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one seventeen, so one oh six. Welcome into your postgame show. I'm
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Memphis Grizzlies and John Moran, and we are rejoined by a radio voice of
the Clippers. In Carlo Jimenez as he's eating that dub Jameis Winston style.
Well, it was Florida State over Murray's State in this one, with Terrence
Man being for Florida State and his team getting the victory tonight. But we
know they were tested, they were pushed. It wasn't gonna be an easy
ball game, especially without Kawhi Leonard. But I like seeing the Clippers poise
down the stretch. Second straight game where they've been tested and they've come through
with flying colors late. They passed every test we talked about a pre game,
we talked about the rebounding battle. They dominated fifty four to thirty three
in the rebounding department. We talked about points in the paint. They won
that one fifty four to forty eight. Out of the Clippers shot under thirty
percent and still won the ball game handily at one seventeen and one oh six.
And it was a group effort. There's a group project tonight, and
everyone contributed. There was no slackers. The Clippers had almost all their players
scoring double figures except two seven of the nine who played, and at every
point somebody contributed something in this one. A great team win. Not a
perfect performance, but you'll take anyone you can get without Kawhi. And really,
when Memphis got back into the ball game, it was a lot of
self inflicted wounds by the Clippers, going five and a half minutes without scoring
or without a field goal at least in that second quarter, and then about
four and a half minutes without a field goal made in the fourth quarter,
where they had eight of their eighteen turnovers. But I felt like PG thirteen
really calmed this team down when he hit that jumper coming out of the time
out. It was a big shot. I believe it was an eight point
game. He brought it back to double figures. And even though he fouled
out, he had six of his eventual twenty three in this one after starting
one for eleven. Yeah, it shows the depth and luxury of this team,
because Adam, how many times have we seen the Clippers do that with
Kawhi. Maybe the offense isn't working, they need a bucket late. It's
a close game, so they're just gonna throw it to the claw on the
post. Everybody get out of the way. He's going to work. There's
not much you can do to stop him. And instead of Kawhi Leonard.
It was Paul George who was tasked with taking the train home, and he
did. He got into the post, he got to a spot, and
he was a mid range killer in that fourth quarter. James Hardening this one,
he started off hot four or five from the field. He had ten
points in the first quarter. He would score just six to the rest of
the way, but thirteen assists to lead them there. Did have five turnovers,
but some of the dimes that he was thrown out there and the Clippers
overall twenty eight assists on their forty three makes you'll take that most nights.
And it just felt like, especially in the first half, James Harden was
in control of this ball game. Yeah, Memphis went up six all of
a sudden, the Clippers were worried, is this the Grizzlies team that's gonna
jump on them early? And Harden had two big threes late in that first
quarter to give the Clippers a lead and help them hang on to that lead
to finish the frame. And he may not affect the game in every single
quarter, but it's moments like that, moments where maybe the game is teetering
left or right. We saw it in the fourth, the lead was cut
to eight by the Grizzlies. Who does ty lu sumb back in James?
Things settle down. This team continues to be excellent on both ends. He
really and ty Lewis talked about this. He really is a calming presence for
this team. When he has the ball in his hands, they don't turn
it over as much. When he's handling the basketball, they make the right
raids. On the offensive end, they seem to play a lot smoother when
one of the best passers the league has ever seen is at the controls of
the offense. And I thought a beats the zou Bots was also somebody that
was able to stunt some of those runs and stem the tide of the Memphis
Grizzlies. You talked about a pregame, but sometimes hees your bailout guy,
your security blanket when you can't get anything going out there, find big Zoo.
He was the one that got that first bucket after going five and a
half minutes without scoring a field goal in the second and he finished with but
fifteen and twenty boards in this one. Was just dominant, second most rebounds
in his career. It was Croatian heritage night, so you knew he was
going to show out. I mean, we saw him on the big board
named twenty four European countries in twenty four seconds. I couldn't do that if
you gave me twenty four minutes and his ability to be able to affect the
glass, get offensive rebounds, clean up things on the defensive end. Jaron
Jackson Junior, who's been excellent this year, had a lot of his twenty
two points in garbage time of each the Zubahts held him in neutral tonight and
just continues to show why he should be in the conversation for one of the
best big men in the NBA. It's not flashy stuff, but it's consistent.
