WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:06.160 Parents madness jure. Once again, he's Clippers Talk. I got calls on 2 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:12.279 Clippers Talk, immediate reaction and analysis to today's game. That's what he's capable 3 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:17.519 of. Hosted by your pre and post game voice of the LA Clippers, 4 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:23.239 Adam Osler. Oh, I guess sixteenth time is the charm for the Sacramento 5 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:29.239 Kings, who had lost fifteenth straight in Sacramento to your Los Angeles Clippers until 6 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:32.799 tonight, where the Clippers lose one oh four to ninety nine. It was 7 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:37.960 the first time that they lost in Sacramento since they were playing at the Sleep 8 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:43.280 Train Arena back in March of twenty thirteen. Welcome in to Clipper Stop. 9 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:47.240 I'm Atam Moslin. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight sixty 10 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:51.799 six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number coming up here on 11 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:54.920 the show. We'll have postgame audio from head coach fron Loo. We'll get 12 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:58.119 to your phone calls at eight six six ninety seven two five seventy and you 13 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:00.520 can tweet me. I was gonna say text, but no, that's not 14 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:03.400 cool. It depends if you know me well enough to have it. This 15 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:07.519 isn't a secret textos alone type situation here where my phone blows up like Petros 16 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:11.959 Papadakis when he gives it out every year and shoot at follow out of May 17 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:15.719 on Twitter is where you can find me. And there's bound to be a 18 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:19.439 lot of frustration tonight coming off the big win the Clippers had against the Los 19 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:23.680 Angeles Lakers, and we wondered if that could propel them forward, if that 20 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:27.239 could be the turning point for this season, if something could have been born 21 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:32.280 out of that game like it was last year against the Atlanta Hawks, And 22 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:37.760 so far the answer is now. Sorry. The Clippers are just consistently inconsistent, 23 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:42.359 and that's the truth. And part of it is injuries, and part 24 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:45.920 of it is the schedule. This was the fifth game and seven nights, 25 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:49.040 and Sacramento was waiting for them. They had a couple days off after beating 26 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:53.879 them at Staples Center on Wednesday, and Terrence Davis had time to recharge. 27 00:01:55.319 --> 00:02:00.280 After having twenty three points against the Clippers Wednesday night, he goes for twenty 28 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:07.120 eight. His career high is thirty one. But this is someone and this 29 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:13.360 happens periodically to your team, and you always remember those those guys that aren't 30 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:17.039 necessarily stars, but role players that always show up against you and seem to 31 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:24.439 take you down. And Terrence Davis is an official Clippers killer at this point. 32 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:27.960 I don't know how else to put it, because he's played two of 33 00:02:27.960 --> 00:02:31.199 the best games of his career against the Clippers. They both happened in back 34 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:37.280 to back games in the same week, and by my count, Terrence Davis 35 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:40.280 is twelve or fifty seven from three against everybody else in the league this year, 36 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:46.000 twelve or fifty seven from three. Guess every other team the Kings have 37 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:49.680 played, who now improved to ten and fourteen on the year. Against the 38 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:57.879 Clippers, he has shot eleven for twenty from distance. It's it's hard to 39 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:01.520 uh, it's hard to understand and how somebody could get that hot other than 40 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:06.919 well, he's shooting twenty five percent of the year. And the Clippers play 41 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:09.919 drop coverage against guys like that. They let you take those shots. They 42 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:14.800 give you open shots. Because typically you're playing the law of averages, it's 43 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:17.520 gonna go in your favor. It hasn't with Terrence Davis. He has taken 44 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:23.319 it personal. He was talking junk to the Clippers on their bench in this 45 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:30.199 game. But tip your cap and you cannot take anyone lightly in this league, 46 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:32.759 including a team that fired their head coach just about a week and a 47 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:38.560 half ago, that has aspirations of making the playoffs or at least the play 48 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:43.960 in tournament this year. Remember Sacramento Kings, they have the longest run of 49 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:47.439 not making the playoffs. It's been since two thousand and six when Kevin Martin 50 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:51.400 was there. When they took on the Spurs in the first round. They 51 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:53.960 had Bonzi Wells. He bawled out in that series, by the way, 52 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:59.520 I can tell him from Sacramento. But it's all about the Clippers, and 53 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:05.000 this is a tough loss coming off what happened last night to play that well 54 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:12.680 against the Lakers, against their big three, and really Paul George, who 55 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:17.800 didn't even score in the fourth quarter, turned into facilitator Paul George and had 56 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:23.199 four assists. I want to say, in that fourth quarter last night that 57 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:29.439 turned into big shots from Luke Kennard or Hartenstein and Paul George. While having 58 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:33.759 ten assists tonight, the turnovers returned. He had five of them. Three 59 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:41.959 came in the fourth quarter. The Clippers had a sequence or sequences where they 60 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:46.120 had three straight turnovers at one point they could not get out of their own 61 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:48.800 way, and Paul George was involved in all of those plays and they were 62 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:54.720 just careless passes that that just can't be made. You have to make the 63 00:04:54.759 --> 00:05:00.240 simple pass, take what the defense is giving you and for whatever Rea and 64 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:04.519 he has had issues especially so far this year after growing in that playmaking airy 65 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:10.120 last year. Paul George has not looked as comfortable right now. Remember he 66 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:14.399 had the day off against Sacramento Wednesday night, thought he was recharged, look 67 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:19.519 good overall. Last night, the Clippers lost their focus as fatigue started to 68 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:24.519 set in. I think Noah Eagle brought this up post game, and you 69 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:28.199 see it. At the free throw line. They go eighteen of twenty seven. 