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falling inconsequential Game eighty two contest against the Houston Rockets via final score of one
sixteen to one oh five here in their last ever game hosting at Crypto dot
Com Arena in the regular season. Welcome into your postgame show, I Madam
Oslin, this is Clippers locker Room keming up. We'll have Clippers stock on
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early eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five to two
zero eleven fifty. But first we get back over to your radio voice up
the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez. Well, well it wasn't uneventful contest, still
a fun, entertaining basketball game that got competitive down the stretch. Here Carlo
with Boba Maranovitch making an appearance, getting to work for the Houston Rockets and
also getting the Clippers fans some free chicklio. I wasn't sure I was going
to do for lunch today, Adam. Now I know what age. That's
some bad news for you, my friend. It is Sunday. No,
we haven't existed for me, So I'm sorry, I'm sorry. All right,
just let it just let it build for tomorrow, okay, and then
you can get all the waffle fries you want day the Polynesian. It is
raining outside, so more. What's next? I got good news. The
Clippers are hosting the first round against the Dallas Mavericks. Right back here next
weekend. How about that? Right back here, Adam? And what should
be a fun one? How bound this Dallas Clippers third time in five years?
Kawhi leonards Ny probably the biggest conversation. But if he's all good to
go. Like Woja's reporting today on ESPN, Adam, he said, everything
should be good for and the Clippers are not worried. I'm not worried for
this Clipper team. I feel like it's gonna be gritty. You're not gonna
win in four games. But you want to test and battle test your team.
I also think, Adam, you've talked about how Dallas is so good
defensively and the Clippers. We've seen it this year. When they play good
defenses, they lock in defensively, they become a better defense. Ty Luis
talked about it. Two. We'll see if the Clippers can find that defense,
because if they played the note the way they can the way they played
in Boston right in that game on the road on the second hand of back
to back, the Clippers look like the team that no one can stop.
We've seen them play up to their competition plenty of times now, even against
the Dallas Mavericks this season, where they did win the regular season series two
games to one. Of course, they haven't played yet in twenty t twenty
four, which means they haven't taken on this Dallas team that has been reconstructed,
that has had a bit of a makeover, that has brought in some
guys to help their front line, and obviously defensively, they've been a different
team on that end since then. But you gotta feel good about this Clippers
team heading into this series with home court advantage against Luka Dancic and this time
around in this building. Remember back in twenty twenty one, there were still
COVID restrictions. It was not a full house yet here at Crypto dot Com
then Staples Center. So Clipper Nation is going to be here in full force
in the building starting against the Dallas Mavericks in round one. You want to
hear something why a lot of Murray pointed this out to me at cheer round
earlier this week. But this is maybe the first time Adam Kawhi Leonard will
play in front of a full Downtown LA arena. It will be in a
playoff setting and a plan say, the first time Kawhi Leonard is going to
get to experience the Clippers are going to get to experience Kawhi Leonard in a
full Downtown LA. I'm excited because this is a Clipper crown that is shown
in big games. They can affect the way they play, They show out,
they scream their ruthless at times, which is what you need from your
home court crowd. And so I cannot wait for Saturday. This play is
gonna be rocking and we're gonna have some good times. I know we'll be
doing a big preview in Game one in the pregame show. But maybe we
could drop a few nuggets here of information. Carlow on what Clipper Nation has
to look forward to against this Dallas Mavericks team. Maybe not look forward to
with how talents that they are and how dangerous they are. But as you've
been doing some research on them, of course, a deep dive on the
Dallas Mavericks. What have you uncovered? Yeah, it's interesting at them because
they're very similar offensively to your LA Clippers. The Clippers average the most points
per game in ISO, Dallas two, Boston three. So you look at
those top three, very good teams, but this is a Dallas team that
likes to go one on one. I think though, if we're gonna play
the ISO game, I know they have Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, who
you would say traditionally maybe two of the best isolation scores in the NBA.
But on the other end of the floor at him is where I think the
Clippers can find success because when you look at the Clippers isolation defenders, James
Harden, he's shown at times he can step up and play good defense,
Paul George and Kawhi Leonard one of the best two way stars in the NBA.
