1 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:15,080 What's going on? Everybody? Welcome to season two, episode forty seven of 2 00:00:15,199 --> 00:00:19,000 Clips and Dip. Do it a little bit of another weekend live as we 3 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,320 do over here, we're gonna talk about as a trio finally together, talk 4 00:00:23,359 --> 00:00:28,280 about these big wins in Toronto and the absolute domination in Boston. Will and 5 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,559 I talked about it the other day, but it's a great way to start 6 00:00:31,559 --> 00:00:36,320 the trip. We might have to revise our road trip record picks. We 7 00:00:36,359 --> 00:00:39,439 need to go that far yet, you never know. And then we're gonna 8 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:43,359 talk Clippers versus Calves. I mean, this is an interesting game. Evan 9 00:00:43,359 --> 00:00:47,560 Mobley is coming back for this one, but there's some nice seating implications here 10 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,640 for the Clippers. But before we get into that, we want to say 11 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,679 thank you everyone who's listened to Thank you for the new subscribers over at YouTube 12 00:00:54,679 --> 00:01:00,159 dot com slash at Clippers Podcast. Adam will go to you, last Ravens 13 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,079 fan. How are you doing? We'll let you get some things off your 14 00:01:04,159 --> 00:01:07,200 chest, maybe if you want to talk about the more successful team that you 15 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:12,920 follow. The highs and lows of this weekend. We're so extreme. I 16 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,920 just don't know how much more of this I can take you have the Clippers 17 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:25,000 who who are absolutely looking so dominant, and then you have my Ravens who 18 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:29,959 looked great during the regular season, and then just a tough That was a 19 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:34,400 tough outing. That was a tough out. But uh, I'm still hopeful 20 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,000 on the Clippers. Man, I'm ready to get hurt again. Punch my 21 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:42,040 lift ticket. Let's do it. I think that's fair. I'm fully, 22 00:01:42,079 --> 00:01:45,640 I said on the stream yesterday after that win that I'm fully. I'm one 23 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,519 hundred percent fully bought in now that I don't think I have been in the 24 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,920 two and three era. This is a new kind of Clippers. Adam. 25 00:01:53,959 --> 00:01:57,879 How are you doing. You're a Panthers fan, so really great weekend for 26 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,680 you, all things considered, your team wasn't plan. I'm not even allowed 27 00:02:00,719 --> 00:02:02,799 to talk about football now because I'm a Carolina Panthers fan. What do I 28 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,480 know. I don't know if the ball's pumped or stuffed. As my friend 29 00:02:06,519 --> 00:02:10,800 Petricks Papadakas would say, everything good on my end. For the most part, 30 00:02:12,039 --> 00:02:14,719 I feel bad for Will too. We watched the Ravens game the week 31 00:02:14,759 --> 00:02:16,039 before. Maybe it's my fault. Guys, I weren't there with you. 32 00:02:16,319 --> 00:02:20,039 Oh yeah, you should have been there. What the hell were we thinking 33 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,120 the vibes were off? I don't know, but yeah, I did see 34 00:02:23,159 --> 00:02:28,800 James Harden trending earlier for the wrong reasons, as some were saying, what's 35 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,199 the comp to Lamar Jackson in the playoffs? Which I didn't like and I 36 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:37,520 don't agree with, and it's not fair he was He wasn't going up against 37 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,879 I don't know, the greatest team of all time in the Golden State Warriors 38 00:02:39,879 --> 00:02:44,360 with Kevin Durant. It's not like the hole the Chiefs. They're like a 39 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:49,120 grittier Chiefs team this season. They're doing it on the road well. And 40 00:02:49,319 --> 00:02:52,400 James Harden is a Niners fan, so he's having an okay day. He 41 00:02:52,479 --> 00:02:55,560 revealed that on Twitter today. He tweeted out, Bang Bang, the classic 42 00:02:55,639 --> 00:03:00,400 Niners slogan. I don't know, I'm not a Niners fan, but James 43 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,800 Harden having a good day off the court. He's been playing pretty well too 44 00:03:04,439 --> 00:03:07,800 recently. We're gonna kind of keep this focus on the start of the Grammy 45 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,240 trip, which the Clippers are in the I mean, the beginning of will 46 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:14,479 you called the Raptors game of must win. They took care of business there 47 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:22,879 they absolutely smacked Boston. Will what stood out to you the most just from 48 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,719 either win to open this road trip for the Clippers. Oh, I mean, 49 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:32,240 it's definitely the It's definitely the Boston win. And it's the first consistent 50 00:03:32,319 --> 00:03:37,159 glimpses of like championship level defense that I think we've seen from the Clippers. 51 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:40,479 I know Adam has had his five second stretches, he's seen five seconds that 52 00:03:40,599 --> 00:03:47,280 was enough to convince him that the Clippers are a championship level defense. But 53 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,520 that is what really stood out to me, the way that they were able 54 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,360 to, I mean, get Jason Tatum out of rhythm. I know that 55 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:59,919 he finished with twenty one points, but it wasn't particularly efficient and neutralized Jay 56 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,759 Brown. I thought that was really great and really from both teams, it 57 00:04:03,919 --> 00:04:09,719 started like the defensive intensity was really really great and the Clippers were just on 58 00:04:09,759 --> 00:04:13,599 another level. So that is like, that's the thing that we've been waiting 59 00:04:13,639 --> 00:04:15,120 on, right. I think we talked about that going into the Grammy road 60 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,079 trip, Chuck, you and I talked about it yesterday after the win. 61 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:23,759 But that's kind of been the missing piece, right. I feel like that's 62 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:28,720 the last box that they have to check for this to be I mean sort 63 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,439 of an undeniable team, right and now we look at this game against the 64 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:35,720 Calves and the possible standings implications, and it's like, okay, so they 65 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,759 could I mean, they could get a top three seed, right, Like, 66 00:04:39,759 --> 00:04:42,720 they could get a top three seed, they could have a top I 67 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:46,519 mean definitely top ten, probably top five defense, and we I mean feel 68 00:04:46,519 --> 00:04:48,240 pretty confident that they're going to finish with a top five offense as well, 69 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:53,600 Like I don't know, I don't know how much like it's a I feel 70 00:04:53,639 --> 00:04:56,199 like an old school henchman. That's like sort of a I love it when 71 00:04:56,199 --> 00:04:59,199 a plan comes together. Is sort of how I'm feeling about the Clippers team 72 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,639 right now. Also shout out to the Pistons for that standings help. Today 73 00:05:03,399 --> 00:05:08,199 Detroit traded all of their sports like to the Today. Sorry, I saw 74 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,639 someone say that on the internet. It's very funny. I'm very sorry, 75 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,240 though. Did they do it enough time on the line? Yeah, they 76 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,439 did it right and half Adam, what was your