The game is over, Paul George money in the pain, but the postgame
reaction has just begot Kawhi Leonard is so smooth in the mid range. This
is Clippers locker Row, a recap of today's game and a look ahead on
your hope for LA Clippers basketball. And now your host, You, sir,
are a bad man, Adam Ousley. Clippers went in San Antonio one
thirty one, so one twenty six. Welcome into your postgame show coming up.
We got second half highlights and you'll hear from the head coach and the
players after this one, plus your postgame box score. But first, back
over to your voice of the Clippers, and Noah Eagle Noah Kawai back in
San Antonio led them from the beginning. Emo certainly did. Don't you want
to hear from me more than the coaches and the players anyway, Adam,
That's why we go to you first. He was great. This was a
throwback performance if I've ever seen one. It's it's fitting, it's poetic because
this is where he did develop all those skills. And I think that's why
a lot of the Spurs fans still feel somewhat burned and upset. By the
way that it ended and the way that he left. And I understand it
because they feel like they helped to create the monster that he became, and
this beast on the court that could lead the Toronto Raptors to the NBA Finals.
They felt like that was built here. But Kawhi is a maniacal work
ethic on his own, and we've seen it with the Clippers ever since he
came to LA. He has been there every single day. He's the first
guy in, the last guy out. You hear all those cliches about those
hard workers, that's him. I mean, that's what he does, and
so that's why it comes out in a game like this. That's why he
can turn it on when you need it the most. And I think this
was a really good example that he is ready. He is ready to just
take this team and carry them as far as he possibly can. Now it's
all about can the rest of the guys pull their own weight and make it
as easy as possible for him not to carry them. But I think that
this was as encouraging of game that we've seen out of Kawai. He had
four dunks. I mean, when's the last time he had four dunks in
a game, Yeah, that's awesome. Awesome to combine that with his thirty
six points on eighteen shots, he could not really ask for much more.
Defensively, he was great too. Paul George had a couple of buckets in
the fourth but was distributing. He had six assists in the third quarter alone,
tied a career high with twelve plus sixteen points, and those two worked
well, especially down the stretch, very much so. Look, Paul George
wasn't going out there and he didn't shoot the lights out. He was above
fifty percent from the floor and two of three from downtown, hit a critical
three down the stretch in the fourth quarter. But his twelve assists were awesome.
His twelve assists were necessary. He and Kawhi you mentioned, they combined
for nineteen assists, nineteen of them between the two of them. They're not
point guards, but this is what I think everybody's been trying to explain that
even without a traditional point guard, you've got playmakers, You've got guys who
can get other people shots. And Paul George proved once again that he is
very much that guy for this team. Sixteen points and twelve assists in thirty
two minutes than a snap at and he did thirty two minutes again minutes restriction.
So normally he's playing thirty six, thirty seven, thirty eight, even
forty minutes on some nights. So to do that in thirty two minutes as
impressive as it is, and I think he's starting to look more and more
like himself, which is important coming off the hamstring, because that's something that
you second guess, kind of how you cut, how you run, how
you sprint, when you stop, when you slow down, all those little
things that you don't you second nature when you're going out there healthy, well
you have to think about it when you come back from an injury. So
this was a lot of encouraging signs all around. We heard from Zoo after
the game. He said he thought the defense was good, not great,
and so it just needs to get better. That's exactly what I think the
rest of the team feels. I'm sure the coaching staff feels. But room
for improvement is good because we're only forty eight games in, got a whole
bunch of these left, and so the Clippers have to take advantage of the
final thirty four games of the regular season. I think that I do that
math right out of my thirty four games left in the regular season, that's
a lot of runway for them, that's a lot of opportunity for them to
keep rectifying their mistakes. But only nine turnovers in this game. So yeah,
their defense wasn't great, but their offense was spectacular. Sometimes one is
going to carry the other. We've seen it with this team. Yeah.
One thirty one one twenty six final score. Clippers get the victory in San
Antonio, Texas. Two Step continues on Sunday. There's no Ego Mansion programming.
Note that game is starting earlier eleven thirty. Tip just I can see
you sooner, that's right, and then we'll do it back down town Los
Angeles Tuesday night in the Battle for Los Angeles. But Clippers got work to
do. They got Luca the Don coming up on Sunday. No Eagles safe
travels a short trip, but we'll talk to you then. Can't wait coming
up next second half highlights Clippers win by five over the Spurs. And you're
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Clippers win one thirty one to one twenty six and san Antonio over the Spurs,
thanks two thirty six from the former Spur and Kawhi Leonard his season high.