70 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:31.480 They're top five and free throw shooting, they shoot just over eighty percent 71 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:36.279 on the season. They shoot sixty six percent tonight. They were critical ones. 72 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:40.920 Marcus Morris, who was fouled on a three pointer, would hit all 73 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:46.839 three in the fourth quarter, then uncharacteristically missed two free throws a couple of 74 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:51.319 minutes later. How does that happen? It's just mental fatigue as well as 75 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:57.120 the physical fatigue. I think you just lose focus and the Clippers have to 76 00:05:57.199 --> 00:06:00.959 stay locked in because if they think they're a flip the switch type of team 77 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:06.480 right now, their record says otherwise. And you cannot take a team lightly, 78 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:12.519 even one that you had beat up in their town fifteen straight times. 79 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:16.240 Apparently that's the truth of the matter. That's what the Clippers are dealing with. 80 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:19.120 A lot of players who have been up and down all season long, 81 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:27.120 including Paul George Now who started off the season ridiculously hot, was top five 82 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:32.160 and pretty much everybody's MVP polls, but over the last nine games now shooting 83 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:36.720 just thirty six percent from the field, shooting twenty four percent from distance. 84 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:46.199 This is an extended shooting slump, and he's a great shooter. So when 85 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:48.560 your usage rating goes up to the level it has because there's no Kawhi Leonard 86 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:54.600 out there, you can explain it away to a point. But I also 87 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:58.639 think that hot streak has to be coming, that law of averages has to 88 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:02.399 go back in his favor. For eventually, it's gonna happen to Terrence Davis 89 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:06.240 at some point too. It's gonna go the other way for him, just 90 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:11.120 like it did for Jonah's Valanciunas, who hit seven three pointers and started seven 91 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:15.160 of seven against the Clippers earlier this week. It's been that type of week 92 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:20.560 for them. Even coach lou post game after the Clippers came back the next 93 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:25.759 night, talked about how Valanciunas didn't hit a three point or his very next 94 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:29.000 game against the Clippers he hit seven. He starts seven of seven. How 95 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:33.240 many guys have even started seven of seven? Ever, I gotta check on 96 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:38.560 a Steph Cory number for this. I know some of them were wide open, 97 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:43.879 but my goodness, a seven footer dropping threes like that. It's just 98 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:46.920 guys coming, not out of nowhere. He's a very good player. He's 99 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:50.600 been killing it the whole season long. But the Pelicans are struggling. And 100 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:55.560 like I said, he didn't hit one the next night, and now it's 101 00:07:55.639 --> 00:08:01.879 Terrence Davis. It's just going human torch aim on against the Clippers and getting 102 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:07.600 hot, and maybe at some point you say, Okay, it's not bad 103 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:11.879 luck. It's a pattern, a bad defense or bad strategy. And teams 104 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:16.120 have been shooting much better against the Clippers from three the last couple of weeks, 105 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:20.079 as their defense that was ranked second a couple of weeks ago, or 106 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:22.560 a week and a half ago, probably not even that long ago, but 107 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:28.480 they've been given up points lately. Sacramento score just one oh four. But 108 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:33.399 this was a game where the Clippers had multiple chances to take control and they 109 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:37.240 just never could. The turnovers were part of the problem. They went seven 110 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:43.840 minutes without scoring or without kidding a field goal in the second quarter. They 111 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:48.639 went seven minutes and twenty nine seconds in that second quarter where they produced just 112 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:54.279 six points to end a half and they were still down just five. And 113 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:58.720 you worry with the team with this much talent that was in the Western Conference 114 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:03.879 Final last year and had to get there without Kawhi Leonard. At some point, 115 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:07.519 wonder is there a hangover? Do they think that it's gonna be that 116 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:13.120 easy all the time? They're twelve and twelve. I'm looking for answers. 