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Here at Crypto dot com Arena, Welcome into your postgame show. I'm
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six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Before
we get into the meat and potatoes of what happened on the court, I
do want to talk about Russell Westbrook. He left the game, didn't return
in the second half with a fractured left hand. Obviously, the game almost
became blurred into the background a little bit. Carlo. With that news from
Russ a guy who has not missed a game all season long. For this
Clippers team, Bones Highland got run. It's gonna be necessary for him to
get run moving forward. He'll be their backup point guard. And we saw
what he was able to do the first few games of the season, and
even going back to the preseason, guys were speaking glowingly of Bones Highland and
just how much he improved during the summer. But a big opportunity for him.
But of course we're hoping for a speedy recovery from Russ. Yeah,
you can only hope for the best. Somebody who has pulled the Clippers out
of some dark spots and games with his energy, with his momentum, somebody
has been a heartbeat for this team, who's made such an impact in the
community as well. You really hope that Russell Westbrook's able to make a speedy
recovery. But similar to the other injuries, the Clippers have had to open
the door of opportunity and who is gonna walk through the door, Who's gonna
kick it down and who's gonna find a way to make an impact with this
team because the Clippers are gonna need somebody to do so. It seemed like
Bones Highland didn't have a bad first audition for that backup spot for Russell Westbrook.
Yeah, well, just one of seven from the field. We kind
of expected that there'd be some rust he'd have to knock off, but seven
assists in just sixteen minutes of play in the second half was finding Brandon Boston
down the stretch during what we'll call inconsequential time late as the Clippers were up
big and the starters got some run. You mentioned it. I think the
biggest stat maybe in this ball game was the Clippers ending up with just nine
turnovers, just seven by the time the starters left and headed to the bench.
They had seven turnovers in the fourth quarter against the Lakers in twelve minutes,
obviously on Wednesday night. So just a great job responding by taking care
of the basketball and that led to some easy offense for this Clippers team on
I mean, I asked TYLERU pregame, how do you be a great defensive
team in transition when you're backpedaling, and he said, well, it starts
with not turning the ball over, And the Clippers did that tonight. They
did not turn the ball over a lot, And I was able to help
them stop this Washington team that loves to get out and transition, and the
Clippers were able to get out on their own. I mean, we talked
about this team being more aggressive in the break, getting easy buckets, and
I think Adam, there was a lot of that tonight for the Clippers,
a lot of dunks, a lot of rim running, some lobs in transition.
It was a great job by the Clippers to take advantage of opportunities against
this Wizard's team that doesn't get back a lot on the defensive end. Senate
earlier, but this team looked like they wanted to respond, that they were
upset about what happened, letting a game go up by twenty one in the
fourth quarter against the Lakers. Kawhi Leonard with twenty seven points and some huge
throwdowns, including one on Kyle Kuzma at the end of the first half.
The athleticism, the explosion. This Clippers team looked quicker after just one day
off, and what we saw what two days off against the Lakers. I
felt like tonight they did. They really got up for this game, and
I think that's what was important. You know, Tyler always talks about it
doesn't matter, maybe so much about the result, but the process to how
you got there. For the Clippers, right, he wants to see his
team grow. He wants to see them be mentally sharp, to have integrity
on the defense. And I thought that's what they had in this ball game.
They came out with that focus. It started with Paul George's early eleven.
It then was James Harden who had twenty one in that second quarter.
Kawhi Leonard but the cap on an incredible third quarter as he was able to
get it done down the stretch. All three of those guys played great basketball
tonight. I believe Leonard and Harden combined for half the team's points going into
the fourth quarter, and the Clippers were able to get it done thanks to
those guys getting it done early. It's what happens on him when you're able
to knock down some threes and when you're able to be healthy. Really looked
like Paul George did not miss a beat tonight. Yeah. PG thirteen finishes
with those twenty two points eight to fifteen, shooting a couple of three pointers.
Also speaking to Kawhi Leonard in that athleticism, it was Paul George getting
to the basket for his first two buckets. That impressed me. He was
intent on getting some easy ones and then was very decisive with his play out
there, picking his spots, but getting there quickly, not taking too much
time, not playing with this food too much. It was just PG.
Thirteen going to work. Yeah, I loved it, and I think that
was a big part of the success tonight. Fifteen of your nineteen made free
throws come for your big three in Leonard, George and Hardin, and so
that's huge when you talk about putting the pressure on the defense getting to the
free throw line, controlling that battle. It's something the Clippers have done really
well this year in terms of making sure that they take care of their chances
at the charity stripe. And I was impressed with the Clippers in this one.
It's one way to not only keep the defense on their heels, but
then to also open up opportunities outside the arc when you're so aggressive getting downhill.
Clippers with their fourth highest scoring game of the season. They put up
one forty and it's kind of impressive to hold a team to one to fifteen
with that many possessions out there. Actually, Washington finishes with those one to
fifteen. The Clippers finish them off early. Get the starters some rest.
They'll need it. They'll be in Minnesota on Sunday against the Timberwolves. They're
zero to two against them. Twelve thirty. Tip. We'll have your pregame
shows starting at eleven thirty. Carlo, my guy, great car Save travels.
We'll see you soon. Hopefully we'll put a lid on things between our
you know, our beef and uh yeah, yeah, all right, your
hats are coming at them. Your hats are coming. Don't worry. Oh,
it's all good. The Clippers get a huge victory tonight. They bounce
back. They win one forty one fifteen over the Wizards. Coming in next
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Clippers win one forty one fifteen over the Wizards here in downtown Los Angeles.
Welcome back into your post game show. I'm at a Maslin Coming up,
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six nine Eats seven two five seventy but right now. Second half highlights.