Welcome into your post game show. I'm at a Moslin coming up on
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five seventy if you'd like to get on early. But let's get to your
second half highlights. Clippers trailed by seven at the half, We're down seventy
two to sixty five. Gave up sixty six percent shooting in that first half
to San Antonio. But in that third quarter, nobody was hotter than Kawhi
Leonard. Leonard crossing back and forth on so hand drive, little spins right.
Foltzer from ten and he's got another Kawhi Leonard with seventeen points on seven
of ten shooting, and la is back within seven seventy four to sixty seven.
George from right to left off a screen to his right from zubats.
George drive right hooks at nearside corner Leonards three ball's good kawhi. Leonard nails
it. He's got twenty and the clips are within a duce eighty three eighty
one with six forty five to play. In the third, George long strides
to the rim, threw behind zubots, picked up by Ba tomb shovel it
for Leonard. Stepped back near side corner three oh kawhi. Leonard drills it.
At the end of the shot clock he finds away give him twenty five
and the Clippers are within four. On the right wing, Marcus Morris,
holding on his left hip, surveys and bounces for Leonard shore corner far Syde
spins baseline Leonard to the rim. Oh. He started again a kowai hammer
with a left hand and the clips are within two. He's got twenty seven
ninety to eighty eight with four twenty to play. Here in the third,
George drives baseline feed at Leonard farside corner three oh kowaie Leonard splash. He's
got thirty time out spurs Clippers by three ninety three ninety with three thirty three
to play. In the third, after having fifteen in the first half,
Kawhi duplicated that in the third quarter alone with fifteen more. Yeah, he
was up to thirty and the Clippers had the lead heading into the fourth by
three at ninety eight to ninety five. And then early in that third quarter
after he had six assists and was dishing and playmaking in the third well,
Paul George got into the scoring act Leonard and bounds near sideline Zubos top of
the key around to Jackson, finds the curling George lobs it towards the rev
sevehow gets it to go off the window. George, with a right hand
has thirteen and the Clippers are up one, fifteen, one, ten around
the horn, it goes George's open farside corner, ties up the three and
knocks it down PG thirteen from the outside. He's got sixteen points. That
is perfect ball movement by LA for their twenty ninth assist. Some big shots
there from Paul George, but to put a kapper on this one, it
was back to the claw. Get it to Leonard at the mid court.
Logo double team comes right away. The Baul Facon drive to his right.
Leonard the Paul fake out side. He's done it again. Kawhi Leonard claims
the imaginary ladder and stuffs it with the right thirty six for the claw one
twenty the icing on the cake Kawhi Leonard with four dunks in this one.
Clippers go on to win in an offensive shootout in San Antonio one thirty one
to one twenty six over the Spurs. Coming up next, you'll hear from
Norman Powell and the head coach Poll by the way, twenty six off the
bench on nine of eleven shooting. He's got fifty six points down in his
last two games. He's been ridiculously hot. Clippers obviously have work to do
defensively. They'll beat in Dallas Sunday, taking on Luca don Chich and the
Mavericks. More on that coming up as well. Here in your pros game
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shooting sixty three percent from the field, fifteen of twenty eight from the outside.
Spurs weren't far behind him fourteen of twenty six from distance, and they
shot fifty seven percent from the falow After shooting sixty six percent in the first
half. It was that third quarter where the Clippers played much better defensively.
They outscored the Spurs thirty three to twenty three in those twelve minutes. In
Kawhi, Leonard burned his former team with thirty six his season high, his
highest total since coming off the ACL injury, plus four dunks in this one,
and he goes four to five from the outside. Clippers next game.
As I mentioned, coming up in Dallas on Sunday, early game, there
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win one thirty one to one twenty six over the Spurs. Welcome into your
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But guys, Kawhi is back like he is dangerously close to being exactly
where he was I think pre ACL injury. I said the other night that
I don't think really know where he's at physically until the playoffs start, and
the Clippers still have work to do to get in there and make sure they're
not in the plane or outside of that because things have been bad. They
had lost nine of their last eleven coming into this one. This was not
necessarily a must win. I don't know if you can really define it by
that, but a much needed win, let's put it that way. They
had to have it in San Antonio against a team with I believed, just
fourteen victories on the season, bottom three offense, bottom three defense. Clippers
had to find a way to win this one, and Kawhi just willed them
to this victory. I mean, the Clippers were down seven at the half,
the Spurs were shooting sixty six percent from the field at the half,
and Kawai had fifteen points on the first half. A couple of throwdowns,
a two handed one that stuck out to me. I think it was his
first dunk, a two handed rim rocker. He looked good, as he
has the last five games. Coming into this one, was getting twenty eight
points and efficient twenty eight. But he's been much better than that overall.
