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Clippers, thanks to forty one from the Claw win one seventeen to one to
oh three in Utah, and for the first time since November fifth, they're
back above five hundred at eleven and ten. Welcome into your postgame show.
I'm a a Oslin coming up. We got second half highlights. But first
back out to Utah and back to your radio voice of the Clippers in Carlo
Jimenez, Carlo Kawhi Leonard Kawhi Leonard not necessarily saying it like Terrence Man,
like Coach du did for him, but in a similar fashion. Just an
incredible ball game six surveyed from downtown fourteen of twenty three twenty three shots to
get to forty one points, the efficiency off the charts, and just this
the high skill level. He has to do what he does where there is
no defense capable of stopping some of those shots. I mean it was like
watching a master like Picasso paint. I mean it was like watching Michelangelo sculpt.
The way Kawhi Leonard was able to navigate the defense, find his spots,
knock down his shots at such a high level of efficiency, it was
like watching Shakespeare write his poetry. Adam Oslin, Oh my goodness, what
a pleasant show from the claw. I mean, it is just it's games
like that where you really believe this team down Daniel Tice eight man rotation in
altitude in a place they haven't won a lot, comes away with the win.
If they haven't turned a corner, I don't know who has, because
this team looks locked in and ready to make a run. Clippers eight and
three with their new starting lineup with Terrence Man next to James Harden. I
believe the first make from James Harden came about midway through the third quarter and
the Clippers were still up double digits. He didn't even take a shot till
midway through the second quarter, but he was making an impact. Seven assists
to just three turnovers was a plus eighteen out there, and even though he
has an off night shooting wise, just to of eight, it doesn't matter.
He controlled the ballgame with that tempo. He was excellent. Eight assists,
four of them came in the fourth quarter to go along with those seven
rebounds. Harden has found his role. He talked about all he wants to
do is help this team win, and people are like, yeah, yeah,
we've heard it before. All you want news help a team win.
Every superstar says that. But he's putting it to motion. He's not hunting
for shots. He's not trying to add statistics. He's done that. This
is a guy who's gone a month of NBA basketball and averaged forty three points.
He doesn't need to prove he's a score to win, and right now
he's helping the Clippers win at a high level with the way he's dictating the
offense. What a luxury to have guys like George and Leonard play off the
ball with Harden orchestrating the offense. You talk with the Kobe Brown post game.
He played thirteen minutes I thought was effective out there overall, still a
learning experience for him, but without Daniel Tice, Aviza Zubats played forty two
minutes, had eighteen and twelve, a couple of blocks, and was an
absolute force out there. With the Utah Jazz not having market in tonight,
Aviza Zubots put on a show near the basket. He was unbelievable. The
twelve rebounds, the double double his fourth in his last seven games of Etza
Zubots just continues to play at a ultra high level with this team. And
I think it's in big part at him is because he doesn't have to exert
himself that much on the offensive end, because he knows his teammates will find
him. You always say you gotta feed the big man. They're feeding Big
Zoo at the block. He's not having to run out and fight his way
worked through traffic, and that's allowed him to be such a force on the
glass, such a force on the defensive end. Look, the Clippers came
into this one last time they played Utah, they gave up thirty three second
chance points. This is a Utah Jazz team that led the league in offensive
rebounds. What did the Clippers do? They had more offensive rebounds than them
tonight And a big reason why is because a Vitza Zubots was a menace on
the glass, gobbling up anything that was in his vicinity. Vitza Zubots played
to his size tonight and the Clippers overall. Look, it wasn't just Kawhi
Leonard. Yes, the forty one points incredible, but Paul George, as
you mentioned, had eighteen of his twenty in the second half, and to
see him stay in rhythm while Kawhi Leonard was putting on that master class as
you put it, he was still eight of thirteen out there. PG.
Thirteen was also very efficient and he might have not been doing it on the
offensive end in the first half. Battam he had six steals tonight. Six
steals. Utah as a team had ten ability to effect on the defensive end,
was unbelievable in his way to pick the pockets of some of these guards.
They guard heavy team. That is the Utah Jazz. You knew you
were gonna get a hungry team. Utah was down fifty two in their last
game. They lost by forty, their second worst loss in franchise history.
They came in with a lot to prove, the Clippers jumped on them early
and just never looked back. Kudos to the Clippers in this one. At
him because it felt like a lot of times maybe Utah would make that run
to pull within one possession, but they never did. The Clippers kept it
with that with two possessions or more the entire way. After taking that big
lead in the first quarter, Clippers win one seventeen to one zero three in
Utah. They got a victory there in the regular season for the first time
since twenty seventeen. It has been too long. Clippers return home on Monday
after a couple of days off. They'll be hosting the Portland Trailblazers. Tip
Off is at seven thirty. We got Clippers campdown starting at six thirty.
Carlo Amenez, great call on Kawhi's forty one point masterpiece. We'll see you
at Crypto on Monday. Oh yeah, we'll see you Monday. Let's keep
it rolling. Clippers winning by fourteen in Utah over the Jazz. They're going
back to Cali now and they're eleven and ten now on the season. They've
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at the n season Tournament as good as the Clippers were tonight and Kawhi Leonard,
who dropped forty one en route to the Clippers winning in Utah one seventeen
to one to three. Welcome back into your postgame. This is Clippers' locker
room. I'm out of Mouslin coming up. We'll get to your final box
score. At the half, Clippers led fifty nine to forty six. To
start off a third quarter. Paul George started this game off slow. The
two to one to three connections started to really connect. Even though Kawhi already
had twenty two mooints in the first half, Paul George only had two.
