WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:06.080 Time for a postgame. Look, it's your LA Clippers. This is Clippers 2 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:09.800 Locker Road, brought to you by Cedars Sinai, the official health partner of 3 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:14.880 the LA Clippers, and by Patschonga, official travel casino of the LA Clippers. 4 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:19.480 Breaking down today's action with the pre and post game voice of You're LA 5 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:24.800 Clippers. They're locking in every game every night. Adam Osland Clippers fall for 6 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:28.000 the first time in six games. They lose one oh six to one oh 7 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:32.439 three at Crypto to the Los Angeles Lakers. Welcome into your post game show. 8 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:36.119 I'm Adam Oslin. Coming up. We'll have second half highlights and of 9 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:40.479 course Clippers Talk eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six 10 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:43.719 ninety seven two five to seventy. But first back to your radio voice of 11 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:49.280 the Clippers in Carlojmenez. Oh to me, Carlo. The Los Angeles Lakers 12 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:52.520 looked like the more desperate team in this one. They had lost four straight 13 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:58.079 and they ended up just out executing the Clippers by the uh ever so close 14 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:02.560 slightest amount. Late that ballgames, the Clippers tried to mount that comeback down 15 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:04.400 ten Yeah, and look the Clippers climbed the hill. They tied it up 16 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:08.239 in ninety eight and Torrian Prince had a big time shot and put them up 17 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:11.760 ahead. The Clippers unable to execute. Wait. I like to fight from 18 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:17.200 the Clippers. I love, absolutely love the success from that Norman power line 19 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:19.120 up. I think it just shows Adam Anslain if this is a playoff game, 20 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:23.000 a playoff environment. I think that lineup gets it done tonight. Of 21 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.760 course, Kawhi Leonard hitting his minutes limit Norman Palace three that I don't I 22 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.680 don't think could have been more in the rim before it popped up. Me 23 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:34.040 and big brother Jake Warner both looked at each other like are you serious? 24 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:37.439 Are you kidding me? They had a magnet somewhere outside that pulled that ball 25 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:40.159 out of the rim. But the Clippers were ranked there and they didn't get 26 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:42.359 it done. They come they lose this one, and they got to get 27 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:47.519 it done tomorrow against Phoenix. The effort was there, untimely turnovers, they 28 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:49.640 got good production from the bench, and they had they got it off night 29 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:55.079 from the Claw and James Harden, who just didn't shoot the ball very well. 30 00:01:55.079 --> 00:01:57.640 A combined ten for thirty from those two. The good news though, 31 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:00.760 Adam, that doesn't happen often. This is a Clip team that's going to 32 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:04.000 bounce back. Now, this is the first off night from Kawhi Leonard over 33 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:07.280 his last fifteen games. Now, the last fourteen games, the guy was 34 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:13.080 just unbelievable. At some point he was gonna have a cold night. It 35 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:15.919 happened against the Los Angeles Lakers. Just six of sixteen, two of seven 36 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:21.479 from three. Still were some signs in the second half where he started to 37 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:24.759 find himself, but not enough. Clippers fall by three to the Los Angeles 38 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:29.000 Lakers. But as you mentioned, Norm Powell was the right guy in that 39 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:31.400 situation. To me, got a good look and it's just rattled in and 40 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:36.159 out. It was a great look from Norm Powell. Ye, I don't 41 00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:38.719 know what more you could ask for. Right, you got your best fourth 42 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:43.800 quarter shooter with a shot after horn and he looked towards the sky as if 43 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:46.919 to say, man, oh man, he'd like another chance at that one. 44 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:50.360 And I bet nine times out of ten that ball drops. The Clippers 45 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:53.960 in this game looked like they weren't gonna have an opportunity to come back. 46 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:57.439 Had a chance Lake to tye it and send it to overtime, but couldn't 47 00:02:57.439 --> 00:03:01.639 climb all the way back in here in Downtown. The final game in the 48 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:06.240 Hallway series in which the Lakers have a home game. The next two will 49 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:08.319 be Clipper home games, which is great because that means we'll get Adam Ouslin 50 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:13.080 in the building, and I'm excited for that January twenty third. I'm sure 51 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:15.560 that game is going to be a little more important to this Clipper team, 52 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:16.639 you know, Adam, when you win so many games in a row, 53 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:23.120 sometimes you gotta figure out a way to motivate yourself rank state focused. I 54 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:29.479 remember when Georgia was the front runner to win the championship and Kirby Smart had 55 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:31.840 those guys convinced that people were picking them to go seven to five. They 56 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:36.639 found ways to be motivated. This will be a chance to motivate this Clipper 57 00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:38.719 team when they see the Lakers next. Hey, you don't want to see 58 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:40.919 a team get complacent. And I thought for the most part, the Clippers 59 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:46.199 played hard. The effort was there. The execution, though, wasn't always 60 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:47.479 there, and you brought up a great point early on, it just looked 61 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:52.120 like they couldn't find a rhythm offensively that was consistent out there on the floor 62 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:57.280 outside of Aviza zou Bos, who was fantastic in this one. Carlos Yeah, 63 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:02.080 big su big rebound after big rebound, twenty two points, nineteen rebounds. 64 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:04.599 I think for the Clippers, it's gonna be figuring out when you look 65 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:09.599 at this next matchup and the matchup tomorrow against Phoenix, where do the Russell 66 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:13.719 Westbrook minutes fit in with this team We've seen now the lineup change a little 67 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:16.639 bit, Ada Maslin with Rust coming in, playing with James Kawhi and PG 68 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:21.000 just in that first quarter? Does Kawhi get away from that? After in 69 00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:25.720 back to bank games, it hasn't really been the most positive of minutes for 70 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:29.360 the Clippers. T Lou always trinkering with the lineup, always looking for new 71 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:31.959 ways to find advantages. He's never settled, nor should you be. You 72 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:35.680 get too much film on a team going one way. Somebody's gonna figure out 73 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:40.040 a way to beat him. But the good news for the Clippers is they 74 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:44.399 got another one tomorrow night to try to ride the ship get a big win 75 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:46.879 against a tough Phoenix team who they did war with four days ago. Yeah, 76 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:50.759 no doubt. Another rival in the Pacific Division, the Phoenix Suns will 77 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:55.279 be at Crypto tomorrow night. Tip off is at seven thirty. Well if 78 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:59.199 your pregame show starting at six thirty, Carlo, my friend great call has 79 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:02.399 always hope to see tomorrow. Oh, let's do it again tomorrow. Let's 80 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:05.519 hope for another result. Clippers with a tough one here tonight, Yes, 81 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:11.399 sir, Clippers fall by three to the Los Angeles Lakers, one o six, 82 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:14.519 one oh three was your final coming up second half highlights right here? 83 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:19.040 I'm your postgame locker room show on the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. Every 84 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:24.480 Clipper game all season, law, they didn't stop playing hard. You're listening 85 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:30.839 to the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming on the iHeartRadio WAP. Clippers fall one 86 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:34.720 O six to one oh three to the Lakers. After winning five straight, 87 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:40.079 Hottest team in the West, they lose to a team that had lost four 88 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:44.160 straight and was reeling in the Los Angeles Lakers. Today at Crypto dot Com 89 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:47.120 Arena, Welcome back into your Clippers postgame locker room show. I'm at a 90 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:50.199 Moslin coming up on the M five to seventy LA Sports. We'll have Clippers 91 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:54.839 