So if you're gonna go point for a point, isolation bucket for isolation
bucket. I think the Clippers have that calling card with their play on the
end when we're talking one on one, and we know in the playoffs the
game slows down, possessions are valued even more, and I think that plays
into the Clippers' hands a little bit. Their bottom ten in pace on the
season, the Dallas Mavericks have been eighth post All Star break, so there
may be a little bit of a culture shock with how much the game,
you know, screeches to a little bit of a halt in the playoffs.
Now Dallas is going to try to impose their win. They're a will and
get to their tempo of course to try to win ball games. But the
Clippers, when they've been able to dig their heels in defensively, they've still
been elite on that in in a half court setting one hundred percent adam,
and they play better when it's slow, and that's on purpose. I mean
Tyler has talked about from the beginning of the season. Look, this team
is going to be judged on how they finish the rest of the way,
Right, you played a great eighty two games. But at the end of
the day, no one's gonna say, well, you know what, you
had a great regular season. No, they're gonna care about how you perform
in the playoffs. And Tyler, knowing that, has played slow the whole
regular season because he knows that can help the team come playoff time. And
I think the Clippers are not gonna have to change their place town. They're
not gonna have to mix things up. They can be themselves and find a
lot of success come the postseason. I think that's why Adam, as much
as other teams, pushing the ball has plagued the Clippers. It could be
something that Tyler wasn't worried as much about because hey, that's not gonna happen
as much in the postseason. The game slows down, feels like the Clippers
it's do or die at some time this year. I know, I remember
back to media Day and I think it was Toma or Justin who asked,
everybody went up, is it championship or bust this year for the Clippers?
And the Clippers said, of course, that's not how you look at things.
It's not win it all or there's no success. But the Clippers know
that this is when the real game starts. And that's why they got all
these experienced guys. They got all these talented players. James Hornon fifteen straight
playoffs, Paul George Kawhi Leonard, two time finals, MVP, Russell Westbrook's
been in big playoff series. He's been to a finals in his playoff career.
These are guys who know that this is the time of year where they
need to lock in. I'm excited to see them put it together. Yeah,
they've been building towards this. They're built for this because this is also
the oldest team in the league. Well, guess what, in the playoffs,
there are no back to backs. There are no more five and sevens.
There aren't going to be a back to back. Mattinee start on a
weekend Saturday Sunday series that the Clippers are going to have to worry about anymore,
where they only get twenty two hours of rest in between ball games.
That also plays into their hand a little bit. That also favors the Clippers.
So the other thing I would say is coach lou The advantage of having
coach Lou in a seven game series is huge. I think it's he and
Eric Spolser when it comes down to best in game strategists, especially strategists in
a playoff series. In a seven game series, no one adjusts better I
think on the West Coast than coach Lou. Yeah, and you look at
who he's again. So I mean, Jason Kidd is an excellent coach.
He's been in these big moments, but there's a difference in coaching in these
big moments. And ty Lou his whole career, since he first became a
head coach, was coaching in NBA finals and understands what it's like to be
on the biggest stage and how to coach on this stage. I think Adam
this first two games, and we talked to this a little last time.
There's gonna be a little bit of an adjustment process for both both teams because
they haven't seen each other since the new year. The Clippers haven't played this
Dallas team. But once you start to see, Okay, this is what
the Clippers have that's an advantage, this is what Dallas has that's working for
them, that's when I think things can turn the Clippers way because Tylu knows
exactly the right buttons to push to flip this, and he even talked about
today at his media We have so much time to prepare. Sometimes we're overthinking.
They have been already deep diving on Dallas. This coaching staff understands how
much this playoff run could mean for the future of this team going forward.
Coach Lou has always talked about a playoff series once you get to the postseason,
that's his happy place. I don't know if he's referencing Happy Gilmore.