most impressive thing? I 77 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:20,519 like what Will said about the defense? Clippers defense one hundred and two point 78 00:05:20,519 --> 00:05:25,920 five rating over these two games to open this trip. Obviously a small sample 79 00:05:25,959 --> 00:05:28,920 size. But hey, great way to start the road trip. What did 80 00:05:28,959 --> 00:05:31,480 you like the most well? I had brought up recently that defensively, last 81 00:05:31,519 --> 00:05:35,680 fifteen games they were just twentieth. But if you took out the two games 82 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:40,000 one against Boston without Kawhi and one on the road, and okay, see 83 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:44,680 without Kawhi Leonard, they were like eighth or something like that. So now 84 00:05:44,759 --> 00:05:50,000 those games are out and over the last fifteen, so including the last two, 85 00:05:50,519 --> 00:05:56,560 they're sixth defensively. And it's exactly what Will said, that's the most 86 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:01,720 important thing, that other side of the ball with that much consistency throughout not 87 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:08,199 four quarters because the fourth was inconsequential and who cares, but throughout the game 88 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:12,480 when it was in ballance still when it was still of consequence, the Clippers 89 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:16,439 were incredible defensively. I posted a play and I said this in all caps 90 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:21,279 at all Adamy on X and it's just the clean rotations they had leading to 91 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:27,639 a turnover by Al Horford where Kawhi Leonard was able to get the steal and 92 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,360 then Paul George got in a transition and got fouled, and they were just 93 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:35,560 so locked in and focused, and Horford drove and then left his feet and 94 00:06:35,639 --> 00:06:39,879 made the old Cardinals sen him basketball before nowhere he was going to pass it 95 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,160 to and there was no one open, and he tried to find someone. 96 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:47,120 Kawhi recovered defensively got the steal. Mason Plumbley played really well also on that 97 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,199 possession, and for the most part in the ball game, they were just 98 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:55,800 so connected defensively, they were fierce. They were five guys on a string. 99 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,959 Coach lou said postgame that they wanted to see where they were at. 100 00:07:00,439 --> 00:07:03,360 They wanted this. They looked at this as a measuring stick opportunity and that's 101 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:08,920 part of the reason that Paul George gave it a go. So it was 102 00:07:09,319 --> 00:07:12,319 big to them. They got up for the game. They said they were 103 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,279 locked in for it, and you could tell out there that it meant a 104 00:07:15,279 --> 00:07:17,759 little bit more to them. And up by thirty six points in the third 105 00:07:17,839 --> 00:07:21,120 quarter, I mean, what are we talking about. Kawhi Leonard hits a 106 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:25,240 three pointer I think his last three points to the fourteen he had in the 107 00:07:25,279 --> 00:07:30,680 third and Carlo Jimenez goes the dagger is in and it was you're not gonna 108 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,759 come back down thirty heading into a fourth quarter. There's not enough time when 109 00:07:34,839 --> 00:07:42,120 twelve minutes left. That was an all time impressive Clippers' performance for this era, 110 00:07:42,439 --> 00:07:46,839 one of the best regular season wins ever for the history of the franchise, 111 00:07:46,079 --> 00:07:49,279 one of the best regular season wins ever. I know they didn't have 112 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:53,720 porzingis Clippers still without a beatsa Zoobots. Yes, and that trade off. 113 00:07:53,759 --> 00:07:58,800 The Clippers are still at the advantage, but he's not making up for being 114 00:07:58,879 --> 00:08:03,240 down thirty six points. I will say you can't over extrapolate and say, 115 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:07,560 oh, this means the Clippers would sweep them or something in an enbu. 116 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,480 Oh No, maybe, maybe you can't do that, but I'm gonna go 117 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:16,600 ahead. I don't think any logical person, a non delusional person is ready 118 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,439 to go there yet. But we've had a lot of illogical people over the 119 00:08:20,519 --> 00:08:22,759 last few months. So would you say that the focus was kind of the 120 00:08:22,759 --> 00:08:26,759 most impressive thing from the defense with Zubots still out? Yeah, oh, 121 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:31,600 absolutely, Yeah. They made up for the loss of Zubots at the rim 122 00:08:33,039 --> 00:08:35,639 and it was another game where I think they ended up with sixty four points 123 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:39,200 in the paint. Guys, the last three games they've had two hundred and 124 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,080 two points in the paint they've had sixty eight, sixty four and seventy. 125 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,159 Does that add up to two h two? I hope so. Because I 126 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:52,399 did the math earlier and posted it on Twitter. It's crazy to see just 127 00:08:52,799 --> 00:08:54,919 how they're flipping things around. Oh, we're not shooting it well from the 128 00:08:54,919 --> 00:08:58,200 outside. They went ten to forty from three, just like Boston did, 129 00:08:58,519 --> 00:09:03,519 and they they were up by thirty six because they were getting stopped after stop. 130 00:09:03,799 --> 00:09:07,799 Through three quarters, Boston was shooting under thirty percent from the floor. 131 00:09:09,279 --> 00:09:13,440 That's incredible through the second best offense. I know Kris STAPs is a huge 132 00:09:13,639 --> 00:09:18,840 piece missing for them, and I think if they did meet in the finals, 133 00:09:18,879 --> 00:09:22,279 it would go six or seven games. Oh, you can't take much 134 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,080 out of this game, or as much. Let me put it this way. 135 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:28,360 When the Clippers lost by forty or whatever it was to the Celtics at 136 00:09:28,399 --> 00:09:31,879 home, we didn't take everything out of that and say, well, it's 137 00:09:31,919 --> 00:09:35,879 just a bad matchup for the Clippers and they can't beat this Boston team. 138 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:39,039 We put it in context. We knew they didn't have Kawhi Leonard and Celtics 139 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:43,120 also wor without persingis in that one. So when they win by this margin, 140 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:48,000 Boston kind of have to do the same. I mean historically, we 141 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:52,279 got a comment from Redondo Mike. He said, so when the Clippers moved 142 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,440 into it, I assume no more crazy long Grammy's road trip. Correct. 