WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.120 --> 00:00:06.719 Got your fall. It's time to react to LA Clippers basketball. This is 2 00:00:06.759 --> 00:00:11.599 Clippers Talk all the chat, reaction and analysis hosted by Adam Assley. You 3 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:15.599 know he's feeling good. Take the show with you anywhere you are and Golipper 4 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:19.800 Nation Baby, get the podcast. I'm the iHeart Radio while and now your 5 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:26.039 host. He makes everything happen, Adam Mossley. No, nothing quite runs 6 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:30.320 like a deer, although a Buck's pretty close. And they would go on 7 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:34.479 to win and run away with this one in the last four minutes where the 8 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:41.479 Clippers go scoreless. The Milwaukee Bucks win one zero five to one hundred over 9 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:45.880 your Los Angeles Clippers. Eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty. Eight 10 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:51.920 seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is the phone number coming up here on 11 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:55.479 the show, you'll hear from the head coach to Ron Loop post game Robert 12 00:00:55.520 --> 00:01:00.880 Flam big shot Bob Flam Clippers analyst will be joining me as well. But 13 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:06.000 this was a game where the Clippers were up one hundred to ninety six with 14 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:10.319 four minutes left, four h one to be exact, and they played a 15 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:15.319 great fourth quarter. They played a great second half, all of well twenty 16 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:19.879 minutes of it. Was great. They were down by five at the half, 17 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:23.480 and they came out and they started to hit some three pointers. They 18 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:26.920 started off in the first half six of twenty one, and the Clippers were 19 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:33.920 down eleven early on the third quarter, but Serge Ibaka, after letting Jannissen 20 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:38.200 and Koupo get by him for an easy dunk, it seemed to wake up 21 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:42.200 search and he went had a surge of a scoring spree on his own. 22 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:46.840 He had twelve points in that third quarter, hit a couple of three pointers. 23 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:52.079 I think the Clippers were five of nine in the third from distance after 24 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:55.640 going six of twenty one in the first half, and they had a four 25 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:59.640 point lead headed into the fourth quarter. And there were some really good signs 26 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:04.400 early in the fourth because Marcus Morris, who in his past couple of games 27 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:08.919 was just four of seventeen from three, he started to get hot. He 28 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:14.120 would hit all three of his threes in this game. In the fourth quarter, 29 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:16.319 was just three of eight from downtown, but all three came at the 30 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:21.000 right time, and the Clippers at one point had a seven point lead. 31 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:27.560 But that guy Jannis Adeni Kompo, the Greek freak with his go go gadget 32 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:34.479 arms He's just a beast and the block he had on a Visa Zoo Bots, 33 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:37.919 who credit him for trying to throw it down with two hands, but 34 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:42.360 the reigning defensive Player of the Year, Jannic Sadena Kopo was able to get 35 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:46.120 the block on him. I felt like that was a momentum shift a little 36 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:50.800 bit. But the Clippers were still fine because as soon as they needed a 37 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:54.960 big bucket in the Milwaukee Bucks were starting to creep back into it. When 38 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:59.840 they were down by as many as seven in the fourth quarter, they just 39 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:02.800 went to Kawhi Leonard and he hit his first two when he re entered the 40 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:08.560 game in the fourth problem was he would hit their last shot. Their last 41 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:14.319 name is shot points in this ball game at the four oh one mark. 42 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:22.000 Clippers didn't score afterwards, that was it and the Milwaukee Bucks would end up 43 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:27.599 winning this game on a nine oh run in the last four minutes, where 44 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:32.159 the Clippers simply could not execute their offense. Here are some of the shots 45 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:37.960 and some of the possessions from the last four minutes. Paul George missed a 46 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:43.120 step back three, Paul George missed another three, Beverly a turnover, Kawhi 47 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:46.439 gets his shot blocked by I think it was Chris Middleton and then missed a 48 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:50.360 fadeaway. Paul George would miss a layup, Kawhi missed a step back three, 49 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:53.759 a tough shot, PG missed a three and down three at the end 50 00:03:54.199 --> 00:04:00.439 when they still had a shot to tie the game with it was one three 51 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:06.000 to one hundred at the thirty five second mark, or no, it was 52 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:10.639 one oh one to one hundred at the thirty five second mark. Paul George 53 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:14.560 would take a tough three point or miss that, and then it was Kawhi 54 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:17.279 Leonard missing a twenty eight footer. Had one oh three to one hundred, 55 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:24.680 was seven seconds left, they would foul intentionally foul Milwaukee at Chris Middleton knocked 56 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:28.439 down both free throws. They go on to win one oh five to one 57 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:32.839 hundred. It was a brutal collapse down the stretch in the fourth quarter of 58 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:38.879 the likes we haven't seen this season from the Clippers, where they have been 59 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:43.839 okay closing out games. They closed out the Utah Jazz and one of their 60 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:46.839 best wins of the season, when Utah had won twenty of their last twenty 61 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:51.120 one games. Just about a week ago. They closed out the Denver Nuggets 62 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:57.560 on the road on Christmas. They closed out Phoenix on the road a few 63 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:02.000 games later with Nicholas Batoum hit in the Big Corner three and Nick Batoum. 64 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:08.360 If you haven't seen their In Pursuit episode three, he was the one featured 65 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:13.360 and it's fantastic. Check that out on YouTube or just find the Clippers social 66 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:19.160 media channel on YouTube and on Twitter. But the Clippers did not generate enough 67 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:24.519 good looks. It was too much hero ball down the stretch. And while 68 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:29.759 sometimes in playoff games and in tight games even in the regular season, the 69 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:33.480 NBA can resort to that and you stop running your offense, but with four 70 00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:38.600 minutes left, there's no excuse for the ball movement to just completely go out 71 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:43.000 the door. The Clippers have to be better than this. It can't just 72 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:47.079 be Paul George and Kawhi Leonard taking tough shot after tough shot and taking turns 73 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:54.319 taking tough shots because nobody else even got a shot up in the last four 74 00:05:54.360 --> 00:06:00.560 minutes with Batoumb out there with Pat Beverly, two guys who were leafal from 75 