Either way, I like it. Adam Sandler's a big basketball fan, and
Coach Lou is ready for this moment, and we'll have the squad ready starting
at some point Saturday or Sunday next weekend. Right back here at Crypto dot
Com Arena as the Clippers close out the eighty two game regular season and close
out their final contest as the home team in this building with a one to
sixteen to one zero five loss of the Houston Rockets. An inconsequential basketball game,
but still like the spirit of the guys and how they played out there,
especially Terrence Man, that could have carry over into the series with the
rhythm that he found, especially in that third quarter and in the second half
Terrence Man finishing with twenty four points. As we finished things off here with
Carlo Jimenez. Carlo, my friend, great carl As always, we'll talk
to you at some point next weekend. How about that. Out of that,
Adam west Is said, Adam west Is SENTO, we'll update you on
the Western Conference standings coming up. We'll get to some second half highlights.
Clippers will be entering a first round matchup against the Dallas Mavericks next weekend.
Right back here in downtown Los Angeles. I'm Adam Moslin and you're listening to
the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. Let's go. The LA Clippers continue their
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out this twenty twenty three twenty twenty four NBA regular season with a one sixteen,
one oh five loss at home to the Houston Rockets. We already have
known over the last four days who their first round opponent would be and where
that will take place. Right back here next weekend, They'll be taken on
the Dallas Mavericks in game one of that four or five matchup in the first
round. Welcome back in I'm at a maslin. This is your Slippers postgame
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Clippers talk for you. Eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven
seven five to two zero eleven fifty is the phone number your final box score.
Clippers ended up shooting under forty percent from the floor, just had twenty
two points in that fourth quarter. As things went a little bit sideways there,
Boban Marianovitch stepped in and went to work. He was six of eight
and had thirteen points and eight boards. I believe if there was any guy
in the league that Clipper Nation would be okay losing to, it would be
Bobi Boban Maranovitch, as he still made them winners. A free Chick fil
a intentionally missing it looked like two free throws at the line and then pointing
to the crowd showing love to Clipper Nation. As he is one of the
most beloved former Clippers, maybe the most beloved player in the modern era.
Boban Marianovich just the iron giant out there, the jolly green giant, whatever
you gonna call him, A friend to all. Bobo Marianovitch one of my
favorites too. He used to call him the secret Weapon at times for the
irony of it, because of how big he is. After his first game
with the Clippers, he took down the Denver Nuggets on the road and had
eighteen points in about fifteen minutes. But also loved to call him Devastator because
of the Transformer combiner. But as for the Clippers in this game, they
were led by terres Man. He had twenty four ten of fourteen shooting.
Xavier Moon just six of twenty two but had fourteen points. Was putting him
up late in the fourth quarter. Brandon Boston five of sixteen with fifteen Daniel
Tice look nice. Daniel Tye was sixteen points and ten boards, but more
importantly, he looked extremely spry out there with the blocks he had, the
throwdowns he had. He's ready for Dallas. You need him against Dallas's front
line, especially if he beats the Zubats gets into foul trouble. But regardless,
I think Daniel Tyss is gonna be a big piece in this upcoming series.
We will preview it all for you coming up next and into Clippers Talk.
As the Clippers dropped their final contest of the eighty two game season,
one sixteen to one oh five. They get set for Dallas right back here
next weekend. I'm out of Mosland and you are listening to your Clippers locker
room show right here on Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. They want to bring
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out of Mosland for the final time here in the regular season. As we're
closing things out, the curtain is descending for the Clippers in this building as
the home team. Next year they'll have their own home finally, thank you,
Steve Balmer. The Into It Dome will be the site they lose today,
one sixteen to oneh five. As outside of Terrence Man, none of
the other starters gave it a go as expected. It's exactly what we wanted.
They have to get ready for the Ellas Mavericks coming up next weekend.
Luka Danchez next to Kyrie Irving, Daniel Gafford and PJ. Washington now in
the front court. Don't have a time for you yet. Get to me.
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Adam Astley. The Clippers fall one sixteen, so one oh five in Game
eighty two here at Crypto dot Com Arena. And with that, the regular
season journey for Los Angeles Clippers is over. It's time for playoff basketball.
