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Now your host of Clippers Talk. Here's Adam Oslin without Kawhi Leonard without John
Wall. Paul George reaches back to his twenty twenty one playoff run and drops
a forty spot in Sacktown, and the Clippers win one eleven to one,
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and iHeart Radio station. It was a slow start for Paul George, just
four of his forty points in that first quarter, but he started to catch
fire in the second, erupted for fifteen and it was an open three pointer
that Sacramento gave him that led to a Mike Brown time out that really seemed
to get Paul George and rhythm. That's all it takes with great players like
him. Struggled the other night against the Los Angeles Lakers offensively. Remember we're
talking about a two way superstar here, a guy who was top three and
MVP and it's a Player of the Year vote in just a couple of seasons
ago. But after going four of twelve from the field against the Lakers,
where he still had ten boards and four assists, he ends up going sixteen
of thirty one for forty points, hit three three pointers and just ridiculous shots
in that fourth quarter over Dearren Fox that will just leave your breathless with some
of the footwork from PG. Thirteen. He is one of the ninth Wonders,
eighth Wonders in the world. He's six nine and he can move like
that and has handles like that. Call him the third Splash Brothers sometimes because
of his outside shooting, but the handle at that height is just unreal to
watch. You forget how tall he is because he's just got the ball on
a string, and Dearren Fox found that out. A few different Kings did
in this one. They couldn't guard him whatsoever. He was just toying with
them. Ten of his forty and the fourth but missed a three pointer as
the Clippers were up by three that would have been the kill shot. It's
tapped though by Nick Batoum into the hands of Reggie Jackson and then Norman Powell,
who would knock down free throws late to close this one out. And
Norm struggling first two games this season, hasn't looked quite right, hasn't found
a rhythm yet, is right now three of eighteen total, going back to
Thursday night against the Lakers. But I wonder if those two free throws to
really sink and clinch this one for the Clippers can get him going, because
Pale just hasn't been able to find it whatsoever, even at the rim.
He's just missing layups right now, just as timing looks off. He had
that eruption in their final preseason game with thirty four points and something like sixteen
minutes, but hasn't got it going yet. And yet the Clippers are two
and oh, haven't played close to their best. Basketball, didn't have Kauai,
didn't have John Wall tonight, and they went by two in Sacramento against
a hungry King's team that is trying to break the longest playoff droute in North
American sports right now, going back to two thousand and six, the last
time they made the playoffs, and they have those ambitions this year, and
they lost opening night to the Portland Trailblazers. Jaron Fox gave the Clippers everything
he could. He had thirty six, but Demonta Sabonis was getting locked up
Alcatraz style with no escape like Clint Eastwood this time, as Rocco was there.
Robert Covington was unreal with his defense, he and Zubas just did a
number on Demonta Sabonis, who was two time All Star in this league,
and Rocco in the fourth as teams were trading free throws, nobody had anything
going offensively, and Robert Covington had a big throw down and then had a
steal on Sabonis for a layup that really got the momentum back in the Clippers
favor. And then it was Reggie Jackson finding Terrence Man underneath the basket for
a dunk and a layup. And then Reggie got into the scoring act as
well. He had a tough scoop shot over Holmes where he just had also
had the ball and a string was dancing back and forth. It looked a
little bit like playoff Reggie four or five for him three or three from distance.
They had. The only two point where he hit was that scoop shot,
and he had fourteen points and five assists, and after having eight turnovers
in the first half, Clippers shared things up a little bit more, only
ended with thirteen turnovers in the ball game after having twenty two the other night,
finished nine to twenty two from distance, twenty of twenty two from the
free throw line. Remember the Clippers missed eleven free throws against the Lakers tonight.
It was the King's missing free throws. In fact, they missed eleven.
They were fifteen of twenty six. Unbelievable. You can say that was
a gift in the Clippers favor, But they did what they had to and
George stepped up being that good without Kauai, without John Wall in just the
second game here of the season, knowing it's on his shoulders, he's got
to do a little bit more, and boy did he deliver a forty spot
his fifth so far as a Clipper. One of those came in the playoffs.
