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This is first basketball. The game
is over if you're gonna get clippered down,

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but the time to react has just
begun. I'm so happy with Walmer

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doing. This is Clippers Talk with
your host Adam Mosled on air after every

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building towards. All the other pieces
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be heard. Now, your host,

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Adam Osled, I like watching the
movie Groundhall Day, I'm not enjoying living

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it right now. If Game five
was a punch to the stomach, this

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was that punch to the face from
Bill Murray as the Clippers, after being

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up by nineteen end up losing one
eleven to ninety eight to the Denver Nuggets.

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Welcome in to Clippers Talk. I'm
at aam Oslin to eight six nine

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The phone number coming up on the
show, we'll have farbod Essen Sharion from

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SI. Now you'll hear from Doc
Rivers in this segment. You'll hear from

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the players post game after another unbelievable
second half collapse. Something I don't think

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anyone could have seen coming, not
after what happened in Game five where they

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were up by sixteen and let that
game get away from them. They're up

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by nineteen in the second half of
this one in the third quarter. That

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troublesome third quarter again, and it
was Paul Millsap at first and the Denver

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Nuggets, and Paul Millsapp has been
insane in third quarters. He's done most

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of his damage, almost all of
his damage in the third quarter. He

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gets them started, they get some
confidence, and they were the aggressors.

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After the Clippers were getting to the
line. I believe there were seventeen of

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twenty from the free throw line.
There were a plus seven at the half

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over the Denver Nuggets at the charity
stripe and then Denver they attempted twelve free

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throws in the third quarter alone.
The Clippers could not defend without fouling.

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Patrick Beverley foul out in eighteen minutes. Paul George was in foul trouble,

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still played very well, still played
through it. To me, that was

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the big turning point, the fact
that the Clippers could not set their defense

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and could not stop the Denver Nuggets
from starting a run in the third,

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Denver had thirty points in the third, thirty four in the fourth quarter.

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And once again, that's why I
say it's groundhog Day, not only because

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they come back down nineteen this time, but they went seven of nine from

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three in the fourth, the exact
percentage they shot in the fourth quarter of

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Game five on Friday night. You
give a team like this life that isn't

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just playing with confidence because they were
able to come back on the Clippers Friday.

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They have come back in a series
already during these twenty twenty playoffs,

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where in the first round against the
Utah Jazz they were down three games to

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one, just like they were to
the Clippers. They had been here before,

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and they look like it, They
played like it. Everything was falling.

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They're playing with house money, they
have nothing to lose. They're not

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supposed to be in this position.
The Clippers were supposed to put them away

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twice. Now they've had chances eight
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eight six six nine eight seven two
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it's mental now, if it's in
their heads. You blow back to back

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leads to this degree drastic collapses in
halfs of basketball games when you have a

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chance to break through and get to
the Western Conference Finals for the first time

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in franchise history. The Clippers are
oh and seven now in close out games

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in that second round when they've had
chances to get to the Western Conference Finals,

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and the Lakers have been waiting for
them, But now Tuesday night we

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get a game seven. One of
the few positives I can find in this

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right now is when I go back
to two thousand and eight with the Boston

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Celtics in the Boston Three Party,
when they brought in Kevin Garnett, Ray

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Allen paired both of them with Paul
Pierce, and then of course were Gen

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Rondo. A young was Gen Ronda
was there with that team. They struggled

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like this in the playoffs, but
would eventually win the championship. They went

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seven games in the first round in
a one eight matchup with the Atlanta Hawks

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and Mike Bibbie and maybe Marvin Williams. I can't even remember who was on

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that team, Joe Johnson. Then
they go seven rounds in the second round

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with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Lebron James. They emerge from it and they eventually

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go on to win in six in
the NBA Finals, And obviously that was

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a Doc Rivers coach team. You
hope the Clippers have a chance to learn

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from something like this and get the
same opportunity to win a championship still,

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that you can take these lessons,
that you can take something away from this

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so you don't do it later on. But there's a Game seven Tuesday night

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now against the Denver Nuggets, who
are riding high, who feel like they

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can beat anyone who feel invincible,
I'm sure, and the Clippers are gonna

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have to weather that storm. I
think Denver's gonna come flying out the gates

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and the Clippers have to find a
way to start fast, and then they

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have to find a way to close. That's been the issue, It's apparent

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to anyone. And it wasn't just
these two games in this series. They

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were up twenty three in Game four
to the Dallas Mavericks. Is it opposite

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season, because in my experience with
the Clippers the last couple of years,

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they're the ones that come back on
everyone else. They're the ones that set

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the record for a thirty one point
playoff comeback last year in Game two against

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one of the best teams of all
time in the Kevin Durant led Golden State

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Warriors. They came back down twenty
eight in the regular season on the Boston

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Celtics. They came back down twenty
three times in one week last season,

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and now the shoe's on the other
foot. It's happening to them. And

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I don't know what this let up
or why it's happening, this let up

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that leads to a letdown, but
they have to find a way to win

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at any cost. In Game seven, they have to pull out that victory.

