WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.879 --> 00:00:06.599 Parents manness pure Once again, He's Clippers Talk. I got calls on Clippers 2 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:12.359 Talk, immediate reaction and analysis to today's game. That's what he's capable of. 3 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:17.800 Hosted by your pre and post game voice of the LA Clippers, Adam 4 00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:24.079 Awsley Doncha trying to flash for the ball? Has it just Ship McCourt done 5 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:28.960 a thirty five footer for the win, missed it short and the Clippers survive 6 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:34.200 here in Dallas. I know it's not Sunday, but thank you Jesus. 7 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:39.640 Luca don Chi finally misses a big shot late in the game against the Clippers 8 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:46.960 and they hold on to win ninety nine to ninety seven over the Dallas Mavericks. 9 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:50.320 Welcome in to Clippers Talk. I'm Adam Oslin eight six six ninety eight 10 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:54.799 seven two five seventy eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy is the 11 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:58.719 phone number or gets me at follow Adam a on Twitter. Coming up, 12 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:03.520 we'll have post game on from coach Lou and a Visa Zubots and yeah, 13 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:06.359 we'll get to your phone calls, Tom and huntingson beach hold off for me. 14 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:14.280 Luca Donich had twenty two points entering the fourth quarter. He ends up 15 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:21.760 scoring twenty three in the fourth quarter alone. He scored the Dallas Mavericks last 16 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:26.079 nineteen points of the ball game. It seemed inevitable that he was going to 17 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:30.719 find a way to beat the Clippers again in this one. But just like 18 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:36.040 in both first round series the last two years, as well as he played, 19 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:41.359 the Clippers still ended up victorious. Remember, I think people forgotten that 20 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:45.560 the Clippers actually beat the Dallas Mavericks and Luca Dontic the last two years in 21 00:01:45.599 --> 00:01:48.599 the first round. Maybe that's why he is an extra grind against them and 22 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:52.920 always plays his best basketball because he wants to get back at him. That's 23 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:56.640 like what happened with Kobe Bryant after he lost a couple of first round series 24 00:01:56.680 --> 00:02:00.439 against the Phoenix Suns. He came back with a vengeance later in his career 25 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:06.519 and wanted to destroy the Suns. Well, Luca has a blood vendetta against 26 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:12.520 the Los Angeles Clippers. It's just unbelievable. I'm telling you. I said 27 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:15.879 it after the last game when he had fifty one, his career high Thursday 28 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:21.039 night. There's just something about this guy that's unbelievably special, like we haven't 29 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:25.960 seen before and He's already They call him Luca Legend for a reason. He's 30 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:30.599 twenty two. He doesn't turn twenty three till the end of this month, 31 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:36.000 and he's already put together some of the most insane, jaw dropping performances I've 32 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:40.919 ever seen in my life. Twenty three points in the fourth quarter after he 33 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:45.599 and Terence Man get into it the ends of the third I believe it was. 34 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:49.840 And those two guys no love lost there. They've had hate for each 35 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:54.159 other, old fashioned hate since three years ago in Vancouver when they got into 36 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:59.800 it in a preseason game. Terrence Man was a rookie then he didn't care. 37 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:07.599 He went right after Luca donchich and once again, and especially in this 38 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:10.960 game, with Terrence Man going for his season high of twenty one points, 39 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:16.039 he did not back down, and you love to see it, and he 40 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:22.159 hit some critical shots. If I'm throwing you on hold right now, it's 41 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:24.680 because Skeleton Crew here eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. 42 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:30.240 Hold on for me. I'll get to you maybe even in this first segment. 43 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:34.400 We'll get to you here on Clippers talk, but the Clippers end the 44 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:37.680 losing streak and then just hug you up I just said I'd get to you. 45 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:40.319 They end the losing streak at three games. They hadn't lost four straight 46 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:45.840 all season long, and they still haven't lost four straight all season long. 47 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:50.719 This was a monumental victory that had to be had by the Clippers because with 48 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:54.280 how tough the schedule has been recently, you lose three in a row and 49 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:59.879 you get torched Thursday night by Luca in the first quarter. Tonight. He 50 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:03.560 saved his best for last in the fourth, but he still missed that thirty 51 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:11.000 footer with thanks to that double team by the Clippers. And even though Big 52 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:15.600 Zoo got torched as well in the fourth quarter and he had to be matched 53 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:23.759 up one on one against Luca, don often I commend his defense. I 54 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:27.920 don't care that Luca had twenty three on the fourth I do. It's crazy, 55 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:31.839 but a beta Zubots did everything he could, and Luca was just too 56 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:39.000 good. He made some really difficult shots, unbelievably tough shots, well contested 57 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:42.759 shots by Big Zoo, who was on his heels a lot, but he 58 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:46.720 stayed in front of him for the most part. But when Lucas hitting these 59 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:53.439 step backs and just creating enough separation near the basket. It's unguardable. There's 60 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:57.839 nothing you can do. Even a seven footer with his hand up can't stop 61 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:02.839 him. He's that incredible, an unbelievable superstar like performance down the stretch. 