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The game is over. Paul George
money in the pain, but the postgame

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reaction has just be gone. Cohi
Leonard is so smooth in the mid range.

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This is Clippers locker Room, a
recap of today's game and a look

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ahead on your home for LA Clippers
playoff basketball. Now your host, You,

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sir, are a bad man.
Adam Osley Here Los Angeles Clippers strike

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first and win game one one fifteen
O one ten in Phoenix over the Suns.

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Welcome into your postgame show. I'm
Adam Oslin coming up. Second half

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highlights, your final box score.
You'll hear from the head coach and the

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players. But first back out to
Noah Eagle in Phoenix. Noah, they

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didn't steal this one. They just
won this game and outplayed the Phoenix Suns

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down the stretch in that fourth quarter
with hustle and heart. Aside from really

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the last few minutes of the second
quarter and the first half of the third

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quarter, the Clippers controlled this game. The rest of the minutes went to

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them, and that's why it would
have been such a crushing loss if they

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couldn't figure their way through it.
But I think a lot of credit goes

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to of course, the players Kawhi
Leonard thirty eight points, five rebounds,

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five assists, thirteen of twenty four
and what did I say? What did

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I say, Adam? The Clippers
coming in were excuse me Kawhi in his

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career, teams with Kawhi Leonard on
them in his career in the playoffs,

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where fifty three and seventeen coming in
when he shoots fifty percent are better.

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He shot fifty percent or better.
He's now fifty four and seventeen in his

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career. That's one part. He's
also the only Clipper and only player in

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NBA history to average twenty eight plus
points, five plus assists and fifty plus

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percent shooting for a single team in
the postseason. Did it with the Clippers.

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He did that again today. So
Kawhi Leonard playoff mode fully activated.

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I think we've clearly seen that here
in Game one. Eric Gordon stepping up

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in that first quarters set the tone
huge, huge three point shooting and then

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made a massive one in the fourth
quarter as well, free throws down the

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stretch with nineteen points for him massive, no doubt. Terrence Man I thought

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was critical to this one. Mormon
Pal didn't have his best game he had

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some big plays in the fourth quarter
when Kawhi was on the bench a visa

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zu Bots the double double. But
how about Russell Westbrook, And I know

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that he'd been hearing a lot of
the noise. I know that there was

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a lot going on. I know
he was not shooting it all that well

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today like he had been when the
Clippers, especially down the stretch in the

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season in the regular season. But
ten rebounds, eight assists, three blocks,

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two steals, and that last block
on Booker to save it off of

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him, the wherewithal the presence of
mine to do that is unreal, something

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that you very rarely see. And
then, last, but not least,

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Tron Lou, he coached a great
game today. He really did. He

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had a couple of plays that got
them wide open buckets. He recognized,

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oh, we don't have the offense, Let's try to get zoo boats to

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touch inside, got him posting up, got plumbly posting up when he had

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the mismatch, got Westbrook in the
right spots. And sure again, he

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may have had his miscuse, but
he came through when it mattered the most.

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And that's Toron Lou trusting him.
And I saw it the whole game

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t Lou more than he was in
the regular season, pulling him aside and

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saying, hey, you're doing this
wrong. Go do this and you'll be

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fine, And he listened. That's
coaching and Toronlou playoff mode very much activated

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for him as well, employs under
noise down this stretch. With Russ knocking

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down those two free throws, absolutely
clutched the play against Devin Booker, keeping

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the basketball alive, grabbing offensive rebounds, had five of them. Just an

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unbelievable effort out there. Yeah,
the shooting wasn't there for him tonight,

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but you know, this Clippers team
is so talented. They have so many

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guys that can score the basketball.
Russ out there can do so many of

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the little things to help you win. We saw it all eight and a

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couple things that I do want to
point out here. The Clippers during the

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regular season were twenty eight and eight
this season when they outrebounded their opponent.

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Today outrebounded the Sun forty eight forty
two. The Clippers this year were let

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me find this, seventeen and eight
when they held their opponents to less than

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ten made threes. Phoenix made six. The Clippers this year, did a

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great job when they were locked in
defensively. They didn't allow less than one

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hundred two points today or a hundred
two or less. When they did that.

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They were seventeen and one in the
regular season, but one hundred ten

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Phoenix Suns team that had Kevin Durant
go for seventeen second quarter points and ten

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fourth quarter points and was one rebound
away from a triple double, had Devin

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Booker go for twenty six points on
nineteen shots, had DeAndre at and chip

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in eighteen and half about had Tory
Craig go for twenty two his playoff career

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high. Despite all of that,
held him to one ten and got the

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job done. That's all you can
do in the playoffs is get the job

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done. All it matters is that
you get the WS. Doesn't count for

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style points or anything else. And
the Clippers this was a battle and this,

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to me, it showed me so
much about their mental resolve. Now,

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I want to repeat something that I
heard from Jeff ben Gundy earlier today

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during the Lakers Grizzlies Game one.
He said, because they were talking about

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learning from losses and how teams always
learned from losses in the playoffs. He

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goes, teams should learn from wins
two, and I think there's a lot

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to still take away and learn from
this game. Fourteen turnovers far too many,

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A lot of them were careless.
I thought that the Clippers didn't do

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a good enough job of attacking some
of the players who were in foul trouble

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early in this game and could have
probably forced them to the bench a little

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bit early. But overall, a
lot to be excited about, a lot

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to like. Twenty three assists.
That's a number that probably could be bumped

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up, and if it is,
the Clippers generally have an extreme amount of

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success when they have twenty seven or
more during the regular season. At least

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they were thirteen and three. So
there are still lessons to take from this

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win. But you'd much rather learn
those lessons in a win than in a

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loss. And especially when you get
a one oh advantage in a series that's

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a best of seven. One,
that's great, but two, you do

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it on the road against the team
with this much firepower, you feel even

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better. And when you reach Kawai
will teach that's another lesson for this team.