talk for you eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six 92 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:59.319 nine eight seven two five seventy second half highlights. At the half, Clippers 93 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:02.959 led by Jess four, but it didn't feel like they were in control early 94 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:08.120 on the game. They had a sixteen to seven lead, but they would 95 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:13.279 give that away. They still led by five entering the second quarter, but 96 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:16.120 I thought there was an early opportunity for a knockout punch from the Clippers, 97 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:20.120 and they just quite frankly, missed a lot of good looks, missed some 98 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:24.959 three pointers. After shooting forty seven percent from the outside of the last three 99 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:28.800 games, some of those shots didn't fall, including a shot you're gonna hear 100 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:30.560 in just a little bit at the very end of the game. In the 101 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:35.360 third quarter, though the Lakers made their push, they came out of it 102 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:42.879 up eighty one to seventy seven as Kawhi continued to struggle some Paul George as 103 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:46.079 well, although he would lead them in this ball game, but Lebron James 104 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:51.000 started to find himself. Anthony Davis got it going and entering the fourth the 105 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:57.240 Clippers were down by four, but then they unleashed the Powell Rangers lineup. 106 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:00.560 Down by ten, they started to chip and it was who else with the 107 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:03.600 lead ranger? I guess, Norman Powell. It's George right wing, extra 108 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:10.120 pass Norm right corner, three splash Norm from distance. Harden finds Norm left 109 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:15.759 wing another three splash. Again, Norm's making a rain. Norman Powell with 110 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:19.800 a couple of clutch three pointers on a night where he was cold overall and 111 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:25.279 the game was tied at ninety eight all after he went to the free throw 112 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:29.519 line for three free throws. He hit them all, but on the next 113 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:32.399 possession, Tory and Prince would knock down a three pointer to put the Lakers 114 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:36.959 up one oh one to ninety eight. Clippers had a couple of bad possessions 115 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:41.360 afterwards. When Kawhi Lennon was out of the game. He hit thirty four 116 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:46.279 minutes tonight he was taken out. I guess on a minute's restriction looking for 117 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:48.920 postgame audio from coach lou On that Clippers are on the front end of a 118 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:54.000 back to back. Would come back into the game later on, as the 119 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:58.279 Clippers continued to fight, they were playing the foul game, and Austin Reeves 120 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:01.839 went to the line up by two, you missed the first hit the second. 121 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:05.279 Lakers are up by three at one oh six to one oh three with 122 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:09.199 four seconds left. Here was the final play of the game. Four point 123 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:13.040 two Clippers down to Reeves hits the second three point team. Four seconds left, 124 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:18.759 zoobots triggers, Norman pal up the near sideline three to tie. It's 125 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:24.560 up in the air from Norm in and out and the Lakers win. A 126 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:28.879 real happy Gomore moment. Are you too good for your home? The ball 127 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:33.240 just refused to go in. It touched every part of the cylinder and popped 128 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:37.679 out, and the Clippers would lose by three to the Lakers after mounting that 129 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:41.720 ten point comeback. Final score Lakers one o six, Your Los Angeles Clippers 130 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:46.240 one oh three coming up, your final box score and Clippers stock on AM 131 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:50.879 five seventy LA Sports eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six 132 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:54.720 six nine eight seven two five seventy. You're listening to your Clippers postgame locker 133 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:58.759 room show. I'm not a Moslin and this is Los Angeles Clippers Audio. 134 00:08:58.840 --> 00:09:05.159 No. LA Clippers basketball is on the two to one three era continues. 135 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:11.320 You're listening to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio network. Clippers lose 136 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:16.200 one oh six to one oh three. Hence the cool sad music here postgame 137 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:20.440 from Katie Newton. Clippers fall by three to the Lakers, as a three 138 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:24.279 from Norman Powell would rim in and out to tie the game would have sent 139 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:28.759 it into overtime. Would have had another overtime matchup between these two ball clubs 140 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:33.519 as we did earlier this year. Clippers fall to zero to two though against 141 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:37.919 the Lakers so far this season, after having won eleven straight against them, 142 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:41.159 and I believe thirty six to the last forty four. So some Lakers fans 143 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:46.320 are dunking on me on Twitter on X to be expected. This is this 144 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:52.960 your guys, championship? Am I doing it right? Clippers will get back 145 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:58.720 after it tomorrow they're taking on the Suns. Tiptime is at seven thirty. 146 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:01.279 Pre game at six thirty. Clippers ended up shooting just thirty nine percent from 147 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:05.039 the floor fourteen to thirty seven from the outside, still thirty eight percent from 148 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:11.159 three, but they needed one more to go. My issue, sixteen turnovers, 149 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:15.960 Half of those came in the third quarter alone. Well, the Lakers 150 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:22.440 did have nineteen. That's just not Clippers basketball rebounding numbers were even at forty 151 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:28.159 a piece for both squads, and the Clippers actually had thirteen offensive rebounds. 152 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:35.039 They ended up getting nine more shots up than the Lakers. They ended up 153 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:39.840 taking three more free throws than the Lakers, but the Lakers had more timely 154 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:43.519 buckets. Early in that fourth quarter, they brought the lead up to ten. 155 00:10:45.080 --> 00:10:48.720 Clippers battle back tied it, but that Torrean Prince three pointer would do 156 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:54.679 them in and they eventually fall by three to little Lakers at Crypto. We'll 157 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:58.679 do it again tomorrow at Crypto. I guess another rival and the Phoenix Suns 158 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:01.639 tipped time again? Is that seven thirty pregame show right back here at six 159 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:05.720 thirty outside of Los Angeles. We are leaving you until then, but coming 160 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:07.440 up next year on the M five to seventy LA Sports, we got Clippers 161 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:15.519 Talk. This has been LA Clippers basketball really good on multitude of levels. 162 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:18.360 Don't miss a moment, all cease and long on their official home. Join 163 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:26.120 us next time on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Hello Clippers fans, if 164 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:28.679 you're gonna go for it, if that's what you want to do, you 165 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:33.240 do welcome the Clippers Talk. Your first chance to react to all the action 166 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:37.039 of Clippers basketball. Do it to hear every episode. Subscribe to Clippers Talk 167 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:43.600 on iHeartRadio or wherever you podcast on Henry right now, your host on your 168 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:52.000 home for the Clippers, they were in attack mode, Adam Ousley Lakers played 169 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:56.600 like the more desperate team as they were, and they take down your Los 170 00:11:56.639 --> 00:12:01.360 Angeles Clippers one, six to one three. The game winning streak is over. 171 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:05.039 Clippers still winners of nineteen of their last twenty five games, fourteen of 172 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:11.200 their last seventeen since December first. Welcome into Clipper Stock. I'm Adam Oslin. 173 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:16.279 Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight 174 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:20.600 seven two five seventy is the phone number coming up we'll hear from coach Lou. 175 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:24.879 I think Chuck Mockler will join the show. Did he just text me 176 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:28.879 back? Yes, he's still in even though his Dolphins lost tonight. They're 177 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:31.639 still in the playoffs. They're just not gonna win the ANFC East and host 178 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:39.240 a game. Clippers are still in a great spot at twenty two and thirteen 179 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:46.279 now, And it's as simple as this. In some ways, you can 180 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:52.200 oversimplify this game and lump it into the category of Kawhi Leonard had an off 181 00:12:52.279 --> 00:13:00.159 night. Hasn't happened in a long time. Last fourteen games, he been 182 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:05.159 shooting sixty percent from the field, fifty three percent from three, and ninety 183 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:11.399 percent from the free throw line. Tonight, six of seventeen just fifteen points, 184 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:15.799 two of seven from the outside, even missed the free throw one of 185 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:20.840 two at the charity stripe. What is a little bit concerning is the turnovers. 