He continues to be effective. Third strake double double for Big Zoo,
ninth in the last seventeen games. He is delivering on a nightly basis for
this Slippers team, and a bit big putback dunk in the fourth quarter off
of miss layup from Norn Palell. Clippers go on to win one seventeen to
one oh six. They are surging still even without Kawhi two and two over
these last four games without him. We'll see what we hear postgame from coach
Lou and the updates on his status coming up. As the Clippers have one
more hero at home. Monday, they'll be taking on the Miami Heat.
Tip Off is at seven thirty. We'll have your pregame show starting at six
thirty. Carlo Jimenez, Great, Carlozolways, let's do it again on Monday.
My friend, you know what am I don't want to make this joke,
but no one has yet see you next year? Yeah, come on,
that's sorry. I didn't want up one up. I like that.
I just I saw it coming for a mile away, all right, right
away, all right, all right, you know what, maybe you'll see
me. Can't wait see in twenty twenty four Clippers and twenty twenty three in
style, they win by eleven over the Memphis Grizzlies. Here at Crypto dot
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Audio Network. Clippers win one seventeen to one oh six over the Memphis Grizzlies
here at Crypto dot Com arena. See in twenty twenty four. Carlo see
the TikTok. Maybe later tonight, though, Carlo mez with a hell of
a call. Get on that headset. We ain't done yet. I want
you to listen to your highlights. You're making Big brother Jake Warner work extra
overtime here. He's already got to be here tomorrow. He's gonna set up
tonight for King Ooh, yeah, you're right now. We're gonna get out
of eleven. Don't worry about that. Yeah. Hey, it's me man.
We always get out on time, right right getting I'm getting out of
here. I'm gonna listen to this on my drive back. Great call,
I ca Bro. I can't wait for the calls. Happy New Year,
Zach. All right, let's get to some of those calls. Clippers were
up at the half fifty nine to fifty four in the third quarter. After
starting one for eleven. PG thirteen finally found his shooting stroke. Here coming
the Clippers the other way a chance to take their largest lead. Georgia three
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Yes, plit Firs take their largest lead, ninety five seventy five. As
we ended the fourth, assist number thirteen for James. The officials were hating
after review. They said it was just a two pointer, but Paul George
had thirteen points in that third quarter PG thirteen with thirteen. Clippers led by
twenty heading into the fourth, but things got dangerously close his Memphis had its
just an eight point game and mister fourth quarter this season. Outside of Kawhi
PG and James Harden, the forgotten man who's been stepping up consistently late in
ballgames, Norman Powell parroshoote the Pats two Bots kicks at Norman Powell right corner
three yes, sir, nor promistance. He's got nine and the Culppers lead
six and a half to go in the fourth. That's a huge shut.
Doorman pald deep on left sign dribbling on the right hand surveys the seed,
hurls the screen down the right Atley rising play up norms and double figures at
eleven Nelman Palell gets my marint to the rim, quotes it up within the
right hand, and then thirteen for Norm back in double figures for the eleventh
time in the last thirteen games. Norm Powell and nice bounced back performance.
Seven of his thirteen points came in that fourth quarter. The Clippers would eventually
close the door and win one seventeen to one oh six over the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Clippers winners of eleven of their last thirteen, sixteen of their last twenty one.
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Here at Crypto dot Com Arena over John Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies. Welcome
back into your post game show. I'm at a Moslin. Clippers shoot fifty
percent from the floor, just twenty eight percent from the outside, but some
big ones in the fourth quarter. Memphis at forty three percent shooting wise just
thirteen to forty's thirty three percent from the floor, leaving your Los Angeles Clippers.
After starting one for eleven PG thirteen, Paul George turned it around in
the second half, win seven of ten, finished with twenty three points,
six big shots for six big points in the fourth quarter. Right behind him,
you had James Harden with sixteen and thirteen assists in Big Zoo with fifteen
and twenty board second most rebounds he's had in a game. As you know,
he had twenty nine rebounds in a game before where he almost had a
thirty thirty against the Indiana Pacers. I believe it was last year. Clippers
win one seventeen and one oh six over the Memphis Grizzlies. Their next one
back here at Crypto Monday night, way ahead of us in twenty twenty four.
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Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight
seven two five seventy is the phone number we can call the bear. Okay,
coming up, we got Chuck maclauron, We got postgame audio. But
this was impressive from the Clippers. And I know they led up and they
had some shooting droughts in the second quarter in the fourth quarter. In the
second quarter they went five and a half minutes without a field goal. It
was just a five point lead at the half, after they led by fifteen.
