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It wasn't always pretty, but the Clippers got the w in Miami over the
heat. They win one oh three to ninety five. Welcome into your postgame
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seven two five seventy or get to me at follow Adam A. But first
let's get back out to your radio voice of the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez.
So in this one, the Clippers started one for eight from distance, Carlow
just to hit fifteen of their next thirty one attempts from three. The love
averages was in their favor eventually, and they hit some ones on the fourth
quarter. Yeah, and they really needed it at them because that zone defense
of Miami. It thrives on teams missing threes, and the Clippers were getting
open looks in that first quarter, but they just couldn't knock them down.
The tie turns in the second they hit I believe seven threes in that second
quarter, and they really were able to force Miami out of that zone defense
and able to get into one on one opportunities on the offensive end. It
was, like you said, not the prettiest win, but you got it
done on the road and a place that look is very tough to win.
This is a hard building to get a win in here in Miami, and
a great job by the Clippers to get it done. It was good.
It was I mean, there's a lots of point out that they can improve
on, but at the end of the day, he won the game right
at him and that's what matters exactly, my friend. And Miami never easy
because of that heat culture and the toughness they possess, and they're a team
trying to dig out of the play in tournament right now. While that has
been a round for them in the past to be successful through, they don't
want to be there again. And I thought defensively for the most part,
that zone defense was solid the Clippers. It took some time to adjust,
but eventually Kawhi Leonard played very well had twenty four points. James Harden with
a bounce back performance, though, knocking down five to three pointers after going
oer for with just four points in Detroit on Friday. I love seeing a
turnaround like that from a superstar. Yeah, you knew what was coming.
There is no way James Harden was going to continue to struggle like that throughout
the ball game. I think what I was most impressed with Adham was the
timeliness of his threes. I mean, the feel for the game that James
Harden has. I think it's just so hard to understand because he just seems
to make the right play that the Clippers need at any moment, where that's
finding the hot hand, whether it's getting to the free throw line, whether
that's finding us way to swipe the basketball out of an offensive player on the
defensive end, but both all of his threes today were so timely and huge
for the Clippers to be able to get this done down the stretch. You
love to see the ball in his hands. Good things always happen when he's
in double digits. And assists, and he's two rebounds away from a triple
double. Fantastic self from James Harden. Clippers battle on the boards, it
was forty eight forty four in favor of the Clippers. In the rebounding department.
We gotta see Big Zoo back. Played just eighteen minutes, of course,
on a minute's restriction. His first game since early January here four points,
two of four shooting. But you talk with Big Plump post game,
and he filled in admirably, especially late during crunch time. Yeah, he
was great for this Clippers team. I mean, one thing that's been a
knock against Mason Plumley ad him is he jumps sometimes when guy's pumping, he
leaves his feet. He didn't commit a personal foul against bam Adebayo, who's
been get into the free throw line frequently as of late for this Miami team.
And he did an excellent job not fouling, playing defense, making it
hard for out to Bayo, who had to take thirteen shots to get the
fourteen points. I thought he did a fantastic job on the defensive end for
this Clippers team. Was great in picking role when they doubled Harden. His
ability to leap in the air, which you know I supposed to leap when
you when you don't know where you're going to the basketball. But plumb seems
to find his teammates every time when he jumps through traffic. He was great,
and the wealth on the center position for this Clippers team just to continues
to increase. Mason Plumbley a huge twenty six minutes time. Impressive to see
the Clippers build that lead with Kawhi Leonard on the bench early in the fourth
quarter. But my favorite play of the ballgame was the block he had on
Jimmy Butler where he just had him locked up in Alcatraz there for a second,
couldn't get a shot off. I mean, that's an old school Eastern
Conference rival where he back with Kawhi on the Toronto Raptors in twenty nineteen when
they had to go through a Philadelphia seventy six ers team that had Jimmy Buckets.
Yeah, let me tell you something. I'm sure Jimmy Butler is happy
this is the last team he's going to see Kawhi Leonard in the regular season
because he made it tough on Butler and at one point, you know,
you wondered Why isn't Butler being more assertive, But Kawhi Leonard was just giving
him no window to try to find something offensively. Nineteen shots to get the
twenty one points. He made it hard on Butler, who as this as
pat Riley says, Adam stirs the straw here with Miami, and he was
unable to do so because of the defense from Kawhi Leonard, Who's going to
have a tall task tomorrow with Trey Young on the other side. But this
was a nice win the Clippers, clearly. You know, it took him
a little bit to get going forty three points in the first daft, but
they finished with forty nine in that second half. Or excuse me, fifty
in that sixty in that second half. Wow, I was a journalism major.