186 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:28.639 And I talked about this recently, and this is something I've been keeping 187 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:35.360 an eye on because the Clippers over the last few games have been turning it 188 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:37.200 over and being a little bit more sloppy. Now, they had won five 189 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:41.840 straight anyways, and during that time they were the third best offense and the 190 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:46.759 third best defense. But you don't want to develop bad habits that eventually catch 191 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:54.919 up with you. Tonight I thought they did. The Lakers had a lot 192 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:56.919 of turnovers as well, and I thought the Clippers defense for the most part 193 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.600 was good, was good enough. You hold a team to one zero six, 194 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:07.039 you're not supposed to lose that game. In today's NBA. You take 195 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:13.159 three more free throw attempts, you get up nine more shots, and the 196 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:22.360 Lakers had three more turnovers. Probably shouldn't lose that game. But the Clippers 197 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:30.759 didn't get great performances from Paul George or Kawhi And when your top two guys 198 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:35.240 struggle like that, and they haven't struggled many times against the Lakers, but 199 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:39.519 tonight was one of them. You're probably going to fall, You're probably gonna 200 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:43.200 lose the ball game. If I put you on hold, stay on hold 201 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:48.200 for me. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy. Eight sixty 202 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:52.879 six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. But if I 203 00:14:52.919 --> 00:15:00.799 go back now, over the last five games, the Clippers are twenty sixth 204 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:07.960 in turnovers at fifteen point four per game. So I told you there were 205 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:11.519 some warning signs. Now I spun it into a positive to tell you that, 206 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:15.480 look, they could have these turnovers like the fifteen they had against the 207 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:20.320 Pelicans and still blow them out and win because they're that good. But it's 208 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:26.879 something to watch because for a while, when they got on that run after 209 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:33.519 the starting lineup change with bringing Russ off the bench, they were turning it 210 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:35.919 over less than twelve times per game consistently. They were best in the league 211 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:39.519 for a long time, and there's just been a little bit of slippage last 212 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:43.840 ten games, they're twenty fifth when it comes to turnovers fourteen and a half. 213 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:50.399 They gave the Lakers too many extra chances out there, even in a 214 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:56.559 game where they got up nine more shots. One of the biggest reasons the 215 00:15:56.559 --> 00:16:02.360 Clippers have been so good is because they've been taking care of the basketball, 216 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:07.639 and it's mostly been about James Harden and tonight he had five turnovers. He 217 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:11.519 had thirteen assists too, one turnover against the Pelicans. So it's not just 218 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:15.440 Paul George and Kawhi Leonard having an off night. The Big three head an 219 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:18.679 off night, hell, the Big four heading off night. Russell Westbrook did 220 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:26.960 not play well, a minus twelve. Talked about this yesterday on Clipson dep 221 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:34.480 do not confuse energy with effectiveness and execution. Russell was far too erratic in 222 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:40.320 this game. In his nineteen minutes, he didn't give much of a lift 223 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:48.720 at all. Didn't end up getting called for a turnover in the box score, 224 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:55.000 but three of nine and one of four from the outside. He took 225 00:16:55.159 --> 00:17:00.840 four three pointers and a game where points are at a premium. I just 226 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:03.480 think that's an ill advised shot. It's not his shot, it's not his 227 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:15.680 game. Norman Powell off night three of twelve, but knocked down two three 228 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:19.720 pointers and then went to the charity stripe and knocked down three free throws. 229 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:23.480 As he was fouled on one in the fourth, he erupted when it mattered 230 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:27.119 most and had just rattled in and out on that shot to tie the game 231 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:33.400 as the final buzzer sounded. Off Night though three or twelve fourteen points, 232 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:37.440 had a big dunk early on, but also rolled his ankle as Christian Wood 233 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:42.559 was called for a reckless closeout. It was I'm glad he was able to 234 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:49.680 continue to play norm though still had eleven or make it ten, make it 235 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:56.119 nine of his fifteen or no. Fourteen points off the bench in the fourth 236 00:17:56.200 --> 00:18:02.480 quarter, so he still was really good in the fourth gave them a shot. 237 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:07.079 The Powell Ranger lineup came through. They were down by ten. Powell 238 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:15.839 Rangers assembled, they morphed and they cut into that lead quickly, quickly, 239 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:22.599 and I was so happy that Coach Slew went to it. It was ninety 240 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:26.279 four eighty four. And if you don't know, the Powell Rangers lineup is 241 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:32.119 Norman Powell in place of Terrence Man with the rest of the starters on the 242 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:36.359 season. Let me grab this number. You know what. I'll update you 243 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:42.599 on a little bit here. But you can chalk it up to just an 244 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:48.839 off shooting night from far too many important Clippers. Paul George eight of eighteen, 245 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:55.000 Kawhi six of sixteen, James Harden four of thirteen, Russ three of 246 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:59.000 nine, Norman Pow three of twelve. Yeah, you shoot under forty percent 247 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:03.200 as a team, you're unlikely to win the game. Did the Lakers have 248 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:07.640 an effect on their field goal percentage? I think so. I think their 249 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:11.599 length at times bothered the Clippers, but they still miss some good looks, 250 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:17.000 some open ones, some shots they typically make. And Kawhi Leonard gets mismatched 251 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:19.960 with Austin Reeves, fall away and can't get it to go. That's his 252 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:23.640 bread and butter in the mid range fifteen feet out, makes that in his 253 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:29.160 sleep typically, And he got off to this little start, and we were 254 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:32.920 waiting and waiting, Okay, when's Kawhi Leonard gonna activate here and take over? 255 00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:37.119 Never really happened. And then late in the game when he hit thirty 256 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:44.799 four minutes, he was pulled with about three minutes left, And I know 257 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:51.039 that's gonna be a talking point. A point of interest, certainly from Clipper 258 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:57.039 Nation. I understand why it happened. I'm trying to get the exact time. 259 00:19:57.440 --> 00:20:02.559 I think it was the three twenty eight more of the fourth make it 260 00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:06.599 two forty seven. Terrence Man came in for Kawhi Leonard. They're down three 261 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:11.839 after Anthony Davis hit a bucket. It was ninety eight ninety five Lakers. 