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The Clippers payo Mas to Sweet Lou Williams

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with a throwback twenty seventeen twenty eighteen
type of victory. They were undermanned,

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they were shorthanded, but that heart
and hustle was there and they got it

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done in San Antonio with a ninety
eight to eighty five victory over the Spurs.

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Welcome into Clippers Talk. I'm Adam
Oslin to eight six six nine eight

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seven two five seventy eight sixty six
nine eight seven two five seventy is the

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phone number coming up. You'll hear
from the head coach t Lou. We'll

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talk about Sweet Loew Williams now being
back home in Atlanta with the Hawks and

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the Clippers bringing in Rajon Rondo.
Tolmair Azarrely from Clutch Points will also be

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here for analysis. The Clippers gave
up just thirty points to the Spurs in

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the second half of a game where
they didn't have Kawhi Leonard, they didn't

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have Marcus Morris, they didn't have
Sergebaka, and they did not have Patrick

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Beverlely or Sweet Lou Williams. They
had nine guys available total. They ended

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up playing eight and everyone made a
huge impact. That old slogan, it

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takes everyone, it takes everything for
this Clippers team back during the twenty seventeen

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twenty eighteen season. It rang true
tonight on a night where the Clippers shot

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just thirty eight percent from the field, but they did go thirty eight percent

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with some timely threes late because they
started off cold from the outside. They

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ended up hitting thirteen of the thirty
four three pointers, but just an unbelievable

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defensive performance when they were down some
of their best defenders and guys weren't hot

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until Reggie Jackson dropped sixteen points in
the fourth quarter alone. He did all

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his damage in the first quarter with
twelve points, in the fourth quarter with

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sixteen points, finished with twenty eight
points, a season high for Reggie Action

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Jackson. Stay Reggie and he has
all season long. This guy's on a

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veteran's minimum. He and Nicholas Bazoum
both absolute bargains for this Clippers team.

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Per usual, Nicholas Batoum would hit
a timely three pointer near the end of

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the third quarter, also to start
that third quarter where the Clippers were down

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six of the half. Paul George, who did struggle with this shot overall

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just ten of twenty eight. He's
still working through it, but finished with

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twenty four points and thirteen rebounds,
tie to beat to Zubots for the team

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lead in rebounds. Tonight. You
know who was right behind them, Terrence

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Man with even though he went just
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went off for I want to say, eleven points or ten points or eight

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points. It was eight points in
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was getting to the free throw line, brought that energy, and even

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though multiple guys were not shooting the
ball well, they didn't let it affect

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their game or their defense. This
is something head coach t lou has been

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stressing. When we're not making shots, we can't let that affect every other

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area of the game. And it
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Defensively, they had been up and
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the pack defensive team. They were
twelfth though coming into tonight's game thanks to

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the way things have turned around defensively
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since the All Star Break. And
I put this out on Twitter at follow

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Adam a on Twitter if you want
to get to me there. But they've

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only been giving up, including the
game where they gave up one thirty five

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to the New Orleans Pelicans when Telu
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Even with that game in there,
they've only been giving up one hundred and

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four points per game. That would
be best in the league if they did

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that over an entire season. The
New York Knicks they give up one oh

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five, giving up one oh four
per game, it's exceptional, especially during

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the majority of the stretch. They
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Sir Chebacca tonight, no Marcus Morris
either, no Kawhide Leonard Afiza. Zubats

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was a freaking beast as he has
been, But to have four blocks in

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one quarter. In that third quarter
where the Clippers held the San Antonio Spurs

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to just thirteen points, Big Zoo
came through four blocks one quarter. One

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of them ended with a Nicholas Beatum
three pointer in the corner, the one

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I mentioned earlier. Sam Zia,
our technical producer, was waiting to get

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that sequence. He was looking for
perfection from a highlight. Tonight we finally

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got one because the other blocks,
I don't know if they led to layups

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or multiple possessions ended in turnovers.
Over All, though, the Clippers just

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ten turnovers, just eight last night, and they survived the San Antonio Spurs

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only having seven when they had sixteen
last night. I told you they are

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the best when it comes to taking
care of the basketball. They proved it

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tonight with just seven. But the
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thirty points total in the second half, out rebounding the Spurs by almost twenty.

