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Adam Osled, I like watching the movie Groundhall Day, I'm not enjoying living
it right now. If Game five was a punch to the stomach, this
was that punch to the face from Bill Murray as the Clippers, after being
up by nineteen end up losing one eleven to ninety eight to the Denver Nuggets.
Welcome in to Clippers Talk. I'm at aam Oslin to eight six nine
eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventies.
The phone number coming up on the show, we'll have farbod Essen Sharion from
SI. Now you'll hear from Doc Rivers in this segment. You'll hear from
the players post game after another unbelievable second half collapse. Something I don't think
anyone could have seen coming, not after what happened in Game five where they
were up by sixteen and let that game get away from them. They're up
by nineteen in the second half of this one in the third quarter. That
troublesome third quarter again, and it was Paul Millsap at first and the Denver
Nuggets, and Paul Millsapp has been insane in third quarters. He's done most
of his damage, almost all of his damage in the third quarter. He
gets them started, they get some confidence, and they were the aggressors.
After the Clippers were getting to the line. I believe there were seventeen of
twenty from the free throw line. There were a plus seven at the half
over the Denver Nuggets at the charity stripe and then Denver they attempted twelve free
throws in the third quarter alone. The Clippers could not defend without fouling.
Patrick Beverley foul out in eighteen minutes. Paul George was in foul trouble,
still played very well, still played through it. To me, that was
the big turning point, the fact that the Clippers could not set their defense
and could not stop the Denver Nuggets from starting a run in the third,
Denver had thirty points in the third, thirty four in the fourth quarter.
And once again, that's why I say it's groundhog Day, not only because
they come back down nineteen this time, but they went seven of nine from
three in the fourth, the exact percentage they shot in the fourth quarter of
Game five on Friday night. You give a team like this life that isn't
just playing with confidence because they were able to come back on the Clippers Friday.
They have come back in a series already during these twenty twenty playoffs,
where in the first round against the Utah Jazz they were down three games to
one, just like they were to the Clippers. They had been here before,
and they look like it, They played like it. Everything was falling.
They're playing with house money, they have nothing to lose. They're not
supposed to be in this position. The Clippers were supposed to put them away
twice. Now they've had chances eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy
eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy and you have to wonder if
it's mental now, if it's in their heads. You blow back to back
leads to this degree drastic collapses in halfs of basketball games when you have a
chance to break through and get to the Western Conference Finals for the first time
in franchise history. The Clippers are oh and seven now in close out games
in that second round when they've had chances to get to the Western Conference Finals,
and the Lakers have been waiting for them, But now Tuesday night we
get a game seven. One of the few positives I can find in this
right now is when I go back to two thousand and eight with the Boston
Celtics in the Boston Three Party, when they brought in Kevin Garnett, Ray
Allen paired both of them with Paul Pierce, and then of course were Gen
Rondo. A young was Gen Ronda was there with that team. They struggled
like this in the playoffs, but would eventually win the championship. They went
seven games in the first round in a one eight matchup with the Atlanta Hawks
and Mike Bibbie and maybe Marvin Williams. I can't even remember who was on
that team, Joe Johnson. Then they go seven rounds in the second round
with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Lebron James. They emerge from it and they eventually
go on to win in six in the NBA Finals, And obviously that was
a Doc Rivers coach team. You hope the Clippers have a chance to learn
from something like this and get the same opportunity to win a championship still,
that you can take these lessons, that you can take something away from this
so you don't do it later on. But there's a Game seven Tuesday night
now against the Denver Nuggets, who are riding high, who feel like they
can beat anyone who feel invincible, I'm sure, and the Clippers are gonna
have to weather that storm. I think Denver's gonna come flying out the gates
and the Clippers have to find a way to start fast, and then they
have to find a way to close. That's been the issue, It's apparent
to anyone. And it wasn't just these two games in this series. They
were up twenty three in Game four to the Dallas Mavericks. Is it opposite
season, because in my experience with the Clippers the last couple of years,
they're the ones that come back on everyone else. They're the ones that set
the record for a thirty one point playoff comeback last year in Game two against
one of the best teams of all time in the Kevin Durant led Golden State
Warriors. They came back down twenty eight in the regular season on the Boston
Celtics. They came back down twenty three times in one week last season,
and now the shoe's on the other foot. It's happening to them. And
I don't know what this let up or why it's happening, this let up
that leads to a letdown, but they have to find a way to win
at any cost. In Game seven, they have to pull out that victory.