In the fourth quarter, after entering it leading by twenty, the Clippers
went four and a half minutes without scoring. But they put them away in
the end. And I like seeing that composure and ability to close and shut
the door on the team that had all the momentum in the Memphis Grizzlies when
it was just an eight point game. I like that. I like seeing
Paul George turn things around after starting one for eleven, and then going seven
for ten and hitting six big points in the fourth quarter in their time of
need, when it was just an eight point game. It was a PG
jumper out of a timeout. It was back to eight, and then I
beat the Zubats in the short roll, found Norman Powell for a big time
three pointer. Then Norm had a layup to put them up eleven, but
Smart came right back hit a three pointer. It's an eight point game again,
and then Zoo had to put back off a Norm pound miss layup.
Paul George was a big rebound, another jumper. They were up by eleven.
A Zoo block on John Morant and that was pretty much all she wrote.
Paul George would fall out late, but the damage was done. They
stemmed the tide. They held back a Memphis team that was not quitting.
Yes on the second nine of it back to back. Yeah, John Morant
didn't look great out there, probably still dealing with that illness, but the
Clippers still don't have Kawhi Leard and they just handed the Memphis Grizzlies their first
loss since John Morant has returned. And there was some good game plan stuff
in this one. First quarter saw it right away. They were trapping Jaron
Jackson Junior and he was having trouble making the pass out of that Out of
that double team, he only had one turnover, but he ended up being
a minus eleven and got bodied on the boards by Big Zoo. Emphasis on
Big Zoo, gargantuan, gigantic, fifteen and twenty boards. You want to
know why they outrebounded the Memphis Grizzlies by twenty two because Big Zoo had twenty
boards and six offensive rebounds and Jaron Jackson Jr. Had two rebounds total.
That is complete domination on the glass. Some of it was game plan though.
They were drawing Jaron Jackson Junr. Away from the basket early on.
He was sagging off of Terrence Man. Good move by the Grizzlies. They
knew Man was in a shooting slump. He was playing off of him,
crowding the paint. Grizzlies had an early lead in the first quarter, but
the Clippers would turn things around quickly, and it was James Harden who would
knock down a three pointer early on and then cross over Desmond Bane to get
the end one. He would miss the free throw, but it was a
nasty cross even had a rejection the next possession that unfortunately ended up in it
made three by the Memphis Grizzlies. But I thought some of what he was
bringing with those ten points in the first quarter big for the Clippers. You
have ten and four assists in the first quarter on four or five shooting two
of three from the outside. Big time stuff from James Harden and the Clippers.
After that slow start, they were down I want to say eight to
two, would win the first thirty three to twenty five. So they kept
closing out quarters the correct way. And our producer back in Burbank, Zacho,
called to you wisely pointed out that the Clippers outside of the fourth quarter,
because well they didn't really need a buzzer beater. They were playing ballbonic
plague out there, not trying to turn it over late as the game was
just about over. But in through the first three quarters, the Clippers hit
a buzzer beater to end each quarter. First it was it was a Kobe
Brown layup. Then in the second quarter it was Russell Westbrook finding Terrence Man
cutting into the basket for a layup. It was a great feed from Russ
by the way set up the defense. They thought he was gonna drible out
the clock, and in the second quarter he finds Terrence Man. Instead of
being up three, they're up five and a half. Then to end the
third, Memphis had a disastrous turnover or an out of bounds play on their
baseline where they threw it away with one point one seconds left. Coach Lou
with a great decision to bring back in Paul George, even though I want
to say he had four fouls at that point, just for that final shot.
He would hit it near side corner three ended up being a two foot
was on the line, but tough shot for a guy that was having a
miserable shooting star to this game one For eleven to come in and hit that
special impressive, So Coach Lou give him credit the Clippers causing the turnover,
although some of that was on Memphis. And I'll say this, the Clippers
had a lot of self inflicted wounds those scoring droughts, where some of it
was just the game got junked up, a lot of fouls were being called.