When you go back even further where I want to say, over his last
fifteen games. Now he's shooting something like, yeah, fifty six percent from
the field, forty one percent from three, and eighty three percent from the
free throw line. He looks the part. He looks like a top five
player, top three player, and a guy who, in a playoff situation,
maybe the best player in the world. Because that's where he was at
in twenty twenty one, right before he tore his right acl no one was
playing better than Kawai. No one was more efficient, more dominant on both
ends of the floor. And that's also changed defensively, he's looked good.
The Clippers haven't. Unfortunately, they've been following quickly in the defensive rating category
and it's probably only going to get worse after giving up. Yes, they
were better in the second half, especially in that third quarter where they only
gave out twenty three points and they won it thirty three to twenty three,
really the difference of the game, but they still gave up to the San
Antonio Spurs, a poor offensive team. Fifty seven percent shooting, and the
Spurs went fourteen of twenty six from the outside. That's fifty three percent,
just slightly better than the Clippers shot. They were at fifty three point eight
percent, the Clippers at fifty three point six percent from three, thanks to
Kawai going four or five, Marcus Moore's three of six a big one in
the fourth quarter. Paul George had a big three point in the fourth he
went two of three. Norman Powell though, also four of five, and
in his last two games now he scored fifty six points. And listen to
this efficiency. Norm has absolutely been on a heater his last two games.
She's eighteen of twenty four from the field, thirteen of fourteen from three and
didn't really play in that fourth quarter against the Utah Jazz Wednesday night and still
kept it going. It just carried right over. I want to say he
had thirteen points in the first half. But the Clippers defensively haven't been good
enough. Good enough against the Spurs. Okay, because they shot their highest
fiel goal percentage of the season and their highest three point percentage of the season
and made their most field goals of the season with fifty one. Makes the
Clippers, But Saint Antonio I believe is the worst defensive team in the league.
Yes, they are. The Clippers, though, over their last fifteen
games coming into this one, they've been twenty fourth defensively, and that dropped
six spots after the Utah Jazz game. They were eighteenth defensively their last fifteen
games coming into the Utah game. Then it went to twenty four after that
one where Utah hit nine team three pointers, so they haven't necessarily been getting
better on that end at all. Clippers were ninth overall this season coming into
the game, but they haven't played like a top ten defense over the last
month and a half. The defensive raiding will tell you that the Spurs shooting
like that they did. We'll tell you that over seventy points in the first
half. Something has to change there. I said it on Twitter. Kawhi
has been far too good for them to be losing this many ball games right
now, having lost nine of their last twelve. Now, the Clippers gotta
get back to playing better in first quarters and not getting behind defensively. Now,
they won the first quarter against San Antonio forty one thirty six, But
that thirty six number pops, It's the same number they gave up, same
number of points they gave up Wednesday night in the first quarter to the Utah
Jazz, And over their last five games they are averaging giving up thirty four
points in the first quarter alone to their opponents. They are starting slow.
It has been a consistent pattern, has been a trend and not something you
can have as a championship team, as a team that wants to contend for
a championship. Has to change. So you want to say a win's a
win, They're not all created equal. It can't just be bottom line,
they won the ball game. There are always things to work on. The
Clippers can't get away playing defense like this Sunday against Luca don chich Their maps
are gonna put up one fifty and Lucas gonna have seventy of them. They
just can't. They gave up forty two points in the paint in the first
half. I'm still looking to see how much that changed in the second half,
but it looked basically like the Rockets game, where they were giving up
points in the paint over and over again to start things off, and then
they turn the faucet off a little bit. In fact, they did in
this one too. Second half. They only gave up twenty points in the
paint. Spurs ended up with sixty two total, Clippers had fifty four,
but far too easily. The Spurs were getting into the teeth of the defense
of the Clippers, and guys just keep getting beat off the dribble. And
that has to be a pride thing. That's pride evan with you, that's
Purcellus Wallace would say, And that pride needs to be there because losing those
one on one battles is what breaks down your defense completely. It gets everybody
else out of position. Guys need to take it upon themselves to take on
the challenge of staying in front of their man that has to start happening.
Now there's thirty four games left. Clippers are at five hundred, back there
after being under it. Today's starting starting the day off twenty three and twenty
four, now at twenty four and twenty four. But San Antonio's nine good
ball club. They're the second worst team in the West fourteen and thirty two.
And it's not like the Clippers were able to completely run away with this
one. Starters got out of the game and what about four minutes left.
I want to say thanks to some great ball movement in the fourth quarter.
