1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,799 It shows their character. You lose six in a row, you lose five 2 00:00:03,839 --> 00:00:07,320 straight when they first bring in James Harden. This team did not fold. 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:12,359 They did not give in. They continued to do the work. They continue 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:16,600 to have confidence in themselves turning this thing around, and now they have. 5 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:22,160 And coach Lu's been saying all along he likes what he has with this team. 6 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,640 He can see that they can be special, and they have been. 7 00:00:27,359 --> 00:00:32,679 They won sixteen of twenty one. Speaking of big time winners, we got 8 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:39,359 Chuck macklron from Clips and Dip, second or third straight show, Bope, 9 00:00:39,359 --> 00:00:43,920 big will is Okay, we love them. We had a great pot on 10 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,359 the YouTube the other day. We all thought the Clippers can get the victory 11 00:00:47,399 --> 00:00:51,759 tonight, Chuck. They did. What were you most impressed by with this 12 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:57,439 performance from the Clippers? Man? I think the most impressive thing kind of 13 00:00:57,479 --> 00:01:00,960 goes to what you were just saying, was the not full big part right. 14 00:01:02,159 --> 00:01:06,959 This game could have again gotten out of hand after the Clippers were up 15 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:11,719 by double digits, but they locked in when they really had to, which 16 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,519 was great to see. I think from an individual standpoint, you know, 17 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:19,359 the shooting wasn't there, It was there really early for him and then it 18 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,519 tapered off, but he played forty three minutes and had thirteen to six. 19 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,519 James Harden was great in this one. He surged when the Clippers needed them 20 00:01:26,519 --> 00:01:29,599 to offensively. Obviously you wish the shooting was a little bit better, but 21 00:01:30,079 --> 00:01:33,959 he ran everything. He was the engine, he was the system. It 22 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,760 was great to see Harden do his thing tonight. He just looked like he 23 00:01:37,879 --> 00:01:41,680 was completely in control of the game, especially in the first half in that 24 00:01:41,719 --> 00:01:46,480 third quarter as well, and things started to go sideways when he was out 25 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,079 of the ballgame in the fourth. They brought him back in and he was 26 00:01:49,159 --> 00:01:53,920 kind of that calming force for them. I also feel like Paul George tonight 27 00:01:53,719 --> 00:02:00,719 with an underrated special performance. When you start one for eleven, you could 28 00:02:00,719 --> 00:02:02,719 pack it in and say it's just not my night. Don't give me the 29 00:02:02,719 --> 00:02:07,680 basketball. Defer to others who may have it going. Nah. He hit 30 00:02:07,719 --> 00:02:09,319 the biggest shot I thought out of that time out when it was just an 31 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:14,400 eight point game in the fourth and after starting one for eleven, he went 32 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,159 seven for his next ten. That was great to see from Paul George. 33 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,080 Yeah, I think we can call it a spectacular second half from Paul George. 34 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:28,360 Maybe not an entire game, but the second half from PG was phenomenal. 35 00:02:28,439 --> 00:02:31,039 That third quarter was just absurd. He was five of eight and that 36 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:35,280 when he was hitting at every level. But yeah, and that's what hey, 37 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,800 Paul George wasn't the superstar we needed in the first half, but he 38 00:02:38,879 --> 00:02:40,840 was a superstar we needed in the second half. He also got to the 39 00:02:40,879 --> 00:02:45,639 free throw line to night. He had six free throw attempts tonight, which 40 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:51,080 is he had zero in the last two games. So it's really nice to 41 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,280 see him getting some love. That definitely helped out his scoring line too. 42 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:58,400 So him getting to the line and being aggressive paid off for the Clippers, 43 00:02:58,439 --> 00:03:00,639 which is something we do kind of want to see more of. But hats 44 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:04,840 off from the second half for the second half from Paul George. A great 45 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,360 point by you. I failed to bring that up. He got to the 46 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,520 free throw line early on. It was well, it was late in the 47 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:14,159 first quarter, but it at least happened early on in the ballgame. After 48 00:03:14,199 --> 00:03:17,080 he missed his first shot, made his second, then would miss ten straight 49 00:03:17,159 --> 00:03:22,000 before going seven for his next ten. But yeah, getting to the free 50 00:03:22,039 --> 00:03:24,840 throw line key for him, and he was just more intent on being aggressive 51 00:03:24,879 --> 00:03:29,120 out there. You could see it when they're going up against a team that 52 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,400 was the best in the league when it came to stopping teams from getting into 53 00:03:31,439 --> 00:03:36,240 