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:08.639 distance, and meanwhile Janniss and a Koumpo had seventeen of his thirty six points 76 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:13.639 in that fourth quarter, and I thought, with the way the Clippers were 77 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:16.040 playing, this would be one of their best wins of the season, best 78 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:20.920 wins since the Utah Jazz victory, definitely, because the Bucks have now won 79 00:06:20.959 --> 00:06:24.199 five in a row, but they had won four in a row coming into 80 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:28.160 this one, and they've been kind of uneven so far on the year, 81 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:30.680 where they've been up and down a little bit. We talked about this with 82 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:35.079 Noah Eagle in the pregame, but coach Bud, I think has been experimenting 83 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:40.560 more tweaking things defensively. They've slipped on that end their tenth and defense, 84 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:44.560 but they are number one in offense. So to hold them to one oh 85 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:48.759 five, you would think that would end up with the Clippers victory, but 86 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:56.319 not when you go that cold, ice cold in the last four minutes and 87 00:06:56.439 --> 00:07:00.600 they just weren't getting good looks. And for a team that just had thirty 88 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:04.000 four assists Friday night, most they have had all season to finish with twenty 89 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:09.240 assists against the Milwaukee Bucks, that's not good enough. And once again, 90 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:13.360 they don't get to the free throw line enough, just seven attempts at the 91 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:16.000 line, and it was all Kawhi Leonard or sweet Lew Williams. I thought 92 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:19.160 sweet Low was also very good in this game. He had fourteen points, 93 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:24.279 had seven points in the last two minutes of the third quarter to help give 94 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:29.240 them a boost after Sir Jebaka did major damage in that third and that's also 95 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:31.560 a plus. This may have been his best game as a Clipper so far 96 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:36.680 with fifteen and eleven, three three pointers, but timely shots when they needed 97 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:41.879 them in the third quarter. But the Clippers were playing small down the stretch 98 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:45.879 and Jannis Dena Kompo was getting whatever he wanted. Even though at first I 99 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:48.480 thought a beats the Zoobots early in the fourth quarter, he stopped Yannis on 100 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:53.759 three straight possessions at one point, I believe it was he was a big 101 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:57.439 body that was having success against Yannis and Dena Koopo. It's hard. He's 102 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:01.319 as two time Ragining MVP in the regular seas in the reigning defensive Player of 103 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:07.240 the Year, and he showed that with multiple blocks in that fourth quarter. 104 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:11.040 He had one on Paul George as well. That was special as he is. 105 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:18.040 But the Clippers did enough, I thought defensively, but their offense is 106 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:22.759 what failed them, and they're the third best offense in the league. But 107 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:26.720 what did Paul George say after their victory Friday night? He was asked, 108 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:31.800 when is this Clippers team at their best? And he said, when they're 109 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:35.559 passing the basketball, when they're sharing the basketball, when they're spreading the sugar, 110 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:39.200 as Noah Eagle would say. And they went away from that in the 111 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:46.120 last four minutes. And to go scoreless like that on the road, they're 112 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:52.519 almost lucky to only lose by five. But this is a bitter pill to 113 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:56.799 swallow. This is a really tough loss. I know, Clipper Nation, 114 00:08:56.399 --> 00:09:01.320 you guys are not happy with how this game finished because it was a playoff 115 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:07.559 like atmosphere. Early in that fourth quarter, great high level, elite basketball 116 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:13.879 was being played, great defense, great offense beating great defense, guys making 117 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:18.600 tough shots back and forth. And then the Clippers simply forgot who they were 118 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:24.799 in the last four minutes. And this is something. And this is the 119 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:28.679 midway point of the season. This was game thirty six the Clippers or twenty 120 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:31.799 four and twelve. And I do want to know what's your mid season grade. 121 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:35.799 We did it a quarter of the way in. What is your mid 122 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:39.320 season grade for this Clippers team. I'll give mine out a little bit later 123 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:43.600 in the show, but eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven 124 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:48.600 seven five two zero eleven fifty is the phone number. Clippers have to be 125 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:52.559 better though later in games. On the fourth quarter. In general, they've 126 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:56.039 been really good. They are one of the top teams on the third quarter, 127 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:58.519 and that's when they made their move. They outscored Milwaukee by nine in 128 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:03.960 that four or in that third to be up four going into the fourth, 129 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:09.399 but then they were outscored by nine points in the fourth quarter. Clippers just 130 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:13.840 put up nineteen points on the fourth, but for things to fall off the 131 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:20.320 way they did. I was work in the UCLA Bruins game last night and 132 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:24.679 they were in Colorado, and they had a lead at fifty seven to fifty 133 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:30.759 five, and in the last seven minutes they scored one point. This felt 134 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:35.480 a little bit similar to that. But you don't expect that from a veteran 135 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:41.039 laden team like this with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, and for your two 136 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:46.399 superstars to not be able to get anything to fall late when they needed them 137 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:50.720 to, it's unexpected. It's out of character. I'm sure the Clippers will 138 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:54.480 be better than this moving forward. They have to be, but it needs 139 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:58.120 to start Tuesday in a tough game in Boston against the Celtics. Let's go 140 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:03.399 to Nick in Arcadia. Nicks start things off for us here on Clippers Talk 141 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:07.080 after they lose one oh five to one hundred in Milwaukee. High Nick, 142 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:16.519 Greetings, Adam h. Milwaukee Bucks. Best victory of the year possibly Anyway, 143 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:18.799 Listen, I got two things. I think we need a point guard, 144 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:22.120 you know, I feel like we lack a little direction. Hey, 145 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:26.200 I love Patrick Severley. Hey, I really love Terrence Man. It's back. 146 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:30.480 I love Terrence Man more than I liked SGA a couple of years ago. 147 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:35.039 But I think we lacked a little direction down the stret Nick, let 148 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:37.639 me ask you this, though, let me ask you this to that point, 149 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:41.960 I'll let you continue. But who's a point guard that they could get 150 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:46.519 realistically, that would be on the floor, that would be on the floor 151 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:50.080 late in a game like this? Who would that be? You're You're absolutely 152 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:54.679 absolutely right, and we would have to give up pieces that I may not 153 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:58.279 be willing to give up, although there may be some available dudes. But 154 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:01.960 I agree with you're right. I mean, I don't know, Hey, 155 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:07.279 if I had my druthers, how about how about Drew Holiday? How about 156 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:11.200 how about something? You know, I don't think they're trading Drew Holiday. 