1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:05,280 Last time that I check checked, it was fine chains on my neck, 2 00:00:05,679 --> 00:00:09,919 it was no smile on my breath. Last time that I check sent a 3 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:14,400 set in a quarter mile, no sweat. Last time check from the streets 4 00:00:14,519 --> 00:00:18,239 Voice Southwest. Let's Darious, last time I checked him. Last time Kawhi 5 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:24,199 dropped forty one on the Utah Jazz. Clippers win tonight for the first time 6 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:29,079 in Utah in the regular season since twenty seventeen, one seventeen to one oh 7 00:00:29,199 --> 00:00:33,000 three over Utah. Welcome back into your post game show. This is Clippers 8 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:41,039 Talk. I'm Adam Osland. After Vitza Zubots plays forty two minutes, No 9 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:47,039 Daniel Tice and Big Zoo got that run. That's what we like to see. 10 00:00:47,079 --> 00:00:50,240 He is capable of playing much more. Was able to close out the 11 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:55,920 game against Denver on Wednesday. It works. Please go to him more, 12 00:00:56,079 --> 00:00:59,079 Please get him more touches. To Viata, Zoobots is still twenty six and 13 00:00:59,119 --> 00:01:03,280 getting better. He finished with eighteen and twelve. Clippers went by fourteen and 14 00:01:03,399 --> 00:01:07,400 joining the show right now. To rest my voice and more is will updeck 15 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:14,359 from Clips. I'll be and div You try to rest my voice so much, 16 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:15,319 you're just gonna cut me off there, will, I mean, come 17 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:21,640 on, manat with Adam Oudlin. Anyways, I'm taking over here. No 18 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:26,040 a sin, I'm not doing a damn thing. Now. You're making me 19 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,760 laugh too much. Will Kawhi Leonard uh not washed? Looks fine? Take 20 00:01:30,799 --> 00:01:37,000 it from here, Okay. Was anyone worried that Kawhi was actually washed? 21 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:41,760 That's insane. Look if you were excited that the Denver Nuggets, that the 22 00:01:41,799 --> 00:01:47,040 Clippers finally beat the Denver Nuggets, waitnill you hear they finally didn't get stung 23 00:01:47,079 --> 00:01:53,000 in the Beehive day Kawhi Leonards the beekeeper forty one five with a block that 24 00:01:53,159 --> 00:01:57,879 was for the ages when he hit. Things got a little close in the 25 00:01:57,879 --> 00:02:00,640 fourth quarter in this one, and he hit he bailed the Clippers out of 26 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:07,319 almost a twenty four second violation with a running heat three pointer, And I 27 00:02:07,359 --> 00:02:09,520 thought, oh my god, like that, like, could this be any 28 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:15,520 better? He was hitting anything, He was unstoppable, and we saw, 29 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:21,599 we just saw. I thought the Clippers put the foot on the throat a 30 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,280 little bit on and I think that that was nice to see with the Utah 31 00:02:25,319 --> 00:02:30,000 team that I thought thought really really hard to make things interesting and you know, 32 00:02:30,039 --> 00:02:35,759 they have some legit guys, but Kawhi Leonard Van just taking this one 33 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,639 home. I don't know. I think Rod Benson said he was washed. 34 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:43,759 I don't know who else. Clippers winning by fourteen tonight a Vita Zubas. 35 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,280 I mentioned him on the way in We Love Big Zoo. I don't know 36 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:53,120 why Clipper Nation is divided on him. It just seems like the high level 37 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:58,000 viewers of Clippers basketball know how important he is to this team, and he's 38 00:02:58,039 --> 00:03:01,599 still just getting better, and I just love the fact he's being featured more 39 00:03:01,599 --> 00:03:06,400 in this new starting lineup. Will Yeah, I mean, if you wear 40 00:03:06,439 --> 00:03:10,560 a Fedora, you've probably been on the Zoo train since day one. But 41 00:03:10,719 --> 00:03:15,360 yes, Visa Zubats is for sure playing some of the best stretch of his 42 00:03:15,479 --> 00:03:20,759 career. And I think what's interesting he talked a little bit postgame about how 43 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,800 he's kind of working things out with Harden, and you know, you know 44 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,960 what, Harden was able to help him be get over the hump this year. 45 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,039 Zoobots. You know, I think offensively, that has to be your 46 00:03:31,039 --> 00:03:37,199 biggest criticism, right, Like, if he is a divisive character, I'd 47 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,199 be really hard pressed to hear your argument to say that he's a bad defender, 48 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,680 but I think there have been maybe some legitimate complaints about his offense. 