Sixty in the second half to get it done in this one. A
great job to turn the tide, a great job to finish things. And
now, as ot as Mason Plumley said, Adam, the Clippers want to
get it done in Atlanta and really finish this road trip strong Man. Six
and one was the goal. Coach Lou told you that before the road trip,
even I was skeptical at times how well this Clippers team was you have
little faith doubting Thomas over here. But they have a chance to have one
of the best road trips, if not the best, in team history.
I believe at this point this is the most successful Grammy road trip in franchise
history by this Clippers team, and they have a chance to go six to
one if they can pull off the victory Tomorrow in the atl Tiptime from Atlanta
is at four thirty. We'll have your pregame show starting at three thirty.
Carlo Jimenez, my guy, great call is always safe travels. We'll talk
to you tomorrow from Atlanta. Talk to you tomorrow, Adam, Day thirteen
of this thirteen game trip. Let's finish it with a w coming up next.
We got second half highlights as the Clippers win in Miami one o three
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Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy eight sixty six ninety seven
two five seventy But first second half highlights. It was all knotted up at
just forty three points in the first half. I joked, maybe first to
eight you would win this one. The Clippers would be the first to get
there thanks to the claw. Kawhi Leonard off the back rim, offensive rebound
Leonard and he'll recycle in the page, curls the screen. Leonard puts it
from behind into the hands of Harden. Full core pass Leonard, no one
in front. He'll pack it with the right hand. Time out, spoolstra
Leonard at the top. We'll fakes for three to shoot. It's a hen
grenade, step back, greeball. Got It's Leonard of bail out buckets,
games, orchestrating with New York jumps in the air. Leonard's open rightly three
perfect Kawhi Leonard off the hard and assists Kawhi Leonard had ten points in that
third quarter alone after having eleven in the first half, but it was just
a two point game. Clippers did not close the third strong. It was
sixty nine to sixty seven Clippers heading into the fourth quarter, but without Kawhi
Leonard on the floor early in the fourth, the Clippers were able to increase
their lead, and it was James Harden with the four point place only retreats
step back three for Harden. He even get the horn and wine. James
Horning a chest throw a four point play as he rambows in a three tobly
downhill, jumps in the air, finds hard in seven is Shue left the
logo, jams left side steph three ball few mans Harden on the right wing,
dribbles left hand. Brochier in his shadow, steps back to their left
wing threes in the fowl. The Beard is on Fire a sixteen to Ford
Clipper run insane. He had eleven of his twenty one points in that fourth
quarter, plus had a lef an assist in the ball game, and the
Clippers would win in a low scoring nineties basketball affair, oneh three to ninety
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I'm Adam Oslin. Welcome back into your postgame show. Coming up,
we got Clippers talk on a five seven LA Sports eight sixty six ninety seven
two five seventy of the phone number. Kawhi Leonard ended up with twenty five
points on eight of sixteen shooting plus leading them. Board Man gets paid in
the rebounding category with eleven four assists, two steals, two blocks. Jimmy
Butler got locked up. Paul George struggle for the most part three of thirteen,
but hit some big shots late, got to the free throw line,
knocked them down with six of six there fifteen points, seven boards, four
assists. James Harden a nice bounce back performance after struggling with just four points
in Detroit on Friday, twenty one points seven of thirteen to five of nine
from the outside and eleven assists off the bench. Norman Powell seven of his
sixteen points in the fourth quarter, King of the fourth, six of twelve
from the field, just two of seven from the outside, but a clutch
three pointer in a tight game late for the heat, they got just twenty
one from Jimmy Butler on nineteen shots. Beam Montebayo fourteen and thirteen. Terry
Rozier was seventeen on seventeen attempts. Clippers win one O three to ninety five
in Miami tomorrow, last game of the road trip. Hopefully they don't have
a foot out the door yet. They'll be in Atlanta taking on Trey Young
and the Hawks. Tip time three thirty, Labor pregame show at four thirty.