But then the tandems work together. Yeah, that's it. Bounce past George
on the left block with Keonte George on him, pulls up on where the
double team and rattles it in PG thirteen offensive rebound. Terrence Man kicks at
Paul George left angle three buckets PG with five in the second half, the
Claw rips through on fon Techyo steph back right hand to handle pulleys is waying
to the paint and folds it up for two. The claw on a mission
with twenty six crosses over left hand dancing, dribbles to the free throw line,
gets flamp on techyo the foul the finish. Kawhi Leonard is unstoppable.
All you can do is watch George left angle open hump, fakes the three
fon techyoa close at, dribbles the left hand to the left EBow pulls it
out with the right hand danceas is waiting to the paint. The right handed
layup. They'll count it in a foul. The hoop in the hole for
PG. Thirteen dancing pulls up a three cash go why with thirty two?
Leonard is lethal. Kawhi had ten more points in that third quarter, Paul
George had eight. They combined for eighteen of the Clippers twenty nine points in
the period, and the Clippers led eighty eight to seventy five. Heading into
the fourth, after the lead was down to six, the two and three
connection would have to take him home. Harry shoots a pass four block for
George, rises hits the mid range jumper goes and it's a ninety two to
seventy five Clipper lead. George underneath the rim, goes up and hooping the
arm as he's ACKed in the act up by ten. Leonard in the lane
pump fakes and finishes with the right hand thirty six for the claw. Time
out will Hardy nine to shoe. Leonard in a straight jacket, finds George
with five to shoe down the left Dalley lost it. Leonard gets it back
with three right wing with two a three off one foot Yes why thirty nine
for the claw, dribbles into the paint. Leonard step back wide open Paul
George left wing, three buckets pg. Thirteen. What's the Clippers up?
Who are on their way to saying? Sayonara Salt Lake Kawhi dancing it is
a paint nine to shoot Hump fakes looking for help, He'll fade Bill hits.
Leonard is lethal his eighth career forty point team. Kawhi finishes with forty
one, had nine in the fourth, Paul George had ten, and the
Clippers would go on to win one seventeen to one oh three in Utah over
the Jazz Clippers make it three straight. More importantly, they're eight and three
since this News starting lineup with James Harden next to Terrence Man in the backcourt.
Clipper's coming home and take on the Portland trail Blazers Monday night. We're
on that in your final box score. Next here in your Clippers' locker room
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now. LA Clippers basketball is on the two one three Era continues. You're
listening to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio network. Kauwai looking like
MJ out there, not Montelle, but ninety six Michael Jordan. Kawhi Leonard
with forty one on fourteen of twenty three, shooting six of eight from the
outside. That's not exactly mjesque. No slight. I don't want them to
take anything personally. Kawhi Leonard most points he has scored against a ball club
was forty five against Utah back in twenty nineteen with the Toronto Raptors. He
has forty one tonight. He hadn't won in Utah since twenty sixteen. Coach
lew had never won there in the regular season as a head coach. The
Clippers hadn't won there since twenty seventeen, Utah had won eleven straight, including
handing the Clippers their first loss of this season over the Clippers in Utah.
But tonight, those forty one points from Kawhi nine coming in the fourth quarter,
a one handed, one leg three pointer, a push shot from three,
stuck it to get him to thirty nine, a fade away to get
him to forty one. Clippers win by fourteen. They're coming back home to
take on the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday. Tip off for that one's at
seven thirty. We got Clippers countdown for you starting at six thirty. Coming
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you had any doubts, the cause still got it. Kawhi Leonard drops forty
one in Utah as the Clippers win one's seventeen to one oh three over the
Jazz. It is their first regular season win in Utah since twenty seventeen,
first for Kawhi Leonards since twenty sixteen. Welcome into Clippers Talk. I'm am
oslin to eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine
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ninety eight seven, KYSRHD two Los Angeles and iHeartRadio station. Kawhi Leonard was
in his bag. It ain't Christmas yet, but if you've watched that Santa
video back when he was with the San Antonio Spurs, and he chuckles to
himself, Santa's got a whole new bag. Kawhi pulled out the bag of
tricks, the arsenal of shots that he has in his repertoire. It was
a beautiful thing to see. The claw was cooking early. Started things off
with a three pointer, then an an one, a push shot, another
three, another and one. Kawhi a right elbow jumper, and he had
fourteen points already in the first quarter. Had a dunk early in the second
off a beautiful ball fake to a Visa Zoo Bots where it looked like he
was gonna toss it to him in a little pick and roll action. Instead,
he faked out the defense. They thought I was going to zoo Kawhi
learn came in for the dunk. Then a three to end the first half
from Kawhi. Another three pointer before the very end of the first half of
a nice pass from James Harden. Kawhi drew an offensive foul on Walker Kessler
in the third Because he's a two way superstar. He had a push shot
in the third quarter, a tough scoop shot and one a three with John
Collins in his face. I'm gonna say John Connors, but Kawhi is the
terminator and he had thirty two after three quarters, had twenty two at the
half, had a big block on Colin Sexton. But the defining shot of
this game a one handed, one legged three pointer from Kawhi, a push
shot from twenty five feet out. Just ridiculous. That's when you know he
has it going. And he would end up with forty one points and the
Clippers will win by fourteen. In Utah, lead was down to six as
the Clippers got caught playing with their food a little bit. No disrespect to
this Utah Jazz team, but they have been struggling recently. Just got beat
by fifty by the Mavericks and they just haven't been able to score. No
marketing in this game. Clippers need to get this victory. They had won
there again since twenty seventeen. And it was down to a six point lead.
