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The game is over. Paul George
money in the pain, but the postgame

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reaction has just begun. Cohi Leonard
is so smooth in the mid range.

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This is Clippers locker Roo, a
recap of today's game and a look ahead,

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your hope for LA Clippers basketball,
and now your host, You,

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sir, are a bad man.
Adam Osley first bounce back with one of

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their best victories of the season.
They win one twenty seven to one oh

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five over the OKAC thunder here and
down town Los Angeles. Welcome in your

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post game show. I'm Adam Oslin
coming up second half highlights, plus you're

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here from the head coach and the
players. But first we get to your

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voice of the Clippers and Noah Eagle. No we talked about them progressing to

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the mean the Clippers were due.
They hit eleven of their last fifteen attempts

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from the outside and absolutely put this
game away. Eleven or fifteen, Say

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that one more time. I think
my math is right from the last two

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The math is math from the last
two minutes of the third quarter when they

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got hot. Kawai hit one,
Bones hit two, but tomb hit two,

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and through the fourth they would go
eleven of fifteen from three scot it

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Hot. Yeah, yeah, no, you're not. You're not wrong.

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I'd say Jim Carrey in the Mask
Circle of nineteen ninety four would feel pretty

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good about it. You know,
Cameron Diaz right there with them and Stanley

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ip Kiss, you know they were
feeling good. But this is what the

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Clippers are. This is why they
are so dangerous when they play at their

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top level. Thirty four assists on
forty seven made field goals. But it's

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because they're making their open shots.
And that's what was so puzzling about the

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loss the other day on Tuesday.
It wasn't that they didn't get some good

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looks, they just didn't make them. And a normal game like this,

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this is a normal Clipper game.
This is a team that was second in

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the NBA in scoring after the All
Star Break coming into the game on Tuesday

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at over one hundred and twenty a
game. We'll guess what they put up

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one twenty seven to day. And
they did it the way that we expect

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them to do it by finding open
shooters, drive kick, swing, the

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Torontoo special, get into the paint
is staring, man said, or die

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trying and let the rest take care
of itself. But the open shooters today,

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once they found that rhythm, they
did not relent, and that second

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half barrage was special. Clippers in
the first quarter were down seven, and

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Coach slew and we knew guys would
get extended minutes, we'd see different players

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out there because they have to make
up for the loss of Paul George for

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now. But Bones Highland and Terrence
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out there. And those five minutes
they played early on that first quarter,

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you could just see the trajectory of
this game was going somewhere else. Yeah,

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I really think that those two of
the reason the Clippers win this game.

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You know, Kawhi Leonard obviously has
thirty two. He starts the game

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seven for seven, and he's the
game's leading score at six rebunds and six

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assists with it. That's all great, But Bones Highland and Terrence Man change

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the energy and the momentum of this
game the second they stepped on the floor,

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and then they continued that and took
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third quarter, and then they played
the whole fourth quarter. That's winning basketball.

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Those guys are winning players. Certainly
Terrence Man. And that's the other

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part is the lost things on Tuesday. But it stings a little more because

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Terrence Man was ejected because he didn't
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where they were fighting tooth and nail
and they could use every fifty fifty ball,

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every hustle play, every three ball
in the corner, all the things

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that Terrence Man does today. They
had it. The second tech was rescinded

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by the way, so he should
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Terrence Man, Yes, was fantastic. Bones Highland. We talked about it

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during the game. His level of
confidence with Kawhi not missing anything and Bones

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still not afraid to put him up
from distance while Kauai is on a heater,

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that says something about the level of
confidence. Look, we know that

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Bones is as confident as they come. We know that he thinks he's the

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best player on the floor every time
he's out there. That's what makes him

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special. And who did I tell
you? He reminds me of when he

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first got traded to the Clippers.
See, that's right, And this was

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a lou Williams performance if I've ever
seen one. Twenty six minutes off the

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bench six of thirteen from the floor
sixteen minutes, but seven assists and Lou

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Williams were the most under rated parts
about his game was his passing. He

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was a great pick and roll pocket
past. That's why Montrese Harold was the

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sixth Man of the Year, which
because lou william found him time and time

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and time and time again. Well, Bones Highland has that in him and

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he is still a young pup.
Bones is only twenty two years old.

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He's only going to keep getting better
and with performances like this in such a

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big moment, recognizing what the team
needs, recognizing if they lose this game,

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they are not in the driver's seat
anymore. They're in the passenger seat.

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Well, guess what, right now
they control their destiny. They want

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a top four seed, It's theirs
if they wanted. Bones Highland was seven

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assists as just one turnover. Early
in that second quarter, when Russell Westbrook

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came back in for his second stint
played some critical minutes. He had a

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quick eight points to start things off
in the second finished with twelve points in

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the second quarter. Has twenty four, which is about his average against the

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OKC thunder since he's been on a
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four was the average. He got
to twenty four, one up them,

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so why not eight of thirteen from
the field. He also knocked down a

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couple of three pointers. He really
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That's all we've asked out of Russell
Westbrook since he's been here. Guess

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what two or four from three you
do that. You're a Hall of Famer,

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which he is, but you're a
Hall of Fame three point shooter.

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You're winning three point shootouts. This
is It's not about him not shooting it

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all together. I think that's the
misconception with Russell Westbrook. The goal and

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the prerogative for him is about taking
the good ones, taking the ones where

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he can square his feet, where
he's in rhythm, he's got a good

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look, and he can just let
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Today we saw that out of him, and I was really pleased with the

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way he played in every fast of
the game. Finally, you mentioned Kawhi

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a little bit earlier. Started sevens
for seven, only misses two shots in

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the ball game. He has a
fifteen point third quarter, just an unbelievable

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performance by a guy who took ownership
for the final possession on Tuesday night,

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which went arrived for them. What
a great bounce back performance from your leader

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and your superstar. Yeah, and
this is what you expect out of him.

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He was poled after the game month
Tuesday, Adam, and rightfully so,

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I think for a variety of reasons, for the technical foul, for

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not getting the shot off, for
PG going down, for whatever else.

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He came out like it, and
he came out on a mission, and

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he was a plus sixteen and thirty
four and a half minutes, and he

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scored thirty two points on fifteen shots, and he did Kawhi Leonard things.

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He wasn't settling. That was the
key for me. He wasn't settling.

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He was getting to the mid range
early and that got him into rhythm the

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rest of the way. So good
to see Kawhi looking like himself. Good

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to see him dominate a game like
we know he's capable of on both ends

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of the floor and the other part. Four steals for the claw Defensive Player

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of the Year, not once,
but two times. Clippers hold the Thunder

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to one oh five, They win
one twenty seven to one, all five.

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They bounce back in this two game
mini series coming up next for them,

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They're staying right here in town.
They'll be hosting the New Orleans Pelicans

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they won earlier tonight. Tip time
for that one is at seven thirty.

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Weve Clippers countdown starting at six thirty. Noah Eagle, great calls tonight,

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not just with the Clippers, but
the UCLA Ruins as well. As you

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were pulling double duty. I love
to see it. Great call. We'll

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see you on Saturday. Yeah,
look at him. I appreciate you,

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appreciate the kind words. Time to
get busy, carry awaite coming up next.

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Second half highlights. Clippers win big
over the Thunder and you're listening to

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the Los Angeles Clippers Radio network.
Oh, Paul George LA Clippers Basketball continue

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fis in his pains as he carries
the three on the home of your LA

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Clippers. Clippers win one twenty seven
to one oh five here at Crypto dot

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Com Arena over the OKC Thunder.
They bounce back from Tuesday's one point loss.

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And let's be honest, it's been
a difficult forty eight hours with the

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news coming out with Paul George,
which overall was encouraging he'll be reevaluated with

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a right knee sprain in two to
three weeks. But this team, they

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stepped up a big weights to night. Let's talk about the second half.