157 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:13.080 They just traded a couple of first round picks for him. People bring up 158 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:20.720 Kyle Lowry, but he makes thirty millions. It's it's unrealistic. Yeah, 159 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:22.559 that's true. Hey, listen, I have another problem though. I remember 160 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:26.360 when Karl Malone used to take ten seconds at the free throw line, more 161 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:31.320 than ten seconds all the time. You know, I saw Montrese Harold Dude 162 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:35.039 the other night and tonight when the Clippers were up one hundred to ninety nine, 163 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:41.679 Lawler's law got busted. Tonight, Gianni Giannese gets the ball, he 164 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:45.799 takes more than ten seconds both free throws. Well, is that still a 165 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:48.840 rule in the NBA at him? I believe it is, but they so 166 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:52.840 rarely call it. It's just one of those things, Nick, where they're 167 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:56.080 not gonna make a critical call like that late in the game. And I 168 00:12:56.120 --> 00:13:00.000 do remember Karl Malone doing that all the time. In fact, one time, 169 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:05.399 White Chocolate Jason Williams patted him on the butt during it, which was 170 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:09.159 hilarious. When he was with the Sacramento Kings, and I think Carl missed 171 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:13.080 the next one. Actually, he was a really good free throw shooter, 172 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:18.279 psych out stuff like the Jesus and the Big Lebowski. Clippers, though, 173 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:20.879 did not have a savior late. They lose one oh five to one hundred 174 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:26.000 in Milwaukee to the Bucks. In the honest Denna Coompo, who was out 175 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:30.360 of his mind. He had thirty six seventeen though of those points came in 176 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:33.559 the fourth quarter. We'll take a quick break, We'll come back. We'll 177 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:39.639 hear from the head coach tylu after the Clippers take one of the toughest losses 178 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:45.200 of the season. It's not like there's any shame in losing to the Milwaukee 179 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:48.960 Bucks. There's not. It's how you lost. It's not being able to 180 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:56.039 execute it all down the stretch. And I know what reminds some people of 181 00:13:56.080 --> 00:14:00.879 what happened in that seven game series against the Denver Nuggets. And we're looking 182 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:03.720 for them to make the adjustments when they need to. But I thought they 183 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:07.039 got too much into one on one battles down the stretch where it was just 184 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:13.000 chawhir Pg taking really difficult shots. Not that they can't make them, but 185 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:18.399 when they run their offense when they're passing the ball, when there's more players 186 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:22.200 who are involved and more threats out there. That's when this Clippers team is 187 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:28.799 at their best, and they weren't obviously the last four minutes tonight. More 188 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:39.240 Clipper stock coming up next right here on the Patriot Am eleven fifty. This 189 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:45.120 is the official home of your La Clippers, spas and suppots, debates on 190 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:54.600 the rim, and the home of the Clippers. Clippers lose late, they 191 00:14:54.639 --> 00:15:01.759 go scoreless in the last four minutes in Milwaukee when they had a four point 192 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:05.519 lead, and they would go on to lose one zero five to one hundred 193 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:09.120 to Jannasadena Koumpo and the Milwaukee Bucks. Welcome back into your Clippers postgame show. 194 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:13.919 I'm Adam Oslin. There were so many good signs in this one, 195 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:18.279 with the Clippers making adjustments coming out of the half. At one point early 196 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:20.720 on, they were getting doubled up on the boards. It was twelve six 197 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:26.399 in the rebounding battle in favor of the Bucks, and the Clippers actually finished 198 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:35.480 winning that battle forty nine to forty eight. They had five more offensive rebounds. 199 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:43.600 They ended up taking twelve more shot attempts It's tough to lose a game 200 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:48.080 when you are able to get that many more shots up than your opponent, 201 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:52.240 But the difference is going scoreless when they did. It was the bad timing 202 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:56.159 of it. And also the Milwaukee Bucks got to the free throw line. 203 00:15:56.120 --> 00:16:03.120 They ended up taking about fifteen more throws then the Clippers, and they went 204 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:07.879 seventeen of twenty two. And I mean the turnover battle, it was won 205 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:12.320 by the Clippers ten to twelve. But Milwaukee, and we talked about this 206 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:15.519 in the pre game. They're good in getting out in the open court. 207 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:18.519 Run like a deer, run like a buck. They had twenty two fast 208 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:22.919 break points. They averaged sixteen per game. The Clippers just had two. 209 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:30.279 They're still not getting enough easy shots in transition now. Terrence Man, I 210 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:34.200 thought provided a spark as always. Early in the second quarter. He had 211 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:38.080 a quick four points. He had a tip in off I think it was 212 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:42.799 a Lou Williams miss, and then Lou Williams found him with a nice assist 213 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:47.000 as Terrence Man, I think this was their only two points and fast break 214 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:49.720 points. Terrence Man was running down the left side of the lane and got 215 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:55.320 an easy alley oop, but played just fifteen minutes, had four points to 216 00:16:55.480 --> 00:17:00.840 assists four boards. The Clippers to write the ship with a three point shooting, 217 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:04.200 but they would go cold there late in the last four minutes too, 218 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:11.359 and there was just too much my turn, your turn shot attempt taking by 219 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:17.680 Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, and those two win over eight in the last 220 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:21.799 four minutes. Nobody else got up a shot. They didn't run their offense. 221 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:26.519 We're still looking for a head coach t loop post game audio. We'll 222 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:29.720 try to get that for you. But let's go to Mitch in New Jersey. 