143 00:09:54,759 --> 00:10:00,519 Yes, that is correct, unless Balmer decides to lease out into it for 144 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,879 the Grammys. I don't know why. Maybe you make the artists play basketball 145 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,320 for the Grammys. Can I give one, like, just just one touch 146 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:13,080 of pushback on this? I'm saying, is this road trip the thing that 147 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:18,039 the team sort of needed because they they have been cruising. Don't get me 148 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:22,000 wrong, they have been looking dominant at stretches. But we all talked about 149 00:10:22,039 --> 00:10:26,159 going into this Grammy trip, how the execution isn't quite at the level that 150 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,360 we knew it could be, the defense isn't quite at the level that we 151 00:10:28,399 --> 00:10:33,799 know that it needs to be, and internally we hear on this Grammy trip 152 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,919 they have an internal expectation to go six and one. I do think sometimes 153 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:43,399 this team needs a challenge, needs a gauntlet in front of them to like 154 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,519 to really, you know, stay engaged. And a lot of times I 155 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:50,240 mean that as a knock on the Clippers this season, I do not they 156 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:54,440 have taken a lot of things seriously, but it's still it's like I mean, 157 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,159 I feel like I say it a million times on this podcast, but 158 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:58,080 like Iron Sharp AND's Iron, you do need to be tested, you do 159 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:03,639 need these sort of things. So you know, maybe maybe they just maybe 160 00:11:03,639 --> 00:11:07,840 they just ran into it out for a little, for a little. Yeah, 161 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:11,399 yeah, some strategic Let's get the guys on a long road trip so 162 00:11:11,399 --> 00:11:16,360 they can bond. Yeah, maybe they do an sports esports championship or something, 163 00:11:16,639 --> 00:11:22,879 the Ropes Course trip. Yeah, the Rope's Course Trip. Who are 164 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,039 some standout who have you liked the most to open this road trip? I 165 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,279 want to give a shout out to Norm Powell strict for something he does off 166 00:11:30,279 --> 00:11:31,919 the court, which I think is very funny. I learned today on Twitter 167 00:11:31,919 --> 00:11:37,200 that Norm Powell the last two times the Clippers have beat the Raptors, he 168 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:41,600 has posted a photo of him hitting a jumper over Gary Trent Junior, who 169 00:11:41,639 --> 00:11:46,960 is who Norm Powell was traded for back when that happened. So that was 170 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:52,039 very funny. I think Norm Powell he helped kind of put the dagger a 171 00:11:52,039 --> 00:11:56,200 little bit recently and his defense has been very good down low. I don't 172 00:11:56,240 --> 00:12:00,120 know what's happening, but his defensive effort looks differently, Adam, who is 173 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,399 your MVP. Of the beginning of this Grammy Road Shop, we got Jeremy 174 00:12:03,399 --> 00:12:09,000 Mormon saying Terrence, Well, Norman was awesome in that fourth quarter against Toronto, 175 00:12:09,279 --> 00:12:11,320 the king of the fourth up in the North, went four or five 176 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:18,320 from the field, had nine points. And he's now kissing sixty percent from 177 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:26,360 the field in the fourth quarter and almost from three in the fourth quarter. 178 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:30,840 He's right there now after that performance. And I don't believe he had to 179 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,039 take a shot in the fourth against Boston. I can't remember because the game 180 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:37,240 was over. Uh So he's been great. Terrence Man was my pick though 181 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,399 in these two games, because we had to pick one guy for two games, 182 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:46,720 and I thought Terrence was maybe the second best player against Boston. He 183 00:12:46,879 --> 00:12:54,039 was incredible. Back home, of course, his old stomping grounds. He 184 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,120 wanted to show up and it was a big game, big game, Terrence 185 00:12:56,159 --> 00:13:01,399 Man, this is what you expect from him. Been this guy on Twitter, 186 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:03,080 Tom van Dyk, I think it is that keeps saying, Oh, 187 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:11,159 he's a place He's a placeholder. He's just a placeholder. And I'm like, 188 00:13:11,519 --> 00:13:13,480 do you know what placeholder means. Who's he a placeholder for? Who 189 00:13:13,519 --> 00:13:16,600 is the guy that he is holding a place for in the starting lineup? 190 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:22,120 No, Terrence Man has earned this spot and he proved it again yesterday. 191 00:13:22,519 --> 00:13:26,720 He was he that was his best game of the season by far. They 192 00:13:26,759 --> 00:13:30,080 needed it. He and Kawhi were the two guys that set the tone in 193 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:33,279 the first quarter. James Harden went two for eleven, Right, I mean, 194 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:37,759 I'm not saying I still think he had a good game. He controlled 195 00:13:37,759 --> 00:13:41,159 the game, he controlled pace, made great passes. But I'm just bringing 196 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:45,879 up the point that the Clippers were not close to being at their best and 197 00:13:45,919 --> 00:13:50,919 they still just laid waste to Boston. In Boston, it was on the 198 00:13:50,919 --> 00:13:56,039 second hand of a back to back, no less. Yeah, and two 199 00:13:56,039 --> 00:13:58,919 am, two am they got in. I never want to be in Boston 200 00:13:58,919 --> 00:14:01,919 at two am. Dime dropper shout out dime. Hope he's doing well, 201 00:14:03,279 --> 00:14:05,799 said, I got some Russ stands mad about t uh. Yeah, they're 202 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:13,519 mad about everything. I don't know what they want. A rough game and 203 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,960 that happens, but it's like I know. And Tyler, though, I 204 00:14:18,279 --> 00:14:20,080 do like that he was able to make the shift. He wasn't trying to 205 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:24,519 like run something into the ground. I think Russ mixed what six straight and 206 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,960 you know a change had to be made. He was missing bunnies, Yeah, 207 00:14:30,279 --> 00:14:35,600 just layups, and every one of those layups I think Sans won went 208 00:14:35,679 --> 00:14:39,039 for points. The other way. Those are live ball turnovers. When you 209 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:43,039 miss layups going that fast, it just can't happen. I just wanted to 210 00:14:43,039 --> 00:14:48,679 throw it down every time. Honestly, that lettuce is still there. Throw 211 00:14:48,759 --> 00:14:52,159 it down, just done, so we got Norm's been great, Terrence, 212 00:14:52,159 --> 00:14:56,759 it's been good. James Harden has been good. Tyson Plumb, two guys 213 00:14:56,919 --> 00:15:01,960 who really had to answer the call a little bit on the boards against the 214 00:15:01,039 --> 00:15:05,879 Celtics, did a great job of it. Again, two guys who were 215 00:15:05,919 --> 00:15:07,960 playing, you know, plus fifteen percent of what they usually do. The 216 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,879 group effort was great on the boards. But Tyson Plum, you know, 217 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:18,759 in this absence of Zoo, it's so nice to have those two guys playing 218 00:15:18,799 --> 00:15:20,440 better than they usually do. And that is also a credit to James hard 219 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:26,360 with Mason Plumbley. But I thought those two guys were great when we needed 220 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:30,240 size against Boston. I agree, and I feel like sort of immediately the 221 00:15:30,279 --> 00:15:33,759 conversation has turned to like, when Zoo returns, which one of these two 222 00:15:33,799 --> 00:15:37,240 guys is out of the rotation? And Charles and I were kind of going 223 00:15:37,279 --> 00:15:41,200 back and forth on this on the stream after the game. But I don't 224 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:45,159 think it's that simple. I think both of these guys have made very legitimate 225 00:15:45,279 --> 00:15:50,039 arguments for why they deserve to be in the rotation. They both you know, 226 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,000 it's not to me, it's not overlapping skill sets. It's not kind 227 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,679 of like is not It's not like the wing used to have right where it's 228 00:15:56,679 --> 00:16:00,600 like you kind of have a lot of guys who are over lapping talent wise. 229 00:16:02,279 --> 00:16:03,600 So I