262 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:18.319 So you're missing Kawhi and some of the most important clutch time minutes of the 263 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:22.440 game. When since November or no, since December one, he has been 264 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:29.799 shooting fifty seven percent from the field in fourth quarters and you don't have him 265 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:34.400 at critical points. I don't know if there was an injury issue, if 266 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:37.640 it's still going back to the hip and him, you know, just being 267 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:41.279 a few games back from that hip injury, so he was on a minute 268 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:44.680 restriction because of that, or if because they're taking on the Phoenix Suns tomorrow 269 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:51.400 they wanted to keep him under thirty eight minutes. He ended up at thirty 270 00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:56.559 five. He came back in at the very end when they were playing the 271 00:20:56.599 --> 00:21:00.440 free throw game and Austin Reeves missed one, left the door open. Norman 272 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:03.160 Pall had a shot and you know what I want you to hear. The 273 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:11.039 final call here was Carlo Jimenez. After Austin Reeves would miss the first with 274 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:18.000 four seconds left, four point two, Clippers down to Reeves hits the second 275 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:22.240 three point team four seconds left, zoo Bots triggers Norman Pal up the near 276 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:26.720 sideline three to time. It's up in the air from Norm fit it out 277 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:34.680 and the Lakers win tough one bitter pill love the attempt. It was well 278 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:40.279 defended by Austin Reeves. Norman Pal following away on that three pointer, hit 279 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:44.440 every part of the rim, popped in and out Gophers, as Carlo would 280 00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:48.480 say, and he was just three to twelve. But he did have the 281 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:52.680 majority of his points in the fourth, including two three pointers, and was 282 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:56.359 fouled on another one where he hit all three free throws to tie the game. 283 00:21:56.480 --> 00:22:00.200 Clippers made it interesting in a game where they were sloppy with the basketball 284 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:07.559 and at an offshooting night. They were still right there. But the Lakers 285 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:15.000 win by three, and they played hard defensively. The Clippers didn't get as 286 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:21.319 many second chance opportunities I think in the second half as the first half, 287 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:25.119 but I may be wrong about that. Actually beats zoobots. Guys was battling 288 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:32.640 Big Zoo. I'm telling you he's a made man now. Coach Lou trusts 289 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:36.759 him, the rest of the starters trust him. He's playing crunch time minutes 290 00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:41.240 now. And he was really their best player twenty two at nineteen and a 291 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:45.759 block nine of thirteen from the field, four to four from the charity stripe, 292 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:55.079 and had ten offensive rebounds. He did work against Anthony Davis who finished 293 00:22:55.119 --> 00:23:02.119 with twenty two to ten Big Zoo twenty two and nineteen ten offensive rebounds. 294 00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:08.200 He was creating those second chance opportunities for the Clippers. Here was the problem. 295 00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:15.559 They went three of twelve on second chance points, just eleven points off 296 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:22.880 all those offensive rebounds and visa Zubots tipping and deflecting shots and creating extra opportunities, 297 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:30.519 and they went three of twelve in those situations. The Lakers went five 298 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:36.200 of eight on their second chance points points in the paint. As you would 299 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:38.720 expect, the Lakers won in that category, but just by a slim margin 300 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:47.119 forty six to forty. So Clippers execute a little bit better with those second 301 00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:53.359 chances from Big Zoo. They win the game, but they fall tonight by 302 00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:59.640 three to the Lakers starting things off, Joseph in Westlake Village. You're on 303 00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:03.920 Clipper start without amazin. What's up, Joseph, Hey, Ad, Yeah, 304 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:07.759 I just left the game man disappointing for sure. You know, might 305 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:11.240 as well start out with something good. Like you mentioned, Zubos played really 306 00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:15.599 well. You know, I feel he's really evolved this year and he's kind 307 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:19.039 of taking his game at least a half a step greater than it was last 308 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:22.920 year. He's been coming up the last few years. But that was awesome 309 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:26.359 to see. And I do like it just comes down to three things. 310 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:30.599 One is the fact that we missed a lot of easy chances at the rim. 311 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:33.079 Saw a lot of layups that should have been in that normally do go 312 00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:37.519 in. The other one is, you know, the three pointer really really 313 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:42.640 felt like there were a lot of in and out shots had been at least 314 00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:48.079 four or five shots you know outside of Norman Palace that was in and out 315 00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:52.920 that you just thought we're gonna fall down, and unfortunately they didn't. And 316 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:56.039 I would say the last one is the fact that you know the mentality of 317 00:24:56.079 --> 00:25:00.640 it, potentially, I know that it's the Lakers Clippers, and I realized 318 00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:03.839 that there's a rivalry there, but the Lakers have an ice cold and the 319 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:07.559 Clippers have been red hot. And I remember telling my wife before this game 320 00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:10.759 started, you know, this really could be a trap game, and it 321 00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:15.319 ended up geeting just that I didn't think about it as a trap game. 322 00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:18.079 I said yesterday on Clips and Dip that I thought the Lakers would play hard. 323 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:22.079 They had just lost four in a row, the last two when the 324 00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:27.000 last game they lost to Memphis, in particular, Memphis just went off from 325 00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:30.799 three. One of the worst, if not the worst, three point shooting 326 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:33.160 team was knocking them down from everywhere, and the Lakers felt like it was 327 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:37.559 wrong place, wrong time, shooting varigants and the law of averages would be 328 00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:41.960 back in their favor. And some of those open threes for the Clippers tonight 329 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:48.160 didn't fall like they did for the Memphis Grizzlies against the Lakers. The Clippers 330 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:53.640 still hit fourteen of them, and some of those coming down the stretch when 331 00:25:53.640 --> 00:26:00.839 they need the most. But I don't buy that the Lakers are on or 332 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:06.160 cooked or the season is over, because now they're going through their bout of 333 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:11.759 adversity. I thought they would be playing desperate basketball. A wounded animal is 334 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:18.640 a dangerous one, and there's been in this conversation about Darvin Ham at his 335 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:23.039 job. It's hard to ignore that. And they came through and they played 336 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:27.880 hard. The Clippers, though, had an opportunity up sixteen to seven in 337 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:33.480 that first quarter, and I thought they could have blown the doors open and 338 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:37.400 maybe had a chance to break the Lakers will their spirit, and they didn't 339 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:45.160 take advantage of that. That was disappointing to me. You're up sixteen to 340 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:52.960 seven and Paul George misses the three, James Harden misses the three. Delangelo 341 00:26:53.079 --> 00:27:00.039 Russell blocks Russell Westbrook on a layup, a turnover from PG thirteen, another 342 00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:06.519 turnover from Aviatsa Zubots. After that, Paul George misses a twenty two footer 343 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:14.599 that was really their opportunity. They go cold for a few minutes there, 344 00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:18.759 and it wouldn't be the last stretch where they went cold in this game, 345 00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:22.759 and all of a sudden it's tied at seventeen all, when they had a 346 00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:30.480 commanding lead, when they were in control at sixteen to seven and looking like 347 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:33.359 they could run away with this one if they kept their foot on the gas. 348 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:40.720 In some ways, I think the game was lost there. But eight 349 00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:45.759 turnovers in the third quarter alone. That can't happen. Lakers fall. Excuse 350 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:51.079 me, Clippers fall to the Lakers one to six to one three at Crypto 351 00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:55.079 dot Com Arena. No time to solk Clippers right back after it tomorrow against 352 00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:56.759 Phoenix. We'll see if Kevin Durant is available. Tip time for that one's 353 00:27:56.799 --> 00:28:00.880 at seven thirty. We get some pregame show, so saraing at six thirty. 354 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:03.359 More phone calls coming up. Eight six six nine eight seven two five 355 00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:10.680 seventy eight, sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy Toy and Prince. 356 00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:14.759 It's the biggest shot of the game. That three pointer somebody has said you 357 00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:19.599 gotta be concerned about on clips and dip yesterday. He ends up going three 358 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:23.920 of six from the outside thirteen points. But that shot in a tie game, 359 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:29.359 that late, big big shot. The Clippers had a chance late, 360 00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:33.000 but not to be for Norman pal More clipperstock next year. On m five 361 00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:38.480 seventy, LA Sports loading Clippers fully loaded with Clippers fans. This is La 362 00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:45.200 Clippers basketball. You're listening to the La Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio network. 