Clippers taking on the Dallas Mavericks in the first round for the third time the
last five seasons. They'll have home court advantage in the four to five matchup
in the Western Conference. Welcome into Clippers tuck imda Oslin. Eight seven seven
five to two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is
the number if you'd like to get on and talk about the ins and outs
and everything coming with Luka Doncic now next to Kyrie Irving and a new front
court as they reloaded it the trade deadline with Daniel Gafford and PJ Washington coming
up. We'll also hear from coach lou post game. Talk to him pregame
and asked him this question. Does he still look at game tape of Luka
Doncic from three years ago or is he progressed too far at this point to
where that tape in that first round series that wins seven has become irrelevant.
It's no longer useful. And he just spoke glowingly about Luca and how he
was a great player, then he's still a great player now, not going
to reveal anything. You gotta respect it. That's what coach Lo's all about.
This is his time of the year. This is where he thrives.
This is what he's been waiting for, this is what he's been longing for,
to get to the playoffs, to traverse this regular season and end up
with at least home court in the first round. And speaking of I should
have update you on the Western Conference standings as at the time the West.
This may be of interest to you, Clibernation. The OKC thunder finished off
with the one seed. Therefore you get out of this series not a given,
not against this Dallas Mavericks team. But if you are fortunate enough to
get out of the four or five, or you're taking on the winner of
the one to eight and it's not Denver, they end up with the two
seed, they'll take on the winner of the Pelicans Lakers playing game Pelicans the
seventh seed, they'll have home court, Lakers the A seed. The winner
of that game coming up this week, I believe on Tuesday or Wednesday will
take on Denver as the two seed. The A seed will be determined based
upon who wins out of the nine to ten between the Kings and the Warriors
against the loser of the seven and eight double elimination. If you're in that
seven to eight spot. So a lot still to be determined. But gotta
tell you I would have signed up for this all day at the beginning of
the season, for OKC to be in the one spot, for Denver to
be in that second spot, Wolves in the three spot. They're taking on
the Phoenix Suns, who they lost to today at home. Very interesting.
The Clippers, though, have to handle their own business. Business is at
hand, and it's Luka doncis once again Luca the down. People think this
is a bold take. I don't now if you watch enough NBA basketball.
I'm not talking about his career. I'm talking about who he is as a
player currently and how talented he is. He's one of the greatest basketball players
of all time. No, he doesn't have the accolades and the resume of
match it. He's only twenty five. But if you're just looking at skill
set and what he can do on the court, he is He's one of
the greatest basketball players and offensive forces of all time. That's how much respect
I have for Luca of the Dawn. He's earned that. In my mind,
he's a bad man. He wants the final shot. It goes back
to the Bubble Series against the Clippers in Game four where he took and made
one over Reggie Jackson to beat him that long three pointer. He's different.
He's a superstar. He may be the face of the league when Lebron retires.
Think of that, an international player be in the face of the league.
He may be the MVP this season. I think it's back and play
now that Denver didn't finish at the one spot, I thought it would have
been Jokic. If had they finished number one, maybe it'll be Sga.
But it's between those three Sga, Jokic, Luca. This is someone the
Clippers are very familiar with, and he's very familiar with them. He's taken
the the most losses by any team to the Clippers, twelve and nineteen against
them in his career. OH win to two in the playoffs. He wants
his revenge. Luca Dontis will be out for blood. He couldn't be more
motivated for this. Between the last time the Clippers saw him and now.
He's been to a Western Conference finals back in twenty twenty two lost to the
Golden State Warriors, got a taste of a conference finals. He wants to
get to the NBA Finals and now has Kyrie Irving next to him a legit
number two. It's not Kristaps Porzingis on a bad knee anymore. It's Kyrie
Irving, a champion in twenty sixteen, hitting one of the biggest shots in
NBA history to help Cleveland and Lebron come back down three one to the Golden
State Warriors. Who was their head coach Toron Loo. That familiarity between not
just him and Luca, but him and Kyrie Irving will be in play in
this series. He knows him as well as any coach in this league.