Clippers led seventy nine to sixty four close the second quarter strong. It was
Kawhi Leonard having a huge dunk on Kyle Kuzma, who was not prepared for
that, and Kawhi continued it in the third quarter. Rifle a past George
right corner pump pick the three side steph triple in and out put back dunk.
Kawhi Leonard attacking Kuzma. You're a winning in the painting. Lace it
up on the right hand, blend them Kawhi Leonard left wet go line,
extended jams lent into the paint, spins, faseline jumper. Oh my goodness,
Kawhi Leonard one on one against chrisprit Down the left Downy goes Leonard all
the way to the rim o. Mike Poe why Sky walk in with a
right handed jam Leonard right wing three x Poe Whi Leonard Kawhi would end up
with fourteen points in the third quarter. The Clippers were up one ten to
eighty five. He did not have to play in the fourth, and they
would cruise to a one forty one to fifteen victory here at home at Crypto
over the Washington Wizard. They dropped their fourteenth straight. Coming up next to
your final box score. Clippers win big over DC here because of the two
to one to three connection. Being back Paul George, He's back. Russell
Westbrook unfortunately fractured his left hand. We'll have more on that coming up on
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two five seventy eight sixty six ninety seven two five to seventy. After a
contest where the Clippers shot almost fifty eight percent from the field, they bounced
back for shooting just thirty three percent from the outside their last eight games.
They went thirteen at thirty two that's almost forty one percent from three, and
they had just nine turnovers just ten for the Washington Wizards. But the Clippers
played well enough defensively, had a lot of miscues early in the third quarter.
Coach lou was upset with that transition defense, sense of urgency out there,
especially after what happened against the Lakers on Wednesday night, called a quick
timeout, and the Clippers seemed to take that to heart. They started playing
better on that end. And when you're scoring at will, and you got
Kawhi Leonard, who I think had four dunks in this one. My favorite
the one on Kyle Kuzma to end the first half, but a putback dunk,
another one in traffic just ahead of steam going to the basket in this
one for his twenty seven, just nine of twenty shooting. Still looking for
a stroke from the outside, He's two of eight, but PG thirteen was
back. Had seventeen of his twenty two points in the first half, finish
eight of fifteen, two of six from distance, but look to be in
rhythm. The timing was there, whatever it is. When he comes back
from injury, he hits the ground running. He's like that James Harden twenty
eight twenty one of them came in the second quarter and the Clippers win one
forty to one fifteen over the Wizards. Got a treat for you coming up
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here at Crypto dot Com Arena with a one forty to one fifteen victory.
For the game got out of hand by the end of the third quarter.
Clippers led by as many as twenty eight. They go on to win one
forty one fifteen. They respond after letting go of a twenty one point lead
Wednesday night to Los Angeles Lakers. Welcome to Clipperstock. I'm Adam Oslin,
joined by your radio voice of the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez, live from Crypto
dot Com Arena eight sixty six nine seven two five seventy eight six six ninety
seven two five to seventy. Coming up on the show, you'll hear from
Coach Loop post game. Also Chuck Mockler from Clips and Dip will be here.
But Carlo, let's start with this. Russell Westbrook leaves after the first
half, doesn't return and has a fractured left hand. It is unfortunate.
He has been an iron man for this team. He hasn't missed a game
all season long. We know what a tough guy Russell Westbrook is, but
unfortunately it looks like he'll be out for some time now. We don't want
to speculate. We're still looking for more information details on the injury, but
we did see Bones Highland in this one, and we heard at least from
Tylo post game that quote Bones is going to get his opportunity. Yeah,
and I think for Bones Thailand, you know you can't really ring the bell
better than that and say hey it's time to lock in. You're gonna be
a rotation piece. I mean, you think about the minutes Bone Island.
Law Murray put out the tweet earlier. Bones Highland hasn't played a first half
since November, and he's about to play a lot of first halts, probably
every first half until James Harden gets back into this Clipper lineup. So Russell
Westbrook probably gonna miss most of March. And we talked about it earlier,
Chuck Mocklers talked about it extensively. But this Clipper team is gonna need everyone
in March. So now you're down a body in Russell Westbrook and all of
a sudden, all hands on deck and now everyone's got to dig in a
little bit more super unfortunate injury. We wish Rush a speedy recovery. It
opens up the door for somebody like Bones Highland who hopefully can take advantage of
this. Bones Highland did have seven assists in sixteen minutes in the second half
of this one getting into the ballgame, just one of seven from the field.
Didn't have the rhythm out there, they didn't have the touch on the
jumper, did have an acrobatic move in the lane showing off the wiggle,
couldn't get the layup to go. But this is somebody we saw earlier this
season that I was convinced was going to make a big jump, a big
leap, that he was primed for that now in what his third season now
in the league. This is somebody that played big minutes for them in the
playoffs against the Phoenix Suns. He played minutes for the Denver Nuggets in the
playoffs. He's not afraid of the moment. He has all the confidence in
the world. I think he's made for this. I think he's built different
and obviously the opportunity is there, he's got to seize it. Yeah,
and you bunt it up off the air. But somebody who there was so
much talk about Kawhi Leonard taking Bones Highland under his wing, Bones Highland saying,
look, I guarded Kawhi and practice during training camp. I learned a
lot from that on the defensive end. Somebody who had all the praise in
the world and is now going to have his opportunity to prove to be a
rotational piece for a team that's looking to make a deep run in the playoffs.
