The game is over all George Money in the pain, but the postgame reaction
has just begote gohi letard is so smooth in the mid range. This is
Clippers locker Room, a recap of today's game and a look ahead on your
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a bad man, Adam Ousley. Clippers win one thirty four to one twenty
six as they survive fifty from Steph Curry and beat the Golden State Warriors.
Here from Crypto dot com Arena. I'm Adam Oslin. Welcome to your postgame
show. Coming up. We got second half highlights in your post game box
score, Clipper Nation. What a victory, biggest win of the season.
Considering there's just twelve games left now and the Clippers have won four straight and
I believe have the longest winning street currently in the Western Conference or at least
tied for it. Nope, they stand alone in that category. They improve
to being the fifth seed as tonight was to determine that for the moment.
There's still a lot of time left in the season and a lot of jockeying
for position in the Western Conference standings. Of course, with how close things
are sees five through ten, separating themselves by just two make it three games
now, but the Clippers being able to take down a Golden State Warriors team
that got this level of performance from Steph Curry where you could tell they circled
this one. I heard it the other night, but when the Golden State
Warriors, who just had two really good victories over the Bucks and over the
Suns. After that Sun's game, Steph talked about getting one on the road,
and they're on a five game road trip. This was game one of
that road trip for them, and I felt like they put out their best
effort to try to switch up that narrative. Where they are now seven and
twenty seven on the road so far this season, which is a little bit
perplexing coming from the defending champs. They gave the Clippers their best shot tonight,
but I felt like the Clippers answered the call each and every time.
They'd end up getting thirty from Kawhi Leonard twenty four from PG thirteen, who
hit two huge three pointers in the fourth quarter, including the dagger that had
Steve Kerr calling off the Dogs, or so we thought. He took Steph
Curry out of the ball game, but they were still intentionally fouling late.
They were still trying to find a way to just get back into this one,
but surviving fifty from Steph Curry where he had a twenty one point third
quarter, and the Clippers ended up winning the third quarter. Anyways, part
of the reason was Eric Gordon eg He finished with fourteen of his sixteen points
in that third quarter. Just an incredible performance, and he kind of countered
some of those deep threes and that ability to stretch the floor. Well,
Eric Gordon was able to do some of that. He hit all four of
us three pointers in that third quarter. Or now rejoined by our voice of
the Clippers in Noah Eagle, Noah biggest victory of the season, considering everything
at stake in this one, and I thought they took Golden State's best shot,
who was out Hunteam for a victory on the road, a nationally televised
game. They gave the Clippers everything to overcome the Steph Curry performance, to
overcome, to your point, the ferocity the Warriors were playing with to start
this game, and to play the way the Clippers did down the stretch to
find a way through it. To spike, Golden State making the runs,
tremendous stuff, tremendous, tremendous stuff, showing growth again from not giving up
their lead for when Golden State makes the run, remaining calm, the veterans
playing like veterans, the youngsters playing like young up and coming stars. I
thought this was a complete win, a team win, and a win that
you build on now moving forward the rest of the season. And they were
down fourth about nine minutes left in that third quarter, and it said,
I want to see what this Clippers team is made of right now, and
they showed it to you. They're back to that resilient, natured crew that
never gives in no matter what the score is, no matter what a player
is doing going supernova like Steph Curry's. Isn't the third They won that third
quarter regardless by three points. That is something that we really haven't. They
beat Golden State at their own game in some ways, no doubt about it.
Look this was you look at this the breakdown and quarter to quarter to
quarter twenty eight twenty three. The Clippers win the first, but then it
was highest scoring the rest of the way, and that's what Golden State wants.
They're one of the highest scoring teams in the NBA. In fact,
they're second in the league behind Sacramento at one eighteen point two a game,
despite being fourteenth and offensive rating. But their pace is so great that they
score a lot. So if you want to beat them, you gotta score
a lot, and the Clippers did exactly that. Thirty three, thirty eight,
thirty five the last three quarters. They put up one thirty four in
this game. You put up one thirty four most games you're gonna win.
But even with Steph Curry going for fifty and Golden State being hot at different
points in this game, this one just felt like it meant a little more.
And the Clippers get in the w we'll see if they can build on
it even more. The momentum is obvious right now for this team, and
even though Golden State outshoots them at fifty five percent from the field forty seven
percent from the outside, Clippers are respectable forty eight percent and forty seven percent
themselves from distance. But the difference was they only turn the basketball over eight
times, and that eighth turnover was well a little bit of a token turnover
late. Somebody had to have it. Yeah, the Golden State. Okay,
yeah, look, that was one of the biggest factors of this game.