I couldn't be more excited for this series. There's only one question. Will
Kawhi Leonard to be available? The reports say the Clippers aren't overly concerned,
but his inflammation in that right knee, or the ACL reconstructive surgery was,
or the meniscus tear was last season. It's concerning to me. I'm not
being an alarmist. I just know they need Kawhi Leonard and they need him
at one hundred one against this Dallas Mavericks team because of the talent they possess.
So we'll be looking for reports all season or excuse me, all the
uh purgatory mid season before the postseason for the Clippers, you could say this
upcoming week during the plan and the other storyline that will be out there is
what's the status with Kawhi Leonard. Now, I talked with law Murray earlier
and I know my Zach, my guy Zach Ocaldy Zach attack can turn this
around quickly. Here. I forgot to tell him, but I do want
to play this audio for you. We had law Murray up the athletic on
in the pregame show on Clippers Countdown Obligatory. Kawhi Leonard rightnee questioned for you,
did you learn anything more from that interview with Lawrence Frank last time out
on Friday on Bally Sports. I think I did. It was just a
reminder that you know, what he's dealing with is something that I feel like
he's dealt with before. The Clippers have understood how to treat what might be
happening with Kawhi Leonard. Surgey cly Repair right Nath and just again the perspective
of when Kawhi came back from the ACL in October twenty twenty two. He
played the season opener, came off the bench against the Lakers, that was
obviously absolute cinema, and then he didn't played the front end of that back
to back in Sacramento, played the home opener against the son the same thing,
came off the bench, Sons blew him out. Whatever, No one
thought everything was wrong. He gets on the plane Oklahoma City and he gets
sent back home in the middle of that mini series to begin treatment, and
so he missed twenty five days with that. Was that titled inflammation, I
remember it was it was stiffness, right, So like we're not we're talking
about soreness, inflammation, stiffness. It's his right knee and it's discomfort,
and it's just a matter of trying to get him to play again. And
that's where the concern is, Like lessons if you will the fact that,
okay, you know you're dealing with. You're trying to get it, get
him the fire it up, get the strength back, get the flexibility back.
And so I think that everyone knows like if we can just get the
timing right, then he'll be okay. I don't think that he's going to
be It's clear he's not dealing with any level of setback. It's just a
concern about can you get it going before Saturday, because I'm anticipating Game one
to be Saturday, and so that's gonna be an open question. We're gonna
have to see what his level of participation is in practice. But I think
that they had things under controls just a matter of do they have the time.
There was lot Murray of the athletic on with me during the pregame show
Clippers Countdown. So if you want to take some salts in the fact that
they've had some experience with this type of injury with his right knee, in
the fact that by the time the first round starts next weekend, he will
have had three weeks off I think exactly to the date if they play on
Saturday, that's what he's anticipating. Will update you coming up what the playoff
schedule could be against the Dallas Mavericks and the four to five matchups starting right
back here next week and at Crypto dot Com Arena. With the Clippers holding
home court over Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, we'll get your phone calls coming
up here on Clippers Talk as well. Eight seven to seven five two zero,
eleven fifty. The Clippers drop their final game of the twenty twenty three
to twenty twenty four season, their final regular season game here at Crypto dot
Com Arena as the hosting team, one sixteen to one oh five to the
Houston Rockets. Bill Belichick once said, we're moving on to Cincinnati. We're
moving on to Dallas. We'll be talking about that next here on Clippers Stock
on the Patriot AM eleven fifty, The LA Clippers continue their hunt for a
Lariobe. They still want to get that Lario beat. Don't miss a moment
all season long. This is the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers get set
for the Dallas Mavericks next weekend, right back here in downtown Los Angeles as
they've closed out their regular season campaign here at Crypto dot Com Arena. They
fall one sixteen to one oh five to the Houston Rockets, but they already
had that four spot. Only player of significance when it comes to starters would
be Terrence Man playing in this one, and he had twenty four on ten
to fourteen shooting. He's ready to go. I want to hear from him
postgame Clippers talk is he was on with Christina Pink on Bally Sports afterwards.
