The game is over. Paul George money in the pain, but the postgame
reaction has just begun. Cohi Leonard is so smooth in the mid range.
This is Clippers locker Roo, a recap of today's game and a look ahead,
your hope for LA Clippers basketball, and now your host, You,
sir, are a bad man. Adam Osley first bounce back with one of
their best victories of the season. They win one twenty seven to one oh
five over the OKAC thunder here and down town Los Angeles. Welcome in your
post game show. I'm Adam Oslin coming up second half highlights, plus you're
here from the head coach and the players. But first we get to your
voice of the Clippers and Noah Eagle. No we talked about them progressing to
the mean the Clippers were due. They hit eleven of their last fifteen attempts
from the outside and absolutely put this game away. Eleven or fifteen, Say
that one more time. I think my math is right from the last two
The math is math from the last two minutes of the third quarter when they
got hot. Kawai hit one, Bones hit two, but tomb hit two,
and through the fourth they would go eleven of fifteen from three scot it
Hot. Yeah, yeah, no, you're not. You're not wrong.
I'd say Jim Carrey in the Mask Circle of nineteen ninety four would feel pretty
good about it. You know, Cameron Diaz right there with them and Stanley
ip Kiss, you know they were feeling good. But this is what the
Clippers are. This is why they are so dangerous when they play at their
top level. Thirty four assists on forty seven made field goals. But it's
because they're making their open shots. And that's what was so puzzling about the
loss the other day on Tuesday. It wasn't that they didn't get some good
looks, they just didn't make them. And a normal game like this,
this is a normal Clipper game. This is a team that was second in
the NBA in scoring after the All Star Break coming into the game on Tuesday
at over one hundred and twenty a game. We'll guess what they put up
one twenty seven to day. And they did it the way that we expect
them to do it by finding open shooters, drive kick, swing, the
Torontoo special, get into the paint is staring, man said, or die
trying and let the rest take care of itself. But the open shooters today,
once they found that rhythm, they did not relent, and that second
half barrage was special. Clippers in the first quarter were down seven, and
Coach slew and we knew guys would get extended minutes, we'd see different players
out there because they have to make up for the loss of Paul George for
now. But Bones Highland and Terrence Man just an injection of youth and energy
out there. And those five minutes they played early on that first quarter,
you could just see the trajectory of this game was going somewhere else. Yeah,
I really think that those two of the reason the Clippers win this game.
You know, Kawhi Leonard obviously has thirty two. He starts the game
seven for seven, and he's the game's leading score at six rebunds and six
assists with it. That's all great, But Bones Highland and Terrence Man change
the energy and the momentum of this game the second they stepped on the floor,
and then they continued that and took it to a different level in the
third quarter, and then they played the whole fourth quarter. That's winning basketball.
Those guys are winning players. Certainly Terrence Man. And that's the other
part is the lost things on Tuesday. But it stings a little more because
Terrence Man was ejected because he didn't They didn't have him in that second half
where they were fighting tooth and nail and they could use every fifty fifty ball,
every hustle play, every three ball in the corner, all the things
that Terrence Man does today. They had it. The second tech was rescinded
by the way, so he should have still been in that ball game.
Terrence Man, Yes, was fantastic. Bones Highland. We talked about it
during the game. His level of confidence with Kawhi not missing anything and Bones
still not afraid to put him up from distance while Kauai is on a heater,
that says something about the level of confidence. Look, we know that
Bones is as confident as they come. We know that he thinks he's the
best player on the floor every time he's out there. That's what makes him
special. And who did I tell you? He reminds me of when he
first got traded to the Clippers. See, that's right, And this was
a lou Williams performance if I've ever seen one. Twenty six minutes off the
bench six of thirteen from the floor sixteen minutes, but seven assists and Lou
Williams were the most under rated parts about his game was his passing. He
was a great pick and roll pocket past. That's why Montrese Harold was the
sixth Man of the Year, which because lou william found him time and time
and time and time again. Well, Bones Highland has that in him and
he is still a young pup. Bones is only twenty two years old.
He's only going to keep getting better and with performances like this in such a
big moment, recognizing what the team needs, recognizing if they lose this game,
they are not in the driver's seat anymore. They're in the passenger seat.
Well, guess what, right now they control their destiny. They want
a top four seed, It's theirs if they wanted. Bones Highland was seven
assists as just one turnover. Early in that second quarter, when Russell Westbrook
came back in for his second stint played some critical minutes. He had a
quick eight points to start things off in the second finished with twelve points in
the second quarter. Has twenty four, which is about his average against the
OKC thunder since he's been on a little more. Actually, twenty three point
four was the average. He got to twenty four, one up them,
so why not eight of thirteen from the field. He also knocked down a
couple of three pointers. He really did, and show shooting it with confidence.
That's all we've asked out of Russell Westbrook since he's been here. Guess
what two or four from three you do that. You're a Hall of Famer,
which he is, but you're a Hall of Fame three point shooter.
You're winning three point shootouts. This is It's not about him not shooting it
all together. I think that's the misconception with Russell Westbrook. The goal and
the prerogative for him is about taking the good ones, taking the ones where
he can square his feet, where he's in rhythm, he's got a good
look, and he can just let it fly and believe it's going in.
Today we saw that out of him, and I was really pleased with the
way he played in every fast of the game. Finally, you mentioned Kawhi
a little bit earlier. Started sevens for seven, only misses two shots in
the ball game. He has a fifteen point third quarter, just an unbelievable
performance by a guy who took ownership for the final possession on Tuesday night,
which went arrived for them. What a great bounce back performance from your leader
and your superstar. Yeah, and this is what you expect out of him.
He was poled after the game month Tuesday, Adam, and rightfully so,
I think for a variety of reasons, for the technical foul, for
not getting the shot off, for PG going down, for whatever else.
He came out like it, and he came out on a mission, and
he was a plus sixteen and thirty four and a half minutes, and he
scored thirty two points on fifteen shots, and he did Kawhi Leonard things.
He wasn't settling. That was the key for me. He wasn't settling.
