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score a season high one hundred and thirty one points and they win by fourteen
up in sack Town over the Kings with a final score of one to thirty,
one to one seventeen. Welcome into your postgame show. I'm at am
oslind We got Clippers Dot coming up later tonight eight six six nine eight seven
two five seventy eight sixty six nine eight seven two fives seventy. But we'll
get to second half highlights in more coming up. First, back to your
radio voice of the Clippers from Golden One Center. It is Carlo Jimenez.
Carlo, I want to start with the guy who got them going in the
first quarter, and aggressive Paul George In. An aggressive James Harden is what
we like to see, and tonight it was James Harden with those seventeen points
in the first he was excellent, really sent The tone was so aggressive on
the offensive end. He had a couple of threes and on him. You're
right, those that trio. I mean, you look at the shots selection
tonight, Leonard eighteen shots, George eighteen shots, Harden fourteen shots. That
is gorgeous to look at in the box score, because that's exactly how you
do it. If you're the Clippers team, you attack with that three headed
monster. Westbrook comes off the bench. He gives you a ton of energy
with eight rebent, with eight assists and five rebounds. It felt like we
came out of Denver and there was this gross, icky feeling. You felt
like you had it showered in a while, and tonight you got a nice,
warm shower. That Clippers are clean. They had one turnover in the
first half, a singular turnover in the first half, and they are feeling
good going into Golden State. But you're right, Harden was magnificent. He
was aggressive and is something that had been talked about a lot. Joey Linnon,
you talked about a pregame. We were waiting for him to get going,
and he found this spot and it worked. James Harden finished with twenty
six points on eight to fourteen shooting, knockdown five to three pointers. The
Clippers went fifty percent from the outside as a squad fourteen of twenty eight.
But late in the ballgame we talked about it, Carlow, you got to
get it to your best player and let him take over. And Kawhi Leonard
was able to hold back the Sacramento Kings as they tried to make a run
late. And what was interesting about tonight, Adam, is it didn't feel
like Tylud did much that was creative. Right. We saw a good three
minute stretch where it was post Kawhi everybody on the other side of the court.
Then it was post PG and then at the fourth quarter it was pick
and roll with Zoo and Harden, and that was what they were going to
And I think that simplicity helped this offense get going, and Kawhi Leonard was
a big part of that. He was getting to the rim. How about
the dunk, I mean, we didn't even talk about that. Javaial McGee
left and Kawhi Leonard made him pay as he collected his first body of the
season. It was an excellent move from Leonard. He was aggressive early.
You thought what was a good sign was when he went for that baseline dunk
in the second quarter, almost got it to go. But man, when
Kawhi is that aggressive to the rim, you know it's gonna be a good
knife for the claw. He was spry early on. He tried to dunk
on Kevin Herder, who wasn't getting some calls, but he played through it.
And to score thirty four points on just eighteen shots is unbelievable efficiency.
But virtuoso Kawhi Leonard. This is what we've come to expect. He was
fantastic. And I thought Terrence Mann in the starting lineup and the starters,
by the way, I'm gonna guess they played their most minutes together since this
new starting lineup tonight, and it worked as they have been good. They
played him for more minutes. Unfortunately, yes, they needed them late in
the fourth quarter on the first night of a back to back, but I
just loved how connected they were out there, and I thought Terrence Man also
came through late with some key buckets. Yeah, the starters almost outscored the
Kings by themselves one hundred and eleven points. For the starters, one hundred
and thirty one for the Clippers and just one seventeen for the King. So
you look at that number and you think, wow, that is a group
that played their best basketball tonight. And it started with the three point shooting.
Only twenty eight threes tonight after twelve in the first quarter. Maybe that
number could get up, but that group was aggressive, they were fluid and
really Adam. It felt like they knew their role today, and that's something
that's important in NBA basketball is knowing what your job is out there on the
court. And all these guys knew what their job is and did it well
tonight. It was fun to watch. It will be interesting to see how
things play out tomorrow. I thought Kobe Brown, as he talked about at
postgame, some surprise first quarter minutes, maybe trying to rest some legs.
But George up to forty minutes, Harden with thirty nine, Leonard at thirty
seven. So I wonder how Tylu plays this one. But it was fun
to watch the Clippers get a win and that's what mattered tonight. We'll be
interested to see and the depth of this team will be tested. Didn't look
good from Norman Powell. We hope he's okay. He was able to walk
into the trading room. It looks like on his own back into the locker
room. But I'm guessing Bones Highland could be a guy that gets some minutes
tomorrow on this back to back. We'll see what happens. I'm sure coach
lou is much more satisfied with the way their offense played tonight. Nothing too
nasty out there, a lot of sweetness from the Clippers, and they played
with that pace. He's been asking for Carlo to play faster, even in
just the half court. The movement was there. They were making quicker decisions.
This is how the Clippers have to play. Yeah, that first half
was the blueprint. It was the blueprint for the rest of the season.
They were nearly perfect. They had a season high end points. They locked
down on the defensive end. Nothing was easy for Sacramento, and Tieron Fine
said forty points, but the rest of the team struggled from the field.
I though it was a great night for the Clippers, a great bounce back
win, which is something they needed here today. And now can you keep
that going? You've won five of your last seven. How do you keep
it going against a hungary Golden State team. Feels like today was it?
Tune up and tomorrow is the test at the Clippers will be in San Francisco.
Tip time against the Golden State Warriors is at seven. We'll have your
pregame show starting right back here at six. Carlo, great call as always.
We'll do it again tomorrow. Thank you so much. Adam. Can't
wait. We get to do it tomorrow. Man, what is it?
Christmas? Almost see in twenty four? Coming up next second half highlights.
Clippers win one thirty one A one seven seen over the Sacramento Kings up at
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so one sevent seen up in Sacramento over the Kings. Welcome into your postgame
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is the phone number. We'll get to your final box score coming up as
well, but right now. Second half highlights. Clippers led by twenty two
at the half, as they got seventeen from PG in the first half,
sixteen from Kawhi, nineteen from James Harden and then in the third quarter,
Big Zoo got into the act, finds the traffic right and the layup twirls
in. He'll eats a zou watch is just his second field goal. George
jumps it off subotch smaller for zinc off on him who bots muscles his wife,
he jams Mike. He's on a nerve poop shoebots right here and floater
up and in Big Zoo four to two. He's got eight find zubots at
the free throw line, dives to the right lane, spins, pumps right
hand and floiater skips in. Zoe's got ten to go along with eight rebounds.
