WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:06.280 Time for a postgame. Look, it's your LA Clippers. This is Clippers 2 00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:10.000 Locker Room, brought to you by Cedars Sinai, the official health partner of 3 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:15.080 the LA Clippers, and by Patschonga, official travel casino of the LA Clippers. 4 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:19.320 Breaking down today's action with the pre and post game voice. If you're 5 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:23.679 LA Clippers, they're locking in every game, every night. Adam Osland, 6 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:29.800 the Clippers blow out the Wizards in DC one twenty five to one oh nine, 7 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:33.399 and welcome into your postgame and locker room show. I'm Adam Oslin coming 8 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:36.000 up on a M. Five to seventy LA Sports. We'll have Clippers Talk 9 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:39.719 for you at eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy if you want 10 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:43.240 to get on early. But first let's get back out to your radio voice 11 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:47.960 of the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez. What a second half? What focus from 12 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.799 this team to put the Wizards away early in the third Carlo, Yeah, 13 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:56.240 really flexing their muscles and posing their will, stepping on the Wizard's neck, 14 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:58.560 taking away the match. Whatever you want to use, I mean, that's 15 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:02.840 what the Clippers did in this one. They were excellent. A forty to 16 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:07.719 nineteen third quarters at him. They were able to silence that offense of Washington 17 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:11.959 and dominate from start to finish. And it started with Kawhi Leonard. I 18 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:15.680 mean four to five steals, thirty one points, nine rebounds, a block. 19 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:19.519 He was great on both ends, and I think that's why, Adam, 20 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:25.439 when we get towards all NBA, there's no denying that Kawhi Leonard is 21 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:29.359 a top five player in this league because of what he does on defense. 22 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:32.719 Yeah, he's not gonna average thirty a game, but how many guys in 23 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:37.319 the NBA are shooting fifty percent from the field and from three and then are 24 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:40.599 third in the NBA and steals a game. There's only one other guy who's 25 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:45.319 comparable right now. It's Shank Gilders Alexander and he is an All Star starter. 26 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:49.159 So Kawhi Leonard continues to be excellent, set the tone for this team 27 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:52.439 and really lock in the entire way. I know the national media tends to 28 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:55.439 be late with everything. I'm looking at you, Kendrick Perkins, but if 29 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:59.480 you go back to the last three months of last season, Kawhi Leonard shooting 30 00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:02.799 splits at fifty three, forty seven to ninety, you take it into this 31 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:07.439 season. He's had an all time run over the past year now, just 32 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:13.840 unbelievable play from the claw thirty one in thirty minutes tonight, plus five steals, 33 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:16.039 fourteen of twenty five shooting, and got them off to a quick start 34 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:20.199 with twelve points in the first quarter and then twelve more in that third when 35 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:23.360 they made the big push. Carlos Yeah, I mean he was so good 36 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:25.479 at him. He showed a ground pick on the broadcaster Baallety. He's already 37 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:30.240 had more dunks this year than he had all of last year and we still 38 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:32.000 got a whole lot of basketball to play. I mean, this is game 39 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:36.759 forty six for the Clippers. Has a long way left in this season, 40 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:40.800 hopefully deep deep into the summer. If Kawhi Leonard keeps playing like this, 41 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:46.719 the Clippers were fantastic. And how about your player the game James Harden. 42 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:51.520 Four blocks for a six to six point guard? Are you kidding me? 43 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:54.919 He has that size to him. Coach Lewis talked about it recently. One 44 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:59.599 of the reasons he believes they can beat an elite defense is because of James 45 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:02.360 Harden and what he can do matchup wise. He's a really good post defender. 46 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:07.520 Most people overlook that he's always had the quick hands, he's always gotten 47 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:09.759 a lot of steals, but now he's getting blocks two With this Clippers team, 48 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:14.199 the effort has been there. He showed it again to night, twenty 49 00:03:14.199 --> 00:03:17.439 five points in thirty two minutes, five to three pointers made after the Clippers 50 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:21.879 have been struggling from the outside. They shoot forty percent from the field in 51 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:24.039 DC. Yeah, love it, Love that three point percentage, twelve for 52 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:27.319 thirty on the ball game. I think you'd like to see him. It's 53 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:30.680 under what they're average heaving for per game, but it's okay. You didn't 54 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:35.280 really need it today. The Clippers were dominant in the third. And that's 55 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:38.560 what great teams do, Adam. When you think about the great teams of 56 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:42.520 the past recently in the NBA, I mean, they get it done in 57 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:46.520 a single quarter. You impose your will and you're able to rest Kawhi Leonard, 58 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:50.039 really not play James Harden much in the fourth and get out with some 59 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:53.360 fresh legs and a big time win. What a performance by this Clippers team, 60 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:57.680 Exactly what you want. After Cleveland, who if we're gonna check that 61 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:00.560 score really quick is up seven, They're gonna pull a The Calves are on 62 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:05.080 top of Detroit, right the Clippers. A great performance, a great defensive 63 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:09.479 performance in this one. That's what most impressed me tonight. And the Clippers 64 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:13.199 have now won twenty eight of their last thirty six games going back to the 65 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:17.000 starting lineup reconfiguration, twenty three of their last twenty eight since December, and 66 00:04:17.160 --> 00:04:21.480 fourteen of their last seventeen games. And as you mentioned, Clippers will be 67 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:26.759 in Detroit on Friday, same tip time at four. We get to pregame 68 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:30.879 shows starting at three. Carlo, great call, my friends, safe travels. 69 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:32.439 We'll talk to you in Motown on Friday. All right, Adam, 70 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:38.120 I can't wait to keep it rolling. The road trip continue. Clippers three 71 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:42.439 and one to start off this seven game Grammy road trip. Clippers win one 72 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:46.839 twenty five to one on nine in Washington, DC. We got second half 73 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:53.600 highlights next right here on the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network loading Clippers fully loaded 74 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:58.800 with Clippers fans. This is LA Clippers basketball. You're listening to the LA 75 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:04.160 Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers winning d C one twenty five 76 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:10.199 to one oh nine in convincing fashion over the Washington Wizards. Welcome back into 77 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:14.759 your postgame show. I'm Adam Oslin. This is Clippers locker room still to 78 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:17.399 come. We got Clippers talk on five seventy LA Sports eight six six ninety 79 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:21.600 eight seven two five seventy eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy. 80 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:26.399 You can get to meet at follow Adam a on Twitter. But if you 81 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:30.600 bring in that week stuff like Terrence Man is just a placeholder, I'm probably 82 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:34.279 gonna block or mute you. Clippers now with team Man. Over the last 83 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:40.319 fifty one games with him in the starting lineup, they are thirty nine and 84 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:46.839 twelve. Unreal. This Clippers team continues to surge. They'll be in Detroit 85 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:50.720 on Friday. But it was really the dominance in the second half in DC 86 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:56.279 today, just led by six at the half, weren't digging in their heels 87 00:05:56.279 --> 00:06:00.920 defensively enough, and then Kawhi Leonard in that third quarter would put this one 88 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:03.879 away early. James straight away Leonard pump takes the three drives the right alley, 89 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:09.839 pulls up from eighteen off iron rebound offensive board. Leonard. He puts 90 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:14.399 it back