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They ended up out rebounding them by
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this, when you're facing adversity like
this, it just shows your character and

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the way this team has been built
and the chemistry on the court. They've

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won four in a row now,
and they did so tonight without four starters.

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They are building. They are starting
to turn that corner because their next

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nine games are back at Staples Center, and there is work to be done

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with this team. Lou will tell
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opportunity for this long homestand when there's
only twenty seven games left in the regular

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season, because there's a lot they
can work on, there's more of his

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offense that they can install. They're
gonna have seventeen straight days where they are

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sleeping in their own bed at night
in Los Angeles. That's gonna do wonders

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for this team that already looks to
be very different defensively than they were in

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the first half of the season.
But of course, earlier today, Sweet

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Lou Williams was traded to the Atlanta
Hawks for Gen Ronto, and I have

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a lot of thoughts on that and
what gen Rondo is going to bring to

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this team, but it became it
became official about two hours ago. But

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I do want to pay my respects
to Sweet Low Williams, who made my

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job even easier and more fun because
I've been with the Clippers since he has,

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and he has brought some memorable highlights. And if people want to talk

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about that tonight eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy because Sweet

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Low Williams. He's the underground goat
forever. He is a Clipper legend.

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He is a fan favorite that helped
bridge the gap between the Lob City era

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and the two one three connection we
have now with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.

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But just last night he made a
little bit of history himself. Here

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was sweet Lou Williams, and here
was him hitting a career milestone, and

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here was his last shot as a
Clipper once again. Lou Williams one bucket

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away from fifteen thousand career points,
holds at the four side, week,

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puts it between his legs, cross
over on Jones, get the screen to

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us left from two bots, Williams
the pump fee the jumper from twenty oh

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Yeah, Lou Williams fifteen thousand career
points for the underground goat. Look.

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Lou Williams helped carry this team through
some difficult times, especially in that twenty

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seventeen twenty eighteen season where he led
an underman Clippers team sound familiar to a

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winning record. He had a fifty
point game with the Clippers. He had

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thirty six points on their thirty one
point playoff comeback against the Golden State Warriors

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in the playoffs. Of course,
he had multiple game winners and a Clippers

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jersey while winning two six Man of
the Year awards. The underground Goat is

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forever a Clippers legend and will always
be a part of this turnaround for this

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franchise as he helped lay the foundation
as this organization continues to build towards winning

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that first championship. So thank you, Sweep Lou Williams, and we'll welcome

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in Jen Rondo coming up next.
You're listening to Clipper stock here on AM

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five seventy LA Sports. What is
by every moment all season long? I'm

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their official cool Why letard sends it
back home? But the Clippers still knock?

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Come in here, no boardman.
Tonight, but the Clippers went for

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a season high fifty seven rebounds.
They win by thirteen in San Antonio over

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the Spurs. Welcome back into Clippers
Talk. I'm adam Osland to eight six

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six nine eight seven two five seventy. Coming up, you'll hear from coach

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Lou on tonight's victory. The Clippers
make it four straight. But also obviously

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earlier in the day, Sweet LEEUW. Williams was traded to Atlanta for Genronto,

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you'll hear from the head coach.
We're looking for more postgame audio plus

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tomare Azzarlie from Clutch Points will be
here. But I just I wanted to

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send love to sweet leew Williams because
when you have a guy like that who

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could just get incendiary at any time, and during that twenty seventeen twenty eighteen

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season, the Clippers had no business
winning forty two games, Lou Williams helped

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carry them to forty two wins and
a winning record. He had, I

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want to say, five games of
forty plus points or more. Had his

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fifty point game up at Oracle Arena
against Kevin Durant where he had a twenty

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seven point quarter. So he will
always be remembered fondly here with Clipper Nation.

