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and now your host. He makes everything

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happen, Adam Aslan. The Clippers
didn't have their best, but they still

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best. Did the Okac Thunder with
a one o eight to one hundred victory

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at Staples Center to make it seven
straight wins for the Clippers. Welcome in

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to Clippers Talk. I'm Adam Oslin
to eight six six nine eight seven two

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seven two five seventy. Coming up on

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the show, you'll hear from the
head coach, to Ron lou the player's

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post game, and my friend Robert
Flam from Clips sp Nation is coming on.

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But we knew coming into the game, no Marcus Morse because he had

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stomach flew a bug going around.
I don't know if it's the same thing

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Serge Ibaka had recently where he missed
a game. But then what we didn't

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know was Pat Bev would get hurt
right knee sore Nous. He doesn't play

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in the second half, and he
had a really good first half. He

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was a plus eight out there,
had seven points, had three assists,

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one of them off a steal where
he got it to Nicholas Batoum's saint Nick

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Batoum. I believe it was in
the second quarter for an easy layup.

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Pat Bev was doing some nice things
out there, so Reggie Jackson gets the

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start in the second half. Action
Jackson again does it. He fills in

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beautifully, had ten points on the
third quarter alone. At fourteen in the

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game, that means he had four
more in the fourth quarter, and he

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was two of four from three.
Remember, I know he struggled at times

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in the bubble defensively Luca don Chech
hits that shot over him against the Dallas

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Mavericks in Game four of that series. But he was shooting almost fifty percent

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from three, and he played really
good when the Clippers first brought him over

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from the Detroit Pistons. He was
doing a little bit of everything and being

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a playmaker out there, and he's
a score first type of point guard.

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And really that's what the Clippers needed
in that third quarter because early on I

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think the lead was down to eight. They were up seventeen in the first

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half. They were up seventeen in
the fourth quarter. More on that in

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a second But in that third quarter
they needed some scoring because they only put

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up a twenty spot in the second
quarter. The offense really slowed down.

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They had four points through the first
six minutes of the second quarter after having

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thirty six points in the first quarter, and they were up by seventeen after

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one. It was thirty six to
nineteen, but the wheels kind of fell

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off. The offense came to a
halt, and outside of a Visa Zoobots

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and his energy, the ball movement
just wasn't there. They had I think

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twelve assists in that first quarter.
The offense was humming. They were playing

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hot potato as they have so many
times this season, and the ball movement

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overall has been beautiful. But for
the second straight game now, the Clippers

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shots just thirty percent from three.
After going into Friday night's game, they

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were leading the league shooting forty four
percent from distance, and they were doing

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historic stuff from the outside, where
that is as hot as any team has

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been in the last ten years.
Through their first fifteen games, shooting forty

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four percent from three. The Clippers
were that team, but they have cooled

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off. They've regressed a little bit
in these last two games. They still

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put up a lot of threes,
forty six of them, to be exact,

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but only hit fourteen. There were
some timely ones, though, and

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they came in the fourth quarter,
one from Nicholas Batoum, one from Serge

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Ibaka. But after leading by seventeen
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ball game, all of a sudden. Speaking of three pointers, George Hill,

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who has been around the league for
a while, he's a good player,

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a good vet and he had a
really good game where he scored twenty

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two points after not much on Friday
night against the Clippers, but he hit

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three straight three pointers late in the
fourth quarter and the lead was down to

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just six. But when you need
someone to bail you out, let it

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be Kawhi Leonard win in doubt,
get it to Kauai, get it to

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the claw and he hits well.
He had a big dunk in the forty

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five second mark to put them up
by eight, and the Clippers would eventually

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win one o eight to one hundred. So they let a seventeen point lead

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slip. They didn't play their best
basketball outside the first quarter. Paul George,

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who it sounds like was having some
hamstring issues coming into the basketball game.

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We'll have more on that from the
head coach, Tehron Loop post game

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here, but that just came out
and he didn't look like himself. And

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remember he was dealing with a hammy
last year, so it's a little bit

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concerning. But he was four of
thirteen with eleven points and didn't play the

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last five minutes of the game.
I think to rest him once they were

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up by seventeen. Obviously, okay, c wasn't going away. Shay Gilds

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Alexander twenty three points on eight of
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The Clippers, though, find a
way. Championship teams typically can win

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ball games when they're playing ugly like
this. They just find a way to

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win anyways, and it was ugly
for the most part. The Clippers only

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shot forty four percent. They still
took care of the basketball, had just

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ten turnovers, but after out rebounding
Okac by nineteen Friday night, they were

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outrebounded by five tonight at fifty one
to forty six and the thunder, and

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they got up more shots because of
that, they had twelve offensive rebounds.