62 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:09.839 But Reggie Jackson, I've said this before, he plays like a superstar late 63 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:15.600 in games. And this was mister June playoff Reggie acton Jackson tonight where he 64 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:20.160 scored seventh straight at one point for the Clippers in the fourth. It was 65 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:25.519 dueling. Band Jose's Brian Seman would say, he and Luca Donshs were going 66 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:29.279 back and forth and at one point Reggie Jackson have had a five point possession. 67 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:33.600 It's both he and Luca look possessed in that fourth. First he gets 68 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:38.680 the n one, but he missed the free throw, got the rebound and 69 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:42.639 hit a big time three pointer. It was well defended, didn't matter. 70 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:46.720 It was a big moment. Reggie Jackson once again and rose to the occasion 71 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:50.360 so many times this season, so many big shots from him, so many 72 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:55.680 times going back to last year two in the playoffs, and he is used 73 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:59.600 to having to fill that star role because when Kawhi Leonard went down, he 74 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:02.639 played like a damn all star next to Paul George to help the Clippers get 75 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:09.120 to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history. But he 76 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:12.120 had eight of his twenty four points in the fourth quarter. I know we 77 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:15.240 miss a free throw light, as did Terrence Man. They left the door 78 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:19.079 open for a three pointer for Luca. I thought maybe they might even follow 79 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:24.360 him Situaye. Now you can't, because he could tie the game at the 80 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:28.279 free throw line there. But he's just so deadly from deep and was on 81 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:34.519 such a heater and the will and desire to win it. He has it. 82 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:39.839 He has all the star qualities. I'm telling you, when Lebron hangs 83 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:44.079 it up, it might be five years from now. The rate he's playing, 84 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:48.439 Luca don Chich could be the face of the NBA. But the Clippers 85 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:53.720 beat him anyways, even with the forty five spot, and I thought they 86 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:58.680 played great defense on him throughout the entire game, even when he was going 87 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:02.319 off, but especially early the first three quarters. I want to say he 88 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:08.720 was eight for twenty one from the field. They did everything they could kitchen 89 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:14.560 sink approach, and they threw everything at him. Waves of guys they fired. 90 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:18.519 They blissed him with double teams. But Big Zoo in that first quarter 91 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:21.480 was all over him, just like he was in the first quarter Thursday Night, 92 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:25.720 and this time it kind of worked. He only had I wanted to 93 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:30.920 say, nine points in the first quarter. Luca and Marcus Morris outdueled him, 94 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:34.959 actually with ten. He finished with twenty points. He hit some big 95 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:42.600 shots and just some really tough turnaround fadeaways. The mid range master Marcus Morris 96 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:46.079 Senior, so impressive in that area. But there was another guy off the 97 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:49.879 bench who had one of his best games and I want to say the last 98 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:55.480 two weeks, and that was a mere coffee. And he did so because 99 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:59.680 he attacked. He didn't settle for jumpers. His first three buckets and he 100 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:03.160 had nine of his eleven points in that second quarter were all of the rim. 101 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:07.839 Then he hit a three pointer that was huge for him. He needed 102 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:11.759 this one. He went over for five Thursday Night goes five for nine in 103 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:15.839 this one. Somebody else and I know he only ended up with five points 104 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:22.120 and he was my player to watch, but those five were critical. They 105 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:24.319 all happened. All five points were scored the first couple of minutes of the 106 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:30.199 fourth quarter. I'm talking about Luke Kennard. He hit a big three and 107 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:37.879 had another bucket five points in nineteen minutes, but pivotal, meaningful baskets to 108 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:43.639 hold off the onslaught and the tidle wave that was Luca don Chich coming towards 109 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:48.159 this Clippers team. Or if this game went on any longer, Dallas might 110 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:52.679 have ended up winning because Luca he missed one shot late that would have won 111 00:08:52.679 --> 00:09:00.440 it for him, but he was just relentless, scoring nineteen straight pull for 112 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:03.519 the Dallas Mavericks at the end of the game, twenty three total in the 113 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:09.000 fourth quarter. I