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They were tied up at fifty four
through twenty four minutes. But in that

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third quarter, after starting the ball
game seven of seven from from the field

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but uncharacteristically not taking a shot in
the second quarter, Kawhi got cooking again

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in the third. Left to right, Leonard behind his back of age william

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spins in the lane, floats it
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moves that would make anyone celibate at
the thought of what could look like that

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seventeen like night, Leonard thought about
the free pump, big drive, left

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pullet, left elbow, Kawhi Leonard. That line drive delivery finds nothing but

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Nihlon sixty five apiece nineteen for the
claw. Leonard against Williams, crossing back

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and forth, Leonard dancing with a
basketball drive left, pulls a free throw

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line Kawhi Leonard cash twenty one for
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Westbrook looking at drive, spins on
Joe kick out. Leonard tees up the

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right wing, three nuts it down, Kawhi Leonard forces the Oklahomas any time

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out, twenty four for the board
man, five assists for the protium board.

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The plaid Kawhi Leonard Money went thirteen
to fifteen overall for his thirty two

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points, but he had fifteen points
alone in that third quarter, and before

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the quarter ended, the three points
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They would hit four straight in the
final two minutes, one from Kawai,

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two from from Bones Highland, and
one from Nicholas Batoum, and they led

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heading into the fourth quarterback score of
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shooting that hot stretch did not stop. There. Patoomb on the right wing,

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pump fake three balls up. It's
good again. What a pass from

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Leonard? How did he find him? Ninety five eighty five He was in

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a straight jacket. Managed a Gabbatoum
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thikobatomb kaboom, ninety eight eighty five, hidling to three ball that's good,

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Bones Highland man, can it rain? It's time to get busy in downtown

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Los Angeles. He's got fourteen one
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top of the key eight to shoot
twelfs over step back three is on the

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way. Oh Terrence Man connects twelve
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La Westbrook extra one ptomb on the
right wing for three. He can't

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stop. Pattomb berries another and it's
one eleven eighty seven. Clippers Island drives

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whale kick light wing Westrook on three
ball. It's good Russell Westbrook twenty two

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against this former team and pumping up
the crowd at crypto dot com Arena one

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fourteen eighty nine. Covington a left
wing three minds nothing but the bottom and

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the three point party continues. Eighteen
of thirty five. Now the Clippers from

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Downtown. On twenty three ninety five
their league, the Clippers would hit eleven

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of their last fifteen from the outside
end the ball game. That's seventy three

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percent from the from the three point
line. They go on to win,

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and they make it look comfortable with
a one twenty seven to one oh five

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victory here over the ok See Thunder. Coming up next, we'll get to

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your post game box score. You'll
hear from the head coach and the players,

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and we got Clippers stock coming up
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what, though, why we have
a moment. Let's pause ten seconds for

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it coming in. That's on me. Clippers win once twenty seven to one

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oh five over the Thunder eight sixty
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eight six six nine eight seven two
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Clippers Fast get Ball continues in his
pains as he carries the three on the

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home of your LA Clippers. Clippers. Well, the one twenty seven to

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one oh five victory over the OKC
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victory after what happened on Tuesday night. They did it by committee. They

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had five players in double figures,
including Bones Highland, who goes for his

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Clippers high of sixteen, six of
thirteen from the field, four seven from

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the outside. The Clippers overall eighteen
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three made a three outside of Marcus
Moore still struggling a little bit from there,

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but the Clippers shot forty nine percent
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hitting eleven of their last fifteen takes
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as always, thirteen of fifteen he
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an update on his numbers over the
last thirteen games. Now, oh,

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I'll give it to you in Clipper
stock. No, I won't, because

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some of you may not be there
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to be leaving you until Saturday Night. Clippers taking on the New Orleans Pelicans.

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Also a huge game with playoff ramifications
Kawhi Leonard though since the All Star

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Break thirty a game, sixty percent
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shooting from three, eighty eight from
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into those advanced numbers, seventy percent
true shooting. Tip off Saturday Night Clippers

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hosting the Pelicans will be at seven
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starting at six thirty. Coming up
next though on AM five seventy LA Sports.

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in the history of the franchise.
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Now your host of Clippers Talk. Here's

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Adam Ousley with the Clippers at a
crossroads. Busy Bones Highland steps up and

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the Clippers win ONECE twenty seven,
so one oh five. Here in down,

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Sam los Angele over the OKAC Thunder. Welcome into your postgame show.

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This is Clipper Stock. I'm hat
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number coming up. We're gonna have
Charles Mockler on from Clips in Dip.

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You'll hear from the head coach in
the players after this one. What a

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win though, Clipper Nation, a
much needed win in a huge spot here,

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and you're gonna hear from Bones Highland
coming up in just a little bit,

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who was magnificent in his twenty five
minutes. He ends up with sixteen

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points but seven assists to just one
turnover, and a lot of that hot

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potato passing around the perimeter where the
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by Bones drawn two, getting into
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kick swing, that's the mentality.
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The Clippers, though, were eighteen
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win eleven a fifteen at the last
fourteen minutes of the ball game from the

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end of the third quarter heading into
the fourth quarter, scorching hot after struggling

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and two out of the last three
games from distance. They were asked about

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it postgame. Kawhi Leonard was talking
about it a little bit Tuesday night after

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the one one hundred loss to OKC
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with confidence. It'll come back around. Sometimes the game is like that,

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keep firing and the confidence from Bones
Highland to see someone like that come out

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and play like this when I can't
remember the last time he was on the

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court in significant minutes or a game
was still hanging in the balance. Obviously

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there was a minute scrunch with Russell
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great game himself, twenty four points, eight of thirteen shooting, He hit

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two three pointers, had seven assists. But when Paul George went down,

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and I know a lot of people
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that it's a Sprainwright knee. He'll
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But when he went down, minutes
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minutes a night, we're there for
the taking. Who was going to soak

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him up? Bones Highland got twenty
five in this one. Terrence Mann played

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twenty seven, Mason Plumbly was at
twenty five. A lot of guys filled

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in the cracks and were able to
contribute. And while you can't have one

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guy make up for the loss of
Paul George, you do it by committee

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and the dead. And I've gone
too far without talking about Kawhi Leonard.

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What a spectacular performance from your superstar, from your leader, after struggling and

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having a head scratching, brutal possession
to end that game, which he took

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ownership of post game Tuesday night,
and he comes out and starts seven first

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seven from the field in the first
quarter, got fifteen and all those shots

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were in the mid range and one
three pointer. I believe he had one

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bucket in the restricted area. Tonight
he finished thirteen of fifteen. Curiously,

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he didn't take a shot the last
seven minutes of the second quarter when he

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came back in for a second stint
and the Clippers were tied at fifty four

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heading into the third quarter. But
he got back in control and back to

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his spots in the third where he'd
have fifteen points once again, and finished

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his thirteen of fifteen for thirty two
points plus six assists, just brilliance.

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I said it the other day on
the Clips and Dip podcast. But with

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the numbers he's been putting up once
he got back to regular minutes, basically

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fifty fifty ninety splits since January seventh. If this guy was at seventy games,

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if he had the ben fit of
some good luck, good health out

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there, he'd be your front runner
for MVP. If you're putting up fifty

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fifty ninety splits, he would be. That's how dominant he's been for about

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three months now. But to do
it in a big spot without Paul George,

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to know what's going to be on
your shoulders, that you have to

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be the number one at all times
out there and play like that to start

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this game and then wait for everybody
else to get involved, which maybe what

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he was doing strategy wise in that
second quarter not taking any shots. It

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was just a master class and a
master full performance by Kawhi Leonard. Top

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seventy five player ever. And you're
in good hands and large, strong hands

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and claws. When you have Kawhi
Leonard. Even without Paul George, this

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team can still win ball games.
There's eight left in the regular season.