Things got dicey late, but then Norman Pal stepped up a big three
pointer. It was ninety nine to ninety three and Norman Pal hit the three.
Kawhi Leonard then would get to the free throw line after a take foul,
as I believe Paul George is the one with the steal. He'd hit
the free throw Clippers taken out of bounce. Excuse me, it wasn't Kawhi.
Was Paul George of the free throw line after the take foul, he
makes it. Then Kawhi gets a layup and is back up to a twelve
point lead. From six to twelve, just like that we're talking about in
the span of about thirty seconds. It was insane. Kawhi Leonard knocked down
a three, then that was the one handed, one leg at three pointer.
Then he found Paul George the next possession down for a three pointer.
Clippers are up one eleven to ninety three, and the game was pretty much
over. That's what you need from your superstars to take you home late when
things get tough against a Utah team that had a lot of momentum, calling,
Sexton was getting to transition a couple of easy ones, was trying to
get the crowd into it. It's a tough place to play thin air,
a crowd that's on top of you. They've always had a great home court
advantage. I've had a great home court advantage in Utah going back to Jerry
Sloan stopped him malone days and on a night where well Carlo Amez was saying
I was having the flu game, Kawhi Leonard looked like MJ. Forty one
points, fourteen to twenty three, shooting six of eight from three. I
believe he started four or four from the outside. Nasty, nasty stuff,
just unguardable. As they were picking on the Utah Jazz, who didn't have
a lot to offer defensively in this ball game, didn't have a lot of
firepower on an offense. Doesn't matter. You gotta beat the teams in front
of you, and the Clippers haven't always done that. Remember, remind you
of a game last Monday, this past one day of the week before against
the Denver Nuggets who were down they're big three and the Clippers lost to Reggie
Jackson and DeAndre Jordan. So to win in Utah in style with Kawhi getting
forty one and the exercise their demons week. The revenge tour continues for the
Clippers. After getting the monkey off their back against the Denver Nuggets, who
had won eight straight against them, they take down the Jazz in Utah,
who had won eleven straight over the Clippers at home, and Terrence Man,
my player to watch, knock down two to three pointers big from him.
This offense is just getting started. They're just scratching the surface. Guys.
James Harden hadn't taken a shot through a quarter and a half of play,
and he was still being effective out there. He was getting everybody else good
looks. He finished by my box score with seven assists to three turnoverse was
a plus eighteen, tied Kawhi for the best plus minus number, even though
he was just two of eight from the field two of six from the outside,
but he got fouled on a step back three pointer. Patented went six
of seven from the charity stripe, so still had twelve points on just eight
shots. Terrence Man with ten as he went four of nine from the field,
two of five from three. Aviatza Zubots played forty two minutes. We
thought, oh no, Daniel Tye tonight give you an updown that situation moving
forward, But who's gonna play? Tyson has been so good for them.
His defense on Jokic helped the Clippers win that ballgame on Wednesday against Denver,
and Jokis have the worst shooting performance of his career. He missed twenty three
shots. Well, just play of Vitza Zubots More. He is capable.
He has been on one of the best stretches of his career the last eleven
games since they went to this new starting lineup. Big Zoo was a force
tonight. He had a layup to start the game, then a big block
put back dunk to end the first Kobe Brown found him for a big throwdown.
Zoo had a shot in the second quarter. He had another layup off
a hardened pass, a putback on a Terrence Man missing the third, a
hook to start the fourth quarter. Guys, zubots is still getting better.
He's still just twenty six and his rim defense is elite. It's been that
way for years. He's been one of the most underrated players in the league
when you consider his contract and how much he means to this Clippers team and
the way he impacts games on the defensive end. A beat to Zubots.
He stars in his role and it was so good to see him get forty
two minutes tonight. I don't know where his Clippers high is it. It
might have been tonight. I will look for that coming up. Clippers win
one seventeen to one oh three in Utah over the Jazz, quick time out,
We'll come back. Get to your phone calls eight six six nine eight
seven two five seventy eight six six seven two seventy quick tea and honey break
for me. Who's my voice up in here? Clippers win one seventeen to
one oh three in Utah. They're eight and three with this new starting lineup.
Who's that guy that said Russell Westbrook and James Harden can't play in the
back court next to one another? Over and over again. Oh it was
me like in July when these trade rumors are going on. Well, it
looks like they're trying to get away from that because star of the fourth quarter
they tried to go back to. It didn't work. James Harden stuck a
three pointer, but he was right next to Russell Westbrook. The spacing wasn't
there in the near side corner. Split those guys up and you got something
special here. More Clippers stock here On m five seventy LA Sports, The
LA Clippers continue their hunt for a LARRYO. B. They still want to
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is the LA Clippers Audio Network. Kawhi Leonard with a knockout forty one points
season high on twenty three shots in Utah. Clippers win one seventeen so one
zero three over the Jazz, first time they have won there in the regular
season since twenty seventeen. I got to add that qualifier regular season because you
know they won there in the twenty twenty one playoffs that famous game five Terrence
Man, Reggie Jackson and PG thirteen handling business. Clippers win by fourteen as
Kawhi has forty one points and looks unguardable. No can defense, nothing you
can do about it. He is nasty with it. And I was running
the numbers earlier. You know what, I'll put a call on this,
a little radio trick and run the rest of them because he has been going
back to the sacrament So King's game just surging, just so efficient. Remember
when there was those murmurs and I made a post about it on Twitter on
x at follow Adam A. I don't know, guys, does Kawhi look
the same. He's only shooting forty five percent from the field and only thirty
seven percent from the outside. Yeah, well, I'm going to calculate the
numbers now over the last five games. Here for you in a second,
Lenny and Corona, you're a Clippers stock with Adam Ales and what's up,
Lenny? Adam know how you doing? Thank you for taking my call.