117 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:20.159 This team, after playing their most focused game last night, unraveled eighteen turnovers, 118 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:26.000 six of them in the fourth quarter. Kawa and Paul George, the 119 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:28.600 other member of the two one three connection, had three of them, and 120 00:09:28.679 --> 00:09:33.120 they were just inexcusable. Can't happen? Clippers lose one oh four to ninety 121 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:37.559 nine to the Sacramento Kings. Will take a quick break. We'll come back. 122 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:39.679 We'll get to your phone calls eight six six nine eight seven two five 123 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:46.720 seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. If you're wondering about 124 00:09:46.919 --> 00:09:50.080 Adams for Sacramento Risus legion set, well, maybe just listen to this ran 125 00:09:50.159 --> 00:10:00.080 again. Clippers have issues. They got things to fix. Hi, he 126 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:03.919 can't do anything about the schedule. We know that that was late out months 127 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:09.759 ago. It's unforgiving, but there are ways to try to overcome it. 128 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:13.279 And I thought coach Lou made a great move in the second half and there 129 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:16.720 was some sense of urgency when he started. Terrence Man love that move. 130 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:22.000 They got downtown immediately. In the third quarter, they came out flat once 131 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:24.159 again, but it wasn't on Man. It wasn't on that move. They 132 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:30.919 eventually started a battle and to the third quarter though Buddy Healed, there's the 133 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:35.600 technical on the three second call after there was a technical earlier on Marcus Moore's 134 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:39.679 Buddy Heel goes to the free throw line, hits it, and then hits 135 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:46.720 a three pointer. Buddy Healed, who is a Clipper's legend in some ways 136 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:52.080 by how bad he's been against them, having off shooting nights. He's done 137 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:56.759 them so many favors, but they did him one there because after he hit 138 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:58.960 that free throw, he was in rhythm. He hit a three point and 139 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:01.480 all of a sudden, instead of just being down two heading into the fourth 140 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:05.360 quarter, I believe the Clippers were down six. They lose by five in 141 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:09.720 Sacramento for the first time since twenty thirteen. More Clippers stock Next, we'll 142 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:13.720 postgame audio. You're listening to a five seventy scores, but you know where 143 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:20.279 it's to be popping is long LA Clippers Basketball continue safe time shot down the 144 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:26.440 stretch. This is the official home of the Los Angeles Clippers. Sit down, 145 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:37.960 sit down, sit down, sit down. I'm sure some people in 146 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:43.559 Sacktown, we'll say, get humbled to the Clippers after they lose in Sacramento 147 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:50.240 for the first time since twenty thirteen, first time in their last sixteen contest. 148 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:54.240 They had lost the King's fifteen straight to the Clippers. With all kinds 149 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:58.080 of different rosters and different players over the years, we've seen the roster turnover 150 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:03.519 go back a decade now, it's been substantial, and the Clippers lose tonight 151 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:11.120 in Sacramento one o four to ninety nine. Now I'm not doing skies. 152 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:15.559 Following radio tonight, there's still twelve and twelve and a lot of teams are 153 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:18.879 beat up and not playing great, especially in the Western Conference. The East 154 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:24.159 actually has a better head to head record currently against the West. So what 155 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:30.360 if they've maybe loaded up against Okase in the Houston Rockets. They'll dig too 156 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:35.039 deep into that stat But the Clippers did fight. They were down by fourteen 157 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:39.200 with seven minutes left in the fourth quarter. They had it two, within 158 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:45.120 three with just under four minutes left, They had it to within three with 159 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:50.320 two fifty seven left after a visa Zoobots had a tip shot. But Terrence 160 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:56.759 Davis another three pointer. Insane. It really makes you want to pull your 161 00:12:56.759 --> 00:12:58.840 hair out. Good for him. I hope he lights up the rest of 162 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:03.159 the league. That's what I want to see. Terrence Davis needs to be 163 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:09.240 destroying all teams and not just the Clippers, because otherwise it just looks a 164 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:11.720 little weird, a little wonky, a little bit fluky. But credit to 165 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:15.399 him. These guys are pros. This is what they do. You leave 166 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:18.000 them open. A lot of these guys they shoot ninety five percent in the 167 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:24.039 gym. They don't miss anything. Clippers, though they had an inbounds pass 168 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:31.600 late they're down by five. Reggie Jackson had just it looked too intentionally missed 169 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:37.200 a free throw after he had nan one opportunity at one oh one to ninety 170 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:39.960 six. He missed it off the back iron. There was a battle for 171 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:43.519 the board. Initially there was a foul on Marcus Morris. They overturned it. 172 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:48.639 Clippers got a break, they had an inbounds pass and Terrence man right 173 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:56.559 idea just didn't have the execution through it towards the rim Alla Phoenix Suns style 174 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:58.440 in Game two. Yeah, it was brought up earlier. I can't stop 175 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:03.919 thinking about it either now. But it hit the front of the rim as 176 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:07.200 he was trying to lob it to Paul George, who if it was a 177 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:11.679 little bit lower, maybe he has an easy lay up an alley oop. 178 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:16.120 Wasn't meant to be. Clippers continued to fight. Marcus Morris hit another three 179 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:20.960 pointer. They're down three one on two to ninety nine, but they had 180 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:24.799 a foul. Buddy healed and uh yeah, he wasn't gonna miss. He's 181 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:30.519 about ninety percent free throw shooter. Clippers lose late in Sacramento in a game 182 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:35.080 where they turned it over eighteen times, and while they battled on the boards, 183 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:39.440 you could say they were only outrebounded and by four. Their ultra big 184 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:43.799 lineup that they started the game off with was Sir Jebaca and a Visa zoobots 185 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:50.000 next to Marcus Morris and Reggie Jackson and Paul George wasn't as effective. They 186 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:54.559 got off to a quick start shooting wise. They started six of ten from 187 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:58.480 the outside, but then they would shoot just twenty nine percent from distance the 188 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:03.559 rest of the w even with some hot shooting with some big three pointers where 189 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:07.960 they would hit four in that fourth quarter. So as you can see, 190 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:11.000 they went through some giant dips and it was that seven minute stretch where they 191 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:15.240 did not hit a field goal in that second quarter, in a second quarter 192 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:20.000 where they went four of twenty two one of ten from three. It's amazing 193 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:24.639 how well they started offensively, getting twenty nine points in that first quarter. 