don't think it's as simple as it's gonna be one or the 230 00:16:03,679 --> 00:16:07,679 other. It gives you a lot of flexibility matchup wise, and if defensively 231 00:16:07,679 --> 00:16:11,559 we were able to do that against Boston without Zoo. I mean, the 232 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:15,360 ceiling for this team just feels just feels kind of incredible right now. That 233 00:16:15,639 --> 00:16:21,720 Daniel Tye block on Derek White that led to a run out with James Harden 234 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:26,320 getting a layup was one of the big momentum possessions of the game, where 235 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:30,279 the Clippers were just starting to pour on and assert themselves. I think it 236 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,159 was midway through the second quarter or something. They were up by sixteen at 237 00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:37,399 the half. Tys was nasty. He had something for his It was pissed 238 00:16:37,399 --> 00:16:42,080 off dude. He's he might be an all time pissed off game all start 239 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,360 right, Like, if he's playing a forward tier or something like that, 240 00:16:45,679 --> 00:16:49,000 he's gonna be pretty solid. Dime is saying Kawa has been so good on 241 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,559 both ends, he's gonna go with him. So far, too easy, 242 00:16:52,639 --> 00:16:55,559 Dime, Come on, you're cheating. I don't know, but it's a 243 00:16:55,559 --> 00:16:59,440 great. Of course, he's the MVP. He was my pick to have 244 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,679 the opening, the strong opening start too for the Clippers. So you know, 245 00:17:02,799 --> 00:17:07,279 sometimes you pick a wild card like Kawhi to play well and you just 246 00:17:07,279 --> 00:17:10,240 get rewarded. You going out on that limb where the best fruit is. 247 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,920 Hey, you know, sometimes you have. But now everyone's been playing great 248 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:18,359 a mere coffee again, proving why he is a legitimate rotation player. Will 249 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:22,359 and I were looking at his contract. We are very happy he's locked up 250 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,519 for another year after this one because he's unrestricted the next season and he's playing 251 00:17:26,599 --> 00:17:30,440 himself into I don't know if next year goes well. He might be an 252 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,759 issue for the Clippers when it I mean if he is, if he has 253 00:17:33,839 --> 00:17:38,279 a good postseason, like even in a single series, I mean he's you 254 00:17:38,319 --> 00:17:42,880 know, he could be looking at a serious payday increase and it's deserved. 255 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:48,799 We Adam Charles and I were talking yesterday about sort of the top eight Clippers, 256 00:17:48,799 --> 00:17:52,960 eight Clippers guys in the rotation, and like, Amir has an argument 257 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,559 to be in that top eight, right, Yeah, who's your top eight? 258 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:00,640 It's really hard. I guess I think we had to expand it to 259 00:18:00,759 --> 00:18:04,519 nine, Charles, because we were like, eight, well, we can't 260 00:18:04,559 --> 00:18:14,759 do this. Eight is the new nine chicks. Yeah, that was I 261 00:18:15,039 --> 00:18:18,160 think a mere coffee, especially in that game early first quarter. He came 262 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,079 in, he found me some plumbly for a dunk he got out in transition. 263 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,880 For one, he's hitting mid range shots with ease. He's shooting really 264 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:27,480 well from the outside. When you talk about bringing in that other wing, 265 00:18:27,599 --> 00:18:32,279 and I know he's a little bit undersized and doesn't have the wing span that 266 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:34,920 some guys do, but because of his stout, art, hustle, the 267 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:41,279 muscle he put on coming into last season, Yeah, he's a big boy. 268 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:45,519 He he can play. He can play with anyone and you trust a 269 00:18:45,559 --> 00:18:48,680 mere Coffee because he's just another guy like Terrence Man, where he's rarely ever 270 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:52,680 a negative out there. He doesn't take bad shots. He takes high efficiency 271 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:56,960 shots. And the more he looks for his shot. Right now, I'm 272 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:02,559 loving it the way he's playing and shooting seventy two percent in the month of 273 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:06,119 January or something like that. Before last game. He always dominates the month 274 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:07,759 of January. This is what he does if you give him run. I 275 00:19:07,799 --> 00:19:11,559 mean, my god, we were talking about this after the first couple of 276 00:19:11,599 --> 00:19:15,200 games with James Harden, people complaining about do we have another wing now? 277 00:19:15,319 --> 00:19:18,920 Amrr is still on the team. I kept screaming, Thank goodness, you 278 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:22,759 know, another blessing for this team, because if Paul George hadn't have gotten 279 00:19:22,839 --> 00:19:26,039 hurt, he wouldn't have got to start. That's what got him back in 280 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:29,599 the rotation. PG thirteen goes out for a couple of games. I think 281 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:33,200 it was the game at Dallas where Kawhi had that crazy spin move on Grant 282 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:37,599 Williams like he had on Peyton Pritchard baseline for the dunk, which was the 283 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:41,880 best dunk of the season so far for Kawhi by far by the way, 284 00:19:41,039 --> 00:19:44,920 just dunking on Boston. The entire team was trying to meet him at the 285 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,000 rim, but a mere coffee gets back into the rotation because well, there 286 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:52,039 were some injury issues going on. It just seems like things are lining up 287 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:56,960 more than usual for the Clippers, and the basketball gods might be smiling on 288 00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:00,680 them just a little bit. We're gonna r spile at some point, but 289 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,759 I hope not. We're gonna Yeah, We're gonna talk the rest of the 290 00:20:03,799 --> 00:20:07,519 rochap in just a sec. But this was a great point from Adez Entertainment. 291 00:20:07,759 --> 00:20:10,839 Felt so warm and fundsi that Bones finally got on the court last night. 292 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,400 It was great to see Bones Highland on the court last night. I 293 00:20:14,559 --> 00:20:17,960 was happy for him. Adam, we know you were. You had to 294 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,319 have been excited to see your guy get out there. I was excited to 295 00:20:21,319 --> 00:20:25,319 see the skeleton key. I am concerned come the trade deadline, which is 296 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:29,960 like ten days away, if he'll still be on the team, just because 297 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,119 they're so stacked. How do you get him out there? And you gotta 298 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:37,759 be up by thirty six against Boston. I guess I don't know. That's 299 00:20:37,839 --> 00:20:41,000 the new that's the new motivation. Get enough minutes to get Boston out there. 300 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,640 They love bones. Excuse me, yeah, not bond, They love 301 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,440 bones, right, I think they could play for that. All right? 