They kind of lost their rhythm and flow offensively, but they had eight
turnovers in the fourth quarter. That's how Memphis got back into it. That's
what gave them a chance. Russ had three of his four in the fourth
quarter and was eventually taken out. I thought before that he had a very
nice ball game. But you can't give a team extra possessions that's trying to
come back on you. So the Clippers had. Overall, it's a great
victory. They're nineteen and twelve now with a game coming up on Monday against
the Miami Heat before a road trip. Tough one. It's gonna be real
tough. I want to say nine of their next they played nine games in
sixteen days. One of them is technically a road game where they're taking on
the Lakers. Here at dot Com areno so whatever you want to say about
that. But they'll be in Phoenix. They play them a couple of times
coming up soon. I haven't seen them yet this season. I don't believe
the Clippers have more than right to the ship, though, after losing six
straight five straight when they first got James Harden. Since then, with Terrence
Mann in the starting lineup, sixteen of their last twenty one, they have
won sixteen of their last twenty one, eleven of their last thirteen. After
a quick two game slide in Kawhi's first two games that they missed. He's
missed four straight now and they're two and two without him. But a lot
of guys stepped up. A mere coffee was good in this ballgame. He
talked with Carlo Jimenez post game. He had a three found Terrence Man in
transition for a layup. It was a really unselfish play where he could have
taken into the basket. Instead he went to Terrence Man, who's been in
this shooting slump. Another three in the third quarter from a mirror and then
a transition dunk off a Russ pass that was nasty. A mirror transition is
a locomotive. But I mentioned Charnce Man there. The shooting funk is real.
He was my player to watch. He ended up with eleven points,
but zero six from the outside, and the Memphis Grizzlies were playing off of
him completely to start the ball game. It was really the first time that
I noticed the team schemed that way right off the bat, and it's smart.
Darreon Jackson Junior was his defender, so he let Terrence Man stay in
that far side corner just sagged off of him so he could protect the paint
more and Man couldn't make him pay for it. He turned down a wide
open three in the near side corner off a pass from Paul George early on,
and I saw some frustration in the second quarter, especially from him,
and this was a cool moment that just shows the team chemistry. Memphis makes
their big run in the second quarter, Clippers can't score. Man was on
the floor for that. He goes to the bench and he gets consoled by
PJ. Tucker, who hasn't played in weeks, hasn't played a minute,
and the Vet was trying to cheer him up, was trying to keep him
locked in because you can see at times, I think the shooting is affecting
parts of his game elsewhere and that can't happen. But then he gets the
bucket to end the first half of the great feed from Russell Westbrook. But
early in the third quarter, after missing a three pointer, James Harden tried
to find Terrence Man on the block, and this turnover was not on James
hard It was a good pass. Man just wasn't ready. He didn't jump
to it. It just looked like he was still thinking about that shot he
missed. But he would end up with a big layup in the third quarter,
then in transition where it looked like classic Terence Man. It was a
one on two situation, I want to say, and he took it all
the way to the basket himself. It was altered in a time out by
the Memphis Grizzlies, and there was a different level of confidence after that.
He had a defensive play that was called a foul. It was a tough
call on Marcus Smart on the right wing. Out of that timeout where there's
a little bit more energy, a little bit more pop and confidence. You
could see it. He knocked down some free throws late, still all of
six from the outside. It's brutal right now from there, and I'm watching
him pregame and I posted this ad follow out of may on X the same
spot where he missed two threes early on in the first quarter. I want
to say it was Yeah, he went oh three from three in the first
quarter, that same spot in the foreside corner where he was making the pregame
with a hand in his face. He just couldn't get to go once the
game started. It's in his head. Clippers win though, one seventeen to
one oh six, and I still want Terrence Mann to stay confident and keep
shooting. That's the only way he's gonna get out of this funk. He's
gonna Steve Sachs like rut right now. It's brutal to watch from the outside,
but he does so much for this team. Still, Clippers win over
the Memphis Grizzlies by eleven. Coming up, we'll get to your phone calls
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LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers win one seventeen until one
oh six over the Memphis Grizzlies here at Crypto dot Com Arena at one eleven
of thirteen sixteen of their last twenty one. Memphis is not lost yet.
With John Morant, I understand they were on a back to back John Morant
didn't look right, a little more pop in the second half he started to
find himself. But there was some video of him in the tunnel just I
don't know if he was dry heaving or what say, harbor hours. I
can say that he was going through it as many of us have with whatever
the bug is going around right now. Welcome back to the Clippers stock.
I'm out of Moslin to eight sixty six, nine eighty seven, two five
seventy coming up. We got Chuck Mockler. But first, your phone calls
Garrett in silver Lake. Hi, hose silver Lake. What's up, Garrett?
H Derek Adam, how you doing, friend, Derek? I got
you, You got me. Hey. I got so much to say,
but before I do, I just want to say thank you for everything that
you do. Adham. You are my favorite radio hosts on the air.