Then we see you guys will be in the playoffs, but it is the
final regular season game for this Clipper nation here in downtown Los Angeles. What
was the energy like throughout the building today? It was dope. It was
dope to be able to see everybody here show up for it, you know,
even though it was a game that neither neither team needed, but everybody
was here excited for our last regular season game. I can only speak for
the last five years, but it was a dope opportunity to be able to
play here when it was stables and now that it's crypto, so you know,
but we're excited to move on. So you've played all your regular season
home games as a part of this arena in downtown Los Angeles. What has
been your favorite memory? There's a lot, but I obviously say to one
in the playoffs when I had thirty nine points. I think that's the most
electric I've ever seen this building. And we're looking to try and get back
there this year. So all right, thanks so much for your time.
Team man. Yeah, no problem. We're Sina Pink there with Terrence Man,
same team, Man, most electric I've ever heard it, and it
still wasn't it full capacity because of COVID, and it was still that loud,
unbelievable. The twenty five point comeback where you had thirty nine against the
Utah Jazz in that game six in the second round to get them to advance
in the Western Conference Finals. They are advancing to the playoffs. They're taken
on Dallas in the first round. Mark and hinsen Beach here on Cliversock with
that of Maazon Hi Mark. Well, finally no more damn afternoon games.
Right, Well, there's still likely it would be some of the players maybe
the playoffs. I mean next season. Next season. I have to set
my TV recorder because I work nights, so you know, I'm as bad
off as the Clippers in the twelve o'clock game. Anyway, Just glad to
see that's over with. And what do you think, you know the coach
actually put in the combo that I was asking for. I heard it,
I didn't see it. You got to see it probably when Tys and based
on Plumblu were both out there the same time. They went with a big
front line. We saw it a little bit on Friday Night too. I
think it was more out of necessity, out of need, than some strategic
look or preparing for the Dallas Mavericks by going with two bigs like that.
But we'll see. I'm interested in seeing. I have been all season long.
I'm seeing Daniel Tis next movie to Zubos. Maybe they've shown PJ.
Tucker next to him, but I don't know if that's the Clippers at all
showing their hand or what they could do in the first round Mark right,
Yeah, because Tye is kind of the X fatter. If he's next to
another center, it just to me it's like two big men, you know,
and now what are you gonna do? Whether it's Zubacher or plumb Lee
And now you got this guy who's just a different style than either one or
the other two. Yeah, he has some range. He ended up shooting
on the season, I think just over thirty percent from the outside, which
is on very low volume. Make it coming into this one, he wasn't
thirty seven and a half percent, so almost thirty eight percent. But I'm
going to tell you it was under one hundred shots attempted from the three point
line. That's really the determining factor because on offense, if you have two
bigs like that and neither of them can shoot, you can really clog up
the paint and make those driving lanes tougher for everybody else. Let's go to
we got Morris and Inglewood Morris, what's up here on Clipper stop with that?
A massle. You know, Adam, I've been watching basketball for a
long time. I do not remember, and maybe you can help me with
this. I've never remember a year where at the last day, the very
last day of the season, three teams were tied for first place. I've
never heard of that like that. I'm going to tell you something. I
believe that the Clippers are ready. I believe they're ready. Of nine months.
You take us nine months to get to this point. All we got
to do is be healthy. If we're healthy, we got this. Dallas
has come up better, their defense has gotten better. But I think the
Clippers can make enough runs in that forty eight minutes to beat him and your
SGA. He's got to be the MVP. You can't tell me nobody else
is on that team other than SDA, and who would have thought this who
would have thought, j William I'm chet Holme Grin. I could go down
the list. I don't know what you're qualified. You're just qualified. Okay,
you just qualified. I'm talking about people that you know don't follow basketball
like you do. They couldn't say nobody else on their team. But I'm
gonna tell you something to blow them mind too. I'm gonna say I'm gonna
sit on with this. I can remember where if somebody had told me that
the top three players in the National Basketball Association would be foreign players, I
would have said, you crazy. But guess what, that's where it is
today. The last five MVP winners are international players. My friend, no
things getting crazy. Things is getting crazy, getting crazy, Morris, They're
getting real crazy. The playoffs are almost here. Morris and long Beast there
started off talking about some building for nine months, saying, uh, the
baby is about to be born. This Clippers team is something born out of
this regular season. We will see mention new Jersey quickly. Here, Mitch,
what's up? Thank Adam. We all use the rest clue ewing calls
we can use to red get the main guy's back to be a great series.