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You can't have a three one collapse
like this to finish off this season

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with so much hope, with so
much promise with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George,

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and I mentioned Kawhi Leonard there,
and that brings a little bit of

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comfort because he's been here before.
We talked about it postgame with Noah Eagle.

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He wins seven games in the second
round last season against the Philadelphia seventy

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six ers, and then he hits
a series winning shot, not a game

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winner, not just a game winner, a series winner in a Game seven,

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that unbelievable plank Coade chip that bounced
around forever and finally dropped and he

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had I believe forty points in that
game. He's one of the best closers

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in the game. He's proven that
over and over again. But some of

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the other guys got to come along
for the ride as well. It can't

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just be Kawhi, Leonard and PG
thirteen. Paul George was great in this

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one. He had thirty three points, Kawhi had twenty five. They combined

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for twelve points on the fourth quarter. But the Clippers bench, one of

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their biggest strengths, has been their
biggest weakness in the playoffs so far.

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Nobody could have seen this coming.
The historically great bench scoring forty eight points

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per game in the regular season with
Sweet Lou Williams and Monster Trez they both

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struggled mightily in the playoffs so far, especially Tres. I think because you

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know, this is just his twelfth
game. They both had difficult circumstances where

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they had to leave the bubble for
death in the family. And they've come

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back and they haven't looked like themselves, even though Lou Williams has given a

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good effort defensively and he had fourteen
points off the bench, but I mean,

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this is someone that averages eighteen a
game. Monster Trez just five,

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you're six Man of the Year winner. He's not back in rhythm yet,

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and Denver has continued to make their
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They made the Clippers pay for it. Unfortunately, Clippers lose after being up

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by nineteen one, eleven to ninety
eight. We'll take a quick phone call

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here and then we'll take a break
and we'll come back and we'll get to

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a doc reverse. But his sham
in Fountain Valley. Sean, what's up

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you're on with Adam Oslin here on
Clippers Stock. Hey, Adam, thanks

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for taking my call. So,
I mean, I think I heard what

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you were saying about, you know, rivers and how the Celtics used to

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struggle and whatnot. And then I'm
reminded of, you know this, when

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we still had Chris Paul Blaker fan
DeAndre Jordan's back in twenty fifteen, and

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you know, we're looking at that
three to one collapse against Houston. It

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just seems that these these Clippers,
they don't seem to be playing with the

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fire that they need to be playing
with. And I think at this point

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it's like, even if they win
game seven, I mean, the Clippers

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are basically using all seven games that
are afforded to them. Right You look

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at the Lakers, They're playing with
absolutely no flaws right now, and you

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know they're not, say, whatever
margin of error that they have, They're

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like, we don't even need it. And the other thing is, I

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feel like Kauai's you know, kind
of quiet approach to leadership's completely it's I

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get a stark contrast with Lebron.
Lebron he has no problems getting up in

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his teammates faces if they're not playing
the boy they need to be playing,

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whereas Kawhi kind of just leaves it
up to the coaching stuff. So I

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think this is a major problem that
is showing it's flaws his Sean. I

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appreciate the phone call. Obviously,
both LA teams are going in opposite directions

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right now. But you can write
the ship by winning game seven. And

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Kauai's leadership approach has worked. It's
been proven he was in Toronto for one

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year, blended in with those guys
and led them to a championship. I'm

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not concerned about that. If the
Clippers can win Game seven, They have

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a clean slate going into the Western
Conference Finals, so as bad as things

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are right now, they can right
the wrong if they can get that victory

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and then take on the Lakers on
Friday in Game one of what would be

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the Western Conference Finals. But obviously
I can't even look ahead and pass this

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Denver Nuggets team that continues to come
back. I think there are two issues

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going on. It's not just that
the Clippers are melting down. It's that

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it's happening against a team who is
looking for any cracks out there in the

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defense, a team or cracks in
confidence. The Denver Nuggets have already seen

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this, they have this experience after
what happened in the first round. They're

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looking to jump back into the series. They're looking for any flaws, for

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any miss to be used as an
opportunity to gain momentum from the Clippers.

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They were primed to pounce one once
again. After the Clippers were up by

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nineteen. It started at the free
throw line. Shots started to fall there,

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they got in rhythm, and then
by the fourth quarters started up.

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No matter even if the Clippers when
they had a hand in somebody's face,

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it was ineffective. They were hitting
everything seven of nine from three and the

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fourth quarter again, same thing happened
Friday night in Game five. All right,

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more Clipper stock coming up. We'll
hear from Doc Rivers next eight six

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five seventy. We'll also have far
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later in the show, we'll get
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We are periscoping, we're live. You

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still got Kawhi Leonard in a game
seven. They can never bet against that

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guy in a big moment. More
on that coming up as well. Does

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this Clipper stock here on a five
seventy ELI Sports Welcome back into the Clippers

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talk. I'm at a Maslin after
they lose one eleven to ninety eight in

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Game six after being up by nineteen
points in the third quarter, and the

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Clippers are going to a Game seven
against the Denver Nuggets Tuesday night. Another

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chance of redemption, another chance to
get to the Western Conference Finals for the

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first time in franchise history. I
don't believe in curses. Did you see

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what the Red Sox did? Did
you see what the Chicago Cubs did.