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Best player on the court tonight,
and he's picking up right where he

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left off in twenty twenty one in
the playoffs, where everybody said this was

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the best guy before he went down
with the acl tare. Yeah, it

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just looks incredible since January eighth,
averaging twenty seven points, seven rebounds,

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four assists on fifty three forty seven
ninety splits. I mean, you can't

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ask for much more, and he
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would keep talking at him, but
I think you probably have to pause.

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You're right, the consummate professional.
Let's pause ten seconds for station A dentivocation

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here on the Los Angeles Clippers radio
network. What are you two hands?

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This is La Clippers Basketball klac KA
HD two Los Angeles, kdid Los Angeles

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and iHeart Radio station. You know, when Kawhi was triple teamed in the

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fourth and EG had just missed a
couple finding him for that deep three point

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and we talked about that being in
his bag one of his skill sets when

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the Clippers brought him back in,
and that was also one of the most

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crucial shots of the ball game.
Well, the two of them were really

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the only ones that provided that legitimate
three point boost. They want to combine

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seven or six of twelve from three
fifty percent. The rest of the team

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want to combine four from nineteen.
So the two of them, those are

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the guys you wanted shooting it tonight. And despite EJ missing a pair from

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that same spot, the wherewithal and
again the confidence in himself to just let

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it fly. That's what makes him
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that he's he's never phased by the
moment, and I think we saw that

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in speeds in this game tonight.
Clippers win by five. Final score one

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fifteen Clippers one ten, Phoenix Suns
in Game one of this best of seven

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series. Game two coming up on
Tuesday, tip off at seven. We'll

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have your pregame shows starting at six. Noah, EGO, great call as

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always, playoff mode activated for the
young Goat as well. Noah, we'll

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talk to you on Tuesday. Well, it doesn't stop. You're Adam.

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You know this is a long series
of kid Wait whoo TM let's go coming

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up next second half highlights. Clippers
win Game one in Phoenix and you're listening

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to the Los Angeles Clippers Radio.
No. Clippers win one fifteen O one

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ten in Game one in Phoenix over
the Suns. Welcome into your post game

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show. I'm Adam Oslin coming up
on A five seventy LA Sports and the

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Patriot AM eleven fifty. But I'll
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number a little bit more memorable.
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seventy all right. Second half highlights
for the Clippers in a game they won

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by five. Guess what the score
was at the half. They were up

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by five fifty nine fifty four after
leading by as many as sixteen in that

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second quarter. In the third,
the Kawhi Leonard just continued to hit that

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button act activate playoff mode. Leonard
at the free throw line, drive left,

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pulls it from twelve. Kawhi Leonard
heavily covered by Craig at the cash

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Leonard facing up on Craig again,
driving middle to the die of line,

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sidestep, couple of hump bakes,
rips threw. Leonard floats it up and

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banks it in with a right hand, A circus shot for Kawhi Leonard,

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who was looking for the contact.
Didn't matter. He's got seventeen. Leonard

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attacking on eight and gets down the
right alley, floats it up off the

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pump. Oh he puts it in. Kawhi Leonard a chance for three.

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Magnificent stuff from the claw, extra
pass letter dear side corner three. It's

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good Kawhi Leonard with twenty five and
the clips are back within one. Kawai

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had twelve points there in the third
quarter, but we were tied up at

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eighty one heading into the fourth.
More from the claw we got more here

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left elbo It's Leonard against Durant,
looking to drive to his right feet from

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the right side, puts it in
and the foul Kawhi Leonard the mid range

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assessin with a chance for three.
Leonard left wing, just inside the arc

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against Durant, rises from twenty connects
Kawhi Leonard with thirty eighty six eighty four

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clippers a minute gone and the fourth. Leonard likes this matchup. Drives left,

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pumping on the left, devil rips
through floats over the right hand,

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rolls it in. Kawhi Leonard with
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Leonard on the right wing, tries
the three mets it down. Kawhi Leonard

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thirty five. Back to Leonard straight
away tries another three. Kawhi Leonard slash

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thirty eight for Kawai and its return
of the postseason. Even with thirteen more

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in the fourth quarter, it was
a tight contested ball game down the stretch.

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Clippers led one o nine to one
oh eight after a time out with

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twenty eight seconds left, where Russell
Westbrook, who did all the hustle and

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made it all the hustle and heart
type of plays out there, laid keeping

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a possession alive. He would get
to the free throw a line after an

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over zealous defensive play by Devin Booker
and after a rough shooting night overall from

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Russ where he was three of nineteen
from the field. He knocked down both

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free throws to put the Clippers up
one eleven to one oh eight, and

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then did this on the defensive end, started by Man on that inbounding pass

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holding on his right hip. All
surveys gets it to Booker at the mid

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court logo Booker working against Westbrook.
Booker wants to go to work. Driving

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down the left alley. Booker floats
it up, blocked it by Westo want

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a play what Frock knocked it off? A Booker on a bound unbelievable was

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able to get the possession narrow back
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Booker, ball goes out of bounds. Clippers would hit their free throws.

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Later it was Eric Gordon and Terrence
Man would finish things off with a huge

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dunk off an assist from Russ and
the Clippers win one fifteen to one ten

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in Game one in Phoenix over the
Suns. Coming up next, we still

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got Clippers stock coming up on AM
five seventy and the Patriot AM eleven fifty

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for the simulcast. We'll get to
your final box score. What a victory.

