Last time that I check check, it was five chains on my neck.
It was no smile on my breath. Last time that I check sent sent
a set and a Senate quartermeal. No sweat last time that check. What's
up now? Christmas music? Clippers lose by thirty seven. At home,
they fall one forty five to one oh eight to the Boston Celtics. It
would have melted any snow if we had some here in so Cal. After
they went twenty five for fifty three from three. They attempt forty three per
game typically. Uh, that's second in NBA history to the Houston Rockets in
twenty eighteen. Twenty nineteen they attempted forty five per game. I want to
say, of course, when you're that hot, you're gonna get ten more
up deservedly, so twenty five to fifty three, forty seven percent from the
outside. Boston Celtics went big over the Clippers. Welcome back into Clipper Stock.
I'm at a mouselin eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy
is the own number? You heard the music? Wasn't that Christmasy? I
liked it. We got Chuck Makler on now of course because of it.
For a little clips and double dip here on Clippers Talk, Chuck, you
were there in person? What was it like? Man? Was it any
different? Am I missing something? Well? I guess the only difference is
I couldn't change the channel where I'm sure from your perspective because maybe put something
else on. But no, this one, this one was tough. What
made it even tougher was just the amount of support that the Celtics had in
the building. This is I'm not throwing shade at Clippers fans at all.
Celtics fans travel well, but there was a moment early in the game where
they had two really tough offensive rebounds and the crowd just sounded like we were
in the middle of Boston or something like that. So I guess that was
a little disappointing that the Celtics fans got to see their team win in such
fashion at stables. I got to ask you this, and hey, yeah,
credit the Boston transplants. It was probably an early Christmas present to get
to see their team at this game, and maybe they'll be there on Monday
as well. But did it sound like this live when the Clippers were missing
shots? Because to me, this rim being miked almost sounds like you're playing
pong short one more time, Kamie more time shortly what it felt like that
the whole game, it just other than Paul George to start this one,
it was just kind of a nightmare for all the Clippers. I mean,
I'm sure you've gotten some calls about it, but Terrence Man really didn't do
anything to help his case. To keep starting zero for ten is just brutal
and something you really don't expect. So I keep saying we're not going to
see more performances like this, but I don't know. Look, I don't
want him to be taken out of the starting lineup, but at this point,
it's getting difficult to defend, and I wouldn't be shocked if it did
happen. I don't know how that's going to help his confidence if he's removed
after winning the starting job, and really, uh, it was a long
time in many ways, and now he's not taking advantage of the opportunity.
And that's what's so frustrating. Right now. He's in with the worst shooting
funk of his career at a time when they need him and he needs to
prove that that starting job is his and it's cemented in stone. Yes,
it was tough to see today, and a mere coffee also was a little
bit invisible out there, which is, you know, a recipe for disaster
when the Clippers are down. Kawhi and a mirror and Terrence are both kind
of non factors that combined one for thirteen from most two guys. I was
interested, And maybe this's just had to do with timing of the game or
something like that, but I really thought Tyleru was going to open the second
half with Norm Powell in or one of a mirror or Terrence Man. But
I just wasn't in the cards tonight. Norm. He again just another kind
of innof no one really show. It was just brutal all around. I'm
exhausted even looking at the box for after seeing it, you're just like,
oh yeah, this one looked as bad in the box score as it did
kind of on the court. Hey, I've been talking for it for an
hour, talking about it for an hour. You could talk about it for
ten minutes. Damn it. Chuck, all right, this will be my
gift Christmas. You know I do want to say no, go ahead.
I was gonna say this is the burn the tape game. I think you
tweeted this out this one. It's you know, two losses in a row
is tough. We talked about on our last episode yesterday. I have clips
and dips so that to remember where this team was at right. There was
no Kauhi in this one. The twelve thirty start makes things crazy. The
Celtic shooting was already crazier than it usually is, and the Celtic defense is
very real. I don't watch a lot of Eastern Conference basketball, but seeing
that in person, it was a nice little lipless test. I guess for
ninety percent of the Clippers to go against a burn the tape game, just
kill it with fire, maybe like put the virus in the computer where the
game is being logged on the server type of game, because I don't know
how you know, there's not VHS tape anymore or anything like that. But
you know what, Paul George is pretty good. I felt like he should
have taken even more shots because he was so hot early on, and to
start the third quarter. The first two minutes he didn't touch the basketball or
take a shot. That was a little bit frustrating, But twenty one points
on nine of seventeen shooting. I'm not gonna say he didn't show up.
Yeah, I mean he showed up early. Right at first, this game
became a bit of a Paul George Jason Tatum duel, which was gonna be
exciting if if everyone else kind of picked up the slack. But we just
got killed, you know in the bench minutes that was that was brutal.
But yeah, I mean, credit Paul George still made me feeling under the
weather. But I mean, you know, twenty one on fifty three percent
shooting. He yeah, like the game just didn't flow like it really needed
to, I guess, But I agree, I would have been happy if
he would have taken sixty shots from this one. It's sounding more like the
No Words game. That's what it's turning into right now. Do you think
there's something big picture wise with this team right now? There's anything more concerning
than just them losing by thirty seven then losing that last game in Okasee.
Do we should we not overreact too much and this team is still trending in
the right direction? Is my question. I think what we saw is I
mean, unsurprisingly yet again, I don't know how many times I've said it
on this podcast. The team goes as far as Kawhi Leonder and Paul George,
So when one of those guys is out, things are gonna be even
harder. We know James Harden is great. I would have liked him to
see him be a little more aggressive in this one, you know, just
kivin who was out and whatnot. But I don't think there's anything super big
to take away. They went up against a team that you know, they
were shorthanded as well too, but that's a really good Celtics team. I
think, what if Clippers fans want a game to maybe look at to maybe
blow out of proportion, and I mean that in a respectful way. Is
what happens on Tuesday against the Hornets. Is Kawhi gonna go? How are
they going to come out after losing by just under a cool forty to the
Celtics? So I would I'm I'm weirdly looking more ahead to that game and
seeing the response from this team. Any body language expert type stuff. With
Kawhi Leonard on the bench, was he getting up and looking, you know,
like he wasn't moving around too gingerly? I'm just wondering, Chuck you
were there. I didn't have I didn't have my Kawhi binocular Lumby, but
he didn't look like he was moving too gingerly. We gotta something about Mary
that come on, get those binoculars going. There was no wak. I
didn't see him using a walker or anything like that, So I think I'm
hoping he's good for Tuesday. All right. He is Chuck Mockler of Clips
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Chuck. Thanks for doing this one today especially, I really appreciate it.
My friend, Hey, thanks for having me. And good luck with the
callers. Yeah, yeah, good luck at him, good luck with that
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