He was getting to the mid range early and that got him into rhythm the
rest of the way. So good to see Kawhi looking like himself. Good
to see him dominate a game like we know he's capable of on both ends
of the floor and the other part. Four steals for the claw Defensive Player
of the Year, not once, but two times. Clippers hold the Thunder
to one oh five, They win one twenty seven to one, all five.
They bounce back in this two game mini series coming up next for them,
They're staying right here in town. They'll be hosting the New Orleans Pelicans
they won earlier tonight. Tip time for that one is at seven thirty.
Weve Clippers countdown starting at six thirty. Noah Eagle, great calls tonight,
not just with the Clippers, but the UCLA Ruins as well. As you
were pulling double duty. I love to see it. Great call. We'll
see you on Saturday. Yeah, look at him. I appreciate you,
appreciate the kind words. Time to get busy, carry awaite coming up next.
Second half highlights. Clippers win big over the Thunder and you're listening to
the Los Angeles Clippers Radio network. Oh, Paul George LA Clippers Basketball continue
fis in his pains as he carries the three on the home of your LA
Clippers. Clippers win one twenty seven to one oh five here at Crypto dot
Com Arena over the OKC Thunder. They bounce back from Tuesday's one point loss.
And let's be honest, it's been a difficult forty eight hours with the
news coming out with Paul George, which overall was encouraging he'll be reevaluated with
a right knee sprain in two to three weeks. But this team, they
stepped up a big weights to night. Let's talk about the second half.
They were tied up at fifty four through twenty four minutes. But in that
third quarter, after starting the ball game seven of seven from from the field
but uncharacteristically not taking a shot in the second quarter, Kawhi got cooking again
in the third. Left to right, Leonard behind his back of age william
spins in the lane, floats it up and in, and a array of
moves that would make anyone celibate at the thought of what could look like that
seventeen like night, Leonard thought about the free pump, big drive, left
pullet, left elbow, Kawhi Leonard. That line drive delivery finds nothing but
Nihlon sixty five apiece nineteen for the claw. Leonard against Williams, crossing back
and forth, Leonard dancing with a basketball drive left, pulls a free throw
line Kawhi Leonard cash twenty one for the claw seventy to sixty eight. La
Westbrook looking at drive, spins on Joe kick out. Leonard tees up the
right wing, three nuts it down, Kawhi Leonard forces the Oklahomas any time
out, twenty four for the board man, five assists for the protium board.
The plaid Kawhi Leonard Money went thirteen to fifteen overall for his thirty two
points, but he had fifteen points alone in that third quarter, and before
the quarter ended, the three points shooting started to unroll for the Clippers.
They would hit four straight in the final two minutes, one from Kawai,
two from from Bones Highland, and one from Nicholas Batoum, and they led
heading into the fourth quarterback score of ninety two to eighty and the three point
shooting that hot stretch did not stop. There. Patoomb on the right wing,
pump fake three balls up. It's good again. What a pass from
Leonard? How did he find him? Ninety five eighty five He was in
a straight jacket. Managed a Gabbatoum left wing, another one, another one
thikobatomb kaboom, ninety eight eighty five, hidling to three ball that's good,
Bones Highland man, can it rain? It's time to get busy in downtown
Los Angeles. He's got fourteen one oh one eighty five La extra fee demand
top of the key eight to shoot twelfs over step back three is on the
way. Oh Terrence Man connects twelve for t van one oh eight eighty seven.
La Westbrook extra one ptomb on the right wing for three. He can't
stop. Pattomb berries another and it's one eleven eighty seven. Clippers Island drives
whale kick light wing Westrook on three ball. It's good Russell Westbrook twenty two
against this former team and pumping up the crowd at crypto dot com Arena one
fourteen eighty nine. Covington a left wing three minds nothing but the bottom and
the three point party continues. Eighteen of thirty five. Now the Clippers from
Downtown. On twenty three ninety five their league, the Clippers would hit eleven
of their last fifteen from the outside end the ball game. That's seventy three
percent from the from the three point line. They go on to win,
and they make it look comfortable with a one twenty seven to one oh five
victory here over the ok See Thunder. Coming up next, we'll get to
your post game box score. You'll hear from the head coach and the players,
and we got Clippers stock coming up on AM five seventy. You know
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Clippers Fast get Ball continues in his pains as he carries the three on the
home of your LA Clippers. Clippers. Well, the one twenty seven to
one oh five victory over the OKC Thunder where they completely redeem themselves, huge
victory after what happened on Tuesday night. They did it by committee. They
had five players in double figures, including Bones Highland, who goes for his
Clippers high of sixteen, six of thirteen from the field, four seven from
the outside. The Clippers overall eighteen of thirty seven. Everyone who attempted a
three made a three outside of Marcus Moore still struggling a little bit from there,
but the Clippers shot forty nine percent from three and ended on a heater,
hitting eleven of their last fifteen takes from distance, Kawhi Leonard leading them
as always, thirteen of fifteen he goes from the field. I just saw
an update on his numbers over the last thirteen games. Now, oh,
I'll give it to you in Clipper stock. No, I won't, because
some of you may not be there outside of Los Angeles. We are going
to be leaving you until Saturday Night. Clippers taking on the New Orleans Pelicans.
Also a huge game with playoff ramifications Kawhi Leonard though since the All Star
Break thirty a game, sixty percent shooting from the field, fifty three percent
shooting from three, eighty eight from the free throw line, and if you're
into those advanced numbers, seventy percent true shooting. Tip off Saturday Night Clippers
hosting the Pelicans will be at seven thirty. I'll have your Clippers countdown show
starting at six thirty. Coming up next though on AM five seventy LA Sports.
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Sam los Angele over the OKAC Thunder. Welcome into your postgame show.
This is Clipper Stock. I'm hat a Moslin eight six six ninety eight seven
two five seventy eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy is the phone
number coming up. We're gonna have Charles Mockler on from Clips in Dip.