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They had a little bit more juice
than the Clippers energy wise. I know

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it's an afternoon start, but they
started off really well with that thirty six

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point first quarter. I thought they
had overcome the noon swoon, the mid

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day malaise, however you want to
put it. But the Clippers get the

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victory. They are thirteen or four. They are a top. I believe

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there's still atop the Western Conference now
because they're tied with the Lakers, who

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did win yesterday in Chicago, but
by way of the tie breaker, because

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they beat the Lakers head to head, they should be back atop the West.

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But look out for Utah right now
because they were in second place earlier

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today. All right, coming up, we'll have Robert flam on Clippers analysts.

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We'll get to your phone calls,
you know what. We'll take one

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before I break here. That's usually
the routine. Morrison, long beach.

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Morris, you're on Clipper stock without
the mass and how are you so?

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I'm doing fantastic? My brother seventh
straight, Now, that's a big deal.

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I think the Grizzlies is I think
they've got maybe four or five.

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But the Clippers at one seventh Street, Yes, they are at the top

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of the West and you were talking
about earlier about they're shooting. These guys

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are on fire, my brother from
the outside, and you can see the

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difference between this year's team and last
year's team. They've got more girth,

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right, they've got more girth to
Defensively speaking, and these guys can shoot

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the three. If they don't have
a back to back on this road trip,

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I don't see him losing. So
good job for the Clippers, and

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y'all have a good day. Thank
you Simch. Defensively speaking, thank you

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Morris. The Clippers have a lot
of versatility with their length, with their

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shooting, they can be a matchup
problem for anyone. And to find a

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way to pull out this win when
they weren't playing grade, no Marcus Morris,

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no Pat Bev in the second half. A little bit of a gritty

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win, granted against a team that's
likely not going to make the playoffs in

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the OKAC Thunder, but it's just
tough to be the team two games in

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a row. These new mini series
that we're seeing where you play a team

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in back to back or in successful
succession, even though they'd have a day

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off on Saturday. You knew the
Okay se Thunder. We're going to play

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beat, but Clippers hold on and
they are at thirteen four on the season.

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Coming up next again, Robert Flom, big shot Bob plum as I

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like to call him. We'll join
me here on Clippers Stock. We'll get

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back to more phone calls. Eight
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This is Clipper Stock here on AM
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La Clippers Basketball co Why Leonard is
a destroyer of walls right now on the

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official home of your La Clippers.
And he destroyed the ram with that two

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handed dunk with less than a minute
left, and the Clippers would hold on

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to win one o eight to one
hundred over the ok See Thunder. Welcome

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back into Clipper Stock. I'm at
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nine eight seven two five seventy. We

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will get back to your phone calls
coming up here, Chuck, Jeff Mitch

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hold on. But first I want
to get to my friend Robert Flom,

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formerly of Clips Nation, but now
the managing editor at two three Hoops.

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Homie Flam. It's big shot Bob Flam

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back here on Clippers Talk, Robert, thanks for doing this. Let's get

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into it. How would you categorize
a win like this where they were up

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by seventeen with under four minutes left
and really things got dicey. It was

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touch and go at the end there
thanks to George Hill heading back to back

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to back threes. Yeah, it's
ugly. It's really you know, it's

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kind of a cliche words for it, but it's the accurate one. It

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was a really ugly win. The
Clippers did not play well really for most

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of it outside of the first quarter, and their performance in the first quarter

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really won of the game. They
were up seventeen after the first quarter,

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end of the game up eight,
and really were outplayed by the Thunder for

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most of the game. But Kawhi
Leonard was just good enough to carry them

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to victory. He made every little
play that mattered, whether it be an

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offensive rebound, beautiful passes, dominant
in the mid range, just an MVP

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caliber performance from Kawhi Leonard and throut
the team was able to fill in here

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there. You know, a Visa
Zubos was really good. Sir Jebaca played

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well, so it wasn't a bad
effort. You know. It was just

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a night where the shots were not
falling for the Clippers, but still they

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were. They were very fortunate to
get away with the wind because they were

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sloppy at times and just ice cold
from three. You mentioned Kawhi Leonard.

