1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,200 Clippers were down fourteen, they turned things around. They led by twenty, 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:08,160 They win by eleven in Detroit over the Pistons one thirty six to one twenty 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:12,519 five. I Madam Oslin, welcome back into Clippers talk. Coming up, 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,640 you'll hear from the head coach. But first joining us is Will Updyke from 5 00:00:16,679 --> 00:00:22,199 clips In Dip after another Clippers victory, because he only comes on after wins, 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:28,480 after Big W's Will did you want more style points? Take it well? 7 00:00:28,519 --> 00:00:31,079 Did you want more style points from the Clippers in this game? Or 8 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:34,600 did you see what you needed to see that they had that ability to once 9 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:38,079 again, just like against the Wizards, figure it out, pour it on 10 00:00:38,399 --> 00:00:42,719 and play well enough when their best was required. Yeah. I mean, 11 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:47,240 look, it looks very much like the last game towards the end of a 12 00:00:47,359 --> 00:00:51,280 road trip. Seems like legs were a little tired. I mean, how 13 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,359 slow is this thing to start? Like twenty to six run in favor of 14 00:00:54,439 --> 00:00:58,679 the Pistons. It looked like the end of the road, Like you know, 15 00:00:58,719 --> 00:01:00,719 they're getting towards the end of a road trips. But I think in 16 00:01:00,719 --> 00:01:04,480 that second half you see them break off those runs, you know, a 17 00:01:04,519 --> 00:01:08,760 little twelve nothing run that's followed up by another nine nothing run a little bit 18 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:14,400 later after it was broken. Like, I think that this team still looks 19 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:19,280 dominant in these stretches, and I think that that's sort of the most important 20 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,439 thing, right, Like they're not gonna blow the doors off every team. 21 00:01:22,519 --> 00:01:26,120 The Pistons were at home, they fought, They fought incredibly hard in that 22 00:01:26,159 --> 00:01:30,840 one. But yeah, I think I think it's more of the same, 23 00:01:30,879 --> 00:01:36,040 Like it just very much feels like not any game is being taken lightly like 24 00:01:36,079 --> 00:01:40,040 this, this was still we still had Kawhi in the fourth quarter. He 25 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,840 was still trying to win this game until they had a comfortable enough lead, 26 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:47,519 which you know, this is one of the more he's played in the fourth 27 00:01:47,599 --> 00:01:52,640 quarter during this road trip. Yeah, Kawhi learned with two of his thirty 28 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:57,640 three in the fourth. I just posted on x that follow out of May 29 00:01:57,439 --> 00:02:01,920 some of the latest these were Envy odds coming into today. This is just 30 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:07,159 one website, not gonna give him the credit, not gonna sign them because 31 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,159 I may get in trouble for that. But there are seven guys ahead of 32 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:15,599 him, and the odds of Kawhi winning MVP are at plus ten thousand, 33 00:02:15,759 --> 00:02:21,879 meeting if you bet one hundred, you would win ten thousand. So we're 34 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:30,639 talking about Han Solo navigating through the asteroid field here, like just ridiculously far 35 00:02:30,759 --> 00:02:35,639 off odds. And I don't know, I'm I'm still irked about it. 36 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:40,360 Will I just I can't believe a player of his ilk is not getting more 37 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:46,039 love and respect with where the Clippers are right now too. I yeah, 38 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,719 I'm just not getting it. I don't know if it's because the Clippers have 39 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:54,199 hit that point in their window where like this is just this is like expected 40 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,039 now, you know what I mean. I think it was like a bit 41 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,439 of a turnaround or a surprise to some people after the you know, the 42 00:03:00,599 --> 00:03:07,159 terrible start of the James Harden era. But I feel like maybe there's there's 43 00:03:07,199 --> 00:03:09,360 a bit of an old toy, like it's not the shiny new thing syndrome 44 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:15,159 anymore. With the Clippers and the media, it kind of feels like this 45 00:03:15,319 --> 00:03:21,240 is what they were supposed to do. And I still think that that is 46 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:27,120 both overlooking how great just like the level of talent overall across the league is 47 00:03:27,199 --> 00:03:30,680 right now, how competitive this West is, and just how special Kawhi Leonard 48 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:35,159 has been Despite all that, I don't care if it's expected, I don't 49 00:03:35,159 --> 00:03:38,439 care. You know, if this team has consistently you know, if you 50 00:03:38,479 --> 00:03:43,039 want to say, let down some of the larger media with you know this 51 00:03:43,719 --> 00:03:46,800 what this team has made their postseasons. But this is the most serious the 52 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:52,960 two and three era has taken the regular season. And it's not just seriousness, 53 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,759 Like I don't think they were not trying hard or anything before, but 54 00:03:57,319 --> 00:04:01,960 that availability that they've had with that time, I mean, how both they've 55 00:04:02,439 --> 00:04:06,639 how great they've both been. But Kawhi Leonard has just been on another level. 