You'll hear from the head coach in the players after this one. What a
win though, Clipper Nation, a much needed win in a huge spot here,
and you're gonna hear from Bones Highland coming up in just a little bit,
who was magnificent in his twenty five minutes. He ends up with sixteen
points but seven assists to just one turnover, and a lot of that hot
potato passing around the perimeter where the Clippers were knocking down open shots was created
by Bones drawn two, getting into the paint, kicking it out, drive
kick swing, that's the mentality. He knocked down four three pointers himself.
The Clippers, though, were eighteen to thirty seven from three, and they
win eleven a fifteen at the last fourteen minutes of the ball game from the
end of the third quarter heading into the fourth quarter, scorching hot after struggling
and two out of the last three games from distance. They were asked about
it postgame. Kawhi Leonard was talking about it a little bit Tuesday night after
the one one hundred loss to OKC and said, you just gotta keep shooting
with confidence. It'll come back around. Sometimes the game is like that,
keep firing and the confidence from Bones Highland to see someone like that come out
and play like this when I can't remember the last time he was on the
court in significant minutes or a game was still hanging in the balance. Obviously
there was a minute scrunch with Russell Westbrook being brought in, who had a
great game himself, twenty four points, eight of thirteen shooting, He hit
two three pointers, had seven assists. But when Paul George went down,
and I know a lot of people fear the worst, and luckily it's not
that it's a Sprainwright knee. He'll be reevaluated in two to three weeks.
But when he went down, minutes were up for grabs, about thirty six
minutes a night, we're there for the taking. Who was going to soak
him up? Bones Highland got twenty five in this one. Terrence Mann played
twenty seven, Mason Plumbly was at twenty five. A lot of guys filled
in the cracks and were able to contribute. And while you can't have one
guy make up for the loss of Paul George, you do it by committee
and the dead. And I've gone too far without talking about Kawhi Leonard.
What a spectacular performance from your superstar, from your leader, after struggling and
having a head scratching, brutal possession to end that game, which he took
ownership of post game Tuesday night, and he comes out and starts seven first
seven from the field in the first quarter, got fifteen and all those shots
were in the mid range and one three pointer. I believe he had one
bucket in the restricted area. Tonight he finished thirteen of fifteen. Curiously,
he didn't take a shot the last seven minutes of the second quarter when he
came back in for a second stint and the Clippers were tied at fifty four
heading into the third quarter. But he got back in control and back to
his spots in the third where he'd have fifteen points once again, and finished
his thirteen of fifteen for thirty two points plus six assists, just brilliance.
I said it the other day on the Clips and Dip podcast. But with
the numbers he's been putting up once he got back to regular minutes, basically
fifty fifty ninety splits since January seventh. If this guy was at seventy games,
if he had the ben fit of some good luck, good health out
there, he'd be your front runner for MVP. If you're putting up fifty
fifty ninety splits, he would be. That's how dominant he's been for about
three months now. But to do it in a big spot without Paul George,
to know what's going to be on your shoulders, that you have to
be the number one at all times out there and play like that to start
this game and then wait for everybody else to get involved, which maybe what
he was doing strategy wise in that second quarter not taking any shots. It
was just a master class and a master full performance by Kawhi Leonard. Top
seventy five player ever. And you're in good hands and large, strong hands
and claws. When you have Kawhi Leonard. Even without Paul George, this
team can still win ball games. There's eight left in the regular season.
They proved it tonight against a team that they had lost the first three to
this season in in the Okase Thunder, who looked to be back in control
by the end of the second quarter. But the Clippers defense got much better
in the second half. They didn't give up more than twenty six points that
was in the third, just twenty five and the fourth. But their offense,
I think was fueling their defense. When you hit shots, when you
make shots like that, you can set your defense, something they weren't able
to do as much Tuesday. They played at a better pace, that's what
coach Leu was looking for. But the way they moved the basketball around the
perimeter, and it starts with getting into the paint and attacking. You heard
Terrence Man talk about it with Noah Eagle post game. And even though the
Clippers only had thirty eight points on the paint, they didn't have the majority
of those in the second half of twenty six. And there were some good
looks Tuesday night they missed Tonight, they progressed the mean it flipped. Stay
confident, That's what Kawhi Leonard said postgame Tuesday night. Eyes were But when
you see someone as young as bones Highland out there not afraid to put up
shots after not playing much post All Star Break in a game where Kawhi Leonard
is that hot, and he's still not deferring because he knows this team needs
his shooting as well as his playmaking that is special, that deserves to be
applauded. And now when Norman Powell gets back and hopefully fall George does at
some point this season, you got more good problems, I guess with how
many guys you have on this team and the death and how you're gonna fit
everybody in. Because Bones Highland, they don't win this game tonight without him.
When he and Terence Mann came into the first quarter with about five minutes
left after the Clippers were down by seven to turn things around momentum wise and
change the trajectory and the energy out there of the ball game, you could
just see it. Everything was a downhill attack from them. Everything was wreaking
havoc in the I said it on Twitter. At times it didn't look like
Bones even had a plan came to the basket, but damn it, he
was gonna get there, come hell or high water. He missed them gimmes
at the basket because he was in traffic, so I guess they wouldn't be
gimmes. But he missed them close to the rim just because he was going
full force out there and refused to be denied. They need that Terrence Man
the same thing he had fourteen. He knocked down two three's, four of
ten from the field. Russell Westbrook had a huge stretch early in the second
quarter where they opened it up to leading by eleven. I want to say
he had eight of their first ten points of the second finished with twelve of
his twenty four in the second quarter, but then got into the act late
with bones Highland and throw him a beautiful mob in the fourth. I get
everybody up and out of their seat here at Crypto dot com arena. One
of the more complete second halves, at least of the season where the Coppers
haven't had many. We talked about a post game Tuesday night with Noah Eagle.
How many games have they had running away? Not many of this season
when they're a team with enough talent to do so on dominate. Don't get
me wrong, the Okac Thunder are good and they've been playing really good basketball
offensively defensively. But this Clippers team, even without Paul George even without Norman
Powell right now, a ton of talent and when they when they get everybody
pulling in the same direction, they're tough to beat. And they can put
it on you on both ends, scoring one twenty seven and holding a team
to one oh five, eight, six, six, nine, eight seven,
two five seventy eight six sixty ninety seven two five seventy Jabier and Lahabra
Heights start things off to night here on Clippers stock Kabier, what's up?