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I do believe everything happens for a
reason and that this experience could be invaluable

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for the Clippers, but they got
to win Game seven to use that experience

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the rest of this season, the
rest of this postseason. Eight six ninety

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seven two five seventy. Before we
get to Doc Rivers post game, let's

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go to Roger in Seattle. Roger, what's up here on Climer Stock?

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I thank you for taking my car. I'm gonna make it quick. One

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question for you. I don't understand
why Dago Rivers is not playing a Reggie

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of Palistin is not trying anything.
It keeps on doing the same thing.

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I know the players are playing too, you know, but the court can

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also help them, and I don't
feel like Dark is doing anything to have

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the players. I'm very concerned because, like the previous callers said, I'm

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seeing two thousand and fifteen all over
again and I'm just completely crashed. Maybe

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you can help me understand what's happening
there. Thank you, Roger. I

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appreciate the phone call. Eight sixty
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the phone number. Reggie Jackson struggled
pretty much throughout that first round series defensively

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against the Dallas Mavericks. Now,
his shot was there, There's no doubt

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about that. He shot about fifty
percent from three in that series. And

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Patrick Patterson, well, he's your
eleventh or twelfth guy off the bench right

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now in this rotation. Obviously,
Ja Michael Green is gonna be playing in

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front of him, and Jay Mike
has played well. He had nine points

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in the first half, just two
though in the second half he only played

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twenty minutes. Though there have been
a lot of issues going on the last

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couple of games, and I do
want to hear from Doc Rivers though post

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game. We'll get back to your
phone calls eight six six nine, eight

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seven two five seventy. But it's
not just one thing you can point to.

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Okay, overall, though, defensively, they've slipped on that end in

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the second half and has affected their
offense. The Clippers were ten of thirty

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eight from the field in the second
half. That's twenty four percent after shooting

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thirty four percent in the second half
of Game five. And I think their

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lack of defense is affecting their offense. All right, let's hear from Doc

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Rivers post game after the Clippers,
who were up nineteen in the third quarter,

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would go on to lose one eleven
to ninety eight in Game six to

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the Denver Nuggets. Doctor you know
Kauai after the last loss said that the

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whole key was to stay even keel
throughout the playoffs. But considering the way

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these last two games have been lost, what's the challenge and what's your read

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on what your team's mindset is right
now after these seeing these big leads disappear.

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I know what it is right now, but it'll be It'll be good

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bye Game seven. No, listen, I thought once Murray went down with

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that injury, from that point on
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completely changed. I thought we were
the more physical team. We were attacking,

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We're getting to the paint. And
from that point on, if you

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look at that point on, it
was a reverse of script. You know,

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I really and I use all my
timeouts just to try to get us

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the cheap plan. The way we
played each game to get these leads you

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now were it was beautiful basketball.
And then we stopped playing. We stopped

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moving the ball, we stopped attacking
on offense. Uh, and then that's

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what allowed him to score on defense
because we didn't score. So, you

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know, it's funny. Usually you
know it's in the games you say our

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defense, uh let us down.
I thought it was offense tonight. I

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really did. I thought our offense
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Next we'll be home. Go ahead
on. Hey, Doc, what's

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your message to this team after these
last two games and entering a game seven?

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I don't know yet. I'll let
you know. Next question, Doc

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will come from Dan and the bubble. Go ahead, Dan, Rand.

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No, you know trads is up
and down for us right now. We

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know that. Listen, I didn't
you know if you go Jess on plus,

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my is which I think a lot
of people do. I don't think

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either one of our fives is very
effective tonight, if you want to be

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honest, and so we have to
get better play out of both of them.

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Uh yeah, I get that.
But you know when you sometimes watch

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the game and then add up that
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it, you know it does happen
sometimes, So just watch it first before

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we make that critique. Next up
is Miriam. Hey, Doc, did

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the day you said that that the
team would it let allow itself to be

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great. And obviously you guys were
playing so well today and then then stop

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playing as well as you were.
How frustrating is that for you to kind

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of like see it trading. But
you know, listen, when you decide

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to be a coach, and it's
not going to be Roses every day.

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And so we clearly have the right
formula as far as how we're playing,

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and then we keep losing it,
you know, but again I just started.

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We lost our pays. You know, I call it one time out,

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you know, in the middle of
the thirds, and guys, we're

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not gonna drible a game out,
all right, We're gonna have to keep

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playing because they're not going away.
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so give them credit. Like they
made every shot, They made all

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the right plays. We missed some
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I didn't think in the first half
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ball came out and we got shots. In the second half, we held

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the ball and we put no pressure
on the deepense. Next question from Tamer

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go ahead, Hey, Doug,
Obviously you've been around the league in a

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while, but you know, stats
have sort of evolved you know, throughout

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your coaching tenure, I'm curious how
much stock or do you do you pay

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attention to line up data in terms
of, you know, who's better with

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who on the team. We do
it all. You know, I got

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one thousand coaches. We have five
analytical guys. I don't think there's anything

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we don't see. Next question,
go ahead, Uh, Dylan, doc

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When when you talk about just kind
of not being able to sustain that throughout

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the whole game, is that a
lack of concentration? Is that a lack

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of killer instinct? I have no
idea. Honestly, it will take me

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again watching the game again. I
caught it early though, even before we

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lost the league. I turned to
Tyler and said, we've lost our pace.