And I think I'm sorry, Mitch. I appreciate the phone call,
but I am short on time, my friend. We're taking calls throughout the
playoffs as well. Quick time out here. Gonna be a great series,
probably the marquee matchup right now as things are set up the first round.
A lot of future Hall of famers out there, Luca, Kyrie, Kawhi,
pg Russ, James Harden. We'll talk about it with Will Updyke of
Clips and Dip. Next, you're on Clipper sock as we get set for
the postseason. I'm Adam Malls and you're listening to the Patriot Amlin fifty.
The LA Clippers continue their hunt for a Larryo b. They still want to
get that Larryo beat. Don't miss a moment all season long. This is
the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers follow in the regular season finale here at
Crypto dot Com Arena for the final time here in downtown Los Angeles. They
lose one sixteen to one oh five. It's time for playoff basketball, though.
Clippers will be taking on the Dallas Mavericks right back here next weekend.
Coming up, we'll hear from big brother Jake Warner on his memories here in
downtown Los Angeles as we celebrate twenty five years here with the Clippers in this
building. But joining the show right now for a little clips and double dip
on Clippers stock is Will Updyke. Well, let's get right into it.
Your best memory of a Clipper game here at Crypto dot com Areno formerly known
as Staples Center. Ooh man, that's a tough one. Christmas Day,
Lakers, the paste, the pad, that's steel, I think that might
be. I think that's up there with my favorite. I like that Clippers
were down double digits. It was a classic late and I love Patrick Beverly.
So any new Rakles, anything that I don't know, an epiphany or
a revelation you have had when thinking about this outcoming series against the Dallas Mavericks
right now, will you know? I'm it's great that we got some rest
for all the key guys, and you know, I'm assuming given from what
we've heard, which has you know, been a little bit shouted in the
mystery. But Kawhi Leonard's going to be good to go. But what I've
really liked from these last couple of weeks is just the extended burn that we've
gotten for some of these role player guys. I mean, I feel like
I'm here coffee has really popped, which he's done all season long, but
just getting even more minutes, even more comfortable. I think it's great seeing
Terrence out there able to sort of run the show. You know, top
tier talent between these two teams, both pros and cons. But it's going
to be really, really difficult. I do in my mind the Clippers still
do have a bit of a depth advantage. It just depends on how they're
going to be able to work through rotations. But getting everybody into this sort
of playoff form, getting the best out of you know, your your roster
as deep as as deep as that ends up being, whether it's ten guys
or it goes all the way to twelve or what have you. Getting those
guys really up to speed and really comfortable in games, I think is great
preparation for the playoffs. And obviously Harden Kawhi and Paul George has extensive experience
there, I mean Norm Powell as well, So not as much concern with
them, Glad that they glad that they got some time off, Glad that
we were able to do that to end the season. We didn't have to
necessarily fight and claw to secure the seed that we the best seed that we
could get. Daniel sas finish was sixteen points and ten boors in this game.
I thought he looked really fresh and spry out there. How do you
see the backup big man rotation shaking out and being used against the Dallas Mavericks
will Man. I think that is such a huge question mark because so much
of this series I think could really depend on how much Vizza zu Becks is
going to be able to play out there on the floor. You know,
if Zoo can assert himself and be good for you know, thirty thirty plus
minutes a night, I think then I think next up in the rotation,
it'll probably I want to say that they'll go with Tys and or PJ.