Also Reggie Jackson getting into the act in the fourth after a tough first half.
He had nine points in the fourth alone, finished with thirteen on four
of eleven shooting, but was hitting some critical shots early on. Without Kawhi
Leonard out there on the court, they needed the backups to get it going.
He and Norman Powell played well, Norman Powell especially just I mean,
twenty six points on nine of eleven shooting. Just stupid efficiency going on.
We'd like it though. We're okay with that, but the Clippers backups have
been getting beat up early in fourth quarters. When the Clippers stormed back in
third quarters been a trend because they've had to to get back into ballgames,
but then they run out of gas. Happened against Philly, Miami, Denver.
It's been happening far too often. This has to be the start of
something. Though. Offensively, I'll say this. Over that time, I
gave you the last fifteen games coming into this one, where the Clippers have
been twenty fourth defensively. Offensively over those fifteen games, they've been better nineteen
instead of twenty seventh overall where they've been on the season. For the most
part, they've been a bottom three offense all year, so that has improved,
but the defense has completely slipped. They gotta get them both on the
same page. Almost every championship team is top ten in offense and top ten
in defense. Got to find a way to play well on both ends of
the court. I think it starts in first quarters. They can't keep giving
up thirty plus in the first twelve minutes. It's an attitude thing, it's
an urgency thing. Was their progress offensively maybe, but defensively they've been regressing
for some time now. It's not a small sample size. A month and
a half and Kauai has been playing I think I think he's played sixteen in
the last twenty games. How have they been losing this much? Was getting
these type of performances from Kauai follow the leader, but that defensive end,
Coach lu sent it coming into the year, that's where they have to make
their name. That has to be their identity. You lock in and dig
in on that end of the floor, whether or not shots or falling that
night, you can stay in the game. That's what kept them winning ball
games early on this season. First quarter of the year, they were great
defensively, regardless of who was available. Have to get back to that.
So some positives, but still some negatives. Tonight, giving up one hundred
and twenty six points to the San Antonio Spurs, that's not going to cut
it against good teams. You played defense like this against top level teams in
the West, in the East, you're gonna get beat. Most nights.
Clippers survived though, through their own hot shooting and Kawhi Leonard going for a
season high of thirty six and having fifteen in the third quarter and just hitting
tough shots. That farside corner three hit. I forget who we shot that
in the face of. But the guy was draped all over him, didn't
matter. And by the way, he had seven assists, and Paul George
finished with with tying a career high twelve assists. So even though he only
had sixteen points and took thirteen shots, and I talked about that at nauseum
in the pregame show, he's got to be more AGGRESSI offensively. You get
twelve assists like that, and six of them coming in the third quarter when
the Clippers made their push, I'm okay with it. His playmaking was on
point because then it's not like it took him out of rhythm. He actually
knocked down a big three and hit a big jumper in the fourth quarter,
also got to the rim, So big plays down the stretch from Paul George,
regardless of what role he was playing out there, regardless of what Kawhi
Leonard was doing, who had six of his thirty points in that fourth and
finished things off with another right handed hammer, as I believe Noah Eagle put
it thirteen of eighteen though from the floor, four or five from the outside
to get those thirty six points, just reminding san Antonio of what they are
missing. Just an absurdly impressive game from Kauai. And it's been the last
couple of weeks, now three weeks. Really we're over and over again.
He's trying to carry this team. The sense of urgency has been there with
him. Guys have to get in line and say, okay ka, why
is the leader here we go. We gotta start winning now. There's thirty
four games left and by the way, Clippers end up with thirty one assists.
But when the two one three connection combines for nineteen of them, your
superstars are passing the ball like that good sign. Guys were making shots and
I thought of each a Zubos the last two games now much more active.
We talked about him looking a little bit tired out there. Coach Lewis said
as much. Twelve and sixteen boards, eight offensive rebounds after he had seven
against Utah. He played like a force at times defensively, though he taught
would know what Eugo post game said, You know, we still got to
be better on that end. We can't give up that many points. Better
in the second half, only given up fifty four. But that first half
performance when a team shooting sixty six percent against you, if the Clippers weren't
just as hot, just about as hot. They get blown out. Spurs
could have ran away with this one with the defense they're playing. So there
are things to shore up. But as we've said for a while now,
long term, the great news right now is Kawhi Leonard looks like himself.