the paint and scoring there. And the Clippers ended up with fifty four points 54 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:38,680 in the paint. I thought of eats. The Zubats obviously played a big 55 00:03:38,759 --> 00:03:44,120 role there seven of eight, fifteen points, twenty boards, the second most 56 00:03:44,159 --> 00:03:47,960 in a ballgame for him, six offensive rebounds. He just dominated the interior 57 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:53,199 of the Memphis Grizzlies, and that's saying something. Yeah, he himself had 58 00:03:53,240 --> 00:04:00,360 twice as many offensive rebounds as the entire Grizzlies team did, which is credible, 59 00:04:00,439 --> 00:04:03,080 and the Clippers really needed that. The Grizzlies are a pretty bad rebounding 60 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,479 team. It's really odd. We talked about on the podcast. They don't 61 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:10,439 get very many. So we wanted to see Zoobots assert himself and he did. 62 00:04:10,599 --> 00:04:13,240 He had a really great block late too. I think it was on 63 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,480 jaw, but it was a floater or something like that, and he got 64 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,680 up and really, you know, made sure that that was not going to 65 00:04:19,519 --> 00:04:21,759 alter the game in any way. So he was great. You know, 66 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:27,399 it was Croatian night at the at Crypto, So you thought Zoo might be 67 00:04:27,399 --> 00:04:30,079 a little excited and hyped up to play for this one. But he's had 68 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,759 a pretty incredible run over these last ten games or so. If you go 69 00:04:32,759 --> 00:04:35,120 look at the stats, it's close to a double double. I think he's 70 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:39,959 had a double double basically every other game in the last twenty games or so. 71 00:04:39,959 --> 00:04:43,399 So he's playing some of the best basketball in his career. Probably should 72 00:04:43,439 --> 00:04:46,399 have made him my player to watch on Croatian Heritage and night I did go 73 00:04:46,439 --> 00:04:50,560 with Terrence Man instead. He did have eleven points. There was some progress, 74 00:04:50,639 --> 00:04:56,800 There were some flashes there that third quarter transition bucket that made Memphis have 75 00:04:56,879 --> 00:04:59,759 to call a time out. You saw some confidence there, but still of 76 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,800 six from distance. I was watching him closely in the pregame warm ups and 77 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:08,920 Terrence Man was knocking down three pointers all over the place. It's almost like 78 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,040 Charles Barkley. I don't know if people know this about him, but at 79 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,959 the driving range, he doesn't have that hitch in his swing. It's all 80 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:20,040 mental and he gets out there on the course and for some reason he gets 81 00:05:20,079 --> 00:05:24,759 the yips there. Terrence Man right now is going through that some of that 82 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,199 stuff. But maybe a little bit of progress tonight, Chuck, what do 83 00:05:28,199 --> 00:05:31,519 you think. Yeah, we saw some good from Terrence Man. Terrence Man 84 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,439 and a mere Coffee who I'm sure we'll probably talk about next. He was 85 00:05:34,519 --> 00:05:42,079 phenomenal offensively, but they they showed up early tonight. Last game was kind 86 00:05:42,079 --> 00:05:45,240 of underwhelming from those two, especially with Kawhi out. I don't think, 87 00:05:45,519 --> 00:05:47,319 you know, we got as much as we wanted to really get, especially 88 00:05:47,319 --> 00:05:51,279 offensively from those two guys. But Terrence ran the break well on this one. 89 00:05:51,439 --> 00:05:54,639 He had the assist he had. You know, it was only two 90 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:58,519 of them that they were nice. Like, he got every stat you really 91 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,319 wanted him to get so well. He was plus ten Like. This was 92 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:06,759 some progress, obviously not from a shooting standpoint, but from a mentality standpoint. 93 00:06:06,759 --> 00:06:10,959 This might make the game easier for him because right now it looks like 94 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,720 he's making a little harder on himself. I ain't going to a mir yet. 95 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:16,480 I'm going to Kobe Brown, your guy. He hit a three in 96 00:06:16,519 --> 00:06:19,720 the first quarter off a nice speed from Russ. He had a nice defensive 97 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:23,199 player and then grabbed the board in the first Then he had to lay up 98 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:27,040 to end the first quarter. A big rebound to start the second played some 99 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,639 good defense on jaw, it didn't matter. He made the shot, but 100 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:34,279 then Russ found him for a dunk. Kobe Brown is slowly coming along here. 101 00:06:34,319 --> 00:06:38,439 You can see just he's getting up to speed with the NBA game. 102 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,319 Yes, the size is there, the speed is what. You know. 103 00:06:43,399 --> 00:06:46,160 Kind of was one of his bigger knocks and he was coming out of college. 