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They proved it tonight against a team
that they had lost the first three to

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this season in in the Okase Thunder, who looked to be back in control

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by the end of the second quarter. But the Clippers defense got much better

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in the second half. They didn't
give up more than twenty six points that

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was in the third, just twenty
five and the fourth. But their offense,

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I think was fueling their defense.
When you hit shots, when you

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make shots like that, you can
set your defense, something they weren't able

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to do as much Tuesday. They
played at a better pace, that's what

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coach Leu was looking for. But
the way they moved the basketball around the

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perimeter, and it starts with getting
into the paint and attacking. You heard

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Terrence Man talk about it with Noah
Eagle post game. And even though the

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Clippers only had thirty eight points on
the paint, they didn't have the majority

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of those in the second half of
twenty six. And there were some good

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looks Tuesday night they missed Tonight,
they progressed the mean it flipped. Stay

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confident, That's what Kawhi Leonard said
postgame Tuesday night. Eyes were But when

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you see someone as young as bones
Highland out there not afraid to put up

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shots after not playing much post All
Star Break in a game where Kawhi Leonard

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is that hot, and he's still
not deferring because he knows this team needs

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his shooting as well as his playmaking
that is special, that deserves to be

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applauded. And now when Norman Powell
gets back and hopefully fall George does at

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some point this season, you got
more good problems, I guess with how

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many guys you have on this team
and the death and how you're gonna fit

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everybody in. Because Bones Highland,
they don't win this game tonight without him.

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When he and Terence Mann came into
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left after the Clippers were down by
seven to turn things around momentum wise and

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change the trajectory and the energy out
there of the ball game, you could

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just see it. Everything was a
downhill attack from them. Everything was wreaking

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havoc in the I said it on
Twitter. At times it didn't look like

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Bones even had a plan came to
the basket, but damn it, he

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was gonna get there, come hell
or high water. He missed them gimmes

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at the basket because he was in
traffic, so I guess they wouldn't be

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gimmes. But he missed them close
to the rim just because he was going

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full force out there and refused to
be denied. They need that Terrence Man

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the same thing he had fourteen.
He knocked down two three's, four of

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ten from the field. Russell Westbrook
had a huge stretch early in the second

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quarter where they opened it up to
leading by eleven. I want to say

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he had eight of their first ten
points of the second finished with twelve of

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his twenty four in the second quarter, but then got into the act late

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with bones Highland and throw him a
beautiful mob in the fourth. I get

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everybody up and out of their seat
here at Crypto dot com arena. One

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of the more complete second halves,
at least of the season where the Coppers

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haven't had many. We talked about
a post game Tuesday night with Noah Eagle.

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How many games have they had running
away? Not many of this season

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when they're a team with enough talent
to do so on dominate. Don't get

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me wrong, the Okac Thunder are
good and they've been playing really good basketball

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offensively defensively. But this Clippers team, even without Paul George even without Norman

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Powell right now, a ton of
talent and when they when they get everybody

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pulling in the same direction, they're
tough to beat. And they can put

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it on you on both ends,
scoring one twenty seven and holding a team

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to one oh five, eight,
six, six, nine, eight seven,

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two five seventy eight six sixty ninety
seven two five seventy Jabier and Lahabra

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Heights start things off to night here
on Clippers stock Kabier, what's up?

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What's how bad? I'm thinking they
want to call again. This is a

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game that Taylu finally, in my
opinion, finally deal a good job coaching.

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I mean, I mean, I
mean, but you know it just

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now. Was it a brilliant move
to leave Kawhi Leonard in after playing the

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entire third quarter to start the fourth
to continue and keep that momentum, of

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course, but it's not the only
time coach Lewis made good moves. Well

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yeah, yeah, maybe I'm a
little bit exaggerating, but you know what

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the smart move was here, Like
like always, Marcus Moore went out of

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the game, the Clippers went on
a twelve over run, and then he

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even sniffed the fourth quarter. I
mean, I think what happened. I

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was at the game on was it
Tuesday when Kawai was very upset at Marcus

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Morriston. He s at that screen
and he was I mean I saw he

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was younger at him. There was
more going on there. It wasn't just

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on Marcus. Kawhi even took responsibility
post game. It looked like at first

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he wanted a screen, then he
wanted him to take his defender away from

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the play so they wouldn't clog up
the paint in the mid range that Kawhi

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was starting to get to. There
was miscommunication out there. It was.

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It was a boss into possession in
a lot of different areas. It was

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not just on Marcus Moore. So
though, okay, all right, it

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wasn't that's completely unfair, I understand, but that's that wasn't the situation.

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Okay, all right? And then
today Bone's playing. I mean he did,

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uh. I mean as soon as
he entered the game, I mean

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the Clippers are running. I mean
he is a young player, like you

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said, he was a twenty two
and they meet that sometime. You meet

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somebody just as soon as you get
the rebound, go just go and and

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try to score. And he did
that. So hopefully now that Paul George

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is not playing, he could come
in and sparked the team. And like

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Norwegil said, he does kind of
remind me of Lou Williams and uh,

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so hopefully he plays them more and
uh and and do you know plays the

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right uh players in the fourth court
like he did today and the Clippers should

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should be fine. So I'll be
there on Saturday at him for the game.

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So thank you for taking the fucking
all right, hiber I appreciate the

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phone call. He found a vitsa
zoobots for a huge dunk in the third

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I mentioned the lab to Russell Westbrook. I think he got Mason plumly and

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easy one. But yeah, that
was the camp coming in. This guy

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looks a lot like not just in
play but body type. Sweet Low Williams,

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a Clipper legend, the underground goat. So it was a welcome sight

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to see him get run tonight and
to run out there pushed the pace.

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You wanted to change the energy of
a game. They got a couple of

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guys that can do it instantly.
He and Terrence Mann. They just completely

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changed the complexion and the trajectory of
the ball game. But Bones no fear.

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Shots from the outside get into the
basket, getting good looks for others.

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I think more so than even just
his three points shooting, he got

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them into their actions and into their
offense and into playing Clippers basketball with that

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drive kick swing philosophy. One more
before we break here, Let's go to

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Danny in Lapoinza, Danny, what's
up here? Cliper Stock without amslin Hey

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andm just kind of take them time
from the previous color and loved the Terrence

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men and Bones minutes both or plus
thirty two bought a lot of energy on

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both ends, and ty Lukana mentioned
the next man of mentality. Do you

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think they're gonna try to use some
of their depth or more of their depth

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and stick with hot hands? Sometimes
it thoes like ty lukan Tyson four certain

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players into the lineup, le mean, what do you what do you think

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about that? If tonight is any
indication, Yes, they rode the hot

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hand in the group that made that
big run to end the third quarter into

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the fourth, even with Kawhi playing
twelve straight minutes. I don't think all

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season long, Kawhi has gone from
playing the entire third to starting in the

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fourth quarter, because that's typically Paul
George time, he'd get the first five

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minutes of the four after resting late
in the third. Couldn't afford to do

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that in this one, and they
couldn't afford to not continue to build on

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that momentum in the run that they
made to end the third, where they

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hit four three pointerers, Bones hit
two of them, but twomb hit one,

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Kawhi Leonard hit one. The floodgates
had opened, and it continued into

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the fourth. They hit eleven of
their last fifteen attempts from three. Clippers

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win one twenty seven to one oh
five. Quick time out here on Clipper

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Stock coming back more of your phone
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five seventy. I'm also at follow
Adam A and you know later tonight we

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got positive moments with the fake philosopher
big brother Jake more nex here on Clippers

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Stock. On the five seventy LA
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Basketball continued facing his pains as he
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LA Clippers. Bristos. Clippers win
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at crypto dot com. Marina over
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or producer back into bank. All
right, more of your phone calls coming

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up. Eight six six nine,
eight seven two five seventy plus. Chuck

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Mockler will be here from Clips and
Dip. You'll hear from Busybone Bowl Thailand

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and the head coach in Tarn Lou. But I want you to hear this

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call from Noah Eagle. As the
Clippers were erupting late in the third quarter

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and there was action back and forth
and they were going on a scoring spree.

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There was another game happening with the
UCLA Bruins taking on Gonzaga, and

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no one got a glance of it
on a TV nearby and went into dual

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broadcaster mode. This is some three
D five D chess stuff with the young

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goat Noah Eagles. Sorry, kay, here we go and so far have

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00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:07.880
put that into practice. Meanwhile,
UCLA is down down two with twenty five

406
00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:11.039
seconds left and Drew Timmy going to
the free throw line. I meanwhile,

407
00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:14.119
fifty eight four four seconds left in
the third Here Sja's back on the flour

408
00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:18.359
with the Clippers up eighty nine to
seventy eight. If he's got twenty eight

409
00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:22.799
points for the thunder. Leonard leads
all scorers with thirty. We'll just Alexander

410
00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:26.240
will try to make this a two
for one opportunity ten seconds to shoot forty

411
00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:29.640
five to play in the third that
we'll being shaded by Batoum and man A.