just it's it's crazy, it's insane to watch. It's 114 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:13.399 impressive if you gotta tip your cap. But the Clippers win anyways, and 115 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:18.159 they're coming back home to take on the Golden State Warriors, who also gotta 116 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:22.159 win late. Speaking of miss free throws and Lebron's like the Lakers fell to 117 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:28.039 the Golden State Warriors and heartbreaking fashion. So maybe that means the Golden State 118 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:33.679 Warriors aren't as irritated when they come into downtown Los Angeles to take on the 119 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.080 Clippers Monday night. We'll see, but they're obviously one of the best teams 120 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:41.440 in the Western Conference. Klay Thompson's back and playing well again. Clippers, 121 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:45.200 though, you've got to be proud of a performance like this, gritty, 122 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:52.840 gutty type of effort to hold on late, even with the just unbelievable stuff 123 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:56.519 from Luca Dons. I can't say enough. Twenty three points in a quarter 124 00:09:56.600 --> 00:10:00.120 after having twenty eight and a quarter Thursday night, and he was going for 125 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:03.480 the kill shot late. You knew he was gonna go for the three. 126 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:07.000 He wasn't gonna settle for anything else but him and Terrence Man continuing to get 127 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:11.759 into it, and it brings out the best in Terrence and it brings out 128 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:16.679 the best in Reggie Jackson late, and it beats a zoobots, some blue 129 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:22.360 all cinder. He hit a big bucket late and having six assists from your 130 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:28.600 big man, only Reggie Jackson had more. But the Clippers needed this one. 131 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:31.960 You could see there was that sense of urgency, and they didn't settle. 132 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:37.399 They missed. They were only shot thirty one percent, but it went 133 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:41.360 seven of twenty two from the outside, and even though Dallas was fifteen to 134 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:45.240 thirty nine, the difference was the Clippers got to the basket fifty four points 135 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:50.080 in the paint fifty four points in the paint and they only got to the 136 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:54.720 free throw line eleven times. Dallas got their nineteen times. The difference was 137 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:58.759 the aggressiveness, and Terrence Man was a huge part of that. He went 138 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:01.559 at coast to coast, I want to say, three different times in the 139 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:05.159 ball game, just took the rebound, took it all the way down to 140 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:07.559 the other side. You could tell playing with a chip on his shoulder because 141 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:13.799 well, luka dog. And there was some chatting chattiness between those two. 142 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:16.840 You could say, I'm under selling it there, but yeah, they don't 143 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:22.320 like each other, all right, Tom and Huntington Beach start things off tonight 144 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:28.200 here on Clippers Talk. Noah, it's Todd. Good, good to talk 145 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:33.679 to you again. We're doing this again. I appreciate the phone call. 146 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:39.600 Anyways. Well I figured you thought that I would. I'll be saying that 147 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:46.320 again, But damn, Tom and Beach. Are we having a Luca Terrence 148 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:50.279 Man like a moment right now? Are we our trivals? That's I'm kidding. 149 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:54.679 What do you think of the ball game? Of course? Yeah, 150 00:11:54.759 --> 00:12:00.919 No, I think I think we played great without Norman tonight. It sucks 151 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:05.080 that he couldn't play with that turf turf too. But you know, when 152 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:09.759 our guys go down, our teams tends to step up, and tonight I 153 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:13.559 think that was Terrence Man and Reggie Jackson. Like usual, Terrence showed a 154 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:18.000 different side of himself tonight. Decide that I think we've all wanted to see 155 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:22.039 him show where he's aggressive, takes a lot of shots, isn't too passive, 156 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:26.559 and you know, takes authority on the floor. I decide to see 157 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:31.240 and my subtle MVP for the minutes that he got tonight was Covington. I 158 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:35.679 think that that guy's huge. I think that he's been an excellent addition for 159 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:39.559 this Clippers team and there's zero reason that he shouldn't be part of the next 160 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:43.080 era that we have when we get our guys back. So I think just 161 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:48.879 an all around great team win, and obviously Reggie doing Reggie things. It's 162 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:54.000 good to see some of our guys hate these Mavericks as much as Luke hates 163 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:56.399 us. So we'll let us go down something like that. But yeah, 164 00:12:56.519 --> 00:13:01.559 great team wins. Let's hold on and hope we get guys back. Let 165 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:03.639 the hate flow through you. Thank you for the phone call to I'm hopefully 166 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:07.200 we'll talk to you Monday night, my friend. All right, definitely good 167 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:11.960 to talk to you. We'll take a quick time out. Clippers win by 168 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:16.360 two. They survived twenty three points in the fourth quarter from Luca Doni they 169 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:20.320 win anyways, is he misses a three pointers? He was going for the 170 00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:26.200 