194 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:28.679 And Noah Eagle and I were joking about, let's see who plays defense firsts 195 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:33.960 in this one. First to play defense wins. I guess it was Sacramento. 196 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:37.799 But a lot of these were just missed shots by the Clippers and settling 197 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:41.399 for shots. At one point during that seven minute stretch where they went without 198 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:46.399 a field goal, they took five straight three pointers that were missed. Kevin 199 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:50.360 in la hey ye Adam, how are you doing, buddy? What's up? 200 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:54.080 Kevin? Hey Man? I just man, I feel your frustration. 201 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:58.679 I feel it. I mean, eighteen turnovers, as you pointed out, 202 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:03.519 but I expected this. I mean those young teams, so, I mean, 203 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:06.919 the back backs just haven't been that great for the Clippers this this this 204 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:11.679 year so far. No, you know, it's it's said, you know, 205 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:15.279 I still think at this point it's a thing of where the chickens are 206 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:18.879 coming home the roots for the Clippers this this season, because when you think 207 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:23.519 about it, over the last five six year progression that the team have been 208 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:27.399 going through in terms of you know, getting through the playoff, you know, 209 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:30.159 stead of getting from the first round to the second round finally got to 210 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:36.559 the championship. You know, Uh, three big major cards of that progression 211 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:41.799 are not with the team anymore, you know, Uz William Montreals, Harold 212 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:47.360 and Pat Back who are all doing great things for other teams now. All 213 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:51.440 three of those guys, Kevin Uh outside of Patrick Beverley two of the three 214 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:53.039 were not there when they got to the Western Commerce Finals last year, So 215 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:57.639 well, right, I say, I thought that was just a bad trade 216 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:02.000 on from from the point out. You know, I still think that, 217 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:04.160 but Lawrence Frank gets too much of a pass. I thought that was a 218 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:08.720 very bad tree. That means because the Clippers needed scoring during the playoffs and 219 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:12.480 they need been scoring now and they just don't have it. They just don't 220 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:17.640 really have that bench scoring like they really need right now, consistent been scoring. 221 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:22.279 I mean yeah, And Luke Kennard has been much better the last three 222 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:26.160 games now where he's had nineteen nineteen and then twelve tonight and went to the 223 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:30.079 basket a couple of times. He only hit two three pointers, so he 224 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:33.319 split his field goals with two pointers and three pointers when four of ten from 225 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:37.000 the field for those twelve points. But Terrence man averaging under ten points per 226 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:41.119 game. I think they need more from him, and I think coach lew 227 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:47.000 was trying to jump start the offense and team man individually by starting him in 228 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:49.440 the second half, and that's a good move. And maybe who knows what 229 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:53.519 we'll see in the starting lineup lineup upcoming and a lot of this does depend 230 00:17:53.640 --> 00:18:00.359 on Nicholas Batoum and when he's back and he's getting closer. That was coach 231 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:04.839 lu said pregame when we saw on social media Nicholas batun posted himself shooting in 232 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:07.759 the gym. Look to be at the practice facility. That's good news. 233 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:12.960 They need him desperately. He's really the second most important player on this team 234 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:18.519 behind Paul George, obviously accounting for the fact that Kawhi Leonards is not available 235 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:22.119 right now. And you bring up some interesting points there, Kevin, that 236 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:26.720 going to the Western Conference finals and that could be tough on your legs. 237 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:33.720 But the schedule now isn't doing them any favors whatsoever. And I don't think 238 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:37.960 the Clippers are doing themselves favors with the style of play. They're making it 239 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:42.240 too hard on themselves by not passing the basketball enough, by not playing team 240 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:47.759 ball and swinging around the perimeter like they did for most of last season, 241 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:51.920 like they just did last night, drive kick, swing, get open looks. 