Katie, is it three thirty tomorrow? So we got pregame of two
thirty pre game of three thirty, Kay Newton, I thought I had a
steel trapper of mind, but that one slipped it. Coming up next in
Los Angeles. As we're leaving you on the network side until tomorrow, but
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they were in attack mode. Adam Osley Clippers were able to escape Miami without
getting burned by the heat as they started one for eight from three just to
hit fifteen of their next thirty one to three pointers and they scrape out in
ugly but satisfying victory for Clipper Nation, winning one o three to ninety five
in Miami and what looked like a playoff type of setting with the style of
ball being played out there. Welcome to Clippers Talk. I'm at a Oslin
eight six six ninety seven two five seventy eight six six ninety seven two five
seventy is the phone number. Well, we have a moment though, Let's
pause ten seconds for station identification. Here on a M five, seventy LA
Sports, This is LA Clippers Basketball, AM five to seventy KLAC Los Angeles,
ninety eight seven KYSR HD two Los Angeles and iHeartRadio Station. Kawhi Leonard
would lead them in scoring. Again. Now, I got one box score
saying twenty four points. I have another saying twenty five points? Which one
do I go with? Do I round up win? In doubt? When
a guy's playing this well, I guess you'd give him the twenty five.
Let me give you some numbers as we continue to push the Kawhi for MVP
agenda here on Clippers Talk. Over his last twenty eight games now where the
Clippers are twenty four and four, he's been averaging twenty six points per game
while shooting fifty seven percent from the field and almost fifty one percent from three
Wake up national media, Wake up book makers. Kawhi Leonards should be top
five at least in the MVP conversation. When you are the best player on
the hottest team and it is just a game back of me and the number
one seed in the Western Conference, that's typically traditionally where those guys end up.
I don't know why they're waiting only miss four games this season. Put
them in the conversation, keep them in the dialogue and on the tip of
your tongue when you talk about the best players in the NBA today. Kawhi
Leonard playing his best basketball ever in the regular season, on a top seventy
five player ever, and for some reason, still not being talked about enough.
He's not the one that's gonna campaign. We'll do it for him.
Eight sixty six ninety seven two five seventy eight sixty six ninety seven two five
seventy. As I mentioned, it was an ugly ball game. The Clippers
were down twenty two to nineteen twelve minutes in twenty two to nineteen, they
started one of eight from distance. This is a lesson, though, on
why you have to keep shooting him from the outside, especially when you're the
best three point shooting team in the league. Eventually, the law of averages
will play in your favor, and they did. I believe they hit seven
threes in the second quarter after just one in the first cour and they end
up sixteen of thirty nine. That's forty one percent from three, and it
saved them. We talked about it during the broadcast Carlo Amennez asked what they
need to do to break the zone? What starts with the shooting. They
had to be better there. They weren't early on. They weren't close to
shooting to their capabilities early on this Clippers team, they struggled immensely. The
zone can junk up the game, can make you play outside yourself. It
can just throw a different wrinkle at you that you don't see very much.
And it's not just a team going to the zone. It's a team that
is very familiar with running it to perfection. In the Miami Heat, nobody
plays zone better than they do, and they got a great head coach and
Eric Spolster leading them. Luckily, the Clippers have Toron lou and a heck
of a lot of talent now that he gets to work with, including James
hard And, who, after having just four points in Detroit on Friday,
dropped twenty one, including multi pull four point plays where he was fouled on
a step back three pointer, the one he patented, the one that is
as deadly as any shot in NBA history, the one that will make him
a first ballot Hall of Famer, and he was too enticing with it.
In Miami, and the defenders could not help themselves common fouls on both They
didn't get called for correculus closeouts, but fouls Nonetheless, James Harden had ten
of his twenty one in that fourth quarter, huge buckets as the Clippers started
to pull away with Kawhi Leonard on the bench. You don't see that very
often. So when you talk about encouraging signs from this team, even in
a sloppy game where yes, they ended up with one of my box scores
says fifteen turnovers, the other says sixteen. I'm gonna go with fifteen.
They had their issues hanging onto the basketball and made it far too interesting late
when they were up by I want to say thirteen at one point in the
fourth quarter in a tightly contested ballgame where thirteen felt more like twenty five because
points were at a premium. But the Clippers continue to turn it over,
keep Miami believing, keep Eric Spolser calling time outs and extending this ballgame.
Rightfully so, but I'll say this, it gives coach lou a lot of
ammunition, even in a victory, to get this team's attention, to say,
you have to be better, you have to close out teams stronger than
this. So you know what, one of the box scurs says, seventeen.