wind laid Clippers coming back home to DTLA and they're taking on Oh boy, 171 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:31.440 Steph Curry, Clay Thompson, Golden State Warriors, Splash Bros. Are back. 172 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:37.279 Hopefully Norman Powell who was out tonight. Terrence Man made the most of 173 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:41.600 getting the start without him, obviously, but hopefully they can get Norman Powell 174 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:46.840 back because it's been fantastic and just three games so far. As the Clipper 175 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:58.879 more Clippers Stock next, You're on Amp five seventy Sports Outnumber. Got it 176 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:07.759 back to more LA Clippers Basketball Act Defense the offense with the Clippers on the 177 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:22.519 official home of your Los Angeles Clippers. Joe, don't tie their little fat 178 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:24.679 on the man and I'm miss something that you never had. No it just 179 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:28.799 texted me to let it play a little bit better. Thirty your anniversary happening 180 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:33.799 a few days A gir up with us song young I know your interests. 181 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:41.080 Clippers win ninety nine to ninety seven as Lucadges not enough hide on that long 182 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:46.360 jumper for the three pointer to try to beat the Clippers, and my goodness, 183 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:50.200 twenty three of US forty five points happened in the fourth quarter and the 184 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:52.919 Clippers hold on. They survive. They win by two in Dallas. They 185 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:58.919 split the miniseries. They split the season series at two games apiece. Welcome 186 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:01.480 back in the Clippers stock. I'm at Maslin to eight six six nine eight 187 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:05.039 seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the 188 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:09.559 phone number coming up? You're gonna hear from Big Zoo, who did all 189 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:16.320 he could try to slip down Luca don chich To no Avail. Let's just 190 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:20.600 there's nobody like him, No, Eagles said post game one of one. 191 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:24.159 There's nobody. It's insane what he could do. No, let's go to 192 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:28.080 t Ages and Walnut to Ages here on Clipper stock, I'm out of Auslin. 193 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:33.159 How are you tageous? Yeah, I'm doing good at him now. 194 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:37.799 I really like watching Terrence Mann against the MAVs. Feels like it brings up 195 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:43.039 the best in him, and I hope moving forward. He just you know, 196 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:48.519 treats every team like to their jealous Mavericks because that's the kind of aggressiveness 197 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:54.759 We've been looking kind of forward to all year, and I know he's figuring 198 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:56.720 things out. You can see him, you know, kind of thinking about 199 00:15:56.720 --> 00:16:00.279 things and hesitating on whether to shoot or not. But when he kind of 200 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:06.399 playing like this, maker Miss, I think it's just going to build a 201 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:11.000 lot of confidence for a moving forward. I agree with you, j I 202 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:15.000 think, look, certain guys don't play well mad, certain guys do, 203 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:19.679 and he's wonderful man. Just we talked about it before the series started. 204 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:25.039 We wondered if just playing the Dallas Mavericks could bring out the best, and 205 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:27.480 I think it did in both teams. We joked like this felt like Game 206 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:33.639 eight of last year's playoff series, an extension of a playoff series from last 207 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:37.879 year the last two years because of the intensity out there, the aggressiveness from 208 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:41.200 both teams, and I thought Terrence Man, he really set the tone in 209 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:48.679 some ways right, and it's good to see that we had, like I 210 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:53.120 think we had like three guys with twenty and Coffee went pitched him with fourteen 211 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:57.639 and you kind of need at least that much to be you know, good 212 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:03.240 teams, So you can't have two good scores, especially with PG and Kawai 213 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:07.599 out. And so two things. One is it seems like right now Luke 214 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:14.279 Nard is getting swarmed pretty hard by every team's been playing lately. And I 215 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:17.119 go back to my last time I call it, I said, maybe Powell 216 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:19.799 can help with that off the bench, or maybe both of them are in 217 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:23.599 the game at the same time. What are your thoughts on that? And 218 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:27.240 have one more thing after this. Yeah, guys are trying to run him 219 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:30.160 off the line, but he has to be more aggressive when they do that. 220 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:33.759 He has enough game where he can blow by guys and get to the 221 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:38.000 basket. We've seen it, He's done it a lot. Only taking four 222 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:42.119 shots now, the two we hit were in the fourth quarter and they were 223 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:45.920 big, but only taking four shots in nineteen minutes is still not enough. 