Bark won our attacks to the baseline, bounced pans ubats on the right
block, two hand in hammer. He'll eats his who watch with a dozen.
Big Zoo with those twelve points in the twelve minutes in the third quarter
and after three Clippers led one O two to a one in the fourth thought
got a little bit dicey for a moment. The Sacramento Kings were gonna go
away. They made a push, but then Kawhi Leonard re entered the ball
game and put this one on ice. Bounce pans who watch freak to line
Leonard open top of the yard three bottoms Gowis got thirty. Leonard collects it
at the top six to shoot down left alley spins it was four around the
straight jacket the freako line jumper b why again with a min range jay bounce
pads ju Wentz at the freaker line find Leonard left corner. Texas Tea drives
by Barnes tworder on the baseline per o, why is still cooking? With
the heat on high? Kawhi Leonard was seven of his thirty four points on
just fourteen of eighteen shooting. He only took eighteen shots to get to thirty
four points, but he was closed. This one out one thirty one one
point seventeen was the final Terrence man I should mention. He also had nine
points in the fourth quarter alone. Some big buckets around the basket got nan
one let out that primordial scream was good to see. Terrence Man played great.
The starting lineup was elite tonight. They played heavy minutes. Now that's
a little bit unfortunate if you're looking for a sour note tonight and only see
the glass half full. Clippers will be in Golden State tomorrow up in San
Francisco taking on the Warriors. But they needed this bounce back victory and they
did so in style. They dominate the Kings. They win by fourteen.
Kawhi Leonard is still him thirty four in thirty six minutes. What a victory
Clipper Nation. We'll talk about it coming up on Clipperstock eight six six nine
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They want to bring a banner with them to the into it down more LA
Clippers basketball on the LA Clippers Audio Network KWHI. Leonard was moving dis aske
JaVale McGee when he posterized him. In the second half. Kawhi has thirty
four on just eighteen shots and the Clippers win one thirty One's a one seventeen
up in sack Down over the Kings. Welcome back into your post game show.
I'm at a Mosland. Huge victory for the Clippers after what happened Monday
night. I think a loss like that tests your character. A win like
this can show you who you really are. But they got to keep it
going. They'll be taken on the Warriors up in San Francisco tomorrow night.
Final box score. Though Clippers shot fifty four percent from the field, go
fifty percent from distance, fourteen of twenty eight from three, seventeen of twenty
two from the free throw line, I do get out rebounded forty seven to
thirty seven. But some of those offensive rebounds by the Sacramento Kings, I
don't want to say, some fortunate bounces. But they hustled, they played
hard. They were the team on the back to back after beating Golden State
last night at home, not like they had to travel. They still slept
in their own beds. Leading the Clippers, as I mentioned, Kawhi Leonard
with thirty four. Behind him was James Harden, who had seventeen of his
twenty six points in the first quarter. Please call in tonight on Clippers Talk.
Tell me that rush should still be starting over James Harden tell me this
starting lineup isn't working. That has now won five of their last seven ball
games, and the numbers are elee with this starting unit and coach lou stuck
with it longer in the first half closed with it in the second half.
One of my critiques was not closing with the starting unit against the Denver Nuggets
on Monday night. Did so tonight Clippers were ended up running away with this
one. Big Zoo had fourteen to twelve, of which came in the third
quarter. Terrence Man, who nine of his eighteen points in the fourth effort,
plays hustle, plays eight of twelve from the field. Almost everything was
around the basket with him. You love to see it. But he also
knocked down a couple of jumpers. He's expanding his game and the guys trust
him with that shot. Paul George nineteen points. Want to say he made
just one field goal in the second half, but it came early in the
fourth quarter, big shot to remind the Kings, Yeah, the Clippers are
still up by eighteen. So the Sacramento Kings, one of the best teams
in the league. In the West yes, second night of a back to
back, but they still got forty from Deer and Fox and your Los Angeles
Clippers still win by fourteen, as they had just seven turnovers leading to five
points. Sacramento had fourteen, leading to thirteen points for the Clippers. Clippers
also fifty eight points in the paint. When you only take twenty eight threes,
you got got to be a force in the paint, and the Clippers
were twenty nine of fifty in the painted area second chance points. Kings beat
them there twelve to eight. Clippers, though in the fast break nine to
three in their favor. Clippers won thirty one, Sacramento Kings one seventeen.
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Now, your host on your home. For the Clippers, they were in
attack mode. Adam Osley was the Clippers holding court up in Sacramento over the
Kings. They win one thirty one to one seventeen. As they look like
the faster, fresher team that can play with pace when they bring that effort
that we called for after that loss Monday night. Welcome into Clippers Talk.
I'm Adam oslind eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six
nine eight seven two five seventy. As the Clippers are now five and two
with this new starting lineup with Kawhi Paul, George Big Zoo, Terrence Man
and James Harden, who got them off to a quick start. As he
just needs to take shots sometimes it's that simple. Alkham's razor. James Harden
is still a great player. James Harden can still blow by guys. James
Harden can still knock down three pointers, had five of them. All he's
got to do is be aggressive. All he has to do is play his
game that he's been doing for fifteen years, give or take one or two.
He's a Hall of Famer and he's still got it, and so does
Kawhi Leonard. I heard a lot of talk over the last couple of days
those guys can't get by anyone anymore. They're old, they're slow. Kawhi
Leonard still has that bounce. Remember this, the injuries he's had to his
right leg, the ACL the tendantopathy, the meniscus. Well, guess what,
he's a left leged jumper. He jumps off his left leg. JaVale
McGee knows that. Maybe he doesn't, as Kawhi dunked on him for an
an one almost had a huge dunk on Herder in the first half, multiple
explosive plays, and the defense on Malik Monk, one of the quickest players
in the league who after hitting a game winner last night to take down the
Golden State Warriors, Monk was three of eight first fifteen points. Kawhi has
thirty four on just eighteen shots. I did a deep dive earlier today went
through some old footage of Kawhi with the Spurs with a fine tooth comb posted
some images and video at follow out of may On X and I thought,
to my, so the lift is still there. What am I looking at?
People keep saying, Oh, his shots off because of the lift.