Feels like a great chance for him and a great opportunity for that Clippers,
because Bones Higland can really space the floor. And now you give Tylu
who's already loves to tinker with lineups and change things up down and figure out
new ways to find strengths for his team. He has a new piece who
offensively at him. Opens it up for the Clippers playbook wise, because with
bones Tiland out there and his three point shooting good news. By the way,
bone Tiland's got all of his misses out. He's missed his last fifteen
three, so he's just getting those out of the way. And now he's
gonna start knocking him down some threes. But this is somebody who can be
such an impactful piece on that end because he is still aggressive, because he
does spread the floor. I'm excited to see that this one. This is
a guy who can shoot it from the outside at high volume, at a
high percentage. He doesn't turn down shots. He is aggressive. If anything,
they'll have to pull the reins back at times. Well, what does
coach lou always say, be you if you're doing too much, we'll let
you know. I don't think they're gonna have to worry about bones Tiland doing
too little. He's gonna be aggressive. This is somebody that we saw.
He took shots with confidence while being out on the floor with Kawhi and Paul
George before they brought in James Harden. He's not going to defer necessarily.
He'll make the right pass. We saw that in the second half. But
I just like the fact that this young man he goes out there, he
plays to win and he puts pressure on the defense. And for people who
aren't familiar with his game, it's not just the three point shooting now what
we saw during training camp, but we heard from everyone I mean this goes
back to Nicholas Patoomb talking about him now in Philadelphia, everyone to a man
said, the guy that impressed them most with their development was Bones Highland.
He seemed to be at a different level, and we saw it in the
preseason. We saw it early on in the regular season before they got James
Harden, and he was attacking more and making those shots. There was a
time in his career where he was more efficient from the outside than he was
within ten feet of the basket. So I'm excited to see what he can
do and where his game's at. Yeah, I mean, through the first
eight games, Highland had scored seventeen or more and four of them. So
I'll talk about somebody who was a part of this offense in a big way.
You can't really do it better than that one you're putting in fifteen at
nine for this clip team, he was excellent contributing on the offensive end.
It was talked to this offseason about how he added eleven pounds to be better
defensively. He was primed for rotational piece. Now the Clippers, of course
shake it up the big James Harden trade. All of a sudden, things
get a little different. You move Westbrook to the bench and Highland's minutes disappear.
But there's a reason why they play these stay ready games like they did
this morning. There's a reason why the Clippers make sure they're guys at the
end of the bench are always prepared for opportunities to play big minutes. And
yeah, did we see bones Highland He trying to catch his breath a couple
times today. Of course, he hadn't played this many minutes in almost four
months. But now he's got a chance to get some legs under him,
and it's gonna start with a big game against Minnesota. So that's the major
story coming out of tonight's game, aside from the Clippers. As I said
earlier, what would Patrick Beverley say, we need to get our look back
after a game against the Lakers where they completely melted down and had to collapse
in that fourth quarter. They played tonight like they want to prove that's not
who they are. They win one forty to one fifteen over the Washington Wizards.
Here at Crypto dot Com Arena. Unfortunately, the other part of the
news is Russell Westbrook fractured his left hand. Happened in the first half.
If we want to see the play it looked to have happened on at tomer
Azarlie on Twitter, you can find that there. Coming up next, we'll
talk more and unpack the situation that's developing with this Clippers team with Boems Highland
now back in the rotation as they win one forty to one fifteen over the
Wizards here at Crypto dot Com Arena. I'm Ouda Moslin. We got your
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Clippers win one forty to one fifteen here at Crypto dot Com Arena over
the Washington Wizards. The big they were just that tonight. Kawhi with fourteen
of his twenty seven points in the third quarter, Paul George with eleven of
his twenty two in the first quarter, James Harden with twenty one of his
twenty eight and five three pointers made in the second quarter. They each took
turns dominating at times, and it ended up with a lopsided victory for your
Los Angeles Clippers over a team that's struggling mightily. Yes, but the Clippers
flexed on them a little bit. They looked like a team with elite talent
tonight. That played to their ability. Welcome back into Clippers Talk, I
meta, Maslin, we got your radio voice of the Clippers here in Carlo
Jimenez. Obviously the story is and we're monitoring it. Russell Westbrook fractured his
left hand. It occurred on that very play that Tomarazzarli did put up on
his Twitter account. That was confirmed by coach Lou post game, who talked
about Bones Highland getting that big opportunity and he did get some run in this
one in sixteen minutes in the second half. Carlo, Yeah, And I
thought what really impressed me at it was the seven assists for Bones Highland,
because you don't you think of Bones is a pure score guy who can go
get you a bucket. That's what he built his career on. That's why
he was a ten Player of the Year. But if he can also be
that facilitator for this Clippers team. That was something Russell Westbrook I think did
so well as constantly we'd see him with six seven assists a night for this
Clippers team, and then you average about five of a game. So if
you can get that same sort of production moving the basketball, Clippers are undefeated
when they hit that magic number of thirty assists, and Bones Highland hopefully he
can be a big part of that with the second reunit. There was a
great play by him in the fourth quarter, a little wrap around pass underneath
the basket to Brandon Boston. That's the type of stuff you're talking about.
He has to play and be a playmaker out there and not just be a
scorer. But this is somebody that looked to be making some strides coming into
this season, and I think, look, obviously it's a huge opportunity.