You're reporting as killer and I look forward to listening to every night after the
games. Hey, April Foles is not for a few more months. Man,
we don't have to do this. This is not April Foles, my
friend. You are the best in the biz and I love what you do.
I got a couple of things. I got a couple of things to
say real quick. The first is god, Man, I don't want to
call it too soon, but when z is out there on the court playing
the way he is, I'm both done to the floor. We look like
a championship contender. And I know we've got our rough spots. We turned
the ball over too much, but man, no, no, did Derek.
But over the last twenty games coming into this one, they were fourth,
and turnovers it just under twelve per game. Yes, I agree.
Well, I got a question for you, because you know this team better
than anyone else. What are our championship prospects for this season? Cut it
to me straight. I need to know. Oh, it's real. The
championship aspirations for this team is real. You want to know why because they
brought it in James Harden, who a lot of people didn't want. And
look at the results. Now, when you're missing Paul Georgian games, they
got victory. Now they've had a couple without Kawhian games. That's because they
have backup. They have insurance, they have the Bearded Wonder, they have
James Harden and all that firepower out there. These are games they would likely
be losing in past seasons. Without one of the two to one to three
connection. So I think what that means is it not only raises their floor
in the regular season, it raises their ceiling because it means you're getting a
better seating because having James Harden is that important. I was for it back
in July. I felt like, and I said it many times, it
would unlock the best version of two to one three, and for the most
part, it certainly has. In this new starting lineup when they are together,
I want to say they're fourteen and three when they actually have everybody know
Kawhi in the last four games, but when Kawhi PG, James Harden,
Terrence Man and Visa Zubots have been out there, I want to say they're
fourteen and three. They're elite, and they still everyone to grow. They
can get better. There are still miscues. Derek mentioned the turnovers. There
was a play where James Harden was looking for Russell Westbrook in the second half.
He's digged when he'sagged. And I know those guys have played together before,
but it's a different construction team roster construction here with this Clippers team,
and they have different, slightly different roles, not even slightly with Russ,
who I thought had a good game overall, fourteen points, six of nine,
two of four from the outside. He had a play early in the
fourth quarter I want to say it was he turned down a three on the
right wing and put it on the floor. He turned it over. It
was unfortunate the mentality overall, he turned down the shot they were trying to
bait him into taking, even on a night where at that point I want
to say he was two for three. Russ has changed the way he has
played in many ways. Mark and Huntington Beach. What's up here on Clippers
sock without a mazzle. Yeah, I watched the game at my favorite sports
bar here in Huntington Beach, my place bar and grill, and that's where
I hang out when there's a Clipper game on if I didn't do it.
So it's a great game. It's just like you said. I said,
we're gonna win two out of three the rest of the season, and that's
with everyone healthy. So okay, so we're two and two without Kawhi.
But yeah, the thing I noticed tonight was more times than not everyone knew
where to go, you know, between Harden and everything and It's like you
said, it's still improvement, but everyone's jelling better and better and better.
And when we get plumble back, I still want you to mention to coach
lou to have Plumbley and Tice both on the floor at the same time rim
protection. It is not my job to mention that to him. He may
have an assistant coach that does that. There may be somebody who works as
in the media, not for the Clippers that does that. But I understand
I how are those minutes gonna work? We heard from Daniel tyst yesterday at
practice. They asked him if anything has been discussed of what his role is
going to be when Mason Plumley's healthy again, and no, And maybe he
was just being coy. Maybe he was not, you know, letting the
cat out of the bag and what's gonna happen with rotations. But the key
to that mark would be daniel Tye has to knock down shots from the outside.
If he can do that, he can play the four. He might
be able to. He's been good so far this season with his shot is
with the Clippers. I've been really impressed with his play. He had a
block on John Morant early in this one, he ended up with five points
and picked up some three personals in thirteen minutes. But I love Daniel Tyson
when he's brought to this team. I appreciate the phone call Mark Morris in
Long Beach, Morris, what's up here on clippersack? Hey? First of
all, Adam, you and Carlo and none of the thieves. Carlos stole
my thunder again. You know, I know nobody was thinking about this with
me. But Tyron Lou is the coach of the Month for December, and
I know people can't believe that, considering this team down in the dumps.
