Clippers lose Game two in Phoenix by a final score of one twenty three to
one. On nine, I'm out, I'm auslin. You're listening to Clippers
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My Cliff from Clips and Dip pod does it with myself and Will up
Dike. I believe they were doing some live streaming earlier and we got a
podcast coming out on the off day tomorrow. Chuck. Where was this game
lost for you? I mean, I hate to say this, but it
was lost in the role players. Right you look at Nico and Bones and
Norm they don't make a single three. I don't know how many games the
Clippers win with those guys don't make a single three. So I think you
gotta tip your hat to Phoenix. They got what they needed to get.
You know, their big three went off, plus Tory Craig, he did
his thing, and that's what they needed. The mid range mass won this
game, and we just gotta hope the role players you know, shoot better
in front of a raucous home crowd on Thursday. Yeah, And one of
the warning signs to me is just that the Clippers only score one hundred and
nine points. They're not hitting three pointers so far to high rate in this
series they need to be. They're not getting big performances from Norman Powell or
Terrence Man or Nicholas Batoum standout performances from guys. When you're down, Paul
George, you just have to have it from at least one guy. Russ
was good with twenty eight, but Phoenix, this isn't abnormal. They can
hit these shots. They can make these shots, and they can put up
one hundred and twenty three points. There's gonna be games where you have to
hang with them offensively, and they just haven't shown that they have enough scoring
punch so far. Really to me, in the first two games, well,
it's been tough, right, you know, Terrence went three for three
right for what he attempted. It was literally perfect. But I think Ty
had had a bit of walking rotations in this one. I didn't like a
lot of the decisions that Eric Gordon made from deep but I mean, if
you take a step back because you know I'm both of us. Obviously,
we watched every Clifford's possession with the eyes of a hawk. We split two
games away, which is exactly what you're supposed to do if you're the road
team. We kind of have the advantage coming back in front of his home
crowd at Crypto on Thursday. But I think they're going to get it worked
out. I don't think there's another night where we get this poor of results
from our role playing guys. It does hurt to waste such an efficient Westbrook
night. I think a lot of us and I was skeptical the rest trade
when it happened, but since then I've been converted to being a believer.
But there might be a regression coming up. He's had two I mean,
he had one wildly efficient game tonight and we lost, and he had a
very inefficient night game on and we won. So there are some question Marshall
the Clippers as to what really drives a win. I guess from the playoffs,
but I also think the Sums are still kind of throwing things at the
walls to see what sticks. So we got to help the intensities high when
we come. When we come back to LA because I would love to see
the Thumbs having to battle back from the double point, double digit deficit in
the first quarter. Yeah, the crowd can definitely carry them and help some
of that outside shooting. I think just the roar of the crowd in downtown
Los Angeles. I don't know what the Splits are home and a way.
Obviously they haven't been a great home team this season, but I do think
Clipper Nation is going to show up in a big way. Now. You
mentioned they're throwing stuff at the wall, and we did see coach lug extremely
small in the fourth quarter with Norm russ Man bones in Kauai. Do you
think he was just trying anything and considering they weren't getting stopped even with more
defenders out there, he was just trying to load up on the offensive side
and hoping they can go on and run. Well, I was just saying
this, so Will and I are actually live on YouTube right now. I'm
taking a quick break from it, but we were just talking about this.
So when you're when you're a wing heavy team to start the season like the
Clippers, right, you would assume that Marcus Morris, I don't care what
people think about him and Robert Covington. Again, I don't care what people
think about him as a player that they're gonna get some time on the playoffs.
We have now through a series of some decisions, removed two of those
wings from the playoffs, which is killing the Clippers I think right now.
So I think I never want to see the Clippers going out small again.
It was a nightmare. I know the postgame Tylo said it was good defensively,
but he's also made a control with the media, which I do respect.
I think some fans should maybe respect that too. But like this is
what happens when you make change, it is too late, like we saw
with the Batoum starting for Marcusloris, and that maybe should have happened with more
than six or seven games left in the regular season, and then with not
playing Robert Covington at all, where you just even if putting Robert Covington in,
would still be throwing something at the wall to see what sticks. But
I hope whatever pieces Tyloo throws up the wall next game, if he has
to are bigger than the small ball five he put out tonight. Well,
I gotta be honest. I predicted that Roco would play at some point in
the first two games, and it hasn't happened yet. And it's a little
bit more surprising because Nicholas Batoum is one for seven so far from three,
Like, I'm surprised he hasn't gone to Roco or didn't tonight, considering the
amount of guys that were struggling from the outside and trying that. But you
know, maybe I shouldn't be it. He hasn't played much this season.
Do you point that out many times? We'll see what happens as we move
along here. But Kawhi Leonard finishes with thirty one. He was still efficient
eleven or twenty from the field, three or five from the outside. I'm
a little bit concerned because we've seen a history of this. It happens throughout
playoff runs where a guy can get worn down as a series goes along because
so much has asked of them without Paul George and if another guy is inconsistently
helping out. In tonight, it was r Us with his twenty eight points,
but they still needed more shooting out there, especially when Kawhi is being
doubled and he's finding the open man. And he did have seven assists.
He was very good passing wise. I want to say he had five of
those in the first half. But I'm a little bit concerned that Kauai as
the series goes along, there's just so much on his plate that I wonder
if the efficiency is still going to be there, because it has to be.
Really, they have to have Kauai shoot fifty percent from the field to
hang with the Phoenix Suns. I think you're right, but I think one
thing we can take solison is a Kawhi went about his rehab exactly like he
wanted to, and the results been there so far, and we just kind
of have to put a little bit of hope, which if you're a Clippers
fan, you hopefully have a little bit of that leftover that he can still
be efficient up until we get PG back, hopefully for either Game seven or
the next round. But I think what's interesting too is you look at those
minutes totals for the Suns and the team. I mean, Kd's averaging more
minutes than Kawhi. I think same with Devin Booker, like we're pushing this
team. This Sun team is doing everything they can through these two games to
not be down OZ two and they only split them right, So at some
point the bench guys are going to step up. And at some point,
yes, Kawi's efficiency might dip a bit, but it's not going to dip
into you know, horrifying territory, if you'll let me have that one.
So we just got to write it out. We absolutely need to win game
three in La to really put the pressure on though, no doubt he is
Charles Mockler of Clips and Dip. You guys got the stream going right now
at a Clippers podcast on YouTube with Will up Deck. Yes, we're on
it right now. All right, get back to work. I appreciate you,
Charles, thanks for doing this. Let's go clips. We'll take a
quick time out, we'll come back. We'll close things out with your phone
calls and you'll hear from Russell Westbrook. After the Clippers lose one twenty three
to one oh nine in Phoenix to the Sun's Game three coming up on Thursday,
huge swing game, pivotal, critical game three. I mean it's usually
safe for a game five, but no, Clippers gotta find a way to
come out and recapture the momentum after losing this one in Phoenix, and they
did make the Suns work for it. You're down just six with three minutes
left. After it looked like the Suns could have ran away with it.
Clippers were there, but they couldn't cross the finish line tonight. More Clippers
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