up, recycling slippers of the ball. James pushing through the lights 91 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:19.639 past Leonard. The right handed fluid is home. James Horden, Cliffer's conductor 92 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:25.040 finds his way to some string music with the Assistan Kawhi Leonard end of the 93 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:28.360 front court comes hard and surveys the scene. Leonard at the top drifts of 94 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:30.920 the right el both down about a mini ray jumper shakes underneath the rim reverse 95 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:35.199 Lamb twints it off the window and in dribbles for the right hand crossover twice 96 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:44.240 step back mid range. Jane sticks it Kawhi Leonard twenty seven Tonight some wizardry 97 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:48.480 arandc Leonard at the top. He has been de Archer dripples right hand flies 98 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:53.439 to the ram, muscles right handed Lamb. Kawhi Leonard can't be stopped, 99 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:57.079 stops on the dime rid Engle extended on the glides of the ram. Leonard 100 00:06:57.079 --> 00:07:00.759 flinchs it up again his fifth steel in the case. Here comes Westbrook cork 101 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:05.720 screwing fine. Leonard las it up with the left hand and the Clippers are 102 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:13.720 up twenty five behind thirty one from the claw. Kawhi Leonard with twelve more 103 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:16.519 points there. In the third quarter, as the Clippers were pulling away, 104 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:23.000 outscoring the Washington Wizards in those twelve minutes to start off that third quarter forty 105 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:27.560 to nineteen. They headed into the fourth with a one six to seventy nine 106 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:31.560 lead, and they go on to win in decisive fashion, one twenty five 107 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:36.000 to one oh nine in DC over the Wizards. Clippers in Detroit on Friday. 108 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:41.480 More on that plus postgame audio coming up here in your Clippers locker room 109 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:45.639 show. I'm adame Oslind and you're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. 110 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:49.199 The LA Clippers continue their hunt for a LARRYO. B. They still 111 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:53.639 want to get that Lario B. Don't miss a moment all season long. 112 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:59.439 This is the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers win one twenty five to one 113 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:05.439 own nine in our nation's capital. They take down the Washington Wizards. Up 114 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:11.040 next the Pistons in Detroit on Friday. Clippers ended up shooting forty seven percent 115 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:13.680 from the field, twelve of thirty from the outside. I told you on 116 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:18.000 Twitter ID follow out of May they were gonna bounce back from three after having 117 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:22.600 three straight games shooting just twenty eight percent from distance. They go forty percent 118 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:26.920 from three. They also were scoring in the paint once again, fifty six 119 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:30.079 points in the paint. The Wizards did have sixty four their top two in 120 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:33.679 paint scoring. You expect that from them. Just nine of twenty nine from 121 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:39.120 the outside though. They had thirteen turnovers, not a big number, but 122 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:43.360 the Clippers turned that into twenty one points. A lot of that was because 123 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:46.000 they got in a transition. Twenty four fast break points for the Clippers, 124 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:52.519 just twelve for the Wizards. Clippers was seventeen second chance points, sixteen for 125 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:56.159 Washington. They were led by Kyle Kuzma, who had twenty three points in 126 00:08:56.200 --> 00:09:01.639 the first half. He finished with just twenty. Kawhi Lennetts, he had 127 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:05.759 nineteen points in the first half, finished with thirty one in twenty nine minutes, 128 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:09.919 fourteen of twenty five, shooting one of four from the outside, but 129 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:15.120 ended up we thought it was five steals. They only gave him credit for 130 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:20.080 four. In all around masterclass from Kawhi Leonard without Paul George James Harden as 131 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:24.559 well, my player to watch seven of fifteen, five of his seven makes 132 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:28.840 were from three win five of ten from distance, twenty five points, five 133 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:33.879 assists, a couple of turnovers. Off the bench. Norman Powell with fourteen 134 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:39.399 points. I thought he played pretty well overall. Also, if you haven't 135 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:43.360 been watching, he's been getting boreded recently. Seven of them. They gotta 136 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:46.919 do it collectively right now because they don't have Big Zoo Russell Westbrook are much 137 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:50.080 better. Third quarter helped the Clippers open up that lead where they led by 138 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:54.679 as many as twenty nine. Russ finished with nine, seven assists, zero 139 00:09:54.799 --> 00:10:00.720 turnovers. Like that number, how about a mere coffee started off four four, 140 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:05.159 finish five of seven seventeen points, showing up as he typically does, 141 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:09.840 especially in January, but a mere coffee getting the start with no Paul George. 142 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:13.840 Clippers go on to win one twenty five to one oh nine in DC 143 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:18.399 over the Washington Wizards. Up next, they'll be in Detroit Motown on Friday, 144 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:20.879 tip off, same time in four pregame show starting at three outside of 145 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:24.080 Los Angeles. We are leaving you until then, but coming up next here 146 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:28.600 on a M five to seventy LA Sports, we got Clippers talk. This 147 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:35.159 has been LA Clippers basketball really good on multitude of levels. Don't miss a 148 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:39.559 moment all season long on their official home. Join us next time on the 149 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:46.000 LA Clippers Audio Network. Hello Clippers fans, if you're gonna go for it. 150 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:48.279 If that's what you want to do, you do. Welcome the Clippers 151 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:52.879 Talk your first chance to react to all the action of Clippers basketball. Do 152 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:58.159 it to hear every episode. Subscribe to Clippers Talk on iHeartRadio or wherever you 153 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:03.799 podcast differentation on Henmy right now your host on your home for the Clippers, 154 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:09.320 they were in attack mode, Adam Ousley. Well, in the second half, 155 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:13.679 the Clippers made the Wizards disappear. They go on to win one twenty 156 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:18.679 five to one oh nine in DC over the Washington Wizards. I'm Adam Oslo. 157 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:20.679 Welcome into your postgame. So this is Clippers Talk here on a M 158 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:26.320 five to seventy LA sports eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight 159 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:30.759 six six nine eight seven two five seventy What it was staring me in the 160 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:33.519 face? I could have said they were ganned off the gray in the second 161 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:35.240 half. I don't know what you want to say when you go on a 162 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:41.120 sixty nine to forty four run, lead by as many as twenty nine after 163 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:46.879 it was just a six point game at the half. It was impressive the 164 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:50.679 way the Clippers flipped the switch pedal to the medal and it starts with Kawhi 165 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:56.440 Leonard start things off great in the first quarter, had twelve points. Problem 166 00:11:56.600 --> 00:12:03.840 was Clippers only led by two twelve minutes in. Defensively, they weren't present. 167 00:12:03.320 --> 00:12:07.320 They weren't there, making eleven points for Kawhi in that first quarter, 168 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:11.919 Kyle Kuzma had fourteen and it was thirty seven to thirty five Clippers. Heading 169 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:18.519 into the second they would start to build up a lead, and there was 170 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:22.679 something of note after that Cleveland game where the Clippers just weren't good enough closing 171 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:28.200 out quarters. Kawhi Leonard came back in with five minutes about five minutes left 172 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:33.000 in that second quarter and went to work once again. He ended up scoring 173 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:35.919 eight points in the last five minutes of the second and just doing it in 174 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:39.360 a variety of ways. He started off the game with a three pointer, 175 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:45.919 then hit the midi a steal and got it to a Mere Coffee who had 176 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:48.279 seventeen in the ballgame for a layup, getting the start with no PG thirteen. 