224 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:49.359 That's a good point. I agree. I think he needs to put the 225 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:53.160 ball on the floor a little bit more if they're gonna push him off the 226 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:56.799 line, and then it's gonna ask you in the I think with fourteen seconds 227 00:17:56.880 --> 00:18:03.079 left, Clippers are up three and he didn't sell, and it so like 228 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:06.720 Luca was dancing on the two point line and then he decided to drive in. 229 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:11.480 Do you think that they should have failed and kind of played a free 230 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:15.920 throw game at then, because I mean he could have probably took a took 231 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:19.880 a three and tied it. You know, yeah, it was it was 232 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:29.400 ninety eight to ninety five at that point. Now, typically my philosophy is 233 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:33.079 you don't let a team have a chance to tie the ball game. But 234 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:37.680 you could say when the Clippers they missed a couple of free throws, playing 235 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:41.880 the foul game may not have worked if they really extended the game out. 236 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:45.240 And an underrated play though, was Reggie Jackson running four seconds off the clock 237 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:49.559 to bring it down to three point four after it was at eight seconds when 238 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:53.240 they had the ball back. That that was huge, So I don't know 239 00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:59.359 if that would have changed how they went about things. Let's say if they 240 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:02.359 were up by three off Reggie didn't miss one of those free throws late, 241 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:04.200 would they have fouled? Then? We've seen it before, and I do 242 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:07.960 think that's a good strategy. Why would you even let a guy like Luca 243 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:11.599 dont just have a chance for a three pointer? All right, right, 244 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:17.960 right, thank you appreciate you man, Uh, Lenny and Inglewood, you're 245 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:22.000 on Clippers sick without a Marsland Lenny, Hey, Hey, what's up man? 246 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:27.480 Listen? Great great showing night man. I I called him tail end 247 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:30.839 of the game. But just your last caller, there was was spot on 248 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:37.440 about Terrence Man stepping up, you know in those situations, like you said, 249 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:41.720 he can play mad and I didn't think about that. So those are 250 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:45.680 really good points, man. But once again, I think when they brought 251 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:49.319 in a guy like Norman Powell, you know, when Norman's the kind of 252 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:55.000 production normal Powell had, I think a lot of Clippers fans thought Terence was 253 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:57.960 gonna have. It's okay because the parents is not that necessarily that's a lot 254 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:03.400 of strengths because he's a defensive's defensive glue. But like you said, oh, 255 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:08.599 let's say this, you could say he's where Norman Powell was when Norman 256 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:12.119 Powell was twenty four. Yeah, I remember, he's four years older than 257 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:15.880 Terrence Man. And he's a grinder, a hard worker. He got himself 258 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:22.319 to this point where he can get a bucket at really any time. Terrence 259 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:26.759 may get there, but see, Norman Powell is a natural score. You 260 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:30.920 can look at his movements and how he gets to that basket. It's it's 261 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:33.400 not a strange. It's not all power. It's it's it's it's he flowed 262 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:37.079 like water man. It's not if you look at his game when he gets 263 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:40.039 to the hall and he's just a natural score. But not taking up with 264 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:42.279 Terence. I think Terrence is more physical and that's why I think it benefits 265 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:45.519 defensively. Well, let me say this, Money, I agree with you. 266 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:49.319 His fluidity you can tell, and you could tell even back when he 267 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:52.839 was with Toronto. But at twenty five he was only getting eight points a 268 00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:59.200 game. He kind of was a late bloomer in some ways. That's a 269 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:03.039 good point. Okay, okay, but I'm with you, I got you, 270 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:06.640 all right, man, let's let's let's get let's let's get uh, 271 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:11.839 let's take care of busin with Golden stay. Oh, I'm with that and 272 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:15.039 a man and and be for real, be for really it is uh this 273 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:19.880 kawietest work in Dallas? Is King Kong coming back? What's going on? 274 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:26.160 If I knew, Lenny, I'd tell you. If I knew, i'd 275 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:30.640 tell you, or maybe I wouldn't. But nobody knows. Kawhi is rehabbing, 276 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:33.319 but it was good to see him with the team in Dallas, in 277 00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:37.440 a building he's owned. Somebody else said it on Twitter. I'm just repeating 278 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:41.240 them. But with what he did in that game six last year to save 279 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:45.720 the Clippers when their backs were against the wall, incredible Morris in Long Beach, 280 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:51.920 heavy hitters tonight, Morris, welcome in the Clippers. So Adam, 281 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:55.119 Adam, listen to me. Have you ever had a situation in your life, 282 00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:57.640 a bad experience and you just can't move past it. Well, that 283 00:21:57.720 --> 00:22:02.039 that's Luca Dudgeons. That man is gonna win an MVP. He's young, 284 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:03.920 he's just a kid. He's gonna win an MVP, and he's gonna win 285 00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:07.640 a championship. But I could see him winning the MVP in the finals, 286 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:12.119 winning all of it. But he's still gonna remember when the Clippers beat him 287 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:15.119 in that bubble. He's gonna remember that for the rest of his days. 288 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:18.680 And you could see the way he's playing, and by the way he passed 289 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:22.000 the drug test when he scored fifty one points, I mean, it's just 290 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:23.519 incredible. You could see it in his play. And I'm gonna take something. 