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But re Gen Rondo he offers a
lot. He's five months removed from

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starting six of six from the field
in Game six against the Miami Heat and

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the Lakers close out victory to win
the championship. He always finds a way

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to step up in those big moments. Everybody was doubting eat Lakers fans were

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doubting re Gen Rondo and everyone else
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regular season at times, and he
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And they have been looking for a
playmaker and this is somebody they were interested

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in. Last I thought they were
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the Atlanta Hawks. The Clippers eventually
get their man. So it's a bittersweet

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day. We say goodbye to sweet
Loew Williams, who goes back home to

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Atlanta on a contender on a team
that's on the rise, a good,

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solid team that's in the playoff hunt, and who knows how far they can

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go with sweet Loew Williams there.
But gen Rondo was a need. This

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was something the Clippers, a need
they had to fill because this will make

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life so much easier for Kawhi Leonard
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of games. Yes, we gen
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Five months ago he was one of
the most important players on the court

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for the Los Angeles Lakers during their
playoff run. And he's been doing this

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his entire career, going back to
the Boston Celtics days. When I think

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of gen Rondo in the playoffs,
though, there's a series that is a

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little bit underrated that people don't talk
about enough because they didn't go on to

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win at all. But back in
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he was with Anthony Davis then and
Drew Holliday and they made a run after

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they either swept or won in five
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Trailblazers who were favored, and Rondo
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whatever CJ. McCollum and Damian Lillard
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was elite, and gen Ronto stepped
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that series. So when people say, well, can you take those bubble

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numbers into account with his shooting last
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in the playoffs before two eight,
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Richard and Monroe via what's up?
You're on Clippers top with Adam Oslin

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Hey, Adam. First thing is
the return investment in Reggie Jackson has been

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phenomenal, just like with Nick.
And that's what people to talk about during

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trades and stuff, was you couldn't
get well Reggie cost to have him here.

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No think Rondo that's going to turn
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Richard is gonna make everybody better.
And there's more court time freed up for

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Luke Kennard, who I truly believe
they have to maximize his talent this season

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if they're going to win a championship
and he's been more in rhythm lately obviously

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had the eight for eight ridiculous game, but same with Terrence Mann. It

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often offers more court time and more
shots up to two guys that are going

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to be needed at times in the
playoffs. They're gonna have to make their

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mark with them. But yes,
for gen Rondo makes the game easier for

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everyone. The other question I have
is do they go against the cap space

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and can we utilize that from one
of those open spots. That's a good

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question. I'll look that up or
I'll text Eric Pinkas you may have some

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insight on that NBA cap ology.
Let's go to Jose and south Gate.

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Jose, what's up? You're on? Clippers? Stop with that. I'm

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awesome. June twenty six, twenty
nineteen, Sweet Pepper Lou was on Warehouse

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shoe store on Western the block away
where I grew up from he met all

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the VIP members, I mean we
whatever, you know, the at bost

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first to meet him, and he
had somewhere else to be, and he

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waited for everybody else that was in
line to meet him. At that time.

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It was either get a picture or
a signature. So me and my

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girl and okay, you know what, my girl got a signature for my

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son, and me and my son
got a picture with lou I'm looking at

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that right now, like, let's
go Louise. Thank you yesterday Adam right,

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gain't even I didn't even get the
half we wanted to stay. But

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let me say this to Adam,
thank you, to Noah, thank you

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to Rob Lawler, thank you to
all everybody else want to know. Oh

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they brody on what's the Clippers radio
station? They want to know what good

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things have to stay. We have
to say this. Ever since Tylo showed

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the zoo box, can't post the
writing stump. He's being dunking everything.