Here's his breakdown of forty plus point games forty points or more in his
career. He's got five with the Clippers, five with the Pacers, ten
with the Thunder that season where he was third in MVP voting. Yeah,
he had, I want to say at least six of them. Then he
had a month where I think he averaged thirty six per game something like that.
So he is more than capable. He feels good, had a great
off season, didn't take any days off outside of his wedding from working out
and training this team is locked in and focused, and you saw the depth
shine through. I thought Luke Kennard, who only hit one three pointer in
this one after going three or three from distance against the Lakers, but it
was nice to see him getting the mid range couple of those in the third
quarter. Tough shots there and if Eats the Zoobots being featured more offensively.
Who had a big throw down off a pass? Who was it from ive
eats the zoo Bots though I said this on Twitter, he's out for blood
right now at the rim. He is going full Reebok shack Logo Zoobots right
now, just wants to tear down like he's got a blood vendetta against the
Ram. But it was often assist from PG in the second quarter for a
big throw down. He had a spin move though on Sabonus in the second
half, or he used his pivot that was just nasty. It was beautiful.
And remember he dunked onto Monte Sabonus before when he was with the Pacers.
So the Clippers had their number and a couple of different ways, but
the number was forty from Paul George, big time from your superstar. It's
not just that with him. The defense. Is there a couple of steals
a block, but yeah, leading them to victory, ten of those coming
in the fourth quarter. Let's go to Javier and Lahabra heights. Javier,
your first up on clipper stock. Javier, have you ever got you now?
Okay? Are you doing? I don't think you've ever taking my call?
Uh? Yeah, Paul George, what a game. I mean what
he scored, forty points, he looked, he looked determined today and the
way he played I noticed the last couple of games. He's like you said,
he worked on his game over the summer, but he's got this post
move which is helping this game. I don't think he did that much last
year, but Distris seems like he is posting up more and and shooting those
mid jumper mid rains jumpers. So that's going to help his game. Another
thing I want to bring up is, like you said, Zoobach thought that
was just that one game with the Lakers, But you know this is a
second time, second game, and he's determined. I believe he us Wait,
but he looks active. I mean that spin move he did and uh
and the rebound he goes after the ball. I mean it's impressive. He
also worked on the team over the summer. But yeah, he uh,
he's like you said, he's going like not quite a shock, but he's
he's going very well. The last thing, Adam, what's going on with
Norman Powell. I know he hat like he said, he made to his
two features at the end, but he don't seem like he's there mentally because
I know this after he misses a shot or he gets upset and then his
teammates are like, you know, patting him on the back if it's all
right, you're gonna get your shot. I mean, is he still Is
he healthy because he's I don't I don't seem he doesn't seem like he's healthy.
But you know, I don't know. Just thank you for taking him
a call, and we'll see you tomorrow at the game home opener tomorrow.
Clips taken on the Phoenix Suns. To my knowledge, he's healthy. I
think he's just maybe pressing a little bit. It's early in the season.
Guys are fighting for minutes. He gets thrown into the starting role in both
games with Kawhik coming off the bench, maybe putting too much on himself,
and that happens sometimes. But again, it's two games. I'm not concerned
yet about Norman Powell. He'll figure it out. I'm hoping those two big
free throws he hit at the end, the only free throws he took,
he hit him to secure this victory for the Clippers. I'm hoping that gives
them some confidence going into tomorrow night's ball game against Phoenix. Tip time for
that one's at seven pm off. Clippers countdown at six quick time out here
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eleven to one on nine in Sacramento, improved to two and oh is Paul
George. Pg. Thirteen drops a forty spot. And because we're playing the
Nipsey Hustle. And the last time that I checked, you know it's a
crossover double dipping like episode here, you dipped the chip and you dipped again.