412
00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:32.759
SGA drives to his right Annyway euro
step through the two of them,

413
00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:37.599
and they're gonna call the foul on
the way up on Batoum. So gil

414
00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:41.440
just Alexander will shoot two. With
thirty seven point seven seconds remain a year

415
00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:45.759
and a chance to crack thirty himself. Highland has eleven off the bench for

416
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the Clippers, Westbrook has nineteen.
Leonard leads all scores with thirty. Oklahoma

417
00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:52.400
City led by Sga with twenty eight. Going to the line for two more.

418
00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:59.119
Giddy's got sixteen, Jaylen Williams if
Santa Claro's got fourteen and SGA hits

419
00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:03.160
the first to make it eighty nine
seventy nine Clippers by ten thirty seven point

420
00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:07.160
seven seconds remaining two missus from Drew
Timmy at the free throw line, UCLA

421
00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:10.039
has a chance to tie or take
the lead. With twenty seconds left.

422
00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:15.599
Sca second free throw is good eighty
nine eighty thirty seven point seven seconds left.

423
00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:18.559
A three for a Maori Bailey was
good for UCLA twelve point two seconds

424
00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:22.160
left. They have a one point
lead. Meanwhile, Highlands top with the

425
00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:26.759
key with thirty seconds left in the
third and I think but Toomb hits the

426
00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:33.680
three right after that. It was
incredible. No Eagle working on two different

427
00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:40.559
planes of existence. It was inception. It was crazy. But what a

428
00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:44.519
call. Clipper Nation lucky to have
them as they win one twenty seven to

429
00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:48.799
one oh five. Unfortunately, the
Bruins would lose seventy nine to seventy six

430
00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:53.079
two Gonzaga. All right, Derek
in Silver Lake, Derek, what's up?

431
00:31:56.079 --> 00:32:00.319
I'm picking my jaw up off the
floor from that Noah call pretty saying

432
00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:04.559
stuff, my friend, Yes,
sir, the Master, the young go

433
00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:07.200
the young Goat. We love to
see it. I gotta say we liked

434
00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:13.000
the Clippers. Kawhi Leonard had an
amazing upfishing game. Again. Is there

435
00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:17.480
anyone more efficient as a superstar right
now in the NBA? I will say

436
00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:22.480
no, especially for someone who's not
a big man, who's not taking all

437
00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:28.720
his shots within five feet of the
basket. Kawhi is doing special stuff out

438
00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:34.319
there. I totally agree. Seventy
five percent from three point thirteen of fifteen

439
00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:37.839
from field goal. I have so
many likes. I loved Kawai tonight.

440
00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:43.000
I loved Westbrook. Obviously we've been
talking about Highland. Can I give you

441
00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:46.039
some of my dislikes? Things to
improve rooms for improvement. All right,

442
00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:50.839
we'll take it, but go easy, all right, I will be kind.

443
00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:54.440
I will be kind. The first
is I love Russell Westbrook tonight twenty

444
00:32:54.440 --> 00:33:00.519
four point seven assists, one block, But man, he had two too

445
00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:02.960
many turnovers. He ended up with
four. There was a couple of passes

446
00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:07.319
right before the end of the first
half. I just there's something about it.

447
00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:10.240
Man. If he just plays with
a little bit more efficiency, he

448
00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:14.000
would. Let me just say this, though, Derek. One of his

449
00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:17.480
turnovers was a pass on the money
to a Visa zoobots who wasn't ready for

450
00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:22.279
it. That's not on Russ.
You always got to be ready for it.

451
00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:25.920
No, not that one. Not
that one. There was one of

452
00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:30.960
the first half. I'm with you, I'm with you. You you gotta

453
00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:34.759
be ready for that. There was
there was one where he slung it from

454
00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:37.400
the three point line to the other
side of the court, and I thinks

455
00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:43.839
Shade picked it off. It was
a very cross court pass. He's got

456
00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:47.079
to work on those and he's gotta
better. This is like we know who

457
00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:51.160
Russell Westbrook is at this point.
You gotta take the good with the bad.

458
00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:53.000
There's gonna be some of that when
you have a high usage rating,

459
00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:55.200
when the ball is in your hands
a lot, when you're trying to make

460
00:33:55.240 --> 00:34:00.519
things happen out there, turnovers are
gonna happen as well. Sometimes keep him

461
00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:05.240
to a minimum, do the best
you can. I thought he played well

462
00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:09.000
within himself and had some runs in
this His scoring is needed without Paul George

463
00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:14.800
to get twenty four against his former
team, which is about his average against

464
00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:20.320
them now in eleven contests against Okay
Sea since he has left. That was

465
00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:23.199
a huge game from Russ. I
didn't think he tried to overly extend himself

466
00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:28.199
or do too much. You know, this wasn't a ten turnover game or

467
00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:30.800
anything like that. And as I
mentioned, one of those turnovers is definitely

468
00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:34.079
not on him. So a seven
to three turnover ratio, when you take

469
00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:38.719
away that one, it's not bad
all right. I appreciate the pook called

470
00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:45.559
Terrik anything else? Keep it up
all right, Damien in La Damien.

471
00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:52.360
As we keep rolling here on Clippers
Stock, what's up man, great win,

472
00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:55.320
great win? First stock Man,
the young go bro. I was

473
00:34:55.400 --> 00:35:00.599
listening when he did that. You
know, I just happy to turn on

474
00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:04.840
the app because I was headed out
of my car and I said, I

475
00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:07.960
gotta listen. He said, I'm
calling two games. It doesn't matter,

476
00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:10.840
it doesn't matter. I was like, because dude's going ballistic. That is

477
00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:15.559
crazy, bro. I'm glad I
got to hear that live because you know,

478
00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:17.519
when we look back on this guy, that'll be one of the things

479
00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:21.159
that they talk about, you know, and it's Hall of fame whatever,

480
00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:25.679
you know. But getting onto the
game, we had talked about Highland in

481
00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:30.679
Man and the little teaser of time
that they sipped together when we had some

482
00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:34.719
injuries earlier in the season when we
first got him, and I told you

483
00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:38.639
look out for this Highland and Man
Combo. I liked what I saw in

484
00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:42.719
a really small sample, and I
think this is just, you know,

485
00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:46.000
a sign of good things to come
for those guys. Both plus thirty two,

486
00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:50.480
Adam, Both plus thirty two.
So that's a great thing right there.

487
00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:53.760
Plumbly not far behind him with the
plus twenty eight. Like I said,

488
00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:58.800
a lot of what he does for
us not necessarily gonna show up in

489
00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:01.760
the box score, but happy that
we have him there. I thought Plumbly

490
00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:07.440
did a much better job defending tonight. He gets out of position sometimes defensively,

491
00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:13.440
he over commits because he's trying a
little bit too hard, and guys

492
00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:15.559
use a lot of pump fakes on
him. But tonight it looked like he

493
00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:19.800
didn't fall for quite as many.
So I agree with you, Mason,

494
00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:23.079
plumb is great faker. I think
we're I think we're in in NBA history

495
00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:29.960
right now talking about Plumbly effective and
efficient defense. So we need to It's

496
00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:32.079
a hallmark day all the way around. You know, you're making history.

497
00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:36.679
I'm making history. No one's making
history right now. Plumby's making history.

498
00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:40.639
It's beautiful, all right, David. I appreciate the phone call my friend

499
00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:47.760
Darnell in La. Darnell, you're
on Clippers stop without amslin Hey, Adam,

500
00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:52.079
what's going on? Darnell? First
time caller, a long time listener.

501
00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:55.440
Appreciate everything you do, man,
I love Clippers talk. Thanks man

502
00:36:55.880 --> 00:37:00.960
Hey got about three points. Number
one. Why man, he's the man.

503
00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:04.280
I have to agree with him.
A man Morris from Blonge Beach Cool.

504
00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:09.199
He's on anytime he's on the floor. Man, He's just perfect.