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Karen shout out state, y'll just
turns man. He's learning under crit Lamely

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or Patrick Beverley. Now on the
rondo, do you not understand Let's go

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clip Jose and Southgate, thank you
for the phone call and the enthusiasm and

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positivity there as always, But it's
not even just what Gen Rondo can do

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on the court for this team.
Even if he's only playing fifteen to twenty

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minutes a night in the playoffs,
he'll be playing critical minutes at times,

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but also his leadership. He has
a relationship going back to his Boston days

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what the head coach Tlu Everybody always
says, and it's a cliche and an

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old adage that a prototypical point guard
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Oh, Gen Rondo's gonna be that
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t Lou wants this offense and defense
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great two way player throughout his career. But I know it's a hard day

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also for Clipper Nation because we're always
gonna love Sweet Lou Williams. What's cool

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about this team over the last few
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even when you love those guys,
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bit I have with Tobias Harris,
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the Clippers have been bringing in all
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difference with what happened today with Sweet
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and see what he does with the
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the Clippers the rest of the season, they've already played twice, but guys

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like him, I remember following Jawan
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They just find these high level character
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great people too, And that was
something our last color spoke to CJ and

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Alhambra. CJ, you're on Clippers
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I really wanted to give a grade
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was the transaction, but before I
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night not in the right state of
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anybody, let alone on the phone. Hey, who am I to judge?

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It's all good water under the bridge, CJ. Hey, all right,

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Well, all that being said,
tonight's game was an a a considering

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that we didn't have the claw Twin
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Ibaka, these guys answered. These
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balanced game, and it was both
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inspiration of Lou Williams that really pulled
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through. And you know, sweet
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you know it is probably the fifth
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laced it up and dressed in the
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I do want to get to the
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gave it some I had a knee
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some primatic thought. I was trying
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an, a big fat fail.
Why is that horrible? This was?

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This was horrible, CJ. You
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will. This is a guy who's
sixteen hours before he's bounced records his fifteen

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thousand mark career point, on top
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players to be a third winner at
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Jamal Crawford, another former Clipper.
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won it twice while suiting up for
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going anywhere, that history that's still
with the Clippers. Those are all moments

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we can celebrate. And last night
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to his fifteen thousand point as a
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the Clippers. I get all that, but here comes the big rub,

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Like, here here's the insult.
For insults thirled upon the injury was one,

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we not only gave up lou Will, but two second round picks.

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We see the biggest insult. The
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We got Rajan Rondo, CJ.
We got we got a two time NBA

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champion that just made a huge impact
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Just go back and watch that footage
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to do throughout the playoffs for the
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important player behind Lebron James and Anthony
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moments as well, But gen Rondo
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has been there and done that.
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the mood or upset about the move
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gotta give it time. You gotta
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I know there's that type of reaction
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of all sweet loew Williams has meant
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to win a championship this season,
and to have someone like gen Rondo on

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the court to unlock the best versions
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because the difference between Jen Rondo and
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different players. But I'll say this, when Jane isn't scoring, he can

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still find other ways to impact the
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the Clippers have needed somebody to keep
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he's going to be able to do
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We'll come back. Eight six six
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but I'm telling you the Gen Rondo's
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the pedigree, he has the resume
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there's some Lakers fans upset today too. In fact, I heard their head

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coach Frank Vogel saying, well,
outside of when he's playing US, I'll

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still roof for Rondo so much he
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know it was a good move.
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two five seventy eight six six nine
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me at follow Adam A Clippers win
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They're coming back home Saturday night to
take on Doc Rivers in the Philadelphia

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seventy six ers. More on that
too. You're listening to Clippers stock.

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I'm atam Mosland and this is a
five seventy yel a sports snagger, Paul

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George. This is the official home
of your LA Clippers. Don't miss a

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moment of Clippers basketball all season long. The Clippers time traveled back to the

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mid nineties and they held the San
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they win ninety eight to eighty five. Without Kawhi Leonard, without Marcus

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Moore's, without Pat Bab or Sir
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get it done. Paul George finished
with twenty four Reggie Jackson led them with

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twenty eight points, sixteen of those
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from distance, the final three he
hits, and we'll try to find this

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audio for you, but he's fading
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thing of beauty and he's had all
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Reggie is a real thing. Bail
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When in doubt, let Reggie Jackson
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pointer with Noah. You go on
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on peartle on the far side,
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quarter three. Oh, Reggie Jackson, the dagger, the mood ball.