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Clippers strike first, they're off one
oh when this best of seven first

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round series and you're listening to the
Los Angeles Clippers Radio. Clippers win one

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fifteen to one ten in Game one
in Phoenix. They strike first in this

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best of seven first round series.
Welcome back into your post game show.

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I'm in I'm Oslin coming up on
them five seventy LA Sports and the Patriot

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AM eleven fifth will have a simulcast
if we will have Clippers talk, taking

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it till the top of next hour. Kawhi Leonard is the g damn truth.

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He had thirty eight points in his
forty one minutes on thirteen of twenty

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four, shooting three of five from
distance, huge three pointers in that fourth

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quarter. Best player on the floor, best player on the planet. That's

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what we said in twenty twenty one. I think he's picking up where he

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left off after the ACL tear.
He led everyone in scoring, played great

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defense as well. KD finished with
twenty seven seven to fifteen, shooting three

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of seven from distance. Devin Booker
had twenty six for the Phoenix Sunts ten

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of nineteen, but Russell Westbrook knocked
it off him off the block in the

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game ceiling defensive play game or play
the game for sure by Russell Westbrook,

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who finishes three of nineteen from the
field, doesn't matter one of six from

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the outside, why heart, hustle
and knocked down two clutch free throws.

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Late, had just nine points on
nineteen shots and still made all the winning

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plays. Had eight assists, just
two turnovers. Though Clippers with fourteen as

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a team can still clean some things
up, as Noah Ego mentioned earlier,

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they can be better and we're in
the second half. Had eight turnovers in

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the first half, just six of
those coming in the second half. Clippers

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end up shooting forty four percent from
the field, ten of thirty one from

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the outside. They can get hotter
from there. Suns finished forty eight percent

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from the field, six of nineteen
from three. The difference in this one

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though the Clippers with fifteen offensive boards, the Sun's just six, and the

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Clippers ended up getting up nine more
shot attempts. Russell Westbrook with five offensive

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rebounds of beats of Zoobots with four, Mason Plumley with three himself. He

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had seven and eleven. Some of
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with some big shots into the third
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Terrence Mann finished with ten, also
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assists. And how about Eric Gordon
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on Kawhi Leonard in the fourth quarter, a big time shot after he had

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just missed a couple and he hit
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step back, go logo Lillard with
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three of seven from distance, had
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quarter to help the Clippers get off
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win by five. Final score Clippers
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Here's a new sheriff in town. You

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league. In the playoffs, Russell
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What a win by the Clippers.
I talked about it recently, but I

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thought there would be an opportunity to
steal Game one. Well, they went

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above and beyond just stealing it.
As Noah Eagles said, they controlled the

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game for the most part. They
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quarter. They led by twelve thanks
to twelve early points from Eric Gordon,

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who got hot early and got clutched
late with another big three pointer off a

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kickout from Kawhi Leonard when they tried
to triple team him. And that's how

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it has to be without Paul George. Right now, they load up on

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Kawhi, you gotta make them pay. Somebody's gotta hit those open shots,

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and Eric Gordon hit one from about
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was watching Steph Curry against the Kings
yesterday, even though they lost that game.

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Some ridiculous hot shooting. The Clippers
overall only shot forty four percent from

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the field. The Suns weren't forty
eight percent. The Clippers were just ten

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of thirty one from the outside.
And if it wasn't Kawhi Leonard, if

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it wasn't Eric Gordon, not many
of the guys were hidden. But here's

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the difference, heart, hustle,
energy, effort plays and it comes down

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to this number. The Clippers cleaned
up the boards. The offensive rebounds in

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this one were heavily in the clippers
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keen offensive boards suggests six for the
Phoenix Suns and ended up attempting eleven more

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shots out there ninety three to eighty
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you gotta get more up. The
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and it was Russell Westbrook with five
offensive rebounds and keeping plays alive late

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with a minute left, saving a
possession multiple times. The Clippers would eventually

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call time out with twenty eight seconds
left with the one o nine to one

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oh eight lead, Russ drew a
foul on Devin Booker. I don't know

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why he was fouling or playing him
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three of nineteen from the field,
but Russ on that fade away that time

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was fouled. And this was just
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didn't know how it would look with
Phoenix and Sons and four guys out there

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in the crowd just raining booze on
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He showed poise under noise and knocked
them both down. Clippers with a

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three point lead, Suns with a
time out very next possession play of the

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game. It was Russ on defense. Booker working against Westbrook. Booker wants

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to go to work. Driving down
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blocked it by Westbrook. Fall on
a play, Westbrook knocked it off

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a Booker at a bounds game ceiling
defensive play from Russell. Westbrook knocked down

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the free throws little offensive defense and
then blocks Devin Booker and knocks it off

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of him out of bounds. Clippers
basketball, they got a foul, Eric

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Gordon, they do. He knocks
down two clutch free throws. Terence Mann

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finished things off with a two handed
throw down and the Clippers win one fifteen

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to one ten in Phoenix over the
Suns. And I've gone too long without

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talking about the mid range mastery of
Kawhi Leonard, who stepped back and knocked

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down two huge three pointers in the
fourth quarter as well. Didn't matter what

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the defense through at him, he
was thirteen to twenty four from the field,

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best player on the court, thirty
eight points in the ball game,

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playing defense as well, hitting shots
on Kevin Durant had two jumpers on him

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early in the fourth quarter. His
shot shart. Did he have anything at

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the rim? Maybe one layup attack? He blew. One of his easiest

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shots was in the second half,
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Kawhi is insane. I've never seen
someone well, look, we know

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how good he's been the last three
months, but to take it up a

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notch in the biggest game of the
season, first game of the playoffs,

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without Paul George out there on the
road, back against the wall in the

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lion's den and put a performance together
like this when other guys weren't hitting.