Tucker for some looks as good as Mason Plumley has been, I think that
Tye is going to prioritize a little a little bit of the spacing and some
of the versatility at the five, as we have seen him do kind of
throughout the season. Quickly here final question. Things kind of worked out for
the Clippers. On the final day of the regular season, Denver did not
get the number one seed. They're in the two three with Minnesota. Should
both those teams win their first round matchups, they would be matched up against
one another. It's okay, see waiting to find out who the A seed's
going to be. Okay, see at the top of the West. Just
what do you observe here? Because it seems like this is not too bad
of a path. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves. The Dallas
Mavericks are brutal and they can easily win this series if the Clippers are not
on their game, and even if they are, but was nice to see
some of the West and actually things kind of work in the clippers favor for
once here. Will Yeah, I mean I gotta agree. Look like you
said, we just can't. You just can't think about the second round right
now. While it's nice to know that Denver won't be waiting right around the
corner, nothing matters, but this series starting on what I believe will be
Saturday, that's just getting four wins against the Mavericks is really the only thing
that matters. And as I said, like, well, it'll be great
to not be staring down Denver immediately after that, I just can't really think
beyond this series right now, and the Clippers shouldn't be either. I'm with
you. When we have talent like Dallas does and that new reloaded front Shaye's
MVP, it might mean that, It might mean that, or it's Luca
or I don't think it's gonna go to Yokis now because they finished second,
and there's just fatigue with giving him his third regular season MVP after coming off
the finals MVP last year. You know how it worked well? I mean,
if Shaye won the MVP, I would be I would be over the
moon. I would be over the moon for him, Yeah, no doubt.
And then I'd like to see the Clippers take them on in the second
round, should they be lucky enough. Will Thanks for doing a little double
dip here, my friend. I appreciate it, Louie, thanks for having
me. Let's go clip, let's go playoffs. Before we get out of
here, let's get to big brother Jake Warrener, our head engineer. Hey,
Jake, how long you've been working in this building? Twenty five years,
as long as the Clippers have been here? Yes, how many games
do you think you have logged? Oh my god, just for the Clippers.
Well, over four hundred, maybe five hundred easily. Men. That's
yeah about that, maybe a little more. You said it on our last
show. That the only time you've heard it louder than it was for Game
six with the Clippers taking on the Utah Jazz. Was Kobe Bryant's final game
where he dropped sixty on the Jazz. That place was electric during that time.
But when we were here in twenty twenty one, that's like a very
close second. I couldn't believe how loud it was. I mean, this
place was rocking and we weren't it full capacity. No, there was Plexi
glass between us and our seats. Remember, it was a completely different vibe
and it was still that loud. Now, what will you remember most about
this building? What are some of the games, some of the moments,
some of the experiences, and some of the people you met. You know,
just beating all you guys here in this building, my sixty year here
now, and just the fun we had calling games. But that Dallas,
you know, beating Dallas in twenty twenty one, Just seeing Brian Seman so
emotional and how happy he was to see the team get over the hump,
seeing you get excited working with the great Noah Eagle and now we've been blessed
with color Jimenez. I mean it goes on and on. This is like
my home away from home, and I love every bit of it. I've
thoroughly enjoyed it. It'll be fun and ind to it. But we have
a few more games still. Let's go, and I'm excited. I'm excited.
This place is gonna be Rocky Club. One to eleven is gonna be
jumping. Love you, bro, We'll see love you. Oh you bet,
you're sweet. You know what. Before we get out of here,
I do want to thank the Clippers organization, Ralph Wilder, Brian Seeman,
Noah Ego, Carlo Jimenez on the call, Katie Newton, our producer in
the building, filling in for her back in the bank, Zach Attack,
Zach l Quality was holding it down. Thank you, Zach, the callers,
the listeners, Clipernation, you are blessed. You're advancing to the first
round of the playoffs with home court advantage starting next weekend. We believe it'll
be on Saturday, most likely against Luka Doncic in the Dallas Mafficks. Get
ready to be prepared maybe be detached a little bit, give yourself a break.
Watch some of these playing games rot against the Lakers. Whatever you do,
we'll talk to you next week. I'm at a Moslem. Whenever that
pregame show starts, I will be here. Love y'all talk to you.
Then? Why was doing his thing? All they want to do is win?
In La Win? I thought they gave everything they had. I'm very
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