242 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:56.519 I know they went thirteen to thirty four overall from three, but that 243 00:18:56.599 --> 00:19:00.519 was frontloaded from the first quarter where they started five of six and they ended 244 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:04.319 with some big shots, but it was too little too late again against Sacramento, 245 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:08.039 same thing that happened Wednesday night, and that was the young guys trying 246 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:14.079 to get them back into it. But there are too many players playing in 247 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:22.319 consistent basketball individually and as a team. You're seeing it pan out that way, 248 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:26.079 and I think there's something to that. They're just not playing together well 249 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:29.720 enough right now. They're not doing the things that got them to the Western 250 00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:33.839 Conference Finals without Kawhi Leonard last year. Aside from the injuries, they can 251 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:37.240 still be better than this. Aside from the schedule, they're still better than 252 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:41.839 this, but they're not playing like it right now. Let's go to Josh 253 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:44.599 and Woodland Hills, Josh, Young Clippers, stop with that. I'm awsin, 254 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:52.319 Yeah, Adam. I had the honor of sitting behind the basket in 255 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:57.400 two thousand and two when the Kings played the Lakers Game five, in Game 256 00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:00.839 seven, Game seven, where they We're done a lot of the ball and 257 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:06.240 over time. Hey, I'm not here to revisit that, Josh. It's 258 00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:08.920 tough enough night, but I will tell you I get I've given up on 259 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:14.599 my Kings. I have a nine one six area code, but I gave 260 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:18.599 up on them maybe like three years ago when when I kept on saying no, 261 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:21.920 my friends, that they would make the playoffs every year and they never 262 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:26.720 do. But I have to say this, this lost tonight has nothing to 263 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:30.480 do with what the Clippers have in terms of the personnel or who wasn't on 264 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:34.880 the floor. All it has to do is just the emotional impact of being 265 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:37.359 the Lakers at home. I mean, I know it wasn't a home game, 266 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:41.920 but it was. They were at Staples Center or Crypto whatever that's they're 267 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:45.680 calling it now, and then going off the hour flight to Sacramento and it's 268 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:49.240 the back to back. I mean, that's that's literally the only reason why 269 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:53.279 they lost to the Sacramento Kings. Who are we, you know, one 270 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:57.279 of the worst teams in the league. H And also you have to take 271 00:20:57.319 --> 00:21:00.880 into account that Alvin Gentry is a really good coach, and I do miss 272 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:06.559 Luke Walton. I think he's he's a good coach as well. But there's 273 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:11.599 really there's not much the Clippers could have done. Reggie Jackson got paid in 274 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:15.680 the off season, and that's why you're not seeing the results that you saw 275 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:21.519 last year. I don't think is that Josh's that's just lazy. Reggie Jackson 276 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:25.839 isn't dogging it out there because he got paid. He didn't get some five 277 00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:30.359 year max contract. He got a fair deal considering what he was playing on, 278 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:34.880 especially last year, and the Clippers do rely on him a lot. 279 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:38.519 He and Marcus Morris, and oh my goodness, I think I just remember 280 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:45.039 this stat. No Ego brought this up in the pregame the Clippers. If 281 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:48.200 this is true, this is nuts. And I know whatever Noah said was 282 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:53.440 true, I could be misquoting him, but he said that since they brought 283 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:56.279 in Marcus Morris, when he goes for twenty or more, the Clippers are 284 00:21:56.359 --> 00:22:03.519 undefeated, and Marcus Morris had twenty one tonight and they lost, So a 285 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:07.880 lot of streaks coming to an end. It's been that type of up and 286 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:12.519 down start to the season. But I thought Reggie played well. He had 287 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:18.680 eighteen points, but four turnovers and they seem to be coming in bunches at 288 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:23.160 the wrong time. Clippers just being sloppy with the basketball. So Josh, 289 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:26.759 I will let you continue here, but I just can't get what with the 290 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:32.359 Reggie Jackson isn't playing as hard. Reggie cares as much as Eddie one, 291 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:36.920 and I have to say, no, Eagle. You know, he's hilarious. 292 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:41.960 He has great stats. But how many of those games that Marcus Morris 293 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:44.880 started and scored or I don't know, I don't know if he started them, 294 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:48.599 but that he scored over twenty was Kawhi Leonard in the lineup as well. 295 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:52.960 So I mean this whole thing that he scored twenty one and this is 296 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:56.079 the first time. Listen, when you go seven for nineteen for the field, 297 00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:59.119 I don't know. I'm back to Reggie Jackson. That's just not going 298 00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:03.440 to cut it. Four turnover is not gonna cut it. It has to 299 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:07.119 do with legs. It has to do with legs, Josh, I don't 300 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:10.680 disagree that that's a big part of what's going on right now. But my 301 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:15.440 point is they are still better than this. It's not just legs. When 302 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:19.440 you're missing free throws like they did, where Marcus Morris had just hit three 303 00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:26.079 straight and then misses two critical ones, that's a mental fatigue thing too, 304 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:30.319 that's losing focus. They're better than that. But Adam, in observing the 305 00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:37.720 Clippers this season, Terrence Man did really well when there wasn't a Marcus Morris 306 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:41.720 in front of them, And so there's literally this is an issue. It 307 00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:45.880 is. It's an issue because I don't see any correlation. Marcus Morris isn't 308 00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:48.440 the guy in front of him, he's not the guy in the backcourt. 