223 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:32.240 Mitch, what's up here on Clippers stock without a maslin? Here on 224 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:36.720 the Patriot? Am eleven fifty? What's popping us? Adam? Thanks to 225 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:41.680 you were in the whole weekend. I give him any mine? Who interest 226 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:48.000 you've had? Patterson's said of haven't steam in the foss score foscore yet? 227 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:51.160 I give them any mine. It's been like a mansion O pageant, Doctor 228 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:56.119 Burns. Is any possibility they can move but tune out and put in a 229 00:17:56.160 --> 00:18:00.680 boca and move put it in a bacca where they both starts. I know 230 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:06.559 he started, I mean zoo back. You want to see big Zoos starting 231 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:11.319 next to Sergebaka and in Kawai. Wayne would that that'd be a big lineup. 232 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:15.640 It would be Nicholas Batum has been a godsend match. I don't think 233 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:18.359 you want to move him at all. He's been one of the guys moving 234 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:22.720 the basketball. He's the reason most of the time they are a team playing 235 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:26.960 hot potato on the perimeter, and that leads to a lot of open shots. 236 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:33.079 He doesn't about little things. I notice he doesn't that school. He 237 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:36.440 does it thirty stuff. I wan thing. Do you think Lou William's being 238 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:42.079 the whole Fame and Men's Clipper Clippers Hall of Fames one? Well both. 239 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:48.359 He is an outside shot because he is the leading scorer off the bench in 240 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:52.599 NBA history. There's a chance it would help if he had a ring Clippers 241 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:56.319 trying to pull that off. Lou Williams finished with fourteen points. I thought 242 00:18:56.359 --> 00:19:00.319 a really good ball game. Had four assists when they made their runs. 243 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:06.359 It was sweet Lou. He finished a plus twelve out there. He helped 244 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:11.359 the offense. Paul George for the most part did until the last four minutes. 245 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:14.839 I thought it was PG thirteens. One of his best games maybe his 246 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:18.920 best so far as a Clipper, facilitating wise, he had seven assists, 247 00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:25.039 just three turnovers, and he was intent on getting into the lane and kicking 248 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:29.400 it out those driving kicks to corner threes. He was a big reason why 249 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:33.759 they started shooting better from the outside in the second half and had at least 250 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:40.599 two of his seven assists that were assisted to Marcus Morris in the corners for 251 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:44.680 three pointers on the fourth quarter. But for whatever reason, the Clippers, 252 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:48.920 they went away from what was working for their offense in the last four minutes. 253 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:55.400 And give Milwaukee some credit, they still are one of the best defensive 254 00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:59.279 teams in the league, and they clamped down when they had to. But 255 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:03.400 I thought they played into their hand a little bit with the type of shots 256 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:07.640 they were taking, low percentage, high degree of difficulty shots. And I'm 257 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:11.000 not saying Kawhi Leonard and Paul George can't make those shots, because they can. 258 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:14.920 They're two of the best isolation players in the game. But when there's 259 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:18.200 this much talent on the floor and you're moving the ball really well to take 260 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:22.720 the lead and have a four point lead headed into the fourth quarter, if 261 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:27.279 it ain't broke, don't fix it. Stick with that and the hero ball 262 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:33.039 down the stretch. At times, it's not just a tough watch, it's 263 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:36.640 tough to get it to work for you because you're not generating enough open looks 264 00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:41.359 and that's just not the way the Clippers normally play. Look, if you 265 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:44.200 go back to the game in Phoenix and why they won that game with that 266 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:48.119 Nicholas Betune corner three, it was PG attacking and kicking it out, and 267 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:53.000 we didn't see that in the last four minutes. It was either chair Paul 268 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:57.160 George thinking they had to hit the big shot to either counter what Jannison did, 269 00:20:57.240 --> 00:21:00.160 a couple and the Bucks were doing. I don't know. Were they 270 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:04.400 getting into a one on one type of game. I'm not sure, but 271 00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:07.680 I know you're not gonna win a ball game, a close, tight game 272 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:11.319 when you go scoreless the last four minutes, and you're not gonna win many 273 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:17.119 when you take those difficult shots. Now, they happen in the playoffs, 274 00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:22.279 and I understand that the game slows down and that's where you want. Yes, 275 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:26.640 Kawhi Leonard in the mid range is an assassin. He's a master of 276 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:30.440 the mid range, and those are shots teams usually give up or they aren't 277 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:34.759 trained to defend because you're trying to stop layups. You're trying to stop threes 278 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:38.440 in this league today, and Kawai says, okay, I'll take the mid 279 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:44.359 range then, and I'll give you some ninety six MJ. But he didn't 280 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.720 have it down the stretch. I don't know if they were retired legs there. 281 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:51.319 Paul George only had two points in the second half, finished with sixteen 282 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:56.079 after he had fourteen in the first half, and those two came early in 283 00:21:56.119 --> 00:22:00.519 the fourth quarter, and it was a really nice baseline jumper over I think 284 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:07.759 Chris Middleton. But the Clippers could not have any type of consistency late offensively, 285 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:11.559 and I think they went away from their identity a little bit and the 286 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:18.359 culture that they've been fostering this season, which is sharing the basketball. That's 287 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:23.039 what they do best, especially because when you have all these great three point 288 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:29.079 shooters, that's what leads to open shots from the outside. And instead it 289 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:33.759 was guys taking three pointers off the dribble late instead of catching shoot threes. 290 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:40.519 They lose one oh five to one hundred in Milwaukee to the Bucks. Two 291 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:45.440 more games left till the All Star break, and with the Clippers having played 292 00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:48.720 their thirty sixth game of the season during a seventy seventy two game season. 