps don't know if it was conditioning over the concern of aviatsa
zubats just not looking right quite yet, coming back from the flu, coming
back from illness, coming back from a right calf injury. Whatever it was,
Mason Plumley was able to hashtag stay ready because he hadn't played the last
couple of games. He comes in in the third quarter, gets the start
for the second half, has four points and six boards, two offensive rebounds,
and the Clippers had it to within six heading into that fourth quarter.
But that's when you gotta let your superstar take over. Of course, it
was the claw Kawhi Leonard one on one with Van Fleet, nobody in the
area. Pardon Nolah caaf Leonard right wing, three CUNNINGGX Kawhi from the right
corner, two point game time out, Houston six fourteen to go, Flippers
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Leonard gets to his spot and it's good luck defense after that one of
those six to one oh three Clippers win in three on five to play,
it's clutched on Leonard. Stufers in the front court of three can give them
the lead. Kawhi right over will steps back from the in range. We're
tied as he sticks in from wander weight. All the Clippers have erased the
twenty point Houston lead. Leonard all the right wing, they're not fouling them.
Kawhi crossing over the whole bench for Houston, trying to tell him the
bout Leonard and one from the Freako line and a chance for three point play.
Clippers largest lead of the night comes with two oh six to go big
time buckets from the claw. He would convert the n one after Email challenged
it. He had ten of his twenty eight points in the fourth quarter.
James Harden had eleven of his twenty one points in the fourth quarter plus four
assists. The Clippers come back down twenty and win one twenty two to one
sixteen in Houston over the Rockets. Coming up next to your final box score
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LA Clippers Basketball on the LA Clippers Audio Network. There's your comeback clips.
They do it again. Not down sixteen like they were Agans Minnesota in the
first half. They were down twenty in Houston. They come back to win
one twenty two to one sixteen. Welcome back into your postgame show. I'm
Adam Oslin. After a miserable first fifteen minutes offensively from this Clippers team,
they scored ninety two points in about the last thirty minutes of this ballgame.
Clippers ended up shooting fifty five percent from the field. Go twelve of twenty
nine from three. The law of averages came back around finally for them.
Houston ended up at forty eight percent from before forty from the outside Clippers with
just nine turnovers. Houston had just eight themselves. But the Clippers got timely
stops in timely buckets and a timely performance off the bench from Mason Plumley hadn't
played the last two games, looked to be out of the rotation. Daniel
Tye was soaking up his minutes off the bench, and Mason Plummy got the
start in the third quarter. What a move from coach Lou of Eacha Zubats
was struggling, Big plumb helped turn this ballgame around. Paul George Shard to
get it going, had ten of his twenty one and the third. Then
Kawhi Leonard took over along with James Harden in the fourth plus a big PG
thirteen to three point or late along with a huge offensive rebound normn Pal the
King of the fourth. You know, he came up clutch and the Clippers
win one twenty two to one sixteen in a game where they were down by
twenty. They got two days off. They'll be back at Crypto for a
Saturday Sunday Mattinee back to back, starting with the Chicago Bulls on Saturday.
Pregame shows starting at noon outside of Los Angeles, we are leaving until then.
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me right now, your host on your home For the Clippers, they were
in attack mode. Adam Osley Houston, we'd have a problem. Yeah,
Kawhi Leonard problem in that fourth quarter he had ten of his twenty eight.
The Clippers come all the way back down by twenty. It was fifty to
thirty, Houston up in the first half, and the Clippers go on to
win one forty two to one sixteen. Hashtag come back Clips, Houston,
We'd have a problem. Welcome into Clippers Doc. I'm at a Oslin eight
six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six, six nine eight seven
two five seventy is the phone number. Now, that's how you respond after
letting one go for the second time in a week against the Milwaukee Bucks,
where the Clippers had a fifteen point lead. It happens in this league,
but it hasn't happened to more teams than the Clippers when it comes to twenty
point comebacks. Going back to the twenty eighteen twenty nineteen season, they now
have come back down twenty or more thirteen times, Paul thirteen thirteen times over
a six season span. Now we're in season six here, season five of
the two to one three era. Coming up on the show, you're gonna
hear from coach Lou post game, hopefully Big Plumb as well, who helped
turn this game around. We'll also have I think Chuck Mockler. No,
it's Will Updike coming on tonight. The Clippers looked once again sluggish and stuck
in mud and quick, sane and in the first half. Really throughout the
first I want to say, seventeen minutes of the ballgame, they only scored
nineteen points in the first quarter. I called it the one pass offense.