309 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:52.880 But I don't know what that means, Josh, Josh. I appreciate the 310 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:57.279 he's not getting more time than Man. He's not the one taken away minutes 311 00:23:57.279 --> 00:24:00.720 for Man. He's not playing in the back court. And he just returned 312 00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:06.200 and Terrence Man still wasn't playing very well when Marcus Morris was out for a 313 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:08.319 couple of weeks. So I get it. There's some logic to it. 314 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:11.440 I'm trying to follow the thread there. We're all looking for answers right now, 315 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:14.720 all right, and we'll take a quick break. We'll come back. 316 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:18.440 We'll hear from the man who does have them, and head coach Toronto, 317 00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:23.480 I'll tell the truth. Hein't afraid of it. It's one of the reasons 318 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:30.000 guys love playing for him. Clippers lose to the King's in Sacramento for the 319 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:33.480 first time since March of twenty thirteen, with the final score of one o 320 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:38.039 four to ninety nine. Their next game is coming up in Portland Monday night. 321 00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:41.880 We'll talk about that as well, we'll get back to your phone calls 322 00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:45.559 eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven 323 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:48.960 two five seventies at the phone number. This is Clippers Talk and Therapy tonight 324 00:24:49.000 --> 00:25:00.279 here on AM five seventy Early Sports LA Clippers Basketball Continue Safetime shotdown US Threat. 325 00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:04.720 This is the official home of the Los Angeles Clippers. I get those 326 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:18.559 stops every time we not around. I get those closelops every time Clippers lose 327 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:22.000 one all four to ninety nine in Sacramento. They had one fifteen straight in 328 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:26.559 Sacramento, going back to our call arena, the power balanced days, but 329 00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:32.680 it was sleep Train Arena the last time they had lost, back in twenty 330 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:37.279 thirteen. Welcome into Clippers stock. I'm out of Auslin. Clippers twelve and 331 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:41.400 twelve on the season. Now Sacramento improves to ten and fourteen. Clippers. 332 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:47.519 Next game coming up Monday night in Portland against a struggling Trailblazers team. Both 333 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:49.319 teams are going to be in desperation mode, just like what we saw last 334 00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:52.559 night with the Clippers and Lakers. And the Clippers got up for that game. 335 00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:59.039 And yeah, tired legs are always a factor. It matters. The 336 00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:03.279 Clippers have already had five games and seven nights twice. The Lakers will see 337 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:07.400 that once all season long. There are seven teams that won't see it at 338 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:11.119 all. And actually the other team that has to play five instances of five 339 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:15.640 games and seven nights that would be the Portland Troil Bleasures. So maybe an 340 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:21.240 even playing field coming up monthday night. But let's hear from coach lou post 341 00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:26.000 game after the Clippers lose by five and Sacramento on Fox's face, like you 342 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:29.759 said, towards the end of that first quarter into the second quarter, they 343 00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:32.440 only had twenty one points in that second quarter, but then we couldn't score 344 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:34.880 only having sixteen. Well, we talked about it coming into the game. 345 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:37.599 Is the same thing last game. You know, he's gonna push to basketball. 346 00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:41.079 We gotta get back show him crowds. You know, we can't show 347 00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:45.480 him any gaps. He's too fast, you know, and the first had 348 00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:48.039 we didn't do a good job are really containing and guarding him. And then 349 00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:52.720 like I said, you know, Terry Davis comes in, he makes six 350 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:56.000 threes, you know, and kind of you know, make some make some 351 00:26:56.039 --> 00:27:00.240 big some big shots, some momentum killers. He made and yeah, but 352 00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:03.079 we couldn't keep up with their pace, and I thought they got downhill tonight. 353 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:07.839 Our picking rolls all in their picking rolls all day long. So we 354 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:11.960 can make a Terrence because Terrence stayed us because you mentioned the other nights, 355 00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:15.079 like we hadn't the shooting pretty well and you want to can trust going under 356 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:19.599 uh Burns there and then he plays even better at night. Yeah, I 357 00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:22.319 mean he just had a good game, you know, two good games. 358 00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:25.480 And he's a good player. Well, he's a good player in Toronto, 359 00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:29.559 you know, very aggressive. We know he can score the basketball, not 360 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.400 know he can shoot the ball, you know, shoot the ball the way 361 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:33.400 he did tonight. But you know, you know, you know he's a 362 00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:36.559 good player. And tonight he hurt us, you know, like I said, 363 00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:41.680 six for them from three some contested something not contested. But you know, 364 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:44.200 he played well, and you know it kind of gave him that momentum. 