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We're walking the ball up the floor. We were getting stopped at the

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beginning of the second quarter, a
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our pace. And that's just not
us. We can't play the way we

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tried to play. Go ahead,
Andrew to kind of line up questions.

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You know you went with Jamichael is
the first big off the bench in the

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first New g eighty great minutes.
What do you think of his performance?

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And then also why why did you
go on to go with Reggie who hadn't

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played in two games late in that
fourth because sometimes we're down and you just

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try to go with someone. One
thing Reggie has done, he has shown

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the ability to make shots. You
know, he struggles in other areas,

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but he does have that ability.
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and we needed someone to make a
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that's why I love with Jamichael.
I feel, you know, like it's

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a great example Jamichael. You look
at his plus minus and minus ten,

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right, Jamichael played better than that. He was terrific tonight overall for us.

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So he was just out on the
floor with the unit that lost the

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lead, and so his plus minus
doesn't look right. That's why you got

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to be so careful with just reading
in the plus minus doc. Last questions

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coming from Gary Washburnt. You on
vacation now waiting for the next game.

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We have a veteran team. How
do you handle him before this game seven?

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Keep all the injuries and guys coming
out you have, you know how

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this team in the attitude you got
to be supplied by. Yeah, yeah,

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I am, but you know,
honestly, Gary this team is not

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This is I don't know how many
playoff games, but that's all we've played.

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You know, this is not a
team, a veteran team as far

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as where they're from, but then
not a veteran team together, you know.

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So you know we got it.
Thank God is at the noon gag.

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We got the rest of the day, got time to prepare to morrow

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and getting ready for the next game. Thank you do appreciate your time.

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Thanks guys. There was Doc Rivers
post game after the Clippers let go of

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the rope. They were up by
nineteen. They would lose in Game six

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one eleven to ninety eight. Before
we break here, I do want to

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point out something Doc talked about there, and of course it was spot on.

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He said they weren't as aggressive in
the second half. He didn't like

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the shots they were taking. Well, the box score will tell you the

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Clippers had twenty eight points in the
paint in the first half. They would

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finish with just thirty eight, just
ten more points in the paint in the

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second half of this game. Freddie
in Lakewood, Freddy Yarn Clipper stop without

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of Marslin. How are you hey? How are you doing? Buddy?

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You know, I love Doc Rivers
and I'm glad he's our coach, but

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he has a pattern of doing this. And we'll go back to game seven

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and six and seven when he was
with the Celtics and they had the Lakers

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on the rope. They lost two
in a row. You know, that

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was a game Game seven where Kobe
went like six for twenty seven, and

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you know, he had the Big
three and he couldn't close it out,

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and it almost seems like they play
not to lose. And then you know,

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we had those Clipper teams with you
know, Blake and DeAndre and Chris

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Paul and same thing. You know, they they would have leads against teams

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they should be beating, and it
gets to the fourth quarter and they stopped

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being aggressive and playing not to lose. I love Doc, but he needs

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to do something to these guys.
And you got Kauai. I just don't

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get it. It's very frustrating as
a fan. I'm just happy I was

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watching it with my buddy Stevo and
ENnie and Eddie and man, we were

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ready to throw our adult beverages at
the TV screen together. Freddie, I

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appreciate the phone call. I understand
your frustration. Believe me, this is

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the most difficult loss of the season, following up what was the most disappointing

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loss of the season Friday night.
But they still have a game seven where

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they can win and recover and get
some momentum going into the Western Conference Finals

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for the first time. But obviously
things have to change for this team,

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especially in the second half. Let's
go to mohin In La Moin. I

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hope I got that right. Yeah. Hi, I'm a fust time caller,

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a huge, huge Clippers fan,
and I really disliked the Lakers.

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But I think, you know,
Clipper mission, you know, should be

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panicking. I mean, you had
the game five up by sixteen, We

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had this game up by nineteen.
I mean, you know, quiet later,

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I mean, I'm sorry. Leonard
as a leader should need to step

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up a little bit and need to
be upfront with his you know, teammates,

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like, you know, barket them. It's the miss of free throw

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or in making mistake or something like
that. He needs to do that.

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I mean, he is too quiet. I mean, it's not the coach,

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not the team. It's it's I
think motion, a little bit more

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motion. Let me ask you,
though, he's been like this his entire

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career. Has it not worked?
Has his demeanor not worked in the biggest

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moments. I understand that. But
now he's with the Clippers, who who

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has not gone to the Western Conference
Final ever. So he should realize that

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that, you know, this is
the team that I don't know the curse

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or not, but you know this
is the team that all the Clipper fans

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have been suffering for years at.
Please spark up. I love Patrick Beverley.