104 00:06:46,199 --> 00:06:48,000 So yeah, watching that first three fall, it was great. Really 105 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,920 thought the second one was going in. You know, he had the line, 106 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:54,560 which you'd love to see. But this is what he's going to have 107 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,680 to do if he wants to get more time, which is going to be 108 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:00,560 difficult. Right seven and four and fifteen minutes. It's kind of hard to 109 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,720 do if you're in Kobe Brown's position, So you'd love to see it. 110 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,639 I hope his next performers is as good as this one. Okay. A 111 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,639 mere Coffee had eight of his thirteen points in that third quarter, five of 112 00:07:12,759 --> 00:07:15,160 six from the floor, three or four from the outside. He's not lacking 113 00:07:15,199 --> 00:07:18,879 any confidence. Terrence Man assisted him on one of those threes, and he 114 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:24,279 assisted Terrence Man on a bucketing transition where I felt like a mere Coffee could 115 00:07:24,279 --> 00:07:28,000 have taken it himself. I love the selflessness there or just knowing, hey, 116 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,040 we got to get Terrence Man going here. Maybe he gets a bucket 117 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:33,120 to go through. Who'll be feeling good about himself. Amir just plays the 118 00:07:33,199 --> 00:07:39,319 right way, always has. Yeah, he's been a great Clipper. He's 119 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:43,600 a guy who if you know Clippers man, I mean we all remember that 120 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,759 one January and all that good stuff. But every ever since he's been on 121 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,120 the Clippers, he's up and down, you know, in the rotation, 122 00:07:49,199 --> 00:07:53,279 out of the rotation, the story of his career as a clip. But 123 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,480 for the most part, he's been great in the pinch again, like I 124 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:00,800 said, a great bounce back game tonight. I think are probably going to 125 00:08:00,879 --> 00:08:05,040 end up seeing him on Monday, you know, in the starting lineup again. 126 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,879 So he needs to continue to keep playing like this because this really often 127 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:13,360 helps his playoffs, you know, position well on this Clippers roster. But 128 00:08:13,439 --> 00:08:16,120 wait, I predicted Kawhi Leonard would be the player of the game on Monday 129 00:08:16,439 --> 00:08:22,240 back on Wednesday Thursday, whenever you did that last podcast, What is your 130 00:08:22,279 --> 00:08:28,519 new level of concern regarding Kawhi and that hip injury, Chuck, I guess 131 00:08:28,519 --> 00:08:33,000 my level of concern is now that we have the new information right that apparently 132 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:37,279 had you know, it was a reaggravation, is what happened in the MAVs 133 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,440 games from something that happened earlier, you know before. I think he dropped 134 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:45,799 that forty one or whatever it was. So that piece of information makes me 135 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:50,240 a little bit more concerned. You know. I understand how fans are frustrated 136 00:08:50,279 --> 00:08:52,879 with the way that the information is being put out there, which can be 137 00:08:52,919 --> 00:08:56,759 difficult sometimes, but you know, at this organization and this player, I 138 00:08:56,759 --> 00:09:01,200 don't really know what a lot of us were expecting. I hope he goes 139 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,799 on the trip to Phoenix. That's really what I'm going to be looking for. 140 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:07,600 Clippers play the Heat on Monday and then travel to Phoenix in New Orleans, 141 00:09:07,639 --> 00:09:09,240 So that's really what I'm aiming for. I just hope he goes on 142 00:09:09,279 --> 00:09:16,200 that trip. And I understand the frustration too with just wanting full transparency, 143 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:20,240 but no team does that. I'm I'm thinking about the Lakers with ad Lebron. 144 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:24,840 They've been questionable for like two weeks, and they keep playing out there 145 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:28,720 or they miss a game. It's it's just what it is, competitive advantage, 146 00:09:28,799 --> 00:09:33,000 whatever you want to say. Kawhi Leonard is guarded about his health and 147 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:37,159 I'm okay with that because I want this guy right and the way he was 148 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,039 playing. We got to get him back to being one hundred percent because he 149 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,360 looked like the best player in the world. For eleven games where he shot 150 00:09:43,399 --> 00:09:48,559 sixty two percent from the floor, forty two or fifty two percent. I 151 00:09:48,639 --> 00:09:52,159 want to shot him ten percent there from distance. He is Chuck Mockler at 152 00:09:52,279 --> 00:09:56,799 Chuck Mockler on Twitter, CND podcast. You can find that at clippers pod 153 00:09:56,279 --> 00:10:01,000 and at clippers pod cast on you Tube. Chuck, thanks for coming on 154 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:05,480 tonight here on clipper Stock for a little clips and doubledv. Hey, thanks 155 00:10:05,519 --> 00:10:09,600 for having me in here. To the Clippers starting twenty twenty four the way 156 00:10:09,639 --> 00:10:09,799 they ended twenty twenty three.