I'm gonna go with that. It felt like seventeen turnovers leading to nineteen
points for the Miami Heat. Clippers, too loose with the basketball, too
sloppy, too careless, self inflicted wounds kept this game close, but they
knocked down their free throws late. Give him credit there, Paul George at
the charity stripe, Kawhi Leonard as well, Norman Powell once again King of
the fourth, seven of his sixteen points in a clutch three pointer when the
game was still in the balance late in the fourth quarter that they really needed.
And then a jumper where he's just so good. Now when they're trying
to run him off the line, I'll just take guys off the dribble man,
they'll knock down a long two point two. But PG had a nice
block and steal on Heimi Hawkes. Those two have had some runs at UCLA
in the past. Hawky has went at him lost crossed over Paul George a
couple of times. At one point early in the fourth quarter, Paul George
came back at him, had the block steal, not sure where they ended
up calling it, but then hit a three on the other end. That
was a big shot in the fourth quarter. And how about my guy big
plumb coming through the reverse layup was really the dagger in the game. Turnover
still made an interest, but Mason Plumbley was very good down the stretch.
He knocked down the majority of his free throws as well left handed. Now
he ended up three or four at the charity stripe they found him. I
want to say for a dunk late. Was it James Harden who found him?
I just that reverse layup was special, But in a game where Big
Zoo returned and only had to play eighteen minutes, probably was at twenty minutes.
Was his restriction two of four four points three boards. You have a
guy like Mayson plumbing the act disposal to give you five nine rebounds, two
offensive rebounds, and yeah, that reverse was his only make from the field,
and it was a big one, a critical one. I think it
gave them enough cushion to eventually go on to win one to oh, three
to ninety five. A lot of good performances, Clippers went small at times.
I liked what I saw with two on three, next to Harden,
next to a Mere Coffee and Terrence Man a lot of switch a bill out
there, I thought you know. Paul George struggled just three of thirteen,
but again a big shot, big free throws James hard to bounce back performance.
Terrace Man was good overall, but just twenty minutes seven points. Russell
Westbrook struggled, missed that dunk leading to a three pointer the other way.
That is the stuff that can't happen. He was just two of nine.
When he smokes layups and dunks like that, it is a live ball turnover
and they seem to always end up in buckets going the other way. But
still had a great performance Friday night against the Pistons. These days happen.
Clippers have so much talent they overcome it. Anyways. A Mere Coffee again
got to his me hit a three pointer as well, five points. Just
he's special. Not many guys can thrive in a role when they don't know
what exactly that moving target of their role will be on a night to night
basis, and a Mere Coffee's just two good stars in his role. Love
what he has brought to this team of last month and a half was screaming
to get him on the court right after the trade. They don't have any
more wings. Put out a mere coffee, I said, And now,
well the rest is history. Hopefully he's been that good. He's been integral
to what this team has been able to do as the Clippers. Now,
let me give you this Cliper Nation. When I tell you this is the
best regular she's in stretching franchise history, I am not lying to you.
They have now won thirty of their last thirty eight games, twenty five of
their last thirty since December first, and fifteen of their last nineteen and they're
five and one on this Grammy road trip. That's already the best mark they've
ever had. Even if they lose tomorrow hopefully not, but even if they
do, it's still the most successful Grammy road trip in franchise history to my
knowledge. They're in Atlanta tomorrow. We'll preview that as well. But first,
to start things off, Jabbier Lahabra Heights, Jabber, I'm short on
time. Give me about thirty forty five seconds here, Okay, my friend,
all right, you got a real quick games like this. It was
an ugly, ugly win, but they they got it real quick. I
know, hey, ugly went better than a pretty loss, right, But
yeah, I noticed that's cool. I had mentioned this the last couple of
games. They've been starting slow and they got to lock up on defense.
I mean they started slow again today. But you know, I guess talent,
you know won them the game. But but I just you know,
good game. Russell Westbrook can have a good game. And he only played
with fifteen minutes. That was pretty good. Tyleron knew that was not his
night, and he took him out last. Thing's real quick, man.
Paul George, like we mentioned last game, yet, zero turnovers, man,
those two turnovers at the end of the what the fourth what the last
four minutes? Those are crucial, man, He's got to protect the ball.
I'm talking about Paul George. So that's it, Adam, thank you
everything. I'm gonna call. I agree with tomorrow, all right, hob
here, Yeah, for sure. Yeah, Paul George has to be better,
especially having miss cues in opportune times like that late in the ball game.