What's how bad? I'm thinking they want to call again. This is a
game that Taylu finally, in my opinion, finally deal a good job coaching.
I mean, I mean, I mean, but you know it just
now. Was it a brilliant move to leave Kawhi Leonard in after playing the
entire third quarter to start the fourth to continue and keep that momentum, of
course, but it's not the only time coach Lewis made good moves. Well
yeah, yeah, maybe I'm a little bit exaggerating, but you know what
the smart move was here, Like like always, Marcus Moore went out of
the game, the Clippers went on a twelve over run, and then he
even sniffed the fourth quarter. I mean, I think what happened. I
was at the game on was it Tuesday when Kawai was very upset at Marcus
Morriston. He s at that screen and he was I mean I saw he
was younger at him. There was more going on there. It wasn't just
on Marcus. Kawhi even took responsibility post game. It looked like at first
he wanted a screen, then he wanted him to take his defender away from
the play so they wouldn't clog up the paint in the mid range that Kawhi
was starting to get to. There was miscommunication out there. It was.
It was a boss into possession in a lot of different areas. It was
not just on Marcus Moore. So though, okay, all right, it
wasn't that's completely unfair, I understand, but that's that wasn't the situation.
Okay, all right? And then today Bone's playing. I mean he did,
uh. I mean as soon as he entered the game, I mean
the Clippers are running. I mean he is a young player, like you
said, he was a twenty two and they meet that sometime. You meet
somebody just as soon as you get the rebound, go just go and and
try to score. And he did that. So hopefully now that Paul George
is not playing, he could come in and sparked the team. And like
Norwegil said, he does kind of remind me of Lou Williams and uh,
so hopefully he plays them more and uh and and do you know plays the
right uh players in the fourth court like he did today and the Clippers should
should be fine. So I'll be there on Saturday at him for the game.
So thank you for taking the fucking all right, hiber I appreciate the
phone call. He found a vitsa zoobots for a huge dunk in the third
I mentioned the lab to Russell Westbrook. I think he got Mason plumly and
easy one. But yeah, that was the camp coming in. This guy
looks a lot like not just in play but body type. Sweet Low Williams,
a Clipper legend, the underground goat. So it was a welcome sight
to see him get run tonight and to run out there pushed the pace.
You wanted to change the energy of a game. They got a couple of
guys that can do it instantly. He and Terrence Mann. They just completely
changed the complexion and the trajectory of the ball game. But Bones no fear.
Shots from the outside get into the basket, getting good looks for others.
I think more so than even just his three points shooting, he got
them into their actions and into their offense and into playing Clippers basketball with that
drive kick swing philosophy. One more before we break here, Let's go to
Danny in Lapoinza, Danny, what's up here? Cliper Stock without amslin Hey
andm just kind of take them time from the previous color and loved the Terrence
men and Bones minutes both or plus thirty two bought a lot of energy on
both ends, and ty Lukana mentioned the next man of mentality. Do you
think they're gonna try to use some of their depth or more of their depth
and stick with hot hands? Sometimes it thoes like ty lukan Tyson four certain
players into the lineup, le mean, what do you what do you think
about that? If tonight is any indication, Yes, they rode the hot
hand in the group that made that big run to end the third quarter into
the fourth, even with Kawhi playing twelve straight minutes. I don't think all
season long, Kawhi has gone from playing the entire third to starting in the
fourth quarter, because that's typically Paul George time, he'd get the first five
minutes of the four after resting late in the third. Couldn't afford to do
that in this one, and they couldn't afford to not continue to build on
that momentum in the run that they made to end the third, where they
hit four three pointerers, Bones hit two of them, but twomb hit one,
Kawhi Leonard hit one. The floodgates had opened, and it continued into
the fourth. They hit eleven of their last fifteen attempts from three. Clippers
win one twenty seven to one oh five. Quick time out here on Clipper
Stock coming back more of your phone calls eight six six ninety eight seven two
five seventy. I'm also at follow Adam A and you know later tonight we
got positive moments with the fake philosopher big brother Jake more nex here on Clippers
Stock. On the five seventy LA Sports, Oh, Paul George La Clippers
Basketball continued facing his pains as he carries the three on the Home of your
LA Clippers. Bristos. Clippers win one twenty seven to one oh five here
at crypto dot com. Marina over the OKC thunder perfect song, Katie Newton
or producer back into bank. All right, more of your phone calls coming
up. Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy plus. Chuck
Mockler will be here from Clips and Dip. You'll hear from Busybone Bowl Thailand
and the head coach in Tarn Lou. But I want you to hear this
call from Noah Eagle. As the Clippers were erupting late in the third quarter
and there was action back and forth and they were going on a scoring spree.
There was another game happening with the UCLA Bruins taking on Gonzaga, and
no one got a glance of it on a TV nearby and went into dual
broadcaster mode. This is some three D five D chess stuff with the young
goat Noah Eagles. Sorry, kay, here we go and so far have
put that into practice. Meanwhile, UCLA is down down two with twenty five
seconds left and Drew Timmy going to the free throw line. I meanwhile,
fifty eight four four seconds left in the third Here Sja's back on the flour
with the Clippers up eighty nine to seventy eight. If he's got twenty eight
points for the thunder. Leonard leads all scorers with thirty. We'll just Alexander
will try to make this a two for one opportunity ten seconds to shoot forty
five to play in the third that we'll being shaded by Batoum and man A.
SGA drives to his right Annyway euro step through the two of them,
and they're gonna call the foul on the way up on Batoum. So gil
just Alexander will shoot two. With thirty seven point seven seconds remain a year
and a chance to crack thirty himself. Highland has eleven off the bench for
the Clippers, Westbrook has nineteen. Leonard leads all scores with thirty. Oklahoma
City led by Sga with twenty eight. Going to the line for two more.