365 00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.480 You know, we did a good job on Buddy I taking him out 366 00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:48.119 of the game, and then of course Terrence stepped up and played well. 367 00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:53.799 You get these games where you want to sit your cap like everyone's out there 368 00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:57.720 are pros and anyone can have these nights. But when it happens, like 369 00:27:57.799 --> 00:28:02.640 repeatedly he mentioned on this earlier in the week. I mean, what do 370 00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:08.880 you kind of do to kind of thing bad that nothing that? What do 371 00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:12.759 you it's the end of avent to five and seven? Do you guys the 372 00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:18.160 Tireland do you allow that to be actor or your other things that are happening 373 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:21.400 that you're just thinking we shouldn't be doing. It happen the prevous be a 374 00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:26.720 circumstance those things we shouldn't be doing for sure, And you know on the 375 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:30.319 schedule hasn't been to our favor early on. Well we know that, we 376 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:33.440 understand that, but just some of the mental mistakes. We gotta do it 377 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:37.799 better job of cleaning up, you know, five and seven and I think 378 00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:40.279 it'd be six and nine in Portland again, you know, so I think 379 00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:44.559 we have four of those already this season. So I mean, you know, 380 00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.680 it is what it is. You know, like I said, I 381 00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:49.039 thought a guy's battle. They competed, you know, they just have more 382 00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:52.160 in the tank. They execute a little better than we did. And then 383 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:56.319 in the first half I just thought offensive we we had some missed opportunities, 384 00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:59.640 you know, when guys were open the same place we made last night. 385 00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:02.960 We didn't make tonight, and so he got to keep showing these guys and 386 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:04.079 you know, continue to keep working on it and making a right play. 387 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:07.359 But I thought in that first half we didn't do a good job of making 388 00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:12.440 making a right play. There was Coach lou post game after the Clippers losing 389 00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:18.880 Sacramento by five, talked about the mental mistakes there and the thing I love 390 00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:21.279 about him. He was asked and I think that was law Murray from the 391 00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:22.920 athletic I don't think. I'm pretty sure that was him. He comes on 392 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:26.400 all the time, we love him about what do you do about that? 393 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:30.759 And he said nothing? And to me, it speaks to playing the law 394 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:36.480 of averages. You have your defensive principles, there are certain guys that you 395 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:41.240 have to live with taking those shots, and once in a while they kill 396 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:47.720 you. It's just happened to the Clippers inordinate amount of times recently. But 397 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:52.720 it makes me think back too early in that series against Dallas last year where 398 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:56.279 the Clippers were down two games to none and Bronson and Dorian Finney, Smith 399 00:29:56.400 --> 00:30:03.400 and Tim Hardaway Junior and Josh Richardson, these guys were shooting something like sixty 400 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:08.440 percent from three. It was insane. It wasn't even Luca don Chich who 401 00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:12.200 was killing him. It was the others, the guys that you leave open 402 00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:18.680 because you're trying to guard Luca. And eventually the law of averages came back 403 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:22.480 in the Clippers favor and they wonted seven games, and hopefully, and we're 404 00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:26.160 only twenty five percent of the way through the season, the same thing happens. 405 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:30.839 This isn't a new way they've been playing defense all of a sudden, 406 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:33.640 they haven't had some of the players they would like to have. And Nicholas 407 00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:38.240 Batum hopefully he's able to go on Monday. Hopefully he's healthy and ready. 408 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:45.119 But Dan Craig and their defense, they were I want to finish say they 409 00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:48.960 finished eighth last year and they were really better than that when they were fully 410 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:52.640 loaded, when they had everybody. Obviously, we know they don't have Kawhi 411 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:57.799 Leonard right now, but they have other ways to try and get by and 412 00:30:57.880 --> 00:31:03.519 overcome and combat at this brutal schedule. But as coach lu said, six 413 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:07.279 games and nine nights coming up Monday night when they're in Portland. More postgame 414 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:11.240 Clippers stock here on AM five seventy LA Sports eight six six nine eight seven 415 00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:15.480 two five seventy eight six sixty nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone 416 00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:21.319 number. This is Clippers Stock and I'm Adam Oslin and you're listening to AM 417 00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:29.160 five seventy LA Sports LA Clippers Basketball continued Safetime shot down the stretch. This 418 00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:41.640 is the official home of the Los Angeles Clippers. So my player to watch 419 00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:45.960 tonight was Terrence Man. You played well, got the start in the second 420 00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:53.680 half, but Terrence Davis with four three pointers in the first four minutes of 421 00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:59.799 that third quarter, and he was the difference with a game high of twenty 422 00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:04.039 eight. Clippers losing Sacramento one oh four to ninety nine to the Kings for 423 00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:08.119 the first time on the road in Sacramento since twenty thirteen. Welcome back in 424 00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:12.319 two, Clippers Stock. I'm at A Oslin eight six six nine eight seven 425 00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:15.960 two five seventy eight six sixty nine eight seven two five seventy. Clippers offense 426 00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:21.000 obviously in a funk, their bottom five right now offensively, and they just 427 00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:24.759 had another game where they did not get above the century mark. Now, 428 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:29.480 offenses are down across the league, but we're talking about a team that was 429 00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:34.880 third in offensive rating. Last year, Kawhi Leonard was there for most of 430 00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:37.960 it. I think missed about eighteen games during the regular season. That's a 431 00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:43.799 huge difference. Nicholas Batoum was an iron man. He didn't miss many beats 432 00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:47.640 of zubots. Actually the iron man, he didn't miss literally any and Big 433 00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:51.920 Zoo has been good. And he had a double double with twelve and eleven 434 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:57.200 and four of six shooting from the field and had a huge throwdown on Bagley 435 