He knows it. There were definitely mental lapses out there they had.
Geez, I want to say, seven turnovers in the first quarter after you
know they're a team on the season that's one of the best when it comes
to taking care of the basketball. They came into this game averaging just twelve
turnovers on the dot. I believe that's top five in fewest turnovers per game.
That's a testament to James Harden when he has brought to this team because
last season they were almost turning it over fifteen times per game. That's a
huge difference. That is championship type of ball. Only turning it over,
uh that infrequently. All right, quick time out, We'll come back.
Clippers win one oh three to ninety five in Miami over the heat. We'll
get back to your phone calls. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five
seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. I'mt a Moslin and
you are listening to AMI seventy LA Sports. They want to bring a banner
with them to the into it down more LA Clippers basketball on the LA Clippers
Audio Network. Kawhi Leonard refuses to turn things down. He's playing as loud
as ever eight of sixteen with twenty five points in a game where the Clipper
shot just forty four percent from the field. He was still a fifty percent
from the floor, fifty percent from the outside big three pointers in that third
quarter, went three of six from distance, plus he led them in the
rebounding department eleven three boards, guarding Jimmy Butler, locking him up in a
possession where he had him in Alcatraz, plucked his shot and looked like multiple
times. I think he was having flashbacks to that seven game series back in
twenty nineteen where Kawhi was on the Toronto Raptors and that Philadelphia team was stacked.
Kawhi somehow carried Toronto to the victory and then to a championship. Welcome
back into Clipperstock. I'm at a Moslin eight sixty six ninety seven two five
to seventy Mitch in New Jersey. You got thirty seconds match? What's up,
my friend? You doing everythinkskam of cool. I wish they wouldn't starts
slowly make it easier for themselves. I agree, uh Kawaii lands winning his
MVP. Whether you like him that looking to this census to be like Jaen
Danny Darren's Whinnigan and I like this kid kid, I like this young player
that we have in the course me a coffee. He's really really good to
have off the bench. Be a star someday, and I'm wonning about Bosston
Junior one day till I hope to see him since edit Clipper only anyway,
All right, match, I appreciate the phone call. Your phone sucks.
I'm sorry. Thank you said you loved the mirror coffee there, we all
do. The mirror coffee is awesome, and what he's brought to this Clippers
team has been invaluable because he can just blend in and fill a role and
thrive in it. Morris in Long Beach, young Clipper stop without a mals
in thirty seconds here Morris basically be mad up in his right Clippers. All
right, Morris, I appreciate it. I don't know if that was on
purpose to fit the theme there or not. Normally, your phone's much better.
Age sixty six ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number. Can't
say enough about what this Clippers team has done over the last two and a
half months on this road trip. Being five and one, I thought four
and three would be successful. Coach lou and this team wants to get greedy.
They want to end up six and one. That was the goal coming
into this trip. He told Carlo Jimenez that before they left Los Angeles they
have a chance to Now tomorrow they'll be in Atlanta taking on Trey Young and
the Hawks. We'll take a quick time out here. We'll come back.
We'll get to your phone calls and will Updyke will join me from Clips and
Dip. Still searching for some postgame audio as well. Clippers win in Miami
one O, three to ninety five. You gotta find different ways to win
ball games. This was a rock fight, a slug fest, and the
Clippers came out on top. Heat culture. What about Clippers culture. I'm
saying more Clippers sock next year. Already up by seventy LA Sports loading Clippers
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the La Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers are victorious in Miami
and they're five and one on this Grammy road trip making some sweet music.
This team working in unison. Kawhi Leonard led them with twenty five, led
them on defense to Big Zoo was back. Just played eighteen minutes, but
you'll take it. Didn't even think he'd be back till maybe March. That's
what a lot of people were guessing after they said he'd be reevaluated in four
to six weeks. Surprise, and it was a good one for this Clippers
team. Coming up, we're looking for postgame audio, but first joining the
show is Will Updyke from Clips and Dip. Will thanks for doing this here
postgame. I do want to ask you about Kawhi Leonard and the update on
the MVP conversation. Have you heard from anybody talking about him as anyone mentioned
it? I know this game was on Espen. Were any of the announcers
you know, on the ball and in tune with what Kawhi Leonard has been
doing. You know, no one's been hitting me up, no one's been
reaching out to me. I'm checking my mail. I'm ready for apologies.