I think he's ready for this. I think Bones Highland has maybe been waiting
for this. Just think about what we've been through the last couple of weeks,
the All Star Break, the Clippers coming into this one where just three
and five their last eight games coming out of the Grammy road trip. But
also bones Hiland and PJ. Tucker were both sent home in that Golden State
game up in San Francisco. These two guys wanted more playing time, they
wanted to be traded, thought they were going to be just to get more
opportunities out there to get on the court. Well, Bonnes Highland's gonna get
his fill now, yeah, Yeah, you want to talk about somebody who
has a chance to prove he belongs in the NBA. The third year man
who saw a lot of time with Denver but then left there in the middle
of the last season, got an opportunity with this Clipper team, was great
in training camp. Now he's got a chance these next twenty five, now
twenty four games the Clippers have to really be a key part of this Clippers
run. And you're gonna need it because there's gonna be tired lakes, there's
gonna be nights where you need that intensity. One thing that Paul George talked
about with Russell Westbrook, so that stood out is you never had a bad
practice with russ Why because he always had the intensity, He always had that
enthusiasm, And now that kind of falls on the shoulders of bones Highland.
Can you be that energy spark? Can you be somebody who comes in with
a smile on your face to work every day, clapping, getting up,
being enthusiastic, and holding everyone accountable. I think just you know, he
doesn't have to do that vocally, but with his enthusiasm and energy, that's
gonna be the key in my eyes to this Clipper team because you lose that
spark of energy and enthusiasm off the bench that you had in Westbrook. It's
a great point. It's hard to replace the leadership from Russell Westbrook on this
Clippers team, whether he's on the court or off of it. Now,
of course, he'll be cheering his guys on until he returns. We don't
know what that timeline could be at this point, but it's being called a
fractured left hand. What's interesting to me about bones Highland is when they brought
him in, well we talked about and I know Lawrence Frank of course,
president of basketball operations. When they brought him in for two first round picks,
and they got him from the Denver Nuggets, who would go on to
win the championship, there was some bad blood, it appeared, between him
and Jamal Murray. There was a schism there. And as good as he
was and the direction he was trending with Denver, they moved on from him
to the Clippers benefit, I believe, but he has some big game experience
and the guy that he reminded everybody of, not just because of body type,
but right away with the way he plays was sweet Lou Williams. We
had him and Clippers rewind earlier with a game winner against Washington back in twenty
seventeen against the Wizards. But the pick and roll playmaking, the wiry strength
and the ability to put it up in a variety of ways. And in
that game three last season against the Phoenix Suns, where I know a lot
of people, including myself, felt like the Clippers were on the wrong end,
the short end of the stick officiating wise in that one as Russell Westbrook
had a turnover where there was a take foul by Devin Booker that wasn't called
and he even raised his hand and knew he fouled him. They didn't call
it and ended up in a turnover. They would eventually fall once twenty nine
to one twenty four, but in that ballgame, Bones gave them a lift
off the bench. He had twenty and he had a three pointer rim in
and out that I believe would have gave him a one point lead, and
it felt like the top was gonna fly off a Crypto dot com arena on
that shot. This is one of the most electric, exciting players in the
league for people who don't know that. And I think your point about Denver
is spot on because when you what he's being asked to Bones Highland right now
is to be a plug in piece to a championship aspiring team, and that's
exactly what he's done his entire career. That's exactly what he's been part of.
That's exactly what he was drafted to do when he came to Denver.
So his role throughout his three years really hasn't changed, and he knows how
to fulfill that role. And so I think for the Clippers, that's why
you have so much trust. That's why maybe he hadn't played since January thirty
first, but Tylu postgame saying Bones is gonna have that opportunity because they've seen
him in this role, They've seen him excel in this role, and so
he's not having to reinvent the wheel, figure out who he's not. He's
just gonna be himself that he's been in the NBA. I think that's exciting
with this Clipper team is there's a chance for him to be comfortable and excel,
which is what you need for guys off the bench. We've seen this
team rally around diversity. It's been one of the hallmarks, the trademarks of
this Clippers crew going back to twenty nineteen, even before PG and Kawhi came
in. But they have the most twenty point comebacks over that stretch. They've
obviously had injury issues and they've had different guys step up. We've called a
recent game the stay ready Clippers game because that's what they used to be called.
When Kawhi or Paul George or both of them were out, other guys
would find a way to get victories. I mean, in a season where
they didn't have Kawhi Leonard the entire way in twenty one to twenty two,
Paul George only played I think thirty one games and they still had a winning
record. It speaks to coach lou It also speaks to the depth on the
team and guys stepping up in big moments and look Bones Highland, it's his
moment. Next, we'll come back. We'll get to some of your phone
calls eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six ninety eight
seven two five seventy. You'll also hear from coach lou On Russell Westbrook,
who fractured his left hand tonight against the Washington Wizards. Insert bones. Highland
played sixteen minutes, seven assists to one turnover, one of seven from the
field. But if you can work out the kinks with this shot offensively,
I don't think it's gonna take that long. And they don't have time to
wait. Minnesota's coming up on Sunday, Milwaukee on Monday. More Clippers Talk.
Next, I'm at a Maslin. We got your radio voice of the
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Clippers win one forty one to fifteen here at Crypto dot Com Arena over
the Washington Wizards. Welcome back in. This is your postgame show. I'm
out of Moslin. This is Clippers Talk. Buck eight sixty six nine eight
seven two five seventy is the phone number coming up. You're gonna hear from
coach lou on the injury to Russell Westbrook. We'll also have Chuck Mockler on
from Clips and Dip. But first we do have some calls coming in.
Sean in Inglewood, Sean, what's up? You're on clipper Stoft without Amazon?
Hey, Adam, how you doing? I was at the game tonight.
It was good to see the guys maybe get out of the funk a
little bit, and it was good to see bones Tivan, like you said,
so maybe there will be some momentum going into the Minnesota game. I
do have to ask you a question. Is Zuba's gonna be ready for Minnesota
and aulstin Milwaukee? Sean, I don't know. I'm hoping. I would
love to guess that. You know, he didn't play tonight to get a
little bit more rest before obviously a big back to back against some big teams.