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The prayer was answered. Reggie Jackson
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moments of when they need him most
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thinking back to when the Clippers came
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were shorthanded that night. Two Reggie
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Patrick Patterson gets the start tonight because
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pat goes three of three, just
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He had seven points a mere coffee
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He's a couple of three pointers.
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Patton the third quarter for an easy
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of his own steel. This team, I said, it reminds me of

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the twenty seven twenty eighteen Clippers team
a little bit tonight because they were really

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undermanned at times. Then two they
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say under man. But now with
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bit different. But there were some
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And it was just apropo with Lou
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Hawks for Gen Rondo, But it
reminded me of those times times where sweet

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loew Williams should have been an All
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and we thank him for having his
best years with the Clippers and giving us

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so many of those memories. We
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talk about Jen Rondo and what he's
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team, because I think he takes
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dimension that they were missing offensively.
Yeah, it's great that Kawhi Leonard and

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PG thirteen have both turned into much
better facilitators. But now you have that

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traditional floor general out there, and
he's gonna make a huge difference down the

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stretch in playoff games where you're executing
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it comes down to little things in
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team over and over again. And
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in the league. Even when he's
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This is a future head coach.
By the way, He's reunited with

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one of his old assistant coaches in
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stock. I'm at a Moslin to
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seventy still to come to Homer Azari
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calls. Morrison long Beach, what's
up? And my brother let me tell

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you them. Two people can come
back to the Clippers family and get a

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standing ovation. Chris Paul and brother
Lou Williams. You're right, Lou Williams

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gave us the best you know,
the guild team is going to follow some

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kind of way today. It's a
business, but I think it feels the

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right way. We sent him to
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where he can win, okay,
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there. But in terms of Rondo, Rondo has been in He's a quarterback.

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The only thing we want to be
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any concerns, is that everything works
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works out, look out America.
Now you don't know what I'm gonna take

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away from this game, Adam.
I have never seen this in my life.

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Nobody has shut down San Antonio thirty
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I've seen a guy go off with
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was too much. What am I
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I mean unbelievable. And if you
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gambles. But if you was in
Vegas and they told you the surgery back

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up and Kawhi Lynard are not going
to play tonight and they just thanked them

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the previous night, you say,
well, the Trippers gotta lose tonight because

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they're gonna show some price tonight.
They beat in San Antonio, and they

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not only shut them down, they
beat him even worse. Although the disparity

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and the points was this big,
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embarrassing in the National Basketball Association.
It reminds me of a Mike pro Tello

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team when he was twenty coaching back
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fifty five fifty four for the game. You know, this was incredible.

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So their defenses was happening, and
that's what you need if you think about

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winning that trophy because everybody could score. Look look at Brooklyn they because everybody

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could score, but can you stop
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day for the Clippers. Have put
you later, Morris, thank you for

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the phone call. As always,
Yeah, I thought the defensive mentality that

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t Lew has been talking about so
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they have a chance to have to
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Center or as they're at home for
their next nine games. But speaking of

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coach lou Let's hear from him post
game after the Clippers win ninety eight to

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eighty five, All hard all hustle. This was a team victory, but

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a team that was shorthanded and everybody
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was coach Lou speaking with the media. Hey, coach, what are you

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What are your thoughts on the effort
tonight? You know, the team coming

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out shorthanded and getting to win whatever
was great. You know, anytime you

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played a good team and elect the
Spurs and you shoot thirty eight percent from

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the field, score ninety eight points
and still in the game, it just

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tells you about our effort and intensity. All the defense tonight we led missus

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shots, you know, getting away
of us, you know, having a

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deefenessive mindset, and I thought of
deepness, carrious the whole night. And

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obviously kind of a bitter sweet day
to see Lou go as well. Just

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what are your thoughts on I'm watching
him sleep? You know, very bitter,

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you know over the last two years, just having a chance to be

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around Lou and now knew of them
far, we always spoke, but to

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have a chance to actually be around
him for two years and just seeing the

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person he was and what he meant
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Just tough, letting him go.
And like I said, if you

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get a guy who's you know,
three times six man the year and scored

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fifteen thousand points, most of them
up a bench, and just you know,

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his contributions to this organization has been, you know, so incredible.