We got my guy on. William Mupdyke from Clips and Dip, a
podcast of ours with Chuck Mockler as well, well, what's up my friend?
Hey, good to be here, man, just enjoying the clip is
being two and oh during what a four ways high for number one on the
West. Let's do it. So let's talk about something with Paul George because
you use this word a lot. Everybody loves to use it with him,
and it's appropriate. But he's just so smooth with it, fresh, skippy,
smooth with it. And he was all that tonight. Yeah, yeah,
I mean I love to see it drop in forty in a game where
he had to lead the team. I mean really, like the only question
is, like we just need to see these games in like in coordination with
Kauai like that. That's the only thing that we want to see in the
regular season. But for Paul George taking over tonight being the leader, I
mean, you gotta love it. He struggled a little bit from three,
but everywhere else, I mean, I just don't know what more or else
you could ask for from him. He was all over this game and you
know, he knew what his assignment was and he came out and he did
it and yeah, man, it just looked great. It was a great
bounce back game after seeing him kind of like, I don't want to say
forced things in the last game, but he didn't really he didn't really thrive
at the same level. And I think that Paul George is kind of at
a point right now, right where I think at other points in his career
it was fine to let the game come to him right and now I think
he's in a place where he does need to once again, I hate to
use the word force, but he has to push the issue a little bit.
And you know, if that doesn't look pretty right away, can he
bounce back from that and still find that Paul George gear getting into that game
that is so smooth food and so clean and that we all loved to see.
You gotta take the game. The game is mine. And he only
had four points in the first quarters, so he did haul his damage in
those last three quarters, including ten points in the fourth. Somebody who's become
a fan favorite very quickly. This was I think his twenty fifth game now
as a Clipper. Robert Covington. In that fourth quarter, his defense was
stellar overall, but he had the steel leading to the dunk layup. He
had a dunk right before that. He had back to back big possessions where
he just really affected the game, aside from what he did to Demontus a
bonus where he just had him, well he had him. I don't know
if his coffing season is uh, he put him in Alcatraz is how I'm
gonna put it. His defense was spectacular, Oh absolutely, yeah. Seven
boards. I mean, like next to Zoo leading the team in rebounds.
This is what we need if we're gonna make the small ball work, right,
And you know he didn't didn't get a lot of attempts from three in
this one, but the like the de bence looks stellar. Robert Covington,
man, I mean he is. You know, he's up there with that
sort of Nick Vatum level of guys who like he needs to be the glue
to make a lot of lineups work. And it's a lot of pressure,
and I know that there are going to be some growing pains, and I
think that we've seen that through two games, right Like things have not.
We have not been putting away teams in the way that I feel like the
talent level of this team is capable of. But I think that this was
a step in the right direction for Robert Covington obviously getting those minutes of versus
that first game versus the Lakers, so you love to see it is a
step in the right direction. Not to take a quote from Doc rivers Booth,
the Clippers led by as many as twelve, they win by two.
Paul George has forty. We talked about some of these closing lineups, and
there are a lot of different match nations out there. We saw Luke Kennard
in the fourth quarter. Some we saw Reggie Jackson, and I thought,
Terrence Man, you know, only got six minutes last game, played fifteen
in this one. But Reggie hooked up with him twice, finding him right
at the basket and then got a little crazy scoop shot on homes. Paul
George was kind of in that twenty twenty one playoff mode, but Reggie Jackson
was helping out in that way too. Yeah. I mean, look,
Reggie, I was pretty critical of his game first game out against the Lakers,
came out with a lot better, showed what he can do with that
continuity, you know, sort of being that table setter for this team,
and you know, was perfect from from three point range. It was.
It was great to see, Like, look, Reggie you know, he's
a player who have to accept both polar extremes of the ups and downs,
right, because it is only you have to accept one part to get the
other part. But it was great to see him come in, be in
rhythm and really get every one else going. So Reggie, I mean,
just a great bounce back game for him like that. That was incredible.