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They're leading them in scoring again with
thirty four points on just twenty four shots,

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hits four three pointers. But over
his last five games he's averaging eleven

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points in the third quarter alone.
Does it look like at all to you

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that Kawuhi has that sense of urgency
of closing things out, but especially coming

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out of the half and making sure
they're playing their best basketball, or he

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just has to take over sometimes when
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a mix of both. I think
you know, early in the season the

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Clippers struggled to close out halves and
quarters, which is very critical to do.

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It gives you momentum going to the
next period. And I think Kawhi

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is really made the mark to close
out quarters. He's been playing full quarters.

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He played the entire first. I
think he played just about the entire

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third as well, and it's just
really dominated in key stretches. You know,

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he's been looking for a shot more
aggressively. He came out absolutely firing.

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I think he took five threes in
the first quarter. He finished with

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nine, three attempts, and in
the third. Yeah, he's just going

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to work. Today was a really
off game for Paul George Lou Williams.

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Ruknard struggled as well, so really
a lot of the ball handling and playmaking

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duties fell on Kwi Leonard. He
rose to the challenge. He's just been

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great, as he said, the
past few games in particular, just absolutely

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rising. It's probably the top of
the MVP level standings along with Jill l

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Embiide and Nicola Yo Kitchen a couple
others. But he's been great. Gan

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the third quarter, it's just it
looks like the basket must just feel as

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wide as an ocean, is absolutely
dropping them in. His SHOT's been wet.

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He also had eight assists. He
led them in assists while getting those

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thirty four points off the bench of
bet to Zoobots led the Clippers with eleven

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rebounds. Today had ten and eleven
his last three games, he's really been

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looking more in rhythm and more like
himself. Is he someone that could maybe

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average a double double off the bench
this year? It will be tough,

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I think, just because he got
off to that slow start, and because

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you know, there will be games
where Surgebaca plays a bit more. But

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I think he could come close.
He's not been too far away from averaging

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a double double the past a couple
of years, and I think if he

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continues playing like this, I think
Tylo has shown that you will give Zoo

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a lot of minutes. He played
him the entire fourth quarter and you know,

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the last few minutes of the third, which is something Dalk Rivers basically

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never did. And if he keeps
getting you know, twenty four minutes,

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I think he could absolutely average,
you know, just about a double double.

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He's a great rebounder. Again,
he was slow, bitter, particularly

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to start the season, but has
really turned it on of late and is

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finishing just absolutely everything inside, just
dunking just about everything inside. And again

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to start, he's bobbling a lot. He was going up soft though.

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I'm not sure what teams for him, if there's just confidence, if those

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teammates being encouraging or the coaching staff
or whatever. But he looks like the

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Zoo box that they had all last
season and became such a fan favorite.

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He's been great, even hit a
jump shot, had the nice assist to

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Kawhi Leonard for the dunk at the
end of the first quarter. Point Zoo

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the Zoo God was out there.
Now we don't know the status yet of

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Patrick Beverly, who didn't play in
the second half with a sore right knee.

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But if he is out for any
extended period of time, who do

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you think soaks up those minutes.
I think it's gonna be Reggie Jackson.

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Tylu like Zock Rivers and like a
lot of endgay coaches you know, to

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be fair, does not like adjusting
the rotations as much. So frequently rather

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than bringing in and promoting a second
unit guard, they will go to a

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third string guard, and right now
that is Reggie Jackson. So rather than

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playing Luconnard Lou Williams in the first
unit and kind of disrupting the bench unit,

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I think Reggie Jackson will get the
start. He started the third quarter

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and this one with Beverly out,
and he played well. I get up

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to get a really bad turnover in
the fourth quarter. In his defense is

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obviously a very big drop off from
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teams, he's an effective offensive player. So I think playing him alongside Paul

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George and Kawhi Leonard will really help
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to take the pressure off them,
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Clippers will be fine. Of course, they will desperately miss Patrick Beverly's rebounding,

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his defense, just to steady hand
the lack of turnovers. He played

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really well in the first half before
having the league, and he's been a

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really good off season, so they
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would start, and I think he's
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basis. Robert, one of the
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having that brand new coaching staff with
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and we saw in the In Pursuit
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as well as the rest of the
coaching staff. But what have you seen