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And you know, this is the
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said, especially for me being traded
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You know, so you know,
we're gonna miss Lou dearly. You

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know, I hate to see him
go. Big part of what they've done

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here the last four years, you
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it, and you know, but
what he's done with for us the last

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two years is I've been Thanks Charley. Next question from Andrew Graff, Go

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ahead, Andrew, ird to develop
on that. Just what was it like

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in the first quarter you look down
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LOUI wasn't there, Like is that
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actually we talked about it a half
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we knew we were right now,
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he's gonna be missing for everything ball
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think him as a person, That's
what I love the most. You know,

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he's a great basketball player, just
him as a human being and what

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he stood a board, how he
always brew some morale in the team,

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you know, with everybody around him. That's what's gonna be missed the most.

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Your relationship with Rajion. Obviously it's
people who know about the Boston era.

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Did it go back even earlier than
that, it can where you connect

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with him before you started coaching in
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you know, you know through KG
because you know, KG being one of

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my best friends, and you know
when the first went to Boston, being

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able to support them and get a
chance to meet you know, Rondel early

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on. But my four years of
coaching there, he was pretty much my

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project, you know, doctor,
you know made me stay on him and

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you know, so he's like my
little brother for the most part. And

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just watching him grow and machillas about
the years as a player and as a

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person, as a father, as
a human game. I'm it just great

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to see. Thank you time.
There was the head coach Tulu talking about

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the trade earlier. Today, Sweetlee
Williams goes over to the Atlanta Hawks.

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They bring in Rajon Rondo, a
two time NBA champion, who absolutely is

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an orchestrator out there on the court. It's a beautiful thing to watch him

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run in offense, if you will
followed his career, wherever he goes,

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they get better offensively, but specifically
in the playoffs in big moments where he

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also hits frequently big shots. Eight
six nine eight seven two five seventy is

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the phone number. We'll take a
quick break, we'll come back. We'll

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have Toma Azarreli on from clutch points. The Clippers win their fourth straight.

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They down the San Antonio Spurs ninety
eight to eighty five, and game two

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of this two game mini series,
Clippers are eight no in the second game

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of back to back this season.
Give him those back to backs in the

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playoffs. Okay, that'd be weird, but I don't know. There's something

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about this for the Clippers. Even
with at Kawhi Leonard in this one,

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even without muk no serge, no
pad beev, Clippers get it done.

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They overcome more. Clippers talk up
next right here on the M five seventy

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LA S fours letter there he erased
it at the rim by never had a

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chains. This is LA Clippers basketball. On the official home of your LA

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Clippers. You're Los Angeles Clippers win
in San Antonio again. They defeat the

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Spurs ninety eight to eighty five.
With the starting lineup of Terrence Man PG.

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Thirteen, Reggie Jackson, A Viza
Zubots and Pat pat Patrick Patterson,

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they are able to win the second
game of a back to back again eight.

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Knowing those situations and earlier today they
upgraded their playoff rotation. Remember at

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the end of Game seven, after
what happened in that series. I can't

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even remember myself, but I think
it was the Denver Nuggets last year in

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the second round of the playoffs.
I don't want to get too deep into

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it, but remember postgame, Kawhi
Leonard talked about needs this offseason and wanting

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to get smarter out there. Well, they just brought in the Bobby Fisher

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of players and Rashaun Rondo a court
general, a floor general out there for

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the Clippers. It's been in need
of theirs. We've taken calls on it

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all season long, and they got
their guy, and I got my guy

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on the line. Right now,
Telmara Azarrely from Clutch Points is joining the

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show. He is one of my
favorite analysts for the Clippers and reporters Tomaa.