Bud. Hey, Lenny, how are we doing tonight? Dude? Are
you I just wanted to say, you know, I've been critical of a
coach Lou the last uh. I mean, you know, since the beginning
of the year. It's been but you know, with four Hall of Famers,
it is tough to coach, I can imagine. But it was great
to see Kawhid and Night come on and do something you hadn't done the while
put up forty one. He looked amazing. He actually did eight out of
eleven. I think we're finding out NBA is paying attention now to who's who's
the team to beat. I think we are the team to beat. I
wanted to bring up one thing about Zubac. He he uh, he did
something the other night against Denver. But you can see it in his eyes.
You can see it when they zoom big on him. His eyes were
he was he had a little swagger in his step, He made jokeings.
He played really really good the other night, and that gave him a little
bit of something that I ain't seen from him, you know, since he's
since he's been burying the NBA. He looks great. And with our team
so many scores, weren't the team to beat. Man. I would like
to see, you know, Nix in Bones Highland when you can get five
minutes here and there. I know it's hard for him. He comes in
with one minute left. You know, how do you do it right now,
Lenny? Because you don't want to do it right? Yeah, you're
right, Absolutely, it's hard to I'm sure he's not upset. He knows
the guy. You know, the four guys that right are incredible, and
I know that between those guys they figure out who's hot for the night.
Between Leonard and George and Harden, they know who's hot. Nobody's gonna shoot
twenty shots and this they know who's hot, and they get it to the
guy. We're fishing. Now. Everybody better watch out. This isn't team
to beat right here, Clippers, you're it man, This is a fishing
phone call, Lenny shot out of a kid. Hey, Lenny, you
gonna call it again on Monday. Al all right, my guy, thank
you for your time. Okay, love you too, Lenny. Happy holidays,
thank you for the phone call. Yeah, I'm happy. Thank you.
Here, I can tell my guy was rolling. I got trucked.
I tried to jump in for a second, and Lenny just blew right past
me. And you know, with my throat feeling like this, So this
is just fine with me. Pick me up, Lenny, get away from
ten into those rabbits and come on here and talk Clippers tonight. Man you
Yeah, uh so, Kawhi Leonard over the last five games is shooting sixty
percent from the field. I did not stutter. Sixty percent from the field.
And let's see, he's thirteen for his last twenty one from the outside.
Oh so he's shooting even better from three over his last five games.
He's at sixty two percent. Oh my god. Yeah, I think kawaiso
Okay, guys, I think it's all still there. I think he can
still be the number one option on a championship team. That is good news.
That is great news. That is the best news you could possibly have.
After he drops forty one points tonight and the Clippers win one seventeen to
one oh three over the Utah Jazz. You know the voice break, Let's
bring in a Beats a Zubats postgame on Valley Sports with my guy Brian Seaman.
A nice win for you if you can hear us down there, zoom.
You guys are starting to string together wins. You guys even read in
your last eleven games. Where do you feel everything has turned around here these
past couple of weeks. Uh, just repetition. Defense. We've been very
good on that end. Uh. You know today we gave up some offensive
boards and uh we had twelve turnovers. That's that's a number week. We
don't want to go above. But uh, defense and repetition. You know
when you we know this this is a long season is going to be a
process. James is a big time player that you know. It requires a
lot of different stuff for us with him. But uh, just repetition.
Just keep working. Uh. Trust trust our system, trust the coaches,
trust your teammates, and uh he's going to work out. Zu. You
got off to a quick start. You're so comfortable now with that left handed
hook shot, whether you use the glass or play it straight in I spend
a lot of hard work with you the interesting coaches, Hasn't it exactly?
That's uh, that's what that was one of emphasis. And uh in this
summer just uh, you know, worth the counters in the post uh right
hook. It's uh, you know, it's easy and I always shot to
get to it, but more and more teams are trying to take that away
and uh send me a left. So make sure this summer had a lot
of uh, a lot of good work trying to work on those counters to
the over the right shoulder, and it payed off your comfort level. I
go back to that Sacramento game when you and James Harden really had a kind
of a one two punch. It seems like it's elevated, uh ten times
from the first game in New York. Tell me where you are with your
comfort level with James. It's uh, it's getting up there. We got
a lot of work to do still, you know, understanding the timing and
uh one should I flip the screen? One should I just get out?
And uh that kind of stuff. But uh, his a his amazing player.
He's making the right reads every time. Uh, he's finding me in
that pucket pocket I'm trusting I shot. He's trusting me. So you know,
we we spent a lot of time, uh, post practice, post
shot around just working on that bicker and roll game and it's playing off and
uh you know we postay on it. They're still room for improvement. Zoo,
Congratulations on the win. Appreciate your time. Yep, thanks, I
heard pocket. I don't know what you heard. Brian Seaman and Mike Protello.