And I didn't expect him to look this good this soon, and I certainly
didn't expect if it was going to happen. For the Clippers to be losing
as many games as they had been. It is shocking. But it's been
their defense, and that's why I've been harping on it here. It's got
a change. I think it will. I think this can do wonders for
them. They know there has to be a sense of urgency. Paul George
said it after the loss to the Philadelphia seventy six ers. You can talk
the talk they gotta start walking in as they'll be in Dallas against a team
they know very well who they beat and had a big victory against just about
two weeks ago. Dallas hasn't forgotten that Luca I think, still had forty
one or forty three in that game. Clippers survive the hot shooting from San
Antonio as Kauai was the best player on the floor and look like the best
player on the planet. He has thirty six Clippers win one thirty one to
one twenty six back in his old stomping grounds in San Antonio. We'll take
a quick call before we take our first time out, Javier and lahabber Heights.
You're on Clippers stock without amazin. Hey, what's up? And thank
you for taking my call? Oh real quick. I think the Clippers were
like one half away. I'm losing this game. They would have lost this
game. I think honestly, Steve Womrowitch I said, you know what,
just justmantle the whole team because there's no excuse for them to score seventy two
points to the Spurs. I mean, I mean that's I mean, yeah,
win, is it? I mean, like you said, win,
some wins are different than others. How you win matters, how you lose
matters. It always does. To me. I hate the cliche wins.
A win like that's just that is lazy. It's extremely lazy to just say,
oh, okay, they got a w who cares. Yeah, Well,
trust me, the coach is still watching tape whether or not they one
who are lost, like they're still figuring out ways to get better. And
you know what, you know what, I'm looking at the team, you
know what the problem is in my opinion, you know what. It's just
it's like this. I'm gonna give a metaphor. It's like you're for a
company and the owner says, you know what, guys, we have a
goal. Let's say we're going to sell fifty million dollars for this year.
If you guys get this goal at the end of the year, I'm gonna
do hear. It's a big bonus. And there's fifteen of you working in
the cells. You come to work at them, everybody comes to work,
your coworkers six in the morning, working your butt off, working, working,
trying to get those leads, trying to work and try to get to
that to that goal at the end of the year. And you took down
closers Bob and Bill Kawaii and Paul George don't show up sometimes to work to
the office. How do you think you and your coworkers are gonna feel like
in the middle of let's say the summer, you're not even closer your goal
at them? Yeah, Well, it's a bad analogy, because it's one
one thing is a physical sport, the other is just so I don't think
it's that physical selling. I don't know, Glen Garry, Glenn Ross.
I know there's some knives involved. I mean, it's just I mean,
Javier, what do you want them to do if they're hurt. They're hurt.
What if they're hurt, they're hurt. There's not much you can do
about it. But you said it the other day. They pay thirty five
percent of the time they've been together, Yes, because they've been hurting,
not just because of no reason. So you need to be available, Adam.
It's it's illogical to say they should play while a guy has a torn
acl Like, do you think Kawai Sho should have played last season? They
should have played, Okay, just last season. Okay, Well that's a
big chunk of the thirty five percent and missing an entire year. Okay,
how about this for Adam. Yeah, when Kawai's hurt, okay, and
then you think they're both gonna play, something happens. Oh, now Paul
George is out and then Paul George comes back. Oh no, knock,
Kawai's out. So it's bad luck. Do you think they're doing it on
purpose? Have here? This is my point. What do you want them
to do to scream at their bodies to be more healthy? What else can
they do other than to rehab and try their best to get out there?
Exactly? I mean, Adam here, you got nothing. No, no,
no, no, Adam, Adam, they have to I understand what
you're saying, but you know what, you gotta take care of the bodies.
I mean, you don't think they're doing that. You don't think they're
doing that. Have you looked at Kauai? Have you looked at Paul George?
Do they look out of shape? Do they look like Luca don Chitz
or James Harden? Okay, Adam act at last question here. Let's just
say the Clippers keep playoffs real quick, Adam, they go to playoff,
they lose in the first round. Would you keep Kawai and Paul George for
next year and the year after that? Bridge if we get there, Javier
Geez, thanks for the phone call. Let's start things off tonight eight six
six nine eight seven two five seventy. Javier. Obviously, he stays in
shape to be able to carry those goalposts around like that Clippers win one thirty
one to one twenty six in San Antonio over the Spurs. I think they
would have lost after that call. They're taking on Luca don Chich, who
is one of the greatest players I've ever seen. Already, I feel very
comfortable saying that. If you're a Clippers fan, you've seen him a lot.
You know this, you're an expert on Luca don Chich. That will
be an early game ten thirty pre game four US on Sunday. Coming up.