177 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:52.720 Then a Kawhi jumper out of a timeout as Washington was making a pushback 178 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:56.440 nailed it from the free throw line. He did miss a couple of bunnies 179 00:12:56.440 --> 00:13:00.879 in the second and then tapped it in, then had the fade away over 180 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:05.480 Kyle Kuzma with two point thirty left in the first half. Just nasty MJ 181 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:11.159 ninety six type of stuff. Then a straightaway jumper, Kawhi had a pump 182 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:13.759 fake to get multiple defenders in the air, and then just laid it up. 183 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:16.600 But those eight points in the last five minutes of the second quarter were 184 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:22.519 key because Washington was not going away and the Clippers needed to close out the 185 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:26.679 quarter strong to at least have the lead at the half. They did. 186 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:31.559 It was sixty six to sixty, but you wanted to see this team flex 187 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:35.559 their muscles a little bit and put the Wizards away and get ready for Detroit 188 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:39.559 on Friday. And that's what we saw in that third quarter. I don't 189 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:45.960 believe the Washington Wizards had a point three and a half minutes in to the 190 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:52.600 third. Clamp City showed up, even without Big Zoo, even without Paul 191 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:56.600 George. A mere coffee start things off with a three pointer in the third 192 00:13:56.600 --> 00:14:01.480 put them up by nine. Kawhi Leonard gets a bucket, James Harden a 193 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:05.559 mid range shot, Terrence Man a dunk, and all of a sudden, 194 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:11.600 the Clippers are up by fifteen. The Wizards didn't score till four and a 195 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:15.120 half minutes in, make it three and a half minutes in to that third 196 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:18.399 quarter. Kyle Kuzmo would get the bucket after he had twenty three points in 197 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:22.759 the first half to combat Colis nineteen. Kuzma was great, but the Clippers 198 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:28.639 started things off on that run, got up fifteen before the Wizards made a 199 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:33.240 shot, and outside of Kuzma, they didn't have much else going on in 200 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:37.679 that third quarter, and the Clippers were off and running. They finished the 201 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:45.879 game with over twenty fast break points and it was defense leading to offense. 202 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:52.000 They ended up with twenty four fast break points because whenever Washington was turning it 203 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:56.639 over, the Clippers were taking advantage in their thirteen turnovers. The Clippers had 204 00:14:56.679 --> 00:15:01.639 twenty one points Off those thirteen turnovers by DC by Washington, by the Wizards, 205 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:05.879 the Clippers only turned it over eight times eight times in the ballgame. 206 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:11.159 That's how you build up a lead, win the possession battle. They got 207 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:16.000 up three more shots than the Washington Wizards. The Clippers ended up with eighteen 208 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:22.000 let me see that again, eighteen offensive rebounds. Some of them were guys 209 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:26.440 missing like Kawhi. I mentioned he missed a couple and then tapped it in. 210 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:28.720 Patten the stats a little bit right there, but we'll give it to 211 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:33.000 him. It's Kwhi Leonard, come on. Russell Westbrook had a few that 212 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:37.840 he missed and eventually tapped in. But I just really liked the effort in 213 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:43.200 that third quarter to say enough is enough, It's time to show who we 214 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:50.559 are. That's what championship teams do. That's the championship trait to put a 215 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:54.200 team away that shouldn't have been in the ballgame to begin with. In the 216 00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:58.440 third Kawhi Leonard didn't have to play minutes in the fourth quarter. Great sign 217 00:15:58.559 --> 00:16:02.519 they got tomorrow off too. He finished just under thirty minutes and had thirty 218 00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:07.039 one points on fourteen of twenty five shooting. And in that third quarter, 219 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:12.679 just nasty stuff from Kawhi and some hustle place. First, he had to 220 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:18.000 put back off a miss jumper following his shot to start off a third, 221 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:22.159 then a floater after James Harden went between the legs with a beautiful pass to 222 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:29.720 Kawhi, then just a reverse on a couple of Washington Wizards who were there 223 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:33.960 at the rim. Didn't matter Kawhi was toying with them a jumper to end 224 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:38.799 the third and then before it was over a layup, and that got him 225 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:45.840 to thirty one points and the Clippers never really looked back. After three quarters 226 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:52.000 they led one to six to seventy nine. The backups got run Brandon Boston, 227 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:56.480 and I'm not gonna say this was just inconsequential garbage time from him, 228 00:16:56.519 --> 00:17:03.680 because in that second quarter the Clippers went uber small. They had Brandon Boston 229 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:11.960 in there, next to Norman Powell, next to Terrence Man, next to 230 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:18.839 Russ and James Harden and that crew. In about three minutes they were a 231 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:25.640 plus two. They did well, that's a team in the Washington Wizards you 232 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:30.359 can play small against and have some success. Clippers were leaning offense over defense. 233 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:33.880 It worked. They also were doing a good job defensively during that stretch, 234 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:38.839 shrinking the floor, guys covering for one another. So coach Lou getting 235 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:45.079 in his bag of tricks, tinkering tie. Just seeing Brandon Boston during meaningful 236 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:51.440 basketball in the first half was big, trusting him some. He had a 237 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:53.960 nice lay up early in the second quarter, a big dunk late in the 238 00:17:55.000 --> 00:18:00.480 fourth quarter cocked it back right handed hammer and these were I mean, this 239 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:03.720 is probably the best game he's had this season in twenty seven minutes, a 240 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:07.680 lot of them with the game still in the balance. Brandon Boston Junior had 241 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:14.160 twelve points, five of eleven shooting, even knocked down a three. Had 242 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:17.000 a fancy layup in the second half where I believe he went around his back 243 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:22.559 behind the back for the layup. And he's up with Carlo postgame. The 244 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:26.680 guy puts in work, stay ready so you don't have to get ready. 245 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:30.599 It was his moment. He took advantage of it. So did a Mere 246 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:37.119 Coffee where in twenty one minutes he has seventeen points. I mentioned that big 247 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:41.839 three pointer to start the second half. Those are momentum swings. Those are 248 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:48.160 big plays from him. He had a three to start the game. He 249 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:52.519 was fouled on a three at the end of the shot clock in the first 250 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:59.359 quarter. Washington just doesn't have the discipline whatsoever right now. Young team trying 251 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:03.119 to figure it out. They got issues, obviously, second worst team in 252 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:07.799 the East. But then a Mere Coffee, a layup. He turned down 253 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:11.440 a three in the third after making one, got to the basket, went 254 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:18.599 into attack mode and got to the charity Stripe got another easy layup after one 255 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:22.240 of Kawhi's four steals in the third put the Clippers up eighty one to sixty 256 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:29.359 four. At that point, they were just surging. The floodgates had opened 257 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:34.359 up and Washington had nothing for him. The Clippers more than doubled Washington's points 258 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:38.720 output in that third quarter. The Clippers won the third forty to nineteen. 259 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:45.599 That is what you want to see. That is being dominant, that is 260 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:49.599 stepping on a team's neck, and the Clippers have to do that against these 261 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:55.359 teams. I didn't like the first quarter, giving up thirty five points to 262 00:19:55.400 --> 00:20:00.960 the Washington Wizards far too many. Fourteen of those were Kyle Kuzma. You 263 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:03.559 let him get going. You give a young team life. They can stay 264 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:08.960 in a ball game for a while for a while. But after that six 265 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:14.119 point ly at the half, the Clippers showed the team they can be. 266 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:18.160 And it was Kawhi Leonard leading them defense leading to offense. And I can't 267 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:23.119 say enough about the lift on Kawhi's jumper right now. He's looking better and 268 00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:27.759 better as the season is going along. He already has more dunks. I 269 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:32.160 believe Carlo Amennez brought this up earlier during the broadcast than he had all of 270 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:37.839 last season, and in a three months from January seventh on when he started 271 00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:42.359 to get back to regular minutes. Last year, he was at fifty three 272 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:49.720 forty seven ninety splits. Well, here's what Kawhi Leonard has done now this 273 00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:55.880 season, in the last twenty six games, he's getting twenty six points per 274 00:20:55.920 --> 00:21:02.799 game on fifty seven percent shooting from the field, shooting from the outside while 275 00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:06.960 giving you elite defense. How is this guy not in the MVP conversation? 