302 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:52,839 The Clippers go the next games. They got the Calves, Wizards, Piston 303 00:20:53,039 --> 00:20:57,720 Heat Hawks. How are we still feeling about five and two? Three and 304 00:20:57,799 --> 00:21:03,359 four? Were are we at? My foreign three prediction is not looking good. 305 00:21:03,839 --> 00:21:07,279 My four and three is not looking good right now, guys. And 306 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:11,160 I'm strangely comfortable with that. Pull that receipt on my ass. Please I 307 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:15,680 will not do that. Okay, Well, the good news is they still 308 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:19,039 have two games left against Detroit, although watch out, you can't overlook anyone 309 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:26,240 like okay, see just did and Washington. Nothing is guaranteed. But they're 310 00:21:26,279 --> 00:21:29,440 off to a perfect start, not just because they're two and zero. The 311 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:33,839 way they have looked in both games, they are dismantling teams, even Toronto. 312 00:21:34,319 --> 00:21:37,680 I still think that's a good win on the road. Toronto was desperate. 313 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:44,440 Yeah, they don't give up. They play at a pace that's not 314 00:21:44,519 --> 00:21:47,920 exactly the most comfortable for the Clippers, and they still beat them by twenty. 315 00:21:48,079 --> 00:21:52,119 Yeah. I was really excited about that. Anytime you beat a team 316 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:56,960 handedly after you barely beat them. I think is we considered a good win? 317 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:02,000 Will are you on Jeremy Mormon's playing of existence with seven to zero for 318 00:22:02,039 --> 00:22:06,880 the one scene six and one. I don't know if I'm quite there yet, 319 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,720 but I think six and one six and one is feeling good. I'm 320 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,039 I'm feeling a little nervous. I guess about this Calves game just because of 321 00:22:14,079 --> 00:22:17,920 how well we have played to this point on the road trip, like there's 322 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:21,000 gonna be there's gonna be a down game. I feel like at some point 323 00:22:21,279 --> 00:22:25,079 and the Calves are a danger. And this enough opponent who are having some 324 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,279 guys re enter the lineup is Donovan Mitchell is still questionable. He was still 325 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,519 he was questionable on the last injury report. I expect him to go, 326 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:36,440 but you know, Clippers put him in jail before, so we'll see. 327 00:22:37,559 --> 00:22:41,400 That's a perfect segue. We're gonna talk about Clippers Calves. We're gonna take 328 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,440 a small ad break for the people listening to this podcast. Thank you everyone 329 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,920 who listens, who subscribed. We're doing this live on YouTube. These are 330 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,920 kind of fun weekend things we do. Ads have been loud for the people 331 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,119 who listen to this podcast. If that's been the case for you, go 332 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:56,000 ahead and turn it down. We got some ads and then we're talking Clippers 333 00:22:56,039 --> 00:23:00,079 calves coming up in three two one, Right, we're back in. If 334 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:03,200 you're watching live, we never left. You can check those out live on 335 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:08,079 YouTube dot com Slash at Clippers podcast. All right, Charles, I alluded 336 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:14,680 to it. We're talking Clippers calves. Where you at? I watch out 337 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,720 for the tramp game. Yeah. Uh. If the Clippers win, they're 338 00:23:17,759 --> 00:23:19,720 the two c which I really like. I like that. Paul George, 339 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,920 which we know, we haven't touched on this, not on the injury report 340 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:27,599 for the Clippers heading into tomorrow's not questionable. He's not even on there. 341 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:32,720 I don't even think they had type letter pete for this thing. How do 342 00:23:32,799 --> 00:23:36,200 we he only going to play twenty two minutes against the Celtics, which is 343 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:40,599 fantastic. We get Paul George back, or we get Paul George. They're 344 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:45,720 having Evan Mobley come back, which I'm a little concerned about. He's very 345 00:23:45,759 --> 00:23:48,720 good at basketball and seems to have the Clippers number. It'll be out of 346 00:23:48,799 --> 00:23:56,039 minister restriction, but yeah, yeah, yeah, I they have been rolling. 347 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,000 But I am. I've been in the hopium den so I think the 348 00:23:59,039 --> 00:24:04,279 Clippers are gonna win this game. I'm in there, man. They have 349 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:10,519 they have hold forceful. Yeah, they go hey, chuck. As soon 350 00:24:10,559 --> 00:24:11,559 as I walk in the door. You again, I go, yep, 351 00:24:12,279 --> 00:24:17,720 hey. If they do go six and one, I think that might be 352 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,960 enough to snag the one seed. When you look at Denver schedule, okay, 353 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:26,119 see schedule and the Timberwolf schedule up. Come, don't just say it, 354 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:30,599 screenshare it, buddy. If I could do that, I'm not a 355 00:24:30,599 --> 00:24:37,319 magician. I guess I will. Okay, just look at what OKAC has 356 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:41,000 to do. Look at the next three games for okay, See they're taking 357 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:47,240 on Denver in Minnesota. First Minnesota then Denver, so they're gonna beat each 358 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:52,119 other up there. But Minnesota's had a couple of rough losses. Now okay, 359 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:56,559 see just had one. They're getting See what's crazy is another blessing in 360 00:24:56,599 --> 00:25:00,200 disguise. Maybe the Clippers got their adversity hopefully regular He's an adversity out of 361 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:06,400 the way early with the six games streak. Chunk. Yeah, March is 362 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:08,920 still coming now. Yeah, they got seventeen games in a month coming. 363 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,519 You said it not me. I don't know what you're talking. You gave 364 00:25:12,559 --> 00:25:18,680 me the look, chuck. But other teams are starting to deal with it 365 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,799 now. Other teams are hitting their bump in the road during a long eighty 366 00:25:22,839 --> 00:25:26,039 two game season, while the Clippers meanwhile, have won thirteen of fifteen, 367 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:32,640 twenty two of twenty six, and twenty seven of thirty four. So, 368 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:34,839 how do you feel about the Calves game? Specifically, Oh, the Cavs 369 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:38,960 game, let's go. How do you feel about the game tomorrow with Evan 370 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:48,960 Moldly back? Is it a weekday? It's not? Uh, the Calves 371 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:53,359 game. I talked with Bob Schmidt, Voice of Fear the Fro podcast, 372 00:25:53,559 --> 00:25:59,920 also Voice of A five seventy and Fox Sports Radio earlier this morning to get 373 00:26:00,039 --> 00:26:03,119 of the Clippers' perspective going into that game to some of the Cavaliers listeners. 374 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:07,759 And they've won fourteen of eighteen. They've been really good defensively over that stretch. 375 00:26:07,799 --> 00:26:11,680 They're one or two defensively. They're just outside being a top ten offense. 376 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,680 They've had guys out, obviously, know Darius Garland with a broken jaw. 377 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,799 Evan Mobley's been out until tomorrow. Clippers luck, I mean come on, 378 00:26:18,839 --> 00:26:22,519 what was I talking about with those blessings in disguss I'm an idiot. 379 00:26:22,839 --> 00:26:25,680 No, it's still still a lot of good things go in the direction. 