We'll see what happens. So I hope he will be ready to go.
And of course they went both they needed to have to at least get
the split right, my friend, Yeah, at least be one of these
fifteen one of these days, so it would be nine, all right,
Sean. I appreciate the phone call Morris in Long Beach here on Clippers stop
without a Mauslin Morris. I know you got some positivity. Yeah, I
wanted to go. I was at the game tonight. I wanted to run
you down, but it had some real good I was very stationary. You
could have run me down anyway. But I'm gonna tell you, nice to
see that bones Tiland, like the first caller said, nice to see him
get on the floor now. And he's very fortunate. They came from Denver
and he's had to wait awhile, but you know, coffee had to wait
two years before he got on the floor, you know. And so I
think the Clippers are very fortunate to have a guy like mister bone Tyland on
their team. He's gonna do well. I was the press. He got
him in seven assists. That is impressive with minimal turnovers. But you know,
tonight, after what they went through with the Lakers the other night,
Adam, I don't think anybody gonna beat you guys tonight. They had a
real nasty taste in their mouth, and whoever their face was gonna lose tonight,
so bet to see them get to win and I'll see the next time.
Okay, all right, Morris, I'll try appreciate the phone calls.
VTB would say they were playing like their hair was on fire. Carl,
I just realized you had your headset back on. Do you want to say
anything about Morris's call there? Appreciate it Straighten out Sean and Inglewood for me,
since I gotta do it most arms now. No. I appreciate positivity,
good, good looks from Bones. I don't think that was a great
opening act, and you got the misses out of the way. No one's
gonna come on the floor after not playing a month and shoot five for five,
so I can't really expect him to do it offensively in terms of scoring
the ball, but passing the ball that was impressive from Bones Higland, so
I'm excited. I am excited. You want to talk about a new wrinkle,
and look, Minnesota's gonna have little to no tape on Bones Tiland.
That's another thing that's coming in. He'll probably play twenty five minutes and Timberwolves
will be feeling them out just as much as the rest the Clippers teammates.
Who are playing with them for the first time in the month. So it
will be definitely an interesting game and I'm excited for Bones to shine. Ryan
and Burbank, You're on Clippers Stop with Adam Oslin and your radio voice of
the Clippers and Carlo Amenez. Ryan, what's up, Adam? This was
this was a much needed win to get that horrid, this terrible pace at
a Clippers fan's mouth after Wednesday, which was for me, one of the
two worst losses of the year, along with that loss of Denver and the
B Squad Nuggets. I actually thought it was worse than that loss. So
but I agree with you, those are the two worst. Yeah. And
here's the thing is that, I obviously, shooting the ball makes a huge
difference for for just defense in general, right because it doesn't matter about rebounding
at that point. You're you're making shots and you're forcing the other team to
have to make shots, and the Clippers play better when that's the case.
So it was it was great to see them shoot the ball. I really
want to put to bed though this notion there's been this chatter among Clipper fans.
I don't know if Paul George is that important. I'm not sure we
should give him an extension. All this stuff. Paul George is fantastic.
He's an absolutely still stellar, awesome player. He showed it tonight. He
didn't look like he was injured at all at him and I talked to you
on Wesley and I said they should have sat Paul George. He looked like
he was hurt. But tonight he looks really good and he played really well.
And the Clippers are just a different team. When he's actually shooting the
ball well and he's engaged. They they're a top end talent team. When
they have their top end talent available, they're capable of beating anyone. And
I just hope that this team just stays healthy. I want do there this
for the road trip. I really hope he's good and I want to see
what this team can do fully healthy, locked in. I know Rustbrook has
now hurt, which sucks, but the top the starting five, I want
to see the starting five locked in and ready to go for this road trip
because they owe Minnesota one after they came and they beat him up. I
agree, Ron appreciate the phone call. It was like, but it was
to the point in some ways too well formulated. I appreciate Ryan one of
our best callers here. Carlo listen, if I was greeting essays, that's
an A doubt about it, that's an A say anything better than ay A
plus. Uh, all right, we'll take a quick time out. We'll
come back. Chuck Mockler is going to join us. Clippers win one forty
one fifteen here at home over the Washington Wizards. We got Carlo Jimenez in
the house. We're working through it right now with the unfortunate news that Russell
Westbrook cracktured his left hand. Happened in the first half if you want to
see the play at tomer Azarli and kind of looked down on it after going
for a steal. It didn't look like much. We didn't think much of
it at the time, but obviously it turned out to be a little bit
more concerning. Bones Highland has his opportunity. This Clippers team, they're deep,
something we've talked about all the time. This will test their depth Sunday
in Minnesota. Pretty big test. We're on that coming up next right here
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well, a big victory. They win one forty to one fifteen over the
Wizards here at Crypto dot Com Arena. And it really wasn't even that close.
The starters were out midway through the fourth quarter. Welcome back in.
This is Clippers Talk. I'm outa maslin. We got your radio voice of
the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez here tonight. It's a special addition, a Clippers
Talk. But it is not like one of those Star Wars special editions.
Didn't like those you heard the music there. I thought Rogue one wasn't bad,
But Rogue one's fantastic. Okay, I'm talking about those special edition episode
four, five, and six. Oh okay, they're bad. I actually
own what's called Okay, maybe I don't own it. I heard of something
called the despecialized additions. I haven't heard of this. Look it up on
lote. It's pretty interesting. Okay, you might have to go to the
dark night. All right. We got Chuck Mackler on with us from Clips
and Dip. After tonight with the news coming out that Russell Westbrook fractured his
left hand, Chuck, what was your initial reaction to the unfortunate news with
Russ. I think you know, everyone's was probably pretty similar, as you
just feel bad for Russ, right, this is the best team he's been
on May I don't know, maybe maybe ever close to close to ever,
you know, probably his best shot at winning a RAG lately for sure.