You'll hear from Norman Powell and Coach low right here on Clippers Stock on
AM five seventy l A Sports. Everybody. Everybody get well, the Clippers
are back to five hundred. They went to San Antonio one thirty one to
one twenty six. I'll be honest. You want to win a game like
this with some style points, but you also can't get greedy because the Clippers
just aren't playing great basketball outside of Kawhi Leonard and Norman Powell. Last couple
of games, giving up one hundred and twenty six points far too many,
but they only gave up fifty four in the second half. Seventy two of
those game in the first half so they played better as the game went along.
I said this on Twitter at follow out of May. But I don't
know. Do they believe they're flip the switch type of team and that's why
they could get into a shootout and be okay. Eventually? Maybe it worked
this time. We'll see what happens against the Dallas Mavericks coming up on Sunday.
Coming up, you will hear from Norman Powell, but I hear from
the head coach first. After the Clippers win one thirty one till one twenty
six over Kauai's former team in the Spurs, he goes thirteen of eighteen from
the field, thirty six points, four threes and four dunks plus seven assists.
Just did everything out there. A couple of steals both came in the
third quarter when the tide really turned. The Clippers outscored in by ten in
that period. Here was coach Slew the post game speaking with the media.
Yeah, I think so, like I felt it this morning. You know,
I just think having our guys back and everyone going back to their natural
roles, you know, helping us out a lot. And you know when
Kawai and PG you know, on the floor we play at a high level.
And so offensively, we know we're gonna be able to score to basketball.
You know, one hundred and thirty one points, sixty three percent from
the field, fifty four percent from the three, you know, and so
we know we're gonna be able to score to basketball. So that's very encouraging.
Just now, defensively, we got to do a better job of locking
the end and understand our principles. And you know, this team over here,
they don't. They do a good job of catching and going driving it
slot cuts, you know, and so Pop hass those guys playing the right
way every single night. And so it was a tough game for us.
I knew it would be, but I just felt tonight it was gonna be
a good night for us. Just even though we got behind, we still
had the right spirit. We played the right way, and like I said,
having our two guys back and healthy, that was huge for us back
and healthy. It was a thirty six points before right another dunk. You
see him dunk now with him se whole game to the row and us,
he looked to be kind of lighting. Yeah, he he looks really good.
You know, his pop is there. I'm offensively getting into his spots.
I think in posts like he I think he had three dunks to night,
you know, post ups, you know, going quick before the double
team can come, and so he looks really good. And then you know,
just by getting PG to the point guard position and let him hand on
the ball more, I thought he made some really good passes, you know,
twelve assists, no turnovers, you know, having only nine turnovers tonight,
and playing through our best players. And so that's how we want to
play, That's how his team has been constructed. And so when we have
those guys on the floor, we know we can be a dangerous team.
And we just gotta keep our guys healthy and up right, and I think
we can do some pretty good things. A nice well little bit for the
whole teams. Part of that to sort of get him up back back in
the old Yeah, you know, thirty one assists, like I said,
PEG having twelve of those, and have him at the point guard position where
we played through Kauhi, we played through PG, but PG having a ball
in his hand, so he's steal in a rhythm and the floor of the
game. And so that was huge for us tonight, making that change,
and we got a lot of work to do, you know, but I'm
very excited about you know, the work we're gonna put in to get there.
But we found the way we want to play, and so continue to
keep building on. It's gonna take a little time, but I like when
I saw tonight something coach Lou brought up there. I should have brought it
up as well, but obviously he is the mastermind. I should have pointed
this out. Clippers tied a season low with just nine turnovers. Thirty one
to assist to thirty one assists to nine turnovers, more than a three to
one team assist to turnover ratio is spectacular, and then only having two turnovers
by Kauai and Paul George. You could say that this was the best passing
game of Pg's career. Twelve assists to zero turnovers. It ties his career
high with twelve assists. But I'm guessing in that other game where you had
all those assists, he had at least one turnover. That is necessary for
this team to turn things around. Overall, we know the turnovers have been
an issue all season long, and to have those guys have nineteen assists combined
to just two turnovers. It starts with them. Kawhi has been very good,
surehanded, of course, claw take care of the basketball. Paul Georgia
struggled in that area and has had some head scratching turnovers here and there,
not tonight. And I also like what coach lew said having the ball in
his hands, Unlike the game against Philly, we're in that third quarter,
Kawhi had fourteen a twenty seven, and it's just like looked like Paul George
kind of disengaged a little bit and was out there watching his counterpart go to
work. This time, the ball was in his hands regardless of if he
was getting shots up. And I think he only had four points in the
third quarter, was up to eleven. Yeah, I had seven points in