When you're gonna overcome a big scoring performance like that, you've got to
win the turnover battle by a fairly wide margin, and the Clippers did that
and then some. So that was good to see. And it's good to
see them forcing turnovers the way they did tonight against a team that's got guys
who have been in the biggest of moments on the biggest of stages. Usually
things don't FaZe them, but it felt like today the Clippers got to them
just enough. And there's not enough superlatives about this win. There's not enough
superlatives about this team, the way they're playing right now. It's crazy how
much can change in the matter of two weeks. Two weeks ago you would
have thought the season was over, and now new life with only half a
game separating the Clippers and the four seed, with one more matchup with that
same Phoenix Suns team at the end of the year. Good things happening now
it's about continuing there. Clippers win one thirty four to one twenty six over
the Golden State Warriors. Their next one is coming up against a team that's
been playing better basketball and beat the Clippers in ot in Orlando, Clippers host
the Magic on Saturday. Tip Off is at noon. We'll have Clippers countdown
for you starting at eleven. No Ah Eagle, great call. We'll talk
to you on Saturday, Adam. This has been a joy. Although I
don't think you're gonna be in the building Saturday. But even without you here,
can't wait. If Bob Costas is still here, We're all good.
Right Hey, big brother Jake got his photo with him, so we're good.
Check out the grand later. Clippers win one thirty four to one twenty
six over the Warriors. What a victory. Clipper Nation coming up second half
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You hear that throw. It's your heart out, Bob cost Us.
Yeah, the goat was in the building and the young goat and Noah Eagles
speaking of let's get to him. Clippers were leading at the half by just
three at sixty one to fifty eight here. Even though they shot worse than
the Golden State Warriors in that first half, the difference was offensive rebounds and
not turning the basketball over. That continued into the second half and Eric Gordon's
up up Big Gordon a right wing three, big yall. Eric Gordon makes
it rain time out Golden State seventy seven seventies six forty to go on the
third Loony cutting the room. Oh e raced at the rim. It's soup
block number one. Gordon, same spot, save resolved book it for Eric
Gordon on the right wing for three, and the Clippers have their largest lead
at ten. It's eighty to seventy. Blab it outside Gordon a right wing
three is up, book it. Eric Gordon drills another, his third three
of the quarter makes it ninety four eighty eight. La Gordon gets the spring
from fumly bounce bass inside, flummy kick out man swing. It's Leonard pump,
big drive middle outside Gordon a left wing three kaboom, great book wood
been by the Clippers and they lead ninety nine ninety one. They would lead
ninety nine ninety three by the end of the third quarter, a quarter where
Steph Curry had twenty one of his fifty points, and the Clippers still outscored
the Golden State Warriors by three in the third well the score of thirty eight
to thirty five, so they're up six heading into the fourth quarter. Down
the stretch. You always got to rely on your superstars. In the two
one three connection, Leonard left point three is up. It's down kol wide
Leonards got thirty one eighteen one oh six. Clippers back up twelve. Gordon
will take his time from right to left. Find George top the Keys.
He's up the three ball knocks it down PG thirteen with twenty one, one,
twenty three, one fifteen, La George and left wint three book it.
Paul George, Butter and the Clippers lead by thirteen. They're largest of
the night, one thirty two, one nineteen. That was the dagger thanks
to some hot shooting, some hustle plays, Clippers getting sixteen offensive rebounds.
They would withstand the fifty spot from Steph Curry and win one thirty four to
one twenty six over the Golden State Warriors. Coming up next were previous Saturday's
game Clippers staying here, final game of this five game homestand they're taken on
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Paul George LA Clippers Basketball continue facing his pains as he ferries the three
on the home of your LA Clippers. Roll on. Clippers win one thirty
four to one twenty six over the Golden State Warriors thanks to thirty from Kauai,
twenty four from Paul George, and a couple of clutch threes late And
how about a Visa Zubosch clutch at the free throw line finished with nineteen and
sixteen and a block. This was someone who used to get played off the
floor by Golden State's small ball. You see the maturation of Big Zoo there.
Eric gordon I mentioned him. Sixteen points, fourteen of which came in
that third quarter, and Terrence man unbelievable performance three offensive rebounds, was making
the hustle plays, giving them extra possessions. Clippers ended up getting up eight
more shots than Golden State, and that was the difference because the Warriors actually
outshot them fifty five percent from the field forty seven percent from the outside,
Clippers forty eight percent from the field, also forty seven percent from the outside
forty seven point one compared to forty seven point two for Golden State, if
you want to be technical about it. Clippers four straight game of having fifty
points or more in the paint, they finished right at fifty. Warriors with
forty eight. Clippers second chance points though twenty seven on eleven of sixteen.
Shooting those extra possessions, those hustle plays, those offensive rebounds and taking care
of the basketball. It got them the win. That is championship level type
of stuff. And they do so against the defending champs and the Golden State
Warriors tonight with just twelve games to play. That next game is coming up
on Saturday. Tip Off is at noon. Clippers right back here at Crypto
dot com arena hosting the Orlando Magic. They got some unfinished business against them.