You know, people talk negative about them, everything, disappointing everybody once and
again. But you can't say that now and eleven and two in the month
of December is impressive. And if it ain't the guy in Boston, it's
got to be Tyron Lou and you and you also a part of it.
Another thief, Adam, because it was me that thought of that Harden is
not what you call the system, hardens what you call insurance. And because
of this guy, man, you know, when the Lakers, the Lakers
forget, forget my cursing, when the Clippers don't have their their two one
three connection. I'm not gonna say no problem, but they got a guy
that can step in there and do what Matgic Johns used to do, make
everybody else better with his passing. If you need him to score, he
can do that. And here's the last thing I want to say. What
mister Balmer need to do is have Croatian Night every night because when they seem
like when they have Croatian Night, zoo Bab does get crazy. No more
offensive rebounds, y'all ain't getting no more offensive rebounds on Croatian Night. And
that's big to the Clippers because that's always been a chilly's heels for him.
But anyway, you know, a good win. This is not the same
team that we played her in the year. Remember we lost to these guys
in the year, and I've been watching the Memphis since they got job Brad
back. They're not the same guys no more, Adam. So, all
wins, all of them in the NBA are hard, and this was a
tough one too. Put the better team one. So I'll see her against
Miami, all right. I appreciate the phone call. Mores. Some good
points there. Clippers go eleven and two in December. Coach Lou's been phenomenal.
Big Zoo fifteen and twenty had a big block on Jaw and the fourth
kind of just shut things down right there. I saw Big Zoo get upset
when he was called for a personal in the second half. Big for the
Jake saw two here. If you're watching, I don't know what the TV
feed was given to you, but he was trying to implore Coach Lou to
challenge it after they had won challenge earlier with James Harden. He was mad
and they were up twenty. He wasn't gonna stand for it. So yeah,
Big Zoo's playing with a lot of pride, especially tonight. Clippers win
one seventeen to one oh six. Coming up next, Chuck Mockler from C
and D will be here. Clippers win by eleven over the Memphis Grizzlies,
and you're listening to Clippers Talk here on Crypto. Here at Crypto dot com
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LA Clippers basketball is on the two one three Era continues. You're listening to
the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers win one seventeen to
one oh eight here at Crypto over the Memphis Grizzlies, final game of twenty
twenty three four year Los Angeles Clippers, and they win by eleven. They
go eleven and two in the month of December, and those two they lost
were without Kawhi Leonard. They had a real shot it's sweep in the month.
Hopefully Kawhi Leonard is able to return soon. What was revealed earlier today
from coach lew in his pregame press conference was that the hip injury went back
to the game where he had forty one against the Utah Jazz and took a
hard spill, so he was already playing through it. Then it was exacerbated
by what happened with Grant Williams and the Dallas Mavericks where it looked like he
caught a knee to the hip. So he was already playing through it and
playing amazing, but it got worse. Let's hear from coach lou post game
though. After the Clippers win over the Memphis Grizzlies tonight here at Crypto,
can you just discuss just to going on a run this month after you know,
trying to work through things in November and struggling and where you are now.
Yeah, I mean I give credit to our coaching staff and our players,
you know, just working through, you know, all the adversity when
we had lost six games in a row and just trying to figure it out,
and everybody's been putting the work in, just trying to get better,
you know, each night, and so I give those guys a lot of
credit, you know. And so once we figured out our rotations, you
know, figured out how we wanted to play, and then you know,
just having to win games different ways, you know, Kawhi being out,
PG was out a couple of games, you know, so just having to
win games ugly sometimes just you know, just how to just trying to figure
out a way to win games. And I get this group credit. They've
they've done that, and so you know, we got a long ways to
go. We've got to continue to keep building. But like I said,
we're doing some good things. And I just like our attitude where we're at
right now. What I like about this is they had to already overcome adversity
early in the season. It shows their character. You lose six in a
row, you lose five straight when they first bring in James Harden. This
team did not fold. They did not give in. They continue to do
the work, they continue to have confidence in themselves turning this thing around,
and now they have. And coach Lou's been saying all along he likes what
he has with this team. He can see that they can be special,
and they have been. They won sixteen of twenty one. Speaking of big
time winners, we got Chuck maclron from Clips and Dip, second or third
straight show. Hope Big will is Okay, we love them. We had
a great pot on the YouTube the other day. We all thought the Clippers
could get the victory tonight, Chuck. They did. What were you most
impressed by with this performance from the Clippers? Man? I think the most
impressive thing kind of goes to what you were just saying, was the not
folding part. Right. This game could have again gotten out of hand after
the Clippers were up by double digits, but they locked in when they really
had to, which was great to see. I think from an individual standpoint,
you know, the shooting wasn't there. It was there really early for
him, and then it tapered off. But he played forty three minutes and
had thirteen of six. James Harden was great in this one. He surged
on the Clippers needed them too offensively. Obviously, you wish the shooting was
a little bit better, but he ran everything. He was the engine,
he was the system. It was great to see hard and do a thing
tonight. He just looked like he was completely in control of the game,
especially in the first half. In that third quarter as well, and things
started to go sideways when he was out of the ball game in the fourth.