That's how many passes they were making per possession in the half court. It
was a struggle, a lot of isolation basketball. I believe they had two
assists total in the first quarter. Hell that might have been in the first
half. I better check on this one more time. They had five assists
of the break. Most of those came after they found something near the end
of the first half, where after being down by twenty at fifty to thirty,
they started to unlock their offense a little bit, started to play with
more pace out there, went on a twelve to two run, cut it
to fifty seven forty four at the break. But the Clippers at that point
they're four of sixteen from the outside. They had been shooting thirty five percent
from three last eleven games coming into this one post Grammy road trip. Meanwhile,
the Houston Rockets, they're the second worst three point shooting team on the
season, and they were at forty three percent from the field. In the
first half, they were nine of twenty one. We thought the lav averages
would finally come into effect. It did for the Clippers. They progressed to
the mean. After starting four of sixteen from the outside, they would end
up going twelve of twenty nine so they ended up what is the eight for
their next thirteen from three? Real quick math there. Hope I got that
right. But in a game where they need to show that, okay,
they can get it done in clutch time, which they have for the most
part, it was just a very bad week. They have the second best
rating net rating in clutch time since December first in the league. They're now
sixteen and five in games that come down to the last five minutes within five
points. That's clutched time since December first. They needed this one, though
in a bad way, after falling apart after their offense stalling out in the
fourth, having just twenty five points and really it was nineteen two inns in
con inconsequential threes by Paul George at the end of that game Monday night against
Milwaukee when it was already over really didn't mean anything to this team. As
the Milwaukee Bucks went on a fifteen to zero run at one point, they
scored forty one points on the Clippers in the fourth. Tonight, the Clippers
put up forty two in the fourth quarter against Houston. You can say it's
Houston. Guess what. The Rockets have the seventh best defense this season.
That's their identity stopping teams, and they could not stop the Clippers in the
fourth quarter. Who got to the free throw line and outside of Mason Plumley,
who was fantastic, made them down the stretch, closed Houston out with
free throws down six entering the fourth quarter. The Clippers were just clutched performances
across the board to get this dot. Kawhi Leonard with his ten points on
the fourth tough shots over Jabari Smith, over Canwidier, Paul George, a
big three late, a huge offensive rebound as well, but James Hardens slicing
and dyson up the defense after he and Dylan Brooks got into it looked like
it might have been an offensive allan Dylan Brooks, James Harden went flying to
the floor. Brooks gave him a little stare, A little bit of chirping
was going on. James Harden came right back, I believe, with a
layup after that, but the kickout pass he had to Kawhi Leonard for three
in the fourth, he collapsed the defense completely. They were surrounding him.
It was at the six to sixteen mark. It brought the Clippers to within
two. Huge play. He had his hands all over the fourth court.
He had a dime to Norman foul right after that. What about some of
the dimes from Kawhi Leonard also in this ball game. I believe the two
biggest came at the end of the third. He had a no look past
a man for a dunk, a pass to Tyson transition running the floor,
running down the middle of the floor. It was a beautifully executed fast break.
Kawhi would miss a jumper to end the third, get it back,
put it in. That was a big shot just to bring it to within
six. Huge difference there between six and eight, and the Clippers were still
in an uphill battle. It was a ten point game. Harden gets fouled
on a three early in the fourth. Bones Highland also had his fingerprints on
this one, a floater early in the fourth. I thought the lineup of
him made some plumbley James Harden a mere coffee. Terrence Man would struggle.
They did early defensively, just too many non defenders on the floor, but
coach Lee was trying to buy pg a couple more minutes he did. He
came back in. He had a steal. Harden had a putback after a
miss by Norman Powell, then a Plumbley put back made a five point game
early in the fourth. Houston wasn't going away though. Brooks hit that shot
over Harden where he threw him to the ground. Harden comes back, he
gets a layup on Jabari Smith Junior. Then it was Cam Whitmore with a
three. Like I said what you earlier thinking of bTB, just shout out
the bamboo. The Clippers bended, but they did not break, being down
by twenty. But then you saw a huge Paul George three off a Mason
Plumley offensive rebound, then a Plumb block and shng Goon turned it over.