So you just feel gutted for Russ, especially on you know, such a
special night for him, and and things like that. And then my thought
immediately went to, well, obviously this is no a chance for Bones Highland,
but now we have a this is a big rotational hole to fill furthest
the of the year, right, Like I think everyone's seen the figure,
like six weeks or something like that is the usual timeline somewhere for people coming
back from a hand tracks er. So bum for Russ. And you know,
thankfully Bones is young, so his legs will be fresh because we're gonna
need him starting Sunday. We've got kind of a roundtable conversation here. Carlo
Jimenez, your radio voice of the Clippers, is with us. We got
Chuck Mockler on the phone. Nobody pressed the panic button or anything like that,
or just bring it together a little bit of the Clippers' brain trust,
if you will, to try to work through what they're gonna have to figure
out now without Russell Westbrook. But Carlo we talked about it a little bit
earlier. Bones is somebody that can at nite and be a spark for this
team. We've seen it before and you're gonna need it because, as Chuck
knows, it's March. We're here. We're here. It's no more talking
about it. We are in March. It is March first, and there's
going to be tired legs. There's two three games in four days coming up.
Both include Milwaukee and Minnesota. So it begins now for the Clippers.
Who is going to be that energizer, Who is going to fill that role
for Russell Westbrook? Bones Hyland with his offense, seems like a perfect fit
for this Clippers group. Charles, what did you think of the performance from
PG. Thirteen. It just felt like, Oh, he didn't miss any
time. He just hit the ground running. Yeah, he hit the ground
running, not as you know I from three it was a little rough.
He did only get six attempts up, which which isn't what he's usually gonna
take. But no, he looked fry, he was moving really well.
He got six boards too, which I think is also kind of a really
encouraging thing for the Clippers. Rebounding has been kind of rough recently, so
PG being back feeling good enough about his body to you know, go in
there and get the boards was good to see. But we're gonna need the
scoring, you know, come Sunday and Monday. But encouraging signs from Paul
George and we're encouraging signs from Terrence Man too, which was awesome to see.
Terrence Man is four straight game Carlow where he just looked like a different
player offensively. We know all the intangibles and everything he brings and being that
connector out there with the starting unit. But I believe he's been in double
figures his last four games. Coming into this one. He was averaging almost
eighteen his last three games. Another efficient game for Man. Yeah, six
or seven from the field, twelve points. Clippers continue to improve now at
fifteen to two. When he scores in double figures. You want to talk
about guys who when they have good nights, usually things work out for the
Clippers. Terrence Man is one of those guys, and I thought it was
interesting at him when I asked ty Lou Pregame about, you know, what
has he done to turn in the corner? He said, he's rebounding,
and he's running, he's grat he's being aggressive on the glass defensively, and
he's getting out in transition. And we saw him with the transition dunk today,
I mean climbing that imaginary ladder and rocking the rim. So I think,
you know, Terrence Man can continue to play like this, What a
spark that would be for the Clippers, considering for the majority at the start
of the season he was for the most part struggling to find a rhythm offensively.
If he could be a ten plus point a night guy the rest of
the year, look out if you're a defending team trying to match up with
the Clippers. That put back dunk he had off the Kawhi miss, I
believe in the third quarter was special. He just has more pop And there's
been some murmurs that and Chuck, I think maybe you've heard this too,
but he's still that ankle injury was more severe than people realize. You know,
he's getting back to that athleticism that we've come to know from Terrence Mann.
Yeah, that was nagging on him a lot longer than I mean,
I think any of us kind of expected right when it happened in real time.
I remember everyone kind of being a little concerned that he was kind of
right back into it. But yeah, he's looking fully healthy. His cuts
have been great. He's been making the right read kind of on both sides
of the ball. James Harden also his I don't know if explosiveness is the
right word you would use for James Hart right now at the stage of his
career, but he is getting downhill a lot easier. And you know,
tonight not against the most you know, stallwart of defenses, but Harden being
able to get into the paint really helps the Clippers offense, even when the
pick and roll or with the pick and roll especially. Yeah, that second
quarter was special. He had twenty one points, but a little bit more
burst from him. I felt like this was one of the better games from
Daniel Tyson, Mason Plumley. With out of Itza Zubats, they were more
physical out there. I felt like big Plump gave him some really good minutes
in that third quarter. What did you see from Big Plump tonight, Carlo,
Yeah, I mean I thought he was able to clean up the offensive
glass really well. I thought he played within himself for the most part.
Ten rebounds tonight and he finishes with a double double. That's huge for the
Clippers off the bench, and I thought he did a great job in the
paint. It's something the Clippers give them credit, averaging sixty points in the
paint their last two games, and that was a huge piece a part of
that twenty six games and six five losses stretches. They were dominant in the
Payton night in and nine out. So to do that with out of eats
zubats big positive for the Clippers. Charles, how do you feel about the
backups? The backup bakes tonight, just filling in and doing what they could
for Big Zoo. They were awesome. Daniel Tye starting games. He's been
really efficient and he's kind of surprising. Daniel Tys kind of surprises the opponent.
I feel like when he's efficient, and I don't mean that disrespectfully towards
Daniel Tys, but you look up and It's kind of like when Jamichael Green
used to come in for some random spot starts for the Clippers and he'd be
like six of seven or something like that, where you're like, wow,
like this this was a great way to kind of start things off, you
know, because that is the shakiest part right when when Zoo's got in there.