They brought him back in and he was kind of that calming force for
them. I also feel like Paul George tonight with an underrated special performance.
When you start one for eleven, you could pack it in and say it's
just not my night. Don't give me the basketball. Defer to others who
may have it going. Nah. He hit the biggest shot I thought out
of that time out when it was just an eight point game in the fourth
and after starting one for eleven, he went seven for his next That was
great to see from Paul George. Yeah, I think we can call it
a spectacular second half from Paul George. Maybe not an entire game, but
the second half from PG was phenomenal. That third quarter was just absurd.
He was five of eight in that when he was hitting at every level.
But yeah, and that's what hey, Paul George wasn't the superstar we needed
in the first half, but he was a superstar we needed in the second
half. He also got to the free throw line tonight. He had six
free throw attempts tonight, which is he had zero in the last two games.
So it's really nice to see him getting some love. That definitely helped
out his scoring line too. So him getting to the line and being aggressive
paid off for the Clippers, which is something we do kind of want to
see more of. But hats off from the second half for the second half
from Paul George. A great point by you. I failed to bring that
up. He got to the free throw line early on. It was well,
it was late in the first quarter, but it at least happened early
on in the ball game. After he missed his first shot, made his
second, then would miss ten straight before going seven for his next ten.
But yeah, getting to the free throw line key for him, and he
was just more intent on being aggressive out there. You could see it when
they're going up against a team that was the best in the league when it
came to stopping teams from getting into the paint and scoring there, and the
Clippers ended up with fifty four points in the paint. I thought of each
the Zubots obviously played a big role there seven of eight, fifteen points,
twenty boards, the second most in a ballgame for him, six offensive rebounds.
He just dominated the interior of the Memphis Grizzlies, and that's saying something.
Yeah, he himself had twice as many offensive rebounds as the entire Grizzlies
team did, which is incredible, and the Clippers really needed that. The
Grizzlies are a pretty bad rebounding team. It's really odd. We talked about
on the podcast. They don't get very many. So we wanted to see
Zubots assert himself and he did. He had a really great block late too.
I think it was on jaw, but it was a floater or something
like that, and he got up and really, you know, made sure
that that was not going to alter the game in any way. So he
was great. You know, it was Croatian night at the at Crypto,
so you thought Zoo might be a little excited and hyped up to play for
this one. But he's had a pretty incredible run over these last ten games
or so. If you go look at the stats, close to a double
double. I think he's had a double double basically every other game in the
last twenty games or so. So he's playing some of the best basketball in
his career. Probably should have made him my player to watch on Croatian Heritage
Night. I did go with Terrence Man instead. He did have eleven points.
There was some progress. There were some flashes there that third quarter transition
bucket that made Memphis have to call a time out. You saw some confidence
there, but still zer of six from distance. I was watching him closely
in the pregame warm ups and Terrence Man was knocking down three pointers all over
the place. It's almost like Charles Barkley. I don't know if people know
this about him, but at the driving range, he doesn't have that hitch
in his swing's all mental and he gets out there on the course and for
some reason he gets the yips there. Terrence Man right now is going through
that some of that stuff, but maybe a little bit of progress tonight,
Chuck, what do you think, Yeah, we saw some good from Terrence
Man, Terrence Man and a mere Coffee who I'm sure we'll probably talk about
next. He was phenomenal offensively, but they they showed up early tonight.
Last game was kind of underwhelming from those two, especially with Kawhi out.