It was Norman Powell with a steal a James Harden oop to big Plumb.
I mean, the guy had a huge reverse layup early in the third quarter
where he first got into the ball game. Those are energy plays. It's
not just two points. It gets the team going. Whitmore, though,
responded with a jumper. Houston wasn't going away. They executed two, but
then there was that hard and kickout to Kawhi for three where he got all
the attentions. He attacked the paint. I don't know how he got that
pass to Kawhi who has been struggling from the outside. Not just the Clippers
as a team may coin side with Kawhi Leonard not looking the same from the
outside over the past couple of weeks. Shngun though, over Plumbley, that
is a tough matchup for anyone, asked Victor women Yama, who got forty
five put on him yesterday by she Gun. Plumbley was doing his best normally,
got a bucket where he thought he was fouled. After that a Fred
Van Bliet three pointer, but there was an offensive foul by Cam Whitmore right
afterwards, so they got the three anyways. And then Kawhi over Cam for
a tough jumper. That's one of the best athletes in the game right now.
Not easy for the Claw. Another Fred bucket, Norman Pal a three
pointer. It's a two point game. Then Houston got two offensive rebounds,
but the Clippers got multiple stops. They couldn't get boards, but they got
stopped still, and then Kawhi tied it with a jump shot over Jabari Smith.
Shenguon would go to the free throw line. He was missing some big
ones late. He only went one of two. Clippers are down by one.
Then we saw some hack of Plumbley. Interesting by Emy. There was
a chess mask going on between the two head coaches. I like this coaching
staff for the Houston Rockets. That's the reason they're seven. Defensively, they
have an identity on that end. Plumbley would miss both, so Houston's still
up by one. But then it was I don't know who got credit for
this block. It could have been Norman Powell, it could have been Mason
plumb Lee. They both can test one from Shngoon at the basket, and
then it was a PG three off a beautiful pass from Kawhi Leonard, a
kickout. Clippers are up by two, they get a stop, Kawhi gets
the and one. They're up by five. Rockets weren't going away to Bori
Smith. Three pointer, two point game. Norman Powell goes to the line,
then he goes one of two. Clippers lead by three. The chess
match continued. It was Terrence Man subbing in for Mason Plumley who was having
his struggles on Shehngoon, so put Kawhi Leonard on him. Get Terrence Man
out there for rotation old defense along the perimeter. I loved it. I
was asking for it on Twitter. Mason Plumley's struggles on that end as good
as he was. It's Shngoon and then Kawhi gets called for a ridiculous foul
where he gets tripped by Fred van Vliet. He's on the ground. Shengoon
trips over Kawhi and they call it on Kawhi Leonard but guess what ball don't
lie? Shenguon would of the free throw line. He missed both. Harden
then missed a three pointer, but Paul George came flying in for the offensive
rebound. He gets fouled. Fred van Vliet gets a technical. Paul George
hit all three free throws after he missed three free throws in the fourth quarter
on Monday night against Milwaukee. That's how you redeem yourself. Clippers were up
at that point one eighteen to one twelve. James Harden would knock down four
more free throws. Houston had to play the foul game, That's all she
wrote. The Clippers come back down by twenty. They win in Houston one
twenty two to one sixteen. Before we break here quickly, Javier Lahabra heights
here on Clippers. Stop with that, Am aust what's up, Adam,
take care of taking my call. Couldn't call the other day when they lost
to the Bucks. But man, this game. De needed this game bad.