276 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:11.720 How is the national media sleeping on this team and Kawhi Leonard still? I 277 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:15.160 know some of them have put them at the top of the power rankings. 278 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:18.240 It took them far too long, but you know they're a little slow on 279 00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:23.240 the uptake. The Evil four Letter got it wrong about five different times when 280 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:26.759 they brought in James Harden, Kendrick Perkins saying, oh, pray for coach 281 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:30.920 Lou in this situation, Steven A. Smith saying, oh, they or 282 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:38.640 coach Lou needs to get out of Los Angeles. Yeah, it's laughable to 283 00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:41.680 look back at some of the cold takes with this Clippers team. When they 284 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:47.920 brought in James Harden. I know a guy who said he was the perfect 285 00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:53.000 fit and would unlock the best version of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. Not 286 00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:56.559 to pat myself on the back too much, but I set it back in 287 00:21:56.640 --> 00:22:02.319 July. I don't know what people were watching the last two years with James 288 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:07.799 Harden, because he had already adjusted his game in Brooklyn, playing next to 289 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:11.680 Katie and Kyrie. I made the comp saying it worked next to those two 290 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:14.640 guys when they were healthy, when they were whole, they were dominant. 291 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:19.960 It took this is telling with how lucky unfortunate you have to be to win 292 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:26.640 a championship. It took Kevin Durant having a shoe and a shoe size too 293 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:30.880 big that was on the line in that game seven against the Milwaukee Bucks for 294 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:34.880 that only to be a two pointer for the Bucks to eventually go on and 295 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:40.559 win that championship. With Kyrie out, with James Harden hobbled, they still 296 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:44.720 took him to seven. That team was dominant and James Harden was a focal 297 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:48.640 point. He was the playmaker. He was making life easier for everyone else. 298 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:53.119 How people slept on that and didn't think it would work next to Kawhi 299 00:22:53.119 --> 00:23:00.119 and Paul George when you already had the archetype the blueprint with what happened with 300 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:03.960 the nets, You guys just don't know Wall I guess I don't know. 301 00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:11.000 He slept on it. Casuals weren't paying attention. He's been the perfect fit 302 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:14.240 for this team. He was more player to watch seven of fifteen from the 303 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:17.759 field, five to three pointers when the Clippers were struggling, as was he 304 00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:21.400 two for his last eleven from three. The last two games, he goes 305 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:25.920 five of ten from three in this one, gets the twenty five points, 306 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:29.759 did a lot of damage in that third quarter as well. I want to 307 00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:33.480 say he had eleven of his twenty five points there. He was still in 308 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:37.359 the game though on the fourth still hitting deep threes, six of six from 309 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:44.559 the charity stripe nine boards. I think he wanted his tenth. Mason plumbly 310 00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:47.640 led them with eleven. He also had five offensive rebounds, and I thought, 311 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:49.359 after a bad first half, was really good in the third quarter. 312 00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:53.680 He wasn't getting a ton of run, wasn't getting a lot of looks, 313 00:23:55.720 --> 00:24:00.279 but he did have a dunk early in the third quarter, and he's saved 314 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:04.759 multiple possessions. The Clippers would eventually continue to miss, but he grabbed multiple 315 00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:08.640 offensive rebounds for them in that third quarter. The effort was there. He 316 00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:12.880 was really good. Nineteen minutes, five points, eleven boards, five of 317 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:17.720 them being offensive. You'll take that plus twenty three. He and Kawhi led 318 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:22.839 them in the plus minus category. Clippers win one twenty five to one nine 319 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:29.240 in Washington over the Wizards as they continue to just be a buzz saw and 320 00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:33.000 prove that that game against Cleveland, the team that has been surging themselves, 321 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:36.480 was just a blip. They're not gonna let it bleed into the next game. 322 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:40.799 Even with a first half that wasn't very impressive, they turned it on 323 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:47.000 that third quarter. Let's go out to DC with Bargo, Gove Gov. 324 00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:49.839 He's part of the big government. What is the bargo? What's up? 325 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:52.039 You're on Clippers top with that of Maslin. Is that how you saying? 326 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:56.240 I hope I got that right? Uh bar? What up? Adam Bargo, 327 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:03.759 Bargo governor, Big Gov. God, Let's go my guy, Adam. 328 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:06.680 Hey, shout out to you man, you're you're damn good at your 329 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:11.079 job. Bro. So shout out to you, dude, man, I'm 330 00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:15.720 actually a diehard Wizards fan since the late nineties, been a huge Kawhi fan 331 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:18.759 the last ten years so, been on the Clippers bandwagon since twenty nineteen. 332 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:22.519 And man, this is a fun one. This was a fun one. 333 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:26.240 The team, the vibes look, great, positivity, a lot of great 334 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:33.279 energy, Kawhi athletically man impressive like you've been talking about. Just a great 335 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:38.400 team effort to bounce back after a rough first quarter. Defensively impressive stuff. 336 00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:42.880 Man impressive stuff, Tylu general of the ship doing his thing. It was. 337 00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:47.559 It was a real pleasure to watch this seam live. Man bark, 338 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:52.000 great bargo. Let me ask you about the Washington Wizards and what do you 339 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:56.400 think they're gonna do with the trade deadline? Is Kuzma gonna be dealt? 340 00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:59.839 He just signed that contract. I know a lot of Clippers fans will love 341 00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:02.440 to have them. I don't know if that's on in the cards. But 342 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:07.160 what do you think the Wizards do from here? Yeah? From the Wizards 343 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:11.839 standpoint, the question is when is sell high on Kuzma? You know, 344 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:15.960 when is that time? I think perhaps it's now the deadline, if you 345 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:18.279 know, you know he can get two first rounders. It seems like a 346 00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:22.279 lot, But I don't know, maybe you can leverage some team that's desperate 347 00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:26.960 or whatever things he can put him over the top. Generally for the Wizards, 348 00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:32.200 the goal for me is just developed Bilal and Denny. You know, 349 00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:36.559 they're the two long term guys. Everyone else really is just you know, 350 00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:41.720 trade fodder. Just want to kind of inflate their value and eventually dump them 351 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:44.599 for assets. So yeah, I don't know, Man, hopefully if it's 352 00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:48.599 Tias Jones or Kuzma, Gafford, even maybe even Kissbert. I mean, 353 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:52.000 all these guys should be on the table for, you know, to be 354 00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:56.359 moved for assets. But what did you think of Koula Bali Man? I 355 00:26:56.400 --> 00:27:00.200 mean, I'm pretty impressed with him as a raw rookie. He looks good 356 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:03.200 out there, physically, moves well, he defends. What were your impressions 357 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:07.160 of him? I haven't watched a lot. Granted I haven't seen the Washington 358 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:11.440 Wizards a ton this season, but nineteen points in thirty seven minutes knocked down 359 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:14.759 a three point or two. Yeah, he had a good