505
00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:14.440
He was obviously perfect in the first
quarter and he did his thing. When

506
00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:19.920
you see today's game from Kawaide Darnel, it makes what happened at the end

507
00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:23.840
of the fourth quarter more baffling and
perplexing because he's been so good in big

508
00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:29.360
moments. Today was a big moment
he had to step up. He did.

509
00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:35.880
He starts seven for seven and finishes
thirteen of fifteen. Just an otherworldly

510
00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:42.119
superstar performance. Keep rolling Darnell all
right right exactly. Number two. The

511
00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:45.400
boots from the bench, man,
the energy that Bones Highland and Terrence Man

512
00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:50.679
just brought. Man, it was
it was crazy. We just have one

513
00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:52.960
of the deepest bench in the league. And I feel like with the Paul

514
00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:57.599
George and the Paul George injury,
I think we're just gonna be just fine.

515
00:37:58.880 --> 00:38:02.880
If Tyler just continue used to go
to our bench and rely on guys

516
00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:08.320
will continue to step up, we'll
be fine. And last point, Russell

517
00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:13.920
Westbrooks, this was probably his best
game as a Clipper twenty four points.

518
00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:16.480
Man. He was awesome, did
his thing. Take shots that I feel

519
00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:20.119
like, you know, he shouldn't
have, but you end up surprising me

520
00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:22.920
and making them. But at the
same time, I think it was just

521
00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:28.119
an overall great win. All Right, Darnell, I appreciate the phone call

522
00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:30.519
eight six six ninety eight seven two
five seventy you bring up Russell Westbrook there.

523
00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:34.719
Yeah, this may have been his
best game considering the spot they were

524
00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:39.280
in, knowing they were without Paul
George. And I still think you gotta

525
00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:43.599
walk this line. You gotta find
this perfect balance and threat the needle of

526
00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:51.039
doing more without doing too much,
without playing outside of yourself, without putting

527
00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:53.159
it all on you, because not
one guy can make up where Paul George

528
00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:59.760
does, and Rusted a great balancing
act in this game. In his thirty

529
00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:05.880
minut this let's go to as we
got Sean and Englewood. Sean your Clipper

530
00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:08.840
stopp at that, I'm assume Adam, Hey, buddy, how are you

531
00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:15.239
okay? How was that the game
tonight? Oh you didn't come say hi?

532
00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:20.679
Didn't I didn't know where you were
because nor Eagle told me a long

533
00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:24.280
time ago. You don't come to
the game. So I can't come to

534
00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:29.599
certain home games because if there's a
game afterwards, I gotta break everything down.

535
00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.800
I wouldn't be able to do the
post game show, Sean. But

536
00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:37.519
I am here believe that, okay, So basically I will. Yeah,

537
00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:39.639
but I'm sorry I didn't. I
don't have ESP I didn't know you were

538
00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:42.840
there. But it's all good.
What'd you think of the ball game?

539
00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:47.119
Here's the ball game? Okay.
So I was explaining to you guys sitting

540
00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:52.239
next to me, is that when
you are not the star and the stars

541
00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:55.159
are in the game, you go, well, I don't want to I

542
00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:58.880
shouldn't take the shot in the back
of your mind, and then when you

543
00:39:58.920 --> 00:40:01.880
take this shot, you're not shoo
were confidence? Okay? So when Paul's

544
00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:07.199
not playing and everybody's saying I have
to do my part and nobody's yanking me,

545
00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:10.840
if I take a few shots,
then there's more confidence. I mean,

546
00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:15.079
we know Bones Highlands. You don't
have to give me any confidence.

547
00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:19.400
He has it. He just needed
to play. So I'm glad he got

548
00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:23.119
a chance to play. I don't
know what was the matter with Marcus Morris,

549
00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:28.519
but he didn't have it tonight,
and I really couldn't see how he

550
00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:30.960
was in the game that long.
But when they took him out, hey,

551
00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:37.400
the streets started, the run started, and you know, no knock

552
00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:40.000
on Mark Morris. He's a good
player, but you know he didn't have

553
00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:45.119
it tonight, and he's not He's
been a pretty deep funk. He's been

554
00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:51.039
a pretty deep yeah, and he's
just really not my prototypical power forward,

555
00:40:51.119 --> 00:40:52.920
just gonna go in and get your
chine love and rebound, you know.

556
00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:58.880
So you know, if he's not
shooting, he's got the same thing with

557
00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:02.360
Conark and ours. Not shooting any
hitting, then he's not a value on

558
00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:07.199
the floor. So if he's not
hitting the shot, then he's not doing

559
00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:09.800
He's got like four rebounds for the
game, you know, So it is

560
00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:14.199
not any other production you're going to
get out of markets if he's got shooting.

561
00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:17.320
But overall, not just Marcus,
it was a good game. I

562
00:41:17.360 --> 00:41:22.199
can see how everybody was relaxed in
their role. I can tell you that

563
00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:27.400
much. I did want Russell to
drive even more because there are time with

564
00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:30.280
that speed, I felt he could
have just took everybody on the floor,

565
00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:35.239
and he held up. Because I
can tylwis in his hand saying, we

566
00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:37.679
want you to hold up, we
want you to facilitate. But other than

567
00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:42.840
that, I looked at the Clippers
schedule, the nine games left, including

568
00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:46.159
today, and I think they can
pull off seven and two. I really

569
00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:51.159
do, with who they're playing.
And but I'll take six and three.

570
00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:54.760
You know they put them in the
playoffs and put there's eight games left,

571
00:41:55.480 --> 00:42:00.320
so you're gonna have to readjust those
records. Did you not hear me say,

572
00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:05.840
including today's game? Okay? I
said, and two, Hey,

573
00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:08.400
I'll take Yeah. He gotta bring
that outitude in here. You didn't even

574
00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:13.239
say hi to me earlier yet,
I said hi, And how are you

575
00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:15.679
doing? My friend? Okay,
but not in person. I need to

576
00:42:15.719 --> 00:42:19.559
see you in person, Sean.
We gotta hang out of the game sometime,

577
00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:22.079
all right, I would love to. All right, Sean, I

578
00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:25.639
appreciate the phone call. Eight six
six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight

579
00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:30.559
six six ninety seven two five seventy
before we break Taylor in Huntington Beach.

580
00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:36.880
Taylor's good, how are we doing? It's grand Taylor here. We just

581
00:42:36.920 --> 00:42:38.519
wanted to say. We were at
the game tonight and man, it was

582
00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:43.880
beautiful. Oh, I was cooking
to start that game out, and I

583
00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:47.519
mean Russ had to go in and
checking in Bones and Man at the same

584
00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:52.840
time. It was beautiful work by
Tyrone Lou. It was beautiful. You

585
00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:58.639
gotta give coach Lou a lot of
love tonight for the rotations and pushing the

586
00:42:58.719 --> 00:43:01.679
right buttons at the right time.
But it started with about five minutes left

587
00:43:01.679 --> 00:43:06.199
in that first quarter when Bones and
Terrence Man came into the ball game.

588
00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:12.159
It was great to see anything else. Taylor Roco just staying ready. It's

589
00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:15.800
so big for these Clippers, and
everyone talks about our depth and the fact

590
00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:19.000
that as soon as they get their
chance, they're ready. It really proves

591
00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:22.480
the Clippers can really make this run
and Paul George is going to come back

592
00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:23.960
to the first round or not.
We're gonna be ready and I think we

593
00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:29.039
can really make a big push in
this playoff season. I think the Clippers

594
00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:31.639
are ready to do it and we
really proved that tonight. Love it,

595
00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:36.480
Taylor, Appreciate the phone call and
to your point of staying ready. Bones

596
00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:40.360
Highland hadn't played since March third,
twenty days ago. In that one point

597
00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:45.119
loss up in Sacktown and he didn't
have a good game. He was one

598
00:43:45.239 --> 00:43:47.280
for nine, took nine shots in
twelve minutes. I love it though,

599
00:43:49.239 --> 00:43:53.400
Sometimes young players, you gotta have
an irrational confidence when you haven't already made

600
00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:59.320
your name. Austin Rivers used to
have some of that. You take tough

601
00:43:59.360 --> 00:44:05.800
shots, sometimes bad shots, but
you gotta believe in yourself and you'll progress