They lost a game in Orlando to one of the worst losses of the
season in ot It was a tough one. Clipper's gotta keep this going and
trying to get to five straight victories. All right, outside of Los Angeles,
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Talk. Here's Adam Oslin. The baby Faced Assassin had a grown man's fifty
spot, but the Clippers had Terrence Man making hustle plays which would tell the
story in this one as the Clippers survived fifty from Steph Curry and win one
thirty four to one twenty six. Here at Krypto dot Com arena over the
Golden State Warriors, welcome in to Clippers Talk. I'm at I'm Oslin to
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two five seventy is the phone number if you'd like to get on. Coming
up on the show, You're gonna hear from coach Lou and we got player
audio postgame, plus Will Updyke from Clips and Dip will be here. Best
win of the season. Can't emphasize that enough, not just because it gets
into four straight, but the quality of competition that they were able to take
down in this one because Golden State, yes, I know they were seven
and twenty six on the road heading into the ball game. They did not
play like that team they're trying to flip the narrative. They gave the Clippers
everything they had, including fifty from Steph Curry in a game where they shot
fifty five percent as a team forty seven percent from the outside, and the
Clippers win the difference. Clippers with half as many turnovers as Golden State Warriors
had sixteen, Clippers just eight, and the Clippers had nine more offensive rebounds
sixteen of them. They end up shooting under what Golden State was at just
forty eight percent from the field to Golden States fifty five percent, but they
got to the free tri line because they were scoring points in the paint with
fifty of them and a few more shots up let's call it, yeah,
eight more shots up than the Golden State Warriors, and that made up the
disparity in terms of shooting percentage, more possessions out there for the Clippers,
attacking the basket, rim pressure, hustle plays, Russell Westbrook two offensive rebounds
in that fourth quarter, Terrence Man three offensive rebounds, huge place. When
the Clippers were missing, they were getting extra shots up anyways and making the
most of them. And how about Big Zoo with nineteen and sixteen. This
was someone who the Golden State Warriors used to pick on when they went small
Zoo couldn't stay on the floor with them. Now it's going the other way.
He's punishing them on both ends. Sixteen rebounds, got Draymond Green and
foul trouble. They went to him to I to get Draymond and foul trouble
and get him that six foul in the fourth quarter. But Zubots finished with
nineteen and sixteen and a block, one of the best games really of his
career on the regular season, because I'm telling you the maturation process and what
you're seeing from him is a completely different player than he was in twenty nineteen.
In that playoff series against Golden State Warriors, they took him off the
floor. He would just was rendered ineffective because they went small. They'd bring
him out to the perimeter where Visa Zubots is much better now guarding guys.
And don't get me wrong, Steph can hit shots over anyone at any time
in the history of the NBA. There's never been a better shooter like this.
The Clippers played great defense on him most of the time. He still
had fifty, He still hit eight threes. He had as many miss shots
as he had made threes, just eight missshots when eight to fourteen though from
the outside, twenty of twenty eight overall to get to fifty, and had
a twenty one point third quarter, a third quarter that the Clippers won.
Anyways, that is the growth from this team. That is them turning a
corner. I said it did the Clippers save their season after they came back
down fifteen in the fourth quarter. Nobody had to come back like that all
season long. Against the Memphis Grizzlies about a week and a half ago on
that Sunday night, they gave up a fifty one spot in that third quarter.
They were down fifteen, down by as many as sixteen in the fourth.
After giving up fifty one points in the third, and they came back
and won, and it looked like they flipped a switch. Finally they dug
their heels in defensively, and I thought, believe it or not, they
played pretty good defense. It just doesn't matter against that Curry sometimes and a
hot Street and Golden State Warriors team that hit seventeen threes. But the last
three games now, they played with a sense of desperation out there. You
can see it when they need big shots, their superstars are stepping up.
Paul George two huge threes and the Dagger three and the fourth Kawhi Leonard.
He had ten of his thirty in that third quarter. Eric Gordon, who's
been a bit of a revelation now in closing lineups. He's playing crunch time,
clutch time minutes the last three games now and had fourteen of his sixteen
points in that third quarter alone and hit four three pointers. He tried to
counteract Steph Curry's twenty one, but also was doing some of the little things,
making hustle plays. And when the Clippers do that, when they get
down and dirty, and when you see are superstars on the floor diving from
loose balls. We saw it with Kawhi Leonard. I couldn't believe they called
it a jump ball there. I think it was him in Jordan pool.
Looked like Hawai was easily fouled. But seeing your stars like that play both
ends of the court, dig in defensively and then also show up on the
offensive end, you get behind him as a leadership guys rally around that.