showing. I 360 00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:18.440 agree with the game plan that you have there. That's what when you're in 361 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:22.160 a hard rebuilt situation, you're hoping to drive up the price on a few 362 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:25.279 guys and get a bidding war going for maybe someone like Kyle Kuzma. But 363 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:29.440 it'll be interesting to see Michael Winger. I have all the faith in the 364 00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:32.799 world in your GM, because obviously we saw him in your President of Basketball 365 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:36.440 Operations as you should say now former GM with the Clippers and Michael Winger, 366 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:40.759 So I think you guys will be pointing in the right direction eventually here Bargov, 367 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:45.039 keep the faith. Hey, I agree, man, I appreciate that. 368 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:48.960 Real quick question for you. I was listening to Nikey is duncan Nate 369 00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:53.480 Jones talk about the Clippers pretty in depth and in terms of one of the 370 00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:59.880 criticisms that he has had is he cited a stat how Kawhi in the poll 371 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:04.960 is uh the highest percentage of a double teams in the post out of any 372 00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:08.960 player, which obviously is a testament to his greatness, but he was basically 373 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:15.079 saying that the points per possession out of double teams when he's post up is 374 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:18.759 not very good. He said there's a lot of stagnancy, not a lot 375 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:22.319 of moving when he's in the post. So it sounds like it just wasn't 376 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:27.359 as elite as you would think considering the guys next to him, right, 377 00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:32.079 right? Do you think that's more so about the lack of movement? Do 378 00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:36.960 you think Kauhi's facilitation is not up to part? What would you say about 379 00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:41.160 that? And what would you say about Kauai's ability just as a facilitator overall. 380 00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:42.440 I've had some friends that have been critical, Oh, he doesn't rack 381 00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:47.519 up assists, he doesn't create opportunities for others. I don't agree with that. 382 00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.799 But what would you say, you know, what? How would you 383 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:52.759 answer that? Well? I appreciate the phone call, Bargava call back, 384 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:59.519 Bargov big go from DC. Uh. Yeah, I saw that same clip. 385 00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:03.599 I thought it was interesting. I still think one of the big reasons 386 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:07.640 that they lead the league in three point shooting and they bounced back after three 387 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:10.960 bad games shooting just twenty eight percent from the outside and shot forty percent on 388 00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:15.839 twelve of thirty shooting against the Wizards is because they tend to get you in 389 00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:21.279 rotation when Kawhi is doubled. I haven't seen I only saw a part of 390 00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:25.319 the clip. I haven't seen all the data on that and what the points 391 00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:30.960 per possession are when Kawhi gets doubled. But I also wonder how far they're 392 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:33.200 going back with that. Are they just taking it from December first on when 393 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:37.559 the Clippers have really been in this groove, because obviously they lost six in 394 00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:40.119 a row, five in a row when they first brought in James Harden. 395 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:45.039 That could skew the numbers two. I need a little bit more contexts there, 396 00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:48.440 but I'm not overly concerned with it. I think Kawhi Leonard has always 397 00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:55.519 been an underrated passer. In Game one as a Clipper, he had instant 398 00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:57.559 chemistry and a connection with a Vita Zoo bots and was finding him in the 399 00:29:57.559 --> 00:30:03.200 pick and roll. Oh okay, Kawhi Leonard not just iso score mid range 400 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:08.160 assassin. This is someone who, look, you gotta pass the basketball when 401 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:11.839 you start off with the San Antonio Spurs. You have to play hot potato 402 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:17.559 and find the open man. So he's always played ball the right way. 403 00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:22.200 He doesn't force things, he doesn't take bad shots, and his turnovers have 404 00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:26.480 always been down. So it's never been a major concern for me. But 405 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:32.440 I understand when you project out to the playoffs and teams doubling him, you 406 00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:37.519 always have to make the opponent play pay in those situations. I'm not overly 407 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:40.960 concerned about it. I appreciate the phone call, though, high level stuff 408 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:44.079 there. Well take a quick time out before we do, though, Let's 409 00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:49.079 pause ten seconds for station identification here on AM five seventy LA Sports, this 410 00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:55.559 is LA Clippers Basketball. AM five seventy KLAC Los Angeles, ninety eight seven 411 00:30:55.599 --> 00:31:00.440 KYSR HD two Los Angeles and iHeartRadio station. Come back after this. We'll 412 00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:03.640 get back to your phone calls at eight six, six, nine, eighty 413 00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:07.839 seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy Clippers three 414 00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:12.039 and one on the seven game Grammy road Trip. After bouncing back, they 415 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:18.279 lost to Cleveland by ten. On Monday, they win in DC one twenty 416 00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:21.759 five to one oh nine over the Wizards. More Clippers stock next, I'm 417 00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:25.559 out of Mosland and you're listening to A five to seventy LA Sports. They 418 00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:29.319 want to bring a banner with them to the Into It Dawn. More LA 419 00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:34.799 Clippers basketball on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers were up by six at 420 00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:38.759 the half, then they won the second half sixty nine to forty nine. 421 00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:45.200 I misspoke earlier. Only won the second out by twenty led by as many 422 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:51.680 as twenty nine. At one point they were on a fifty four to thirty 423 00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:56.000 three run. They put the Washington Wizards to bed early in that third quarter. 424 00:31:56.400 --> 00:32:00.519 Clippers eventually go on to win by a final score five to one O 425 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:05.279 nine in DC over the Wizards. Welcome back into Clippers Talk. Coming up. 426 00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:08.079 We got big Will Updeck joined the show from Clips and Dip. But 427 00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:12.759 first back to your phone calls eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy 428 00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:15.680 Morris in Long Beach, Morris here on Clippers Talk without amazin. Hi, 429 00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:30.599 Morris, the climper. They're heading next Troy two, have a knife for 430 00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:40.599 Adam? Is that Hank Wlimes? Thank you Morris, appreciate the phone call. 431 00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:45.400 Yeah, it's that type of night. Morrison, Long Beach, providing 432 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:51.640 the parodies typically after Clippers wins. Let's hear from Coach Lou postgame. After 433 00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:55.839 the Clippers just dominate in that second half as they should. They're now thirty 434 00:32:55.880 --> 00:33:00.759 one and fifteen on the season and a game over five hun on the road 435 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:04.759 at twelve and eleven, three and one to start off this seven game Roady, 436 00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:08.480 here was your leader in Coach Lou postgame speaking with the media out as 437 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:13.920 a small lineup enhance you defense because they did have what thirty five first quarter 438 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:16.400 points, and then you slowed them down significantly and got controlled the game, 439 00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:20.480 being able to switch, you know, making them play one on one, 440 00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:22.480 you know, against our shrinks and our help and not allow them to get 441 00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:25.720 downhill versus drop with our bigs on the floor. And you know, Gafferd's 442 00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:30.519 are dynamic rollers, so you know our bigs are in between and so and 443 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:32.079 their guards getting down here with pace. You know, it makes it tough, 444 00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:36.480 you know to try to stand between you know, your man in the 445 00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:38.680 basket, especially when Gafferd's such a great roller. So just switching it up, 446 00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:42.160 just try to give them a different look, and it was able to 447 00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:46.000 work in that second quarter. Short and sweet there from coach Lou. Yeah, 448 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:51.079 they went small in the first half and it worked started that second quarter. 