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It's one thing to get that hot
start from Eric Gordon early on the first

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quarter and helped carry some of the
offensive load. But in that second half

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Kawai had twenty five of his thirty
eight points twelve and the third quarter thirteen

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of them in the fourth, It's
a recipe that's repeatable. This is what

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he can do. He has averaged
thirty five points in a series before,

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an efficient thirty five. Did it
against Philly when they easily had the talent

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advantage over the Toronto Raptors in the
twenty nineteen second round, and Kawhi Leonard

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beat him with a historic, iconic
game winning Plinko chip like shot that eventually

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fell in Game seven. This was
Game one, though, and with how

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good the Clippers were early on,
especially defensively, holding Phoenix as just eighteen

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points in the first quarter, they
had to find a way. They played

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too well to give this ball game
away. They would eventually relinquish a sixteen

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point lead that they had in the
second quarter. In the third, it

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was back and forth. It was
tightly contested down the stretch. Kevin Durant

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hit a big three pointer with one
twenty four left and the fourth to bring

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them to within three to try to
match with Kawhi Leonard and then Eric Gordon

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was doing from the outside. But
the Clippers, and we've talked about them

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having issues closing out ball games and
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And while they would miss some,
Terrence Man missed one, Kawhi Leonard missed

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one under a minute left, it
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He missed a wide open three point
or two. Wasn't his night. But

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they kept getting offensive rebounds, they
kept out hustling the Phoenix suns. And

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that's the difference usually in playoff basketball, getting the fifty fifty balls that can

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determine your fate, and the Clippers
well, they found a way and this

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was just a win I think they
had to have. If you're gonna win

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this series, you gotta get game
one in Phoenix. Because this Sun's team,

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as time goes on, they're gonna
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better chemistry out there, They're gonna
know where guys want it. They're sweet

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spots, and they're likely gonna shoot
better from the outside than just six of

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nineteen. But hey, Tory Craig, who I thought would start at some

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point in this first round series just
because the matchup is better for him against

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Kawai than a cog off the bench. He's taller, he's bigger, he's

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stronger, he's a better three point
shooter. He had twenty two his playoff

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high. They withstood one of the
Phoenix Suns rule players going off and Russ

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just being three of nineteen and still
won by five. That is extremely encouraging.

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We talked about the margin for air
being so slim. Coach Lu talked

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about a pregame and the Clippers still
overcame a woeful shooting night from Russ,

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a good shooting night from Craig.
Kevin Durant did his thing, still had

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an efficient twenty seven, eleven assists, a couple of blocks, some great

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defensive plays, and they still want
but they can trolled CP three, something

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we talked about recently on the Clips
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gonna be with us in studio in
a little bit here. But what if

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they just slowed down Chris Paul who
is slowing down? Overall? He's older.

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He's not the same guy he was
two years ago when he destroyed the

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Clippers in that Clinton Game six performance
back at Staples Center. At the time,

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he was just two of eight seven
points. Now he had ten assists,

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and he had eleven boards somehow,
I'm not sure how many of those

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were contested. He had one offensive
rebound, but they did a very good

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job against him and Davin Booker just
having twenty six. Look, if he

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and Kevin Durant are both on the
under thirty points, you're probably in good

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shape. Now, let's not forget
about Big Zoo. The way he played

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especially, I think it was early
on after a time out in the third

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quarter when Kauai was the only Clipper
scoring had their first seven points in that

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third. They came out of the
time out and they featured big Zoo and

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he was getting hook shots. He
had a huge putback tip slam, I

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thought, Mason Plumley. I don't
think it's a stretch to say he had

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his best game as a Clipper,
considering what was at stake. Three of

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three, seven points, eleven boards
and a no look one eighty throw it

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behind your head and hope and pray
it goes in and one just ridiculous.

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But you need plays like that,
You need bench guys to step up.

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Bones Highland didn't do much one of
six, one of three from distance,

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should have been at the free throw
line, got hit in the face from

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Devin Booker and they didn't call it. But that one three is still big.

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On a night where the Clippers only
hit ten of them, that's still

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a big shot. Norman Powell,
he only had fourteen, but he had

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a big jumper at the end of
the third quarter, and he was still

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putting pressure on the rim. And
even if guys were missing in this one,

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they were getting extra opportunities because of
fifteen offensive rebounds, Clippers controlled the

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glass. They overcame thirty three free
throws attempted by the Phoenix Suns two twenty

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nine for the Clippers. But it
was that second quarter where Phoenix got up

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to fourteen of them just in the
second it really got them back into the

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ball game. Down sixteen, Clippers
still led by five, how a little

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bit of a cushion at the half, they win by five thanks to Kawhi

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Leonard's brilliance and other worldly basketball play. There are not many guys in NBA

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history that you'd rather have in a
big game than Kawhi Leonard. Ever,

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he's not. You know, if
they did top seventy five for most clutch

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players of all time, he might
be top five. He is just an

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absolute killer when it matters most and
the high degree of difficulty shots that he

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hits, not many in the history
of the game can get off and knock

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down. Kawhi leaves them with thirty
eight. Russ makes plays late, even

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on an offshooting night. Clippers win
one fifteen to one. Ten. Sean

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and Hawthorne start things out here on
Clipper Stock. Sean, what's good,