But I thought there were so many big plays, including a Nicholas Battoum three
pointer in the second half that was very much needed to stop a Golden State
Warriors run, and they had a four point lead early in the third quarter,
and Noah Eagles said it, coming back from time out, you could
sense the momentum shifting, and Noah said, I want to see what this
Clippers team is made of right now, because this game could go one of
two ways. It could swing right back into the favor of the Golden State
Warriors like it did a week ago in Golden State where they just ambushed and
blitzed the Clippers in that third quarter and the rest of the way, and
the Clippers were waving the white flag at the seven minute mark of the fourth
quarter and lost by I want to stay twenty four or this Clippers is going
to show us something that they have matured that they aren't that team that they
are playing for Forty eight minutes hard on both ends doesn't mean you're always going
to get the victory. Sometimes the team has a hot shooting night. Golden
State did, though, and the Clippers still won. That speaks to the
talent level of this team. Golden State didn't have Andrew Wiggins got it.
Clippers didn't have a Norman Powell, and they have guys coming at you every
which way and so many little things in this one. Decided it would just
get into extra rebounds out there, offensive rebounds and punishing a smaller team and
taking advantage of the size that the Clippers had in their favor. Credit Big
Zoo. I thought Russell Westbrook had some big moments. He had two offensive
rebounds that he turned into points for himself in that fourth quarter and seven assists
to zero turnovers. He found Nicholas but tune for that big three. But
Kawai steady ten of nineteen, three three pointers, thirty points. Paul George
twenty four was aggressive, took more shots than Kawai at twenty one, just
went eight of twenty one, but the timing of some of his shots in
his makes were big. Those two three pointers in the fourth quarter. I
don't know if they can hold back the floodgates of the Splash Brothers and Steph
Curry without him Terrence Man though, end of the third end of the fourth,
when they were having those issues midway through the third quarter and it was
going back and forth, it was really Terrence Man and Eric Gordon three pointers
that I thought turned this game right back into the clippers favor, even while
was standing twenty one points in that quarter from Steph Curry. There's only so
much you can do there. But if you make up for the hots shooting
by getting extra shots up yourself through hustle plays and just continue to play through
it, that's something to be admired. A team winning a game where it
looks like Steph Curry is in god mode and can't miss and it's just inevitables
that he's going to beat you, and the Clippers just kept fighting. Okay,
We're gonna play through all these made shots by step Eventually he might cool
off, and hey, he only had nine points in the fourth quarter.
Best victory of the season for the Clippers eight six six ninety eight seven,
two, five, seventy eight, six six ninety eight seven two five seventies
sewn in Inglewood. Sean's not back, Steve and Lahabra Habber Heights. Steve,
what's up here on Clipperstock, not Labber Heights. I'm not that fancy.
I lived in Lowlands. That's fine. Lab works for us here on
Clipperstock. What's up Steve? Home of the Highlanders sleeps Sonora. Anyways,
you know, I've been watching basketball a really long time. I'm fifty six
years old. I remember it enforcers like Maurice Lucas, Bill Lambier, Rick
Mahorne, Farrows Oakley. Those guys played clean, you know, did they?
But you know, I think many people of that arrow would beg to
differ. Those guys played clean, including Robert Parrish. I think you're compared
to that's a little bit revisionist history. I'm old, I'm old, I've
been ricking whiskey. But compared on that six foul on zubos, he tried
to injure his zubos. So what Green did is what he was laying on
the ground. He twisted his feet and ankles against zu bots knees like an
MMA wrestler, literally trying to injure him. If you look it over again,
look at the tape, that's where he did. Green's laying on his
back and he rolls over, tried to twist his legs almost like an NFL
football player. Well and to almost injury. They overturned the call. That's
that's what hurt the most. Is a bum And you know Adam Silver wants
to clean the image up of the NBA. But then I get that which
she really needs to do. But what uh Silver nes do is put his
silver hammer hit down and disciplined Green. Go over that tape him suspending Luck
Steve because he is going to be suspended the next game because he picked up
a sixteenth technical, so he's due for a suspension. That technical will throwing
the ball at Russell Westbrook in the first half will get him one game miss
coming up here. Well, that's it. How do you have sixteen technicals
in a season? It's not even towards the end of the season. I
mean I would say after ten you get your eleventh, that's one game,
you get your twelfth, that's two. It's so on and so forth.
I mean sixteen technicals. The dude's a dirty player. I mean what he
did in Lebron kick him in the team. Anything on the positive side without
just focusing on Draymond Green and the hatred coming his way from you tonight.
I'm really, really, I'm really happy of this Clippers team. I'm a
Clipper fan going back to Bill Walton, Marcus Johnson. Loved those teams.