602
00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:09.360
from there. And Bones Highlands twenty
two and they got him for two second

603
00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:14.320
round picks. Let's steal all right, more Clipper stock. Next, we'll

604
00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:16.760
have Chuck Mockler on from Clips and
Dip. We'll get back to your phone

605
00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:22.440
calls you'll hear from Bones Highland,
Clip Clip Clippers flip the switch on,

606
00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:27.440
okay see in the second half.
They end up winning one twenty seven to

607
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one oh five over the Thunder.
Next game coming up Saturday, right back

608
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here in downtown Los Angeles, they're
taking on the Pelicans, and you're listening

609
00:44:34.159 --> 00:44:37.320
to Clippers Stock here on amp by
seventy l A Sports. Oh. Paul

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George LA Clippers Basketball continue facing his
pains as he carries the three on the

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home of your LA Clippers. Clippers
win one twenty seven to one old five

612
00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:57.320
over the OKAC Thunder. They bounced
back after losing by one in disastrous fashion

613
00:44:57.679 --> 00:45:00.760
in a few different ways. A
boss final possession on Tuesday Night, Paul

614
00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:06.360
George going down last forty eight hours
must have felt like a whirlwin for a

615
00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:09.800
lot of these players and coach lou
But they had a laser focus and came

616
00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:15.920
out firing, especially in the second
half. They end up eighteen to thirty

617
00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:21.119
seven from the outside. That's forty
nine from three. You hear the music

618
00:45:21.199 --> 00:45:24.199
that means we got cliffs and double
dip here. Chuck Mockler is on with

619
00:45:24.320 --> 00:45:28.960
us. Chuck, was this just
a hot shooting game from the Clippers or

620
00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:32.719
was there more going on here?
I think there was a little more going

621
00:45:32.800 --> 00:45:38.320
on here. I think we saw
Kawhi Leonard potentially going to his final form.

622
00:45:38.360 --> 00:45:43.719
He was unbelievable in this game.
It didn't make any sense. I

623
00:45:43.719 --> 00:45:46.559
think I tweeted out from the clippers
pot account that he was in We're not

624
00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:51.400
going to lose this damn game mode, and right after nothing in the personal

625
00:45:51.440 --> 00:45:54.480
five oh run. So this was
fantastic to see. I don't know how

626
00:45:54.559 --> 00:46:00.239
much of you know this Bone Terrance
combination we're gonna see in the playoffs during

627
00:46:00.239 --> 00:46:04.159
this regular season push. I really
hoped, HOWU you know, we see

628
00:46:04.159 --> 00:46:07.480
it more against the Pells because Bones
and Terrence together is a lot of energy,

629
00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:10.199
it's a lot of fun, which
the Clippers haven't had, you know,

630
00:46:10.280 --> 00:46:13.880
on the court too much this season, and they were effective tonight.

631
00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:15.960
So if those guys are hot,
I really hope we see more of that

632
00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:20.519
period. Terrence Man at twenty seven
minutes, Bones Highland at twenty five.

633
00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:24.519
Kawhi finishes just thirty four minutes.
Because the Clippers won this one running away

634
00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:28.599
with it. You know, it's
funny. I was watching Kawhi Leonard warm

635
00:46:28.679 --> 00:46:32.960
up as I usually do because it's
just it's I've been all He's one of

636
00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:37.039
the greatest players to ever play this
game, and I want to see,

637
00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:42.960
you know, his method, and
I saw him miss a layup in the

638
00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:47.239
layup line. In warmups, Kawhi
misses Moore shots. I swear, having

639
00:46:47.320 --> 00:46:52.639
watched him for years now, warm
up pre game, two hours before the

640
00:46:52.639 --> 00:46:55.079
game, two and a half hours
before the game. He misses more shots

641
00:46:55.159 --> 00:47:00.639
there than he does in game.
He's more comfortable once the game starts.

642
00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:05.280
He comes out seven for seven and
they were all mid range shots. Or

643
00:47:05.320 --> 00:47:09.039
three pointers. It's so incredible.
I just I can't say enough about his

644
00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:14.719
performance, so please take over.
I mean, I don't know what else

645
00:47:14.760 --> 00:47:21.400
to say. Right, there's no
better way to show that you are still

646
00:47:21.639 --> 00:47:25.360
one of the best players in the
league than to the game after your counterpart

647
00:47:25.440 --> 00:47:30.199
goes down, you come out and
go seven for seven and then play also

648
00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:34.000
good defense. He wasn't just doing
on the offensive enda. He was playing

649
00:47:34.039 --> 00:47:37.800
great defense the thunder also on the
second half of trying to get really physical

650
00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:39.960
with Kawai. He only ends up
with one turnover in the second half,

651
00:47:40.079 --> 00:47:44.239
which is absolutely fantastic. Three assists, I mean, he h did with

652
00:47:44.320 --> 00:47:47.719
four steals like this was. This
was one of his best regular season games

653
00:47:47.760 --> 00:47:52.119
as a Clipper, and tomorrow a
phrase that you love so much. Something

654
00:47:52.159 --> 00:47:55.800
may have been born from this Kawhi
performance. There's been a lot of berths

655
00:47:55.920 --> 00:48:00.199
so far this season, optomm didn't
have his main births. Is what's going

656
00:48:00.239 --> 00:48:05.599
on with the Clippers with eight games
remaining, by the way, now,

657
00:48:06.480 --> 00:48:10.599
okay, let's talk about I thought
Russell Westbrook maybe had his best game as

658
00:48:10.639 --> 00:48:14.280
a Clipper, and I thought the
game against the Golden State Warriors was very

659
00:48:14.320 --> 00:48:16.440
good. You saw the adjustments as
opposed to the first game as a Clipper

660
00:48:16.480 --> 00:48:22.400
against them. But considering no Paul
George, you know you still have to

661
00:48:22.440 --> 00:48:24.199
play within yourself. As much as
you want to pick up the slack.

662
00:48:24.599 --> 00:48:30.400
No one player can do that.
No one can replace what Paul George does

663
00:48:30.440 --> 00:48:31.920
for this team. You can do
it by committee, though, And I

664
00:48:31.960 --> 00:48:37.559
think Russ elevated himself just enough while
not trying to do too much or playing

665
00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:40.800
outside of himself. And I'm gonna
say it, he only had three turnovers.

666
00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:45.159
One of those was on a visa
Zubas, so twenty four point seven

667
00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:49.239
assists to three turnovers on eight of
thirteen shooting, and there was a play

668
00:48:49.280 --> 00:48:52.280
where he passed up on a three
point shot, got into the paint,

669
00:48:52.280 --> 00:48:55.440
got the end one. I love
this game from Russell Westbrook. Yeah,

670
00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:59.559
this was. It's funny you said
he has three turn members because two of

671
00:48:59.639 --> 00:49:04.599
them were pretty pretty brutal. I
think the first half of this game was

672
00:49:04.639 --> 00:49:07.559
the bad part of the story and
the second half, thankfully for the Clippers,

673
00:49:07.639 --> 00:49:09.440
was the good part. We did
see a little bit of the bad

674
00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:13.159
from Rusk. He had an ill
advised three early in the shot clock.

675
00:49:14.519 --> 00:49:16.800
The thunder then went and scored on
But you're right, this is where we

676
00:49:16.840 --> 00:49:21.480
are. You know, we need
Rest to be this efficient kind of all

677
00:49:21.519 --> 00:49:23.599
the time. Now with Paul George
out, we know Tyley's going to lean

678
00:49:23.599 --> 00:49:29.440
on him. I thought ty picked
his spots with rust. Well tonight there

679
00:49:29.480 --> 00:49:34.360
has been an interesting trend where you
know, we're getting a packed paint when

680
00:49:34.440 --> 00:49:37.000
Russ is out there because they're daring
us to shoot it. And thankfully we

681
00:49:37.039 --> 00:49:42.519
saw Nick Batum see a couple of
threes go in, which has been a

682
00:49:42.519 --> 00:49:44.840
bit of a rarity from him,
you know, since we all Star break.