380 00:26:25,799 --> 00:26:30,640 But I think if Evan Mobley is, you know, playing twenty five minutes 381 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:36,480 in that game, it's problematic because definitely it's a team that you would love 382 00:26:36,559 --> 00:26:40,839 to have big Zoo against. It's a team that has had the Clippers number 383 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,480 at times. Now. The Clippers also laid down against them last season. 384 00:26:44,559 --> 00:26:47,400 They just waved the white flag in that game. I think it was the 385 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,799 second night of a back to back, was it last season where they started 386 00:26:49,839 --> 00:26:56,319 like a mirror and Terrence Man and I forget that was out there, but 387 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:00,000 they got blown out. It was one of those games that just, yeah, 388 00:27:00,279 --> 00:27:04,119 wasn't wasn't the best? No souls? Yeah, no takeaways from that 389 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:08,440 one. I don't know. This is maybe the other hottest team in the 390 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,119 league right now, if you go back to the last eighteen games, them 391 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:15,200 and the Clippers probably the two hottest teams. They're looking at this though, 392 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:21,400 is their big measuring stick opportunity taking on the Clippers. YEA. From what 393 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:25,480 I got from the Calves side of things is they're seeing this as man. 394 00:27:25,799 --> 00:27:29,240 The Clippers are scary. They're so dangerous. This is crazy. If we 395 00:27:29,279 --> 00:27:32,799 could get this win, it could validate some of what they've been doing because 396 00:27:32,799 --> 00:27:36,880 they've gotten some wins against bad teams too. They've beaten up the Wizards twice, 397 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,240 the Spurs. There have been a lot of detractors going after the Calves 398 00:27:40,279 --> 00:27:42,640 that even though they've been winning games, they haven't won in impressive fashion and 399 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:47,720 they haven't beat up on good teams. But they just they've beaten Milwaukee twice 400 00:27:47,799 --> 00:27:51,680 during this stretch. I know there's some turmoil there. They're about to bring 401 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:56,640 in a new head coach and Doc Rivers, but loaded I think they're possibly 402 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,480 the fourth best team in the East. The Knicks are very good, the 403 00:28:00,519 --> 00:28:04,880 Indiana Pacers, but the Cavaliers because of what they do defensively. If you 404 00:28:06,039 --> 00:28:10,480 don't, if you have a letdown after this Boston game, you could get 405 00:28:10,839 --> 00:28:14,680 hurt in Cleveland with the way they're playing. Yeah, I like that, 406 00:28:14,799 --> 00:28:18,319 but that's what makes me feel good about how little Kawhi PG and Harden played 407 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:22,079 right hard and twenty six minutes. Like the energy letdown I think is what 408 00:28:23,039 --> 00:28:27,000 we're some people are expecting. I don't mean that in a really harsh way, 409 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,599 right, But you know what I'm talking about, Will, Like, 410 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,279 we're kind of expecting the Clippers maybe to come out. In the past, 411 00:28:33,319 --> 00:28:37,599 they would come out maybe a little flat against this Cabs team because of kind 412 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,880 of the highs of the back to back win. But I think there's another 413 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,640 chance for the Clippers to show that, like everything they said in the off 414 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:47,400 season is real. Still we're still taking this seriously, like, let's come 415 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,240 out. I really want to see them focus on the defensive end to start 416 00:28:49,279 --> 00:28:53,400 this one, because that's I think. Yeah, if they set the same 417 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,240 tone that they set last game, I mean, it looks very different. 418 00:28:56,279 --> 00:29:00,960 The reason that I'm a little bit nervous about this game because I just I 419 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,799 don't know if they have if they still have the gas in the tank, 420 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:07,279 but we will we will see. Also, Adam, that's a great slogan. 421 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,799 You could get hurt in Cleveland is the new Detroit versus everybody. As 422 00:29:10,799 --> 00:29:15,240 far as I'm concerned, you could get hurt and yeah, Cleveland not not 423 00:29:15,359 --> 00:29:18,799 a super fun play. I think Bone Thugs had it first. I don't 424 00:29:18,799 --> 00:29:22,279 know. This would be the Clippers six win in the row. Adam, 425 00:29:22,319 --> 00:29:26,319 we talked about this yesterday on the stream with Will This is the clippers third 426 00:29:26,519 --> 00:29:30,039 win streak of at least five games. I wondered at one point if they 427 00:29:30,039 --> 00:29:34,640 would have a longer winning streak than they had losing streaks. Rod. We 428 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:38,960 we wondered that openly with Rod on this card. Yeah, check out, 429 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,960 guys, if you want to have him, dude, he would gladly come 430 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,359 back. He's probably as excited as we are that the Clippers are playing. 431 00:29:45,359 --> 00:29:51,480 Well. What's one thing in particular, Adam, you want to see offensively 432 00:29:51,519 --> 00:29:56,480 from the Clippers in this game. Offensively to continue to play with force at 433 00:29:56,480 --> 00:30:00,000 the rim and not to be afraid because the last couple of games, obviously 434 00:30:00,079 --> 00:30:04,079 there wasn't a bit big rim protector out there against Toronto and then the Celtics 435 00:30:04,079 --> 00:30:07,279 without Chris STAPs Porzingis, they were living in the paint. Now, they 436 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:12,480 still had sixty eight points in the paint against ad and the Lakers before that, 437 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,680 but there just seems to be more of an emphasis all of a sudden 438 00:30:15,759 --> 00:30:18,759 to get to the rim. And I saw this, and I remember this 439 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:25,039 happening. We're just about halfway through the season. In the twenty twenty one 440 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:29,680 year, the same thing happened where all of a sudden, the Clippers were 441 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:33,160 intent on getting down hill much more. It was a point of emphasis. 442 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:38,200 So I think they're kind of entering a new phase of the season where they 443 00:30:38,279 --> 00:30:41,799 want to see what they can do. Okay, now let's show this dimension 444 00:30:42,119 --> 00:30:45,559 of our game. Now, let's you know, go full force in this 445 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:49,680 way. They're pulling a different lever right now. And if you're gonna be 446 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,720 able to beat Cleveland, you can't be afraid to go at Jared Allen. 447 00:30:52,799 --> 00:30:56,839 You can't fear the frow too much. And Evan Mobley in the post it's 448 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:02,799 not easy. Those guys are great. But even Kawhi Leonard and Paul George 449 00:31:02,799 --> 00:31:06,440 I said it after the Lakers game. They set the tone with going at 450 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,880 Anthony Davis multiple times to say, hey, guys, the coast is clear, 451 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:11,480 you can do it. You can get to the basket. And then 452 00:31:11,519 --> 00:31:15,480 everybody else followed. I want to see the same thing happen in Cleveland. 