293 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:52.119 Well, this means they are at the midway part of the season. They 294 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:56.160 are at the midway point. We'll take your phone calls. You can give 295 00:22:56.200 --> 00:23:00.880 your grade. We just heard from Mitchell New j Jersey. He's saying a 296 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:07.759 minus. I'll give my mid season grade. Clippers twenty four and twelve on 297 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:11.039 the year, still twelve and six on the road. Eight seven seven five 298 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:17.359 two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is the full 299 00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:22.240 number. Clippers fall late in Milwaukee. They go cold, they lose by 300 00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:26.240 five to the Bucks. More Clipper stock coming up here on the Patriot Am 301 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:36.799 eleven fifty ad. Honey, we help you get This is the official home 302 00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:41.759 of your LA Clippers. Spitz and sup Bots debates on the Rim and the 303 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:51.359 Home of the Clippers. Clippers fall late in Milwaukee. They lose one oh 304 00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:56.319 five to one hundred after they go scoreless in the last four minutes and Jannas 305 00:23:56.319 --> 00:24:02.000 s Denni Coupo would lead the Bucks with seventeen points in the fourth quarter. 306 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:07.599 You finished with thirty six, fourteen and five. Clippers dropped to twenty four 307 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:11.559 and twelve at the midway point of the season. Welcome back into Clipper stock. 308 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:15.720 I'm Adam Oslin to eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven 309 00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:22.000 seven five two zero eleven fifty is the phone number. We've talked a lot 310 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:27.960 about adjustments so far this year and how good overall head coach Strawn lou has 311 00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:33.039 been with adjustments. Case in point, what happened from one game to the 312 00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:36.799 next the very next night in Memphis where the Clippers lose by twenty eight, 313 00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:41.240 and then they win by twenty and they dominate that same team the very next 314 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:45.599 night and they are six and zero in the second game of a back to 315 00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:52.000 back. No other team can claim that, but tonight down the stretch for 316 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:56.680 whatever reason. Sometimes it is a maker miss league. Sometimes it is that 317 00:24:56.799 --> 00:25:02.039 adage, that old cliche that people liked to use all the time. But 318 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:04.599 from what I saw with some of the shot selection out there, they were 319 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:08.119 just of a high degree of difficulty for the most part, and it was 320 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:11.599 just two guys. Can they make them? Yeah, Kawai and PG are 321 00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:17.519 that good. But this Clipper's roster is talented enough where you could find Nick 322 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:23.079 Batoum or Marcus Morse or Pat Beverly or break down the defense and get it 323 00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:27.119 to somebody in the post for an easy layup. And they were settling for 324 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:33.960 mid range shots and three pointers off the bounce, and that was their undoing, 325 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:37.039 that was their fate. They don't score in the last four minutes. 326 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:42.200 Can't believe I'm saying that tough one to swallow. But the Clippers do get 327 00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:45.920 back after it. In Boston, they're taking on the Celtics. They still 328 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:51.440 have a chance to end this first half of the season before the All Star 329 00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:55.160 Break at least strong. We're taking your phone calls here. I once you're 330 00:25:55.200 --> 00:26:00.680 grade midway through the season on where you see the Clippers, and I'll give 331 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:04.160 mine out right now. I'm going B plus now. I had them as 332 00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:11.599 a B or B minus earlier the first quarter of the way through the season, 333 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:15.839 and it was only because well, they have so much room to grow 334 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:18.839 and they can still get so much better. And that's what's scary about this 335 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:23.680 team. Their ceiling is so high, and I believe there's still number two 336 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:27.000 in the West right now, is depending on what happens later tonight with the 337 00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:34.680 Los Angeles Lakers playing but they still have room to improve, a lot of 338 00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:37.960 room. They're just midway through this season with a new head coach, a 339 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:44.519 new coaching staff, and two top eight rotation players, two guys that are 340 00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:48.079 in the starting lineup now you can say in Nicholas Batoum and Sergeibaca, and 341 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:55.599 there have been great signs from them with the ball movement and adjustments overall late 342 00:26:55.799 --> 00:27:00.759 in this one today, notwithstanding obviously, but I'll say plus because I don't 343 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:04.039 think they're there yet to play in their best basketball. They're not peaking yet, 344 00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:07.759 which is a good thing. You want that to happen a couple of 345 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:12.880 weeks out of the playoffs, hopefully when they're firing on all cylinders. Luke 346 00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:18.200 Kennard, who had another DNP in this game, has basically been out of 347 00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:22.960 the rotation and this was one of your big pickups this offseason and hasn't played 348 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:26.640 well. Shot the ball well, just doesn't shoot enough. They can still 349 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:32.799 get better with him hopefully turning the corner and finding his rhythm and getting in 350 00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:36.880 sync with the second unit in the second half of the season. Terrence Mann, 351 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:41.440 though it's tough to get minutes with how well he has played, being 352 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:45.200 that energy guy had two offensive rebounds, had two of the clippers thirteen offensive 353 00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:49.519 rebounds. Patrick Beverly had all three of his offensive rebounds in the second half, 354 00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:55.200 at least two of them in the fourth quarter. They were getting extra 355 00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:57.960 possessions, they were making the hustle plays. They just couldn't get shots to 356 00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:02.920 fall light. They lose one or five to one hundred in Milwaukee. Morris 357 00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:07.599 in Long Beach, Morris, we need you. Yeah, well you got 358 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:10.119 me and my brother. I'm thinking of Utah. If Utah is the A, 359 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:12.119 and then I gotta go with it be for the Clippers. And I'm 360 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:15.920 gonna tell you something, if you told me, if you already tell me 361 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:19.000 Morris, Milwaukee's only gonna get one hundred and five points on Sunday. I'm 362 00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:22.720 thinking we're gonna win that game. We're definitely gonna win that game. But 363 00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:26.640 apparently they played some defense too, And I was quite surprised that the Clippers 364 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:30.519 got away. They must have lost faith. They got away from what they 365 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:33.920 was doing. When that ball was whipping around us both sides of the court, 366 00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:37.680 they looked real good. And they're gonna have to trust the guy that's 367 00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:40.359 open. We can't get it to the star players, because in the NBA 368 00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:42.119 they can take the ball away from them, except for today. Gonna come 369 00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:45.079 in the fourth quarter, but we gotta They should have kept that ball moving 370 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:48.519 around and if the Breverty's open, he gets it. If the tune's open, 371 00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:51.920 he gets it. They just kind of got away. They didn't. 372 00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:53.839 They stopped trusting and they stopped passing that ball. But I'm not ready going 373 00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:59.359 to know defunctory. They lost to Milwaukee. They didn't lose to to the 374 00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:02.759 Wolves, suspective Minnesota. But anyway, I'll see it the next game in 375 00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:04.119 Boston. Adam, thanks for taking a call. I like it. Morris, 376 00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:10.200 thank you for the phone call. Losing to Milwaukee is going to happen. 