But when they were playing, you know, I was at Anaheim could Benchet
Center when our arena when they Danny Manning and hit that group had to play
Charles Smith, you know, over there against Harpodcast five. Lou was a
great coach for this team. I wish the claw would play a lot more
during the regular season, but they're jelling at the right time, and I
think they're gonna go deep into the playoffs if they stay healthy and play as
a team. Russell Westbrook is a graded player for this team, as long
as he plays under control and realizes to drive and pass or just shoot within
all right, Steve, I appreciate the phone call. I think the whiskey
starting to slow down. I appreciate you, though, and we'll talk to
you on Saturday eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight six six
ninety eight seven two five seventy. Clippers win one thirty four to one twenty
six. Even with a wild Turkey game from Steph Curry where he dropped fifty
doesn't matter. Clippers overcome that with stand it somehow, some way, great
team basketball, some critical shots and free throws made. They went twenty six
to thirty two from the free throw line. We've been talking about it for
the last week now. They've been much better in getting points in the paint
and usually when you do that, you're gonna get to the line a lot
more. You can win games there. No Eagles brought it up. They
did so a lot a couple of seasons ago when they made that Western Conference
Finals. Run more Clippers stock. Next, you're listening to AM five seventy
LA Sports. Oh Paul George LA Clippers Basketball continue fis in his pains as
he ferries the three on the home of your LA Clippers. Clippers win one
thirty four to one twenty six over the Golden State Warriors. Here from Crypto
dot Com areno welcome back into your post games show. I'm Adam Oslin.
This is Clippers Talk. Eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight
six six ninety seven two five seventy. I want to highlight Terrence Man here,
who was averaging just six point seven points per game in his last seven
games. Tonight was his highest points total at sixteen, since the great game
he had in Phoenix right before the All Star Break where he had twenty six.
But the end of the third quarter offensive rebound leading to an Eric Gordon
three, huge play from Terrence Man. Then to start the fourth quarter,
multiple offensive rebounds leading to him getting a two point shot up and and one.
And then he was and he's one of the best guys cutting through the
lane on the Clippers, probably the best, but Paul George found him for
an assist for an easy layup. That stuff is just invaluable. It's so
critical energy plays. He was getting the crowd into it. And then Russell
Westbrook had an offensive rebound, hit a bank shot, had another one,
got a layup assist Nicholas but Tune for a three pointer. In the fourth
quarter, Terrence drew another foul, got to the free throw line. Clippers
got there early and often can win games there too. But then Kawhik comes
back in he knocks down a big three point or trying to match what Steph
Curry was doing, and the Clippers end up pulling this one out with a
couple of big threes from Paul George in the fourth quarter and Big Zoo at
the free throw line. How many did he end up taking in the fourth
quarter? He was three or four he ended up taking. Let's see,
he went four or four from the free throw line in the fourth that's big.
Your big man can't get played off the court if he's hitting free throws
like that and rotating like that and doing his damn this to try to stop
Steph Curry from getting off shots in the perimeter, rainbow threes over the top,
hierarchying drk Nabinski type three point shots from Steph Curry when he has to
put him over big Zoo, Jeff, and you're Belinda, Jeff, you're
on Clippers stop without hm Oslin. What's up, hey, Adam? Just
heading home for the game. And that was awesome. I'll tell you.
I think it's the only way we stop Steph three tonight. It was to
put it that on. But his fifty points, two rebounds, I think,
and six assists, I'd much rather have the Westbrook man than Gordon eight
thirteen and eleven. And then we have our two superstars in George and Kawhi
doing their things. So awesome game. Well, the Clippers certainly had more
balanced. They had six guys in double figures Kawhi, Big Zoo, Paul
George Russell Westbrook, Eric Gordon, and Terrence Man off the bench. Nicholas
Batoum though in twenty minutes I mentioned that three hitting the fourth quarter went two
or four from the outside. That was good to see. It's been really
feast or famine up and down season shooting wise for Nicholas Batoum. Would love
to see him catch a rhythm as they get closer to the playoffs. Here,
let's go to Sean and Inglewood or now he's in Chicago Shytown. He's
watching Patrick Beverley. Sean, what's up, Mr? Free How are you
stayed up late to watch the game? They call you and just want to
say, man, when I like was the offense just kept pushing, kept
flowing. They didn't get nervous like they usually get rattled when they play Golden
State. They just kept up the intensity and they played with a purpose.
I like it so, and then they worked the boards like they should work
the boards, and ty Lou didn't get small ball itis. He didn't try
to out Golden State Golden State. He just kept the big guys in there
and kept them on the boards. Even though sometimes they got exploited on the
pick and roll, it didn't matter because they were killing them on the boards
and getting Golden State into foul trouble. So I liked the game plan.