291 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:27.279 The Clippers are a good team. Now they got some old Tyron loop 292 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:30.839 man. That's a smart dude. We're gonna be all right now. I 293 00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:33.519 know Golden State and dis reverently sold you certainly said, by the way, 294 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:37.960 I know Golden State in Phoenix, in Milwaukee, they're gonna get all the 295 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:42.400 headlines right now. But you got two seasons. You got a postseason and 296 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:47.559 a regular season, and the money is in the postseason. And I believe 297 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:51.359 the Clippers is getting ready for the postseason and they're gonna be all right at 298 00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:53.240 him. I really believe that. I'll talk to you later, all right, 299 00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:56.640 Morris, I appreciate the phone call. Yeah, look at dons You 300 00:22:56.680 --> 00:23:00.839 can tell the guy holds a grudge. It's his motivation to beat the Clippers 301 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:04.400 in a playoff series. Cliber Nations just saying we don't even want to see 302 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:08.599 him again in a playoff series, even though they beat him twice. It's 303 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:15.759 hell it is going up against Luca Donsich. He's just that guy that makes 304 00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:19.680 you think every shot is going in, including that three pointer tonight from thirty 305 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:23.519 feet out that would have won the ball game in a similar fashion to what 306 00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:26.480 he did in Game four in the Bubble. A couple of years ago over 307 00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:30.359 the outstretch hand of Reggie Jackson. Okay, we'll take a quick time out. 308 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:33.599 We'll come back. You'll hear from the head coach, Yeah, a 309 00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:37.799 smart guy is an understatement. Coach Coach slew is brilliant, the mastermind, 310 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:42.039 and he always plays things close to the chest. He hasn't you know, 311 00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:48.039 shown his cards yet for what he's got planned. As we come down the 312 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:53.279 stretch here about twenty five games left before playoffs or play in hope, he's 313 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:57.880 still have an opportunity for either trying to get in to a top six seed 314 00:23:57.920 --> 00:24:04.279 in the West. More Clippers stop next day up by seven. But if 315 00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:10.720 they was short with cheese that we got rid of at D theme wasn't born 316 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:18.440 husteds I was burden back to more LA Clippers basketball action defense, the offense 317 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:32.759 for the Clippers. On the official home of your Los Angeles Clippers. Back 318 00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:37.240 back throughout Los Angeles to night. You were gonna hear a million voices screaming 319 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:45.799 out at once saying Luca, damn you what he missed, Thank you Jesus. 320 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:52.119 Finally, Luca don Chiche misses a game winner against the Clippers as they 321 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:56.480 hold on to win ninety nine to ninety seven. Wipe the sweat from your 322 00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:59.480 brow. After that one coming up, we'll get back to your phone calls 323 00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:03.039 eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eighty seven 324 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:07.880 two five Seventy's the phone number coming up. We also have big Zoo sound. 325 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:11.839 But first let's hear from the head coach. I thought, Zoo. 326 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:15.559 You know, we started on we started Zoo on him to start the game. 327 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:19.079 He started laughing at me. But I thought Zoo did a health of 328 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:22.079 job tonight. I thought deefense was good. Outside. We made a lot 329 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:26.680 of mistakes, we'd said when Zoo's Garden of Basketball stunt and fan out in 330 00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:29.880 letting guarden one on one, and we had two men breakdowns in that area. 331 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:32.200 But you know, overall, I thought we did the heal of a 332 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:36.359 job just defending holding this team to ninety seven points. And like I said, 333 00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:38.079 Luca had forty five points. A lot of him was late, but 334 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:42.039 he only had eight assists and really couldn't really get gone in seven turnover So 335 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:45.720 we know he's gonna score the basketball. We know he even dominate the game, 336 00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:48.480 you know, with his passing, with his scorn. But we wanted 337 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:51.799 to try to limit him to be a scorer, and he did it again, 338 00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:55.480 unfortunately, but we was able to weather the storm. I gotta ask 339 00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:59.759 about the last play because I mean, obviously that would have decided the game. 340 00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:02.720 What did you wanna do you know when you had it only two points 341 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:06.160 of pertake? And uh, how do you think the team executed? Uh? 342 00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:08.359 We wanted Reggie to track