No, he looked fine in the Lakers game. He's looked fine for the
most part. Earlier in games. You can argue maybe he can't sustain it
as well. Maybe there's some fatigue, maybe some timing's off. He's playing
next to James Harden. They're trying to work through this transitional phase. Kawhi
hasn't been taking as many shots, but he took twenty six against Denver and
maybe shot himself out of that slump because tonight he just needed eighteen shots to
get his thirty four and looked like he could go for an easy forty if
he wanted to. That's your superstar. That's a guy who can still be
the number one option on a championship ball club. Because look, if Kawhi
had lost a step, if he didn't look right, and all the signs
from me earlier in the season was he was just missing. He was moving
fine. I kept telling people, look at him defensively. I know he
had some lapses against Denver, as the entire team did in the most disappointing
loss of the year, but it makes this bounce back that much sweeter that
they had this level of focus. Knew they came up short and then some
against Denver. Knew it wasn't their best effort, and Kawhi knew he had
to lead this team tonight. He had a going early too. Wasn't just
James Harden. Kawhi had some quick moves to the basket, missed that dunk
on Herd Or thought he was fouled, but then had a block on Monk.
He had a left handed dunk Kawhi, then another dunk off a hardened
steel in transition in the first half, then a block on Fox. A
nice pass to Terrence Man in the second quarter for an easy one. Man
was fantastic tonight. Three a jumper to end the second far side short corner,
and the Clippers are up by twenty two in the first half. This
is what I'm talking about. This is the firepower they can have. When
James Harden is just aggressive out there and looking for his he gets it going.
Everybody else is gonna eat too. Trust me, putting him in the
starting lineup was the right move. I said it back in July. That's
what it has to be. It's not that he wasn't starting, but if
you have him next to Russell Westbrook, he's gonna defer more. He's not
gonna be empowered to be the number one playmaker. That doesn't make sense.
He's gotta be him. He's got to play like James Harden and tonight he
came out on fire. It was insane. Some of the stuff he was
hitting. The steal on the three he hit near the end of the first
quarter was just nasty, and he ended up with five steals. He could
play a little defense too. I know it wasn't there on Monday night.
It wasn't there from really anyone. That was as disappointing of a loss as
we have seen in the two one three era. But tonight they showed some
character, some grit. It was gut check time. This team could have
just fallen apart against Sacramento, one of the best teams in the West.
If they played like they did Monday night, they would have got beat by
thirty. Instead, they were up by as many as twenty five instead they
won by fourteen. Yeah, you wish they could have not played the starter
so much late. You wanted to get greedy. They got a game tomorrow
night, but you'll take the dub and that starting lineup. Guys, they've
been elite with Terrence Man in for Russell Westbrook. I'll give you the numbers
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I posted this yesterday even after that brutal performance Monday night against Denver, a
game they never should have lost. They knew it, Coach Lou said earlier
today had shoot around. Look, they had won. I think it was
four or five with the new starting lineup. They're only lost to the Pelicans
before that letdown Monday night. And he said before that bs against Denver,
he wasn't happy. He has been asking and begging this team to play faster.
Oh they did tonight. They outpayd Sacramento. They beat them at their
own game. But through six games, not counting tonight, I'll look for
the new numbers. Not sure if they're registered yet, but that Clippers starting
lineup with Terrence Man, James Harden, Paul George Kawhi Zubats coming into this
game a one eighteen offensive rating, a ninety four defensive rating. That's a
plus twenty three net rating, and coming into this game, these numbers are
going to go up now. They've been shooting fifty two percent from the field
together and thirty seven percent from three. I said a couple games ago they
are due for a hot three point shooting game. They finally got it tonight.
They win fifty percent from the outside. They have too many good three
point shooters to have been shooting. I want to say thirty two percent,
yes, over their last six games. But to put it in perspective,
the third best offense right now in the league in the Dallas Mavericks as an
offensive rating of one to eighteen. The best defense is the Minnesota Timberwolves with
an offensive rating of one oh six. The Clippers with this starting lineup,
it was ninety five their defensive rating entering tonight, with an offensive rat of
one eighteen that I think can go up and will go up after this performance,
because when you have James Harden out there running the show and running pick
and roll, it's almost like three points at times spam it just bludging them
to death with the pick and roll. Coach lu said this also earlier shoot
around, we get good shots. We run it sixty times, we probably
get a good shot fifty five times. That's what he said. He's right,
it's hard to contain. There were still some miscues. Big Zoom missed
a layup. Now he was a force in that third quarter. After missing
that layup in the pick and roll with James Carden, he then had an
easy one of the basket, a big dunk, a couple more layups,
a dunk on Sabonis, who he just dominated tonight and has dominated in his
career. He dunked on Sabonis something fierce back when Demontes was an Indiana pacer.
Look it up. Demontebonus tonight, who's having a great start to this
season healthy again, had the finger injury second half of last year, played
through a tough guy. Went three of twelve for eleven points, and I
want to say all three blocks from Big Zoo were on Sabonis. He just
crushed him. He made him look small. That's what Big Zoo has to
do. And Paul George, you can say, ah ho home games seven
of eighteen nineteen points. Okay, he still got up eighteen shots. Kawhi
got up eighteen, James Harden got up fourteen, Terrence Man got up twelve,
Zubos twelve. This was the best shot distribution we have seen with this
new starting five. Everybody was eating once Harden got it going early. That's
what he can do. He finished with six assists, just two turnovers.
Clippers as a team ended up with I believe seven. They only had one
turnover in the first half. You want to talk about focused. Yeah,
seven turnovers total in the ball game, six of them in the second half.
Fine, you'll always take that in a half. That's not bad.
One in the first half. Crisp laser sharp. That is how you bounce
back and give Clipper Nation hope again. That has been riding with you and
was dying Monday night, after losing to Reggie Jackson and DeAndre Jordan, with
Denver being down their three best guys in excuse tonight, Clippers showed some heart,
and they showed some strategy that starting lineup works, so use it.
They had only been averaging the starting lineup sixteen minutes per ball game. I
don't know what the number was tonight, how long those five were out there,
but I'm pretty sure it was their season high to start things off.
Hoosean Downey, you're on Clipper stock without of Maas and what's up? Hey,
man, it was good to see them play with actual heart. Man,
it was good to see them actually play together. I have a question
to you. I mean, I know nobody's gonna stop the Kings. You
know, when they're down big, they're gonna they're gonna come hard, and
they're gonna they're gonna try to shoot their way into the game, and they're
gonna pick up their intensity. I just I would have liked to see Clippers
a little bit more focused, knowing that that's gonna come towards them. Uh.
I think you mentioned the six turnovers. They're going to be active.