49 00:03:46,039 --> 00:03:49,800 But with a running partner like James Harden, and he talked about how they're 50 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:54,039 not even you know, they're not even fully in sync yet, and after 51 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:59,159 every practice, before every game, they're they're communicating, they're working on this 52 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:00,960 pick and roll stuff. We also know that Zoo worked a little bit harder 53 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,719 in the off season to get those hooks, to get to get kind of 54 00:04:03,719 --> 00:04:08,639 some different moves in the bag. And I think if beatsa zu wats can 55 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:13,960 keep this kind of playoff. I'm telling you that that is a ceiling that 56 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:17,279 is a more than a ceiling razer. What's what's more a roof lower offer 57 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:24,680 for the Clippers, and they're possibility like in their possible championship expectations. I'm 58 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:29,439 loving what I'm seeing from Big Zoo right now. Roof lower offer. We 59 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,720 got will Updyke gone from cliffs and dip posts game after the Clippers winning Utah 60 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:38,519 for the first time in the regular season since twenty seventeen one seventeen to one 61 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,480 oh three. Well, we've talked about this before. I'm not starting to 62 00:04:42,519 --> 00:04:46,160 start anything with Russ stands. We love Russell Westbrook too, but this is 63 00:04:46,199 --> 00:04:48,759 the role for him at this point of his career. When you have someone 64 00:04:48,879 --> 00:04:53,319 like James Harden. Clippers are eight and three with this new starting lineup, 65 00:04:53,399 --> 00:04:57,000 it's not a fluke. James was out there and he hadn't even taken a 66 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,600 shot the first quarter and a half and the Clippers were humming. And it's 67 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:05,600 because he doesn't need to. He can just dish guys and find guys and 68 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,959 get them in rhythm and get them open like Kawhi Leonard and still make an 69 00:05:09,959 --> 00:05:14,439 impact that way. Yeah. Yeah, And I mean, like, look, 70 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:18,199 this isn't about you know, Harden being on a team with west Westbrook. 71 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,399 This is about Westbrook being on a team that happens to have hardened. 72 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:26,759 But also like Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. You know, it's not just 73 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,600 like an either or thing, but they do seem to be you know, 74 00:05:30,959 --> 00:05:33,560 this lineup makes a little bit more sense to me, you know, just 75 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:39,079 from an on paper standpoint, from what I've seen on court standpoint. But 76 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:44,160 that doesn't detigrate anything about Russell Westbrook. And I think that he's been getting, 77 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,319 like getting even better in this role. You know, I think he's 78 00:05:47,319 --> 00:05:51,519 probably not ideal from where he came into training camp, but like you said, 79 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:56,920 it's just undeniable and like hardened. A little bit of a rough shooting 80 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,079 night, it didn't matter. Still had eight asists only to Eternal, So 81 00:06:00,079 --> 00:06:04,600 they just both they both bring different things and the issue is like just with 82 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:09,480 the non shooting still with Russ, like it's just something it's gonna be really 83 00:06:09,519 --> 00:06:12,360 tough to overcome. I really, you know, you have to. You 84 00:06:12,439 --> 00:06:16,000 have to have a lot of shooters around him, or he can't even he 85 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,759 can't even use the vision that he has on the court. You know that 86 00:06:18,759 --> 00:06:23,319 there's just not enough open for him to operate in that sort of space. 87 00:06:23,519 --> 00:06:26,480 Yeah, I don't know what people are looking at when they see James Harden 88 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,839 having to take that three. Granted he made it in the fourth quarter, 89 00:06:30,399 --> 00:06:33,040 but Russ is right next to him in the near side corner because they're trying 90 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,639 to hide him there in the corner to create spacing. It's just awkward. 91 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,360 It's just a bad fit. It's not the modern NBA. That doesn't mean 92 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,240 he can't help this team. I think he was awesome overall. The last 93 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:49,240 five games, didn't have a great game tonight and was taken out early in 94 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:54,199 the fourth because the spacing wasn't working and they're trying to get away from Russ 95 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,560 and Harden being on the floor together. I think they give it a shot 96 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,040 because they were up by fourteen or whatever it was early in the fourth quarter 97 00:07:00,079 --> 00:07:02,920 and saw what it could do. But even against a team like the Utah 98 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,399 Jazz, it's just it's not going to be that effective out there. It's 99 00:07:06,439 --> 00:07:12,120 not optimal. But Russ still brings a lot of what this team needs. 