I mean, there's no way they could have lost this game. I
mean at the end of the day, like you said, they started slow,
but you know, the fourth quarter they turned it on. And I
didn't you. I was gonna say, man, this is only Houston,
but I didn't know. We mentioned that there were seventh in defense. Yeah,
that's a surprise to I think everyone. Well, they're almost a bottom
five offense. I think they're twenty fourth there in offensive rating. Defensively,
they're seventh on the season. That's better in the Clippers. Yeah, no
doubt, that's all. That's why I did a three six that. I
was like, wow, I didn't know whether that been on defense, but
but you know, it's a good way. And from from this point on
many I know they played with both on Tardy and they the Bucks, and
then again the timber was they gotta win the next couple of games at them,
they gotta win. They didn't want to get to what number one,
two or three seeds. They gotta win they gotta take care of take care
of business. So I said, Adam, thank you for taking them a
call. We'll talk to you soon. All right, Hovey, I appreciate
the phone call. I'm with you. You gotta take down Chicago. Cannot
take them lightly. They just came back down twenty in Sacramento, believe it
was last night. Gave the Kings a terrible loss. They got to beat
Chicago. They gotta beat Milwaukee, who may have Janiston and a Koompo available
this time on Sunday, back at home, quick time out here on Clippers
Talk. They were down fifty to thirty. They looked dead in the water.
Their offense was lifeless. They had zero energy. They make a little
run to end the first half, and then Big Plumb in that third quarter
provided the jolt jump started this team, getting boards, getting them extra possessions,
getting some easy buckets. He hadn't played the last two games. Love
Big Plumb in that moment his best game of the season. Maybe his best
is a Clipper so far more clipperstock here on five to seventy LA Sports next.
Yeah, that's the time you want to foul. Young team in Houston,
still learning, learned about this Clippers team hashtag comeback Clips. They were
down twenty in Houston, they come back to win once to one, sixteen
over the Rockets. Welcome back in to Clipperstock. I'm out a Moslin.
Probably have gone too long without talking about team Man talked about him being subbed
in back and forth for Mason Plumbley late in that fourth quarter. Just love
the strategy and execution down the stretch from the Clippers and Coach Lou. Coach
Lou won them this game by making the Mason Plumbley move, by trying to
find a spark, some energy. We're gonna hear from him postgame coming up.
But Terrence Man some timely shots. He was perfect from the field five
of five. He was three of three from distance. He had fifteen points.
Mayson Plumbley, though coming in cold, I mean ice cold. One
hundred two thousand would say it ice cold, hadn't played the last two games.
Gets twenty minutes was a team high plus fourteen eight points, eleven boards,
four offensive rebounds, and the Clippers just won a game where they were
out shot by fourteen more attempts by the Houston Rockets. Not easy to do
some of that because the Clippers were getting to the charity stripe and making them
twenty two or twenty six. They attended twenty six free throws Houston seventeen.
That tracks Houston gives up twenty four per game to their opponent. They play
ultra aggressive defensively. That's why they're a good team. But it leads to
some fouls, and they did intentionally foul The Clippers, of course, late
a lot of those, which skewed the numbers a little bit. Let's go
to Morrison, Long Beach. Morris here on Clippers. Stop with Adam Mauslin.
What's up, hey, tay Man. I'm gonna give a shout out
to the Clippers. Look here, Adam lick here man, we're going to
see the best basketball of the NBA. We're going to see the best basketball
of the NBA. We got twenty games to go, and all these teams
are good. All these teams are good. There's no such thing as a
surprise win or surprise loss. When the Clippers lose the game, when they
got a big lead, we say, oh my goodness, they choke.
When they come back, we call them the comeback Clips. Let me tell
you something. All these teams go through the same thing, but the Clippers
just seem to come back a little bit more than other teams. Let me
let me tell you something. When you get to the playoffs, Athamas,
you know it's a half court game. When you get to the playoffs,
it's a half court game. I like the personnel we got for a half
court game. I like Kawaii and a half court. I like George,
and I like hard than the calf court. I'd say power. I'd say
power, but you know these guys I just mentioned they can get their own
shot. Adam. We got a good team. We're not gonna beat everybody,
but I like where we're sitting. And then to be where we are
with twenty games ago, I'm still thinking we got a shot. And when
in the West now watching it, you well, Oklahoma, Oklahoma. The
Lakers were in ten to ninth and they got a three and one record against
Oklahoma. So it ain't over until it's over. The Los Angeles simpleson.