363 00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:48.960 Clippers lose by three, Well, the chance to tie it at the 364 00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:55.119 end on a Norman pal three pointer that failed to drop. They fall to 365 00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:59.319 the Lakers one six to one oh three for the second time this season, 366 00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:04.200 after winning eleven straight against them, and it was even more dominant of a 367 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:08.400 stretch before that. I believe it was yes, thirty six of the last 368 00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:12.079 forty four they had won against the Lakers. So make it thirty six of 369 00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:17.480 the last forty five. Now that's going back to I want to say twenty 370 00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:21.759 eleven, twenty twelve, welcome back into Clippers talk. I'm at a moslin 371 00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:25.960 eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight six six ninety eight seven 372 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:30.759 two five seventy A lot of missed opportunities and not their most well played game. 373 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:34.440 Give the Lakers credit. I thought defensively they were pretty locked in. 374 00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:40.799 They made life tough on the Clippers at times. Coach lou Posts game did 375 00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:48.400 cite a few different instances of missed opportunities. Late Kawhi against Austin Reeves. 376 00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:52.920 I talked about that one in the first segment, norm having an open corner 377 00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:56.039 three that would have gave him the lead. Paul George missed the rim against 378 00:29:56.039 --> 00:30:00.000 Anthony Davis, Zubots missed one right at the rim, and they lost by 379 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:04.240 three in a game where their big four was bad. Norman Powell was bad. 380 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:10.359 Maybe if you're looking for silver lines, you could say they played that 381 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:15.799 bad and they only lost by three. I beats to Zubots though, uh, 382 00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:18.880 he's on the right side of the ledger. Thirty seven minutes, nine 383 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:25.000 to thirteen, nineteen boards, and ten of them were offensive rebounds. Unbelievable. 384 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:30.720 He had twenty two and if you look at the plus minus starters didn't 385 00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:34.720 lose this game. Paul George won his minutes plus four, Kawhi Leonard won 386 00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:40.200 his minutes plus five, Zubots won his minutes plus two. Man was plus 387 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:45.319 one. Harden was a net zero in the game where he was bad. 388 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:48.559 Nine assists of five turnovers, a lot of those coming in the second half 389 00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:52.680 where they blitzed him. Couldn't find the open band started forcing it a little 390 00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:55.400 bit to have beat to Zubots early in the third quarter. They got him 391 00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:57.559 for an easy bucket early in the third, but then a few passes to 392 00:30:57.640 --> 00:31:02.799 them were turnovers. A really bad pass from Paul George looking for him near 393 00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.960 the room. I don't know what he was looking at with that one. 394 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:10.559 He had three turnovers, but five steals eight of eighteen led them. Well, 395 00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:12.519 I should say he tied them with the lead of twenty two points, 396 00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:18.000 as the beats the Zubats at twenty two as well. Let's go to Ali 397 00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:22.920 and Lancaster. You're on Clipper staff without Amazon Ali. What's up? Yeah? 398 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:27.279 Hi? But the happy New YEARK to everybody? Yeah? Yeah? 399 00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:33.160 Or what I want to say about this? Law wouldn't beat the Lakers for 400 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:37.720 so many times, so if this year you got beat two or three times, 401 00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:41.240 I don't have no part with that. I think we go to the 402 00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:47.039 NBA Final, or maybe win the NBA Championship. That's, oh my god. 403 00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:52.799 Go or wins against the Lakers. I take it. Of course, 404 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:56.559 Ali, they got bigger first fish to fry. This is a team with 405 00:31:56.799 --> 00:32:04.759 championship ship expectations and championship aspirations, especially now with James Harden in the fold, 406 00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:10.720 who adding off night as did Kawhi. It happens there was a letdown. 407 00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:15.720 Maybe they played down to their competition. I don't know. I tend 408 00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:22.240 to give the opposition credit. I thought the Lakers played really hard, played 409 00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:29.160 good defense, and the Clippers missed some shots they typically make. Both things 410 00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:32.799 can be true, but you lose by three in a game where the Clippers 411 00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:37.519 played that bad and shot under forty percent from the field when their offense had 412 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:42.200 just been humming. I gotta think the Lakers played somewhat of a role in 413 00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:46.519 that they are a team that is still I think tenth defensively on the season, 414 00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:52.000 as bad as they have been since the nd season tournament, where I 415 00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:55.000 think they were three and seven over the last ten games and their defense had 416 00:32:55.079 --> 00:33:00.119 dropped to twenty first during that stretch. The ross still there, and by 417 00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:05.160 the way, they got D'Angelo Russell back and he knocked down some critical three 418 00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:08.599 pointers just five of fourteen, but three of nine from the outside and timely 419 00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:14.799 threes from d Low. I thought against the Clippers in this one. Their 420 00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:20.759 bench outplayed the Clippers bench straight up, and Russ did not have a good 421 00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:27.799 ballgame, and I was hoping he'd come out hair on fire. He's taken 422 00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:32.119 on the Lakers, his former team. Things end well, but just some 423 00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:39.640 bad minutes early on. Still, though they had opportunities. They ran out 424 00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:45.880 the big four lineup in a different construction where they had Russ next to James 425 00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:50.319 Hard and Paul George and Kawhi Leonard and Terrence Mann. For a second. 426 00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:53.240 I think they also tried it with Daniel Tice. We saw that against the 427 00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:59.160 Pelicans, but it hasn't worked. For the most part. When you try 428 00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:02.599 to play those four were two point three next to James Harden and Russell Westbrook, 429 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:07.440 it has been ineffective. I just think there's too many guys that are 430 00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:15.199 demanding the ball two ball dominant, not enough spacing. But we'll see. 431 00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:19.719 Uh. I give coach lou the benefit of the doubt when he comes to 432 00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:23.880 trying these things. Gabriel and Anaheim. Gabriel, you're on Clippers soft without 433 00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:30.039 Amasen Gabriel, what's up? Ye Hi? This is Gabriel Anaheim. Think 434 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:32.760 you pertaying my call? Salt a? Uh, truth be told. Man, 435 00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:36.840 I was watching the game with a bunch of friends and you know it 436 00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:39.599 was fun. Then don't mind a bad loss, especially when we played that 437 00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:43.360 bad. But my takeaway is, man, they had to play that bad. 438 00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:45.119 So many things have to go wrong for the Clippers, and so many 439 00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:47.840 things had to go right just to eke out a win. I'm not too 440 00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:52.320 worried about that. I mean, how many games they were winning in a 441 00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:54.119 row. They had a nine game winning streak, lost to five game winning 442 00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:58.639 swinging drop one. I think we're gonna be okay as long as we got 443 00:34:58.679 --> 00:35:02.320 the health, as long as you know, keep connuity going. So I 444 00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:06.719 was nothing happening to Kawhi Weddard knock on wood, hang on, I think 445 00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:10.280 would be fine. I agree with you ultimately, That's what it's always been 446 00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:15.280 for this team, right, Tyler said postgame. Kawhi Leonard spent the clutch 447 00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:19.519 minutes on the bench because Leonard was close to his minute limit and lou felt 448 00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:23.360 that with a back to back tomorrow, it was his call. So it 449 00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:27.119 makes sense. We talked about it during the broadcast. I figured that's what 450 00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:32.679 it was. So it sounds like he's playing against Phoenix, which is vital, 451 00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:37.480 which is important. They got to bounce back. Suns are gonna be 452 00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:42.199 hungry. They lost to Memphis tonight, I believe, so they'll also be 453 00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:45.159 on a back to back and the Clippers at least are sleeping in their own 454 00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:50.280 beds tonight. They lost one twenty one to one fifteen to the Memphis Grizzlies. 