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has been the biggest difference from this
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year with this group. I think
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think the rotations and experimentation are one. I think Tylou has already shifted lineups

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a lot. Doc Rivers would find
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them. You know, he loved
all bench shoots and all starting this Tyler

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has been much more comfortable shifting guys
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Luke early with the starters and then
taking back out so as to not playing

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with Lou Williams and minimize the defensive
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little bit more creative than Doc was, I think. But really I think

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it's the fault. Was that right, It's just the fact that this team

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is willing to make the extra pass
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people League observers just on Twitter or
NBA writers meet people, you know,

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talking about the Clippers ball movement,
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year or really even in previous years. The balls were nipping around. Even

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today in a game where they were
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sixth just ten turnovers and we're making
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just missing, you know, they
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where Lou Williams and Patrick Patterson at
when oh of nine and oh seven from

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three, they were all good books. They're all wide open off off ethan

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ball movement, so that's really the
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a lot, I think Pat,
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have been used there. There are
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sometimes even passing up open looks.
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be the biggest difference. They just
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He is Robert Flam followed him on
Twitter at rich Homie Flam. He is

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the managing editor at two one three
Hoops. Robert, thanks for doing this.

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We'll talk to you next time there's
an early game on the weekend.

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My friend, he sounds gonna think
there's always coming up next. We'll get

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back to your phone calls Chuck,
Jeff Mitch. We'll get to you,

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I promised, and we'll hear from
the head coach Stronlou post game after the

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Clippers win their seventh straight at one
O eight to one hundred over the Oklahoma

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City Thunder. This is Clippers stock. I'm at a Moslin and you're listening

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to AM five to seventy LA Sports
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home of your LA Clippers. Don't
miss a moment of Clippers basketball all season

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long. Kawhi Leonard had thirty four, Serge Ibaka had seventeen, Reggie Jackson

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gave the Clippers twenty really good minutes, had fourteen points, had ten of

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those on the third quarter, four
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hold on to win one O eight
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There was seventeen points. Second straight
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also went seven of eight, just
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playing his former team in the UKC
Thunder. Eight six six nine eight seven

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two five seventy is the phone number, and I have confirmed the standings have

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been updated. The Clippers are back
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be the only team with a longer
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those at seven. Utahs is at
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slow, so this is a little
bit scary. Chuck in Ontario, check,

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you're on Clippers stock without him?
Also, Hey, could you hear

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me at him? I'm driving right
now. I got you, Chuck.

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You sound good? Oh great?
Yeah. I just wanted to ask you

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about that last guest you had.
I couldn't catch his name, but he

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pretty much summed up everything I was
wanting to talk about. But I just

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want to get your assessment on two
things. Number one, what do you

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think about how low is being used
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a lot of minutes, but I
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And then number two, what do
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trip? If you think's gonna give
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will, Chuck, I got you. Thank you for the phone call.

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Yeah. Lou Williams has been more
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floor tonight, one of nine only
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Friday night. But he's gonna get
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to score eighteen points per game like
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Because now Marcus Morris, a former
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a former starters coming off the bench, and because Luke Kennard is there

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and they brought him in for a
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more and more aggressive. But he
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not enough. Did have four assists
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there, actually led the bench in
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is someone who I would expect to
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And again it's going to be difficult
because well there's an embarrassment of Rich's off

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the bench when you have former starters
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on this bench crew. So Lou
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legs. He won't have to play
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age now, so he only plays
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big shots from the underground goat coming
later in the year, and when they

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get to the playoffs. As for
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well, it starts Tuesday. They're
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Young, who's been on fire recently, and the Atlanta Hawks, who now

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have Danilo Gallinari. They've revamped things
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John Collins is there. Clint Capella
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He had a triple double I think
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Friday night. That's insane. That's
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stuffs. The Clippers also are going
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that, the Orlando Magic, the
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a week from this Tuesday. I'm
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on this six game road trip because
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is playing, but they may start
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They've only won one game with the
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two so far, but they are
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before they traded for James Harden,
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and the Brooklyn Nets, and then
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They lost some defense with Jared Allen
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the Brooklyn Nets twice. But they're
gonna get that thing rolling offensively. They're

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special. They could be the best
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State Warriors a couple of seasons ago. Now, Mitch in New Jersey,

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you're on Clippers stock without them,
and how are you, hey, Adam?