You can't have a three one collapse like this to finish off this season
with so much hope, with so much promise with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George,
and I mentioned Kawhi Leonard there, and that brings a little bit of
comfort because he's been here before. We talked about it postgame with Noah Eagle.
He wins seven games in the second round last season against the Philadelphia seventy
six ers, and then he hits a series winning shot, not a game
winner, not just a game winner, a series winner in a Game seven,
that unbelievable plank Coade chip that bounced around forever and finally dropped and he
had I believe forty points in that game. He's one of the best closers
in the game. He's proven that over and over again. But some of
the other guys got to come along for the ride as well. It can't
just be Kawhi, Leonard and PG thirteen. Paul George was great in this
one. He had thirty three points, Kawhi had twenty five. They combined
for twelve points on the fourth quarter. But the Clippers bench, one of
their biggest strengths, has been their biggest weakness in the playoffs so far.
Nobody could have seen this coming. The historically great bench scoring forty eight points
per game in the regular season with Sweet Lou Williams and Monster Trez they both
struggled mightily in the playoffs so far, especially Tres. I think because you
know, this is just his twelfth game. They both had difficult circumstances where
they had to leave the bubble for death in the family. And they've come
back and they haven't looked like themselves, even though Lou Williams has given a
good effort defensively and he had fourteen points off the bench, but I mean,
this is someone that averages eighteen a game. Monster Trez just five,
you're six Man of the Year winner. He's not back in rhythm yet,
and Denver has continued to make their run whenever he's been on the court.
They made the Clippers pay for it. Unfortunately, Clippers lose after being up
by nineteen one, eleven to ninety eight. We'll take a quick phone call
here and then we'll take a break and we'll come back and we'll get to
a doc reverse. But his sham in Fountain Valley. Sean, what's up
you're on with Adam Oslin here on Clippers Stock. Hey, Adam, thanks
for taking my call. So, I mean, I think I heard what
you were saying about, you know, rivers and how the Celtics used to
struggle and whatnot. And then I'm reminded of, you know this, when
we still had Chris Paul Blaker fan DeAndre Jordan's back in twenty fifteen, and
you know, we're looking at that three to one collapse against Houston. It
just seems that these these Clippers, they don't seem to be playing with the
fire that they need to be playing with. And I think at this point
it's like, even if they win game seven, I mean, the Clippers
are basically using all seven games that are afforded to them. Right You look
at the Lakers, They're playing with absolutely no flaws right now, and you
know they're not, say, whatever margin of error that they have, They're
like, we don't even need it. And the other thing is, I
feel like Kauai's you know, kind of quiet approach to leadership's completely it's I
get a stark contrast with Lebron. Lebron he has no problems getting up in
his teammates faces if they're not playing the boy they need to be playing,
whereas Kawhi kind of just leaves it up to the coaching stuff. So I
think this is a major problem that is showing it's flaws his Sean. I
appreciate the phone call. Obviously, both LA teams are going in opposite directions
right now. But you can write the ship by winning game seven. And
Kauai's leadership approach has worked. It's been proven he was in Toronto for one
year, blended in with those guys and led them to a championship. I'm
not concerned about that. If the Clippers can win Game seven, They have
a clean slate going into the Western Conference Finals, so as bad as things
are right now, they can right the wrong if they can get that victory
and then take on the Lakers on Friday in Game one of what would be
the Western Conference Finals. But obviously I can't even look ahead and pass this
Denver Nuggets team that continues to come back. I think there are two issues
going on. It's not just that the Clippers are melting down. It's that
it's happening against a team who is looking for any cracks out there in the
defense, a team or cracks in confidence. The Denver Nuggets have already seen
this, they have this experience after what happened in the first round. They're
looking to jump back into the series. They're looking for any flaws, for
any miss to be used as an opportunity to gain momentum from the Clippers.
They were primed to pounce one once again. After the Clippers were up by
nineteen. It started at the free throw line. Shots started to fall there,
they got in rhythm, and then by the fourth quarters started up.