455 00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:54.159 Kevin Durant did return off that hamstring injury kept him out last three or 456 00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:58.480 four games, had twenty three on eleven of twenty three shooting in thirty six 457 00:35:58.519 --> 00:36:04.559 minutes. Wonder if he'll be playing tomorrow. Since you just returned, Morris 458 00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:07.519 long beat, you're on Clipper stop without a Mazenheim morse, you know, 459 00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:13.320 and nothing has changed. It just a make miss league and everybody watching this 460 00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:15.719 game. I wasn't at the game. I was watching it on television like 461 00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:19.760 most other people. The Clippers missed a lot of Bunny inside of the paint. 462 00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:22.519 I mean a lot of shocks. You know, Kawhi is so good, 463 00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:24.519 The guy is so good. We take it for we think the guy 464 00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:28.119 is supposed to be Superman. At least I do. At least I do. 465 00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:31.280 We think the man is supposed to be Superman. Every night you can't. 466 00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:35.519 And I don't think the Clippers played that bad. You stole my thunder. 467 00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:37.960 I need to call the police. The Lakers have to win this game, 468 00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:43.159 Adam. The coach's job was on the line. The Clippers don't have 469 00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:45.840 to clip. But the Lakers are love. But five games after winning that 470 00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:47.760 tournament, that didn't mean anything, said punless you got a five hundred thousand 471 00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:52.519 dollars check but I don't know they put up it meant something to them. 472 00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:55.800 Yeah, I'm looking at the five ondred thousand dollars check. But that coach 473 00:36:57.360 --> 00:37:00.119 job was on the line. I really believe that, you know. But 474 00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:02.800 it's still a make miss league and the Clippers just couldn't drop anything. I 475 00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:07.199 want to take my head off to the coach. He made some good decisions 476 00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:09.239 to get a team that couldn't throw a pet in the ocean to get him 477 00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:13.599 to got down to the last shot in the game. Pretty good, best 478 00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:16.480 played for the Clippers tonight, Zubach, This brother was getting down in the 479 00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:20.079 pate. I mean, it would have been nice if they won, but 480 00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:22.079 he was going up against a good brother, Davis, and I think he 481 00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:25.760 all played Davis in my opinion, but David won. Davis won when Zubach 482 00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:29.480 showed me something, he got down. But anyway, man, I'm not 483 00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.920 I like the previous callers, then I'm not gonna hang my head. Five 484 00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:37.000 win five win five, you know we're okay. But the Lakers, they 485 00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:40.320 had to win this game. This was a playoff game to them. So 486 00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:44.440 that's just my opinion. So anyway, I'll give you next time. Hopefully 487 00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:46.719 the mon would take Phoenix and beatam All right, Yeah, I thought they'd 488 00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:50.480 get up for the game. I said yesterday on Clips and Dip. Don't 489 00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:53.159 underestimate this Lakers team. They still have a lot of talent. They still 490 00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:57.960 have the same roster when they were I don't know if it was five to 491 00:37:58.079 --> 00:38:01.800 ten games over five hundred after they swept the n season tournament games and won 492 00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:07.320 the championship game. It's the same roster. They've had health concerns too. 493 00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:12.079 They've had some curious lineups, and I know Darvin Ham has been under fire. 494 00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:16.880 But I expected their best and I don't know if they were that. 495 00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:22.880 They still had nineteen turnovers. You know, they didn't get their usual twenty 496 00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:28.719 five free throws. They only attempted sixteen and they missed five of them. 497 00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:34.280 And the Clippers ended up with thirteen offensive rebounds and Big Zoo had ten of 498 00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:38.400 them. A caller earlier was talking about Big Zoo and the progress he has 499 00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:42.920 made this season and the jump, the leap he has made. It's not 500 00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:49.960 a coincidence that is happening now with James Harden. There's a lot to that 501 00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:53.119 he's getting the best out of a beata Zoo Bots said it before I'll say 502 00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:58.039 it again, they didn't just get James Harden in that trade, they got 503 00:38:58.639 --> 00:39:05.480 a better Ciner because of Itatsa Zubots has been different, completely different than how 504 00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:07.800 he looked earlier this season. I thought he got off to a slow start. 505 00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:13.320 I know there's some back spasms, but he's been a monster and you 506 00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:15.880 could make the argument he out played Anthony Davis, but the Lakers got to 507 00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:20.440 win one o six to one oh three. Let's hear more from coach lou 508 00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:27.119 post game here. He was on ballet Sports speaking with reporters properly or in 509 00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:30.000 time of what was? What was? Specifically? Do you think let the 510 00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:34.920 ugly flow of your offense? I got to watch it, Okay, any 511 00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:38.000 thoughts before you got thoughts? I told you what I thought. You didn't 512 00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:40.800 tell me. That's got too a good flow look kind of ugly for the 513 00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:45.400 most part. Yes, So what did you think? It was? Turnovers? 514 00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:50.280 Turnovers, shots that I haven't seen guys take before, you know, 515 00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:53.320 indecisiveness under duress. I would say, yeah, I'll let you know tomorrow. 516 00:39:53.440 --> 00:40:01.880 Okay, thank you, you're okay. Tomara Zari in uh coach live 517 00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:07.559 a good relationship. They have a funny little exchange there. Clippers lose by 518 00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:12.079 three. They dropped to twenty two and thirteen on the season. Lakers improved 519 00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:15.119 to eighteen at nineteen. Clippers next game tomorrow night, right back at Crypto 520 00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:19.960 taking on the Phoenix Suns. Seven thirty tips, six thirty pre game up 521 00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:22.840 next, we'll get back to your phone calls eight six six ninety seven two 522 00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:27.840 five seventy eight six six ninety seven two five seventy at follow out of Maine 523 00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:29.880 where you can find me if you want to troll me as Laker fans, 524 00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:37.159 that's fine. You probably heard some of my morning reports. What did Steph 525 00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:40.719 Curry say to CP three that one time when he danced on him? You 526 00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:44.519 know, if you shimmy, you gotta be ready for somebody to just shim 527 00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:49.360 me on you. Right back. I'm taking some incoming from Lakers fans. 528 00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:53.119 Okay, I heard you. Guys don't even worry about the Clippers and they're 529 00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:57.199 totally irrelevant. But then you get a victory over them, and now they're 530 00:40:57.239 --> 00:41:07.280 coming after me. Interesting. Chuck Mockler is coming up next. He'll be 531 00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:10.280 uh on with us with a heavy heart. His Dolphins lost tonight and the 532 00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:15.239 Clippers lost. I met a Moslin. You're listening to Clippers Talk. You're 533 00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:21.000 only in five to seventy LA Sports every Clipper game all season. Law, 534 00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:25.840 they didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming 535 00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:31.159 on the iHeartRadio app. Well, the first time since November eighth, the 536 00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:37.079 Clippers shoot under forty percent from the field. They lose to the Lakers at 537 00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:42.280 crypt one six to one oh three, first loss in the last week and 538 00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:45.119 a half Clippers had one five straight. Welcome back into Clippers Talk. I 539 00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:47.800 met a Moslin. We'll get back to your phone calls at eight six six 540 00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:52.079 nine eight seven two five seventy eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy 541 00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:54.679 at follow Out of Me is where you can find me. Where you can 542 00:41:54.719 --> 00:42:00.719 find our next guest, not Montana, he is in SOCW Currently it is 543 00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:06.960 Big Chuck Mockler from Clips and Dip for some Clips and Double Dip here on 544 00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:09.960 Clippers Talk post game, Chuck, thanks for doing this. Where do you 545 00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:15.039 think this one was lost by the Clippers. I mean, I'm kind of 546 00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:22.679 I'm trying to decide between shooting in the paint and just general defensive kind of 547 00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:28.079 lacks not focus. I guess lack of defensive focus. Lotburry tweeted out a 548 00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:32.960 stat that so Zoo made nine of his thirteen field goals tonight, all of 549 00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:37.840 them were in the paint. The rest of the Clippers went eleven for thirty 550 00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:45.000 two in the paint, which is horrendous in a three point loss. That's 551 00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:47.360 just that's a lot of bad luck happening. At the same time, I 552 00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:52.199 think that's a big thing to look at. The turnovers in this game were 553 00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:59.320 very frustrating. Harden was uncharacteristically loose with the ball and you know, paired 554 00:42:59.360 --> 00:43:02.840 with just some weird kind of defensive instincts I guess, taking over on some 555 00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:07.920 odd doubles here and there. It just all combined to sink the clipse. 