449 00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:55.039 Made a note I was interested to see how it would go. Terrence 450 00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:59.519 Man, Russ Harden, Boston and Norm and they were a plus two out 451 00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:02.519 there, and they did take control of the game, and they were switching 452 00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:08.920 and very connected defensively. Love seeing that effort. Sometimes when you take a 453 00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:14.079 big off the floor, there's more of a sense of urgency. Guys know 454 00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:16.079 they have to take up the challenge of staying in front of their man because 455 00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:20.880 they don't have that back line help. They don't have that rim protector behind 456 00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:24.920 them. And it showed with the Clippers team. It got them laser focused, 457 00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:30.880 more engaged on defense. Plumbley then came back played well, I thought 458 00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:35.480 in that third quarter when the Clippers made their run again, led by as 459 00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:38.039 many as twenty nine. I can't say enough about Kawhi Leonard though. Right 460 00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:43.519 now, and just the lift he has on his jumper, he looks better 461 00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:49.840 than ever. Thirty two. The guy looks twenty two, beating the heat 462 00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:53.119 in the NBA Finals back in twenty fourteen. That's what he looks like right 463 00:34:53.159 --> 00:35:00.480 now. That explosive second year back off, the ACL back off the niscus 464 00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:05.880 injury from Phoenix in the first round last season, and the fatal ways are 465 00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:10.960 so lethal, and he just keeps refining his shooting stroke. He just gets 466 00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:17.400 more and more efficient, more and more accurate, like zoning in or sighting 467 00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:22.599 a scope. It just gets a little bit finer, a little bit more 468 00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:25.480 detailed, and the attention of detail from this Clippers team was really good in 469 00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:30.199 the second half. Wasn't quite Boston Celtics level, but it was good. 470 00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:35.519 It's where it needed to be against this Washington Wizards team without Paul George, 471 00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:38.239 with out of Vitza Zoobots, You're missing two starters. Big Zoo is so 472 00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:42.599 missed right now. Somebody was getting at me on Twitter. I'd follow out 473 00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:46.480 of May saying, oh see Mason Plumbley and Daniel Tys, they can make 474 00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:50.880 up for the lack of Aviza Zoobots, no one can. You gotta do 475 00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:58.599 it collectively, Clippers did. They out rebounded the Wizards by seven. They 476 00:35:58.679 --> 00:36:00.599 almost hung with them with points in the paint, but the Clippers were playing 477 00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:05.519 more inside outside because they were knocking down three pointers. They need to get 478 00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:08.119 that back in order. They're right at their season average basically in this one. 479 00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:12.599 I think they came into it shooting thirty nine point three percent from three, 480 00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:15.519 best in the league. Well, they went exactly forty percent from the 481 00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:21.239 outside after three straight games, just ice cold from distance after eleven straight games 482 00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:24.239 where they were shooting almost forty seven percent from three. You gotta trust in 483 00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:29.280 the work, have confidence in your shot and the law of averages. Coming 484 00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:34.000 back in your favor. Continue to shoot them, they'll fall. You can't 485 00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:37.159 shy away from it. Just because they had a couple of games where they 486 00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:39.519 were in a rut and they still went two to one in those three straight 487 00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:43.800 games, shooting twenty eight percent from three. They beat Boston going ten to 488 00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:49.400 forty from three. I just like the different phases, dimensions, and elements 489 00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:52.719 of this Clippers team offensively. They can beat you in a variety of ways. 490 00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:58.760 That is a very good sign. Coming up next, will Updyke will 491 00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:04.639 join me here on Clipper as they win again once five to one oh nine 492 00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:09.599 in Washington over the Wizards. Will preview Friday's game in Detroit. They made 493 00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:15.239 it interesting in Cleveland. They only lost that game by seven. It was 494 00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:19.920 I think tied early in the fourth quarter. You can't overlook anyone, Okay, 495 00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:23.400 see just lost to Detroit. Yeah, they're six and forty one, 496 00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:30.599 worst record in the NBA after they lost what thirty plus games. But they're 497 00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:37.000 gonna be a meltown with the little Caesars Arena, pizza, pizza, their 498 00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:42.599 house. Can't let your foot off the gas. Now, gotta get this 499 00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:45.719 victory, get to four and one. That is the goal, because you 500 00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:47.559 got a back to back coming up then on Sunday Monday, to close out 501 00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:51.800 the road trip. I Madame Oslin, this is Clippers stock here on NI 502 00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:57.880 seven E, LA Sports loading Clippers fully loaded with Clippers fans. This is 503 00:37:58.079 --> 00:38:02.400 LA Clippers basketball. You're listening to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio 504 00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:09.039 Network. Clippers win one to one nine a victory in DC over the Washington 505 00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:14.960 Wizards. I'm Adam Oslin. They improved a three to one on this seven 506 00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:19.079 game Grammy road trip. Welcome back into Clippers Talk. Coming up. We'll 507 00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:22.320 get back to your phone calls eight six six ninety seven two five seventy eight 508 00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:24.519 six six ninety seven two five seventy. But first you hear the music. 509 00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:29.519 You know, we got big Will Updike on from Clips and Dip for Little 510 00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:32.840 Clips and double dip here on Clippers Talk. Will. I've been talking a 511 00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:39.679 lot about Kawhi Leonard rightfully. So his elevation right now, elevation on his 512 00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:45.320 jumper is just insane. It's it may be higher than ever. I am 513 00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:50.239 I crazy? Am I am I seeing things? No, No, not 514 00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:53.199 at all. I was watching on the broadcast forty five donks already this season 515 00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:58.960 which surpasses his entire year last year at forty two. But he definitely looked 516 00:38:58.960 --> 00:39:00.920 at on the court. He's talked a little bit about how he feels more 517 00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:04.880 himself. You know, we know that coming back from the surgery, Like 518 00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:07.119 you know, we always want the timeline to just be a season, but 519 00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:10.800 it seems like guys kind of need to play the better part of a full 520 00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:15.320 season and then they're ready the season after that. So it is something you 521 00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:20.239 gotta be kind of patient with. And I think last season two it was 522 00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:22.639 it was a tall order, especially with him not being in the starting lineup. 523 00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:28.480 But now he looks I mean, I mean, he looks indistinguishable from 524 00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:31.360 what Kawhi looked like at his peak. To me, at least, I 525 00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:35.480 think that he looks as strong as ever. So it's definitely good to see 526 00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:40.159 and we can use his physicality, especially with Paul George down for who knows 527 00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:45.079 at least the game. Yeah, Kauhi with four steals in this one plus 528 00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:47.719 nine boards, four assists, those thirty one points on fourteen of twenty five 529 00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:52.039 shooting. Yeah, I still remember people saying, like Steven a he should 530 00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:55.039 retire. Now he looks like the best player in the game. I don't 531 00:39:55.039 --> 00:40:00.519 know what it's going to take for and maybe you know that win against Boston 532 00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:05.760 certainly woke some people up, and how much winning the Clippers have been doing 533 00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:09.880 that helps, But put him in the MVP conversation, it looks like, 534 00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:15.159 I don't know if the news came out with Joel Embiid and that knee injury 535 00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:20.000 from yesterday. I know he got an MRI, but this is someone who 536 00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:22.920 should be right up there with Embiid, with Giannis, with Nikola Jokic, 537 00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:28.920 with SGA because of what he does on both ends. The offensive numbers if 538 00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:30.960 