I just would have liked to see a little bit more focus on, like,
hey, they're gonna come hard, make sure we make the right pass,
make sure we're looking around. Well, let me say this, there
were two turnovers at the end of the third quarter, one by Russ and
then one by James Harden that were sloppy and bad miscues. Those ones I
didn't like. I think they knew they were coming. It's just a hard
team to stop. They were due at some point. They shot the ball
so poorly from three early on, the law of averages came into effect a
little bit with them. Yeah, I want to ask you a question,
how did you like tylerugoing to Brown instead of PJ. Tuckers. Well,
let me say this, Kobe Brown offers some of that PJ. Tucker game,
even just body type. You can see it with his hustle, yeah,
and being a big body out there. The difference is I think PJ.
Tucker's attempted like two shots in the last sixty minutes he's been on the
court. It might even be more than that. He's just turning down threes.
He's not taking them anymore from the corner. That's where he made a
living, and he just doesn't have confidence in the shot. And so what
happens is you get a guy like that out there, while he has good
defense still left, even at thirty eight years of age, it's hard to
overcome that much of a negative on offense. And Kobe Brown, ye,
we'll see. He knocked down one three pointer, went one for two from
the outside. But this is somebody that shot forty six percent last season from
three at Massoo and he jumped up about twenty percent I think even twenty five
percent in this three point shooting his senior year. So there's a lot of
unknowns with Kobe Brown, but I like the effort. He did have the
shot clock violation, that's a rookie mistake, just can't happen. That was
one of their turnovers, one of their seven. But hey, they need
to get younger, they need more youth, they need more athleticism. We're
gonna find out what he has. Apparently, because coach Lou said postgame,
so I'm glad you brought it up, Jose, Kobe is going to be
in the rotation. So it looks like this is his chance. He's gonna
give him a look. And with how tough the Clippers schedule is, with
all the back to backs, including coming up tomorrow, they have to find
guys with fresh legs. They have to dig deep into their bench and show
off their depth. So we're gonna see what happens with Kobe Brown. All
right, Jose Yes, sounds good. I hope there's more callers this time
around. On the positive side, we can't just call when it's you know,
when we're down. Hey, I get it, Sky's falling radio.
They love to do it. There's some callers that only call when they're down.
But I ain't gonna mention Sean and Inglewood tonight, Glenn and Hemmett Glenn,
what's up here on clippers stock with au Amazen? Hey, Adam,
thanks for taking my call. I want to talk to you about a couple
of things. Russia Westbrook. Actually you have to go back to when news
with a Lake. Here's as far as being a sixth man, because when
he was with him, he was better someone off the bench, and he
was playing as a starter. Another thing is, since tomorrow's a another back
to back, did they rust any of the starters tonight to I'll set the
extra time tomorrow? They had to chase this victory. Paul George ended up
playing forty minutes. Kawhi Learn thirty seven, Big Zoo thirty, James Harden
thirty nine, Terrence Man thirty one. Not worried about Terrence Man and Big
Zoo necessarily there there's the two youngest guys in the starting lineup. But yeah,
there's gonna be tired lakes tomorrow. We'll see who's available. My guess
Bones Hiland gets some run. We don't know the status of Norman Powell,
who left as he got rolled up on by Harrison Barnes with what looked like
some type of right knee injury. Now he did, he was able to
walk to the locker room himself. But if he's out for any extended amount
of time, I think it's time for Bones Highland to rise up and get
back into the rotation like he was earlier this season. How about that,
Glenn, Yeah, yeah, okay, what was your first question, Glenn,
Oh about Russia Westbrook being a sixth man. I thought he was more
of the sixth man when he was with the Lakers. Well, you know
why, because you can't play him next to Lebron James two ball dominant guys
like that. Like with the Clippers, you can't play him next to James
Harden, who's just the better player. It doesn't make sense. Now,
they've still got a lot of time out there on the court and they've been
averaging about ten minutes. Even with Russ out of the starting lineup, they've
been averaging about ten minutes per game where they're sharing the court. Some of
that's to be expected because unless you know James Harden's playing thirty two minutes,
then was that leave Russ if you're gonna completely split them up sixteen minutes per
game? Russ ended up at nineteen tonight. I didn't think he had a
great game. You had a dunk in the second quarter, but a bad
air ball on a three. Uh. He did have some nice feats to
eat the Zubats getting him going in the third quarter, but I mentioned that
turnover he had at the end of the third. He and James Harden had
some bad ones. Did rock the baby against Kevin Herder late. I just
didn't think it was a great game from Russ. Took a couple of ill
advised shots. Just he's got to get to the basket because he's still so
explosive and so athletic, and the Clippers need some of that. But the
jumpers, they just have guys who are much better shooters playing simple. Clippers
win one thirty one and one seventeen over the Kings, quick time out.
We'll come back. We'll get to your phone calls. Yeah, they're calling
it tonight eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy Roman Tageous, Daniel
Jose, We'll get to you. I'm Meta Moslins and you're listening to clipperstock
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Audio Network. Clippers up in NorCal as. They took down the Kings tonight
in Sacramento one thirty one to one seventeen. Tomorrow they'll be in San Francisco
facing the Golden State Warriors, who are in a similar position as your Los
Angeles Clippers. They've been struggling. They've underperformed so far this season. Some
are saying Klay Thompson doesn't look right now. CP three is injured, Gary
Payton the second is out as well. They're facing their own adversity, not
just the Clippers, but tonight Clippers pass the test with flying colors in terms
of a big bounce back performance. In fact, they've had their two best
victories with a really bad law sandwich in between holding Dallas to eighty eight Saturday
was incredible. Tonight against Sacramento, one of the best teams in the Western
Conference. The Clippers showed up and looked like at times they were running them
off the floor. Can't tell you enough how good Terrence Man is to see
back in the starting lineup, just and I think his game. He's twenty
seven, He's still getting better. He played some great defense running through screens
against Aaron Fox. I saw for a few different possessions. Now Fox still
at forty. He's amazing, but you can live with that when you're shutting
down some of the others. But the fade away he had in the second
quarter, Terrence Man a jumper in the third and then a late and one
energy plays, hustle plays he let out a scream afterwards in the fourth helped
the Clippers run through the tape because against Sacramento, you just don't know.
They start knocking down threes relentlessly. At times, you just can't stop them.
You can't slow them down. They're to one of the toughest offenses to
defend. They were the best offense in the league last season and they're ten
and six now it's ten seven Clippers seven, make it eight and nine now
on the season. They can get back to five hundred with the victory tomorrow.
Welcome back into Clippers talk. I'm Adam Moslin to eight sixty six nine
eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy.