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Hey, Adam, Hey, how
are you doing? Sean and Englewood,

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I'm sorry it comes up. Hawthorne. That's all right, it's shown in

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Inglewood. That's my last name.
It's Okay, hey, listen to your

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point. A couple of things I
want to bring out I think had to

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hear. First of all, Zoo
had to hear out played their center,

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So that was one thing, doing
a double double at the half sean,

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Yeah, he was out playing him. Another thing, if you realize it,

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Kauai has one series against Lebron,
against MBID and against Young and he

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was the MVP and all those series. So the only one left on that

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ledger now is KD. He's beaten
KD in the series before. Katie's also

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beating him before. But the last
two series where they faced off wasn't exactly

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a good sample size. It was
Kevin Durant not being able to go in

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twenty nineteen the NBA Finals after about
half a quarter, and then Kawhi Leonard

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was out in the first quarter of
the first half of that twenty seventeen Western

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Conference Finals when he was on the
Spurs and Zaza Pachulia had that dirty play

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which had a rule change. So
this is the first time in a while

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we get him both healthy at the
peak of their powers, and Kawhi Leonard

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absolutely outclass him tonight. Absolutely,
And of course Russ is not going to

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shoot that bad the next game.
Okay, we're gonna get a little bit

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more from Bones. I think plumb
we play well, we're gonna get a

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little bit more from the tune.
And just think we won that game with

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out Paul George and Marcus Moore.
I mean, really, I can see

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the Clippers winning this series. And
I can also see it not even going

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to seven. I really hit Hey, Sean, you're preaching to the choir

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here. I had clips of six
coming into this one. Now I may

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be overlay optimistic, but after this
game one, I think people are starting

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to turn their heads. Oh they're
gonna shoot better when they get home too.

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Okay, so you won't have Bones
and Rust shooting bricks when they get

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home. So yeah, I like
that. Clippers and six maybe five hopefully,

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but you know, you know first
and another thing, let me not

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be remiss if I don't congratulate both
LA teams that won on the road in

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the playoffs today. And this is
Clipper stalk Sean, I could care less

405
00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:38.799
about what the Lakers did earlier today. Hey, good for the Lakers either,

406
00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:41.880
but I just wanted to give him
an honorable mention. They don't need

407
00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:45.359
it. They don't need it.
They'll tell you they don't need it.

408
00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:49.160
It's just one game. They'll tell
you how many banners they have. All

409
00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:53.839
Yune, All Yune in Las Vegas. What's up? You're on Clippers Talk,

410
00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:57.240
Clippers Talk. Oh man, it's
Clippers talk. Yes, I don't.

411
00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:07.279
Yes, Are I'm here? He
wasn't him? Yes? Alli?

412
00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:08.960
And what'd you think about the ball
game? Yeah, I'm wet. I'm

413
00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:21.559
weston to gim here and dig with
your all, my friend, Yes,

414
00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:23.759
I die. He wasn't a big
day. I just want to say,

415
00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:30.000
Man, I'm so happy Allie,
and I'm happy for you. You got

416
00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:33.200
a crowd there, yea that many
people screaming and nobody swore on the air.

417
00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:37.240
I appreciate that. Allie and great
phone called have fun in Vegas.

418
00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:42.720
Hopefully come back with something Damian in
La You're on clipperstock. Oh man,

419
00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:45.839
that was awesome, Bro. That
was worth the price of admission right there.

420
00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:51.559
Man, Hey, great Win brother, great Win. I am encouraged.

421
00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:55.720
So Hey, we talked about it, man, Everything basically that we

422
00:30:55.839 --> 00:31:00.240
talked about the last time, uh
kind of came through. You ask the

423
00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:03.559
question as we were leaving as to
whether the Clippers can turn it off and

424
00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:07.839
on. And you know, we
saw them play with what some people might

425
00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:12.119
call desperation. I say desire.
You know, I thought that was great,

426
00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:18.559
obviously fun guy in his element killing
it. But man, I'm talking

427
00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:23.519
about Russell Westbrook, you know,
on his Kumo D mission. How you

428
00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:26.000
like me? Now? You know
what I'm saying. He has pop star

429
00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:29.920
going at him. He was never
stopping, never stopping. Can you believe

430
00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:33.279
it? That's what he does.
He's an energizer, bunny. I never

431
00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:37.759
worry about Russ running out his steam. Sometimes he's a little too amped up,

432
00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:41.400
I think for his own good with
some of his shots. But that's

433
00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:45.799
what makes him hitting those two free
throws so clutch, right. You know

434
00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:48.559
what? Sometimes he reminds me of
like, you know, just like a

435
00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:51.640
really talented kid on the sugar Rush. He kind of just gets ahead of

436
00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:53.039
himself, you know what I'm saying
a little bit, and that's okay.

437
00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:57.839
But that's why we have coaches and
Russell's coachable guy. Rain him in,

438
00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:01.599
get him, you know, reset, take a quick time out. Let's

439
00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:07.279
you know, let's not rush anything. We don't need to be panicked about

440
00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:12.680
a KD team. These guys don't
have anything that we need to be overly

441
00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:15.720
concerned about or worried. We need
to go out there and play our game.