No matter even if the Clippers when they had a hand in somebody's face,
it was ineffective. They were hitting everything seven of nine from three and the
fourth quarter again, same thing happened Friday night in Game five. All right,
more Clipper stock coming up. We'll hear from Doc Rivers next eight six
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this Clipper stock here on a five seventy ELI Sports Welcome back into the Clippers
talk. I'm at a Maslin after they lose one eleven to ninety eight in
Game six after being up by nineteen points in the third quarter, and the
Clippers are going to a Game seven against the Denver Nuggets Tuesday night. Another
chance of redemption, another chance to get to the Western Conference Finals for the
first time in franchise history. I don't believe in curses. Did you see
what the Red Sox did? Did you see what the Chicago Cubs did.
I do believe everything happens for a reason and that this experience could be invaluable
for the Clippers, but they got to win Game seven to use that experience
the rest of this season, the rest of this postseason. Eight six ninety
seven two five seventy. Before we get to Doc Rivers post game, let's
go to Roger in Seattle. Roger, what's up here on Climer Stock?
I thank you for taking my car. I'm gonna make it quick. One
question for you. I don't understand why Dago Rivers is not playing a Reggie
of Palistin is not trying anything. It keeps on doing the same thing.
I know the players are playing too, you know, but the court can
also help them, and I don't feel like Dark is doing anything to have
the players. I'm very concerned because, like the previous callers said, I'm
seeing two thousand and fifteen all over again and I'm just completely crashed. Maybe
you can help me understand what's happening there. Thank you, Roger. I
appreciate the phone call. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is
the phone number. Reggie Jackson struggled pretty much throughout that first round series defensively
against the Dallas Mavericks. Now, his shot was there, There's no doubt
about that. He shot about fifty percent from three in that series. And
Patrick Patterson, well, he's your eleventh or twelfth guy off the bench right
now in this rotation. Obviously, Ja Michael Green is gonna be playing in
front of him, and Jay Mike has played well. He had nine points
in the first half, just two though in the second half he only played
twenty minutes. Though there have been a lot of issues going on the last
couple of games, and I do want to hear from Doc Rivers though post
game. We'll get back to your phone calls eight six six nine, eight
seven two five seventy. But it's not just one thing you can point to.
Okay, overall, though, defensively, they've slipped on that end in
the second half and has affected their offense. The Clippers were ten of thirty
eight from the field in the second half. That's twenty four percent after shooting
thirty four percent in the second half of Game five. And I think their
lack of defense is affecting their offense. All right, let's hear from Doc
Rivers post game after the Clippers, who were up nineteen in the third quarter,
would go on to lose one eleven to ninety eight in Game six to
the Denver Nuggets. Doctor you know Kauai after the last loss said that the
whole key was to stay even keel throughout the playoffs. But considering the way
these last two games have been lost, what's the challenge and what's your read
on what your team's mindset is right now after these seeing these big leads disappear.
I know what it is right now, but it'll be It'll be good
bye Game seven. No, listen, I thought once Murray went down with
that injury, from that point on the game, the complexion of the game
completely changed. I thought we were the more physical team. We were attacking,
We're getting to the paint. And from that point on, if you
look at that point on, it was a reverse of script. You know,
I really and I use all my timeouts just to try to get us
the cheap plan. The way we played each game to get these leads you
now were it was beautiful basketball. And then we stopped playing. We stopped
moving the ball, we stopped attacking on offense. Uh, and then that's
what allowed him to score on defense because we didn't score. So, you
know, it's funny. Usually you know it's in the games you say our
defense, uh let us down. I thought it was offense tonight. I
really did. I thought our offense let us down in there. Thanks Andrew.
Next we'll be home. Go ahead on. Hey, Doc, what's
your message to this team after these last two games and entering a game seven?
I don't know yet. I'll let you know. Next question, Doc
will come from Dan and the bubble. Go ahead, Dan, Rand.
No, you know trads is up and down for us right now. We
know that. Listen, I didn't you know if you go Jess on plus,
my is which I think a lot of people do. I don't think
either one of our fives is very effective tonight, if you want to be
honest, and so we have to get better play out of both of them.
Uh yeah, I get that. But you know when you sometimes watch
the game and then add up that minus and see if he was involved in
it, you know it does happen sometimes, So just watch it first before
we make that critique. Next up is Miriam. Hey, Doc, did
the day you said that that the team would it let allow itself to be
great. And obviously you guys were playing so well today and then then stop
playing as well as you were. How frustrating is that for you to kind
of like see it trading. But you know, listen, when you decide
to be a coach, and it's not going to be Roses every day.