I know, I'm a homie. I don't care. We're gonna win the
state in the division. We're gonna win. We got twenty games. I
like we were only three games out, we're only three games up. We
get a run, and we're like we were early, like we were early
in the league. What was it? I had a road game, a
road trip in one, six games out of seven or five games out of
six, something like that. We get one of them going again and we're
right back there. So you know you're gonna get some whining when they when
they lose, they're going to be complaining to trade everybody. But that's the
NBA. Haven't even watch this for a long time. You're professional, nobody.
No team is gonna go eighty two to zero, and all these teams
are good. He has a world class athlete. So anytime you get a
win in the NBA, you better show some gratitude because it ain't easy,
okay you baby, especially when it's a twenty point come back, especially when
you need to be at your best late. And the Clippers were on offense
in start contrast, So what happened Monday night in Milwaukee? You can say
this is Houston, guess what, seventh best defense in the league, and
the Clippers put up forty two points on them in the fourth quarter. Why
because they went back to a system. The system James Harden. He had
eleven points in the fourth, but four assists, and they were all huge.
He was just diamond left and right. They should never struggle the way
they have in a couple of fourth quarters recently. When you have James Harden
run pick and roll, let him run the show, play off of him.
That's what we saw tonight. The Clippers come back. They win one
twenty two to one sixteen. We'll take a quick time out, we'll come
back. We'll hear from I don't know if it's Chuck Monckler will Updike tonight.
Nobody's texting me yet. We'll hear from them. We'll hear from coach
lou. The Clippers were down twenty in the first half, and it always
feels like, oh, they got you right where they want you. They
had them right where they wanted them. Clippers down big hashtag Clippers come back.
They complete it. They win by six in Houston. I'm atam Oslin's.
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In the first half, the Clippers were down by twenty. They come
through and win one twenty two to one sixteen in Houston over the Rockets.
Let's get out to him. It's Will Updyke of Clips and Dip Fame joining
the show post game. Will Who do you give more credit to? Coach
Lou Mason, Plumbley, Kawhi, the Bearded Wonder, Paul George waking up
in the second half? How are the Clippers able to pull this off?
Oh man? All of the above, but I think it starts with Kawhi.
You know, he's often not times the vocal guy. He leads by
example, but it's clear that that did have an effect, and it's just
you know, whoever is. Like I said, it's a combination of all
the above. But it's nice to be on the other side of one of
these. It felt. It feels like it's been a little while we've normally
been the ones coffee up leads off of leads. But yeah, I mean,
Paul George was great in the fourth after after not a great first half,
But I was I mean, I think we don't give him enough credit.
I mean, certainly, I don't know that he's been deserving of it
necessarily, but Mason plumbley uh certainly set the tone and turn things around in
this game, uh in a way that was just very evident, very clear,
and a guy who has really been struggling since returning to the rotation.
You got to wonder what's going on with Zoo, you know the possible implications
with that. But I do want to speak on that will because I just
saw this from Lat Murray post game right there. Coach Lou said Aviza Zoo
bots had headaches and wasn't breathing well. They did not want to risk him
playing after the first half. So prayers up to Big Zoo. I hope
he gets right over the next couple of days off, but continue here will.
Uh. Yeah, so stepping in like stepping in obviously huge shoes to
fill. But I thought Zoo didn't look one hundred percent correct just washing it.
I mean, he was just one of four from the floor. It
seemed like there was Yeah, it seemed like there was some issue getting up
and down the court. So I was actually worded that it was related to
the calf thing, but hopefully, I mean hopefully if it's a like illness
related, it's just something, just something momentary. I mean, all this
travel, you can imagine it takes a toll on your body, especially if
you're if you're trying to get right physically to begin with. You know,
yeah, no doubt. Mason Plumbley comes in fills in admirably, and what
a move by coach lou instead of just starting Daniel Tyson the second half.
Some of that may have been because of foul trouble, but Mason Plumbley got
his opportunity, and sometimes that's all it takes. You get a little bit
of a reset you step away from the game. He hadn't played the last
two for the Clippers, and it was a completely different Mason Plumbley than what
we had seen for the most part since he came back from that knee injury.
Oh and by the way, he turned thirty four yesterday, so it
was his birthday game out there, Mason Plumbley, and he performed. That
was maybe his best performance as a Clipper considering. I think he was the
head of the spear when it came to this comeback. He was the driving
force. Oh absolutely, I mean, do we have to celebrate his name.