I'm ready for people to send me a photo copy of their ballot with with
Kawhi at the top of their MVP voting. Still not happen, man,
Maybe it must be the rain. You know what the rain I think is
what is what's holding people back? Yeah, that takes out those carrier pigeons
with the message of Kawhi Leonard being this dominant for this long last twenty eight
games, shooting fifty eight percent from the field, fifty one percent from three,
while getting twenty six points per game, and oh yeah, playing that
other side of the court that everyone seems to neglect, nobody seems to care
about when it comes to HEAVP voting wild. But let's talk about were you
shocked, surprised, or just encouraged by the fact that a Visa Zuboss was
able to go today? Shocked? Absolutely, odd jaw on the floor.
I I mean, honestly, I wasn't even sure, if you know,
because we knew about the reevaluation, if he had been traveling with the team
the whole time, or you know, like what his situation was. So
I was absolutely shocked. I mean, I mean, it's great to see
Big Zoo back there. We talked a little bit about what his return would
look like. You were a pro, You were a proponent of having him
just return immediately to the starting lineup minutes restriction, you know, kind of
just have that in place and work rotations around that, which is uh,
which is great, which is what we saw. So you nailed that one,
and well, yeah, I'm curious to see how long it's gonna take
him to get back into our rhythm, because you know, he's just been
looking so good for so long, even before we were on that win streak.
I brought up multiple times that like we were, I kind of felt
like we were blowing Good Zoo games when we were when we were in that
sort of slump. That's how good he's been since the James Harden edition.
So I'm hoping that he comes back up to speed. I'm assuming that it's
going to be more difficult on the defensive side of the ball for him,
but you know, hey, having him back this early I did not I
did not think he would be playing in games before the All Star break.
Yeah, it looks a little hesitant. The timing wasn't quite there. He
did have a nice knockaway on a lob pass that ended up being a turnover
from the heat and a throwdown in the second and then a layup where Kawi
found him beautifully in the third quarter over Jimmy Butler looking for the mismatch with
Big Zoo. But we'll see, it'll take time. It's it's all still
just huge for this team right now, so to speak, because they have
needed him. They've been getting by without him, but eventually, especially come
March in the seventeen games, they need him full up to speed. And
with him coming back this soon, it seems like that is a very much
in play and a possibility, and he could be trending towards that. Oh,
it's like it's like good news on top of good news for the Clippers.
I mean, we just talked yesterday about Kawhi and how he's not happy
with the team's approach, how he wants everybody to step things up on the
defensive end of the ball, and then the next day we get our defensive
anchor back in the rotation. Man, I tell you what, the Clippers
are ready for March. Yeh in February. It's your heart out, Chuck.
Now he wants to come back on tonight. He couldn't do it though,
because the Clippers got another victory, So that means it's will Updyke.
Well, we've talked about James Harden and him having that down game, and
we got some comments doing the live like what's wrong with James Harden. Well,
it seems like he's okay. Played forty two minutes, went seven of
thirteen, five to three pointers made, two of them turned into four point
plays, big clutch shots, and he ended up with twenty one points in
eleven assists. He was right next to Kawhile Leonard for being the best player
on the floor tonight. Yeah. Absolutely. I mean, when he can
be aggressive, obviously, it just adds an entire another scoring dimension to this
team. The thing, the thing with James is scoring is I'm just wondering
how he can continue to stay in rhythm when he's you know, he's not
used to being off ball. He's not, He's not used to taking a
whole lot offtball threes. He does a great job obviously facilitating everyone around him.
I'm just wondering if there's more ways that we can kind of unlock him
on nights where you know, tonight was great forty one minutes. He could
he could really you know, score and be the offensive player himself. I'm
wondering if there are ways we can sort of maximize his skill set without him
having to like be on ball the whole time. I know, obviously the
team is better with the ball in his hands, but yeah, it's I
guess I guess basically what I'm saying is if we can get him more involve
when he is off ball, Yeah, more catch and shoot threes, and
hey, he has adapted his game. He's been pretty damn good in that
area as a clipper. But we know at his best when you give him
the controls or the controller U, he can take this team to new heights.