100 00:07:12,199 --> 00:07:15,560 I feel like Norm Powell, who also didn't have a great shooting game two 101 00:07:15,639 --> 00:07:17,519 of eight, but may have hit the biggest shot of the game. Clippers 102 00:07:17,519 --> 00:07:21,839 were up by just six and then he knocked down a three pointer and he 103 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,800 was I think at that point something like one of six from the outside one 104 00:07:26,839 --> 00:07:30,720 of seven and stuck a big shot. And he has had a propensity for 105 00:07:30,839 --> 00:07:34,759 hitting big threes and fourth quarters so far this season. I mean, Norm 106 00:07:34,839 --> 00:07:40,560 Powell has been unbelievable. He's been so huge. I and you know, 107 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:44,279 we haven't got to see an extended run of him healthy either. You know 108 00:07:44,319 --> 00:07:46,360 that this is so far for the Clipper season. Knock On Wood been so 109 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:50,720 great that Norm Powell has gotten to like, gotten to be Norm, I 110 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:56,319 feel like even more. I like him in closing lineup, I like him 111 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,600 coming off the bench. He's one of those guys that even though tonight you 112 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,879 finished four of eleven, two of eight from three, I still think it's 113 00:08:03,879 --> 00:08:07,439 going in. Every time the ball leaves his hands. I feel the same 114 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:11,319 way. That's when you know somebody is on a heater. Feel the same 115 00:08:11,319 --> 00:08:16,279 way with Kawhi Leonard right now. And Paul George had eighteen to twenty in 116 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:20,879 the second half, and he and Kawhi were just taking turns going at Fontechio, 117 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:24,279 who was struggling out there for the Utah Jazz. They just had nobody 118 00:08:24,439 --> 00:08:28,439 guard these guys. Paul George had ten of its twenty points in the fourth 119 00:08:28,519 --> 00:08:31,720 quarter. He also hit a big three pointer as the Clippers created that distance 120 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:37,159 late to eventually give their guys some rest down the stretch. But I love 121 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,679 the fact that he could not take that many shots on the first half, 122 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:45,279 not have more than two points, and he still was in rhythm enough to 123 00:08:45,279 --> 00:08:48,759 have an eighteen points second half. That to me is crucial because you know 124 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,559 when one guy's playing that well and Kawhi Leonard. Obviously it was his night. 125 00:08:52,919 --> 00:08:56,000 You worry about other guys being out of rhythm when you're gonna need them 126 00:08:56,039 --> 00:09:01,639 eventually, and that wasn't a problem for Paul George stayed around with his timing 127 00:09:01,879 --> 00:09:05,399 and got enough touches to stay in the flow of the offense. Yes, 128 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,799 I'm going to push back on that a little bit. I like that. 129 00:09:09,919 --> 00:09:11,960 I liked it he was able to do that. Honestly, my only thorn 130 00:09:13,159 --> 00:09:18,159 in this game would be despite some good process moves, I thought in the 131 00:09:18,159 --> 00:09:22,399 fourth quarter, it turned into a very much stagnated ball. Each player is 132 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:26,600 taking iso shots. Paul George happened to be able to heat it up. 133 00:09:26,799 --> 00:09:28,960 That was great tonight, Kawhi Leonard. You know Gray all night basically any 134 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,559 shot. I can't really I can't really criticize, but we saw some of 135 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,480 what this offense looks like when it's not good, which is slow plotting, 136 00:09:37,799 --> 00:09:41,759 no ball movement. And I think that that is one of those things that 137 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:46,639 when any one of this big three had like a really big night, I'm 138 00:09:46,639 --> 00:09:50,240 looking for like where everybody else is, and this one was a good one, 139 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,480 But I don't feel like the process was there for forty eight minutes or 140 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:58,480 thirty six minutes, or however many you'll want to count. I could see 141 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,679 that to a degree where they us had to have their stars step up and 142 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,120 make some tough one on one shots late. They did, But you don't 143 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,960 necessarily want to always have to rely on that. You want to go back 144 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,120 to running your offense. Clippers ended up square strategy. If you need to 145 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:18,840 get sixteen wins, I wouldn't bet on it. No, that's completely fair. 146 00:10:18,399 --> 00:10:22,559 And they're taking on a Utah Jazz team tonight that has been struggling, 147 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,919 to say the least, but hey, the Clippers had struggled into Utah to 148 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:31,679 say the least since twenty seventeen. Overall in the regular season they win one 149 00:10:31,759 --> 00:10:37,080 seventeen to one oh three. One more for you here will Terrence Man. 150 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,120 One of the things I talk about with this, and Coach Lou brought it 151 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:43,759 up on Wednesday, But they can still get a lot better offensively with this 152 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:48,799 group defensively being the second best defense over their last eleven games. Now you 153 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:54,840 know that's elite stuff, But are you gonna say, well, not good 154 00:10:54,960 --> 00:11:01,320 enough? Two? Come on? Who? Well, during that same time, 155 00:11:01,399 --> 00:11:05,679 their offense has been seventeenth, and even though their starters have been good 156 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:11,720 overall, there's more there potentially, especially because once Terrence Man starts knocking down 157 00:11:11,759 --> 00:11:16,679 shots and he did tonight he hit two three pointers that could be a big 158 00:11:16,759 --> 00:11:20,960 turning point for him. You talk about the Clippers getting the monkey off their 159 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,919 