And so we clearly have the right formula as far as how we're playing,
and then we keep losing it, you know, but again I just started.
We lost our pays. You know, I call it one time out,
you know, in the middle of the thirds, and guys, we're
not gonna drible a game out, all right, We're gonna have to keep
playing because they're not going away. And you know, they didn't go away,
so give them credit. Like they made every shot, They made all
the right plays. We missed some shots, but I didn't like our shots.
I didn't think in the first half we touched the pay and then the
ball came out and we got shots. In the second half, we held
the ball and we put no pressure on the deepense. Next question from Tamer
go ahead, Hey, Doug, Obviously you've been around the league in a
while, but you know, stats have sort of evolved you know, throughout
your coaching tenure, I'm curious how much stock or do you do you pay
attention to line up data in terms of, you know, who's better with
who on the team. We do it all. You know, I got
one thousand coaches. We have five analytical guys. I don't think there's anything
we don't see. Next question, go ahead, Uh, Dylan, doc
When when you talk about just kind of not being able to sustain that throughout
the whole game, is that a lack of concentration? Is that a lack
of killer instinct? I have no idea. Honestly, it will take me
again watching the game again. I caught it early though, even before we
lost the league. I turned to Tyler and said, we've lost our pace.
We're walking the ball up the floor. We were getting stopped at the
beginning of the second quarter, a third quarter, and we just we lost
our pace. And that's just not us. We can't play the way we
tried to play. Go ahead, Andrew to kind of line up questions.
You know you went with Jamichael is the first big off the bench in the
first New g eighty great minutes. What do you think of his performance?
And then also why why did you go on to go with Reggie who hadn't
played in two games late in that fourth because sometimes we're down and you just
try to go with someone. One thing Reggie has done, he has shown
the ability to make shots. You know, he struggles in other areas,
but he does have that ability. And at the time when you put Reggie
and we needed someone to make a shot because we wasn't doing that. So
that's why I love with Jamichael. I feel, you know, like it's
a great example Jamichael. You look at his plus minus and minus ten,
right, Jamichael played better than that. He was terrific tonight overall for us.
So he was just out on the floor with the unit that lost the
lead, and so his plus minus doesn't look right. That's why you got
to be so careful with just reading in the plus minus doc. Last questions
coming from Gary Washburnt. You on vacation now waiting for the next game.
We have a veteran team. How do you handle him before this game seven?
Keep all the injuries and guys coming out you have, you know how
this team in the attitude you got to be supplied by. Yeah, yeah,
I am, but you know, honestly, Gary this team is not
This is I don't know how many playoff games, but that's all we've played.
You know, this is not a team, a veteran team as far
as where they're from, but then not a veteran team together, you know.
So you know we got it. Thank God is at the noon gag.
We got the rest of the day, got time to prepare to morrow
and getting ready for the next game. Thank you do appreciate your time.
Thanks guys. There was Doc Rivers post game after the Clippers let go of
the rope. They were up by nineteen. They would lose in Game six
one eleven to ninety eight. Before we break here, I do want to
point out something Doc talked about there, and of course it was spot on.
He said they weren't as aggressive in the second half. He didn't like
the shots they were taking. Well, the box score will tell you the
Clippers had twenty eight points in the paint in the first half. They would
finish with just thirty eight, just ten more points in the paint in the
second half of this game. Freddie in Lakewood, Freddy Yarn Clipper stop without
of Marslin. How are you hey? How are you doing? Buddy?