Plumbly, I love what Carlos said about playing within himself. I think
he only tried to run the break once today, which is a big plus.
Sometimes he gets a little point plumb happy out there. But now,
hats off to them. We talked about them need to be better on the
pod than they are. And hopefully Big Zoo can go on Sundays and battling
that fever this whole week. So hope he travels with the team and hope
he's hydrated and field one hundred. Obviously against Minnesota, it would be huge
to have a Beata Zoo bots back. Last time he was still in a
minute restriction against the Timberwolves, and there's twenty one point loss here at home.
But plumbly, a little baby hook in the fourth quarter, I thought
some good defensive possessions. Daniel Tice had a huge dunk in the third,
also had a three pointer in this one, and he's been showing that ability.
He hasn't taken a lot, but he has been efficient so far from
the outside. Carlo and I think it's just the threat of that that opens
things up for the Clippers because now when Daniel Tye sets a screen, opposing
defenders aka Rudy Gobert can't be in a deep drop, right, you can't
be five feet into the paint because if you pick and pop with Daniel Tice,
now Gobert has tom out from the top of the arc itt something Tyler
talked about pregame about Anthony Davis. So the Clippers found a lot of success
against ad because Tys pulls him out of the paint, forces him to play
away from the rim, and the Clippers can get a lot more buckets underneath
the iron. So uh in that ability, his ability to hit threes with
consistency just gives you so much more flexibility in the offensive end, and we've
seen it the last two games. Lastly, here Chuck looked like Kawhi Leonard
just had a little bit of a mean streak in him tonight with some of
those dunks he had the way he yammed on Kyle Kuzma to end the first
half after Kuzma caught Daniel Tye at the rim. That was nasty. I
believe he had four dunks in this one, and there was just a little
bit more pop out there. I don't know if he was upset personally about
what happened against the Lakers on Wednesday night, but this was more of that
a man possessed Kawhi Leonard. Yeah, well, I can't imagine he felt
good about what happened on Wednesday night, so this is fair. Probably came
in with a bit of a chip on his shoulder and really wanting to get
into the road trip on the right foot, right, because it's not just
the back to back. They also play the Rockets for you know that three
and four in Houston, So Kawhi and Harden not having to play the fourth
just because of how well they were playing in the first three quarters is awesome.
And yeah, I hope Kawhi is a man possessed because when that happens
that he usually needs the Clippers in multiple games in a row. I guess
I was alluding to some of that chatter that people were talking about. Oh
Lebron, James got the best of him. It's like, guys, how
many games straight did they win against Lebron? And how many times did Kawhi
Leonard get the vessel Lebron? How quickly we forget, We'll never forget.
Cheuf Malkler No the best, Chuck. Are you sleeping okay? Because March
is here? Are you? I feel like you're talking about the nightmare and
now it's a arrive. It's not a nightmare if you don't sleep, Carlo,
that's something you'll learn making old macho man Randy Savage line, I'm living
in a nightmare. Thanks for coming on post game tonight, my friend.
We'll talk to you on the YouTube tomorrow. Yep, thanks for having me.
Let's go clips. I know we do have some postgame audio. Our
producer Katie Newton has it. It's regarding Russell Westbrook and the fractured left hand,
and we want to hear from coach Lou on the situation and the development
midway through the ball game. Russell Westbrook didn't play in the second half.
Unfortunately, it's being called a fractured left hand. Let's hear from coach Lou
postgame on the situation, any sort of update on Russell or did you see
what happened to him? Yeah, just feel just feel bad for us,
you know, right now, and just you know, you never want to
see a player. I get heard Pool drove around. He tried to deflect
it from the back. I think he hit his elbow with his hands.
So we don't know what timetable. I don't know if he needs surgery or
anything yet, but he's out right now, so I'm just trying to figure
it out. Any you watch the play, it just looked so innocuous,
It looked harmless at the time, but obviously Russ was shaking that hand and
unfortunately it's bad news. And we all feel bad for Russell Westbrook. With
his commitment to playing every single game so far this season for the team Carlow,
he has just been a common denominator and a thread throughout this entire season.
And that's why I think it's gonna be interesting to see how Tyler adjusts.
I mean, think about that first game Norm missed at him. It
was like the lineups just went out the window and into the wind and then
out the country the doorside. I mean, we saw lineups where we were
like where, how, what, and so it'll be interesting to see what
the lineups look like with Russ not in because, similar to Norm Palely,
he has just been so consistent. You hadn't really I've seen him not being
a ballgame. Do you just plug Bones Highland and have him play his minutes?
Says Tyler, want to try something different. I don't know, but
I'm really intrigued to see what that experimentation looks like, how much he's willing
to experiment something to keep an eye on, for sure. The one concern
I would have is, and I think this was one of the big reasons
why Bones was completely out of the rotation, is because if you have him
and Norman Powell out there on the court defensively, your point of attack defense
will suffer some just because they're two guys that are undersize. It's not like
they don't compete out there. We saw I think there was a lot of
talk last season coming in from Denver fan saying, well, Bones Highland doesn't
give you that effort defensively in a Clippers jersey. I've seen it, and
I saw it again tonight. But those two guys, it's difficult. We'll
see how they stagger them. Maybe how they can get them both play,
but at some point there's not much you can do. You just might have
to play both of them. Yeah, yeah, I agree, And I
think the Clippers, you know, let's be honest, they in minutes soda
last time. They found a ton of success going with a super small lineup
that maybe didn't have the same punched defensively but offensively gave teams headaches. So
when you go to that small ball against the Timberwolves, is Bones Highland now
a part of your closing group. That that's gonna be something we'll definitely watch
out for a lot of newness, a lot of new stuff to talk about
because one of your rotation pieces is not in there, and there's gonna be
a lot of dialogue around it. There's gonna be I think an adjustment period.