Biggest takeaway aside from the win, well two things. Harden showing up like
that in the first quarter, just going nuclear and James Harden excuse me,
Kawhi Leonard still looking that quick. James Harden as well. Both of them
had some blowbys that is encouraging. I told you earlier I was looking at
old san Antonio footage with Kawhi in the Zaza Peculia game, Game one of
the Western Conference Finals against the Golden State Warriors back in twenty seventeen. For
Zaza had that dirty play and then Kawhi wasn't just the ankle then was the
thigh acl with the Clippers all that stuff coming to his right leg afterwards.
But the lift I saw in that game from san Antonio very similar on his
jump shot to what he's getting off the ground with today. Some really explosive
plays from Kawhi. That reverse he had, Oh my goodness, and then
the block on Trey Lyles d he was only credited with two. I counted
three. He got Monk Fox and Trey Lyles with that big three pointer coming
into the fourth quarter where I think he went three for three from the field,
as he had been struggling later in games. I don't know if he
knew that. I don't know if he knew needed to respond or knew he
needed to I'm sure you know is Kawhi Lenard. He's not on social media,
he's not hearing the noise. But that three to put him back up
by sixteen was probably the biggest shot of the game. Then he hit turnaround
than a push shot three level score. And I believe you went three for
three in that fourth quarter, duncan Zavaille McGee is gonna be the biggest highlight.
I like the reverse more so than anything, to be honest. All
right, Roman in Santa Clarita, you're on Clipper sack without a Mason.
What's up? How you doing, Adam? It's good to be back on
here. Like I said, lifetime Lakers fan, I was gonna call last
week, but I know everybody was down on the Clippers last week I should
have I should have chimed in, but uh, I'm you know, I'm
glad you got all these calls on the win, but we've got to have
some of that positivity on the losses too and come in and support these these
Clippers that are going through a transition period. I think a couple of weeks
ago we talked about this exact starting lineup that needed to be in at the
end of games and show up at again. A couple of weeks ago,
I was talking about this back in July when the when the James Harden rumors
were out there, I said, great, put them in the back court
next to Terrace Man and you got something special. And that was the key.
We we both said Terrence Man needed to be in there and needed to
show up. And tonight, I think, you know, let's forget about
the loss against against Denver. Let's forget about that loss. It's sandwich between
They're probably the two best wins of the season, and I think this game
right here more important than tomorrow's game. This game was a rebound game and
we needed to see how they responded, and they responded, whether it was
James Harden taking over that first quarter and getting everybody sparked up and Kawhi Leonard
taking his shots. I agree with you. I think Kawhi Leonard is out
of his flunk and he shot hisself right out of it in the last few
games. I did like what you said them rotating maybe Bones Highland in for
this next game, because Norm Powell looked like he was he was He's probably
not going to play the next game. But Bones Highland I think can bring
that energy on that second unit or give somebody some rest and absolutely play the
defense that you guys need against a goal in state. With some older players
and less quick we can we can hold lay Thompson with his twenty shots a
game that he takes to make maybe eight of them. But I think today
we've seen what the Clippers could be. We said they had the ability to
be the most dangerous team in the West if they put it together, and
I think they might have beat what's close close to one of the best teams
in the West, Sacramento Kings. Yeah. I appreciate the phone call.
Roman, my favorite Laker fan. You know it. You know what,
my friend, You're the best. But I'm loving watching these Clippers. That's
why you're my favorite Laker fans because you like washing the Clippers. What else
needs to be said? We'll talk to you together, all right, Raman,
all right, thank you. So one of the quotes coming out from
shoot around earlier today from Coach Lou and I've cited a few of them,
but it's basically something I've been talking about. When they brought in James Harden,
one of my concerns was, Okay, how do you balance things?
How do you keep guys in rhythm? How do you keep everyone involved so
when their time comes, the timing is there, the rhythm is there,
the shots fall. He said this earlier today, quote Coach Lou. One
thing about Harden, he can generate good shots. Every time we pick and
roll, you pick and roll sixty times, we probably get fifty five great
shots. So it's a fine line about keeping other guys in the rhythm but
also letting him be able to play pick and rolls and make plays as well.
And I said, look, this is the balancing act they haven't been
able to figure out so far, but also it shows the real high level
potential of this team if they can figure it out. They've had a couple
of games recently that have been very very much on the positive side and have
me looking optimistic about what they can do with this starting lineup. And all
the numbers are great, all the advanced numbers, the same stuff the coaches
and the front office look at to help make some of these tough decisions.
This new starting lineup, they're performing. They didn't lose that game Monday night
because of the starting lineup. They won their minutes by two. There was
some of the other lineups out there. I wanted them to go back to
the starting lineup late. They didn't, So it's not easy. Coach lou
has admitted to this being his toughest coaching job, said it to Chris Haynes,
one of the best NBA insiders. But it's striking that balance, and
it's always been like this with superstars. If you want to win at the
highest level. MJ was able to balance when to take over and when to
get others involved, maybe better than anyone. Lebron does it too. Kawhi
is very good at playing the team basketball game two. That's what it takes.
James Harden, He's used to the ball in his hands a lot,
but for the most part in his career it has worked. It's a new
situation though now playing next to someone like Kawhi and Paul George, it's similar
to Brooklyn, but they're all a little bit older. Gotta admit that James
Harden did have a major hamstring issue there. I don't think he has the
exact same step that he had then of getting by guys. I think he
has enough, and we saw some of that tonight early often, and then
there was a point where he didn't take a shot from the three seventeen mark
till he was fouled and went to the line after he attacked the basket late
in the fourth quarter. So look, as much as there was progress with
the way he came out of the gates, he still then kind of got
passive for too long. I think I need to stay involved with taking shots,
not just deferring, making sure everybody else is in rhythm. He's got
to stay in rhythm because you know, one feeds the other. He's scoring
well, makes this passing more dangerous because they're gonna throw two guys at him.
You're gotta find the open man. He's passing well, well, then
he's gonna be more open for looks himself. Those two things have this symbiotic
relationship and that's why he's so dangerous on the offensive end. You don't know
what he's going to do. Uh, Lenny and Inglewood. Lenny was good,
Adam, what's up? First? Of all? Good stuff? You
said, JaVale McGee knows that hey like the bleeping beam? Yeah right,
But you know, man, a roller coaster with these guys. Man,
I was so desponding at the Monday's loss. I just couldn't believe that.