You know, I love Doc Rivers and I'm glad he's our coach, but
he has a pattern of doing this. And we'll go back to game seven
and six and seven when he was with the Celtics and they had the Lakers
on the rope. They lost two in a row. You know, that
was a game Game seven where Kobe went like six for twenty seven, and
you know, he had the Big three and he couldn't close it out,
and it almost seems like they play not to lose. And then you know,
we had those Clipper teams with you know, Blake and DeAndre and Chris
Paul and same thing. You know, they they would have leads against teams
they should be beating, and it gets to the fourth quarter and they stopped
being aggressive and playing not to lose. I love Doc, but he needs
to do something to these guys. And you got Kauai. I just don't
get it. It's very frustrating as a fan. I'm just happy I was
watching it with my buddy Stevo and ENnie and Eddie and man, we were
ready to throw our adult beverages at the TV screen together. Freddie, I
appreciate the phone call. I understand your frustration. Believe me, this is
the most difficult loss of the season, following up what was the most disappointing
loss of the season Friday night. But they still have a game seven where
they can win and recover and get some momentum going into the Western Conference Finals
for the first time. But obviously things have to change for this team,
especially in the second half. Let's go to mohin In La Moin. I
hope I got that right. Yeah. Hi, I'm a fust time caller,
a huge, huge Clippers fan, and I really disliked the Lakers.
But I think, you know, Clipper mission, you know, should be
panicking. I mean, you had the game five up by sixteen, We
had this game up by nineteen. I mean, you know, quiet later,
I mean, I'm sorry. Leonard as a leader should need to step
up a little bit and need to be upfront with his you know, teammates,
like, you know, barket them. It's the miss of free throw
or in making mistake or something like that. He needs to do that.
I mean, he is too quiet. I mean, it's not the coach,
not the team. It's it's I think motion, a little bit more
motion. Let me ask you, though, he's been like this his entire
career. Has it not worked? Has his demeanor not worked in the biggest
moments. I understand that. But now he's with the Clippers, who who
has not gone to the Western Conference Final ever. So he should realize that
that, you know, this is the team that I don't know the curse
or not, but you know this is the team that all the Clipper fans
have been suffering for years at. Please spark up. I love Patrick Beverley.
I mean, I don't fall out, but I mean he needs to
have that little bit sparked. You know, That's what I meant. I
mean, I hope we have a killing killer instinct in games Simon and get
those uh Lakers. But you know Clipper Nation and you know myself, I
don't know. I'm I'm really panicking. Awesome, That's all. That's all
I got, most shin. I appreciate the phone call. Take a deep
breath. Look, I'm not going to ask Kawhi Leonard to be anything he's
not, and I don't think any game phase or locker room fiery speech is
gonna do it. It's about execution on the court in the second half.
That's been the issue for them. They have passion on this team. Sometimes
there's effort and there's not execution that can be a problem out there. Clippers
lose one eleven to ninety eight. Coming up, we'll have far bought Ess
and Sharion from SI. Now you'll hear from Kawhi Leonard post game as well,
and we'll get back to your phone calls. Rick Harold tags Mitch Jeff
hold on, we'll get to you more Clippers stock coming up next right here
on the M five seventy l spurts the Denver Nuggets force a Game seven after
the Clippers led by as many as nineteen in the second half, but they
would lose by a final score of one to eleven to ninety eight in Game
six. Game seven is coming up Tuesday night. More on that and far
Bought Essen shar will join me here on Clipper's Talk in just a few minutes
plus you'll hear from Kawhi Leonard postgame and Paul George. But I do want
to get back to your phone calls Clipper Nation. Let's go to Rick in
La. Rick, you're on with Adam Oslin here on Clippers Stalk. How
are you Yeah, I would talk about Yeah, just really disgusted with that
performance. You have your foot on the next and the throat and you don't
do it again. We've seen this repeating too many times with that talent on
that team. You brought in two elite talent players to put you over the
top, still the same issues. I hate to say it, but if
they lose Game seven, Doc's gotta go. You're no better than Dale Niggro.
We can get to the second round. And if you can't get them,
so their hump. Why are they paying them all this money? Just
a repulsive effort to close that out. You see what the team across the
hall is doing. They're dominating teams right now, play the best basketball in
the playoffs, and the Clippers with the most talent on paper, it can't
really do that to an inferior team. So I just feel like if they
if they lose, it harder to sound Doc's gotta go. Really, we
can just bring in Mike D'Antoni. At least see he gets his team to
to the Western Conference finals. He's just getting give with the hump. There's
obviously no excuse you can use whatever they're at excuses they play when they want
to play, they'll they'll get it together. They haven't had enough time.
I mean, at this point in time, it's just you have none excuse
you at up nineteen point leading to have Jokitchen Murray go off on when we
shut them down. It's just there's nothing, no way he was about it.
So he's either win or Doc's got to go on after Tuesday night.