377 00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:12.640 They're that good. They're a contender in the Eastern Conference. They've had 378 00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:17.039 the best record in the East the last couple of years, but they have 379 00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:22.319 petered out in the playoffs. They've underperformed there. The problem is this is 380 00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:26.839 reminiscent of problems from last season for the Clippers. You start to think back 381 00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:32.039 to that series against the Denver Nuggets and not being able to close. And 382 00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:37.079 the Clippers are just five and seven in their twelve games that they've played so 383 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:42.359 far this season where it's come down to being in the last five minutes within 384 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:48.240 five points, and they're five and seven in those scenarios in those parameters, 385 00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:52.519 that's crunched time. That's clutched time. It's an actual stat now kept in 386 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:56.480 the NBA. So they do have to get better there, and I think 387 00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:59.400 they will. And they have had good moments this season, but this was 388 00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:03.359 not one of them. Clippers lose one oh five to one hundred in Milwaukee. 389 00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:10.039 Will come back one more segment, will preview Tuesday's game. It's an 390 00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:12.960 early one that'll be on a M five seventy LA Sports. We'll be back 391 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:17.799 there on Tuesday, tip times at four thirty in Boston. We'll have your 392 00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:21.640 Clippers Countdown free game show at three thirty. Coming up next, I'll have 393 00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:27.279 Robert Flam on Big Shot Bob Flam Clippers lose by five. They go scoreless 394 00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:30.920 the last four minutes of the game. You're listening to Clippers stock here on 395 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:41.920 the Patriot AM eleven fifty. This is the official home of your LA Clippers, 396 00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:45.400 pizza suppots, debates on the RIM and the home of the Clippers. 397 00:30:56.440 --> 00:31:00.839 Clippers lose one zero five to one hundred in Milwaukee somewhere. We were playing 398 00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:04.799 the sad music. We played this during the last segment of Clippers Stock every 399 00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:10.519 time, so you're conditioned enough to know that this is the last segment of 400 00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:15.839 the show until Tuesday. They are in Boston taking on the Celtics. This 401 00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:19.440 is Clippers Stock here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. Tuesday's game will be 402 00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:25.640 on AM five seventy LA Sports. Welcome back in. I'm Adam Oslin coming 403 00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:27.960 up. We do have audio from the head coach, and I think it's 404 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:33.079 encouraging. We'll hear this from head coach Toehron Loup post game. But first 405 00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:36.960 I'm want to get to Robert Flam, who is at two one, three 406 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:41.039 hoops. That's who he covers the Clippers four. He's fantastic. Also get 407 00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:47.240 to him at Rich Homie Flam whenever it's an earlier weekend game because he's on 408 00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.559 the East Coast, I try to get him on. He's one of my 409 00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:55.720 favorite Clippers analysts. Robert quite simply, what win awry in the last four 410 00:31:55.839 --> 00:32:00.319 minutes of this game for the Clippers? How did you see that? Yeah? 411 00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:04.319 It was it was really offense, you know. The defense I thought 412 00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:08.920 was mostly fine. The small lineup did not deal with Jannis particularly well, 413 00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:13.839 and I wasn't a huge fan of going stall for that reason. But it 414 00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:17.960 was really it was offense. The Clippers kept running either isolations with Kawhi Leonard 415 00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:23.000 and Paul George or doing Kawhi Leonard Paul George picking rolls, which wasn't really 416 00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:29.319 effective because the Bucks had their two best perimeter defenders in Chris Middleton and Janis 417 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:34.519 Kumpo on those guys, and you know, switching Paul George John to Jannis 418 00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:38.119 or Kawai on to Middleton doesn't really do a whole lot. They were weirdly 419 00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:44.559 not going after guys like Pat Connaughton or DJ Augustine who were also on the 420 00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:47.720 floor, And yeah, it was just a very perplexing offensive strategy. And 421 00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:53.079 even considering the fact that they were doing this, Kawai and Paul George weren't 422 00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:57.920 making shots anyway. So not only was the execution bad, well, the 423 00:32:58.359 --> 00:33:00.519 bad the execution was bad as well. It was really just one or the 424 00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:04.079 worst four minutes of offense the Clippers have had all year. Came at a 425 00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:07.119 really bad time. You mentioned them going small late, and we've seen them 426 00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:12.799 do this before it was successful against Rudy Gobert, not in this case against 427 00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:16.160 the more athletic Janniss in a kompo. How much do you think is that 428 00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:22.519 head coach tehront Lu, who is really an offensive mastermind. Is him just 429 00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:27.240 tweaking with things and seeing what works and what doesn't and him still playing things 430 00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:30.559 close to the vest because we are only at the midway point of the season. 431 00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:34.079 Yeah, I think there's certainly some of that. You know, Tylu 432 00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:37.759 has been very open about experimenting and wanting to try different things, and I 433 00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:40.640 mean I think that, as you said that the small lineup has worked well, 434 00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:44.839 so going to it is not a bad decision. It wasn't like you 435 00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:47.519 know, some of Doc Rivers lineup decisions which just really didn't make any sense, 436 00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:52.319 you know, the much discussed mantras Harold against Nicola Yo Kitchen the playoffs 437 00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:54.440 and all that kind of stuff. It's not like that. But with how 438 00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:59.960 Janice was playing in that fourth quarter and really all game of each of Zubos, 439 00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:01.920 the best defender that the Clippers had on him, he did the best 440 00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:07.480 job at limiting Ganis, and Gannas did get him a couple times with dunks 441 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:09.320 and little up and under Booze and stuff. He was doing the best job 442 00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:13.480 on him, and Serge Ibacca