you just look at the traditional stuff, Okay, just points, all right, 539 00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:37.199 he's about twenty five per game, but the efficiency is so absurd right 540 00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:39.880 now, you have to take that stuff into account. It's twenty twenty four. 541 00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:44.440 Look at the advanced analytics. I mean, the Clippers are nine points 542 00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:49.159 worse per one hundred possessions with Kawhi off the floor. Defensively, he's too 543 00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:52.679 damn good and integral to what they're able to do on both ends of the 544 00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:57.199 floor. Yeah, I mean, I agree one hundred percent, and I 545 00:40:57.280 --> 00:41:00.880 definitely don't want to discredit what he has done so far this season. As 546 00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:05.719 far as the MVP race is concerned, is concerned. He's having a ridiculous 547 00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:08.239 season, but it just looks like with that new game's minimum, I think 548 00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:13.360 he can only miss after the night, I think he only has five or 549 00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:19.079 six maybe left that he can miss. So I don't know that that I 550 00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:22.800 think that might rule him out. So then looking ahead, yeah, I 551 00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:28.039 feel like you have Jokic Kawhi, and Kawhi has to be right under him 552 00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:30.960 if they're not neck and neck in the Western Conference. And then I mean 553 00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:36.920 Giannis for sure, with the way the Bucks have looked this year and some 554 00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:40.599 of like defensively, which obviously isn't his fault. That's more of a team 555 00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:45.039 thing and a coaching thing. I don't know if he I could have him 556 00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:50.920 in the same tier necessarily as Kawhi, but I could certainly hear the argument 557 00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:53.960 SBA, I think is really interesting. The thunder are such a great story 558 00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:58.719 and what they've been able to do this season. But yeah, I haven't 559 00:41:58.800 --> 00:42:06.000 heard his name seriously mentioned in any conversation that's veered towards the MVP talk, 560 00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:10.519 and it is pretty shocking to me, especially when you look at his availability, 561 00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:14.000 which has really been the biggest knock on him, right, I feel 562 00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:16.920 like that's the only thing you can discredit to Kawhi. His skill set, 563 00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:22.760 his career so far has been some injuries, like some bad injury luck well, 564 00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:25.480 and we've both been going off about him not being a starter in the 565 00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:30.000 Western Conference for the All Star Game, and I understand this is not something 566 00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:34.119 he cares about. He just wants to Larry o b. But we're gonna 567 00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:37.719 stick a form. We are Clippers fans, obviously. I know my bread 568 00:42:37.800 --> 00:42:43.519 is buttered, and I don't think it's a subjective, biased opinion to say 569 00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:50.440 Kawhi has been as good as anyone this season when you take everything into account, 570 00:42:50.719 --> 00:42:55.000 and it's really difficult to wrap my head around the fact that a top 571 00:42:55.000 --> 00:43:00.599 seventy five player of all time, who's having his best regular season ever and 572 00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:02.719 his team's top four in just a game and a half out of being the 573 00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:07.840 number one seed in the West, isn't getting more recognition. And it makes 574 00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:10.159 me think that, yeah, well, when you're not even a starter in 575 00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:15.639 the Western Conference, you're still that bleeds into being also overlooked for being an 576 00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:21.280 MVP candidate. Yeah, No, I mean I agree one hundred percent, 577 00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:24.639 and I think, look, I have nothing but love for Lebron and and 578 00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:28.840 what he's done for the game and what his career has been. Same for 579 00:43:28.960 --> 00:43:31.920 Kevin Durant, But if those are the forwards that are starting above Kawhi, 580 00:43:32.280 --> 00:43:36.880 I mean, I feel like it's laughable and both you know, both guys 581 00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:40.280 obviously all time greats. Kevin Durant really good season, but like it's not 582 00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:44.599 the same, especially on both ends of the floors what Kawhi is doing. 583 00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:46.760 And I get that, you know, the All Star Game isn't about defense, 584 00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:51.599 that's not what it's about. But I still think that like those talents 585 00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:57.039 and what he's what he's done this season should be acknowledged and praised that I 586 00:43:57.039 --> 00:44:00.239 mean honestly the highest level because you just don't get to see there's not that 587 00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:05.239 many players this special. There's not that many guys like this, and careers 588 00:44:05.239 --> 00:44:08.360 in the NBA don't last forever, and I think like these moments are, 589 00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:12.400 like I said, our thing is that deserve to be celebrated because what he 590 00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:15.679 is doing is truly special. And obviously he'll get in tomorrow as a reserve 591 00:44:15.719 --> 00:44:22.960 when the voting comes out, But I don't think it's nitpicking to go after 592 00:44:22.039 --> 00:44:27.079 the fact that he's not going to be a starter. I understand it's a 593 00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:30.800 popularity contest, but to me, it is the twenty twenty four All Star 594 00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:36.679 Game, not the lifetime Achievement Award All Star Game. It is who's been 595 00:44:36.719 --> 00:44:40.840 the best in the twenty twenty three twenty twenty four NBA season, and that's 596 00:44:40.840 --> 00:44:45.000 how it should be looked at when you look back on it. Historically, 597 00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:47.840 that's supposed to tell you who was at their best that season. So that's 598 00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:51.400 where I'm coming from. We can move on from that, though, Will 599 00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:53.280 I'm just glad I got somebody with me on the grind when it comes to 600 00:44:54.239 --> 00:44:59.559 getting a little bit pedantic about All Star Game voting. How about Brandon Boston 601 00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:02.639 in this game? Will his best game of the season? I think easily 602 00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:07.880 because he actually was in there for meaningful minutes in that second quarter with that 603 00:45:07.920 --> 00:45:12.400 small ball unit that did some nice work. Yeah, this was an interesting 604 00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:15.920 one for me just because of where he sobbed into the rotation over some other 605 00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:20.280 players, which I'll get to in a second, but it's nice to see 606 00:45:20.360 --> 00:45:23.159 him step up into the opportunity. Kind of more of what we know from 607 00:45:23.199 --> 00:45:28.840 Brandon Boston. UNI right, a bit of a chucker, not particularly efficient. 608 00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:32.400 I like the effort, and he is definitely more aware on defense, 609 00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:37.480 but he doesn't bring like a whole lot of facilitating to the table. He's 610 00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:40.920 a He's an interesting piece. Still very much feels like a project for the 611 00:45:40.920 --> 00:45:45.559 Clippers. But I am a fan of his game. I do like especially 612 00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:47.480 when it's going well for him. I do like seeing him play offense. 613 00:45:49.559 --> 00:45:52.199 The thing that I alluded to, though, is it was interesting seeing him 614 00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:58.679 come into the rotation so much earlier than Bone Piland Boston saw minutes in the 615 00:45:59.039 --> 00:46:05.559 in the second and played twenty seven. The Bones is just five minutes and 616 00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:10.400 it you know, it begs the question is that indicative of a potential move 617 00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:14.840 on the horizon for the Clippers. I know there have been some rumors out 618 00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:16.119 there. It could have just been, you know, he's six to seven 619 00:46:16.199 --> 00:46:19.960 bones is what six' three or something like that. They didn't want to 620 00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:23.079 go that small because they didn't have a big on the floor and Norman Terrence 621 00:46:23.159 --> 00:46:27.960 Man and James Harden and Russ were out there. But yeah, I've seen 622 00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:35.039 the same rumors we talked about well there, Yeah, yeah, I was 623 00:46:35.079 --> 00:46:38.639 just saying, has it stopped taylu before. No. Well, this season 624 00:46:38.679 --> 00:46:43.599 though, like he came in, they said they're gonna take it more seriously, 625 00:46:43.960 --> 00:46:46.840 he said multiple times, the numbers aren't good when they go too small, 626 00:46:47.400 --> 00:46:51.679 and for the most part they have not gone small. They have been 627 00:46:51.719 --> 00:46:55.400 playing bigs much more often, and when they did go small today it worked. 