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I mean, I don't fall out, but I mean he needs to

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have that little bit sparked. You
know, That's what I meant. I

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mean, I hope we have a
killing killer instinct in games Simon and get

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those uh Lakers. But you know
Clipper Nation and you know myself, I

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don't know. I'm I'm really panicking. Awesome, That's all. That's all

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I got, most shin. I
appreciate the phone call. Take a deep

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breath. Look, I'm not going
to ask Kawhi Leonard to be anything he's

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not, and I don't think any
game phase or locker room fiery speech is

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gonna do it. It's about execution
on the court in the second half.

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That's been the issue for them.
They have passion on this team. Sometimes

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there's effort and there's not execution that
can be a problem out there. Clippers

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lose one eleven to ninety eight.
Coming up, we'll have far bought Ess

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and Sharion from SI. Now you'll
hear from Kawhi Leonard post game as well,

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and we'll get back to your phone
calls. Rick Harold tags Mitch Jeff

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hold on, we'll get to you
more Clippers stock coming up next right here

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on the M five seventy l spurts
the Denver Nuggets force a Game seven after

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the Clippers led by as many as
nineteen in the second half, but they

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would lose by a final score of
one to eleven to ninety eight in Game

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six. Game seven is coming up
Tuesday night. More on that and far

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Bought Essen shar will join me here
on Clipper's Talk in just a few minutes

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plus you'll hear from Kawhi Leonard postgame
and Paul George. But I do want

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to get back to your phone calls
Clipper Nation. Let's go to Rick in

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La. Rick, you're on with
Adam Oslin here on Clippers Stalk. How

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are you Yeah, I would talk
about Yeah, just really disgusted with that

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performance. You have your foot on
the next and the throat and you don't

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do it again. We've seen this
repeating too many times with that talent on

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that team. You brought in two
elite talent players to put you over the

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top, still the same issues.
I hate to say it, but if

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they lose Game seven, Doc's gotta
go. You're no better than Dale Niggro.

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We can get to the second round. And if you can't get them,

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so their hump. Why are they
paying them all this money? Just

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a repulsive effort to close that out. You see what the team across the

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hall is doing. They're dominating teams
right now, play the best basketball in

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the playoffs, and the Clippers with
the most talent on paper, it can't

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really do that to an inferior team. So I just feel like if they

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if they lose, it harder to
sound Doc's gotta go. Really, we

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can just bring in Mike D'Antoni.
At least see he gets his team to

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to the Western Conference finals. He's
just getting give with the hump. There's

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obviously no excuse you can use whatever
they're at excuses they play when they want

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to play, they'll they'll get it
together. They haven't had enough time.

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I mean, at this point in
time, it's just you have none excuse

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you at up nineteen point leading to
have Jokitchen Murray go off on when we

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shut them down. It's just there's
nothing, no way he was about it.

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So he's either win or Doc's got
to go on after Tuesday night.

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That's just my thoughts on it.
Thanksful the time, Rick, I appreciate

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your passion. I know you call
into Clippers talk all the time. One

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thing you did bring up that I
agree with, and Doc Rivers has to

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go if they lose Game seven is
obviously not it. Uh. You know,

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guy's gotta make shots. Players gotta
perform, and Doc has put guys

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in a position to do just that. They go ten of thirty seven in

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the second half or thirty eight,
that doesn't even seem possible because of the

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talent that you've talked about. But
there was something telling about what Marcus Morris

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said yesterday. We played the audio
for you earlier on the Clippers pregame show

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Clippers Countdown, and he said,
sometimes we rely on our talent too much

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and we're not as consistent with the
intensity. I'm paraphrasing a little bit,

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but that was the gist of it, and I think it happened again tonight

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inexplicably. It's tough to rationalize a
loss like this, of course, after

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what just happened up sixteen on Friday. Let's go to Oliver in Santa Monica.

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Oliver, what's up here on clippers
stock? Hey, thanks for putting

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me on Love the Show and teeing
me up with the Marcus Morris quote,

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because that's what I'm thinking too,
because we're supposed to be the gritty one,

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and even from him, it just
looked like we were intimidated. I

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think that we're not getting the nice
threes from Shami or Pat or Lou really,

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and we just kind of have to
accept that. But I think where

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we can really step it up is
with the energy and the pain and just

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bringing some of that energy, because
if it's not going to be there from

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Zoo or Tres or Marcus Morris,
I really don't think we're gonna win it.

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Oliver, thank you for the phone
call. I appreciate it. Great

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minds think alike. You were also
thinking about that Marcus Morris quote. And

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by the way, Marcus Morris just
five points, one of five shooting,

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didn't have a great game out There
wasn't foul trouble as well, But that's

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inexcusable if that's what's happening. They're
looking across from them and seeing all the

407
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talent instead of just playing, instead
of just bringing that grittiness that street lights

408
00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:56.799
over spotlights la our Way mentality.
And I don't know if that's it as

409
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much as it is Denver taking the
momentum and running with it in a way

410
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that I'm sure Denver fans think this
is magical right now? What's happening for

411
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them? Down three one in the
first round, they come back and now

412
00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:14.759
they've taken this to a game seven. Game seven will be Tuesday night.