442
00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:17.839
I was happy to see them do
it. I didn't want them to

443
00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:21.279
just steal the game either, Adam. I wanted them to go out there

444
00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:24.319
and smash them in the mouth.
And that's what I saw again. We

445
00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:29.480
took their best bunch, came back
and won the ball game. Damian,

446
00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:32.079
I appreciate the phone call. I'm
short on time tonight. I'm sorry if

447
00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:35.960
I put you on hold. It's
not cutting you off, it's putting you

448
00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:40.079
on hold. That's all ye.
Clippers win one fifteen to one ten in

449
00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:45.920
Phoenix over the Suns, holding the
Sun seamed to one ten. You'll take

450
00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:51.640
that every time. Clippers had a
good enough first quarter defensively to sustain them

451
00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:57.519
throughout it, and then a great
offensive fourth quarter, scoring thirty four points

452
00:32:57.880 --> 00:33:00.839
to just twenty nine for the Suns
they outscore by five, and the fourth

453
00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:02.559
they win by five. In the
ball game. Final score one fifteen,

454
00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:06.960
one ten. In favor of your
Los Angeles Clippers. More of your phone

455
00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:08.599
calls coming up eight six, six, ninety seven, two five seventy.

456
00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:13.160
The guys from Clips and Dip are
in the house here in the bank as

457
00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:15.799
well. You're listening to Clipper Stock
here in M. Five seventy al A

458
00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:19.400
Sports on the Patriot M eleven fifty. We got the simulcasts and this is

459
00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:25.079
pretty cool. Clippers State game one
one fifteen to one ten in Phoenix over

460
00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:31.519
the Suns Kawhi with thirty eight and
forty two minutes and Russell Westbrook making plays

461
00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:36.480
down the stretch. Credit Coach Lou. A lot of talk in that third

462
00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:38.680
quarter, even from years truly was
at some point you got a pool Russ.

463
00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:43.400
If he's not hitting shots, Coach
lu stuck with him, went back

464
00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:46.200
to him in the fourth quarter and
he made the hustle plays that won the

465
00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:51.240
Clippers this ball game. Welcome back
in the Clipper Stock. I'm at I'm

466
00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:53.200
oslin eight six six ninety seven,
two five seventy Coming up, you're gonna

467
00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:58.319
hear from Russ, plus clips and
DIP podcasts will be in effect. We

468
00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:02.039
got will Updyke and Charles Mackler in
the house. But somebody else who's usually

469
00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:07.000
in the house here during the weekdays
would be our friend Rodney Pete from Rogan

470
00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:10.920
and Rodney, who's calling in.
Oh, I'm honored, Rodney. What's

471
00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:15.880
up, y'r Clipper stock, Oh, what's up? Double A Man,

472
00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:20.199
I just had to call you.
I'm hearing you talk, and I gotta

473
00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:22.440
say it was it was all hard. Listen, it's the Clipper. It's

474
00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:28.559
the Clipper talk. Yes, the
Lakers won, but the Clipper game was

475
00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:34.239
all hard. Like you said,
credit tylu for keeping Russ in the game.

476
00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:38.480
It was all hard and I was
proud. I was proud of russ

477
00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:40.559
Man. The way he played,
you could tell he was feeling it.

478
00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:45.119
I'll say this, double A.
You know, there's a lot of talk

479
00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:49.960
you know about you know, Kevin
Durant being the best, Lebron James is

480
00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:52.119
the best. Jannis is the best. I'm gonna tell you something. Give

481
00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:57.559
me a healthy Kawhi Leonard every day
in a week, every day a week,

482
00:34:58.159 --> 00:35:02.159
the freaking terminated guy. I want
the guy makes me swear on Twitter.

483
00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:05.559
Not on the air, but he
makes me swear on Twitter. I

484
00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:08.239
get so excited. That's the only
place I could do it. That step

485
00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:13.800
through a movie had the push shot
on the end one on Devin Booker where

486
00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:16.159
he went by him and Booker wanted
the foul it's just unbelievable. Roddy,

487
00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:19.639
let me ask you this. I
know you've been on a lot of teams

488
00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:22.920
that were underdogs. Did you like
that environment? Did you thrive in that

489
00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:27.360
environment where you felt like, hey, backs against the wall, it's us

490
00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:30.440
against the world. Loved it,
loved it, And I think that was

491
00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:34.800
the best thing for the Clippers to
have to go on the road and play

492
00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:38.079
these first two games, especially especially
for Russ. A lot of a lot

493
00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:43.960
of the things that you said earlier
in the show. You know, he

494
00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:45.480
can say all he wants, there's
no beat, there's no you know,

495
00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:49.800
this is another game, all that
kind of stuff. It meant something to

496
00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:53.000
him to play it against Kevin Durant. You saw how he was playing defense

497
00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:58.440
on him, guarding him, guarding
Booker. It was a challenge to him

498
00:35:58.679 --> 00:36:01.400
and he thrived in that him.
You forgot that he was three for nineteen

499
00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:05.719
shooting the ball. It was all
about his heart, his defense, his

500
00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:10.800
rebounding. Yeah, it was definitely
an environment, underdog environment that he thrived

501
00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:14.559
in. He is a dog,
He's got that dog in him, as

502
00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:16.159
we like to say. He had
a block on KD, he had a

503
00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:21.400
steal on KD. You knew he'd
have a little something extra. I feel

504
00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:24.519
like sometimes it works against him with
the shot because he's just too hyped up.

505
00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:30.360
But hitting those two clush free throws
that really said something about Russ that

506
00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:34.639
calm the poise there. I just
I mean, I don't know if he

507
00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:37.920
heard the crowd or he was just
you know, in his own head.

508
00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:42.960
Tell me what that's like being a
pro in those big moments like that where

509
00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:45.719
you have to have it. Do
you hear anything else? No? You

510
00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:50.920
you you don't hear it till the
place stops. But you feel it right.

511
00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:55.679
You feel everybody's against you, and
you feel you thrive off your teammates.