683
00:49:44.920 --> 00:49:49.480
So I'm hoping now maybe some guys
are rounding into form and we won't

684
00:49:49.519 --> 00:49:52.519
just see the pack the paint defense
when Russ is on the floor. But

685
00:49:52.599 --> 00:49:55.039
he was good. He was he
was what we needed him to be.

686
00:49:55.599 --> 00:50:00.320
I hope I can continue on Saturday. And Batum was a bit of fish

687
00:50:00.360 --> 00:50:05.360
area of great ball movement in pace
out there. Drive kicks swing was certainly

688
00:50:05.400 --> 00:50:08.360
in effect thanks to Bones Highland,
thanks to Terrence Man, thanks to Russell

689
00:50:08.400 --> 00:50:15.320
Westbrook. He hadn't hit let's see
more than two three pointers in a game.

690
00:50:15.199 --> 00:50:20.079
Since they're one point loss up in
Sacramento. You know, three weeks

691
00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:22.039
ago, so for him to see
the ball go through the hoop at that

692
00:50:22.159 --> 00:50:24.760
rate four of six from the outside. We're on the season, he's still

693
00:50:24.760 --> 00:50:28.760
at thirty eight percent. It's just
been feast or famine with Nick Batoum,

694
00:50:29.079 --> 00:50:31.239
But that would be a big development
right now for him to start to get

695
00:50:31.239 --> 00:50:36.960
things going from the outside once again
now that they're missing Paul George, because

696
00:50:36.960 --> 00:50:39.320
they have to make up for some
of that shooting and that efficiency from distance.

697
00:50:40.400 --> 00:50:44.400
Yeah, and Tyler said it right
in the pregame press conference. No

698
00:50:44.519 --> 00:50:46.679
one guy is gonna makeup what Paul
George can do. But they have a

699
00:50:46.719 --> 00:50:50.360
lot of guys who can make up
parts of what Paul George can do.

700
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One of those parts is outside shooting. I'm really happy this game for Miko

701
00:50:53.559 --> 00:50:57.760
happened at home. He got to
feel the crowd, feel the love a

702
00:50:57.800 --> 00:51:00.400
bit. And I do want to
give a shout out to the fans at

703
00:51:00.400 --> 00:51:04.599
the arena the night I was up
there and the press box and people were

704
00:51:04.679 --> 00:51:08.039
excited. This wasn't your usual,
you know, Thursday night game against the

705
00:51:08.119 --> 00:51:13.840
Thunder after a rough injury. Like, the crowd was fantastic in this game,

706
00:51:14.840 --> 00:51:17.559
and yeah, I mean everyone came
together. Roku even got some minutes,

707
00:51:17.559 --> 00:51:21.800
which is how you know things are
either going really bad or really good

708
00:51:22.599 --> 00:51:25.119
for the Clippers, So you know, the second half of something they can

709
00:51:25.199 --> 00:51:30.280
hang their hat on. Wouldn't worry
so much about the first half. Yeah,

710
00:51:30.360 --> 00:51:34.119
just a great way to bounce back
after what you know, you mentioned

711
00:51:34.159 --> 00:51:37.920
a pretty horrible forty eight hours.
Yeah, they kind of were up and

712
00:51:37.960 --> 00:51:39.679
down in the first half. They
had their moments, but they put it

713
00:51:39.719 --> 00:51:44.320
all together in the second half and
the hot shooting from the outside carried them

714
00:51:44.320 --> 00:51:47.000
through. But what are you think
is going to happen with Bones Highland now?

715
00:51:47.039 --> 00:51:51.440
Because he is such a need you
expect him the rest of these eight

716
00:51:51.480 --> 00:51:54.239
games to play fifteen to twenty minutes
night. Is it just going to be

717
00:51:54.320 --> 00:51:59.960
case by case basis? Whoever is
hot they're gonna roll with. I think

718
00:52:00.039 --> 00:52:02.280
we'll see it on a case by
case basis. You know, Eric Gordon

719
00:52:02.639 --> 00:52:06.719
ty said is going to be the
starter for the rest of the season,

720
00:52:06.840 --> 00:52:10.599
which obviously isn't that many games.
But he only had seven minutes in the

721
00:52:10.719 --> 00:52:16.480
second half, right Bone Thayland had
seventy. So if Bones is hot and

722
00:52:16.559 --> 00:52:21.360
things are working, Tyler is absolutely
gonna let him, you know, run

723
00:52:21.360 --> 00:52:23.320
it out and see if he can
keep the you know, whatever amant him

724
00:52:23.320 --> 00:52:27.840
he has going. I don't again, I don't know if that translates to

725
00:52:27.920 --> 00:52:30.639
the playoffs at all. I don't
know what the rotation is going to be

726
00:52:30.719 --> 00:52:34.639
in the playoffs. You know,
worm is still he's not going to be

727
00:52:35.039 --> 00:52:37.440
you know with us this weekend,
but he should be on the road trip.

728
00:52:37.559 --> 00:52:39.519
So I think it's going to be
a hot hand, and I think

729
00:52:39.519 --> 00:52:43.880
we're gonna be kind of you know, flying by the seat of our pants

730
00:52:43.880 --> 00:52:46.679
here. But I guess there's no
better coach to have, you know,

731
00:52:46.920 --> 00:52:52.119
in that situation than taylu Clippers went
one twenty seven, one five over the

732
00:52:52.159 --> 00:52:54.960
Okase Thunder. He is Charles Mockler
from the Clips and Dip Pod. We

733
00:52:55.039 --> 00:53:00.000
got a tripod coming up tomorrow with
myself and will up to Charles. Thanks

734
00:53:00.000 --> 00:53:05.159
for the double dip accent here on
Clippers Talk tonight, my friend. Absolutely,

735
00:53:05.199 --> 00:53:07.280
I'm just happy I get to come
on for a win. I wish

736
00:53:07.280 --> 00:53:10.440
you would have came and seen me, though I already had one caller who

737
00:53:10.440 --> 00:53:14.840
gave me the stiff arm tonight,
and now we didn't take a picture.

738
00:53:15.039 --> 00:53:16.280
I thought we were going to have
a moment, but that's cool. The

739
00:53:16.280 --> 00:53:20.559
Clippers did on the court, so
everything's fine. Everything's fine. I'm not

740
00:53:20.599 --> 00:53:23.920
gonna get all jelly. Thanks Jack. We'll talk to you tomorrow. That's

741
00:53:23.920 --> 00:53:28.280
good. Thanks that coming up next
your phone calls eight six six ninety eight

742
00:53:28.320 --> 00:53:30.920
seven two five seventy eight six six
ninety at seven two five seventy is the

743
00:53:30.960 --> 00:53:36.840
phone number. Clippers big victory thanks
to some big three pointers. Even though

744
00:53:36.920 --> 00:53:38.679
Eric Gordon didn't play much in the
second half, he still hit a couple

745
00:53:38.760 --> 00:53:44.199
of his patented deep threes after starting
slow. I like him in the starting

746
00:53:44.239 --> 00:53:49.559
lineup. Stability, reliability, a
vet. It's been good for this team

747
00:53:49.599 --> 00:53:52.440
since he's been back. More Clippers
stock next year on NAM five seventy only

748
00:53:52.559 --> 00:53:59.840
sports, Oh Paul George La Clippers
basketball continue fis in his face as he

749
00:54:00.119 --> 00:54:04.599
carry's the three on the home of
your LA Clippers. Okay, now triple

750
00:54:04.679 --> 00:54:08.679
doubs tonight, but the Clippers were
well over triple digits scoring wise. One

751
00:54:08.840 --> 00:54:14.119
twenty seven to one oh five is
your final score. Clippers win over the

752
00:54:14.159 --> 00:54:16.519
Okay see thunder eight six six ninety
seven two five seventy. Let's go to

753
00:54:16.559 --> 00:54:21.840
Mike in La. Here on Clippers
stop Without'm awesome him, Mike, Hey,

754
00:54:21.920 --> 00:54:25.880
Adam, so great win, great
win. Tonight was the first game

755
00:54:25.880 --> 00:54:31.719
in a while that was actually fun. And but I just want to also

756
00:54:31.880 --> 00:54:35.679
emphathize. I know everybody's talking about, oh well when we get to the

757
00:54:35.679 --> 00:54:38.159
playoffs, the playoffs, despite the
night's winner, not a short thing.