But you know that one guy said, forget about Monday's loss. Wrong,
You don't forget about that. I hope TYLERU uses that like when you were
younger and you got a bad grade in the class that you knew that you
could have gotten better and your parents will never let you forget about it,
and it just drove you to, you know, do better every time you
know you stepped up? Or are you talking about my incident with the BB
gun at thirteen? Oh? Sorry, yeah, exactly exactly. But it's
like you use that, man, I don't care. I don't think you
you forget about that because you don't want to fall back into those habits.
They you know, they're older team and you know Harden is pretty much going
to have to meet to me what I see and you were right, you
were I remember you did call that early on. I felt that too,
because he's gonna have to get almost eighty percent of his points in the first
half. To me and in sect because what they tend to have problems in
that fourth quarter, and in that fourth quarter, he just needs to run
the offense. Yes, get them files like he does, but make sure
every get get that distribution and run that run that thing man, Lenny,
Lenny. Everybody has been complaining about the Clippers late game offense. This goes
back years from the beginning of two pine three and they've had their struggles at
times in the regular season for the most part, though on the postseason they've
executed and they've found that magic potion. But what I will say is if
you want to get away from ISO ball and being too predictable, run pick
and roll with James Harden. That's how they got that victory over Houston.
They went on a twelve to one run to end that ball game because they
had a system, a foundation to fall back on. Boom there it is
right there, and that's what they They need somebody to dedicate and that's his
job, man, run that thing in the fourth quarter. Get and here's
the deal, most of your points and that first half come out aggressive.
We all know Kawhi is the closer. Kawhi is gonna be there, gonna
be and and Paul George is all throughout. So you know, but and
then I love the energy that Westbrook is bringing. But you know you got
to keep them guys on the opposite side of the classroom because together, like
you said, it just does not work. So the Westbrook got that energy,
he's got that defense, he's got and as long as I think,
as long as he focuses, like you said, getting his pain, getting
his points in the paint, because he's quicker, he's got explosiveness, and
he can he can get to put back. That's his thing, man,
he can. He can easily average thirteen to fourteen points of game, damn
near in the second half, just points in the paint. And you know
that that that keeps everything going. So you know, like people been saying,
it's gonna take him in to workout, I was read I couldn't believe
that that. I just couldn't believe Monday's loss. But you know it was
effort. They didn't show up. They thought they could just lolly gagged their
way to a victory because Denver was down their three best players and Michael Porter's
junior went three of thirteen. Yeah it was. It was and for DeAndre
Jordan and Reddy Jackson and Strong that that was just anyway. But I think
they got something. And they like, like we're saying, Harden's got it.
He just got a key. Just gotta come out firing. Got to
come out firing and be aggressive and get the majority of his points in that
first half and run that thing in the second and then you know he's he's
excellent to getting to the free throw line. So they they got it.
Man, that's the one thing I remember last year. I know you like
the metric, but that's the one thing I get that kid Austin Reeves credit
for. That's what he did when the Lakers. He got the majority of
his points in the first half. The second half, he ran it.
And that's what that's what the that's what the Clippers need because they need to
keep that thing moving, the ball moving, because they gets stagnant for the
last couple of years. We know gets and he got to run that thing
in the fourth quarter man, and they'll they'll be you know, they'll be
okay. But one last question, So what happens when when when Plumbley comes
back? Because selist Man is nice. I can't even say to this,
but I love the way he moves, He's tough, he takes a three
point shot. So what happens? You know what? You know what My
favorite thing is he can test everything at the basket. He makes you earn
it. No, no, okay. Daniel Tice Tye is a more instinctual
better defender. Plumbley's just the bigger body. The hope is that Daniel Tye
can be enough of a threat with his shot that he could maybe play the
four next to Plumbley at the five. That's my hope. So far,
we haven't seen enough of that. I think he's only hit one three as
a Clipper so far, didn't attempt one. Tonight he was just two of
five. But I typically like his minutes because he's that change of pace defender
where he's just so physical out there and he's a very good connector on offense.
He can run. He wrote, I love how he rolls some cup,
loves his feet, plays that deep. How tall is he six'
ten, six' eight. He plays bigger, he's on six eight.
Yeah, he does play bigger. Okay, I thought he's a little bigger
than that. Okay, damn, I mean he's the center, okay,
cool, Yeah, okay, so yeah, Plum leaves the bigger body.
So yeah, they got it, they they okay. Yeah, but uh,
I love I love I still love Tyson, and I love your idea
about hopefully that if Norman Powell has to slide out, we get we get
bones in there and he can bring that energy because Golden State is not optimal
right now, and we there's no reason why we can't go in there and
get that one too. You know what though, and I appreciate the phone
call Leuddy. Golden State is as desperate for a victory as the Clippers work
tonight. They're gonna be tough tomorrow because they blew a game. They were
up by twenty five on the Kings yesterday, I think eighteen entering the fourth
quarter, and that has kind of turned into a Norcow rivalry after that first
round matchup last season. So Golden State is going to be focused. They're
gonna want to win this one bad more on that coming up. Back to
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will Updyke will join us from clips and dip. Clippers get a big first
quarter seventeen points from James Harden and just rolled from there. They go on
to win one thirty one to one seventeen over the Sacramento Kings of in NorCal.
I'm Adam Allison, and you're listening to a five seventy LA Sports.
They want to bring a banner with them to the into it down more LA
Clippers basketball on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers get a big victory.
They win by fourteen up in NorCal over the Sacramento king Sorry, I was
busy pulling up the new advanced numbers on this Clippers starting lineup now seven games
in with Terrence Man in the back court next to James Harden. Oh it
looks good. It looks so good. Their offensive rating that was one eighteen
is now almost up to one twenty three after tonight's big victory where the starters
played much heavier minutes and everything seemed to be working for the Clippers as James
Harden got off to that quick start, seventeen points in the first quarter,
finish with just twenty six. That's all right. He took fourteen shots.
He had taken no more than eight in his last four games. He had
more points midway through the first quarter than he had all of Monday night with
just eleven. Unbelievable. Welcome back in the Clippers stock. I'm Adam Moslin.
Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight
seven two five seventy is the phone number. Clippers new starting lineup in seven
games so far are shooting fifty three percent from the floor, and now instead
of shooting thirty seven percent from three, they're almost at forty two percent from
the outside. Harden, Paul, George Kawhi, Leonard Avitzu Zubats, Terrence
Man. Please please tell me why they should have kept Russell Westbrook next to
James Harden in the starting backcourt. Tell me why that works so well.
Try to find a reason, because I can't. This is the way Rinse
repeat play these guys more and tonight they played a lot more minutes, and
their minutes per game went up from sixteen to almost eighteen after just one game
because they played heavier minutes in the first half and in the second half.