512
00:36:55.679 --> 00:37:00.039
So when when Kawai is getting doubled
and triple you feel like, I

513
00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:02.519
gotta give a little something extra because
my man is going off. If you're

514
00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:06.599
Eric Gordon, I gotta hit the
shot. Even though he missed a few,

515
00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:08.760
he hit a big one right down
the stretch. My guys in trouble,

516
00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:13.280
I gotta come through. It's you
and us against the world, and

517
00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:15.480
it's a it's a it's an interesting
feeling, man, but it's a fun

518
00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:20.079
feeling and fun environment to be in. You know, the Clippers are one

519
00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:22.880
and else so far in this series. There's another way to say that,

520
00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:29.320
never lost, never know that.
I'm going, Man, I appreciate you.

521
00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.519
Love you brother, I love you, Rodney. We'll talk to you

522
00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:34.920
this week. We'll see in studios, my friend, you got it.

523
00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:37.519
Oh that's cool. That makes me
feel good, as if I didn't have

524
00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:43.039
enough wind to my sales already.
Rodney Pete calls it Rogan and Rodney week

525
00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:47.400
days at noonone on AM five seventy, La Sports, Javier and Lahabra Heights.

526
00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:51.679
What's up? You're on clippers stock? Hey? What's up at him

527
00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:55.159
again? Disness diusness playoffs atmosphere here? Man, what a game? I

528
00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:59.119
mean? You said it in the
beginning. They had to get to keep

529
00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:04.239
one, very important. They get
this game one now, honestly they should

530
00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:07.280
go after game two and just don't
give Phoenix no life. And like you

531
00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:12.800
said earlier, if if if let's
say, Phoenix would win this game,

532
00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:15.000
they would have confidence, because you
said, because they don't. They haven't

533
00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:16.440
played with each other, so you
don't want to. You don't want to

534
00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:21.559
do that to them, so you
just game two. They gotta just play

535
00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:24.000
the way they play, you know, with a lot of hard and very

536
00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:30.400
importantly, I told you this last
week playoff time. Whether pat Riley used

537
00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:35.199
to say rebounds wins championships to rings, they outrebound the Phoenix, what forty

538
00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:39.599
eight forty two, So that's that's
that's vital. So they got to keep

539
00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:44.360
it going and if they if they
win game two, it's over, Adam,

540
00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:47.039
They'll probably winning the four. And
the last thing, Adam, I

541
00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:52.280
know you've got a lot of calls, please do not put Marcus Morris in

542
00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:55.079
the game for one second. That's
it. Thank you, Adam, Without

543
00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:59.280
you Nixon, all right, have
you? I didn't have to end on

544
00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:01.840
something negative of there. I saw
Marcus moorees out there on the bench cheering

545
00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:06.760
his guys on, talking to them
during timeouts. The veteran leadership on the

546
00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:12.280
bench is required during moments like these, especially with young guys out there that

547
00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:15.239
the Clippers have. I'm just gonna
go wildcard line with it, and guess

548
00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:20.760
this is Morrison long Beach Morris.
The Clippers got to get to rebounding,

549
00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:22.880
then they got to do to throw
down. Those guards have got to get

550
00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:36.159
the balled out and start that break. Morrison lob Beach with the parody do

551
00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:37.480
we need music going out to break
now. Yes, we still do.

552
00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:42.559
Clippers win one, fifteen to one
ten in Phoenix in Game one over the

553
00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:45.519
Suns. Coming up next, we
got the guys from Clips and Dip here,

554
00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:51.519
Jack Mockler, William Updyke in the
house. Clippers are one and oh

555
00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:57.880
in the postseason, never lost.
They had to get Roddy Peeper called it

556
00:39:59.320 --> 00:40:05.400
o more Clippers stock next, Clippers
on fifteen to one ten and Phoenix over

557
00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:09.199
the Suns. Welcome back in the
Clippers stock. I'm out of Moslins coming

558
00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:14.800
over. We're gonna hear from Russell
Westbrook. Big plays, late free throws,

559
00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:17.880
the stop, the block and knocking
it and off Devin Booker are not

560
00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:21.599
of bounds to get the ball back
in the Clippers hands. They close things

561
00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:24.320
out and win by five. And
now we are joined in studio. Oh

562
00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:29.239
my guys, William Updyke, Chuck
Mockler here from Clips and Dip Pod.

563
00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:31.800
We got one coming for you in
about an hour. It's going to be

564
00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:37.519
out. Believe that. Okay,
I'm just gonna go super calling Cowherd generic

565
00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:42.159
for you here, Chuck, and
then will do it. Biggest takeaway from

566
00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:45.880
the ball game that if Russell Westbrook
is going to be this engaged when it

567
00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:51.599
comes to a rebounding and on defense. The Clippers kid survive if he shoots

568
00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:54.599
not nineteen times a game, but
maybe rounding ten to twelve times a game.

569
00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:59.039
Yeah, I understand, there's no
Paul George right now and you're trying

570
00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:01.480
to shoot yourself out of a slump. But they had other guys who were

571
00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:05.800
capable of scoring out there. Clipper
survived though anyway, it's because of his

572
00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:08.320
heart and hustle. Will. Yeah, some other guys are going to have

573
00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:13.400
to help Kauai out there Offensively.
I think that's a given over you know,

574
00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:16.519
seven games, but overall, really
really good stuff. Limiting Durant to

575
00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:21.360
just fifteen shots I think is huge. Any game in this series where where

576
00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:24.280
Kauai is taking more field goal attempts
than Durant, I'm liking those odds,

577
00:41:24.320 --> 00:41:28.239
even though the Suns have a little
bit more top end talent, Chuck,

578
00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:30.920
what do you think the adjustment is
we see from the Sun's in game two?