the first half. All those came in the first quarter. Got off to
a quick start, quiet nine points to the first quarter. But just the
fact that he was moving the basketball and playmaking kept him in rhythm. That
was Coach Low's point. There so a stark contrast to what we saw against
Philly. Even though he didn't take a lot of shots, it was still
just thirteen. The difference was he stayed in rhythm and hit two big ones
in the fourth quarter because he was touching the basketball and being a floor general
out there. Clippers win one thirty one to one twenty six over the San
Antonio Spurs. Terrence Man also, by the way, it gone too long
without talking about him five of six from the field, a nice bounce back
performance after he took just five shots against the Utah Jazz. And that's why
I got on him for that. I know his greatest attribute or his best
contribution to this team isn't necessarily his scoring, but only taking five shots in
a game Wednesday night without Paul George and Kawhi Leonard was a little bit curious
because and now he takes one more with them on the floor, with them
having big game, especially Kawhi Leonard. So the Clippers they were able even
with Kawhi having thirty six because he only had to take eighteen shots. The
ball was still hopping, it was moving, guys were making plays for one
another. But Terrence Man got to the basket a few different times, and
that is his game. Transition game, easy buckets and then you know eventually
he might knock down a big three pointer for you. But finished with those
ten points in twenty one minutes. I thought Roco getting in in the second
half. He only played seven minutes, but he was a part of the
end of the third quarter into the fourth quarter. Ended up being a plus
two in those seven minutes. Didn't fill up, just had two boards if
you're looking at you know, the layman's traditional box score. But I thought
he was effective out there, and some of those lineups they were running in
the first half with Norman Powell and Reggie Jackson out there, that weren't working
and they were getting picked on a lot defensively got better in the second half
next to Roko and Batoomb and I Vitsa Zoobots was out there. At one
point, it seemed like coach lew was tinkering and trying to figure out who
he could put around Norman Pale and Reggie Jackson so we could have them both
out there on the court, but being effective and good enough defensively to make
up for their deficiencies on that end, just kind of insulate them so you
can get that offense out of him. Where Reggie Jackson really came through in
that fourth quarter, as did Norman Powell. I wanted to say he had
eight and the fourth and Reggie had nine. But if those two, if
you can make up for their defensive limitations, then they can play together.
If not, you're in trouble and you could probably only play one of them.
But we've seen a lot of winstop plus Norman Powell, and that's been
good for this team. His ability to attack. He was so good in
this game, just making things happen at the end of shot clocks. Norman
Powell has been coming into his own now as a Clipper. So they get
the victory one thirty one to one twenty six, and San Antonio speaking to
Norman Powell, will hear from him coming up eight six six ninety seven two
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seventy l A sports doing we we no matter what going money on my mind,
I can never getting up done. And every time I've come up in
the building, everybody was gone the checks. I'm QUICKSI I don't want to
talk over this. Clippers win one thirty one to one twenty six, not
over the Brooklyn Nets since Biggie's there, but in San Antonio over the Spurs,
as Kauai once again scorns his former lover and the Spurs fans. He
has thirty six points on seventy two percent shooting his last five games, okay,
including tonight, thirty six points on the seventy two percent shooting field goal
percentage game before that, twenty seven on fifty percent shooting game before that,
thirty unfifty percent game before that, twenty four and fifty percent game before that,
thirty three on seventy five percent shooting, and he has gone for twenty
or more in six straight games. Kauai is him, He is back.
He looks great, had four dunks, and as always as most players do,
had a little something extra for his former team in the Spurs. Clippers
needed it. They would go on to win one thirty one to one twenty
six. Let's go to Morris in Long Beach. Morris, what's up?
You're on Clivers stock without aim Awsome. Kawhi is back. Listen, Kawai.
That food is back. Remember that place. He was on the right
side of the court in the isolated for him and he checked. The guy
won two dribbles and slammed dunk the Kawai. Yeah, that was on Jacob
Pearl. He got the mismatch. He backed him up to the right wing
and then blew by him. Remember the one he came in from from the
others, the right side wing. He came in from there and dunked it
left handed. Remember that one. He had a two handed dunk, a
left handed dunk, and then two with the right I believe, yeah,
oh, I remember that was sting. That was posted and that was Michael
Jordan. That was poster stuff. Kawahi is back now if we can get
him from here. What's what's up with John? With John wall at him?
What's going on with this is that with an abdominal strain, probably for
at least another week and a half because they said two weeks initially and that's
just to be reevaluated at that point, so he could be out for a
bit. How about Luke We don't know, haven't. We haven't had as
sad as update on him. He's still out with the right calf injury,
but I believe he is with the team. He's traveling with them, so
a good sign there that can return eventually. On this long road run.