56 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:11,560 And I don't see I mean, like, correct me if I'm wrong. 57 00:04:11,639 --> 00:04:14,759 I'm just not seeing anybody doing it on both ends of the floor at 58 00:04:14,759 --> 00:04:17,879 the same level right now this season. I'm not seeing it. The only 59 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:23,160 guy who I think could make that argument on both ends of the floor would 60 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:27,920 be Honest. But the Bucks are a bottom ten defense and had their coach 61 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,480 fired basically over it. What are we talking about. He's plus eight hundred, 62 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:36,920 Kawhi is plus ten thousand. He's tied with Anthony Edwards. The rest 63 00:04:36,959 --> 00:04:42,079 of the guys with better odds than him are Jalen Brunson, who has a 64 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,800 cheerleader on TNT and Charles Barkley talking about him every night. Great player. 65 00:04:46,319 --> 00:04:51,639 I'm fine with him being in the conversation, but not over Kawhi Jason Tatum. 66 00:04:53,199 --> 00:04:57,000 Okay, Clippers just blew out the Celtics. Now the Celtics have lost 67 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,319 to the Lakers, and he doesn't have the numbers, but he does have 68 00:05:00,319 --> 00:05:02,000 a team with the best record in the league. I'm okay with that. 69 00:05:02,439 --> 00:05:09,240 Giannis, No, I'm sorry, like your coach was fired and you've been 70 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:13,879 a bottom ten defense. Luka Dancis. Are they eighth or ninth? Right 71 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:15,560 now? Will? How far down are the Mavericks and the standings? I 72 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,519 mean, come on, shake gillss Alexander, I'm okay with SGA. You're 73 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:26,079 too far for me to say exactly way up here, Nikola Jokic, I'm 74 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:30,399 fine with I'll give you like three of those guys, but that means Kawhi 75 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:35,160 Leonard should be top five, not eighth. Top five, and it is 76 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:43,439 not five folks exactly. All right, Let's move on to somebody that got 77 00:05:43,759 --> 00:05:48,199 twenty five thousand points in his career now in Russell Westbrook, who I thought 78 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,759 played one of his best games this season off the bench for the Clippers and 79 00:05:51,879 --> 00:05:58,079 was so vital, especially in that turnaround where they Lookedda to start off the 80 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,000 game in Detroit. Then Russ got in there and he did what he did 81 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,199 best, and that's push pace, or did what he does best, push 82 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:09,319 pace, play with tempo speed, and everybody else kind of followed him. 83 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,800 Yeah. Absolutely, And tonight the finishing was there, which is is kind 84 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,360 of the big thing, right It's he still has that I know we were 85 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,839 talking a little bit about this, but he still has that athleticism. Like 86 00:06:18,879 --> 00:06:24,560 the way he still gets up at this point in his career is wild. 87 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:29,160 It's just a matter of if he has the touch around the basket obviously incredibly 88 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,759 efficient tonight, and that like when he has his offense going, it allows 89 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,839 him to be more of a facilitator, like nine isis only two turnovers tonight. 90 00:06:38,439 --> 00:06:42,319 I think those things obviously go hand in hand. But the bench overall 91 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,199 really great performance. Fourteen points from very efficient a mere coffee and fifteen from 92 00:06:47,199 --> 00:06:51,519 Powell, which is you know, I think he's good for twenty on any 93 00:06:51,519 --> 00:06:56,360 given night, but still extremely efficient. When you're getting that sort of bench 94 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:01,680 production, I mean, you would have thought in a vacuum that the Clippers 95 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,120 are walking away with a win pretty handedly in Detroit, but uh, you 96 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:10,839 know, some some struggles from some of the starting lineup tonight. It's a 97 00:07:10,879 --> 00:07:14,800 good point the bench got them pointed back in the right direction for the starting 98 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,079 lineup two outside of Kawhi eventually come around a little bit, with Paul George 99 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:23,560 having ten of his eighteen in that fourth quarter. You mentioned Norman Powell, 100 00:07:23,879 --> 00:07:27,319 the King of the fourth on the season. Now, he is shooting fifty 101 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,439 eight percent from the field in fourth quarters and fifty four percent from three, 102 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:34,839 and he booken the end of the third into the fourth with three pointers that 103 