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How you doing? Thanks for taking
my core? What's that? I

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wish they were televise more of the
Cup of Games. You know, they're

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people, you know. I like
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be playing the Knicks in the net, so I at least they get to

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see you. I don't know if
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there, you're in Jersey. You're
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the net. I'll get the nets
and the Knicks. At least you get

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to see I agree here. I
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year. I'm still steaming u Mantraz, but I like Abaca and like you

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said, Zuback has come along.
Uh just great, just fine, and

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I and your nest. They have
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Joe Harris an old guy, DeAndre
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him. I'll take a bots over
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he's got a little age and m
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clip is demorapical for a big guy. What about n a backup, uh

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quarterback point guard? I'm thinking about
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guy. I love seeing get more
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we think we well, right,
I think we can. I think we've

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got to challenge is that to come
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the phone call, Mitch. I
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that Clippers and Lakers were really separating
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talked about how good Utah has been
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traditional point guard, it's been seemingly
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callers to start off this year.
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right now, it's not much of
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we'll see Paul George is only going
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Leonard was already a really good playmaker. Last season, he showed his growth

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in that area and he's leading them
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and with how unselfish this team is
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to watch. Fred Rogan the other
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were last year, while also saying
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love your Fred. The point is
this team plays much differently than they did

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last year. And while there isn't
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Paul George, the two on three
connections in their second season, now,

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they don't play the same way offensively. Toronto Lewis put his mark, has

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put his stamp on this team with
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was a play early in the first
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kicked it out to Nicholas Batum who
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it over to PG thirteen for an
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pointer. And we've seen this time
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season where they just pass up good
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growth of this offense. Who happens
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They happen to be the best offense
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Defensively, they can get better.
They were sixteen coming into this game,

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but that's slightly skewed because of their
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And when we've only played sixteen games
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gonna hurt you. Over the last
five games though, now the Clippers have

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been the third best offense in the
NBA, so they have been getting better

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there too. But a big six
game road trip coming up. We'll talk

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more about that. You'll also hear
from Toronto, lou that's next. You're

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listening to Clipper Stock. I'm Adam
Oslin and this is AM five to seventy

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LA Sports. You know, we've
given MVPG Paul George a lot of love

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this season, deservedly, so he's
put himself in the conversation for most valuable

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Player. Now Kawhi Leonard last week
has put himself there too. He finished

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he led the Clippers once again with
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from the field and had eight assists. That's what's really different when you're superstars.

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Are the guys leading you and assists
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to set the table while still getting
their points out there. It's impressive and

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people are going to be put on
notice nationally with Kawhi Leonard and how he's

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evolved with his game and how dynamic
he's become. Clippers win one O eight

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to one hundred over the OKAC Thunder. Jeff and Tarzana, you're on Clippers

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Talk without of maslin Hi. Jeff, Hey, Adam, how are you

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doing? Let me ask you a
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to give me an honest answer.
Oh boy, if a team is not

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shooting very well from three point three
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a point in the pain, whatn't
you think they would have more points in

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the pain or try harder to get
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avantage, and also like they're passing
in the key. Yeah, it's an

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interesting point because three of their last
four games now, Jeff, and three

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of their last four they had scored
over fifty points in the Pain. They

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get just forty two in this game, and they had twenty of those in

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the first quarter. So their offense
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quarters and they took forty six three
pointers. They eventually normally, though,

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Jeff, we've seen this before two. The other side of that argument is

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they could start cold from three and
catch fire at any time. They're the

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best three points shooting team we've seen
that, so it's hard to criticize them

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too much when they are the best
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sure against a team like the OKC
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they could have gone into a Baca
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half. Maybe that's what I was
thinking. If you're scoring, if you

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have twenty points in the first quarter
at that rate, you have eighty points

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points in the pain That should win
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thing, Adam is you know,
on the tough series that are coming up

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on the road, I don't know
how tough it's going to be. If

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Miami doesn't have Jimmy Butler. They're
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yesterday when he had forty one points. Yeah, he's getting better. He's

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showing that outside shot even more now. He's really good. But it's not

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going to take really that much to
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do is score one hundred and forty
points. Well, that's it. They

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played no defense at all. The
problem is they don't. They don't at

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the moment. But it's only been
a couple of games, and they know

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that, and they're self aware,
and they've talked about how they have to

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get better on that end and they
will. Well, I think they have

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an excellent coach. He like Steve
Nash. And like Steve Nash, you

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know, he got knocked all through
his career for not playing defense, but

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you look at a lot of the
games that he had that he was double

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doubles or triple doubles. He had
a lot of steals and games and stuff.