Giddy's got sixteen, Jaylen Williams if Santa Claro's got fourteen and SGA hits
the first to make it eighty nine seventy nine Clippers by ten thirty seven point
seven seconds remaining two missus from Drew Timmy at the free throw line, UCLA
has a chance to tie or take the lead. With twenty seconds left.
Sca second free throw is good eighty nine eighty thirty seven point seven seconds left.
A three for a Maori Bailey was good for UCLA twelve point two seconds
left. They have a one point lead. Meanwhile, Highlands top with the
key with thirty seconds left in the third and I think but Toomb hits the
three right after that. It was incredible. No Eagle working on two different
planes of existence. It was inception. It was crazy. But what a
call. Clipper Nation lucky to have them as they win one twenty seven to
one oh five. Unfortunately, the Bruins would lose seventy nine to seventy six
two Gonzaga. All right, Derek in Silver Lake, Derek, what's up?
I'm picking my jaw up off the floor from that Noah call pretty saying
stuff, my friend, Yes, sir, the Master, the young go
the young Goat. We love to see it. I gotta say we liked
the Clippers. Kawhi Leonard had an amazing upfishing game. Again. Is there
anyone more efficient as a superstar right now in the NBA? I will say
no, especially for someone who's not a big man, who's not taking all
his shots within five feet of the basket. Kawhi is doing special stuff out
there. I totally agree. Seventy five percent from three point thirteen of fifteen
from field goal. I have so many likes. I loved Kawai tonight.
I loved Westbrook. Obviously we've been talking about Highland. Can I give you
some of my dislikes? Things to improve rooms for improvement. All right,
we'll take it, but go easy, all right, I will be kind.
I will be kind. The first is I love Russell Westbrook tonight twenty
four point seven assists, one block, But man, he had two too
many turnovers. He ended up with four. There was a couple of passes
right before the end of the first half. I just there's something about it.
Man. If he just plays with a little bit more efficiency, he
would. Let me just say this, though, Derek. One of his
turnovers was a pass on the money to a Visa zoobots who wasn't ready for
it. That's not on Russ. You always got to be ready for it.
No, not that one. Not that one. There was one of
the first half. I'm with you, I'm with you. You you gotta
be ready for that. There was there was one where he slung it from
the three point line to the other side of the court, and I thinks
Shade picked it off. It was a very cross court pass. He's got
to work on those and he's gotta better. This is like we know who
Russell Westbrook is at this point. You gotta take the good with the bad.
There's gonna be some of that when you have a high usage rating,
when the ball is in your hands a lot, when you're trying to make
things happen out there, turnovers are gonna happen as well. Sometimes keep him
to a minimum, do the best you can. I thought he played well
within himself and had some runs in this His scoring is needed without Paul George
to get twenty four against his former team, which is about his average against
them now in eleven contests against Okay Sea since he has left. That was
a huge game from Russ. I didn't think he tried to overly extend himself
or do too much. You know, this wasn't a ten turnover game or
anything like that. And as I mentioned, one of those turnovers is definitely
not on him. So a seven to three turnover ratio, when you take
away that one, it's not bad all right. I appreciate the pook called
Terrik anything else? Keep it up all right, Damien in La Damien.
As we keep rolling here on Clippers Stock, what's up man, great win,
great win? First stock Man, the young go bro. I was
listening when he did that. You know, I just happy to turn on
the app because I was headed out of my car and I said, I
gotta listen. He said, I'm calling two games. It doesn't matter,
it doesn't matter. I was like, because dude's going ballistic. That is
crazy, bro. I'm glad I got to hear that live because you know,
when we look back on this guy, that'll be one of the things
that they talk about, you know, and it's Hall of fame whatever,
you know. But getting onto the game, we had talked about Highland in
Man and the little teaser of time that they sipped together when we had some
injuries earlier in the season when we first got him, and I told you
look out for this Highland and Man Combo. I liked what I saw in
a really small sample, and I think this is just, you know,
a sign of good things to come for those guys. Both plus thirty two,
Adam, Both plus thirty two. So that's a great thing right there.
Plumbly not far behind him with the plus twenty eight. Like I said,
a lot of what he does for us not necessarily gonna show up in
the box score, but happy that we have him there. I thought Plumbly
did a much better job defending tonight. He gets out of position sometimes defensively,
he over commits because he's trying a little bit too hard, and guys
use a lot of pump fakes on him. But tonight it looked like he
didn't fall for quite as many. So I agree with you, Mason,
plumb is great faker. I think we're I think we're in in NBA history
right now talking about Plumbly effective and efficient defense. So we need to It's
a hallmark day all the way around. You know, you're making history.
I'm making history. No one's making history right now. Plumby's making history.
It's beautiful, all right, David. I appreciate the phone call my friend
Darnell in La. Darnell, you're on Clippers stop without amslin Hey, Adam,
what's going on? Darnell? First time caller, a long time listener.
Appreciate everything you do, man, I love Clippers talk. Thanks man
Hey got about three points. Number one. Why man, he's the man.
I have to agree with him. A man Morris from Blonge Beach Cool.
He's on anytime he's on the floor. Man, He's just perfect.
He was obviously perfect in the first quarter and he did his thing. When
you see today's game from Kawaide Darnel, it makes what happened at the end
of the fourth quarter more baffling and perplexing because he's been so good in big
moments. Today was a big moment he had to step up. He did.
He starts seven for seven and finishes thirteen of fifteen. Just an otherworldly
superstar performance. Keep rolling Darnell all right right exactly. Number two. The
boots from the bench, man, the energy that Bones Highland and Terrence Man
just brought. Man, it was it was crazy. We just have one
of the deepest bench in the league. And I feel like with the Paul
George and the Paul George injury, I think we're just gonna be just fine.
If Tyler just continue used to go to our bench and rely on guys
will continue to step up, we'll be fine. And last point, Russell
Westbrooks, this was probably his best game as a Clipper twenty four points.
Man. He was awesome, did his thing. Take shots that I feel
like, you know, he shouldn't have, but you end up surprising me
and making them. But at the same time, I think it was just
an overall great win. All Right, Darnell, I appreciate the phone call
eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy you bring up Russell Westbrook there.