was also playing really well. So I just 443 00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:15.760 think in this case, you know, maybe it was an experiment. Maybe 444 00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:20.519 Blue just really thought that the small lineup was was going to work better at 445 00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:23.880 spacing out and giving the Clippers better offensive looks. But it did not work. 446 00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:27.119 It hurt them on defense, and I actually think it might have hurt 447 00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:30.199 them on offense too because Avaca had been so good in that third quarter, 448 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:32.840 and Zoo also brings offensive rebounding, which would have been helpful. You know, 449 00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:37.840 if Paul Georgian choir missing shots, at least, you know, having 450 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:39.480 Zoo in there, it gives you a better chance of getting an offensive rebounded 451 00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:45.199 new possession. So yeah, I just it was a fine gamble. I 452 00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:47.760 think it just didn't work out. And yeah, I think to some extent 453 00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:52.199 it's it's him experimenting and trying different things. I imagine if the Clippers played 454 00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:57.320 the Bucks again, he might play Zoo and Surge a little bit more in 455 00:34:57.679 --> 00:35:00.280 that game just because of how this went't shaped out. He's certainly proven to 456 00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:08.320 be very flexible with matchups and roster changes in lineups and is looking for the 457 00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:13.360 mismatches and I love that. But there's something interesting with this team, and 458 00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:19.119 it was talked about after they lost in Brooklyn late and that was a really 459 00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:22.800 well played game down the stretch, back and forth, and the Nets hit 460 00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:28.559 some really tough shots in that one. But when you're a team whose identity 461 00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:34.480 is passing and making the extra pass and getting hockey assists, but then you're 462 00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:39.320 also trying to balance that along with taking advantage of mismatches, it seems like 463 00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:45.559 it's two contradictory things going on there at times, or it's just tough to 464 00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:51.440 balance when to go against the mismatches. Mismatches and went to get everybody involved 465 00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:53.400 and keep that ball humming. Do you see that at all with this Clippers 466 00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:57.679 team? A little bit? Yeah? I think that, you know, 467 00:35:57.760 --> 00:36:00.400 the problem really isn't that they were hunting miss matches. That they weren't hunting 468 00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:05.960 mismatches. You were hunting that the matchups that the Bucks wanted them to get. 469 00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:07.840 But I think your point is correct in that, you know, generally 470 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:12.360 speaking, mismatch hunting doesn't lead to a lot of isolation. Basketball leads to 471 00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:14.840 a lot of one on one where you know, you have Kawhi on a 472 00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:16.639 smaller guy, or Paul George on a big man or whatever it is. 473 00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:21.559 But sometimes that can lead to ball movement, right like I think actually the 474 00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:25.239 couple of minutes in the fourth quarter right before the Clippers once small, the 475 00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:30.480 Clippers were getting Kawhi Leonard in the post against guys like Pat Conaton, and 476 00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:35.599 he was the Bucks had to send help, and Kawhi was moving the ball 477 00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:38.239 early and getting the ball to Marcus Morris who had a couple of nice corner 478 00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:43.880 threes and or just other people. And then from there when the Bucks scramble, 479 00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:45.320 the Clippers would keep moving the ball and then attack them. So I 480 00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:51.239 think you can if you attack the right mismatches and you know, teams like 481 00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:53.960 the Bucks or whoever do send help, that can create a lot of ball 482 00:36:54.039 --> 00:37:00.360 movement as long as you're passing out of those opportunities and the doubles help and 483 00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:04.079 stuff. So I think it can work. It's just the Clippers weren't getting 484 00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:07.480 any advantages in their mismatches tonight, and when you don't do that, that 485 00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:12.519 is when it results in a lot of really stagnant isolations and contested jumpers. 486 00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:15.079 So yeah, I mean, I think there is a bounce to walk there. 487 00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:20.840 I'm not opposed to I'm hunting mismatches, but tonight just was not. 488 00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:24.440 They were not doing it correctly at all, I thought. And he was 489 00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:28.800 good in this game, and he's been good really over the last three weeks. 490 00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:34.400 But Terrence Man, he just injects life in more actions and more ball 491 00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:37.719 movement and also some downhill play, which this team sorely needs at times, 492 00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:43.239 and he helps create easier shots for himself and sometimes for others. But he 493 00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:45.400 had four points. He came in early in the second quarter, late in 494 00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:49.719 the first quarter, but he had those four points early in the second and 495 00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:53.400 they were tippins and one of them was an alley you from Sweet Low Williams. 496 00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:58.239 But it always felt like before with him, offense is just a bonus. 497 00:37:58.559 --> 00:38:00.719 But now he's kind of finding him self in this second unit and where 498 00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:06.239 he fits in and how he can get his own offense next to Sweet Lou 499 00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:09.800 Williams and guys like that. Yeah, he looks really, really comfortable out 500 00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:13.719 there. This wasn't as good a game as he had, you know, 501 00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:15.880 some of his games over the past few weeks. But he only played fifteen 502 00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:19.400 minutes and I thought he was quite good, you know, as you mentioned, 503 00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:22.320 he had those points and that was kind of the standout, especially that 504 00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:24.280 dunk. But he also did bring in four rebounds, which is good. 505 00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:27.199 He's a very good rebounder, and he had a couple of stifts. As 506 00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:29.840 you said, he's very willing to move the ball. He makes very quick 507 00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:32.800 decisions, and yeah, I mean, I think his stock is just continuing 508 00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:37.119 to rise. And it was notable in this one that not only has surpassed 509 00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:40.119 Luke Kennard in the rotation, but he has passed Freggie Jackson as well. 510 00:38:40.199 --> 00:38:45.199 Reggie just played three minutes at the end of the second quarter when Paul George 511 00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:47.800 had to come out for a rest break just due to his minutes restrictions. 