That's just my thoughts on it. Thanksful the time, Rick, I appreciate
your passion. I know you call into Clippers talk all the time. One
thing you did bring up that I agree with, and Doc Rivers has to
go if they lose Game seven is obviously not it. Uh. You know,
guy's gotta make shots. Players gotta perform, and Doc has put guys
in a position to do just that. They go ten of thirty seven in
the second half or thirty eight, that doesn't even seem possible because of the
talent that you've talked about. But there was something telling about what Marcus Morris
said yesterday. We played the audio for you earlier on the Clippers pregame show
Clippers Countdown, and he said, sometimes we rely on our talent too much
and we're not as consistent with the intensity. I'm paraphrasing a little bit,
but that was the gist of it, and I think it happened again tonight
inexplicably. It's tough to rationalize a loss like this, of course, after
what just happened up sixteen on Friday. Let's go to Oliver in Santa Monica.
Oliver, what's up here on clippers stock? Hey, thanks for putting
me on Love the Show and teeing me up with the Marcus Morris quote,
because that's what I'm thinking too, because we're supposed to be the gritty one,
and even from him, it just looked like we were intimidated. I
think that we're not getting the nice threes from Shami or Pat or Lou really,
and we just kind of have to accept that. But I think where
we can really step it up is with the energy and the pain and just
bringing some of that energy, because if it's not going to be there from
Zoo or Tres or Marcus Morris, I really don't think we're gonna win it.
Oliver, thank you for the phone call. I appreciate it. Great
minds think alike. You were also thinking about that Marcus Morris quote. And
by the way, Marcus Morris just five points, one of five shooting,
didn't have a great game out There wasn't foul trouble as well, But that's
inexcusable if that's what's happening. They're looking across from them and seeing all the
talent instead of just playing, instead of just bringing that grittiness that street lights
over spotlights la our Way mentality. And I don't know if that's it as
much as it is Denver taking the momentum and running with it in a way
that I'm sure Denver fans think this is magical right now? What's happening for
them? Down three one in the first round, they come back and now
they've taken this to a game seven. Game seven will be Tuesday night.
We'll get back to your phone calls in just a little bit, but I
do want to bring on my friend from SI now. It's far bod S
and Shari far Bad helped me out here. I'm having difficulty explaining what happened
up nineteen after they were just up by sixteen and let go and how to
let down Friday night? When did this game change for you? Doc Rivers
talked about it already. We played the audio where he thought after Jamal Murray
went down, there was a spark there for the Denver Nuggets because he kept
playing. He played through it, and they kind of rallied around that.
When did you see this game turn in favor of the Denver Nuggets. But
we can't keep blaming the intangibles like that. We can't say, like,
oh, Jamal Murray went down, they started winning, or Marcus Morris pushed
Paul mill steps so they started winning. You can't like, no team is
that mentally weak where something like that makes you lose. Jamal Murray goes down,
Paul George hits the three, the Clippers are up nineteen. What ends
up happening is Paul George shoots a bunch of wide open jumpers in the paint.
Every single one of them miss every single one, doesn't hit a single
one. Every single time he misses, Denver converts, gets free throws.
Denver hits a ton of free throws. In the third quarter, Paul George
continues missing, Clippers go cold, the leads starts shrinking down, and as
the lead shrinks down, they put Tress on Yokich, which has been up
yeah every single time, and there's countless amount of data to prove that you
put tress on Yoki, Yokich hits two quick threes, all of a sudden,
the lead is done. You just can't allow that anymore. The margin
for error is so small. You can't just risk putting tress on Yokich for
a player two. You can't just keep shooting jumpers at some point, you
can't, Like, there's so many things the Clippers keep doing wrong, putting
trays on Yokich is clearly one of them. Right. He's a minus nineteen
and fifteen minutes, five points one rebound. You know how hard it is
to be a minus nineteen and fifteen minutes, Like that's hard to do,
right, So if that's if that is right there, it's a clear indicator
of what you don't need to do. At some point you got to stop
running with the names of players and running with the outputs of players. And
right now, I mean, the Clippers can still win game seven, right,
They've shown, They've shown they were up big game game five. You
would think in game six they might come lacklisted they came out even bigger,
right, So who's to say they can't come out big in game seven?
But the way they're playing. If the jumpers don't fall and stop shooting them
impletely, right if as soon as the lead and the bench just keeps blowing
leads over and over. If you see that that happens, just play your
guys longer, play the starters longer. Pull zubots in earlier it's game seven.