Unfortunately, they had to play more in the fourth quarter just to make sure
to get this victory. But I don't believe Sacramento got closer than thirteen in
the fourth Tagus in Walnut. You're on Clipper stock with that, Amaza,
what's up? Yeah, they did get closer to thirteen. When they got
to thirteen, they call it timeout. And Kawi came back in avery three.
And you know, when I watched the game today, I was thinking,
we're seeing playoff Kawhi, and today's performance reminded me of Game six at
Dallas when he dropped forty five. He had that little bounce. He had
it from the inside, the outside, the mid range. That is the
greatest, one of the greatest playoff performances I've ever seen. It's definitely the
best by a Clipper. Game six, must win game in Dallas. The
crowd was back in the arena as the COVID restrictions were lifted. The Clippers
were facing all the pressure of getting bounced in the first round, and Kawhi
showed up with forty five and outdueled Luca and he could have easily got forty
five today. He had going. But it's good that everyone got involved.
You saw Big Zoo kind of miss Chippies in the first half, and he
dominated that third quarter. And the Clippers play smart. They they when they
played small, they fed Big Zoo and he finished. He was finishing at
ease, and he even had that dunk. Reminded me of check dunking on
a small man. And uh, we saw Terrence Man cut and with the
purpose not looking the pass and looking the score, and that's what we need
when when they're doing that, and it just makes everyone's life a lot easier.
Hard in PG Kawhi because I mean, the defense is on case.
They don't know who to guard, and this is what kind of what we've
been wanting to see, and I think what Tylu has been preaching. So
it was good that, you know, team men had that attitude, not
just James Harden, So that was good. I just had two questions for
you. One were you were you surprised that Kobe Brown got the came off
the bench before a mere coffee a little bit, But I think it's just
because he's a bigger player, and coach Lou was looking for more size.
They still don't have Mason Plumbley. Obviously, I would love for a Mere
to get more minutes. I'm in the Mirror fan club. I'm right behind
Brian Seeman with his folder soldier stuff and coffee is for closers. Some of
the best calls ever. I love a mir I think he'll have opportunities because
the Clippers schedule is so condensed with how many games, and hey, maybe
we'll see him tomorrow. You never know, right, And then, what
did you think about the defense on Fox and especially in that fourth quarter?
Did you think that they were just letting him drive and trying to prevent them
from kidding because they had a big lead. Yeah, I think a little
bit. You know, against Luca, they would do this at times where
okay, you can get you, but we're not gonna let everybody else get
involved too. And you know, Fox had forty coming off the game last
night, a big emotional victory they had over the Golden State Warriors, and
that comeback. He's impressive as hell. I still couldn't believe the Kings got
him at pick five. I thought I said it at the time. I
could retweet some of my own receipts here. But when the Lakers took Lonzo
ball, and I wish Lonzo was playing right now. It's unfortunate all the
injuries he had, but I always thought to Hearon Fox was the guy.
Yeah, that's about it, Adam, let's seef. We can keep it
going tomorrow. Thank you, Tay. Just appreciate the phone call. Jose
and Southgate. Jose, what's up your on Clipper stop without Mawson. I
want to take a ride with me. Hey, it must be the Clippers.
I know I've been I've been waiting to see what I saw today from
out the gate as theyduced to everybody getting to trying to get to their either
trying to get to their spot or passing it off within one, one,
two steps, even one or half a step. And well also if he
were saying with the the Brown and p J Checker comparison, I like that
for defensively, yeah's body bosstball bossa. I like it because PJ. Teller
has been shining away from those threes. And if you saw Brown in the
in the preseason and and in the sumber League, he will shoot those threes.
And I didn't know he was shooting that in college. That's pretty cool.
I think that's part of what likes. He's not turning them down.
He had that seven point game in the summer league. To your point,
was that and and it must be the first name, because's why I want
him to get in a rotation, because how I need to get used to
saying that. I need to get you to say, covid. I'm not
even gonna lie, but but I like what I saw today. And then
also I didn't I didn't see when they checked when Russell west was checked in,
but I saw when he was on the court, and like, that's
why he's on the second unit, and like, and that just brought back
to the Jamal Crawford Jamar Crawford lou Will flashbacks, like why soon I see
him on the court or our need it then and that's the head of it,
Like and now we have Russell Westbrook at the head of it. I
love it. Terrence Man, Terrence Man, come on, now, I
didn't do after normal Powell, but you know bones most like you cann gainst
the minutes. I was already thinking about it's gonna be a hrking tomorrow.
Because it's against the Warriors and they I know they lost to the Kings.
I didn't know they were up. So let's let's get us double down tomorrow.
Let's go clipperst zaying south Gate. Great finish to the call. We'll
come back with Will Updyke after the Clippers win tonight, big one thirty one,
one seventeen over the Kings up in sack Town. Yeah, taking our
golden state. Tomorrow, we'll preview that with Will Updyke as we talk Clippers
fans, back down off the ledge, not off the ledge, back down
away from the ledge, get away from it. This guy's not falling,
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two with their new starting lineup as they win one thirty one to one seventeen
over the Kings up in sack Town. I'm out of Mazzlin. This is
Clippers Stocks south West. You hear the music and you know when the Clippers
get a big dub, we bring on big William Updyke post game from Clips
and Dip CND podcast does it with myself and Charles Mockler. Well, how
you feeling, my friend? Feeling much better than I was a mere day
ago? My friend? Uh, where there's a will, there's a win.
You know what a difference to day it makes? Yeah? I like
that. So to me, it all starts with James Harden being aggressive.
It's that simple. He's not washed, he's not done. He just for
whatever reason, was shying away and being too nice out there and not trying
to step on the other starter's toes. And tonight he comes out and has
a seventeen point first quarter and just absolutely knew the Sacramento Kings Clippers won that
first quarter thirty five to twenty seven. I couldn't be more impressed with James
Harden early on. Oh, absolutely no. And it was it was the
right kind of aggressiveness. You know. I was a little bit critical of
Kawhi and the loss in Denver, where I thought there was a little bit
of a tunnel vision going on there. I thought that James Harden, obviously
he was you know, active trying to get shot, trying to get people
involved. But it was within the flow of the game, you know it.