556 00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:13.599 Yeah. I will say this for the Lakers, when you have Anthony Davis 557 00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:16.920 and Christian Wood in there, it makes it a lot tougher on the interior. 558 00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:22.559 But if Itasa Zubats got them a ton of extra possessions that they also 559 00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:25.519 did not convert on and missed some open shots and some good looks like Kawhi 560 00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:31.280 over Austin Reeves in the mid range. Just an off shooting night for Kawhi 561 00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:37.679 Leonard. He was more than two the last fourteen games, sixty percent from 562 00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:42.119 the field, fifty three percent from the outside. Tonight six of seventeen from 563 00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:45.400 the field, two of seven from the outside, with just fifteen points. 564 00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:50.039 Nothing more than that going on, right, Chuck? And I know postgame 565 00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:52.320 he said he wanted to play during crunch time, but they had him on 566 00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:54.840 the minutes restriction. They got a game tomorrow, What can you do? 567 00:43:57.480 --> 00:44:00.320 Yeah, the minutes restriction thing. I can see where people are a little 568 00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:02.079 frustrated. You know, I agree that, you know, this shooting game. 569 00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:05.679 You know, I hope he I knew he was due for an off 570 00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:08.239 night. I didn't know it was going to be this off. But these 571 00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:13.280 things do happen, and the minutes restriction is odd. It's just another one 572 00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:15.800 of those things where if there is the minutes restriction, why throw him there 573 00:44:15.800 --> 00:44:20.119 for the last seven teams? You know, there's ways to split hairs with 574 00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:23.800 the minutes restriction that I think go obviously the more negative way when you lose 575 00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:28.480 like they did tonight against the team they lost to. You know what we 576 00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:30.960 talked about this these two teams in their last eleven games, and how they 577 00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:36.840 were pretty much complete opposite and that meant nothing tonight, which coincided with Kawhi 578 00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:40.880 not shooting well. So, I you know, Tyler said that he assumed 579 00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:44.760 he thinks Kawhi is going to be good to go tomorrow. They play again 580 00:44:44.840 --> 00:44:47.960 on Wednesday, so hopefully he doesn't have to play a bunch of minutes tomorrow. 581 00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:51.920 But let's see where he's at around the thirty five minute mark, because 582 00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:53.760 that is where he was at today when things got you know, a little 583 00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:58.360 weird with with his benching. Yeah, I'm wondering about Kevin Durant, who 584 00:44:58.360 --> 00:45:02.599 did come back in their law to Memphis in Phoenix tonight, what his status 585 00:45:02.639 --> 00:45:07.519 will be tomorrow and minutes wise. But you know, I did try to 586 00:45:07.559 --> 00:45:10.239 point out that you can't underestimate this Lakers team. They were gonna get up 587 00:45:10.239 --> 00:45:15.000 for this one. Throw out the records. It is a Hallway Series type 588 00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:20.239 of rivalry. But with Paul George having an off night, Kawhi Leonard having 589 00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:22.119 an off night, as we mentioned, James Harden having an off night, 590 00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:25.920 Russ and off night, Norman Powell outside of the fourth quarter and off night, 591 00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:30.599 you can kind of take away some positives here. Spin it positive that 592 00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:35.280 Hey, if that many guys have an off night, you still only lose 593 00:45:35.320 --> 00:45:37.239 by three with the shots to tie it at the end. That's not the 594 00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:42.400 worst thing in the world, right, Yeah, that's a good point. 595 00:45:42.880 --> 00:45:45.960 You Even if you just look at the box score for this one, you 596 00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:49.880 look at who is a plus and who is a minus. Every single bench 597 00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:53.519 player was a minus for the Clippers, and every single bench player for the 598 00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:58.480 Lakers was a plus. So that's something where you can I guess it's kind 599 00:45:58.480 --> 00:46:00.039 of easy to point your finger to, right, Like we had so many 600 00:46:00.039 --> 00:46:05.000 guys of off night. Even then, the starters still won their minute and 601 00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:07.840 stuff like that. Well everyone except for James Harden in terms of starters won 602 00:46:07.880 --> 00:46:12.079 their minutes. So yeah, I mean it sucks that it was against the 603 00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:15.119 Lakers. I guess it's good they got out of their system, you know, 604 00:46:15.239 --> 00:46:17.280 to start the year, and with a game tomorrow that's going to be 605 00:46:17.320 --> 00:46:21.119 I think, you know, the last time they played the Suns, it 606 00:46:21.239 --> 00:46:22.920 was, you know, a battle of two seventy point havels. So we'll 607 00:46:22.920 --> 00:46:27.079 see what happens tomorrow again against the Sundlement the second night of a back to 608 00:46:27.119 --> 00:46:30.400 back. But let's hope it's out of their system, you know, Yucky 609 00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:32.559 said Norm was great late, which we can hang our hats on and stuff 610 00:46:32.559 --> 00:46:36.719 like that, and can't imagine that PG and Choir are going to shoot so 611 00:46:36.760 --> 00:46:38.920 poorly again tomorrow. You kind of touched upon this, but I thought shot 612 00:46:39.000 --> 00:46:45.880 selection was interesting. It was wacky, yeah, and guys turning down shots 613 00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:52.119 or making an extra pass and overpassing or being two unselfish at times. It 614 00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:54.519 felt like they didn't have much rhythm. But in particular, you know, 615 00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:59.920 we talked about this yesterday on the podcast, and I don't want to be 616 00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:02.039 overly harsh, but I thought Russ had a rough game. And I know 617 00:47:02.119 --> 00:47:07.119 he's taken on the Lakers, and you know, immediately out there he was 618 00:47:07.159 --> 00:47:09.760 shot out of a cannon and he was doing all he could to try to 619 00:47:09.760 --> 00:47:13.599 get a win against this Lakers team, but he had an off night. 620 00:47:13.760 --> 00:47:17.119 I just thought the flow was just it was a little bit nasty, as 621 00:47:17.199 --> 00:47:22.000 coach Lou would say. The offense it was jumped up a lot in this 622 00:47:22.079 --> 00:47:25.159 game. For them to shoot only thirty nine percent. Yeah, both the 623 00:47:25.199 --> 00:47:31.559 point guards couldn't really get either of their you know, lineups in rhythm, 624 00:47:31.800 --> 00:47:37.480 right, Like James couldn't really get the starters into that usual orbit we've seen 625 00:47:37.599 --> 00:47:40.559 during the good stretches, during these win streaks and stuff like that. And 626 00:47:40.599 --> 00:47:45.440 then we saw Tylo again, you know, play that Hoffer lineup as we 627 00:47:45.519 --> 00:47:47.960 call it, where it's the four Hall of Famers with pg, Kawhi, 628 00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:52.960 Russ, and Harden, and that lineup was okay at best, you know. 629 00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:57.079 Yeah, I'm looking at Fly by Night justin Russo for that lineup data 630 00:47:57.079 --> 00:48:00.599 tonight. Yeah, we'll see. But yeah, it just it was I 631 00:48:00.679 --> 00:48:04.320 think I tweated the out of the show. It was just a little herky 632 00:48:04.400 --> 00:48:07.559 jerky kind of the whole night. There was no reason to get into you 633 00:48:07.559 --> 00:48:10.159 know, you would have thought that guy's could have built off, you know, 634 00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:15.000 this easy buckets that Zoo was getting and things like that to help there 635 00:48:15.039 --> 00:48:19.039 to the side of the ball. But just off tonight. Yeah, I 636 00:48:19.079 --> 00:48:22.039 don't know. They have a short amount of time to clean it up before 637 00:48:22.039 --> 00:48:25.079 another tough opponent. Let's deflect then and talk about Big Zoo a little bit 638 00:48:25.079 --> 00:48:31.840 more. Nine of thirteen twenty two points, nineteen boards with ten offensive rebounds. 