413
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We'll get back to your phone calls
in just a little bit, but I

414
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do want to bring on my friend
from SI now. It's far bod S

415
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and Shari far Bad helped me out
here. I'm having difficulty explaining what happened

416
00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:32.440
up nineteen after they were just up
by sixteen and let go and how to

417
00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:36.559
let down Friday night? When did
this game change for you? Doc Rivers

418
00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:40.519
talked about it already. We played
the audio where he thought after Jamal Murray

419
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went down, there was a spark
there for the Denver Nuggets because he kept

420
00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:47.720
playing. He played through it,
and they kind of rallied around that.

421
00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:52.359
When did you see this game turn
in favor of the Denver Nuggets. But

422
00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:56.480
we can't keep blaming the intangibles like
that. We can't say, like,

423
00:31:56.200 --> 00:32:01.279
oh, Jamal Murray went down,
they started winning, or Marcus Morris pushed

424
00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:05.279
Paul mill steps so they started winning. You can't like, no team is

425
00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:09.440
that mentally weak where something like that
makes you lose. Jamal Murray goes down,

426
00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:13.440
Paul George hits the three, the
Clippers are up nineteen. What ends

427
00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:17.400
up happening is Paul George shoots a
bunch of wide open jumpers in the paint.

428
00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:22.279
Every single one of them miss every
single one, doesn't hit a single

429
00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:25.440
one. Every single time he misses, Denver converts, gets free throws.

430
00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:29.680
Denver hits a ton of free throws. In the third quarter, Paul George

431
00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:34.680
continues missing, Clippers go cold,
the leads starts shrinking down, and as

432
00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:39.599
the lead shrinks down, they put
Tress on Yokich, which has been up

433
00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:45.680
yeah every single time, and there's
countless amount of data to prove that you

434
00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:49.759
put tress on Yoki, Yokich hits
two quick threes, all of a sudden,

435
00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:53.680
the lead is done. You just
can't allow that anymore. The margin

436
00:32:53.799 --> 00:33:00.160
for error is so small. You
can't just risk putting tress on Yokich for

437
00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:04.160
a player two. You can't just
keep shooting jumpers at some point, you

438
00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:07.880
can't, Like, there's so many
things the Clippers keep doing wrong, putting

439
00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:10.480
trays on Yokich is clearly one of
them. Right. He's a minus nineteen

440
00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:15.839
and fifteen minutes, five points one
rebound. You know how hard it is

441
00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:19.240
to be a minus nineteen and fifteen
minutes, Like that's hard to do,

442
00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:23.119
right, So if that's if that
is right there, it's a clear indicator

443
00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:25.720
of what you don't need to do. At some point you got to stop

444
00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:30.640
running with the names of players and
running with the outputs of players. And

445
00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:35.319
right now, I mean, the
Clippers can still win game seven, right,

446
00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:39.240
They've shown, They've shown they were
up big game game five. You

447
00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:43.400
would think in game six they might
come lacklisted they came out even bigger,

448
00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:46.440
right, So who's to say they
can't come out big in game seven?

449
00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:52.240
But the way they're playing. If
the jumpers don't fall and stop shooting them

450
00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:58.400
impletely, right if as soon as
the lead and the bench just keeps blowing

451
00:33:58.519 --> 00:34:01.960
leads over and over. If you
see that that happens, just play your

452
00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:06.839
guys longer, play the starters longer. Pull zubots in earlier it's game seven.

453
00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:10.199
If you have a guy playing forty
minutes, let him play forty minutes

454
00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:15.360
forty two minutes. That's what you
gotta do. Farbod Essenshar is joining me

455
00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:20.800
here on Clippers top from SI now
he is a Clippers reporter after the Clippers,

456
00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:23.719
who are up by as many as
nineteen in Game six, would end

457
00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:28.760
up losing by thirteen, with the
final score one to eleven to ninety eight

458
00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:34.840
to the Denver Nuggets. Farbody bring
up Monster Trez that plus minus it's tough

459
00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:38.079
to see, and Tres has really
struggled since he returned. He just hasn't

460
00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:43.079
looked like himself at all, aside
from more Visa zu bots, and he

461
00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:46.239
played thirty minutes in this game.
Jamichael Graves looked really good. He played

462
00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:49.880
twenty minutes, had nine points in
the first half, would score just two

463
00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:53.480
points afterwards. But people have also
asked about Patrick Patterson. What other options

464
00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:59.519
do they have if Tres continues to
struggle here, Well, at this point,

465
00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:02.000
really not a matter of if he
continues to struggling. He's struggling.

466
00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:07.440
His numbers are just if I can
give you the exact number. In this

467
00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:13.239
whole series, he's a minus or
actually in the whole playoffs he's a minus

468
00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:19.239
sixty one. That's there's only one
lineup there's the Clippers have where he's a

469
00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:25.360
positive. First, Yeah, it's
not even a matter of if he struggles,

470
00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:30.360
he's struggling. Don't don't even risk
it anymore. We're past that point.