453 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:19,319 Well, what are you looking for? Offensively, I'd like to see Paul 454 00:31:19,359 --> 00:31:26,640 George have start, have a hotter start, just just get into rhythm a 455 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:30,440 little bit sooner. Norm the whole team was super off from three, so 456 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,000 I expect that to turn around. It can't be as bad as it was 457 00:31:33,079 --> 00:31:38,599 last game. But yeah, PG getting hot early and Norm Man. Norm 458 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:42,160 was my my pick for the start of this road trip and it hasn't really 459 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,440 panned out. But I'm I'm holding onto hope that it's it's gonna be. 460 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:51,319 It's gonna be Powell time the Powell Rangers. Hopefully we can get You could 461 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:56,039 get hurt in Cleveland, but not a few of the Powell Rangers. Yeah, 462 00:31:56,119 --> 00:31:59,839 if the three point shooting is going to be interesting, Cleveland is looking 463 00:31:59,839 --> 00:32:02,680 at the stats now, they hold teams with thirty five percent, which is 464 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:07,880 bottom ten in the league. So but since we just shot so poorly, 465 00:32:07,039 --> 00:32:10,960 maybe we're getting what the Clippers usually run into, which is really good luck 466 00:32:12,039 --> 00:32:15,240 against an opponent after shooting poorly. So that would be nice to see. 467 00:32:15,599 --> 00:32:19,599 I'm hoping Harden has a bounce back game. I love how aggressive he was 468 00:32:20,119 --> 00:32:24,839 and getting his shots against I'm talking about field goal percentage wise, getting his 469 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:30,400 shots, which was great. But we're gonna need this Cavs team is very 470 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:35,200 good, they're playing very well. We need James Harden to be efficient with 471 00:32:35,279 --> 00:32:38,000 his shots in this one. I would just like to point out because you 472 00:32:38,119 --> 00:32:42,160 mentioned like, oh, it usually happens against the Clippers, and there's always 473 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,880 that feeling of dread. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Oh, 474 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,759 if we didn't lose these games, we'd already be in first place. 475 00:32:50,359 --> 00:32:54,640 Guys, Minnesota just lost to Charlotte and the Spurs. It happens to everybody. 476 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:58,880 Okase, he just lost to Detroit. If you cover any team as 477 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,640 close as you cover the clip, there are hiccups during the eighty two game 478 00:33:01,759 --> 00:33:06,119 season. You can find them with the defending champs and the Denver Nuggets last 479 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,039 year on their way to wing it all. So it shouldn't always be all 480 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:13,839 whate was us. You know, Visa zoobots is out, Paul George is 481 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:15,839 dinged up. He's playing through it right now, and I think playing pretty 482 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:22,000 well admirably overall. Oh he's playing great, Yeah, plumbly. John Rangifa 483 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,960 just said in the chat, Masonink's comfortable to pick them up with Harden. 484 00:33:25,079 --> 00:33:29,400 I think that's also a big testament to how good Harden is. But he's 485 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:35,039 looked great too. Roger Alfonso brought up Donovan can get hot really fast. 486 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,039 That we know that we don't want to get burned by him, Wami, 487 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:42,400 I think trying to maybe bait us into some Russ slander, which I'm gonna 488 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,319 pass off to Will. Will. Do you think Russ needs a bounce back 489 00:33:45,359 --> 00:33:52,680 game to pull this off? I hope he doesn't that. I hope it 490 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,680 doesn't come down. I think that's fair. Things are going pretty poorly for 491 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:58,559 the Clippers. If we're like, save us, Russ, Russ, please 492 00:33:58,599 --> 00:34:02,519 save us. I think he's gonna have his mark on this road trip though, 493 00:34:02,799 --> 00:34:09,039 in one of these games. Yeah, absolutely so. I wouldn't be 494 00:34:09,079 --> 00:34:13,880 shocked. Look, if we talk about guys getting towards the rim, Russ 495 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:20,840 doesn't can do it. Those shots they just have to start falling for him 496 00:34:21,079 --> 00:34:23,880 because they are the same thing as live ball turnovers, and for a team 497 00:34:24,199 --> 00:34:30,960 that struggles mightily with transition defense, that's kind of their bugaboo. You can't 498 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:34,480 have too many of those. So I'm hoping the odds go back in his 499 00:34:34,519 --> 00:34:38,239 favor or he progresses to the mean with just getting to convert those shots of 500 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:42,039 the rim. He'll have about that game too, I imagine, you know, 501 00:34:42,199 --> 00:34:45,239 I think we're gonna see some nice shooting. I think, and it 502 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,639 doesn't take much, right I mean, like he could come in that first 503 00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:52,599 shift and let's say he even converts half of those shots around the basket, 504 00:34:53,159 --> 00:34:55,960 you know, and he's three of seven instead of one of seven. I 505 00:34:57,039 --> 00:34:59,840 think that gives him enough of a boost and enough juice to sort of, 506 00:35:00,159 --> 00:35:04,519 you know, get something going, keep something going consistently. We're gonna need 507 00:35:04,519 --> 00:35:07,960 to see he's gonna be needed on the boards as well. The Cavs are 508 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:13,199 a very good rebounding team. Their top five and defensive rebound percentage, top 509 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,119 ten in offensive rebound percentage, and top ten for both of those in terms 510 00:35:16,159 --> 00:35:20,559 of totals per game. So we're gonna need another. Like everyone's gonna have 511 00:35:20,559 --> 00:35:24,000 to have a crooked number and they're rebounding box score like there's gonna kawhy is 512 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,840 gonna need to be near eight or something like that. Again, that was 513 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:34,280 my most That was what I was most impressed by in uh in that win 514 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,199 against the Celtics. So yeah, that was a great point, Chuck. 515 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:39,800 I think that was the best point. Coach Lou brought it up post game 516 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:45,039 right away. There was an emphasis on getting boards because they got destroyed with 517 00:35:45,119 --> 00:35:50,079 all the hustle plays in fifty to fifty balls back at Crypto against the Boston 518 00:35:50,119 --> 00:35:52,519 Celtics. That that may have been. That's a part of defense, really, 519 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:57,920 So when you're talking about rebounding, Uh, it's imperative, especially for 520 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,159 a team that has to do it more collectively as they don't have just an 521 00:36:00,199 --> 00:36:06,800 elite rebounder right now to clean things up. Yeah, they were really drilled, 522 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,679 really well drilled on that, which I thought was good. Anything else 523 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:15,079 in particular we want to talk about with this Calves game before we get to 524 00:36:15,119 --> 00:36:16,800 the most important part, which of course is picking player of the game. 525 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:23,679 Yeah, don't get don't let Donovan Mitchell get seventy. It seems like a 526 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:27,840 lot of guys are doing it lately. He's done it once before. Everybody's 527 00:36:28,079 --> 00:36:31,440 Yeah, everybody's doing it now. It's in vogue. Yeah, don't let 528 00:36:31,519 --> 00:36:37,760 that so hot right now? Scoring seventy so hot right now? All right, 529 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:42,800 Adam, who is your player of the game pick for Clippers versus Calves? 