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Yeah, I appreciate the phone call
there was Jeff and Tarzana. That

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Brooklyn Nets game is February second,
But let's not get ahead of oursel else.

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The Clippers next game is coming up
on Tuesday in Atlanta. That's game

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one of this six game road trip. Before we leave you here today,

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though I do want to get this
in because I cheased it out. Here

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was toe ron Lew post game after
the Clippers win one zero, eight to

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one hundred over the Thunder. Its
obviously not an easy game today. What

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did you make of just the wait? First of all, Reggie Jackson came

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in the second half replacing Pat,
and how you guys grinded it out?

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Yeah? I thought Reggie was great, you know, just like Pat,

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Pat just being a professional and you
know, staying ready and we came in

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and think he had ten points in
that third quarter, which was huge for

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us. So hats off to Reggie
for that. I thought our biggs were

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phenomenal about Surgeon Zoo. You know, we're really good. Especially on the

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nine to nine. We couldn't make
shots. You know, we still had

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twenty six assists, but you know, we couldn't make shots. We had

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a lot of open shots that we
didn't make, and like, how would

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just stay with our defense, kept
grounding, getting stops and only having the

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same time was a night as well, so on the night were you not

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making shots? This was a good, you know, tough ground out way

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for us in that fourth quarter.
There Paul was on the bench for the

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last night I think four thirty one. Was he was that related to him

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being no messing. No, he
has some tightness going into the game on

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tonight, so he you know,
he got to lose and he played,

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but he has some tightness going into
the game. And then at last four

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and a half five minutes he just
kind of saying, you know, he

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felt tight. He tightened up again, so we just got him out to

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be cautious. Thank you, thank
he low You can go ahead, hey,

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ty, congratulating to win a couple
of things real quick. Uh can

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you elaborate on the tightness that Paul
was dealing with just as hamstring? Okay?

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And second, uh, Kawhi was
great tonight. Not tonight, I

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mean so I'm still out, but
he was great today, and he was

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really great two weeks ago in a
similar spot in the matinee game where the

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rest of the team was relatively uneven, but especially in that third quarter two

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weeks ago, it was it was
Kawhi kind of carrying a team. Today,

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it was through different parts of the
game. How how are you observing

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Kawai getting ready for these particular time
games as you know now it's a seven

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game win streak, and he's played
really well on both ends of this win

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streak. Well, he's been he'd
been a phenomenal force. And tonight,

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you know, we got to ride
him, like you said, outside of

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our two big with Zoo and and
in Surge, you know, Kawhi had

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it going, so we kind of, you know, we played through him

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a lot, especially in that second
half, and he created points for himself

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and he created points for our team
as well, So we had to arrive

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him pretty hard just to, you
know, just so we can continue to

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keep the lead. And he had
played through him a lot, so he

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did a good job with that.
There was Toronto lou post game after the

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Clippers make it seventh straight. They
are thirteen and four, that's the best

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record in the league with the Lakers, but they beat the Lakers, they

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win the tiebreaker. They start a
six game road trip Tuesday in the at

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l That should be fun. Trey
Young is surging right now after a slow

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start to this season. Tip time
is at four thirty, which means we

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have your Clippers pregame show Clippers countdown
starting at three thirty. Coming up next

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here on a five seventy l A
Sports. It's the AFC Championship game between

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the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo
Bills. How do I know that because

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I'm running it. Yeah. Before
we get out of here, I do

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want to thank the Clippers organization,
Noah Eagle, Brian Seaman, Ralph Lawler,

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also Jake Warner, our head engineer
at Staples Center, and our technical

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producer here. You fantastic Samsiah.
Thank you, Sam great job as always.

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I know you've got a busy day
too, outside of Los Angeles,

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outside of everywhere. We'll talk to
you on Tuesday when the Clippers are in

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Atlanta. Taken and Trey Young and
the Atlanta Hawks tip time four thirty.

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I'm at a Maslin and I'll have
your Clippers countdown shows starting at three thirty