471
00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:35.039
You're gonna have to play Jamichael Moore, and I mean, and to

472
00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:37.440
be honest, the minutes of Zubos
and Jamichael, we're pretty fantastic. At

473
00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:43.000
the beginning of the game, Jamichael
hustles hard. So I think you're gonna

474
00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:45.239
have to play Jamichael and place Jetrez
off, and you're gonna have to figure

475
00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:50.880
out a little bit different of your
lineup just because it's not working every single

476
00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:54.159
time. There's nothing, there's no
ifs ands or butts, it's it's not

477
00:35:54.320 --> 00:36:01.440
working. You just blew. The
Clippers just had the second worst like collapse

478
00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:07.360
in terms of where a team had
a lead since nineteen ninety seven to close

479
00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:12.199
out of conference finals, the nineteen
point collapse. The only other team to

480
00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:15.239
do that since nineteen ninety seven is
the Clippers in twenty fifteen. Right,

481
00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:22.519
So at this point, you're literally
repeating history. It's like watching the definition

482
00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:28.840
of insanity. So do something different
at this point because it's not working all

483
00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:31.719
right, farbod, So what happens
in Game seven? Do the Clippers play

484
00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:37.480
with that intensity? Are the rotations
crisper? Do they come away with that

485
00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:43.079
Game seven victory? Well, either
two things happen. I think either one.

486
00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:45.159
Either one team goes goes hot right
in the beginning, I think,

487
00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:51.000
and honestly, the Clippers could be
super deflated and you can you can see

488
00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:53.280
it in these games. A moment
they get deflated is when the Nuggets go

489
00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:58.000
hot from deep. So Game five
and the fourth quarter, when the Clippers

490
00:36:58.039 --> 00:37:00.840
had already blown their lead, the
Nuggets seven for nine from three. Game

491
00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:05.159
six, when the Clippers blew their
nineteen point lead, the Nuggets went seven

492
00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:07.800
for nine from three. Both games
they went seven from nine for three.

493
00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:12.559
It's like they literally did the same
thing two games in a row and Jamal

494
00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:17.679
Murray didn't even need a call glass
this time. No, And it's become

495
00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:22.400
a thing where so if their confidence
is down going into Game seven, I

496
00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:24.840
think the Nuggets are going to hit
a bunch of threes and it's going to

497
00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:28.840
be a ten plus deficit right in
the first quarter. Now, if the

498
00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:31.119
Clippers still have the fire, it's
going to be the same thing. They're

499
00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:36.440
gonna get up big again early.
And what it comes down to is a

500
00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:43.519
matter of proper rotations and executions.
And I mean, you can blame going

501
00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:46.679
cold as much as you want,
but if pg's missing three consecutive jumpers in

502
00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:50.480
a row that are good looks,
you're gonna have to try something different.

503
00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:53.559
So the same thing as Kauhai in
Game two when he went cold. Get

504
00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:58.320
to try something different. So it'll
be interesting to see. I put a

505
00:37:58.400 --> 00:38:01.320
game seven, just one team is
gonna come out hot the gate, out

506
00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:04.320
of the gate. I don't know
which team it'll be, but one of

507
00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:07.039
them will. He is far bought
Ess and Shari. He covers the Clippers

508
00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:13.719
for SI Now follow him on Twitter
at Farbod Underscore E far Bod thanks for

509
00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:16.639
coming on today, even though it
wasn't following a win. Your streak has

510
00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:23.320
been broken. Oh maybe we can
start a new one in game seven Clippers

511
00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:28.239
win, Come on on Tuesday with
me far bout all right? Clippers?

512
00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:30.480
Absolutely all right. I appreciate her
brother. We'll talk to you later.

513
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We'll take a quick break here.
Clippers lose Game six after being up by

514
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as many as nineteen one, eleven
to ninety eight. Game seven's Tuesday.

515
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Your prediction for how that goes,
because I think that's pretty spot on an

516
00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:51.920
analysis. The Denver Nuggets are gonna
be feeling good. You may have to

517
00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:57.280
weather the storm early in game seven, and the Clippers just can't get down

518
00:38:57.320 --> 00:39:00.400
on themselves. They just have to
play through it. But they have Kawhi

519
00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:05.760
Leonard been there, done that,
two times Finals, MVP, two time

520
00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:09.639
NBA champion, and I think he's
gonna get this team pointed in the right

521
00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:15.960
direction early. Of course, that
means they got to close late. They

522
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have to find a way. More
Clipper stock coming up next right here on

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AM five seventy l A Sports.
Clippers lose Game six after being up by

524
00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:30.400
nineteen. This is Clipper stock.
I'm at a Moslin. Game seven is

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00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:32.440
Tuesday night, we'll have Clippers free
game for you starting on the Patriot AM

526
00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:37.800
eleven fifty and the Clippers Radio network
at five. Before we get out of

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00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:39.960
here, we'll go rapid fire.
I like the name, well, I

528
00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:45.840
like the call Adam in Winnetka,
Adam, what's up here on Clipper stock?

