Clippers season ends on a sour note once again, Kawhi Leonard unavailable and that's
how another playoff run ends. Clippers lose Game six one, fourteen to one
on one in Dallas to the Mavericks, welcome back into Clipper Stock. I'm
at a maslin. You're listening to the Patriot AM eleven fifty eight seven seven
five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is the
phone number you hear the music. We got Chuck and Will on one phone.
We're gonna make this work. Two guys, one phone. It can
be done. All right, Let's start here with Will because he picked up
first and I did call his phone number. Not a lot of pleasantries tonight.
I know everybody's down and defeated. We've been getting a lot of calls
about it. But Will, I just want to get your reaction to the
situation with PJ. Tucker starting tonight. How surprised you were? I had
low murray on pregame as it was an and it was mouth agape. There
were no words, just the move how it played out. Is that the
reason they lost the game? How'd you see it? All? Right?
So I want to say that I was not surprised by this. As soon
as I heard that there was going to be a change in the starting lineup.
You know, I said this month ago, PJ. Tucker, you
sucked. You should start him because there's no other way to hide him.
Then there's no better way to hide him than around your best players. But
look, if there was going to be a change to the starting lineup,
it was either him or Russell Westbrook. And I think that from what we've
seen so far, PJ fits the mold a little bit better for what they
needed. To me, PJ. Tucker is not the reason that they lost
this game. It was once again the same thing that we've seen dro series,
was that their offense really failed to ignite. I will say, though,
we got another consistent performance from James Harden, who I mean surprisingly,
I gotta be perfectly honest with you, I did not expect this coming into
the series. But was really their best performer offensively. Yeah, I mean
he was five of sixteen, but sixteen points and thirteen assists to one turnover.
It's not great that that ended up being their best player tonight, but
he probably was. He interveats the Zubats. I think were the two best
players this series, their two most consistent guys throughout. Paul George did not
finish top two. In my book, I didn't say it was perfect.
You never heard me say it was perfect. No, you're right, You're
right. It's just it's the best of the worst because it wasn't a good
series all around for a lot of different players. When you talk about so
many guys struggling offensively, collectively, this team really struggled. But I know
Chuck's the bigger fan of PJ. Tucker, so I do want to hear
from him regarding him starting tonight. Charles, how'd you feel about PJ Tucker?
Were you surprised? Shocked? I did tweet out something that was kind
of sarcastic, kind of jokingly. I said, it's either gonna be Norm
or Russ or dot dot dot PJ Tucker just a guess, even though I
gave like three of them. That was the joke. I was pretty much
going with every guy I could have been. So how'd you feel about it,
Charles? I think I bummed out to say that I wasn't super surprised,
but I was still confused, if that makes sense. Because the Clippers
it seems like starting PJ. Tucker Tylu wanted to lead in the defense,
which is you know, missing Kwi Leonard is obviously worse. You mean,
because they've actually been better on that end than on offense this series. So
it didn't make that much sense. Yes, thank you. Yeah, that's
no, I'm just interpreting that now. I'm not projecting. I'm interpreting.
But you're right, right, that's that's been the issue. Like Will said
to, the offense has been kind of rough and inserting p. A.
Tucker into the lineup is not a way to make the offense any better.
But yeah, he did hit one three. He also looked terrified underneath the
rim when he did hit the layup, but it took him like a weird
pump fake. But having to start PJ. Tucker in game six in a
do or die game is what happens when Kawhi Leonard is hurt, And it's
what happens when the rest of the roster partly gets neglected and partly isn't playable
in the playoffs. Yeah, that's I don't know, I'm still a little
raw about the whole thing. Yeah, well, go on, I mean,
Paul George this could have been his last game as a Clipper. I
said to Will, I think in this series. Yeah, definitely James Harden.
I think James Harden and the Visa Zubats were their top two players in
this series. Yeah, that's hard to argue you didn't. I mean,
doesn't Zoo have the most field goals even made, just total? I think
I don't know who tweeted that out earlier today, but you have the most
field goals made. Obviously on the way better percent because they're so close,
but it was out of here. It was a goofy season and or sorry,
it was a goofy playoffs. Rotation wise, Daniel Tye not getting any
minute at all is after how he played during the regular season and saved them
in a tough time. After Mason Plumley went down, everybody was wondering who
they're going to pick up, and Daniel Tye like he gave them more than
they could have asked for this year. And outside that fourth quarter in Game
four, Mason Plumbley was brutal in this series, and maybe part of it
was because he was on the floor with Russell Westbrook and those lineups just did
not work, and Russell Westbrook's shot did not work. Six, No,
make it. I want to get to be the accurate here because the stands
are going to come after me. Eight for forty two to the last five
games. That is that might be an all time record, you do,
Yeah, that's that ideal. It's tough. Uh. You know, Russ
isn't the reason they lost. Ultimately, the reason they lost was just Paul
George, Kawhi Leonard not being there, was Kawhi not being there, and
I feel like everything gets compounded more. But the Russ performance, it's very
difficult to see what he positive and he has the backseat driver and Will right
now is killing me. Come on, yeah, I mean, hey,
uh, he's laming Paul George. I don't know if that's fully accurate.
Running me down George Paul's box scores through those games, through those six games,
okay, okay, fair? Would you say he had two good games
total in this six game series? Generously yet too good? You're giving him
game one and obviously game four. Yeah, So what do you think happens
with Paul George this summer? Now? Will George Paul, I don't know,
man, I think that Steve Bomber pays him because he opened a new
stadium. But I would say let him go to Philly and let him see
what those fans think when he has those performances. It's tough to stand behind
him after this series because I've given him a ton of love for what he
did in twenty twenty one being able to lead them to the Western Conference Finals
without Kawhi Leonard. But it's three years ago. Now, two games out
of six is in saying yeah, And we thought they had a real chance
at least when they initially brought in James Harden that hey, one of two
and three goes down, James Harden next to whoever is left could be enough.
Eh, didn't happen. I appreciate you guys in the work we've been
able to do together in our second season with clips and dip and you guys
coming on with me on clipperstock and doing some double dip all year long.
It's been rough, but I feel like, I really genuinely feel like we've
done a decent job. We did our best, We did a decent job.
Adam has been a wonderful season. It was a it was a horrific
ending one that none of us wanted, but we're excited to talk about it
on Sunday. Thanks for having us on Clipper Talk. Thanks everyone who called
in to you know, let's go clips Chuck, Chuck Buckler and wilheff Tyke
there. Oh, we'll have a clips and dip YouTube episode for you on
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