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Before we get into the Rajen Rondo
move to bring in here and Sweetlee

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Williams going to Atlanta, let's talk
a little bit about how the Clippers got

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one of the most incomprehensible victories of
the season where they had no business beating

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the San Antonio team tonight, but
they just found a way to get it

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done. Anyways, you know what, before the game, I was talking

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to Justin Russo and I told them, this is the game they're gonna win.

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I told them I was there a
heart of Shi winning in this game.

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I decided feeling that even without Lou, even without Kauai and Marcus eventually

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out, this team just has guys
who step up. And it's I don't

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know how to explain it. They
just some guys who who step up,

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know their roles and when an opportunity
like today presents yourself, like Terrence Mann

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starting, you know you saw you
had a double double from him. I

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think there's four double doubles in the
starting lineup despite missing four starters. So

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it really tells you how deep the
Clippers can be when they're clicking on all

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cylinders. And I mean, honestly, they weren't even clicking on all cylinders

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today. But I think they played
well enough as a group, especially defensively,

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to get it done, to get
the Spurs. I mean, holy

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stan Antonio. The eighty five I've
points was was certainly impressive. I think

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what impressive the most today was you
know, Paul George, even though he

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didn't get the free throw a lot, a lot. I believed he had

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about nineteen shot attempt in the paint
nineteen twenty eight to win the paint.

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So, you know, the paint
attacks and the antities on getting into the

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paint that Tyler had been talking about. It one of the guys that's been

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talking about. Even with Kali,
Marcus Leu, Pad Surge all gone,

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that was still there. They were
still putting an emphasis on getting inside and

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punishing the San Antonio Spurs. You
know, we saw Zoobots. I think

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he took about it was it four
free throws. You know, we really

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made them paint and started at seven
offensive rebounds. It was just it was

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just a collective effort for everyone.
And I think it's just up though that

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Miami game, and you know,
I can't even remember because They've had so

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many impressive games without starters that I
don't remember the other one, but I

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think Miami has two of them.
Yeah, you're right, effort, I

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can't remember. The effort was there, the will, the desire, and

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that heart for the Clippers. You
mentioned the offensive rebounds from a beat to

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Zoobots having seven. The Clippers as
a team had fourteen. That's how they

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were able to win a game where
they only shot thirty eight percent from the

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field. Plus they were able to
take care of the basketball. But defensively

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they've been so good post All Star
Break. Now have they had a breakthrough

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on that end? Has the message
been received from coach t Loo to this

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team? Now? Tell Mary,
do you think they've turned the corner?

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H Yeah, I thought that after
last game. I thought after after they

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beat down the Spurs yesterday, thirty
point blowout. You know, it looked

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like that was three. You know, that was three in a row,

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three pretty solid games all around.
I know, you know, Charlotte's been

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playing well, Lionel was playing really
well. I just I just think it's

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a matter of effort, and I
think, you know, the Clippers,

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it's tough. You know, usually
during the season that January February three All

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Star right after All Star schedules kind
of off. You just you're started just

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going through the motions. You're not
really playing at one hundred percent because you

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know, especially for a team like
this, you're built to the playoffs.

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You're getting ready for the playoffs.
And I think just like we saw last

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year after the All Star break,
they've just turned it up. And I

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think we're seeing that right now.
This team is is fully capable of turning

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it on with or without guys out
due to injury. I think it's exactly

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what we saw. I think,
you know, ty Lou has had a

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couple of instances where he's lit into
the team, and we've seen him come

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to the postgame press conference I want
to say twice now where he's just been

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living. After the Pelicans game and
after the first Memphis game, those were

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two of the times. Those are
the maddest that I've seen ty Lou hit

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the dup exactly, and so so
I think, like you said, it's

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really starting to click in their heads, like, Okay, this is this

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is a though time. We really
got to start putting pressure on on our

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opponents and in the standings, the
second seat, maybe in the first seat

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is there for the taking right now. I mean, I think they're more

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concerned about playing well and playing as
a unit and getting healthy. But you

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know, the second, maybe even
the first seed, is the after taking.