Luca where chever Way came off and kind of 343 00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:11.279 double team until he gets to half court. We knew the ball was coming 344 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:15.839 to him, and then Reggie left and went back to Reggie and left Luca. 345 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:18.200 You know, I'm the hottest guy, you know. Uh, one 346 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:21.400 of the best players in the world. Left him open, but he had 347 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:23.200 to take a deep shot. But Reggie did do his job initially, you 348 00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:26.720 know, get him to half court on to catch the ball with only three 349 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:30.480 seconds. So wasn't executed a great but we did a good job. And 350 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:32.960 like I said, it was a total team win and it was good for 351 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:36.000 us. We needed that. Would you make it the way that the Zoo's 352 00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:38.319 first ten minutes when it felt like that was like a tone setting where it 353 00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:41.319 was almost like a proof of concept, like could he do this? Would 354 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:45.920 you make him the way he was challenging because Luca gave the same shot since 355 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:48.440 Thursday or what was the Zoo effect? Yeah, I mean he was, 356 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:56.200 But I think just starting s starting Zoo on Luca was different because now you 357 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:59.119 know, you don't want to just come down and just right and shoot the 358 00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:02.079 ball, you know, every time. So I just said, let's just 359 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:03.640 put Zoom. Let's put Zoo, want him to start like that's your matchup, 360 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:06.400 and then when we want to change and the Jets, we will. 361 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:10.119 And I thought you said that first ten ten minutes zoo bis hit the tone 362 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:12.480 really had them all balance offensively. I thought it really, you know, 363 00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:15.640 put a damper on what they wanted to run and how they wanted to run 364 00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:18.279 it. And so coming out of timehouse, we wanted to keep mixing it 365 00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:21.880 up. Put Zoo on Bullock, put Zoo on Phinney Smith, put Zoo 366 00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:25.079 on Luca to try to keep him all balanced because JK is really good at 367 00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:26.680 out of time out. So we did a good job. We had some 368 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:30.680 mistakes, you know, but to keep playing and win his game, and 369 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:33.480 there was a huge win for us, you know, come to think of 370 00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:37.359 it, Luka donts missed his first three pointer that he attempted, and he 371 00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:41.160 missed his last three pointer that he attempted. Full circle. I love it. 372 00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:45.039 Clippers win ninety nine to ninety seven in Dallas over the Mavericks, as 373 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:49.599 Luca Missus would have been a game winner. Yes he heard that right, 374 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:55.119 he actually missed it this time. I can't believe it either. I've listened 375 00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:57.359 to know his call many times over already. All right, coming up, 376 00:27:57.839 --> 00:28:04.839 we got big Zoo audio. The man tasked with the most difficult assignment trying 377 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:08.440 to slow down Luca Donchees, who had twenty three of his forty five points 378 00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:12.880 from the fourth quarter, but the Clippers did just enough to hold on. 379 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:18.599 More Clippers talk here on am five seventy l A scorers blocks the scoop of 380 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:25.279 wind. I heard shot on two three, stopping the fence and with the 381 00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:32.559 forty five inside his hands, he ran back to more LA Clippers Basketball Act 382 00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:41.400 Defense the defense for the Clippers on the official home of your Los Angeles Clippers. 383 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:45.160 He was struggling to lose weight to twenty five knowledge and the rhythm. 384 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:49.759 Not a shot for me with the style, So how inter wreck? I 385 00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:52.319 mean no, I left it earlier today. No, I didn't do cardio. 386 00:28:53.640 --> 00:29:00.559 Clippers of the state of just created. They helped in the cardio department. 387 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:04.759 Sure your heart was beating out of your chest. Clipper Nations, Luca, 388 00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:10.799 do heave that thirty footer with a double team in front of him to 389 00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:17.319 try to beat the Clippers again? Not this time? Hold Clippers win ninety 390 00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:22.160 nine to ninety seven in Dallas over the Mavericks. Welcome back in the Clippers 391 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:25.200 stuck. I'm at him Auslin to eight six six nine eight seven two five 392 00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:29.039 seventy is the phone number. You know what? I often tease out audio 393 00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:32.400 that we never get to. Tonight's that night I want to hear from Big 394 00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:36.880 Zoo post game. I believe he's talking with Jamie Mazzio on Ballet Sports. 