758
00:54:38.280 --> 00:54:44.280
Still, I was just looking at
the Western Conference standings and the difference between

759
00:54:44.320 --> 00:54:47.599
the fourth seed and the twelfth seed
is only three games. Mike, You're

760
00:54:47.599 --> 00:54:51.719
appreciance at the choir. How many
times have I screamed here on Clippers talk,

761
00:54:51.800 --> 00:54:55.719
nothing is guaranteed. No, I
know, I know, I'm just

762
00:54:55.880 --> 00:55:00.159
I'm backing you up here. U. That was the only point I wanted

763
00:55:00.159 --> 00:55:02.800
to make. We still gotta,
you know, take care of business in

764
00:55:02.840 --> 00:55:08.079
these coming games, and you know, hopefully we do. The sense of

765
00:55:08.199 --> 00:55:14.440
urgency cannot stop to piggyback up your
point pedal to the medal. Thank you,

766
00:55:14.480 --> 00:55:16.440
Mike. I appreciate the phone call. Dominic in La. You're on

767
00:55:16.480 --> 00:55:20.840
Clippers stop without I'm awesome, Dominic. What's up, hey, Adam?

768
00:55:20.840 --> 00:55:23.599
How's it going. I don't get
a lot of Clippers ready. I'm from

769
00:55:23.599 --> 00:55:28.039
Arizona. Don't get a lot of
Clippers ready out there. And I didn't

770
00:55:28.079 --> 00:55:31.360
catch this game, but I saw
the first original game against the Thunder,

771
00:55:31.920 --> 00:55:35.719
and my biggest question is, I
don't know if this has been brought up

772
00:55:35.719 --> 00:55:39.880
before, but I heard previous callers
saying Marks Morris didn't have the greatest game

773
00:55:39.920 --> 00:55:46.079
to night. My question is,
I don't know what we're gaining from having

774
00:55:46.159 --> 00:55:50.239
him out there. He's not the
defender he's been great for us over the

775
00:55:50.320 --> 00:55:53.599
years. He's not the best defender
anymore. He's not hitting open shots.

776
00:55:54.159 --> 00:55:58.360
I don't I've seen Tyler have a
short lease with a bunch of other players.

777
00:55:58.400 --> 00:56:04.239
I don't know why we're continuing to
play Marcus Morris these minutes and put

778
00:56:04.280 --> 00:56:06.719
him in the starting role and we
have more capable players on the bench.

779
00:56:06.840 --> 00:56:08.199
I don't. To me, I
don't know. I don't know what's going

780
00:56:08.199 --> 00:56:13.360
on with that. Well, I
appreciate the phone call, Dominic. I've

781
00:56:13.400 --> 00:56:15.440
gotten a lot of calls about this
over the last couple of months. Like

782
00:56:15.599 --> 00:56:19.800
coach lou believes in Marcus Morrise that
he's gonna come around, that he's gonna

783
00:56:19.840 --> 00:56:22.199
find his shooting stroke, and he's
been one of the consistent starters on this

784
00:56:22.239 --> 00:56:27.719
team in the two one three era, and yeah, I'm hoping Marcus Morris,

785
00:56:27.719 --> 00:56:30.960
we talked about progression to the mean
from this Clippers team from the outside.

786
00:56:30.239 --> 00:56:34.199
I think eventually it's going to happen
with him as well. A quill

787
00:56:34.280 --> 00:56:37.320
in La a quill you're on Clippers. Stop with that. I'm astin close

788
00:56:37.360 --> 00:56:42.000
things out quickly here. Hey,
thanks for having me all. I wanted

789
00:56:42.079 --> 00:56:49.119
to call in and and really just
talk about something a little bit different tonight.

790
00:56:49.199 --> 00:56:57.800
I want to actually celebrate the amazing
historically black colleges and universities, which

791
00:56:58.360 --> 00:57:02.159
is a tradition for my family to
come out. I'm a graduate of Langston

792
00:57:02.280 --> 00:57:08.679
University in the state of Oklahoma,
and I graduated from their physical therapy program,

793
00:57:08.719 --> 00:57:15.519
and I think we need to make
sure that we're highlighting this beautiful,

794
00:57:15.679 --> 00:57:21.840
festive event and it the game was
amazing, and I just wanted to call

795
00:57:21.880 --> 00:57:30.039
in and celebrate with everybody tonight with
all the Divine nine organizations that was present.

796
00:57:30.119 --> 00:57:34.159
And one of the things about I
wanted to chime in on what I

797
00:57:34.199 --> 00:57:42.920
think is going on with Marcus Morrison. I I think we junct of Russell

798
00:57:42.920 --> 00:57:46.079
Westbrook. I think he's finding his
rhythm, and so it's gonna take a

799
00:57:46.079 --> 00:57:51.159
little while. One of the questions
that I have is not so much about

800
00:57:51.159 --> 00:57:58.880
Marcus Morrison, but why we're not
using I just had to I just had

801
00:57:58.920 --> 00:58:06.639
a break Cot. I can't,
for the life of me understand why he

802
00:58:06.880 --> 00:58:12.000
stuck on the bench. Defensively,
he's great, Offensively is pretty good.

803
00:58:12.880 --> 00:58:15.559
Can you chime in on that for
me? Well, I appreciate the phone

804
00:58:15.559 --> 00:58:21.119
call and you bring it up hbc
U nite here. It was a great

805
00:58:21.159 --> 00:58:25.119
celebration here. I appreciate the phone
call and the words, yeah, Robert

806
00:58:25.119 --> 00:58:28.760
Covington. It kind of ties in
with the conversation with Marcus Morris. We've

807
00:58:28.800 --> 00:58:31.239
been talking about it for a long
time. I don't have a good answer

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for you outside of coach Lewis rolling
with Marcus Morris. Marcus was huge when

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they got to the Western Conference finals
in twenty twenty one, and he's been

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great playing next to Kawhi Leonard and
Paul George. There's always so many minutes

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to go around, and Robert Covington
seems to be the odd man out,

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the tenth man on this team currently. All right, before we get out

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of here, we got our brand
new segment we started at Tuesday night.

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It was very much needed then it's
still needed tonight. It's positive moments with

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the fake philosopher Big Brother Jake Warner
from the Big Brother Jake Podcast. Yeah,

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you bro, what's good? You
know what's good? A Clipper winning,

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that's what's good. At him spoken, you know, and since we

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all vast in the glory of the
Clippers tonight, my positive moment of the

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night. When you can't control what's
happening, challenge yourself to control the way

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you respond. That's where your power
is. How apropos is that with Paul

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George going down with the injury,
he can only control what you can control

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exactly worry about that? And the
Clippers, to your point, they seem

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to handle everything that was within their
control tonight and they showed it on the

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court at him, and you know, it was a very beautiful thing to

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watch Clippers win one twenty seven to
one oh five over the Oka see thunder.

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Thank you, big Bro. We
appreciate it. Let's do it again

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Saturday. I can't wait, Man
can't wait. Speaking of thanks to know

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an eagle tonight, the Clippers organization, Brian Semen, Ralph Lawlor, big

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brother Jake, wanna thank you again. Our head engineer here, Kenny Newton,

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our producer back in the bank,
the callers, the listeners. We

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appreciate all of you, and let's
see if the Clippers can keep this going.

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Now. What a way to respond
to the Paul George injury then with

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a performance like this. But there's
eight games left and there in a precarious

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position in the standings as everyone is
in the West, and you gotta keep

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the momentum going into Saturday's game against
the New Orleans Pelicans. Tip time is

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at seven thirty. Well, ever, your pregame shows starting here Crypto dot

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Com Arena at six thirty. Until
then, I'm Adam Oslin's talk to you

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on Saturday. This has been Clippers
Talk, a postgame conversation about your LA

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Clippers with Adam Oslaft. If you
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01:00:52.239 --> 01:00:59.079
on the iHeart Radio, wapp or
wherever you podcast. This team has those

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01:00:59.159 --> 01:01:02.119
championship and radians. They have some
of that DNA. You can see it.

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This is Clippers Basketball. Join us
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