The tzar there with the Vitza zubats post game he had eighteen and twelve
a couple of blocks. I'm telling you these last eleven games since the Clippers
went with Terrence Man in the starting backcourt, Viata zubots is on one of
the best stretches of his career eighteen and twelve. Tonight ten and nine against
Denver. Lenny A great call. Yeah, you can get more confidence when
you play that well against Nikola Jokic. I think we saw that tonight twelve
and seven against Golden State, eighteen and thirteen against Golden State up North,
fourteen and eight against Sacramento, twenty three and fourteen against Denver, against Dallas
eleven and fourteen against New Orleans eleven and five again set in soudioing back to
back games twelve and eight and eight and eleven, and then game one of
the new starting lineup. He had twelve and seven and they're big. Well,
first victory with James Harden with the four point play to put the cherry
on top at the end of that one. Jose and Southgate, you're on
Clippers south with that a mauzle, pick me up, Jose, what's up
at him? Man? I like what I'm seeing. I like the Clippers.
I like that we're trying new things and we're winning, but we're we're
not settling with what win at the game before. We're just adding on to
it. I think I think this was like a trap game. It's sort
of say but that I know coaches read those stats. Hey, we haven't
won years since twenty seventeen, so they played like it. We got Jazz
and Portland, you know, the weekend off, but I know you see
that schedule coming up ahead at him. So I like that we're winning and
we're adding on to it and we got a bunch of ballers. Man,
I'm loving it. I'm happy. Let's go Clay first. Jose and Southgate
bringing the good vibes there. I'm loving it. Yeah, I think that's
a slogan for somebody else, but it can work for the Clippers too.
They win one seventeen to one oh three. James Harden just two of eight,
but seven assists at least on my box score, I think Carlo had
eight. We'll say it's eight to just three turnovers Clippers with twelve as a
team of EACHA zubats he was upset about that, upset about twelve turnovers.
That's a great number, just twelve. But over their last eleven games now
it's been eleven turnovers per contests, so one over that. But they've been
the best in the league there. They've been the second best defense their last
eleven games with this new starting lineup. Offensively, though, they are just
scratching the surface tonight. Though this was a give no quarter game, Clippers
did not lose one quarter, which means we don't have to put one in
the no quarter squear jar for clips and dip. We'll have will Updyke on
coming up next. Clippers win one seventeen to one oh three in Utah for
the first time in the regular season since twenty seventeen. Ooh and they scored
one seventeen. Are you into numerology? No, me neither. Just in
case though, zodiac signs, astrology, terror carts, Okay, more Clippers
suck. Next, I'm Adam Oslin. We'll predict the future of the Clippers
of the next three ball games. They got three and four. Next week
at home, you're listening to M five seventy LA Sports. The LA Clippers
continue their hunt for a LARRYO. B. They still want to get that
LARRYO. B. Don't miss a moment all season long. This is the
LA Clippers Audio Network. Last time I checked, Kawhi dropped forty one on
the Utah Jazz. Clippers win tonight for the first time of Utah in the
regular season since twenty seventeen. One seventeen to one oh three over Utah.
Welcome back into your post game show. This is Clippers Talk. I'm Adam
Osland. After Vitza Zubats plays forty two minutes, No, Daniel Tice and
Big Zoo got that run. That's what we like to see. He is
capable of playing much more. Was able to close out the game against Denver
on Wednesday. It works. Please go to him more, Please get him
more touches to Viata zoobots is twenty six and getting better. He finished with
eighteen and twelve Clippers went by fourteen and joining the show right now to rest
my voice and more? Is will updeck from cliffs, I'll and dip.
You try to rest my voice so much, you're just gonna cut me off
there, Will, I mean, come on, man a boat with Adam
Odlin. Anyways, I'm taking over here. No a sin, I'm not
doing a damn thing. Now. You're making me laugh too much. Will
Kawhi Leonard uh not washed? Looks fine? Take it from here, Okay?
Was anyone worried that Kawhi was actually washed? That's insane. Look if
you were excited that the Denver Nuggets, that the Clippers finally beat the Denver
Nuggets, wait on you hear they finally didn't get stung in the Beehive day
Kawhi Leonards the beekeeper forty one five with a block that was for the ages
when he hit, think's got a little close in the fourth quarter in this
one, and he hit he bailed the Clippers out of almost a twenty four
second violation with a running heave three pointer, And I thought Oh my god,
like that, like, could this be any better? He was hitting
anything, He was unstoppable, and we saw, we just saw. I
thought the Clippers put the foot on the throat a little bit on and I
think that that was nice to see with the Utah team that I thought fought
really really hard to make things interesting. And you know they have some legit
guys, but Kawhi Leonard Dan just taking this one home. I don't know.
I think Rod Benson said he was washed. I don't know who else.
Clippers winning by fourteen tonight a Vita Zubas. I mentioned him on the
way in We Love Big Zoo. I don't know why Clipper Nation is divided
on him. It just seems like the high level viewers of Clippers basketball know
how important he is to this team, and he's still just getting better.