395 00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:41.000 No, Christina Pink on Valley Sports. Post game Zoo, Luca, of 396 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:44.680 course, you've seen a lot of him over the last few seasons. I 397 00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:48.440 see the grin there. But you made him work tonight. Not an efficient 398 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:51.880 game. He fourth some turnovers, especially for those first three quarters. What 399 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:56.359 was your defensive approach tonight? I just tried to look at the film from 400 00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:59.599 the last game and kind of see, uh, what I gotta do? 401 00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:02.480 To room where I gotta you know, we had him. He wants to 402 00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:07.160 get to that left left side. Uh step back three, and uh I 403 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:11.519 was just trying to look, how can I buy myself a little extra second 404 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:15.519 to be there sooner, to contest it, to make a little harder because 405 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:18.839 he's gonna get to it. It's just at this point, you know, 406 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:23.240 just try to contest the better and uh try to bother him a little bit. 407 00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:26.480 And uh, you know, I feel like he worked for a for 408 00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:33.000 like three quarters and then uh fourth quarter I was there, but uh it 409 00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:37.160 just kept making them and he's a hell of a player. Uh but uh 410 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:41.440 what matters most We got to win. You guys did get to win and 411 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:45.200 came up here in the clutch. You guys have been great at that throughout 412 00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:48.720 this season, those close games coming down to the wire. What are the 413 00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:52.799 conversations that you guys are having in these timeouts to keep your poise when the 414 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:56.119 game is on the line. We'll just we got tyler. Uh you know, 415 00:30:56.200 --> 00:31:00.960 he calls us down. He got great, great atos, he knows 416 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:04.640 what to do, went to do it, and uh, you know he's 417 00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:08.079 everything's everything's a lot easier with him. He makes sure everyone's in the right 418 00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:11.400 spot. He makes sure everyone knows what they're doing on that possession, on 419 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:15.680 that certain possession, and uh, you know, he leaves us through. 420 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:19.799 This completes the season series against Dallas, and there have been some fun ones 421 00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:22.680 over the last couple of seasons. Is this turning into a bit of a 422 00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:26.160 rival where we see a lot of talking between you guys out there on the 423 00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:30.079 court? I mean, when you when you play certain teams so much two 424 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:33.319 years in a row in the playoffs, first time ago to six at a 425 00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:36.160 time he goes to the seven, there's always gonna be us on traffing some 426 00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:40.880 some trash talk, but uh, it's fun. We all got mutual respect 427 00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:44.119 for each other, and uh, we're competing at the highest level, and 428 00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:51.519 uh it's fun. These two teams know each other so well and a lot 429 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:55.960 of the time that leaves the better basketball games for us, and uh, 430 00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:59.880 a lot more passionate on the court because it felt like there was a playoff 431 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:06.039 atmosphere that they're in Dallas, especially after Luca and Terrence Man got into it 432 00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:09.440 in the second half. Clippers prevail, though this time they win ninety nine 433 00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:14.240 to ninety seven and overcome a forty five spot and twenty three points in the 434 00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:17.559 fourth quarter, and nineteenth straight from Luca dontchich everything I just said. I 435 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:22.440 believe it's true. It's hard to believe. It's crazy. He also had 436 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:29.240 fifteen boards and eight assists, but seven turnovers and some consequential ones. Actually, 437 00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:34.440 the team, the Dallas Mavericks, had seven turnovers alone in that third 438 00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:39.480 quarter after having just five turnovers in the first half. Clippers, they were 439 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:45.960 just good enough. And when you're missing Norman Powell and when you're missing Paul 440 00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:53.200 George and Kawhi Leonard, hallelujah, they come through with a win. Yes, 441 00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:58.920 you may get religious with it. Oh, fine him my religion. 442 00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:07.519 Now Clippers survive Luca Donchers three pointer that doesn't go down. Hallelujah. Clippers 443 00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:12.759 next game, Oh no, oh no, it's Steph Kurr in the Golden 444 00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:15.640 State Warriors back home Monday night. That's gonna be tough too. No, 445 00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:17.640 we can use this for the out music. Now is this is it? 446 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:27.079 Perfect? Tip time seven thirty Monday pre game six thirty before we get out 447 00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:30.200 of here. I do want to thank Clippers organization, Noah Eagle, Bryan 448 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:36.319 Stephen, Ralph Lawler, Katie Newton, our producer, back here in the 449 00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:43.079 bank until Monday night with the pregame show starting at six thirty. Go to 450 00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:46.680 church tomorrow. Luca donchersmissed, where is it God? I've bet a'm assel 451 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:53.559 We'll talk to you then. This has been Clippers Talk. They accepted the 452 00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:59.279 challenge, your first post game opportunity to talk LA Clippers without a Mossley. 453 00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:01.519 It's what we've always seen from him. Tune in next game for all the 454 00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:07.760 action on the official home of your LA Clippers. And I just absolutely loved 455 00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:14.000 listen to the games on the radios out goodbye and check out the Clippers Talk 456 00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:15.159 podcast on the iHeart Radio app.