I liked the purpose. Eric Gordon, thank you very much. And it
was just a good game from beginning to end. And keep fighting because as
I told you, they're going over to take seed. They're just a half
game out and pretty much, you know, I just like their chances of
being a fourth seed, maybe possibly if Memphis goes on the loosing street to
third Street. See so, anyway, how are you today? I'm good,
Sean. I appreciate the phone call. I don't know if anybody's asked
me that before on Clipperstock. We're all fine here. How are you?
The old Han solo running out stuff to talk about? Eric Gordon? You
mentioned him also had a floater in the fourth quarter that was big. I
know Sean and Engle would love seeing the Clippers play some bulleyball, playing big
out there and a visa Zubots playing late in games where you had some combination
of the guards between Eric Gordon and Terrence Man and Russell Westbrook out there at
times in the fourth quarter you had Nichols, but toumb given minutes in the
fourth big zoos. I mentioned Paul George and Kauai, of course, but
I really liked the rotations for the most part. Obviously, things also changed
because Marcus Morris was ejected at the ends of the first half. He got
into it with Draymond Green. He was ejected. I didn't think it was
gonna be a flagrant too, but the Clippers started the second half and put
in Eric Gordon. I believe, and he's worked everything with Eric Gordon so
far back with the Clippers has been so positive. I know he had a
couple of bad games coming out of the All Star Break, but I want
to say since the game up in Sacramento, he's been huge for this team
and maybe one of the guys in death lineups because he can guard up.
He's a better defender than Norman Powell, someone who they still have to find
minutes for of course when he returns, and he'll be reevaluated with that shoulder
injury coming up in a couple of days. But Eric Gordon could find himself
in a lot of big spots late in playoff games, I think because the
way he can stretch the floor and the way you can also switch defensively.
I thought there were a couple of times where he got switched on. The
Steph did all he could. He got him to miss a shot in the
fourth quarter, and by the way, Kawhi and Paul George didn't shy away
from the challenge. There was a I think it was second quarter where PG
they tried to get the switch with him onto de Vincenzo so Steph could be
matched up against Russell Westbrook and PG just fought right through the screen. And
then there was a moment in the fourth quarter when they tried to get the
switch. The problem was the man who was screening had Kawhi Leonard on him.
So you gladly go, okay, you don't want to be matched up
against Paul George. Steff, Well, here's Kawhi Leonard being thrown at you.
That's the type of stuff we've been looking forward to with the two on
three connection and just how good those two wings are defensively there are otherworldly on
that end, especially now they both look healthy out there, as healthy as
they have looked all season. Why, of course, coming off the ACLUH,
he's making history, I believe with this response off a serious knee injury
and coming back stronger once again, had the quadricep injury with the San Antonio
Spurs, came back better than ever. The same thing is happening now with
the ACL where he is at fifty fifty ninety splits since January seventh or eighth.
Now, he's been that good. He's been arguably the best player in
the league. I know, Nicola Yokic, just he doesn't slow down and
will likely win. All right, you know what you honest, Danna Komper
will making a run here. Let's go to James and Saint George James.
There's an MVP James. What's up here on Clipper side without himss? So
give him credit to is Tylu because okay, can you hear me, James?
Your phone sucks as usual. I don't know what the deal is.
Maybe just get to be all on Twitter at follow out of a appreciate the
phone call. We'll take a time out, We'll come back. More Clippers
Talk. They win one thirty four to one twenty six over the Golden State
Warriors and Steph Curry who had fifty and eight threes, and some of the
shots that he hits can be really demoralizing because you do all you can.
Paul George played him perfectly on this baseline. Fadeaway in the nearest side and
Steph got to go anyway. He's just that good, greatest shooter ever,
still doing it at thirty five, So coming back More Clippers Talk eight six
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on the home of your LA Clippers. Clippers win one thirty four to one
twenty six silver Steph Curry in his fifty spot and the Golden State Warriors.
Welcome back in Clipper Stock. I'm at a Moslin taking you till the top
of the hour eight six six ninety at seven two five seventy eight six six
ninety at seven two five seventy is the phone number still gonna hear from coach
Slow when we got postgame audio from the players as well. But I just
saw this quote Paul George post game said, and this was regarding surviving a
fifty point game from Steph Curry quote, We're gonna be good. We got
two on our side. That's the number of choir. Whereas you want to
talk about poised, that's the most poised guy in that situation. Kawai is
as steady as it gets. He could have a monster dunk and be expressionless.
It doesn't matter. It's rare to see him show emotion. And that's
a great quality to have because you're always steady, you're even keel, never
two up, never two down, and he leads by example in that way.