If you have a guy playing forty minutes, let him play forty minutes
forty two minutes. That's what you gotta do. Farbod Essenshar is joining me
here on Clippers top from SI now he is a Clippers reporter after the Clippers,
who are up by as many as nineteen in Game six, would end
up losing by thirteen, with the final score one to eleven to ninety eight
to the Denver Nuggets. Farbody bring up Monster Trez that plus minus it's tough
to see, and Tres has really struggled since he returned. He just hasn't
looked like himself at all, aside from more Visa zu bots, and he
played thirty minutes in this game. Jamichael Graves looked really good. He played
twenty minutes, had nine points in the first half, would score just two
points afterwards. But people have also asked about Patrick Patterson. What other options
do they have if Tres continues to struggle here, Well, at this point,
really not a matter of if he continues to struggling. He's struggling.
His numbers are just if I can give you the exact number. In this
whole series, he's a minus or actually in the whole playoffs he's a minus
sixty one. That's there's only one lineup there's the Clippers have where he's a
positive. First, Yeah, it's not even a matter of if he struggles,
he's struggling. Don't don't even risk it anymore. We're past that point.
You're gonna have to play Jamichael Moore, and I mean, and to
be honest, the minutes of Zubos and Jamichael, we're pretty fantastic. At
the beginning of the game, Jamichael hustles hard. So I think you're gonna
have to play Jamichael and place Jetrez off, and you're gonna have to figure
out a little bit different of your lineup just because it's not working every single
time. There's nothing, there's no ifs ands or butts, it's it's not
working. You just blew. The Clippers just had the second worst like collapse
in terms of where a team had a lead since nineteen ninety seven to close
out of conference finals, the nineteen point collapse. The only other team to
do that since nineteen ninety seven is the Clippers in twenty fifteen. Right,
So at this point, you're literally repeating history. It's like watching the definition
of insanity. So do something different at this point because it's not working all
right, farbod, So what happens in Game seven? Do the Clippers play
with that intensity? Are the rotations crisper? Do they come away with that
Game seven victory? Well, either two things happen. I think either one.
Either one team goes goes hot right in the beginning, I think,
and honestly, the Clippers could be super deflated and you can you can see
it in these games. A moment they get deflated is when the Nuggets go
hot from deep. So Game five and the fourth quarter, when the Clippers
had already blown their lead, the Nuggets seven for nine from three. Game
six, when the Clippers blew their nineteen point lead, the Nuggets went seven
for nine from three. Both games they went seven from nine for three.
It's like they literally did the same thing two games in a row and Jamal
Murray didn't even need a call glass this time. No, And it's become
a thing where so if their confidence is down going into Game seven, I
think the Nuggets are going to hit a bunch of threes and it's going to
be a ten plus deficit right in the first quarter. Now, if the
Clippers still have the fire, it's going to be the same thing. They're
gonna get up big again early. And what it comes down to is a
matter of proper rotations and executions. And I mean, you can blame going
cold as much as you want, but if pg's missing three consecutive jumpers in
a row that are good looks, you're gonna have to try something different.
So the same thing as Kauhai in Game two when he went cold. Get
to try something different. So it'll be interesting to see. I put a
game seven, just one team is gonna come out hot the gate, out
of the gate. I don't know which team it'll be, but one of
them will. He is far bought Ess and Shari. He covers the Clippers
for SI Now follow him on Twitter at Farbod Underscore E far Bod thanks for
coming on today, even though it wasn't following a win. Your streak has
been broken. Oh maybe we can start a new one in game seven Clippers
win, Come on on Tuesday with me far bout all right? Clippers?
Absolutely all right. I appreciate her brother. We'll talk to you later.
We'll take a quick break here. Clippers lose Game six after being up by
as many as nineteen one, eleven to ninety eight. Game seven's Tuesday.