William Updyke from Clips and Dip as our guest here post game after the Clippers
win one to eleven to one O nine in Sacramento over the Kings. One
guy talked about and he's really struggled so far, Norman Powell just one of
ten four points. Did hit those two free throws late? What do you
attribute these early season struggles too? Granted it's only two games. Look,
I mean, you hit the nail on the head. It's only two games.
We kind of talked about this a little bit coming into the season,
but I feel like of all the new pieces, Norman Powell is the guy
who's gonna have to adjust the most, and you know he's been, you
know, he's been pressing into that starting role now in two games. I
don't know exactly, you know, what those conversations were like what that was
like in trading Campbell, that was like leading up to everything. But he
is a guy who, you know I've talked about he's someone who's gonna need
to make sacrifices as he comes to this team. You know, he's a
guy who's improved to scoring. He's looks sharper basically every season he's been in
the league. And this is going to be a difficult adjustment for him to
sort of find the flow of the game. You know, I talk about
the game, not Paul George not letting the game come to him, Whereas
like Norm Powell is in the situation where like he kind of needs to let
the game come to him because there's a couple other guys above him. We're
kind of who are gonna dictate how the game goes and how things flow.
And I think that that you know, on paper, you know, he's
a great off ball shooter. You know, he brings that downhill attack.
There's a lot of things that like when when you look at it or you
think about it, you know, sort of objectively, it seems like it
would fit really well. It's a lot different though, to like come into
a team and not really know where your place is not really be able to
get into your rhythm in the same way. So I think that norm Power
now Well is one of those guys who are gonna have to give. We're
gonna have to cut a lot of slack, honestly to at the early part
of this because he has a harder adjustment period. I think that some of
these other guys, especially guys who are you know, coming back from injury
and are used to being with this team. So it's one of those things
that I think that it's going to be worth it, and it's going to
be worth ultimately the struggle that he goes through. But you know, it's
not. It's not as it's not as easy as plug and play for him.
You know, he's not He's not one of these he's not used to
being one of these glue guys like a Nick Matue or even Robert Covington who
are just meant to kind of fill a lot of holes and they're not,
you know, they're not used to sort of letting things be dictated on the
offensive end sort of by other players. And I think that that is going
to be an adjustment periods he learns to warm up to that and get into
that, but I do think that, you know, it's gonna be all
the better for this team because the ceiling of what he brings is still so
high. It's just a matter of getting all those pieces integrated. And unfortunately,
with the injury that he had last season, like it's not quite at
the point chemistry wise where we would like it to be. And even you
know, with two two main superstars out, even in the best case scenario
where he didn't end up having that foot injury, I still think he would
be a little bit further behind and like sort of finding his flow and his
fit with this team than some of these other pieces. Yeah, I'll certainly
get a lot of opportunities moving forward to with Kawhi Leonard coming off the bench
for the foreseeable future, at least for now, we'll see what happens with
that. But one more for you here, what will what are you looking
forward to tomorrow the most and the home opener against Phoenix Man So this is
gonna be, in my approximation, the biggest challenge for this Clippers team.
So I'm curious to see what we're able to make happen with these small ball
lineups. Defensively, I'm curious to see I'm assuming, you know, I
once again you know what can happen when you assume. But I'm assuming that
we have Kawai and Paul George's book together. I'm curious to see those pieces
integrate together. And yeah, I'm like, I'm ready for the challenge for
this Clippers team because no disrespect to the Kings or the Lakers, but this
is gonna be This is going to be more of a test, I believe,
regardless of where you think the Suns are or where their championship window is
at this point, this is this is a well coached team as a team
that's been deep in the playoffs, made the finals. Birth this is going
to be a challenge for this Clippers team. And I think if they can
get to three and OL, that's really gonna say a lot about where this
team is, especially when you consider that there's still you know, this is
still the draft phase, like this this is you know, we're if we're
drawing this out as a graphic novel like this is very much still pensive right
now, we're not using pen So if they're able to go ahead and get
this win, I feel like that's gonna say a lot about where this team
is at and where ty Low is at in maximizing this team early in this
season. And I think that that would be a very encouraging look, you
know, for it's encouraging of a look as it can be. In game
three of an eighty two game season. Follow him at will Updike on Twitter.