639 00:48:32.400 --> 00:48:36.320 I mean, I think he kind of won that individual battle against Anthony 640 00:48:36.400 --> 00:48:38.800 Davis. He was a plus one. Davis was a minus four. They 641 00:48:38.840 --> 00:48:43.519 won the war, they won the game, but Big Zoo was incredible, 642 00:48:43.679 --> 00:48:45.880 and it just looks like they have all the faith in the world in him 643 00:48:45.960 --> 00:48:53.280 now finally. Yeah, I mean he's shown kind of some new interesting I 644 00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:57.239 guess not new, but you never see it this many times in the game. 645 00:48:57.320 --> 00:49:00.280 A couple flashes here and there offensively from Zoo in games where you see 646 00:49:00.360 --> 00:49:02.880 him do something where you go, oh, all right, yeah, go 647 00:49:02.880 --> 00:49:07.679 ahead, Big Zoo Like that used to happen maybe once every couple of games, 648 00:49:07.679 --> 00:49:10.440 and now we're seeing it multiple times per game. It mostly has to 649 00:49:10.480 --> 00:49:14.599 do with the fact that he's had the best point guard for his play style 650 00:49:14.639 --> 00:49:17.840 that he's ever had and probably ever will have, in James Harden. But 651 00:49:19.199 --> 00:49:22.360 he's getting reward on the offensive end, which is helping his defense, which 652 00:49:22.360 --> 00:49:25.400 again helps the offense. So hats off to Zoo. It's a shame we, 653 00:49:25.639 --> 00:49:29.239 you know, we couldn't get to win in what was maybe his best 654 00:49:29.280 --> 00:49:34.199 game of the year for the Clippers. But he has another chance to play 655 00:49:34.239 --> 00:49:37.480 well against NRK tomorrow, which I think he's gonna do. Yeah, he 656 00:49:37.519 --> 00:49:42.719 had a great defensive play on ad early on, kind of pulled the chair 657 00:49:42.800 --> 00:49:45.639 out a little bit. Then had a layup on him an offensive rebound a 658 00:49:45.679 --> 00:49:52.159 block at the five minute mark on Anthony Davis. I don't know if I've 659 00:49:52.199 --> 00:49:55.320 seen a Visa Zoo bots, at least against that high quality of a player 660 00:49:55.440 --> 00:50:00.639 on the other end, defend him that well and really win his minutes. 661 00:50:00.880 --> 00:50:07.079 Technically he did. He was really really good out there. Hopefully he can 662 00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:13.480 keep that energy up tomorrow against the Phoenix Suns and Yusuf Nurkic. He is 663 00:50:13.719 --> 00:50:17.559 Chuck Mockler, of course, of clips and Dip fame doing some double dip 664 00:50:17.599 --> 00:50:23.519 here post game on the show. Follow him at Chuck Mockler on X Chuck. 665 00:50:24.320 --> 00:50:30.400 Sorry about the Fins, but they're not done and neither is this Clippers 666 00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:34.679 team. And just a regular season loss to the Lakers. There's more games 667 00:50:34.719 --> 00:50:37.639 to be played. And I heard a saying before about the NBA. Best 668 00:50:37.639 --> 00:50:42.559 thing about it is you lose a game, there's another game right around the 669 00:50:42.559 --> 00:50:45.400 corner, and they got once more against Phoenix. Yes, as always, 670 00:50:45.440 --> 00:50:50.719 let's go Clips and let's hope we can turn the five around tomorrow and BEATKC. 671 00:50:50.880 --> 00:50:55.519 All right, I like your colors more. He is Chuck Mockler of 672 00:50:55.599 --> 00:51:00.679 Clips and Dip while we have a moment. Let's quickly pause to seconds for 673 00:51:00.800 --> 00:51:02.840 station and in a vocation. Here on the M five seventy LA Sports, 674 00:51:04.159 --> 00:51:08.960 this is LA Clippers Basketball a M five seventy KLAC Los Angeles, ninety eight 675 00:51:09.039 --> 00:51:15.119 seven kys R HD two Los Angeles and iHeartRadio station. We'll come, we'll 676 00:51:15.159 --> 00:51:19.960 come back. We'll close things out with your phone calls. Clippers lose buy 677 00:51:20.039 --> 00:51:24.800 three to the Los Angeles Lakers, one oh six to one oh three. 678 00:51:25.320 --> 00:51:29.159 I'm out of Moslin and you're listening to Clippers sock. You're on the M 679 00:51:29.199 --> 00:51:34.840 five seventy LA Sports. LA Clippers basketball is on the two one three Era 680 00:51:35.000 --> 00:51:39.440 continues. You're listening to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio network. 681 00:51:39.639 --> 00:51:46.280 Ain't no sweet without the sour or the bitder. Clippers lose to the Lakers 682 00:51:46.320 --> 00:51:51.159 tonight one oh six to one oh three. Welcome back into Clippers Talk. 683 00:51:51.199 --> 00:51:55.920 I'm out of Moslin. Final segment here eight six six ninety eight seven two 684 00:51:55.960 --> 00:52:00.760 five seventy is the phone number. A couple of postgame quotes Andrew Grave for 685 00:52:00.800 --> 00:52:05.320 the LA Times. Here's PG. Thirteen. He said, we know this 686 00:52:05.440 --> 00:52:08.800 game is on us, later added that this game doesn't show who we are 687 00:52:08.880 --> 00:52:13.239 in any way, but we know who we are. This was just a 688 00:52:13.360 --> 00:52:17.239 rough one for us. Clipper shot under forty percent from the field for the 689 00:52:17.239 --> 00:52:22.320 first time since November eighth, lost their first game in their last six and 690 00:52:22.400 --> 00:52:27.440 lost by three to the Lakers, where the Clippers big three didn't play well. 691 00:52:27.519 --> 00:52:30.360 They're big four, they're big five. Yeah, they just didn't play 692 00:52:30.400 --> 00:52:37.079 well overall, and many different facets of the game and maybe a questionable call 693 00:52:37.159 --> 00:52:40.559 late that went against them. Paul George wanted to know why that Lebron foul 694 00:52:40.599 --> 00:52:45.119 on him late wasn't a takefoul, said he didn't get a clear explanation. 695 00:52:45.239 --> 00:52:49.480 Quote, that's a take foul, I don't, to be honest, I 696 00:52:49.519 --> 00:52:53.920 couldn't even It was puzzling when the ref explained it to us. Kind of 697 00:52:53.920 --> 00:53:00.760 a puzzling quote there with the ellipses and me trying to read it make it 698 00:53:00.760 --> 00:53:04.960 make sense. But yeah, I was wondering too, thought it could have 699 00:53:04.960 --> 00:53:08.639 been a takefoul. They're trying to uh get more exciting plays in the NBA 700 00:53:08.840 --> 00:53:14.920 by letting them play in the half in the full court, and Lebron James 701 00:53:14.920 --> 00:53:19.519 obviously found him on purpose. So the Clippers didn't have a chance, had 702 00:53:19.559 --> 00:53:25.239 an easy, exciting and acrobatic layup in transition. Uh Tay just and Walnut 703 00:53:25.320 --> 00:53:29.679 to close things out tonight here on Clippers Stock Tay just, what's up? 704 00:53:30.280 --> 00:53:34.400 Hey, Ed? I'm uh, you know, agreed with a lot of 705 00:53:34.480 --> 00:53:37.360 what you guys talked about already. Uh, lak of this defense had a 706 00:53:37.360 --> 00:53:43.639 little bit to do with it, but are overthinking uh missing open shots and 707 00:53:43.679 --> 00:53:47.519 not doing what we did the last several games. Uh, it just seemed 708 00:53:47.519 --> 00:53:51.599 like it was one of those games. But you know, you there's lessons 709 00:53:51.639 --> 00:53:54.400 and wins, and obviously there's a lot of more lessons you learn and losses, 710 00:53:54.480 --> 00:54:00.119 and here I felt the biggest lesson was in the clutch. In the 711 00:54:00.159 --> 00:54:05.679 clutch time, I think the last three minutes, Kawi went out and they 712 00:54:05.719 --> 00:54:09.400 went back to iceo ball, and he saw PG up top. It was 713 00:54:09.440 --> 00:54:13.559 just too much ice of ball what we did in the past, and it 714 00:54:13.639 --> 00:54:17.480 feels like that's redundant with what Harden does and with Kui out, I was 715 00:54:17.639 --> 00:54:22.840 hoping that they would post up PG just like they do it with Kauhi and 716 00:54:22.880 --> 00:54:31.079 then generate the offense because you're not maximizing hardened when PG is playing iceo ball, 717 00:54:31.159 --> 00:54:36.559 So I really think I'm sorry, No, I agree with you. 718 00:54:37.280 --> 00:54:42.480 Continue, Yeah, And it's just I think in these moments, it's so 719 00:54:42.559 --> 00:54:45.239 much more effective that if you're going to do that, just running through Harden 720 00:54:45.559 --> 00:54:49.400 and let him generate it or put post up PG in the elbow. And 721 00:54:49.440 --> 00:54:52.199 I think that would have, you know, we would got better quality shots 722 00:54:52.199 --> 00:54:55.480 and maybe pulled out the game even when we played our D game today. 723 00:54:55.519 --> 00:54:59.880 But I hope that's a lesson we learned. It's early on, Adam, 724 00:55:00.360 --> 00:55:05.360 and let's get back at it tomorrow. D game may be kind, but 725 00:55:05.840 --> 00:55:10.760 some good thoughts there by Tage's Walnut. As always, Kawhi Leonard is expected 726 00:55:10.800 --> 00:55:15.840 to play tomorrow versus the Phoenix Suns. I bring you good news there before 727 00:55:15.840 --> 00:55:19.440 we get out of here. Tonight, after the Clippers losing the Lakers one 728 00:55:19.679 --> 00:55:24.599 six to one oh three, we got producer kat and Katie's cash well corner 729 00:55:24.639 --> 00:55:29.719 where she asked me random questions, sometimes about the game in the NBA because 730 00:55:29.719 --> 00:55:31.519 she hasn't always been the biggest fan until she got to work with me, 731 00:55:31.599 --> 00:55:35.760 of course, or just questions about my life and put me on the hot 732 00:55:35.760 --> 00:55:37.559 seat. What is it, Katie? Yeah, you know what today, 733 00:55:37.599 --> 00:55:40.400 It's gonna become just an easy fun one. If you were playing a pickup 734 00:55:40.440 --> 00:55:45.760 game and it was two on two, who's the first? Well the only 735 00:55:45.840 --> 00:55:51.960 person? Who do you picky as my teammate? And who do you play 736 00:55:52.000 --> 00:55:59.199 against? And they gotta be good from the starting lineup? M Joe Ingles, 737 00:56:00.519 --> 00:56:04.440 Okay, maybe he's not. He's I mean he's an NBA player, 738 00:56:04.519 --> 00:56:09.519 He's he's good. Right, it goes back to the me and then oh 739 00:56:09.519 --> 00:56:16.360 against you? Yeah, I'm deciding and Joe Ingles two of my nemesis. 740 00:56:17.920 --> 00:56:21.840 Are you like a good spot up shooter or something? Are you just gonna 741 00:56:21.880 --> 00:56:23.599 hide in the corner? Are you? Are you a camera case. I'm 742 00:56:23.639 --> 00:56:29.199 gonna get on Zoo's shoulders and just will be all of big enough. You 743 00:56:29.199 --> 00:56:32.679 don't have to get on his shoulders. Is like kids trying to get into 744 00:56:32.760 --> 00:56:39.400 a club with big jacket. Three kids. Yeah, the Russian dolls stacked 745 00:56:39.440 --> 00:56:44.920 on top of each other. Whatever it is. Question. I just love 746 00:56:45.000 --> 00:56:47.320 Kawhi and I was jealous of that commercial where he and Jack Harlowe are hanging 747 00:56:47.360 --> 00:56:51.840 out. I'm like, why can't that be me with Kawhi? Leonard Love 748 00:56:51.840 --> 00:56:58.280 the Claw Clipper's gonna get back after tomorrow against the Phoenix Suns. Tip off 749 00:56:58.320 --> 00:57:04.039 again at seven thirty, pre game at six thirty. Before we get out 750 00:57:04.039 --> 00:57:07.960 of here, I do want to thank the Clippers organization. Ralph Lawler, 751 00:57:07.000 --> 00:57:12.679 Bryan Seaman, no ego, Carlo Jimenez on the call, big brother Jake 752 00:57:12.719 --> 00:57:15.800 Warner, our head engineer, Katie Newton, our producer, the callers, 753 00:57:15.840 --> 00:57:21.679 the listeners Chuck Mockler feel better until tomorrow is six thirty with their pregame show 754 00:57:21.719 --> 00:57:24.960 for Clippers sons. I'm Adam Osland. We will talk to you then. 755 00:57:27.440 --> 00:57:30.760 Why was doing his thing? All they want to do is win in La? 756 00:57:30.840 --> 00:57:34.599 I win. I thought they gave everything they had. I'm this has 757 00:57:34.639 --> 00:57:38.880 been Clippers Talk, the official postgame reaction of the LA Clippers. God bless 758 00:57:38.920 --> 00:57:44.159 Paul George. Will you it's changed. Don't miss an episode all season. 759 00:57:44.280 --> 00:57:46.920 Law Go to wherever you podcast and subscribe today. Well up the show I 760 00:57:46.920 --> 00:57:50.920 got join the iHeart Radio. You guys are great. Thank you for joining 761 00:57:51.039 --> 00:57:53.960 us for another exciting broadcast of LA Clippers basketball.