Yeah, this may have been his best game considering the spot they were
in, knowing they were without Paul George. And I still think you gotta
walk this line. You gotta find this perfect balance and threat the needle of
doing more without doing too much, without playing outside of yourself, without putting
it all on you, because not one guy can make up where Paul George
does, and Rusted a great balancing act in this game. In his thirty
minut this let's go to as we got Sean and Englewood. Sean your Clipper
stopp at that, I'm assume Adam, Hey, buddy, how are you
okay? How was that the game tonight? Oh you didn't come say hi?
Didn't I didn't know where you were because nor Eagle told me a long
time ago. You don't come to the game. So I can't come to
certain home games because if there's a game afterwards, I gotta break everything down.
I wouldn't be able to do the post game show, Sean. But
I am here believe that, okay, So basically I will. Yeah,
but I'm sorry I didn't. I don't have ESP I didn't know you were
there. But it's all good. What'd you think of the ball game?
Here's the ball game? Okay. So I was explaining to you guys sitting
next to me, is that when you are not the star and the stars
are in the game, you go, well, I don't want to I
shouldn't take the shot in the back of your mind, and then when you
take this shot, you're not shoo were confidence? Okay? So when Paul's
not playing and everybody's saying I have to do my part and nobody's yanking me,
if I take a few shots, then there's more confidence. I mean,
we know Bones Highlands. You don't have to give me any confidence.
He has it. He just needed to play. So I'm glad he got
a chance to play. I don't know what was the matter with Marcus Morris,
but he didn't have it tonight, and I really couldn't see how he
was in the game that long. But when they took him out, hey,
the streets started, the run started, and you know, no knock
on Mark Morris. He's a good player, but you know he didn't have
it tonight, and he's not He's been a pretty deep funk. He's been
a pretty deep yeah, and he's just really not my prototypical power forward,
just gonna go in and get your chine love and rebound, you know.
So you know, if he's not shooting, he's got the same thing with
Conark and ours. Not shooting any hitting, then he's not a value on
the floor. So if he's not hitting the shot, then he's not doing
He's got like four rebounds for the game, you know, So it is
not any other production you're going to get out of markets if he's got shooting.
But overall, not just Marcus, it was a good game. I
can see how everybody was relaxed in their role. I can tell you that
much. I did want Russell to drive even more because there are time with
that speed, I felt he could have just took everybody on the floor,
and he held up. Because I can tylwis in his hand saying, we
want you to hold up, we want you to facilitate. But other than
that, I looked at the Clippers schedule, the nine games left, including
today, and I think they can pull off seven and two. I really
do, with who they're playing. And but I'll take six and three.
You know they put them in the playoffs and put there's eight games left,
so you're gonna have to readjust those records. Did you not hear me say,
including today's game? Okay? I said, and two, Hey,
I'll take Yeah. He gotta bring that outitude in here. You didn't even
say hi to me earlier yet, I said hi, And how are you
doing? My friend? Okay, but not in person. I need to
see you in person, Sean. We gotta hang out of the game sometime,
all right, I would love to. All right, Sean, I
appreciate the phone call. Eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight
six six ninety seven two five seventy before we break Taylor in Huntington Beach.
Taylor's good, how are we doing? It's grand Taylor here. We just
wanted to say. We were at the game tonight and man, it was
beautiful. Oh, I was cooking to start that game out, and I
mean Russ had to go in and checking in Bones and Man at the same
time. It was beautiful work by Tyrone Lou. It was beautiful. You
gotta give coach Lou a lot of love tonight for the rotations and pushing the
right buttons at the right time. But it started with about five minutes left
in that first quarter when Bones and Terrence Man came into the ball game.
It was great to see anything else. Taylor Roco just staying ready. It's
so big for these Clippers, and everyone talks about our depth and the fact
that as soon as they get their chance, they're ready. It really proves
the Clippers can really make this run and Paul George is going to come back
to the first round or not. We're gonna be ready and I think we
can really make a big push in this playoff season. I think the Clippers
are ready to do it and we really proved that tonight. Love it,
Taylor, Appreciate the phone call and to your point of staying ready. Bones
Highland hadn't played since March third, twenty days ago. In that one point
loss up in Sacktown and he didn't have a good game. He was one
for nine, took nine shots in twelve minutes. I love it though,
Sometimes young players, you gotta have an irrational confidence when you haven't already made
your name. Austin Rivers used to have some of that. You take tough
shots, sometimes bad shots, but you gotta believe in yourself and you'll progress
from there. And Bones Highlands twenty two and they got him for two second
round picks. Let's steal all right, more Clipper stock. Next, we'll
have Chuck Mockler on from Clips and Dip. We'll get back to your phone
calls you'll hear from Bones Highland, Clip Clip Clippers flip the switch on,
okay see in the second half. They end up winning one twenty seven to
one oh five over the Thunder. Next game coming up Saturday, right back
here in downtown Los Angeles, they're taking on the Pelicans, and you're listening
to Clippers Stock here on amp by seventy l A Sports. Oh. Paul
George LA Clippers Basketball continue facing his pains as he carries the three on the
home of your LA Clippers. Clippers win one twenty seven to one old five
over the OKAC Thunder. They bounced back after losing by one in disastrous fashion
in a few different ways. A boss final possession on Tuesday Night, Paul
George going down last forty eight hours must have felt like a whirlwin for a
lot of these players and coach lou But they had a laser focus and came
out firing, especially in the second half. They end up eighteen to thirty
seven from the outside. That's forty nine from three. You hear the music
that means we got cliffs and double dip here. Chuck Mockler is on with
us. Chuck, was this just a hot shooting game from the Clippers or
was there more going on here? I think there was a little more going
on here. I think we saw Kawhi Leonard potentially going to his final form.
He was unbelievable in this game. It didn't make any sense. I
think I tweeted out from the clippers pot account that he was in We're not
going to lose this damn game mode, and right after nothing in the personal
five oh run. So this was fantastic to see. I don't know how
much of you know this Bone Terrance combination we're gonna see in the playoffs during
this regular season push. I really hoped, HOWU you know, we see
it more against the Pells because Bones and Terrence together is a lot of energy,
it's a lot of fun, which the Clippers haven't had, you know,
on the court too much this season, and they were effective tonight.