Also follow at Clippers Pod for the clips and Dip podcasts with he,
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could be more than that. Well, thanks for doing this tonight and coming
on Clipper Stock absolutely, thanks for having me. Always a pleasure, Adam.
You know you do so much for this team, and it's a pleasure
to hear your pleasure to work with you anytime. Feelings mutual, my friend,
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to your phone calls you'll hear from Paul George and Coach Lou post game after
the Clippers winn in Sacramento one eleven to one oh nine, where Paul George
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win one eleven so one oh nine in Sackramento over the Kings. This is
Clippers stock. I'm out of moslind eight six six nine eight seven two five
seventy. Got postgame audio from Coachlo and Paul George coming up at first Seangway,
Sean, what's up? You're on Clipper stock? Hey, Adam,
nice to hear from you tonight. I just wanted to comment on a couple
of things. First of all, the difference between zoo Back and the difference
between Paul. Right now, zoo Back is more confident in his games.
He worked on this game, but he's just w's more confident and so he's
really not making mistakes. He's doing his little pivot moves now and he's just
you know, he's growing, and so the confidence is in him. The
difference with Powell a little bit different because he doesn't have he needs to have
a breakout game and he doesn't have a confidence like he had before. There's
about five or six Clippers on the team that guys there on the bench last
year that scored over thirty points in the game. Those guys need to have
a game where they break out. Once they break out, then they'll feel
confident that, hey, the coach and everybody knows that I can do it
again. And right now Powell needs to have one of those games, and
I think to have one probably in the next two or three games. And
tomorrow's game versus s Phenix. What now, I agree with you. So
I think it's just playing with purpose and knowing your role. And there's a
lot of maneuvering right now with lineups, and Norm just hasn't gotten comfortable.
But I agree he has one big game. That's all it's going to take,
right, And he kind of sees himself as your Lou Williams or you're
you know that this man guy that just comes in and just turns it up,
you know, so eventually he'll have that. He just you know,
he's kind of in between let the game come to you and and just be
Norman Paul. You know, yeah, I'm with you. I still think
those two significant free throws to seal it, that that could have a carryover
effect into into tomorrow's game. Yeah. I thought about that the minutes that
happened. So I agree with you one hundred percent on that that. You
know, like they say, you see the ball go through the hoop or
he can he can walk away from there. Said it wasn't for those two
three three throws, who probably would have lost or the game would have been
tagged that last minute shot. So you know, that's something to build on,
and we're not worried about it. And he's done it before. He's
approven commodity. And the funny thing about it, the Clippers of only I
think right now playing about sixty to seventy percent of their potential and their tool
and off not even yeah. I said, tomorrow is gonna be a really
good game of Phoenix will buckle if you hang in there and playing tough,
as they've proven before. But you know, he has to play tough through
the three quarters and then you blow them out in the fourth quarters. All
right, John, I appreciate the phone call Phoenix coming off a tough loss
against Portland last night. You ot or DeAndre Ayton, mister critical free throw
light. Here was coach lou Though post game after the Clippers win in Sacramento
improved to two and o, they win one eleven to one or nine over
the Kings. He got called for that offensive foul and then the technical for
arguing it. And it seemed like from that point on, I think he
scored twenty eight points or no, thirty six points pretty much from the second
quarter on. Did you see a change from him late in that second quarter
after that moment, I don't know. I mean, I thought he just
you know, took his time, got to a spots. I thought,
you know, down a stretch, he really carried us. And so they
started a double team, and so we got to work on our double team
space and you know more. But I thought he really just did a good
job with just selling down, selling into the game and taking with the deepense
gave him. And so I'm going small and the second half just really opened
up the driver lanes for him to get to the basket and get to his
mid range. And he was he was, he was really good tonight.