I know they're back in Los Angeles against the Lakers Tuesday night, but then
they're right back to the road. Well, we'll go with what we gotta
look at. We got our stead back. I mean, that boy looked
good. He really looked good. I'll let you go ahead, all right,
Morris, I appreciate it. Speaking of their schedule, you know,
the next three games, the Clippers have days off in between each one,
obviously tomorrow, and then they're taking on the Dallas Mavericks Sunday, but then
Monday off and then take on the Lakers, and then Wednesday off and they
host the San Antonio Spurs. So the hope is that you can have Kawai
and Paul George for all of those games. There's not a back to back
in there, with Kauai still not playing in them and Paul George coming off
the hamstring injury. If they can build up reps during this run, and
we may have seen a glimpse of things to come with their passing and then
Paul George finding Kauai for the little alleyup lay up to kind of end this
one. I'm hoping that is prescient, that we see more of that that
the future with the two one three connection is looking very bright because they need
them both last thirty four games in the position they are in in the Western
Conference. More on that coming up, but I do want to hear from
Norman Powell need more of this. Twenty six points on nine of eleven shooting,
and has scored fifty six combined in his last two games he's played.
I believe he's scored more points than minutes he has played. They're close to
He has just been absolutely instant off it's off the bench and in the start
against the Utah Jazz Wednesday. But here was no more pal postgame speaking with
Jamie Maggio on Ballet Sports, an extended conversation as we've sent it over to
Jamie's standing by with Norman Pops. All right, guys, thank you so
much. Norm. The offense had it going tonight. You guys shot sixty
three percent from the field. You were nine of eleven, twenty six points
in twenty seven minutes. What a gout you guys clicking tonight. You know,
we had to really focusing on a defense. Offensively, we're able to
get whatever we wanted moving the ball. Thought we play well, just working
the offense, getting a great shot, but it was a defense to night
I was able to help us pull away. Let's talk about that. Because
the Spurs were able to take control in the second quarter. I'm sure you
guys were frustrated at the half. You responded in the third quarter, and
you also were able to close it out when they made a close down the
stretch. So where were you guys able to take advantage? I'm focusing on
the game plane, the little things, you know. We know they like
to cut, you know, they got I think they're top tend in the
league in and cut scoring off those pushing the pace and rebounding. We were
giving up a lot of that in the first two quarters. Man, you
know, t Lugta Nust. We're holding each other accoutable in the locker room
watching the film, and we wanted to come out and limit those mistakes that
we're having on game plans, you know, and I want to make it
as difficult as possible for them. Stean solid not trying to reach and gammona
go for the home run play, and we did that in the second half.
It's good to see you guys back in the win column. That's gotta
feel good. Was there a sense of urgency to get here. Yeah,
definitely. You know, we all know that May the time is now first
to start stacking these wins. I'm doing the things that we need to do
collectively and individually to help this team win. So hopefully you know, the
way we played in the second half, it's been like a broken record.
But but we got to really lock in and carry this win to the next
one end and keep good to get the ball rolling. Great game, Norman
to the next All right, thank you. Gotta start stacking those victories,
no doubt. Norman Powell their post gamer after the Clippers win one thirty one
to one twenty six, and he has twenty six points in just twenty seven
minutes off the bench, goes four or five from three, nine of eleven
from the field, and really outside the first month of the Sea season has
just been ridiculously hot, so efficient. Because now on the year, and
he got off to such a rough start on the season, now shooting forty
seven percent from the field and forty one percent from three and getting sixteen a
game. I believe he's second in bench scoring in the league. So in
the hunt for that six Man of the Year could be with the fourth Clipper
to win. It be pretty darn impressive. All right, we'll take a
quick time out here. We'll get back to your phone calls. Eight six
six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six ninety eight seven two five
seventy is the phone number. Clippers get a much needed, very much he'd
win over the Spurs defense optional, but good enough in the third quarter to
create some separation and win by five. More Clipper stock next year on a
M five seventy al a sports strip A Mans Clippers and Part five and one
when Norman Palace scores twenty five points or more so. That one was the
game against Utaw. Clippers win in San Antonio one thirty one to one twenty
six. Kawhi leads them with thirty six with the starters, Norman Pale off
the bench with twenty six, puled George with twelve assist to zero turnovers.
Reggie Jackson some big buckets in the fourth quarter after struggling in the first half.
Clippers, though, they gotta start stacking wins, as Norman Pale said,
they haven't won two in a row since back on December twenty seven.
It's almost been a month. They got an opportunity to do that. Sunday
early game ten thirty. Pre game they'll beat in Dallas taken on Luca don
Chits and the Mavericks tip off at eleven thirty. Before we get out of
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