So if those guys are hot, I really hope we see more of that
period. Terrence Man at twenty seven minutes, Bones Highland at twenty five.
Kawhi finishes just thirty four minutes. Because the Clippers won this one running away
with it. You know, it's funny. I was watching Kawhi Leonard warm
up as I usually do because it's just it's I've been all He's one of
the greatest players to ever play this game, and I want to see,
you know, his method, and I saw him miss a layup in the
layup line. In warmups, Kawhi misses Moore shots. I swear, having
watched him for years now, warm up pre game, two hours before the
game, two and a half hours before the game. He misses more shots
there than he does in game. He's more comfortable once the game starts.
He comes out seven for seven and they were all mid range shots. Or
three pointers. It's so incredible. I just I can't say enough about his
performance, so please take over. I mean, I don't know what else
to say. Right, there's no better way to show that you are still
one of the best players in the league than to the game after your counterpart
goes down, you come out and go seven for seven and then play also
good defense. He wasn't just doing on the offensive enda. He was playing
great defense the thunder also on the second half of trying to get really physical
with Kawai. He only ends up with one turnover in the second half,
which is absolutely fantastic. Three assists, I mean, he h did with
four steals like this was. This was one of his best regular season games
as a Clipper, and tomorrow a phrase that you love so much. Something
may have been born from this Kawhi performance. There's been a lot of berths
so far this season, optomm didn't have his main births. Is what's going
on with the Clippers with eight games remaining, by the way, now,
okay, let's talk about I thought Russell Westbrook maybe had his best game as
a Clipper, and I thought the game against the Golden State Warriors was very
good. You saw the adjustments as opposed to the first game as a Clipper
against them. But considering no Paul George, you know you still have to
play within yourself. As much as you want to pick up the slack.
No one player can do that. No one can replace what Paul George does
for this team. You can do it by committee, though, And I
think Russ elevated himself just enough while not trying to do too much or playing
outside of himself. And I'm gonna say it, he only had three turnovers.
One of those was on a visa Zubas, so twenty four point seven
assists to three turnovers on eight of thirteen shooting, and there was a play
where he passed up on a three point shot, got into the paint,
got the end one. I love this game from Russell Westbrook. Yeah,
this was. It's funny you said he has three turn members because two of
them were pretty pretty brutal. I think the first half of this game was
the bad part of the story and the second half, thankfully for the Clippers,
was the good part. We did see a little bit of the bad
from Rusk. He had an ill advised three early in the shot clock.
The thunder then went and scored on But you're right, this is where we
are. You know, we need Rest to be this efficient kind of all
the time. Now with Paul George out, we know Tyley's going to lean
on him. I thought ty picked his spots with rust. Well tonight there
has been an interesting trend where you know, we're getting a packed paint when
Russ is out there because they're daring us to shoot it. And thankfully we
saw Nick Batum see a couple of threes go in, which has been a
bit of a rarity from him, you know, since we all Star break.
So I'm hoping now maybe some guys are rounding into form and we won't
just see the pack the paint defense when Russ is on the floor. But
he was good. He was he was what we needed him to be.
I hope I can continue on Saturday. And Batum was a bit of fish
area of great ball movement in pace out there. Drive kicks swing was certainly
in effect thanks to Bones Highland, thanks to Terrence Man, thanks to Russell
Westbrook. He hadn't hit let's see more than two three pointers in a game.
Since they're one point loss up in Sacramento. You know, three weeks
ago, so for him to see the ball go through the hoop at that
rate four of six from the outside. We're on the season, he's still
at thirty eight percent. It's just been feast or famine with Nick Batoum,
But that would be a big development right now for him to start to get
things going from the outside once again now that they're missing Paul George, because
they have to make up for some of that shooting and that efficiency from distance.
Yeah, and Tyler said it right in the pregame press conference. No
one guy is gonna makeup what Paul George can do. But they have a
lot of guys who can make up parts of what Paul George can do.
One of those parts is outside shooting. I'm really happy this game for Miko
happened at home. He got to feel the crowd, feel the love a
bit. And I do want to give a shout out to the fans at
the arena the night I was up there and the press box and people were
excited. This wasn't your usual, you know, Thursday night game against the
Thunder after a rough injury. Like, the crowd was fantastic in this game,
and yeah, I mean everyone came together. Roku even got some minutes,
which is how you know things are either going really bad or really good
for the Clippers, So you know, the second half of something they can
hang their hat on. Wouldn't worry so much about the first half. Yeah,
just a great way to bounce back after what you know, you mentioned
a pretty horrible forty eight hours. Yeah, they kind of were up and
down in the first half. They had their moments, but they put it
all together in the second half and the hot shooting from the outside carried them
through. But what are you think is going to happen with Bones Highland now?
Because he is such a need you expect him the rest of these eight
games to play fifteen to twenty minutes night. Is it just going to be
case by case basis? Whoever is hot they're gonna roll with. I think
we'll see it on a case by case basis. You know, Eric Gordon
ty said is going to be the starter for the rest of the season,
which obviously isn't that many games. But he only had seven minutes in the
second half, right Bone Thayland had seventy. So if Bones is hot and
things are working, Tyler is absolutely gonna let him, you know, run
it out and see if he can keep the you know, whatever amant him
he has going. I don't again, I don't know if that translates to
the playoffs at all. I don't know what the rotation is going to be
in the playoffs. You know, worm is still he's not going to be
you know with us this weekend, but he should be on the road trip.
So I think it's going to be a hot hand, and I think
we're gonna be kind of you know, flying by the seat of our pants
here. But I guess there's no better coach to have, you know,
in that situation than taylu Clippers went one twenty seven, one five over the
Okase Thunder. He is Charles Mockler from the Clips and Dip Pod. We
got a tripod coming up tomorrow with myself and will up to Charles. Thanks
for the double dip accent here on Clippers Talk tonight, my friend. Absolutely,
I'm just happy I get to come on for a win. I wish
you would have came and seen me, though I already had one caller who
gave me the stiff arm tonight, and now we didn't take a picture.