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You just gotta play well, you
know. The rest of the ta

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care of itself. So I think
t Lewis preaching has finally got in there.

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I think it's been there, but
it's taken a few games to sort

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of click. And I think now
we're starting to see it. We've got

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a nine game homestand coming up a
huge opportunity to capitalize, but it depends

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on health. So all right,
tell me, Eric, got about a

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minute and a half left here.
As you mentioned, the Clippers on the

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three seed, just a half game
back of the Phoenix Suns for the two

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seed, but they make the move
to bring in Rajon Rondo. What were

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your thoughts when you saw that go
down with the WOJE bomb earlier today?

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I mean, initially, it's been
it's it's it's a bit disappointing because you

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know, I've covered the Clippers for
about five years now, and you know

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most of these use were Lou Williams, and he's always been, you know,

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a cost of a professional. You
know, always a great guy to

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talk to, always open to chatting
basketball or non basketball. On the court,

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we've seen what he's done multiple times, six men a year, you

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know, all time leading bench scores. So that was great. Look,

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I'm I think I need to see
something from Rondo to see how this team

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sits together. I know everyone says
things the playmaker. I'd be curious to

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see how we messures in. You
know, he knows ty Lou again,

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a relationship with him from Boston,
so I'd be curious to see how how

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they messed together. I think he'll
take some time. But look, if

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we gotta playoff Rondo, the Clippers
might get in good shape if they If

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they get that, so we'll see
playoff Rondo seems to be a real thing.

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There are jerseys with playoff Rondo out
there. He is Tomair Azarrely at

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Tommair t O M E r A
z A r l Y follow him on

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Twitter. He covers the Clippers four
clutch points. Tomare thanks for doing this

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tonight. I appreciate it. Thanks
for having me on night. Doing eight

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six, six, nine eighty seven
two five seventy is the phone number before

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we break, because I don't want
him screaming at me Saturday. Quickly,

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Jeff and Tarzana, you got thirty
seconds, Adam? Would I ever scream

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at you? I think you just
did. No, that's just my normal

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voice, Adam Love. I've got
to give the Clippers really good credit tonight.

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To be four players down, actually
five, to win a game against

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San Antonio at on the road is
fantastic. The other thing is was Kauhi

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out of the game tonight because he
couldn't play two games in a role.

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No, he's been doing that.
He just had a foot injury that popped

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up. All right. What would
happen with Marcus Hors Marcus Morris had a

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right calf injury? All right?
When are they supposed to get Beverly and

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and Bacca back? Jeff? You
know I don't have those answers for you.

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Hopefully sooner than later. Okay.
I was you know what, I

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was not happy about the trade of
Lou Williams today until TJ call. Then

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I got really happy because you realized
how wrong he was and how wrong you

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must have been earlier. No,
I wasn't wrong, but what I was

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thinking is the power off of the
bench. Rondo is Ron is a very

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smart player, like you said,
but he's also a coach killer. Dinny

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get kicked out of the Dallas because
you couldn't get along with That was the

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only time there was an issue between
him and a head coach, and he's

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back with a coach and they have
a bromance in TLU. Come on,

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Jeff, Clipper Nation, believe me
if you took my advice when they brought

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in Pat Pat or Nicholas Batoum.
I think things worked out there. It's

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gonna work out with for Gen Ronde, all right. Before we get out

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of here, I do want to
thank the Clippers organization. Noah Ego,

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Brian Steam and Ralph Lawl are back
here in Burbank. We had Samza get

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well, Big bro Jake. Until
Saturday, with the Clippers back home for

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nine straight home games, They're taken
on Doc Rivers in the Philadelphia seventy six

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ers tip time at seven pm.
We'll have your Clippers countdown show at six

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pm. I'm at a moslind We'll
talk to you then