Do we have to celebrate his birthday for the next month and a half
or we give God a birthday month like some of the girls on Super Sweet
sixteen on MTV. I mean, if he could keep this up, he's
well deserving. But yeah, a huge, huge tip of the caps to
ty Alue with that, and I do think I mean, while so much
of it has been due to his hand being forced, we have seen a
lot of different lineups, we have seen a lot of experimentation, and look,
while the results have been less than stellar, there's so many contributing factors
with that, with you know, both the absences and sort of the lessergy
that hits in the middle of the season. But it was good to see
them lock in in this game. I feel like I've been saying this like
the last couple of good wins. I mean, certainly since the Timberwolves win.
But I hope that this is like what it takes to lock in and
like just just see something a little bit more cohesive out there. Obviously they're
not going to be perfect, I'm not expecting that, but it's got to
clean up. No, it's true, and they have to be much more
assistant than this, But how much does this I don't know. Calm your
fears. Is a lot of people have been talking about these collapses by the
Clippers, two in a five days stretch, and this time they come up
huge in the fourth quarter. They put up forty two points on the Houston
Rockets after the Milwaukee Bucks, I believe, have forty one in the fourth
quarter against the Clippers Monday night. Yeah, I mean, it's nice to
have the momentum shift the opposite way. Like I said, they'd kick it
off to not be on the on the tail end of that. But you
know, bottom line is they were playing a team on the second night of
back to back, Like I know that the Rockets were at home. That's
just not a situation you should be in. That's not a team. That's
not a situation this team can afford to the end. And there's only so
many, you know, there's only so many second quarter pep talks that your
star player can give, you know what I mean, Things got to look
a little bit better from the jump. It's a good win. They gritted
one out. It would have been easy to kind of roll over, especially
given the terrible we can that we have ahead of us. But I hope
that this is like I hope that they can kind of put one foot in
front of the other after this win, you know what I mean. They
got to thread the needle with this a little bit. It's not enough to
just just to come out with the with the comeback victory. Yeah quickly,
here will final one for you. I got get out at the top.
But Paul George, you know, in that second half, he had two
points at the half. I believe he was one for six. He ends
up with twenty one hits two clutch three pointers in the fourth, has a
big rebound, and he did shoot it well overall to missing some free throws
late in that game on Monday against Milwaukee. Is there hope for the PG
thirteen turnaround? Are we starting to see it now? Oh? I mean
there's there's gotta be right. He just has not been at that level that
we saw him to start the season, you know, and for a prolonged
period of time. It's understandable that there was concern out there from the fans.
I was concerned. I mean, you know, you hear about all
this noise about the contract stuff. And while I don't think that that's affecting
a play. It's not like those things aren't intertwined. And you know,
we were kind of talking like literally we were talking in this first half with
our co host Charles Marker, like what does a PG extension look like?
And then that's a very different conversation when we get the PG that to be
fair, we have seen even in the in fourth quarters, even in this
sort of stretch where he hasn't been you know, lightning like the lightning in
a bottle that he was to start the season. So it's I mean,
it's huge and we need those, you know, we need those sort of
performances, like you know, we got twenty points or more out of each
of the Big three and that's you know, like I feel like it's been
a while since we've seen all three firing on all cylinders like that. And
while you know, hopefully you don't have to see that and come from behind
victories, you know, maybe we could put some teams away with a little
bit more ease. It is still good to see and I'm hoping, you
know, once I once again like hopefully this is the sign of things to
come. Not we think that we're over you know, we're over the hill
because we've you know, we've got this feather in our cap, no doubt.
He had nine points in the fourth quarter, and I believe Carlo Amenez
said it when the Big three go for twenty plus in the same game,
all three of them, Clippers are now seven in Oh, thank you will.
We'll talk to you on the YouTube tomorrow. Absolutely sounds good. Thank
do. Before we get out of here, Jose and Southgate, you got
ten seconds, do it? I got what I'm just kidding, cluf Flipper
all right, before we get out of here, I want to thay the
Clippers organization. Ralph La'lobrian Seaman, Carlo Jimenez back here in the bank.
I know what he goes. Well, we have Zacho call to you,
our producer tonight, doing a great job as always. Clippers got it back
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