I thought we were going to have a moment, but that's cool. The
Clippers did on the court, so everything's fine. Everything's fine. I'm not
gonna get all jelly. Thanks Jack. We'll talk to you tomorrow. That's
good. Thanks that coming up next your phone calls eight six six ninety eight
seven two five seventy eight six six ninety at seven two five seventy is the
phone number. Clippers big victory thanks to some big three pointers. Even though
Eric Gordon didn't play much in the second half, he still hit a couple
of his patented deep threes after starting slow. I like him in the starting
lineup. Stability, reliability, a vet. It's been good for this team
since he's been back. More Clippers stock next year on NAM five seventy only
sports, Oh Paul George La Clippers basketball continue fis in his face as he
carry's the three on the home of your LA Clippers. Okay, now triple
doubs tonight, but the Clippers were well over triple digits scoring wise. One
twenty seven to one oh five is your final score. Clippers win over the
Okay see thunder eight six six ninety seven two five seventy. Let's go to
Mike in La. Here on Clippers stop Without'm awesome him, Mike, Hey,
Adam, so great win, great win. Tonight was the first game
in a while that was actually fun. And but I just want to also
emphathize. I know everybody's talking about, oh well when we get to the
playoffs, the playoffs, despite the night's winner, not a short thing.
Still, I was just looking at the Western Conference standings and the difference between
the fourth seed and the twelfth seed is only three games. Mike, You're
appreciance at the choir. How many times have I screamed here on Clippers talk,
nothing is guaranteed. No, I know, I know, I'm just
I'm backing you up here. U. That was the only point I wanted
to make. We still gotta, you know, take care of business in
these coming games, and you know, hopefully we do. The sense of
urgency cannot stop to piggyback up your point pedal to the medal. Thank you,
Mike. I appreciate the phone call. Dominic in La. You're on
Clippers stop without I'm awesome, Dominic. What's up, hey, Adam?
How's it going. I don't get a lot of Clippers ready. I'm from
Arizona. Don't get a lot of Clippers ready out there. And I didn't
catch this game, but I saw the first original game against the Thunder,
and my biggest question is, I don't know if this has been brought up
before, but I heard previous callers saying Marks Morris didn't have the greatest game
to night. My question is, I don't know what we're gaining from having
him out there. He's not the defender he's been great for us over the
years. He's not the best defender anymore. He's not hitting open shots.
I don't I've seen Tyler have a short lease with a bunch of other players.
I don't know why we're continuing to play Marcus Morris these minutes and put
him in the starting role and we have more capable players on the bench.
I don't. To me, I don't know. I don't know what's going
on with that. Well, I appreciate the phone call, Dominic. I've
gotten a lot of calls about this over the last couple of months. Like
coach lou believes in Marcus Morrise that he's gonna come around, that he's gonna
find his shooting stroke, and he's been one of the consistent starters on this
team in the two one three era, and yeah, I'm hoping Marcus Morris,
we talked about progression to the mean from this Clippers team from the outside.
I think eventually it's going to happen with him as well. A quill
in La a quill you're on Clippers. Stop with that. I'm astin close
things out quickly here. Hey, thanks for having me all. I wanted
to call in and and really just talk about something a little bit different tonight.
I want to actually celebrate the amazing historically black colleges and universities, which
is a tradition for my family to come out. I'm a graduate of Langston
University in the state of Oklahoma, and I graduated from their physical therapy program,
and I think we need to make sure that we're highlighting this beautiful,
festive event and it the game was amazing, and I just wanted to call
in and celebrate with everybody tonight with all the Divine nine organizations that was present.
And one of the things about I wanted to chime in on what I
think is going on with Marcus Morrison. I I think we junct of Russell
Westbrook. I think he's finding his rhythm, and so it's gonna take a
little while. One of the questions that I have is not so much about
Marcus Morrison, but why we're not using I just had to I just had
a break Cot. I can't, for the life of me understand why he
stuck on the bench. Defensively, he's great, Offensively is pretty good.
Can you chime in on that for me? Well, I appreciate the phone
call and you bring it up hbc U nite here. It was a great
celebration here. I appreciate the phone call and the words, yeah, Robert
Covington. It kind of ties in with the conversation with Marcus Morris. We've
been talking about it for a long time. I don't have a good answer
for you outside of coach Lewis rolling with Marcus Morris. Marcus was huge when
they got to the Western Conference finals in twenty twenty one, and he's been
great playing next to Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. There's always so many minutes
to go around, and Robert Covington seems to be the odd man out,
the tenth man on this team currently. All right, before we get out
of here, we got our brand new segment we started at Tuesday night.
It was very much needed then it's still needed tonight. It's positive moments with
the fake philosopher Big Brother Jake Warner from the Big Brother Jake Podcast. Yeah,
you bro, what's good? You know what's good? A Clipper winning,
that's what's good. At him spoken, you know, and since we
all vast in the glory of the Clippers tonight, my positive moment of the
night. When you can't control what's happening, challenge yourself to control the way
you respond. That's where your power is. How apropos is that with Paul
George going down with the injury, he can only control what you can control
exactly worry about that? And the Clippers, to your point, they seem
to handle everything that was within their control tonight and they showed it on the
court at him, and you know, it was a very beautiful thing to
watch Clippers win one twenty seven to one oh five over the Oka see thunder.
Thank you, big Bro. We appreciate it. Let's do it again
Saturday. I can't wait, Man can't wait. Speaking of thanks to know
an eagle tonight, the Clippers organization, Brian Semen, Ralph Lawlor, big
brother Jake, wanna thank you again. Our head engineer here, Kenny Newton,
our producer back in the bank, the callers, the listeners. We
appreciate all of you, and let's see if the Clippers can keep this going.
Now. What a way to respond to the Paul George injury then with
a performance like this. But there's eight games left and there in a precarious
position in the standings as everyone is in the West, and you gotta keep
the momentum going into Saturday's game against the New Orleans Pelicans. Tip time is
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