628 00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:59.400 Yeah, but it looks like Bones definitely seems to be out of the 629 00:46:59.519 --> 00:47:01.960 rotation. But we knew that when James Harden came in, Bones was get 630 00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:06.199 the guy that was going to take the biggest hit. I mean, I 631 00:47:06.199 --> 00:47:08.800 call him the skeleton key before they had James Harden. But now, yeah, 632 00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:13.199 obviously there's trade rumors, and you don't know what's going to happen with 633 00:47:13.239 --> 00:47:15.719 a guy who's just not getting minutes right now, who you want to see 634 00:47:15.719 --> 00:47:20.039 get minutes for somebody because he's he's good enough to he's good enough to be 635 00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:24.000 a consistent rotation player gaining twenty to twenty five minutes a night. So we'll 636 00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:28.239 see what happens with that, if he's long with the Clippers or not. 637 00:47:29.159 --> 00:47:30.800 Still like the fact that he had that big throwdown near the end of the 638 00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:36.400 fourth quarter, but a mere coffee, I mean minutes are at a premium 639 00:47:36.400 --> 00:47:39.320 because guys like that have stepped up to this degree. Once again without Paul 640 00:47:39.360 --> 00:47:44.880 George, he gets the start he has seventeen and just look for the part 641 00:47:44.880 --> 00:47:49.000 out there. He doesn't make mistakes, he just blends in. He plays 642 00:47:49.039 --> 00:47:52.679 good defense. But he also has just been on a heater. I think 643 00:47:52.239 --> 00:47:57.360 over his last what fifteen games or something, he's shooting like sixty five percent 644 00:47:57.400 --> 00:48:00.800 from the field and over fifty percent from the outside. He knocked down two 645 00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:06.960 more three three pointers today in Washington. Yeah, he's absolutely unreal. I 646 00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:10.800 mean just the efficiency tonight, seventeen points on seven shots is just absurd. 647 00:48:12.840 --> 00:48:15.039 And I look, the thing with Coffee is he's like one of the most 648 00:48:15.079 --> 00:48:21.159 consistent figures with the Clippers organization, right and it's always been a question of, 649 00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:23.320 you know, when's he going to get a real shot. And I 650 00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:30.719 just think that he's surpassed everything that they've asked him to do. His scoring, 651 00:48:30.840 --> 00:48:34.320 especially is at a level that I didn't think that he was this far 652 00:48:34.400 --> 00:48:37.840 developed. And I've been a big Coffee advocate, I'm a big Coffee fan, 653 00:48:37.679 --> 00:48:40.519 but what he's able to do like that, I mean, that's such 654 00:48:40.559 --> 00:48:45.599 a big ask he's filling in for Paul George. He's filling in with you 655 00:48:45.639 --> 00:48:49.760 know, the the one be or you know, the number two on this 656 00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:52.480 roster. And sure, you're playing you're playing the Wizards, but he has 657 00:48:52.519 --> 00:48:55.079 that kind of trust. And not only does he have the trust, but 658 00:48:55.400 --> 00:48:59.559 he can step up in those kind of moments. And I'm I'm just really 659 00:48:59.599 --> 00:49:05.480 excited for him because you know, depending on what he does in the playoffense, 660 00:49:05.599 --> 00:49:07.079 I imagine he will be a part of the rotation. I mean, 661 00:49:07.440 --> 00:49:12.400 he's looking at a potential life changing sum of money when his contract is up 662 00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:16.159 after next year. Yeah, he's on a very team friendly deal right now. 663 00:49:17.000 --> 00:49:22.679 Clippers team win in one twenty five to one O nine in Washington over 664 00:49:22.719 --> 00:49:28.320 the Wizards. They'll be in Detroit on Friday. He is Will Updyke of 665 00:49:28.360 --> 00:49:31.960 course from Clips and Dip. We got a new YouTube coming tomorrow. Will 666 00:49:32.039 --> 00:49:35.840 thanks for the double Dip tonight here on Clippers Talk with me, my friend. 667 00:49:36.840 --> 00:49:39.639 Absolutely always a pleasure. Coming up. Next, your phone calls will 668 00:49:39.639 --> 00:49:46.119 close things out and we'll preview Friday's contest in Detroit against the Pistons. This 669 00:49:46.239 --> 00:49:51.079 is Clippers Talk here on the M five seventy LA sports. The LA Clippers 670 00:49:51.119 --> 00:49:53.360 continue there hunt for a Larry O b. They still want to get that 671 00:49:53.480 --> 00:49:58.559 LARRYO beat. Don't miss a moment all season long. This is the LA 672 00:49:58.639 --> 00:50:04.079 Clippers audio nets. Clippers are victorious in Washington, d C. They win 673 00:50:04.440 --> 00:50:07.920 one twenty five to one oh nine over the Wizards. I meant of Ozzlin, 674 00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:10.880 this is Clippers talk quickly before we get out of here. Mark and 675 00:50:10.960 --> 00:50:15.920 Huyinson Beach, Mark, what's up? Hey, you weren't the only one 676 00:50:15.920 --> 00:50:17.880 that wanted Harden When I found out that he wanted to come to the Clippers, 677 00:50:17.920 --> 00:50:22.760 I think it was July when you said that statement. All I took 678 00:50:22.920 --> 00:50:25.559 a lot of verbal abuse at my sports bar here and hunting in Beach, 679 00:50:25.599 --> 00:50:30.079 And then when we finally got him those first zho to six, there was 680 00:50:30.119 --> 00:50:34.599 even more verbal abuse. Oh see, Mark, you were wrong. So 681 00:50:34.679 --> 00:50:37.559 I was right there with you. I wanted him for the day I heard 682 00:50:37.559 --> 00:50:39.119 he wanted to be a Clipper. Let me ask you this, Mark, 683 00:50:39.199 --> 00:50:44.360 let me ask you this. Are those same guys now saying but what about 684 00:50:44.360 --> 00:50:47.039 the playoffs? Have they shifted their argument? Have they moved the goalpost to 685 00:50:47.280 --> 00:50:52.639 yeah, you're winning, But what about the playoffs? Actually, they're kind 686 00:50:52.639 --> 00:50:54.719 of saying, you know what, you guys might actually go to the finals. 687 00:50:54.880 --> 00:50:58.679 I've actually come around. Well they're fair. Then you got good friends 688 00:51:00.199 --> 00:51:02.239 or guys who had a few drinks and that makes it a little bit easier 689 00:51:02.280 --> 00:51:07.360 to Yeah. Yeah, I got a coaching question for you. Let's make 690 00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:13.400 you coach, lud Do you play George Friday or not? Depends on how 691 00:51:13.400 --> 00:51:16.119 he's feeling. I want to know. This injury goes back to I think 692 00:51:16.199 --> 00:51:20.880 December twelfth, where they took him out in the second half of a ball 693 00:51:20.960 --> 00:51:24.119 game with the left growing injury. Look, they're playing Detroit, they're the 694 00:51:24.119 --> 00:51:30.159 worst team in the league. They have a huge talent disparity in their favor. 695 00:51:30.719 --> 00:51:35.679 I would lean towards not playing him unless there's no chance of reinjuring it 696 00:51:36.760 --> 00:51:39.000 or yeah he's just one percent. I think that's how it has to be 697 00:51:39.079 --> 00:51:43.159 right now. Mark, Yeah, that's how I am too. It's like, 698 00:51:43.239 --> 00:51:45.440 you know, we did pretty good tonight and I don't know how we 699 00:51:45.519 --> 00:51:49.000 match up compared to the Wizards as far as their lineup with Detroit. But 700 00:51:49.559 --> 00:51:52.000 just let him out one more game, you know, save him for the 701 00:51:52.719 --> 00:51:55.280 back to backs. Yeah, we'll see if that's a game plan. I 702 00:51:55.320 --> 00:51:58.880 mean, this is part of the reason you bring in James Harden, So 703 00:51:58.920 --> 00:52:01.599 if one of Kawhi or George are out, you could still get by and 704 00:52:01.639 --> 00:52:07.159 be dangerous really against anyone, let alone Detroit. Jose in Downey, you're 705 00:52:07.199 --> 00:52:10.920 on Clipper stop without a Mazon. Hey, idam nice to call in again. 706 00:52:12.559 --> 00:52:15.039 Man. They've been playing great. Man. That Cavaliers game, I 707 00:52:15.039 --> 00:52:20.280 think it was those stretch bigs really showed us out. But I like to 708 00:52:20.360 --> 00:52:23.400 fight that. They brought it in the second second game. And I hope 709 00:52:23.400 --> 00:52:27.079 Paul George gets back soon. Man. We really need him there. Keep 710 00:52:27.079 --> 00:52:30.719 going with the rotation and keep figuring out their shots and just playing that hard 711 00:52:30.719 --> 00:52:32.599 defense man. All right, Jose, I appreciate the phone call. I 712 00:52:32.679 --> 00:52:36.800 just wanted to be healthy. You don't want to bring him back too soon. 713 00:52:37.280 --> 00:52:40.039 You'd rather lose him for a week than a month, right if you 714 00:52:40.119 --> 00:52:45.159 exacerbate the injury if you're worsen it. So there's definitely a decision to be 715 00:52:45.239 --> 00:52:51.320 made there, but I would not push things. These games are not what's 716 00:52:51.320 --> 00:52:53.079 going to define the Clipper season. It will be in the postseason, and 717 00:52:53.119 --> 00:52:58.480 you need Paul George for that one more call Asan and Anaheim. You're on 718 00:52:58.519 --> 00:53:00.079 Clipper stop without a masle, close things out thirty seconds? A son, 719 00:53:02.280 --> 00:53:08.760 A son, Okay, not closing strong here, Katie Newton in the bank, 720 00:53:09.360 --> 00:53:15.360 our producer extraordinaire. Let's get to Katie Newton's casual NBA corner. You 721 00:53:15.400 --> 00:53:16.760 got a question for me tonight, Katie. Yeah, you know, it 722 00:53:16.800 --> 00:53:22.639 was a pretty big score differential tonight, and you know a little bit, 723 00:53:23.480 --> 00:53:27.880 well it was for a while when I wrote down this question. Anyway, 724 00:53:29.039 --> 00:53:36.840 what's the biggest score discrepancy that there's been like modern? I know the Clippers 725 00:53:36.840 --> 00:53:40.119 beat the Lakers by forty eight one time, but there's been worse than that. 726 00:53:40.159 --> 00:53:45.320 Teams have lost by sixty. Maybe somebody's lost by seventy. I want 727 00:53:45.320 --> 00:53:47.519 to say. I think there was a playoff game once between the Hornets and 728 00:53:47.559 --> 00:53:51.880 the Spurs where the Hornets, with Byron Sky as their head coach, somehow 729 00:53:51.920 --> 00:53:55.599 lost by like sixty points. So yeah, they they can get like that. 730 00:53:55.639 --> 00:54:00.599 The Clippers lost a game by fifty one before like bringing that up, 731 00:54:00.639 --> 00:54:02.519 but you asked the question. It didn't have to be that one, didn't 732 00:54:02.519 --> 00:54:06.000 matter. They still got to the Western Conference Finals. It ended up being 733 00:54:06.039 --> 00:54:09.760 meaningless. So Clippers win big, not that big. They win once, 734 00:54:09.800 --> 00:54:13.840 forty five to one oh nine over the Wizards, led by as many as 735 00:54:13.840 --> 00:54:15.639 twenty nine. Before we get out of here, I do want to thank 736 00:54:15.639 --> 00:54:20.440 the Clippers organization, Ralph Laller, Brian Seaman, Noah Igo, Carlo Jimenez 737 00:54:20.480 --> 00:54:23.960 on the call, big Brother, Jake Warner, our head engineer, Katie 738 00:54:24.000 --> 00:54:28.440 Newton, our head producer here in the bank. Thank you Katie, the 739 00:54:28.519 --> 00:54:34.000 callers, the listeners until Friday with your pregame show starting at three, Clippers 740 00:54:34.000 --> 00:54:36.920 in Detroit taking on the Pistons. I'm at a Moslin. We will talk 741 00:54:36.960 --> 00:54:40.159 to you then. Ma Whi was doing his thing. All they want to 742 00:54:40.199 --> 00:54:44.280 do is win in La. I win. I thought they gave everything they 743 00:54:44.320 --> 00:54:49.079 had. I'm very proud of This has been Clippers Talk, the official postgame 744 00:54:49.159 --> 00:54:52.840 reaction of the LA Clippers. God bless Paul George. Are you not? 745 00:54:52.119 --> 00:54:57.119 It did changed? Don't miss an episode all season law Go to wherever you 746 00:54:57.280 --> 00:55:00.199 podcast and subscribe today. Well up the show. I got your on the 747 00:55:00.239 --> 00:55:04.119 iHeartRadio. You guys are great. Thank you for joining us for another exciting 748 00:55:04.199 --> 00:55:06.719 broadcast of LA Clippers basketball.