579
00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:34.920
In this one they started Tory Craig, which I thought was really smart

580
00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:37.599
and obviously worked out there, but
what else could they do Schematically? I'm

581
00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:42.159
gonna be honest, I'm not entirely
sure. I was surprised why the rotation

582
00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:44.880
tonight. Only one guy on the
bench played more than six and a half

583
00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:46.639
minutes, so that was Landry Shammitt. So I think the Suns have a

584
00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:50.880
whole lot more to figure out than
we initially thought, even with a pretty

585
00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:54.199
thin rotation. Man that's more top
heavy than Dolly Parton on stilts Will.

586
00:41:54.760 --> 00:41:58.000
I mean, that's the issue with
the Sun's team, right when you go

587
00:41:58.199 --> 00:42:00.239
all in on the top tier talent. Any minutes, like all of the

588
00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:04.760
bench minutes are were a win for
the Clippers in a in a big way.

589
00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:08.920
So I don't really know how they
can counter in terms of rotations.

590
00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:14.239
I do think we will see,
you know, like I said, a

591
00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:16.760
field goal attempt disparity, Like,
I don't think we'll continue to see eight

592
00:42:16.800 --> 00:42:21.800
and taking more shots than Durant as
this series goes on, unless the Clippers

593
00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:23.639
are really really effective in stopping him. A lot of the talks has been

594
00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:29.440
about Russell Westbrook just three of nineteen, but they win with that anyways,

595
00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:32.039
And Norman Powell just took ten shots
and just had fourteen points. I mean,

596
00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:36.719
Terrence Man had just ten points.
Those were two guys that I thought

597
00:42:36.760 --> 00:42:39.280
they needed more from offensively, and
the Clippers still get one fifteen in this

598
00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:43.880
one. So there were encouraging signs
overall. Yeah, absolutely, especially after

599
00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:46.960
Gordon kind of slowed down after a
really hot start. But toom also,

600
00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:51.000
you know, offensively not really a
huge game for him, not like not

601
00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:53.480
as mega impactful as I thought we
would probably need from him in a game

602
00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:57.239
one. So there are some things
there that, like, I guess what

603
00:42:57.280 --> 00:43:00.159
I'm trying to say is that this
isn't like lightning in a bottle right out

604
00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:04.000
of this I feel like is is
definitely think something that the Clippers can build

605
00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:07.119
on moving forward. It's not like
we had some absurd shooting night. It's

606
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not. It's not like we had
a bunch of lucky calls really break our

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way or anything. It really just
came down to hustling out some extra possessions,

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getting more shots up even though we
didn't have the same efficiency and locking

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in defensively. Yeah, we had
the opposite of good calls. The refs

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were out of their minds for most
of this one. Bones Higler got hit

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in the face. Devin Booker's defensive
highlight. I'm using the biggest of air

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quotes here in the studio. So
I think the activity that the Clippers can

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bring for pressuring you know, the
glass. When it comes to our guard

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position, we have more active guards
than they do, especially deeper or the

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roster, so it's more intensity,
it's more you know, intention, and

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just all of what we saw from
bro Us again except for the shooting previated

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everyone else's Chuck Mockler and William up
Dike from Clips and Dip Pod. We

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got a tripod coming up later tonight. We got all your Clippers coverage on

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Clips and Dip. Close things out
on Clippers stock coming up next. Jose

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and Southgates calling in. I think
I know what's going down. Clippers win

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one fifteen to one ten in game
one in Phoenix over the Sun's final secondment.

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Next right here in Los Angeles,
Clippers right doing network. Can they

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if by seventy other sports? And
the Clippers win one fifteen to one ten

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in Phoenix over the Suns in game
one they used to thirty eight from Kawhi

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and Russell Westbrook making the hustle plays
late Here he was post game on Valley

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Sports speaking with Christina pink Wine Round
one goes to the Clippers. Russ.

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We have just showed your critical play
here over and over the block the stays

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to retain possession for the Clippers here
when the game was on the line.

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How are you able to make those
impact late effort? Hart? Who win?

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I'll grin a group four group believe
in another Suns and the Oli French

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from It's gonna come out with a
win to night. We knew this game

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was gonna be a slug Betton,
but to silent fish crowd on the road

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when everybody was counting you guys out, what did it take for you guys

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to do that? Today? Together? Miss, we'll do a good job

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with sticking together. Two, they're
wrong. We've got together being solid,

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thank god, playing the right ready
on the should and on a cousin quarter

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rest. This is your first time
in a playoff series alongside Kawhi Leonard.

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How is he able to take over
this game late? Maybe you can get

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it any spot on the floor.
An He's Tommy Wall septional tiling and I'm

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just happy to be a part and
trying to help him doing it all right,

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Thank drav Jose and Southgate close things
out. I just want three words.

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You know what they are. Clack
Clay Park Clippers went one fifteen to

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one ten in Phoenix in Game one
over the Suns. They're running back on

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Tuesday, tip off at seven,
while your pregame show starting at six.

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Before we get out of here,
I do want to thank the Clipper's organization.

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Know what Eagle, Brian Stephen,
Ralph Faller, Clips and Dip podcast

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with the guys, Chuck Backling,
William up Dyke, Rodney pet for calling

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in, Katy Newton, our producer, Bigger, Jake Corner, the callers,

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the listeners. We'll talk to y'all
two day at six, Go Clipperers.

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This has been Clippers Talk, a
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