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:40,040 I thought were huge momentum plays. But it's not out of the ordinary with 104 00:07:40,079 --> 00:07:43,959 this guy, Norman Powell. That's what he does. Yeah, I mean, 105 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,959 he's he's that. I don't know, he's the he's can be the 106 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,439 closer. He's the perfect off the bench guy. I love where he's at 107 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:57,240 in the rotation right now. Would have love to see some more. I'm 108 00:07:57,279 --> 00:08:01,800 curious to see some more when James come back in. If we stagger Russ 109 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:07,319 back out and just go a little bit larger, just have Powell and James 110 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:11,279 in the backcourt, just for a little bit of size given some matchups when 111 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:15,879 they're running the bench backcourt. But uh yeah, man, love norm I 112 00:08:15,879 --> 00:08:20,319 love him in every lineup. Incredibly efficient. He was my Wait, who 113 00:08:20,399 --> 00:08:22,560 chose him as player of the game? Did you choose his player of the 114 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:28,639 series over the end of this road trip? That's right, baby, pushing 115 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,519 your agenda here. I love it. Hey, you brought it up. 116 00:08:31,559 --> 00:08:35,480 I haven't even said that yet. Come on, if it's Powell Ganda, 117 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:41,519 I won it well. Lef Tyke as our guest here on Clipperstock for a 118 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:48,159 little cliffs and double dip on M five to seventy la sports. Okay, 119 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,679 so you mentioned the bench, but I thought Mason Plumb he was pretty good 120 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:54,679 in this game too, A former Piston just played there one year, but 121 00:08:54,279 --> 00:08:58,759 he had twelve and nine. I know his play has been up and down. 122 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:03,440 He has. He is someone coming back from a significant knee injury. 123 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:09,120 But he and Daniel Tice, I'm not gonna say they've been spectacular picking up 124 00:09:09,159 --> 00:09:15,000 the slack for Big Zoo, but they have done what's been asked of them 125 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,840 overall. They have played to their abilities and giving you enough beef near the 126 00:09:18,879 --> 00:09:24,320 moat near the rim to help this Clippers team. Yeah, absolutely, And 127 00:09:24,799 --> 00:09:28,279 I think you mentioned up and down play, which is fair. I think 128 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:33,879 that they've performed admirably given the size of the gap of what they were expected 129 00:09:33,919 --> 00:09:37,679 to fill. And we've seen it kind of across the board, right, 130 00:09:37,799 --> 00:09:43,120 I mean, James Harden's rebounding has come in hand some of even his post 131 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:48,559 defense at times. But back to like Tyson and Plumbly both, I am, 132 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,000 look, things get a little bit different if Big Zoo isn't good to 133 00:09:54,039 --> 00:09:58,080 go for the playoffs. But I think for the time being, this is 134 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:03,240 one of the better or deeper sort of rotations at the five, which you 135 00:10:03,279 --> 00:10:07,559 know, given some of your Western Conference matchups, could prove to be pretty 136 00:10:07,639 --> 00:10:13,519 valuable, even you know, even in more limited minutes as Big Zoo returns. 137 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:18,159 But yeah, Mason Plumbley, I mean offensively love him what he you 138 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:22,399 know, he's still a rim deterrent And yeah, I mean for a guy 139 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:26,840 who's coming back from injury and immediately back into the starting lineup, I think 140 00:10:26,879 --> 00:10:31,039 he looked pretty good overall. But I agree there's been inconsistencies from both of 141 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:35,679 them. I think some of them. I think it's still a work in 142 00:10:35,759 --> 00:10:39,080 progress as to where they fit. But I gotta say yeah. Back to 143 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,919 my point, I just think that this is one of the deepest one of 144 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:48,559 Visa Zoobus returns. Gotta be the deepest rotation at the five in the West. 145 00:10:48,799 --> 00:10:52,440 Yeah, and you're gonna need it if you go up against Nikola Jokics 146 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:54,840 and the Denver Nuggets and you likely will have to to get out of the 147 00:10:54,879 --> 00:11:01,159 West. Clippers win in Detroit one over the pit Stints. He is will 148 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:05,440 Updyke from Clips and dip big Will Big victory for the Clippers. Once again, 149 00:11:05,519 --> 00:11:09,240 Thanks for doing this tonight here on Clipperstock. Love it. Love getting 150 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:13,559 a win in the MotorCity. Let's go quit. Coming up next, we'll 151 00:11:13,639 --> 00:11:18,919 preview Sundays a game in Miami. You'll hear from coach Lou and Katie Newton's 152 00:11:18,919 --> 00:11:24,200 casual Corner thinks she already did some prep earlier with some questions she was asking 153 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:28,480 me. I'm Adam Oslin, this is Clippers Stock. You're on five to 154 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:28,320 seventy ELA Sports