back winning in Utah, Terrence Man looking more confident with his three point shot. 160 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:28,440 If he starts to get it going offensively next to James Harden, Oh, 161 00:11:28,519 --> 00:11:35,759 this offense is going to cook. Yeah. If defensive has to respect 162 00:11:35,799 --> 00:11:39,519 Terrence Man as a shooter, and he was hesitant at a late in a 163 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:43,080 late game three, but overall, if you have to respect Terrence Man at 164 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:46,240 all times from outside or at least at least from the corner, that opens 165 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:50,159 things up even more. And what I love about Terrence is, you know, 166 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,279 he's just become that great connector you know, he he cuts well, 167 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:58,720 he had a really nice driving kick in I want to say the third. 168 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:03,279 So he's a great utility guy. But you know, like you highlighted, 169 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,559 he needs to be aggressive and we know, you know, we know what 170 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:11,000 he can do. And I think the three point shot percentage wise is gonna 171 00:12:11,039 --> 00:12:15,519 even out. It's one of those things that's been so terrible that it you 172 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:20,399 know, it just has to go back to something normal probability from a probability 173 00:12:20,399 --> 00:12:24,600 standpoint, But no, Terrence Man looks really solid. I mean, it's 174 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,480 it was the right decision coming out of training camp to have him in the 175 00:12:28,519 --> 00:12:33,480 starting group. And it's unfortunate still that, you know, he had the 176 00:12:33,519 --> 00:12:37,399 ankle injury and we didn't get even more time with him in the starting lineup, 177 00:12:37,399 --> 00:12:41,840 because I just wonder where his confidence as that then if he has even 178 00:12:41,919 --> 00:12:45,440 more time and yes, hard and coming and changes things. But Terrence has 179 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,279 been asked to change a lot on this team. That's kind of his story 180 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:52,039 with the Clippers. And to see him, you know, now he's bribing 181 00:12:52,159 --> 00:12:58,240 once again after being thrown an another another loop, makes me think that he's 182 00:12:58,279 --> 00:13:01,960 definitely on the and that is good good news for the Clippers. Our friend 183 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:07,360 Justin Russo, who joined me in the pregame, pointed out that Terrence Man 184 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,519 so far in his career, through the first twenty games of a season, 185 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,799 is just a twenty nine percent three point shooter. After that, though, 186 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:20,000 he starts connecting at about forty percent from the outside. So tonight was game 187 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:24,919 twenty one, he ends up two to five from distance. Maybe it's starting 188 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,320 to come along here. He's finding that rhythm. Obviously. Patrick Beverly, 189 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:33,679 the former Clipper, also was notorious for getting off to solil starts from the 190 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:37,759 outside and then would start to heat up. He is Will Updike of the 191 00:13:37,799 --> 00:13:43,639 Clips and Dip Pod. Follow him at Will Updike on Twitter, Big Will, 192 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:48,320 thanks for coming in for this Clippers, big w tonight in Utah. 193 00:13:48,399 --> 00:13:52,600 Here on Clippers stop with a little double dip action. Absolutely feeling good. 194 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:56,840 Let's go clip. Actually I'm feeling terrible. My throat is all right. 195 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:01,799 We'll get mourn me. Will. Thanks for doing it. I appreciate it. 196 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:05,759 Coming up next, we'll hear from coach lou Clippers win one seventeen to 197 00:14:05,799 --> 00:14:09,679 one to oh three over the Utah Jazz. Clippers have won three in a 198 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:16,039 row, eight and three in their last eleven. I don't know how you 199 00:14:16,039 --> 00:14:18,440 do, guys, don't see the vision. If you're still asking for Russell 200 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,840 Westwork to be in the starting lineup, or why isn't he playing more, 201 00:14:22,039 --> 00:14:26,159 or if you didn't like James Harden's game before, I don't know what to 202 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:33,879 tell you. This is the way him is the third option. And while 203 00:14:33,919 --> 00:14:39,159 Russ is sacrificing minutes, James Harden is sacrificing shots. He's by far taking 204 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:45,320 the fewest amount of shots in his career. And it's working. It's coming 205 00:14:45,399 --> 00:14:52,879 together. Clippers have won eight of their last eleven games, with some great 206 00:14:52,919 --> 00:14:56,200 wins in there. Tonight winning in Utah for the first time in the regular 207 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:01,519 season games since twenty seventeen. It's nice too eight six six nine eighty seven 208 00:15:01,559 --> 00:15:07,519 two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy Glad to save 209 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,799 harbor hours and we're playing this song now more climber stock. Next you'll hear 210 00:15:09,799 --> 00:15:13,639 from coach Loue post game, I'm out a Moslin. This is a five 211 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:13,600 seventy LA Sports