00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:02.319 put him in a body bag, like an amazing play. But it happened 436 00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:07.720 with seven twenty nine left in the second quarter, and from then until the 437 00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:14.279 thirty second mark of the second the Clippers did not hit a field goal. 438 00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:19.480 Three free throws but not a field goal. They would score just six points 439 00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:22.559 in the last seven and a half minutes of the second quarter. We just 440 00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:28.119 heard from coach lou last segment talk about the mental mistakes and they left points 441 00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:30.119 out there. They didn't play well in the second quarter. They didn't execute 442 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:35.079 and after getting off to that quick start five of six from three twenty nine 443 00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:37.240 points in the first quarter, well, they let up towards the end of 444 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:40.799 it. Daron Fox started playing downhill the game was tied going into the second, 445 00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:47.000 but that slump and the Clippers going seven minutes without a field goal, 446 00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:51.960 we have I don't know if we've seen seven minutes so far this season, 447 00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:57.200 but we've seen a slew of games where they go four minutes or five minutes 448 00:33:57.359 --> 00:34:04.160 without scoring, and it's a little bit perplexing to see them struggle this much 449 00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:07.719 to this degree offensively so far this season, even with some of the guys 450 00:34:07.719 --> 00:34:12.480 who have been out. Even with that, Paul George got off to such 451 00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:15.800 a hot start the first couple of weeks and just hasn't been able to maintain 452 00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:22.800 that. And obviously we've been talking about the schedule. I just don't want 453 00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:27.000 to make excuses to the point of saying, Okay, there's nothing they can 454 00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:31.000 do, there's no hope. There's plenty of hope. Marcus Morris is back 455 00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:36.920 second straight night. He's had twenty one points, and Nicholas Batouma is on 456 00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:40.400 his way. And even though the big man lineup didn't work tonight and Sir 457 00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:46.280 Jibaka struggled after having nine points on three made threes last night, I thought 458 00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:51.840 against the Lakers, we saw the Clippers say, Okay, we know who 459 00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:54.519 we are this is how we played in the playoffs, and we're going to 460 00:34:54.599 --> 00:35:00.639 take this game as seriously as possible because we need a victory. And their 461 00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:04.199 backs were somewhat against the wall and they felt like it was a must win 462 00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:08.559 and they had it. And maybe that's just a tough mentality to have throughout 463 00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:12.360 an eighty two game season. I've talked about this, but it's different in 464 00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:16.679 the playoffs getting up for that one game when you see a schedule this daunting, 465 00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:22.280 and when you just don't have the legs because they aren't there because they've 466 00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:25.440 been zapped by the schedule. There's only so much you can do. But 467 00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:30.320 as I've said, I've said before, they have young guys in Man and 468 00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:37.039 Kennard and Avitsa Zobots who, especially with the two guards, that are capable 469 00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:40.519 of more than they've given the Clippers so far this season scoring wise. Since 470 00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:45.559 we're talking about them and what's happened offensively, and it is a little bit 471 00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:51.519 alarming, but the turnovers, obviously, you know, you have to put 472 00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:57.239 yourself in a position where you're getting good shots, and it starts with taking 473 00:35:57.280 --> 00:36:01.519 care of the basketball, and that's also been an issue. But they have 474 00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:06.800 to get back to their principles, drive, kick, swing, and things 475 00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:09.039 will fall into place from there. But I do want to say a lot 476 00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:13.400 of this, and I don't want to put this on one guy, but 477 00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:20.159 we've seen it now for a year and ten twelve games. Nicholas Beatum does 478 00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:22.760 so much to help this team. He can cover for so many of these 479 00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:27.360 mistakes. He's another coach out there on the floor for them, and the 480 00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:31.519 Cavalry looks to be on the way. We'll see. Hopefully he's available Monday 481 00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:37.599 night when the Clippers are desperate for a victory against the Portland Trailblazers, as 482 00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:39.440 desperate as you can be this early in the season. We're talking twenty five 483 00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:44.039 percent of the way through. They still got fifty five more games left to 484 00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:47.760 play. Let's not overreact too much, but you want to start having a 485 00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:53.079 sense of urgency because it's not going to get much easier. Their January schedule. 486 00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:59.079 Yeah, I don't even look at that yet. One game at a 487 00:36:59.159 --> 00:37:02.800 time, Ben Malors sports cliches, all right, before we get out of 488 00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:07.639 here. After the Clippers lose one oh four to ninety nine in Sacramento for 489 00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:13.840 the first time I was twenty thirteen, I do want to thank Clippers organization, 490 00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:19.239 Noah Eagle, Brian Seaman, Ralph Lawler. Back here in the bank, 491 00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:24.079 Colin. Ye see easy good to hang with Colin is always plus you 492 00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:30.639 know it actually makes me sound good. Appreciate your calling. Until Monday night 493 00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:34.960 with the pregame show starting at six Clippers in Portland. I'm out of oslind 494 00:37:35.119 --> 00:38:00.320 We'll talk to you then Aw's churches are And this has been clip the first 495 00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:05.079 talk they accepted the challenge, your first post game opportunity to talk LA Clippers 496 00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:07.639 with Adam Mossley. 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