It wasn't just hucking up shots. It wasn't terrible ISO plays. It
really worked. It really clicked in the way that we haven't really frankly seen
it like fully come together outside of say for one win. This was their
best performance offensively, the most points they had scored so far this season,
and given the circumstances of what happened Monday, You're right, there was a
rhythm, there was a flow to the offense. There was a method to
the madness out there. Both Kawhi and Paul George got eighteen shots. Loved
that shot distribution. James Harden with fourteen, Russ would just six off the
bench, didn't have it from the outside. But Terrence Man also got up
twelve shots. All the starters were in double digits there, and they all
had their moments where they really shined. But Kawhi Leonard, my goodness,
some people were concerned. I was concerned to some degree. I said,
I was gonna monitor it closely. How Kawi is looking so far this season,
had that great game against Los Angeles Lakers, and tonight looked as good
as ever with the bounce, the juice. He had the explosiveness out there.
You saw it from the get go, and it continued into the fourth
quarter. Yeah, you know, I haven't been on the worried about Kawhi
train as much. I feel like he's still been defending for the most part
at a high level. We have still seen some lethargy, but that's been
across the roster. But yeah, it's still it's still good to see that
burst, to see that scoring, to see him just completely take over a
game like that. He got fouled on a dunk early in this one,
and I kind of thought, oh, you know, is he gonna is
he gonna turn things down a little bit because he didn't end up getting the
call. I believe it was hurt her on the foul and the absolute opposite.
He went the opposite way with it. Yeah. I like the fact
that, and early on the Clippers were chirping with the officials. I didn't
like it. It felt like more of what happened Monday night. And then
they finally said enough and I think Kawhi Leonard led them. I just I
think he went three for three in the fourth quarter. Scored at all three
levels. That three point rehit when it was just a thirteen point game to
put him up by sixteen, to give him that cushion. But I they
I think they needed to see this that hey, he's still him. The
Clippers are still loaded with talent if they can just put it together and find
a way. It's a tricky balancing act, but to find a way to
keep everyone in rhythm. Tonight, though, the way they played with that
pace that coach who had been asking for, I think people were misunderstanding just
what he meant by playing with speed and playing much faster out there. You
can still do that in the in the half court too, but just making
quicker decisions. But the only way you can make quicker decisions to me is
if you are connected out there, if there's already chemistry built up, if
you know where the guy next to you is going to be. And tonight
I thought they made strides in that area. No, they absolutely did.
And like with Kawhi, you know, I was critical of that last performance.
I thought he was trying too hard to make things go offensively and maybe
not elevating his teammates as much as we know he can as great as Kawhi
can be individually and you know, one of the best when when he's that
peak performance. Obviously top five, top three player. I think it's always
been great about him as the way that he can elevate guys on the floor.
He's not necessarily the vocal leader. He's not gonna necessarily be the guy
who's out there chirping at people. He's probably not given the halftime speech,
but he's gonna lead with the way that he is on the floor. So
I thought that that was I thought that was incredible, and I thought that
that was great in this one was the efficiency that we're used to from Kawhi.
I mean, thirty four points on eighteen field goal attempts, wild,
wild stuff, but just I felt like, you know, him, him
being that way helped the floor with everyone else. You know, it was
hard in being himself. It was Kawhi getting back to what you know,
we know he does well. Paul George is not super efficient tonight, but
still stolid game. I mean, getting our top three if we can get
if we can get those top three guys in twenty points per game territory,
I just don't know who can really stop this team. Well and Paul George.
Yes, not as most efficient night out there, just seven of eighteen.
Okay, it's not exactly two for thirteen. He still had nineteen points
a point more than a shot taken. But he ended up with seven assists
just one turnover. Like that is that is doing some of those little things
and being a playmaker out there and making the extra pass and it kept the
offense humming. But he also while he didn't make a shot in the third
quarter, I don't even know how many he took, if any, he
stuck a jumper to start the fourth that was big, like they had to
have it. Just like Okay, Sacramento, they just came back on the
Golden State Warriors last night. They probably feel like they're invincible. They needed
that shot as much as Kawhi knocked down some shots late an Terrence Man I
think at the ten minute mark a twenty footer from Paul George that was also
big for them. How about your guy big Zoo though fourteen to eight and
did most of his damage in the third. Some of those assists were coming
from Paul George off the bench. Russ did have eight assists in just one
turnover, and he was finding Zoo for some easy ones on the third who
was just a damn force out there. It's wild because you look at the
assist numbers, twenty eight total aspists really only like fifteen to twenty percent above
our season average. I think we're like twenty four a little a hair over
twenty four assists per game on the season. But it just looked like the
ball like it was a completely like it was completely different the way the ball
was moving out there. Yeah, I agree, the way they moved the
basketball. It just it felt like a team that knew themselves that it picked
something up. But it all starts with just James Harden, like it all
kind of it begins with that hub. James Harden is the guy. He
is a system. I don't know how you can deny it. He didn't
say the system, he said he's a system. All right. Let's move
forward to tomorrow. Will how do you think this Clippers team fares against a
Golden State Warriors team that is also desperate for a victory after they lost the
way they did in the fashion they did to Sacramento yesterday. You know,
we we haven't talked about the one downside yet of this game. And that
is the potential injury injury to Norman Powell, and that does concern me if
he is unable to go for whatever reason on the second night of a back
to back. That's the exact kind of guy that you want to be able
to give a scoring uh to, to be able to give a scoring boost
to your bench. Now, if we get a similar performance, I think
the Clippers can take this one. I think that the like I think that
the defense that we've seen lately is going to be a lot. With the
size that we have on Golden State, certainly, I think we pose some
interesting problems for them. I do have some concerns, though, tired legs.
You know, you as down as we were about the Denver loss,
you know this is a great win. Was a team or second night of
a back to back, it would be understandable for the Clippers to drop that
game. But I'm gonna say they got some good news this evening. That's
a kissinger. I think the going to dance on his great I think Bones
Hyland gets run tomorrow. I think if Norm pals out, it's Bones's time
to get busy. Whatever that you want to say, this is a bone.
Bones almost had that great uh the great lob to to Terrence for one
assist in one minute of play, and uh should have had that yeah,
oh yeah, no, that that would have been I mean that just would
have been like the perfect sherry on top of what was a great victory.
But yeah, I also as soon as like the final horn, rung Kawhi
went straight to bones first and I'm so curious how that conversation went down.
But uh, yeah, I would love to see him get some run.
He is will Updyke of Clips and dip will if they win tomorrow, I
guess we'll talk to you then, my friend, Yeah, will do only
comes on for the w's now before we get out of here, I do
want to thank the Clippers organization. Marken Hudnington Beach, I'm sorry, call
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