512 00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:52.360 So I mean, I think that the coaching staff is clearly showing that they 513 00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:54.880 trust Terrence, and his teammate seemed to as well. As the ball finds 514 00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:59.800 him a lot, and he's able to either attack, shoot or make the 515 00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:01.400 or make a quick path, and that's what you need. You know, 516 00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:06.039 He's never going to be a guy who probably probably never give you a guy 517 00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:08.320 who I would just you know, twenty points a game, maybe never even 518 00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:13.800 double figures. But if he's a guy who can just work within an offense 519 00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:17.000 and not hinder spacing, you know, teams seem to be respecting to shot 520 00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:20.159 a little bit more. After he's made a few over the past couple of 521 00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:22.760 weeks, you know he's going to be an NBA player for a long time, 522 00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:25.159 and it's it's just great. It's been great to see him developed this 523 00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:30.360 year. He is Robert Flam follow him on Twitter at rich Homie Flam. 524 00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:34.599 So we are at the midway point of the season for the Clippers. They 525 00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:37.920 are at thirty two games, there are thirty six games, they're at twenty 526 00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:42.840 four and twelve. What would be your mid season grade for this team, 527 00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:50.719 Robert, I'd say B plus. I think I think, honestly, you 528 00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:52.480 know, most of the players on the team have been pretty good, you 529 00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:55.800 know, when you look at when you break it down individually, the one 530 00:39:55.880 --> 00:40:00.760 guy who I think you can point to as being disappointing is Luke Kennard. 531 00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:04.400 I think Serge Ibaka has been a bit up and down. Guys like Lou 532 00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:07.920 Williams and Zoo got off to slow starts but have come on pretty strong lately. 533 00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:12.599 So I think, really just that's the one players you could give a 534 00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:16.239 below average grade. So I think everybody else is getting positive grades to really 535 00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:19.920 high grades. And as a team, you know, twenty four and twelve 536 00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:22.039 isn't an amazing record, but it's still good. It's it's good enough for 537 00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:27.519 you know, a home court advantage spot in the West. And they've also 538 00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:32.360 dealt with some injury issues they had, like that brief COVID contact tracing scare 539 00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:37.360 with Kawai and Paul George where they both missed a couple games. You know, 540 00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:39.840 Beverly missed a handful of games, Marcus Morris missed some games to start 541 00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:43.639 the year. You know, They've had key players missed, you know, 542 00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:45.480 quite a few games. And the fact that they're twenty four and twelve, 543 00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:50.320 have had several nice wins and have overall, just individually and as a team, 544 00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:52.679 have played pretty well, I think is really good. I can't quite 545 00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:57.000 give them, you know, an a grade just because I think one the 546 00:40:57.159 --> 00:41:00.800 Luke, it is just disappointing, how you know, unimpactful. He's been 547 00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:05.559 for a guy who's there one of their big offseason acquisitions and who they gave 548 00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:07.400 a big extension to and you know, the record, I don't I don't 549 00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:10.559 think it's quite good enough for them to be, you know, getting an 550 00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:13.400 A grade. But yeah, I mean I think it's a B plus. 551 00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:17.440 There have been some disappointments, you know, some of these late game offensive 552 00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:22.119 executions have not been good U and their defense has been a big hit or 553 00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:25.320 miss. But on the whole, it's it's hard not to be happy with 554 00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:29.159 how the season has gone. And it must be said, Tyler has you 555 00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:31.360 know, they're always going to be decisions that look didn't look great in hindsight. 556 00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:34.840 But on the whole, I think he's been really good to start the 557 00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:37.519 year. And that one was the biggest off season acquisition or you know, 558 00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:42.960 offseason Rug was trading Doc Rivers for Tyler and he's been really good so far. 559 00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:45.880 Yeah. I gave him and his coaching staff and a plus. And 560 00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:51.760 when you consider that they have missed Kauai and Paul George for seventeen games combined, 561 00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:54.960 it's twenty four and twelve not too shabby. He is Robert Flam, 562 00:41:55.119 --> 00:42:00.320 big shot Bob Flam. Follow him at Rich Homie Flam. He versus the 563 00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:04.320 Clippers at two one, three hoops. Robert, I appreciate you coming back 564 00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:07.800 on Clippers talk today. Absolutely I'm always a pleasure. While we have a 565 00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:12.800 moment, let's pause ten seconds for station identification. Here on the Patriot AMLEM 566 00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:19.039 fifty, this is LA Clippers Basketball AM eleven fifty KADIV, Los Angeles, 567 00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:24.960 an iHeart radio station. Clippers lose by five in Milwaukee. Their next game 568 00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:30.079 is coming up on Tuesday in Boston against the Celtics, and we have some 569 00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:35.599 postgame audio for you. This was head coach Tehron Lou. I want to 570 00:42:35.679 --> 00:42:37.519 hear from him, get some wisdom from him, and want you guys to 571 00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:42.159 hear from him before we ended today's show because I felt like, and I've 572 00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:44.920 only seen the quote, I haven't heard it, but I feel like this 573 00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:49.440 is encouraging after a really rough, difficult, frustrating loss like this. Here 574 00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:55.199 was t Lou postgame on it just lost the game. Well, we made 575 00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:59.280 fourteen. I thought we had a lot of great lists that we did made 576 00:42:59.599 --> 00:43:00.960 the best way. I thought we were pretty good on sign of the transition 577 00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:10.960 that we lost the game. Okay, and he's right, this isn't Sky's 578 00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:15.400 falling. We're at the midway point and they can learn from this. And 579 00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:19.159 they did miss a lot of good shots, especially early. They went through 580 00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:22.079 a stretch where I think they were one of twelve from three and they were 581 00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:28.800 missing shots they just normally make. So Clippers expect them to bounce back in 582 00:43:28.960 --> 00:43:32.599 Boston on Tuesday, especially because they have leadership like that. They're not gonna 583 00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:37.599 worry too much about this loss and what happened down the stretch. Adjustments will 584 00:43:37.880 --> 00:43:40.800 be made before we get out of here. I do want to thank the 585 00:43:40.840 --> 00:43:47.039 Clippers organization, Noah Eagle, Brian Seaman, Ralph Lawler back here in Burbank 586 00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:51.599 with the music, with the audio with the game highlights. It was Zach 587 00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:55.039 Elcaldi. Thank you Zach. Thank you guys for listening in your phone calls 588 00:43:55.559 --> 00:44:00.960 until Tuesday back on NAMP five seventy LA Sports with your pregame starting at three 589 00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:04.199 to thirty in Boston. I'm at a Maslin. We will talk to you 590 00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:08.760 then Amos Churches are I was you join