It's maybe a biggest topic, but there are three delayed game calls. Well
did you was there a pattern to that? Was there a reasoning that they
should shared with you why those were called? It was my fault, Yeah,
I take what I mean. I thought I thought that it was you
gotta be on the corporate They saying you gotta be down there to take the
guy, gotta be taking the ball out of balance when the when the horn
goes off, Which that's my fault because I didn't know that rule, you
know, so you know it is what it is, and so you know,
you hate to lose the game off, you know, those type of
violations. And I mean, I think it's stupid, but I mean it
is what it is. I mean, like, what's what's what about?
All the challenge is going to the screen and mind that don't stow the game
down. So I just don't I mean, I don't know, but that
that's my fault, and I gotta be better, you know, getting the
guys out of time house faster. Ty Pauls talked about doing whatever it takes
the season to lead the Clippers, and you know, whether it's with Kauai,
he's takes maybe a secondary little rule tonight, he takes over the lead
rule. What what is it taking somebody to be able to kind of change
rules like that all the time the way he does. I don't I don't
think he has to change rules. I think it has to be aggressive,
you know. I think it's it's not one two, whatever's one and one.
And you know, those two guys got produced and play at a high
level for us to win on both sides of the floor, you know,
And so I had to talk with people. You know, he's he's a
great player, and so you know, you gotta be aggressive and do what
you do. You know, you can't take a back seat. You know,
you gotta be aggressive, and both of y'all gotta be aggressive because you
know, Kawhi is gonna be a process. You know it's gonna be you
know, a while before he's back, you know to the Kawhi. We
know, you know, so like tonight, it's you know, I thought
he was aggressive, thought he was great. I thought the second half the
ball really moved. We had seventeen assist in that second half. But you
know, got a little stagnant once we had to take a Reggi yeat with
no point guard, it's kind of hard to kind of figure out. But
I thought Luke nar was great. Defensively, I thought ta Man came in
and gave us great minutes. You know, so you know Roco, you
know, off the bench, was great. Nico with his ball pressure and
you know, deflections and steals and so it's a total team effort. And
so you know, even a mirror coming in for that stretch for four and
a half minutes did a great job. So a total team effort and you
know, just had to grind it through, you know. I know Reggie
was you know, on a little restrictions, so he couldn't you know,
we had to get him in and out, and so it was kind of
got kind of stagnant, you know, without a point guard. But like
I said, Peg did a great job bringing us home Valley Sports there,
Thanks for that post gay of audio. Of course, you know that was
an interesting comment at the end from Coach Lou because Paul George came out and
unequivocally said, I'm number two in the pecking order behind Kauai. There's no
disagreement there, there's no ego there. He knows he's the number two option.
But you just heard Coach lu say, I talked to Paul George,
and I'm wondering if it came after Paul George said that, because he said,
I want him to be aggressive, I want him I want both those
guys to be one and one and I'll take a back seat. That's interesting.
I wonder if that happened after Paul George said no, I'm yeah,
I'm number two. I know who I am now. He also said he
knows who Kauai is, and he knows that he is very confident in his
own talent. Obviously tonight dropping a forty spot as to go to number one
option. But you saw he made the past to Kawhi Leonard to hit the
jumper in Lebron's face. That really was the dagger to win Thursday night.
It was Paul George making that past to Kauai. We'll see, though he
said it. Kawai has got a ramp up still. They're bringing him along
slowly. Hopefully that means he'll be back tomorrow. He and John Wall because
this was the first back to back of the season. But I will say
this about Kawhi Leonard. I have never since I've seen him at San Diego
ever observed him being this engaged and this vocal, regardless of if he's playing
or not. I'm telling you the Kawhi Leonard meme gifts or just gifts showing
my age that people put up there where you catch him smiling like it's so
significant just to see him smiling or laughing the fun guy. It's kind of
getting old now because he's doing it all the time. You saw him laughing
with Terrorist May on the bench. You saw him engaged in the hotels.