I don't think, you know, we got as much as we wanted to
really get, especially offensively from those two guys. But Terrence ran the break
well on this one. He had the assist he had. You know,
it was only two of them, but they were nice, Like he got
every stat you really wanted him to get, so he was plus ten like
this was some progress, just obviously not from a shooting standpoint, but from
a mentality standpoint. This might make the game easier for him because right now
it looks like he's making a little harder on himself. I ain't going to
a mirror yet. I'm going to Kobe branwann your guy. He hit a
three in the first quarter off a nice speed from Russ. He had a
nice defensive play and then grabbed the board in the first Then he had to
lay up to end the first quarter, a big rebound to start the second,
played some good defense on Jaw. It didn't matter. He made the
shot, but then Russ found him for a dunk. Kobe Brown is slowly
coming along here. You can see just he's getting up to speed with the
NBA game. Yes, the size is there, the speed is what.
You know. Kind of was one of his bigger knocks and he was coming
out of college. So yeah, watching that first three fall, it was
great. Really thought the second one was going in. You know, he
had the line, which you'd love to see. But this is what he's
gonna have to do if he wants to get more time, which is going
to be difficult. Right, seven and four and fifteen minutes is kind of
hard to do if you're in Kobe Brown's position, So you love to see
it. I hope his next performer is as good as this one. Okay,
Mere Coffee had eight of his thirteen points in that third quarter, five
of six from the floor, three or four from the outside. He's a
lack in any confidence. Terrence Man assisted him on one of those threes,
and he assisted Terrence Man on a bucket and transition where I felt like a
Mere Coffee could have taken it himself. I love the selflessness there or just
knowing, hey, we got to get Terrence Man going here, maybe he
gets a bucket to go through. Who'll be feeling good about himself. Amir
just plays the right way, always has. Yeah, he's been a great
Clipper. He's a guy who if you know Clippers man, I mean we
all remember that one January and all that good stuff. But every ever since
he's been on the Clippers, he's up and down, you know, in
the rotation, out of the rotation. The story of his career as a
clip. But for the most part, he's been great in the pinch again,
like I said, a great bounce back game tonight. I think we're
probably gonna end up seeing him on Monday, you know, in the starting
lineup again. So he needs to continue to keep playing like this because this
really often helps his playoffs, you know, position well on this Clippers roster.
But wait, I predicted Kawhi Leonard would be the player of the game
on Monday. Is back on Wednesday, Thursday, whenever you did that last
podcast, What is your new level of concern regarding Kawhi and that hip injury,
Chock. I guess my level of concern is now that we have the
new information right that apparently had you know it was a reaggravation, is what
happened in the MAVs game from something that happened earlier, you know, before
I think he dropped that forty one or whatever it was. So that piece
of information makes me a little bit more concerned, you know. I understand
how fans are frustrated with the way that the information is being put out there,
which can be difficult sometimes, but you know, it's this organization and
this player. I don't really know what a lot of us were expecting.
I hope he goes on the trip to Phoenix. That's really what I'm going
to be looking for. Clippers playing the Heat on Monday and then travel to
Phoenix in New Orleans, So that's really what I'm aiming for. I just
hope he goes on that trip. And I understand the frustration too with just
wanting full transparency, but no team does that. I'm I'm thinking about the
Lakers with ad Lebron. They've been questionable for like two weeks, and they
keep playing out there or they miss a game. It's it's just what it
is, competitive advantage, whatever you want to say. Kawhi Leonard is guarded
about his health and I'm okay with that, because I want this guy right
and the way he was playing. We got to get him back to being
one hundred percent because he looked like the best player in the world for eleven
games where he shot sixty two percent from the floor, forty two percent or
fifty two percent. They want to show him ten percent there from distance.
He is Chuck Mockler at Chuck Mockler on Twitter, CND podcast. You can
find that at Clippers pod and at clippers pod cast on YouTube. Chuck,
thanks for coming on tonight here on Clippers stock for a little clips and double
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And he took Tarry, he took Uh, I took terrris Man, he
took James Harden and he had sixteen and thirteen assists and controlled the damn game.
It was incredible to watch, but we've been seeing it a lot lately.
Big bro, you are the fake philosopher yes, sir self proclaim it's
self deprecating as well. You've got this podcast I do, Big Brother Jake
Warner at Podcast one, give us some positive moments tonight here. Absolutely,
you pay for staying too long in environments that do not stimulate your growth.
Okay, yeah, get comfortable being uncomfortable. Is that Lebron who says they're
the most comfortable about being uncomfortable? That I do not know right now.
It's a part of life. Makes sense, absolutely, Zach quickly, one
on one, one question from you and then I'll throw one back. We
ain't got time for that. S We're getting out on time tonight thanks to
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