And I just love the fact fact he's being featured more in this new starting
lineup. Will Yeah, I mean, if you wear a Fedora, you've
probably been on the Zoo train since day one. But yes, Visa Zubats
is for sure playing some of the best stretch of his career. And I
think what's interesting he talked a little bit postgame about how he's kind of working
things out with Harden and you know, you know what, Harden was able
to help him be get over the hump this year. Zubos, you know,
I think offensively, that has to be your biggest criticism, right,
Like, if he is a divisive character, I'd be really hard pressed to
hear your argument to say that he's a bad defender. But I think there
have been maybe some legitimate complaints about his offense. But with a running partner
like James Harden, and he talked about how they're not even you know,
they're not even fully in sync yet, and after every practice, before every
game, they're they're communicating and they're working on this picking roll stuff. And
we also know that Zoo worked a little bit harder in the off season get
those hooks, to get to get kind of some different moves in the bag.
And I think if beatsa Zubas can keep this kind of play up.
I'm telling you that that is a ceiling that is a more than a ceiling
razer. What's what's more a roof lower offer for the Clippers and they're possibility,
like in their possible championship expectations. I'm loving what I'm seeing from Big
Zoo right now. Roof lower offer. We got Will Updike gone from Cliffs
and Dip post game after the Clippers winning Utah for the first time in the
regular season since twenty seventeen, one seventeen to one h three. Well,
we've talked about this before. I'm not starting to start anything with Russ stands.
We love Russell Westbrook too, but this is the role for him at
this point of his career. When you have someone like James Harden. Clippers
are eight and three with this new starting lineup, it's not a fluke.
James was out there and he hadn't even taken a shot the first quarter and
a half and the Clippers were humming. And it's because he doesn't need to.
He can just dish guys and find guys and get them in rhythm and
get them open like Kawhi Leonard and still make an impact that way. Yeah.
Yeah, And I mean, like, look, this isn't about you
know, Hardened being on a team with west Westbrook. This is about Westbrook
being on a team that happens to have hardened. But also like Kawhi Leonard
and Paul George, you know, it's not just like an either or thing,
but they do seem to be. You know, this lineup makes a
little bit more sense to me, you know, just from an on paper
standpoint, from what I've seen on court standpoint. But that doesn't detigrate anything
about Russell Westbrook. And I think that he's been getting, like getting even
better in this role. You know, I think he's probably not ideal from
where he came into training camp, but like you said, it's just undeniable
and like hardened. A little bit of a rough shooting night, it didn't
matter. Still had eight to fifth only two turnovers. So they just both
they both bring different things, and the issue is like just with the non
shooting still with Russ like, it's just something it's gonna be really tough to
overcome. I really, you know, you have to you have to have
a lot of shooters around him, or he can't even he can't even use
the vision that he has on the court. You know that there's just not
enough open for him to operate in that sort of space. Yeah, I
don't know what people are looking at when they see James Harden having to take
that three. Granted he made it in the fourth quarter, but Russ is
right next to him in the near side corner because they're trying to hide him
there in the corner to create spacing. It's just awkward. It's just a
bad fit. It's not the modern NBA. That doesn't mean he can't help
this team. I think he was awesome overall the last five games. Didn't
have a great game tonight and was taken out early in the fourth because the
spacing wasn't working and they're trying to get away from Russ and Harden being on
the floor together. I think they give it a shot because they were up
fourteen or whatever it was early in the fourth quarter and saw what it could
do. But even against a team like the Utah Jazz, it's just it's
not going to be that effective out there. It's not optimal. But Russ
still brings a lot of what this team needs. I feel like Norm Powell,
who also didn't have a great shooting game two of eight, but may
have hit the biggest shot of the game. Clippers were up by just six
and then he knocked down a three pointer and he was I think at that
point something like one of six from the outside, one of seven and stuck
a big shot, and he has had a propensity for hitting big threes and
fourth quarters. So far this season, I mean, Norm Powell has been
unbelievable. He's been so huge. I and you know we haven't got to
see an extended run of him healthy either. You know that this is so
far for the Clipper season. Knock On Wood been so great that but Norm
Powell has gotten to, like gotten to being Norm. I feel like even
more. I like him in closing lineups. I like him coming off the
bench. He's one of those guys that even though tonight he finished four of
eleven two of eight from three, I still think it's going in every time
the ball leaves his hands. I feel the same way. That's when you
know somebody is on a heater. Feel the same way with Kawhi Leonard right
now and Paul George had eighteen to twenty in the second half, and he
and Kawhi were just taking turns going at Fontechio, who was struggling out there
for the Utah Jazz. They just had nobody to guard these guys. Paul
George had ten of its twenty points in the fourth quarter. He also hit
a big three pointer as the Clippers created that distance late to eventually give their
guys some rest down the stretch. But I love the fact that he could
not take that many shots on the first half, not have more than two
points, and he still was in rhythm enough to have an eighteen points second
half. That to me is crucial because you know, when one guy's playing
that well, and Kawhi Leonard obviously it was his night. You worry about
other guys being out of rhythm when you're gonna need them eventually, and that
wasn't a problem for Paul George. He stayed around with his timing and got
enough touches to stay in the flow of the offense. Yes, I'm gonna
push back on that a little bit. I like that. I liked it
he was able to do that. Honestly, my only thorn in this game
would be despite some good process moves, I thought in the fourth quarter,
it turned into a very much stagnated ball. Each player is taking iso shots.