And they went up to Sacramento. They didn't wait. I mean, it's
just a quick trip. He and John Wall both went up there. But
Kauai is just in a different place than I've ever seen him before. And
he talked about it before the season of just how much he missed the game.
And you can't take anything for granted. But it's playing out that way,
with the way he's trying to rally his team and be a cheerleader even
when he's not playing. It's just it's it's wild to see, but you
love to see it. Also, as the kids say, all right,
quick time out, we'll come back. He'll hear from Paul George. We'll
close things out with that. After the Clippers win one eleven to one O
nine in Sacramento over the Kings, they improved a two and l more Clipper
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La Clippers Flints. Clippers win one eleven to one on nine over the Sacramento
King's Insattown. Welcome back into Clippers talk. I'm out of Oslin Tomorrow.
First back to back of the season is the home opener for the Clippers.
They were the away team Thursday night at the Crypt against the Lakers. It's
officially the home opener they're taking on the Phoenix Suns. Tip time at seven.
We'll have your Clippers countdown pregame show starting at six. More on that,
but first let's hear from PG thirteen after a drop forty for the first
time in a little over a year, sixty thirty one from the field,
five or five from the free floor line, three of ten from distance,
a forty spot from Paul George without Kawhi Leonard and John Wall And here he
was post game on Vallet Sports with Jamie Maschio Oka. I know, did
you take you know what you're in that take a moment if you need it,
But that that game ended up being a pretty close one at the end.
How did you guys hold them off? Ah, this is a tough
team. It was a tough young team. They've always been tough at home.
They're young, they're scrappy. They played with a ton of face.
It's tough to keep up with. We did a great job of just staying
staying through it, sustaining their blows. It was tough. I mean,
this team, they get it, the score, they get it, they
come right down, right back down at you. We stayed with it throughout
the whole game and we got the way. You guys were a little bit
slow out of the gate. You went into the half with a deficit.
What changed in that third quarter? It looked like you guys were able to
figure something out. What were you able to take advantage of or execute there
in the third We well, we thought we were doing a good job defensively,
we were just giving up second chance points, was getting up a lot
of offensive rebounds, and then you know, they were pushing the pace.
If we scored, they were coming right back at us. So I think
we eliminated that. We rebounded the ball a little bit better. In the
second half. We got out and running and created an offense on our own,
and we were able to push the lead. Oh, you look like
you're in mid season form. You're taking a little break there in the fourth
quarter, getting some rest on the bench on the night that you're putting up
forty points. What does it say to you that your teammate is able to
push that lead to double digits. Well, you're taking a break. Yeah.
I mean they did a heck of a job. I mean they made
it easy for me throughout the game. I got to do a better job
closing it out. They they threw some stuff at me towards the fourth quarter,
but I gotta go a better job and those moments of just being efficient.
But I mean, the guys won the game. You know, I
was just able to keep him in there. But that that that's that segment
where they really push the lead is really what we won the game. And
from there we just kind of kept the league Clippers two and oh yeah,
I love it. I love it. Another one tomorrow, let's go.
Oh you can tell it. The exuberance and giving credit to everyone else while
he dropped forty. The guys won the game. And it was that stretch
where Rocco was out there, just back to back layups for him, a
steal, a swiping score. As Noah Eagle would say, He'll be back
on the call tomorrow from downtown Los Angeles, Clippers taking on the Suns.
Tip time at seven, Clippers countdown shows starting at six before we get out
of here. Do you want to thank Kevin Dana for filling in for Noah
Eagle? I don't think Noah as well. We were texting cool like that.
Big thanks to Brian Semen, Ralph Lawler, big brother, Jake Warner
will see you tomorrow night. Zach O'Cawley, A producer, Katie Newton back
here in for a break. Thanks Katie, the callers, listeners, and
sail tomorrow at six with your pregame show. I'm Adam Oslin for the home
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