Your prediction for how that goes, because I think that's pretty spot on an
analysis. The Denver Nuggets are gonna be feeling good. You may have to
weather the storm early in game seven, and the Clippers just can't get down
on themselves. They just have to play through it. But they have Kawhi
Leonard been there, done that, two times Finals, MVP, two time
NBA champion, and I think he's gonna get this team pointed in the right
direction early. Of course, that means they got to close late. They
have to find a way. More Clipper stock coming up next right here on
AM five seventy l A Sports. Clippers lose Game six after being up by
nineteen. This is Clipper stock. I'm at a Moslin. Game seven is
Tuesday night, we'll have Clippers free game for you starting on the Patriot AM
eleven fifty and the Clippers Radio network at five. Before we get out of
here, we'll go rapid fire. I like the name, well, I
like the call Adam in Winnetka, Adam, what's up here on Clipper stock?
Hey, what's all that? What's up Adam? What do you want
to say? We'll tell him. I'm just calling to say I think this
Clipper Curry is not a Clipper Currs. I teenk get to the Dark River,
the Dark Riverers curR. I think it wasn't Blake Griffin at TV three
small. I keep thinking this is I'll have to do with Doc Rivers himself
that we lose this series. We gotta fire him, and we got Tyron
lu there. Thank you. I've been a long time final Georgs. Thank
you for taking my call. Much low all right, thanks for the phone
call. I believe in Doc Rivers. I believe in this coaching staff,
and I think they're gonna have the guys prepared and ready, but they gotta
finish. Players gotta play. Coaches got a coach. I understand the frustration
right now, there's a lot of blame to go around, though, when
you're up three games to one and a team forces a game seven on Eutagius
and walnut Tagius, you're on Clippers stock. Hey, it's it's really deflated.
I know, just talk about Kawai. He should be more vocal.
Things like that, and maybe a little I feel a little vocal, you
know, might satisfunny people. But in that first half, he was getting
offensive boards, he was rebounding, he was guarding, he was getting feels,
he was diving on the floor, he was doing everything, and and
that's why they were up. He was playing like an incredible first half.
And in the second half when they were up nineteen, they went on a
six ol run and they were only up thirteen. I was I could see
the offense getting stagnant again, and I was hoping that they would post up
as as you like to say ninety six MJ and let him post up and
get the offense back to the rhythm. He's gonna draw double teams, he'll
create something and get an open look for somebody. And I didn't see that,
and I felt like if they went back to the bread and butter of
just getting him the ball in that position, they would have calmed a lot
of the nerves and the tightness, and I think they could have, you
know, done a lot better. And I think also I called after Game
four, I said, I know Reddy Jackson has been up and down,
but I do think they got to play him over Shammon because sham is just
not giving us anything on the offensive endom Dayes, I appreciate the phone call
callback Tuesday night, hopefully after a Clippers Game seven win. Their offense has
gone in and out of sync at times all season long because they've had so
many different starting lineups. Maybe there's something to that. They should have just
gone to their bread and butter, like you say, with Kawhi Leonard,
just play through him. He still had seven points in the fourth quarter.
Kawhi was great, Paul George was great. They got enough from them to
win this game. But I'm looking at the bench right now, which has
struggled all playoffs long, and I'm hoping that turns around on Tuesday. Mitch
in New Jersey quickly, Adam, I hope to hope we have to see
into Toby and I want you to just keep working. I think we're tied.
I used the bench and we don't win this games said, we're gonna
be the Buffalo pills of bassquall. Oh, Mitch, you're killing me with
that one. Mitch. I appreciate the phone call. Let's finish with something
positive, Jeff in Tarzana. Come on, Jeff, and that could be
positive. Attim. Let me let me say this, any minister, did
La Michael Green get in the second half. I don't have the exact number.
I think about ten though. All right, you know what they should
do for Game seven? They should start him instead of Morris. All right,
I think shake it up a little bit and I'll make up this prediction
right now. If the Clippers don't win this game, there's gonna be some
changes made, not only in the player personnel for next year, but the
coaching staff. Jeff, thank you for the phone call. I don't know
if the solution is taking Marcus Morris out of the lineup. He has shot
overall a spectacular percentage so far in the playoffs, and his defense has been
great. JA Michael Green, though played twelve minutes in the second half.
Who try before we get out of here. I do want to thank the
Clippers organization. Noah Eagle, Brian seamen Ralph Lawler. Back here in Burbank,
a radio potner Kevin figures Zach attack for helping us out with postgame out
and you, the callers and the listeners until Tuesday night, starting at five
pm on the Patriot AM eleven fifty for Game seven. I'm out of Maslin.
We will talk to you then