Paul George happened to be able to heat it up. That was great
tonight, Kawhi Leonard, you know Gray all night. Basically, any shot
I can't really I can't really criticize, but we saw some of what this
offense looks like when it's not good, which is slow plotting, no ball
movement. And I think that that is one of those things that when any
one of this big three had like a really big night, I'm looking for
like where everybody else is. And this one was a good one. But
I don't feel like the process was there for forty eight minutes or thirty six
minutes or however many you want to count. I could see that to a
degree where they just had to have their stars step up and make some tough
one on one shots late. They did, but you don't necessarily want to
always have to rely on that. You want to go back to running your
offense. Clippers ended up squat strategy. If you need to get sixteen wins,
I wouldn't bet on it. No, that's completely fair. And they're
taking on a Utah Jazz teams tonight that has been struggling, to say the
least, but hey, the Clippers had struggled into Utah, I just say
the least since twenty seventeen. Overall in the regular season they win one seventeen
to one h three. One more for you here will Terrence Man. One
of the things I talk about with this, and coach Lou brought it up
on Wednesday, But they can still get a lot better offensively. With this
group defensively being the second best defense over their last eleven games. Now you
know that's elite stuff. But were you gonna say, well, not good
enough? Two? Come on? That's well during that same time, their
offense has been seventeenth and even though their starters have been good, overall,
there's more there potentially, especially because once Terrence Man starts knocking down shots,
and he did tonight he hit two three pointers that could be a big turning
point for him. You talk about the Clippers getting the monkey off their back
winning in Utah, Terrence Man looking more confident with his three point shot.
If he starts to get it going offensively next to James Harden, Oh,
this offense is going to cook. Yeah. If defensive has to respect Terrence
Man as a shooter, and he was hesitant at a late in a late
game three, but overall, if you have to respect Terrence Man at all
times from outside or at least from the corner, that opens things up even
more. And what I love about Terrence is, you know, he's just
become that great connector you know, he cuts well. He had a really
nice driving kick in I want to say third, So he's a great utility
guy. But you know, like you highlighted, he needs to be aggressive
and we know, you know, we know what he can do. And
I think the three point shot percentage wise is gonna even out. It's one
of those things that's been so terrible that it you know, it just has
to go back to something normal probability from a probability standpoint, but no,
Terrence Man looks really solid. I mean, it's it was the right decision
coming out of training camp to have him in the starting group. And it's
unfortunate still that you know, he had the ankle injury and we didn't get
even more time with him in the starting lineup because I just wonder where his
confidence as at then if he has even more time and yes, hard and
coming and changes things, but Terrence has been asked to change a lot on
this team. That's kind of his story with the Clippers. And to see
him, you know, now he's thriving once again after being thrown another another
another loop, makes me think that he's definitely on the up and up,
and that is good, good news for the Clippers. Our friend Justin Russo,
who joined me in the pregame, pointed out that Terrence Man so far
in his career, through the first twenty games of a season, is just
a twenty nine percent three point shooter. After that, though, he starts
connecting at about forty percent from the outside. So tonight was game twenty one,
he ends up two to five from distance. Maybe it's starting to come
along here. He's finding that rhythm obviously. Patrick Beverly, the former Clipper,
also was notorious for getting off to Solil starts from the outside and then
would start to heat up. He is Will Updck of the clips and dip
pod. Follow him at Will Updeck on Twitter, Big Will, thanks for
coming in for this Clippers, Big w tonight in Utah here on Clippers stop
with a little double dip action. Absolutely feeling good. Let's go clip.
Actually I'm feeling terrible. My throat is all right. We'll get mourn me
Will. Thanks for doing it. I appreciate it. Coming up next,
we'll hear from Coach lou Clippers win one seventeen to one to oh three over
the Utah Jazz. Clippers have won three in a row eight and three in
their last eleven I don't know how you guys don't see the vision. If
you're still asking for Russell Westwork to be in the starting lineup, or why
isn't he playing more, or if you didn't like James Harden's game before,
I don't know what to tell you. This is the way. Him is
the third option. And while Russ is sacrificing minutes, James Harden is sacrificing
shots. He's by far taking the fewest amount of shots in his career.
And it's working. It's coming together. Clippers have won eight of their last
eleven games, with some great wins in there. Tonight winning in Utah for
the first time in the regular season games since twenty seventeen. That's nice too.
Eight six six ninety seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven
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Clippers stock. Next you'll hear from Coach lou post game, I'm out of
Moslin. This is a five to seventy LA Sports LA Clippers basketball is on
the two one three era continues. You're listening to the LA Clippers on the
LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers win in Utah for the first time in a
regular season matchups since twenty seventeen, after beating the Denver Nuggets for the first
time since twenty twenty two. On Wednesday. They'll see the Portland trail Blazers
back at Crypto dot Com Arena Monday night, a couple days off, and
then three and four, all three games at home, though next week it'll
be Portland Monday, Sacramento Tuesday, the Golden State Warriors again on Thursday.
Welcome back into Clippers talk, I Meta Maslin. After Kawhi Leonard drops forty
one points, goes six of eight from distance, and that's been shooting sixty
percent from the field and sixty two percent from three over his last five games.
