Clippers lose game two of the doubleheader. They fall against the Bucks one twenty
four to one seventeen. Welcome back in the Clippers stock. I'm out of
Mosland. We'll get back to your phone calls here on the Patriot AM eleven
fifty. But first, will Updyke obviously didn't want to come on because you
know, it wasn't a win. That's not in his contract. So we
have Chuck Mockler back with us second straight day. Why not? The Clippers
had to play too. Now it's Chuck Mockler here, Charles. Were you
it all encouraged by this loss, even by the Clippers considering the guys they
were missing, considering the team they were playing. Him second game in twenty
two hours, I think, weirdly, the thing I was most encouraged about
was the fact that James Harden looked so good despite playing so much basketball for
the Clippers, just since he's been on the team, right, So it's
nice to see him still, you know, getting downhill well and things like
that. So he's he's in a good place. Norm wasn't great from the
outside, but we needed a big Norm game the day, and we got
his highest scoring out for all year, So it's tough to be super bummed
on this one. But it's also tough to be encouraged as a whole,
just because we were missing so many key guys and Zoo got into foul trouble
early, which I think really, you know, stifled what was going to
be an even better game from him. Yeah, that was frustrating. All
of a sudden in the third quarter they decided to call it very tight,
and I Vita Zubas picked up two fouls right away, at least one of
them I thought was pretty weak. He played twenty six minutes, had eighteen
points, six boards and assists. What I will say about Zoo though,
is and what I've been saying is they kind of needed that refresher course on
maybe who viats Zubas is because he's really good on offense. Now, he's
much better than he's ever been, partly because of James Harden, and they
need to go to him regardless of if Kawhi and Paul George are there or
not. This is how you can open up a different dimension to your offense,
which is what we were seeing in December and January. No, yeah,
I totally agree about the and the defense late in games too. Right,
Obviously this game is an exception, but there were times when ty Lou
was actually going with z to close games, so the Clippers were able to
close the size and you know, limit some of the opportunities we've seen teams
get against some Layton game. But I thought Zoo looked great. This felt
like kind of the last tuned up game for him, you know, since
he's been back with the illness. Hopefully this this gets the leash a little
longer on him from ty But yeah, that that push shot from a couple
of feet further out than it was last year has been great. And yeah,
you know, credit to James Harden, but Zee's put in the work
as well too. Yeah. James Harden with thirty six minutes after playing thirty
four minutes earlier in the game. Day PJ. Tucker played twenty six minutes,
and after taking just three shots in about one hundred minutes of play,
he got up nine in twenty six minutes, had seven points, just one
of six from the outside. He was at least taking them. But I
will say this, even though he struggled shooting wise, overall, he had
four offensive rebounds. He had six boards, I don't know. I know
he's taken a lot of income this season, and some of it he put
on himself with some of the stuff he said on Instagram and to the media
and not taking a shot when they needed him to the last time we saw
him. But I like what we saw from PJ. Tucker. I still
think there's utility there anything to like from PJ Tucker in this performance. Also,
Charles, it really was the willingness to shoot right. If PJ.
Tucker is going to be in a position to succeed, which is going to
be him with four other shooters around him, you know, serving as that
center, he does have to at least get the shot off right. It's
nice to see him do it in a game that's very difficult for the Clippers,
you know who's available wise, but it would be great to see him
do it, you know, if he gets another opportunity when you know he's
in maybe his best position to succeed for a lineup that could maybe see some
playoff minutes. But the rebounding was great. There was some solid defense.
But who knows what's gonna happen with this rotation as we go forward, But
yeah, there was some encouraging things from PJ. He did not get ten
points, so we don't we're not doing a YouTube live. Little unfortunate,
but maybe next time, I guess, I don't know. We'll see.
They're taking on Minnesota on Tuesday night, another big team, but without Karl
Anthony towns Now obviously and going to the Smalls. Bones Highland was awesome.
It wasn't just one side of his offense this time. You know, a
couple of games ago against Houston, he was getting to the basket and getting
layups, but no threes. Last game out it was all threes. This
time he was able to mix up and show the versatility in his offensive attack.
I love what we saw from Bones Island. Yeah, he's another guy
who's kind of ramping up, right. He feels fully ramped up from the
illness. Bone Thailand is continuing to get even better as he gets more opportunities
since the Russell Westbrook injury. In defense, he's looked passable, which is
all he has to look on defense. Right, we know the offense is
going to be there, the passing has been you know, I think kind
of a surprise or maybe just you know, it looks so different because he's
so young and twitchy. But the defense this has also been perfectly acceptable.
He's been trying, he's been in the right spots, really held this trajectory.
Keeps up for Bones because it might help the Clippers next year. You
know, we don't know what's going to happen fully with that part of the
roster, but yeah, all credit to Bones and we hope nothing but more
good things for the skeleton. Key he is Chuck Mockler like the Clippers,
with guys stepping up and filling in admirably. No will Updyke because the Clippers
didn't win this one, unfortunately. They lost one twenty four to one seventeen
to Milwaukee in the second of playing two like Ernie Banks, within twenty four
hours, Charles, thanks for doing this a little Clips and doubled it for
a quick one here on Clippers top my friend, Hey, thanks for having
me looking forward tomorrow Clippers take it on Minnesota on Tuesday. We'll have a
YouTube for you tomorrow. Clippers lose by seven. They fought, they gave
everything they had. Guys raised their level of play, played above their heads
in some areas, just came up a little bit shortly