All Right, we got Will Updike on from Clips and Dip does the
podcast with myself and Charles Mockler. Well let's start with this and maybe this
will be the only question I have. Was something born out of that fifty
one to the third quarter that was put on the Clippers where they had to
come back against Memphis about a week and a half ago. Oh God,
I hope so I can only hope though it felt like that was definitely burning
in their veins tonight at a home What a win, just firing on all
cylinders. So just so much good to come out of this game, from
just the performance from Kwai and Paul George to all the contributing players. And
how about that closing lineup. We got Terrence Man, we got Paul George,
we got Kawhi, we got the two. Even Big Zoo was in
there after a monster game. I got a question for you, does that
happen if not for the Marcus Morris subjection? I can't answer that. We'll
see if there was anyone asked that post game afterwards, I don't know,
but it was a winning formula. Obviously. Eric Gordon was in there a
lot of the fourth quarter two. I thought he was critical for this team.
You know, we talked about it on the podcast recently. Who are
those guys outside of Kauai and PG that we know are going to be there
in crunchtime situations And it's starting to look like Eric Gordon could be one for
coach Lou Yeah. I mean when he has it going like that. He
was absolutely pivotal in that second half where we kind of let the rein slip
a little bit after a little bit of a shaky clothes to that to the
first half, just absolutely incredible, just these beep three, his physicality and
switchability defensively, it's really really good. I mean I think that you know,
I said coming in the season, this is gonna be Tyler's hardest season
to coach, right, Like, you have so many guys who are who
are begging for minutes in this rotation, and now you know with the emergence
of Eric Gordon, so certainly we saw some great stuff from Rust and Night
and how solid Terence Man has been. You know, I just wonder now
it feels like so long since Enormous even been in this lineup. It's just
there's it's a good problem to have, but at the same time, it's
you know, it is a little bit of a it is a little bit
of a problem. It is a little bit of a log jam with this
many guys begging for minutes. There was a play by Eric Gordon the fourth
he didn't score on it. I think he was up against Stevencenzo though,
like the matchup, and was just trying to back him down like he was
Anthony Mason. He missed the shot, but it was tipped in by a
Beza Zubots who had a stellar performance. And I brought this up earlier,
Will, but this was someone who used to get played off the court when
teams went small, specifically the Golden State Warriors. And now he's a weapon
on both ends. He's punishing them. Oh absolutely, And this was I
mean, yes, while he was played off the floor in a playoff scenario.
He's grown so much since then. But I said this game, this
was a good opportunity, especially the Warriors with no Wiggins, for the Clippers
to kind of leverage that size that they had, and I feel like big
Zoo with sixteen boards, he was able to do just that. I was
a little bit surprised that we didn't go to him a little bit offensive early,
especially when the shots were looking off for both Kawai and Paul George.
Warriors got off to that quick start. But you know, ultimately, yeah,
he made a massive impact, and yeah, he's just he can.
He's his progress is steady, but it does seem to be continuous thus far
in his tenure worth the Clippers. Someone else who made a ton of hustle
plays from the end of the third throughout the fourth quarter was Terrence Man,
who looked like he was shot out of a cannon. He got Eric Gordon
a three pointer at the end of the third through an offensive rebound. He
got himself in and one an old fashioned three point play to start off the
fourth quarter. This was the best game he's played since the game right before
the All Star break against Phoenix. No. Oh, absolutely, I mean,
you know, huge matchup for the Clippers, huge matchup for the standings,
and like, once again, he's another guy like with the size,
with the physicality in some of these matchups. I you know, I thought
coming into this game this was going to be a match up where Terrence could
really shine. I wasn't sure how much it would show up in the box
score seventeen four and three highest scorer off the bench. I just don't know,
like if if that's the performance you're getting out of Terrence Man, that's
a guy who has to be in your nine or eight man lineup, which
I do see him being. But getting like getting to see him close out
the game tonight, it was absolutely great. It's you know, definitely a
step in the right direction for the squad. Played twenty five minutes in this
one. I still felt like the two on three connection Paul George and Kawhi
Leonard were very much present and asking for the basketball and asking for the tough
defensive assignments on Steph Curry, especially late in this one. Steph only had
nine points of his fifty in the fourth quarter. I just want to throw
that out there. But I love the way the two one three connection has
been closing ever since that Memphis game where they took over late and Kawai hat
fifteen points in the last six minutes and Paul George had that big footback rebound.
It just looks like, Okay, it's our time to take over.
This is what we're here to do. And they've they've lived up to their
end of the bargain. I feel like the last four games, oh definitely,
yeah, And they've both been kind of uh, you know, Paul
George is ascending to the peak that Kawai has been on for this last stretch
of games, and Kawhi right now, it's just it's starting to look so
effortless. And that's not to say that he isn't trying, like it's just
he he's gotten back to his fuel for the game, where you know he's
getting to his spots offensively, he's more than capable of taking on the toughest
assignments defensively, and it just seems like everything is moving like a step slower
around him than where he's at right now, which you know, God if
he could stay for this, for this last stretch of games and ends the
play off. Look, I know we've talked a lot about seating. I
know we've talked a lot about how close things are on the West and even
in the first round, you could have a you could you know, you
could have an insane matchup. But with this guy on the floor, I
don't know, it's it crazy. I think anything is kind of possible.