Mike got Norman Powell my pick for this three game road trip. Stepping
up once again in the fourth quarter. Had seven of his sixteen a clutch,
three pointers, six of twelve from the field. But the guy continues
to be the king of the fourth God bless him. Will this is I
don't think anyone came into the season thinking that Norman Powell was going to play
at this high of a level for this long of a sustained period. Well
no, I mean I think that we've seen flashes of that, and certainly
when Norm was healthy, like you could see the potential. But I think
the reason that he was so involved in you know, basically every trade machine
someone sent to you over the summer before the start of the season was he
is just a little bit of an un want a fiable entity, right,
It's a little bit unknown, like we just we hadn't seen prolonged stretches of
him healthy with the team, and we certainly hadn't seen prolonged stretches of him
healthy with with two, one, three, So I'm so happy for him.
He gets to play his game while contributing to wins, you know what
I mean. Sometimes sometimes these guys who were like who are great spark plug
off the bench scorers, you know, it doesn't always translate to wins.
Uh and norm with even given some of his physical limitations, the effort that
he expounds on the defensive end of the floor and just how he how he
just creates so much gravity in space for everyone around him is just so so
immeasurably valuable. And I like too that he you know, he's adapted to
this role, seems to love it, really fries in it. But you
will also see him in closing lineups, like I have no doubt that at
some point we will see more in closing lineups in the playoffs. And to
have a guy who's that versatile, it's just great. Like outside of your
top five guys when you're you know whatever, you want to consider Norman the
sixth or seventh guy up, is that darn good. I'm telling you,
you're sitting pretty. He's a scoring machine. He's a microwave. And of
course he helped form the Powell Rangers, as you dubbed the starting lineup with
Norman place of Terrence Man that we haven't got to see much of recently in
fourth quarters because Noah beachs a zoobots. But it's coming, It's coming soon.
It may happen tomorrow in Atlanta. Last one for you here will quickly.
Paul George is three of thirteen, but knocked down a big three pointer
after a nice block or a steal on Haimi hawk Is in the fourth quarter,
knockdown his free throws late. Any concern overall with Paul George or do
we just have to tip our cap and say he's playing injured right now and
he's still helping this team. He had the second best, third best plus
minus in the ball game, Okay, fourth, fifth. I think I
think it's definitely the latter. Like ultimately, look, Paul George is only
four games removed from another twenty point twenty point plus performance. He just had
an insane stretch. He's dealing with an injury. I think it's I think
you just got to ride the ups and downs. I like that it doesn't
appear to be getting into his head. And you know, while he certainly
doesn't look one hundred percent physically like himself, I'm not super I'm not super
concerned about it, and I trust, at least I hope that he's not
playing through a high level of pain or anything like that, because it's it's
just an injury that you know, you don't want to take too many chances
with. You don't want to reaggravate because it's an issue. I mean,
we know we've had players with it before. Yeah, I don't want to
linger like the Cramburs he is. Will Updyke from Clips and Dip Will thanks
for doing this to night a little double dip here on Clippers Talk. We'll
talk to you soon on the YouTube. My friend sounds good. Thanks for
having me. Let's go clip quick time out. After the Clippers win one
O three to ninety five in Miami over the heat, we'll come back,
we'll close things out, we'll preview tomorrow's game in Atlanta. Clippers on that
back to back final game of the road trip, we'll be taking on Trey
Young in the atl Plus we'll get to Kay Newton in her casual corner.
Next right here on Clippers Stock on a five to seven LA Sports, The
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LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers win in Miami one O three to ninety five.
They're five and one on the Grammy road trip with one to go.
Tomorrow, they're in Atlanta taking on Trey Young. No Clip Capella in that
game. He's out due to injury. We'll see what it looks like for
Beats Zoobots and his minutes restriction against that Atlanta team. Tiptime is at four
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and bad news for you here. The Rockets were not able to come back
and win over the Timberwolves. Tea Wolves will win at home one eleven to
ninety over Houston, but but second overtime and okasee. Raptors and Thunder locked
up at one hundred and eighteen points. Let's go Raptors. I'm like Chuck
now. Toronto is my favorite city in the world. I gueah and see
oh god loud, door's a three pointer? All right. Before we get
out of here, let's get to Katie Newton's casual corner here, Katy,
you got a question for me? Yeah, how many years of college do
you have to go to before entering the NBA? I believe zero? Now,
oh really, I think you have to be eighteen and one year out
of high school. They've changed the one and done rule a couple different times,
so who knows. Really, it's just like I think it's one year
out of high school. All right, Maybe you could look that up for
me right now now. Katie Newton, head of our research department, always
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