That's the biggest thing. It's not gonna be Highland playing Ress's minutes.
I wouldn't imagine it would be. And that's that's what we're gonna do.
We're just gonna trade one guy for another. I gotta imagine there will be
an adjustment to how that looks. So I'm I'm very very interested at I'm
intrigued. I am looking forward to it. What's gonna happen at that five
minute mark in Minnesota. It's a brave new world for the Skipper team.
Right now, before we close out with big brother Jake Warner here, let's
get to marvenon downtown Los Angeles. Marvin, you're on Clippers side with that
of Alsam and your radio voice and the Clippers in Carlo Amennez, Hey,
Adam. This was a great rebound game for the Clippers to get back to
their winning games and ways. And also which Russell Westbrook is peedy recovery,
but a great opportunity for both Highlands to chip in and to boost the second
unit even the first one unit as well when he has the opportunity. And
also last but not least, I was I say this because I was at
the game the other night. I mean, go for the go for the
touchdown, not the field goal. You got three point shooters, you got
Kawhi, you got a hard uh yeah, you are hardened. And Powell
not to mention down the line thirteen and also coffee. I mean, I
understand that if you're down by one point, but if you're down by two
and it's the Lakers go. Thank you appreciate the phone call. We talked
about it during the broadcast. Carlo, I thought that would be the way
they would go, considering they just looked like they were out of gas.
And you can't go to overtime once again against the Lakers after a comeback like
that. Yeah, No, I mean, I think you're right. Kawhi
Leonard got the shot he wanted, and I don't I understand why you go
for three. But at the end of the day, you got Kawhi the
ball. Yeah, And I'll take that ten times out of ten. So
it wasn't a bad look. No, No, In fact, you've seen
him hit harder looks in bigger moments. Just asked Philadelphia, So not worried
about that shot, Jeffrey and East Hollywood. You're on Clipper stop without a
Mausly and Carlo Amenez. Jeffrey, what's up? Hey, Adam? We
spoke about a month ago after the t Wolves. While you know, I
was the one that brought up the Blake Griffins thing. Franted, you know,
probably another bad idea, but you know it's funny to talk about the
whole PJ. Tuckers thing. Man. Ever since the Lakers. It's just
really been like, I just don't see his fit. I really don't.
I don't want to see him dismiss another minute on the court. You know,
I think today, all in all, was a great team win,
and if we can give those minutes to Bones, I would rather give it
to that. You know, we'll figure out the whole big man thing.
I think probably eventually going to get it back together. Today show pretty decent
flashes and yeah, you know, I think we're going to be in good
shape. I feel like we're headed at the right track. I just really
don't think PJ is the answer at all for the four, the five,
thatever you want to put him in, I just don't see it. I'll
say this, Jeffrey, I don't think he's been put in the best position
so far. Now he's gotten minutes, but I think the only way he
can really be successful right now is if they're playing a four out with PJ
at the five, you got four shooters next to him. It's not easy.
If you're out there next to Uss Mayson Plumbley in that lineup, you
have three non shooters. Now he also has to shoot the basketball. Carlo,
we saw him turn down that three pointer in the fourth quarter where he
had a wide open look and just didn't take it, and that has to
be his shot because he has to be a threat. Yeah, And I
think what's another wrinkle of this Westbrook injury is I think it creaks the door
a little open for PJ. Tucker because you can play more floor spacers with
Bones Highland, so then he's got more of a chance With PJ. I
think it just comes down to him. It almost seems like he's got to
remember what it's like to shoot the ball in a game because he hasn't done
it in quite some time. I mean this is nine games where he has
not scored the basketball and attempted three shots. I think if you're Tylu,
you just tell him, hey, be aggressive. We know he can be
a contributor on this team. He's been a contributor in the past. He
started the first three games this season with the Philadelphia seventy six ers, who
playoff aspirations, so he can make an impact. It's just he's got to
also, similar to Hyland, get his sea legs under him. Yeah.
I think it's circumstantial. He's just got to be in the right position.
I understand why they were playing him and getting other guys run and rhythm and
touches and all that. I just feel like his best spot is probably gonna
have to be at the five at this point, next to some shooters.
And like you mentioned, I got another shooter out there with Bones Highland.
Now, before we get out of here, let's hear from Big Brother Jake
Warner the Fake Philosopher Maybe Brother Jake Podcast from the podcast one Network. Big
Bro, we need some positivity with what we heard about Russell Westbrook in that
left hand. All right, well, I got it for you. Maybe
we'll see if you stay too long in a bad situation, you'll forget it's
bad and get comfortable while the best years of your life just pass you by.
Is about me and that girl is I mean, but he's just about
my ex wife. Moreld of the story. Don't get comfortable, get out
that comfortable. I like that. You gotta be comfortable being uncomfortable, something
Lebron would say a lot. Yeah, and he does say it. I'm
sorry, who's that? Oh? Okay, never heard of him, never
heard him, never heard of him. Slippers win today. I won forty
one fifteen over the Washington Wizards. They bounced back after falling to the Lakers
on Wednesday night. They'll be in Minnesota Sunday twelve thirty, tip, eleven
thirty pre game. Before we get out of here, I do want to
thank the Clippers organization, Ralph law Lebrian Seeman, Noah Ego, Carlo Jimenez
on the call tonight and with me for a special edition of Clippers Talk.
Thank you Carlo, thanks for having me. Hey Newton our producer back in
the bank, the callers, the listeners, We'll talk to you on Sunday.
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