529
00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:51.400
Hey, what's all that? What's
up Adam? What do you want

530
00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:54.079
to say? We'll tell him.
I'm just calling to say I think this

531
00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:58.599
Clipper Curry is not a Clipper Currs. I teenk get to the Dark River,

532
00:39:58.760 --> 00:40:02.320
the Dark Riverers curR. I think
it wasn't Blake Griffin at TV three

533
00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:08.119
small. I keep thinking this is
I'll have to do with Doc Rivers himself

534
00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:10.920
that we lose this series. We
gotta fire him, and we got Tyron

535
00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:15.199
lu there. Thank you. I've
been a long time final Georgs. Thank

536
00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:17.000
you for taking my call. Much
low all right, thanks for the phone

537
00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:21.039
call. I believe in Doc Rivers. I believe in this coaching staff,

538
00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:24.679
and I think they're gonna have the
guys prepared and ready, but they gotta

539
00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:30.679
finish. Players gotta play. Coaches
got a coach. I understand the frustration

540
00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:32.559
right now, there's a lot of
blame to go around, though, when

541
00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:37.440
you're up three games to one and
a team forces a game seven on Eutagius

542
00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:43.719
and walnut Tagius, you're on Clippers
stock. Hey, it's it's really deflated.

543
00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:47.519
I know, just talk about Kawai. He should be more vocal.

544
00:40:47.760 --> 00:40:52.400
Things like that, and maybe a
little I feel a little vocal, you

545
00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:57.079
know, might satisfunny people. But
in that first half, he was getting

546
00:40:57.119 --> 00:41:00.519
offensive boards, he was rebounding,
he was guarding, he was getting feels,

547
00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:04.599
he was diving on the floor,
he was doing everything, and and

548
00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:07.239
that's why they were up. He
was playing like an incredible first half.

549
00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:10.800
And in the second half when they
were up nineteen, they went on a

550
00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:15.800
six ol run and they were only
up thirteen. I was I could see

551
00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:19.800
the offense getting stagnant again, and
I was hoping that they would post up

552
00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:23.679
as as you like to say ninety
six MJ and let him post up and

553
00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:28.199
get the offense back to the rhythm. He's gonna draw double teams, he'll

554
00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:30.599
create something and get an open look
for somebody. And I didn't see that,

555
00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:34.519
and I felt like if they went
back to the bread and butter of

556
00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:37.159
just getting him the ball in that
position, they would have calmed a lot

557
00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:40.239
of the nerves and the tightness,
and I think they could have, you

558
00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:45.840
know, done a lot better.
And I think also I called after Game

559
00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:49.719
four, I said, I know
Reddy Jackson has been up and down,

560
00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:52.920
but I do think they got to
play him over Shammon because sham is just

561
00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:57.400
not giving us anything on the offensive
endom Dayes, I appreciate the phone call

562
00:41:57.480 --> 00:42:04.280
callback Tuesday night, hopefully after a
Clippers Game seven win. Their offense has

563
00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:07.360
gone in and out of sync at
times all season long because they've had so

564
00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:10.719
many different starting lineups. Maybe there's
something to that. They should have just

565
00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:14.119
gone to their bread and butter,
like you say, with Kawhi Leonard,

566
00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:16.800
just play through him. He still
had seven points in the fourth quarter.

567
00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:22.320
Kawhi was great, Paul George was
great. They got enough from them to

568
00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:24.239
win this game. But I'm looking
at the bench right now, which has

569
00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:29.559
struggled all playoffs long, and I'm
hoping that turns around on Tuesday. Mitch

570
00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:35.159
in New Jersey quickly, Adam,
I hope to hope we have to see

571
00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:37.480
into Toby and I want you to
just keep working. I think we're tied.

572
00:42:37.800 --> 00:42:40.920
I used the bench and we don't
win this games said, we're gonna

573
00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:45.119
be the Buffalo pills of bassquall.
Oh, Mitch, you're killing me with

574
00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:51.719
that one. Mitch. I appreciate
the phone call. Let's finish with something

575
00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:55.199
positive, Jeff in Tarzana. Come
on, Jeff, and that could be

576
00:42:55.320 --> 00:43:00.719
positive. Attim. Let me let
me say this, any minister, did

577
00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:07.079
La Michael Green get in the second
half. I don't have the exact number.

578
00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:09.480
I think about ten though. All
right, you know what they should

579
00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:15.840
do for Game seven? They should
start him instead of Morris. All right,

580
00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:19.400
I think shake it up a little
bit and I'll make up this prediction

581
00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:22.480
right now. If the Clippers don't
win this game, there's gonna be some

582
00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:27.719
changes made, not only in the
player personnel for next year, but the

583
00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:30.440
coaching staff. Jeff, thank you
for the phone call. I don't know

584
00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:35.039
if the solution is taking Marcus Morris
out of the lineup. He has shot

585
00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:38.519
overall a spectacular percentage so far in
the playoffs, and his defense has been

586
00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:42.880
great. JA Michael Green, though
played twelve minutes in the second half.

587
00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:49.880
Who try before we get out of
here. I do want to thank the

588
00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:54.840
Clippers organization. Noah Eagle, Brian
seamen Ralph Lawler. Back here in Burbank,

589
00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:59.960
a radio potner Kevin figures Zach attack
for helping us out with postgame out

590
00:44:00.280 --> 00:44:05.960
and you, the callers and the
listeners until Tuesday night, starting at five

591
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pm on the Patriot AM eleven fifty
for Game seven. I'm out of Maslin.

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We will talk to you then