They have a certain level of belief with Kawhi Leonard out there, and as
does he. He said it the other day post game, like if I'm
out there, I feel like we can win, and he doesn't often.
I think that's more of his personality maybe behind the scenes. We heard that
story before in the locker room in the Eastern Conference Finals back in twenty nineteen
when they were down two oh with the Toronto Raptors, the Milwaukee Bucks and
Kawais said, here's what's gonna change. I'm gonna guard Yannis, and he
did, and he wrecked his offense the rest of the series, and they
won four straight. But Kawai certainly has a quiet confidence about him, and
these guys all rally around it. All right. Well, I appreciate it
doing this tonight. I know we have a tripod coming up on Friday with
myself and Charles Mockler as well. But thanks for doing some clips and double
dip tonight here on Clippers Talk. Absolutely, anytime after a win like this,
I'll take that every time. Don't even don't even give Chuck the call.
We'll only call Will when the Clippers win. We'll call it Chuck.
For losses, we could give me things up that way. Let's seem a
little bit unfair, all right. Coming up next here on Clippers Talk,
we'll get back to your phone calls eight six six ninety eight seven two five
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hold on, we'll get to you. Sorry, James and Saint George.
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basketball continue fis in his pains as he carries the three on the home of
your LA Clippers. Clippers win one thirty four to one twenty six over Steph
Kurr and his fifty points in the Golden State Warriors. Well, come back
into Clippers talk. We are short on time, so please give a brief
brevity the soul of Wit Damien in La Damien. You're on Clippers side without
I am awesome triple Hey man, thanks taking my call. Bro, I
know you don't have a lot of time. Man four little quadtrow. We're
on a row, baby, A life with the team is headed. The
last time we talked, I had a simple point for the team. Was
was to tighten up on the fundamental. Happy to see that they did that.
It was the difference I thought in the win. You're looking at everybody
having a plus in the plus minus except for Marcus Morris, and we're not
going to count a Mirra coffee because the scarbage time and everybody else had a
plus. You're looking at Russell Westbrook coming up huge, helping us get in
that zone of going after the ball, coming through the ball, winning the
fifty fifty balls, the offensive rebounds, the things like that. We're really
infectious. You can see you know where he's coming from with the team.
You can see the two one three to actually dialed in. It was maybe
and I like the phone call. I appreciate it, but I mentioned we
gotta keep it brief. Let's go to Mike in La Mike, you're on
clipper Stock. Best win of the season, Adam, best win of the
season. This was an incredibly important game, you know, neck and neck
in the standings, and the clip shift came to play. I loved it,
and I think that for all the people who say, well, maybe
they should try to get to six or whatever not. We just got to
win games. You know. If we can get to the fourth seas and
take on Phoenix in the first round, bring it all right. I like
the confidence there. Uh. Who else? We got Tanner in Santa Monica.
Tanner, you're Adam, long time listener, first time caller. I
got two quick points. First, this is the Russell Westbrook that we've been
waiting for. He wasn't pressing, he was playing composed, and he didn't
take the bait when they were staying off my kind of four assists night,
when they were letting him have space, which I think other teams are going
to regret moving forward. Second point, you've been touching on this. When
we had our five game skid and all the focus was on Westbrook, we
weren't counting on the fact that Zoo was out all but one of those games.
And when I think of the most important player on this team outside of
Paul George and Kawaiet, it's Zoo. When he's on the court, he's
a difference maker and he's gonna need to continue to be on the court for
us to go to get a trip. Thank you, Tanner, appreciate the
phone call. Agree there, Jose and Southgate quickly close things out. You
know what to do. What's looking forward to the tripod on Friday, Adam
at bedtime, let's get out of there's Clippers. There we go and and
it's strong like the Clippers, Zay and Southgate. Clippers win one thirty four
to one twenty six over the Golden State Warriors here from downtown Los Angeles.
They are in the five spot now in the West, just a half game
back of the Phoenix Suns. Who are in the fourth spot. Before we
get out of here, I do want to thank the Clippers organization, Noah
Eagle, Brian Seaman, Ralph Waller. Back in the bank, we had
Katie Newton our producer here at Crypto dot Com arena. Our head engineer.
That would be Big Billow Jake Warner, Big Blow Jake Podcasts. Check it
out. The callers, the listeners, Dennis Dagastino, Satisticians to the Stars.
Thank you, Dennis. Until Saturday with the Clippers taken on the Orlando
Magic and we'll have your pregame show starting at eleven. I'm Adam Oslin.
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