530 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:47,679 Uh? I will go with Sho he just brought them up. I'm 531 00:36:47,679 --> 00:36:52,199 gonna go with Russell Westbrook to have a bounce back performance. What are we 532 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,119 seeing here? What's the stat line? Are we thinking like people double or 533 00:36:54,159 --> 00:37:00,400 are we thinking just like a nice chunky stat line. Give me twelve and 534 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:05,280 five with some efficient shooting. We're talking like, you know, five of 535 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,960 eight from the field. Something like that throws in there, all right, 536 00:37:08,039 --> 00:37:13,599 Russell Westbrook helping helping out the Clippers, will who's your pick? I mean 537 00:37:13,639 --> 00:37:15,199 I said it earlier, but I gotta stick with my guy. Norm Uh. 538 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:19,440 He's got to have a bounce back game from three, and I think 539 00:37:20,079 --> 00:37:22,880 I think he might have with some extra rest from not playing in the fourth, 540 00:37:23,079 --> 00:37:25,599 I think he might be ready to I think he might be ready to 541 00:37:25,599 --> 00:37:30,920 have a just a norm Heater, Norm Heater. I like that. I 542 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:32,039 guess I have to go with the starter. Since you guys are going with 543 00:37:32,039 --> 00:37:37,400 two bench players, I'm gonna go Terrence Man. I think Terrence Man is 544 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:39,760 gonna have one of his better performances rebounding the ball in this game. We're 545 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:45,559 gonna need it. And I think, yeah, we're gonna need his if 546 00:37:45,599 --> 00:37:47,760 there's another rough stretch where he needs to come off the bench for some reason, 547 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,880 you know what I mean, Like after his his kind of first stint, 548 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,440 I think he's gonna be effective. I think this this uh, this 549 00:37:54,559 --> 00:37:58,400 road trip is gonna show just Terrence is gonna keep going up into the right. 550 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:01,719 I think I'm excited that he was gonna be He was my follow up. 551 00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:05,920 He was my other one. But uh, he was my follow up. 552 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,760 He was my other one. But like if you if Terrence could put 553 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:12,719 together like even two, like back to back games like he had in Boston, 554 00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,239 unreal, incredible. We need it, I said, very scary for 555 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:21,800 the rest of the league. My crazy take for the second half of the 556 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:25,039 season is that he will score twenty twice. So hey, maybe that happens 557 00:38:25,079 --> 00:38:30,360 against the Caps. I don't think it will necessarily, but it could. 558 00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:32,280 I'm feeling pretty good about this one, Adam. We know you're feeling good 559 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:37,880 will you're picking him to win. Obviously, anything else before we send these 560 00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:42,840 folks on their way. Like what you said about man, he had two 561 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:46,719 offensive rebounds that led to kick out three pointers that were big time for the 562 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:53,599 Clippers. Like also just pivotal momentum swinging type of plays. Keep it going, 563 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,920 keep it going. SK's in the comments saying two seed. We are 564 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:01,599 firmly the two seed right here. Let's keep it rolling. We're gonna have 565 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:06,679 I believe a double dip after the Calves game tomorrow, Adam you and and 566 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,480 one of us, Will or I Adam. You were also on a Calves 567 00:39:09,559 --> 00:39:15,119 pod for pregame talk. Yeah, the Fear of the Fro podcast. I'm 568 00:39:15,119 --> 00:39:17,559 sorrying about Bob Schmidt. Fear the fro at Fear of the Fro pod. 569 00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:22,239 It's out now. You guys can listen to it later tonight after this one. 570 00:39:22,519 --> 00:39:25,360 There we go, and I'm gonna be on locked on Calves after the 571 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:30,400 game with Evan danrel to talk that Will is going to be in Cleveland making 572 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:34,920 sure that all the Clippers get home safe. Yeah, don't want anybody get 573 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,280 hurt. I don't want Tony when they get hurt. We'll have a full 574 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,440 episode of the three of Us out Tuesday or Thursday sometime in there. The 575 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:45,880 Clippers got a whole bunch of games coming up. We're gonna do obviously double 576 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:49,400 dips after the Wizards and Pistons too. Will. If people listening to this 577 00:39:49,519 --> 00:39:52,119 wanted to maybe give us constructive criticism on how we could make it better, 578 00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,480 where could they possibly leave a review like that? I mean, you can 579 00:39:55,559 --> 00:40:00,119 review a comment on this show at anytime over on YouTube. That's YouTube dot 580 00:40:00,159 --> 00:40:01,960 com slash At Clippers Podcast. If you're more of an audio only kind of 581 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,719 person. We got you covered there too. You can check out this show 582 00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,480 on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. You can rate and review there if you feel 583 00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:12,199 so inclined. It would really help us out. But you can also listen 584 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:14,960 to this wherever you hit your podcast Google Podcasting is on Music, Stitcher, 585 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,840 and Deezer, all the usual suspects. Also, you can go ahead and 586 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:23,440 leave a rating review over on Twitter dot com. That's at clipperspod. We 587 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:27,800 love the Twitter dot com reviews. I love what Michael youun here says, 588 00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:30,000 like who is guarding Kawhi on the Cavs? Lol? I'm going to try 589 00:40:30,039 --> 00:40:34,400 and keep that same energy, Adam. We make you do it every single 590 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:38,920 episode. One positive thing to leave these Clippers fans with uh Coach Lou postgame 591 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:45,480 made it sound like they didn't forget how bad they lost to Boston at home, 592 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:50,159 that the Clippers were out for revenge. They were playing with an edge 593 00:40:50,199 --> 00:40:54,440 out there. They wanted that game badly. It showed and it just seemed 594 00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:59,119 like, like MJ said with the bat in the last dance, they took 595 00:40:59,119 --> 00:41:05,280 things personally. What is that it's a little flexbar thing? Why what else 596 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:07,239 could it have been? I don't know. I was asking what it was. 597 00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:14,000 I got tennis elbow, all right, I'm trying what you don't play 598 00:41:14,039 --> 00:41:21,239 tennis from a lot of things, all right, well, just overly repetitions 599 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,519 with weightlifting and stuff. Yeah, sure, all right, there we go. 600 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,800 We're gonna be back with y'all. We hope everyone had a great weekend. 601 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:31,079 Here's the more Clippers wins during this very hectic road trip. Yes, 602 00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:34,440 thank you Louis Virgil, thank you every for hanging out in the live stream, 603 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:37,719 thank you everyone for listening, and as always, let's go clips.