His first victory individually in Utah since twenty sixteen. Coach Lou had never
won there as a head coach, not with the Clippers, not with Cleveland
Cavaliers, so kind of a big deal, I Meta Moslin, trying to
hold on to my voice here speaking of Coach Lou, and I do want
to bring this up. I thought the end of the second quarter where the
Clippers they couldn't create much distance. Utah was just hanging around. They were
just right there. They just wouldn't go away. And then Kawhi knocked down
two three pointers to end the second and Terrence Man had won two and the
Clippers went up by thirteen heading into the half and go on to win by
fourteen. Here was coach lou Though post game after the Clippers get the victory
in Utah. Rest development, getting to the spot, getting to a spot
and making the right play, got into the pain, got to his fade
away, got to the basket a little bit. I think he's talking about
why, oh, we gotta started over from the beginning because of what he
provided. I mean, I told him before the game he's gonna play forty,
you know, and so forty two, you know, but like I
said, we needed every bit of it. I'll get him next two days
off, give Zoo off and let it recouper rate. But we definitely needed,
you know, like I said, we needed size and his rebounding,
his his you know, rent protection around the basket. So he was huge
for us tonight. Four. I know it's a little bit more than what
you liked. How well you guys are protecting we had the one at the
end. We just took the we took the turnover, you know. But
yeah, we had some careless turnovers. You know. I thought in the
first half we had four turnovers in transition, you know, we could have
capitalized and and made something happen. And we had one in the third quarter
where we could have went up I think fifteen, and then we turned it
over. They cut it to teen, like so just things like that.
We got to get better with uh there in the fourth quarter they headed to
six. You guys respond with a twelve over run. Quiet had two big
baskets and assisted another and not stretch. Can you talk about just how pluck
he was at those critical moments, And yeah, I think, like I
said, getting to the spot, getting to a spot, making the right
play, got into the pain, got to his fade away, got to
the basket a little bit, and then like I said, the running,
the running one hand three he made it was huge. And then finding PG
in the corner for three. You know, so just going through you know,
Kawhi last six minutes to try to you know, bring us home,
and he did that for us. James, I don't believe took a shot
through like his first stint in the first quarter, but then he went in
a couple of minutes into the second without taking one. I I know we've
talked about him kind of you know, being patient and wait his time tonight.
What did you see out of him even though you know his shot wasn't
falling and he didn't take something early on. Yeah, I think, you
know, for it was a nasty flow to the game. You know,
I think offensively, you know, like saying, trying to play small and
trying to see what we can work it in. And you know, James
didn't getting too too much of a rhythm pick and roll rhythm tonight, and
like I said, were walking being back in a deep drop, it was
a little different for us. So but you know, James is gonna play
the game to win, like he's not really worried about stats or shots or
getting himself going. And you know, when he's on the floor, like
I said, he gets guys easy shots. You know, it gets us
close out opportunities, and so just have him on the floor just to you
know, calm us down and you know, a shoot on the floor,
but also can make place you know for other guys. It's huge for us.
There was Coach lou post game Clippers win one seventeen to one oh three
in Utah, and it was brought up by a reporter there. One of
them was Justin Rousseau. And then there was a voice I didn't know but
the Clippers on that twelve ohero run after it was down to just a six
point lead at ninety nine to ninety three midway through the fourth quarter. That
twelve oh run was in a minute ten beautiful thing to see. First Norman
Powell three pointer, then the take foul on Paul George after the steal,
he hits the free throw. Kawhi makes a layup, hits a three pointer,
then finds Paul George for a three pointer. Boom, twelve oh run.
Clippers up one eleven to ninety three and one hundred seconds. That's the
game, Kawhi Leonard. He took the game. He had forty one fourteen
of twenty three, shooting twenty three shots to get forty one points. What
a fantastic game by Kawhi Leonard. We're happy he's a Clipper, to say
the least. Before we get out of here, let's go to Katie Newton's
casual corner our producer tonight. She's not the biggest NBA fan, I think
early tonight she asked me what's the difference between a dunk and a layup?
And no, I didn't you did. I asked if what Kawhi shot was
a dunker layup because I'm cutting the audio and I'm trying to get everything,
and I didn't know. So then I watched it and I was like,
that was a dunk, right? And then I was like, and then
a dunk is this and a layup is this? In revision? Is history?
I'm sorry you got a new question for me. Yeah, you know
what. I was gonna ask a basketball one. But now a comment you
made to James early on you said you put a rogaine on your beard.
You ever hear that? Uh, that's true. There. I said that
to Justin Rousseau on the pregame show because James Harden made fun of him for
being short. Yeah, that's not something I wanted him to get one up
on James Harden, and it's all in good fun. Yeah, but you
also said he should put rogaine on his beard like you've done. Okay,
I haven't actually tried that. I don't know you said it. I'll find
it, but my beard thickness. I put it on the internet. It's
nothing to sneeze that. I'm not Jeremiah Johnson over here. But it ain't
bad. Oh you think it's bad. I mean, let's just say mine
looks a little better. Wow. If I say I'll give it to you,
you're gonna take offense to that. So I'm not gonna do that.
I you know what. Let's end this on a non sour note, a
sweet note. Katie, great work tonight, enjoy that ice cream. Yeah,
when you're feeling sick and someone brings you an extra sugary treat, that
is the way to go. Merry Christmas. Christmas Spiracle Clippers get forty one
from Kawhi Leonard. They win in Utah one seventeen to one oh three.
Before we get out of here, I do want to thank the Clippers organization.
Know a Eagle Bryant, Seemed, Ralph Lawler, Carlo Jimenez, Jeez
Alaska, maybe brother Jake Warner see him on Monday. Kaye Newton a producer,
the callers, the listeners, you all don't want to be late to
the James Harden Bendwagon Clippers I won eight of eleven and they're taking on the
Blazers on Monday night pregame of six thirty. I'm out of mons and we'll
talk to you then. Why he was doing his thing. All they want
to do is win in La. I win. I thought they gave everything
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