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Clippers dominate a healthy Phoenix Suns team in the second half and run away with
this one. One thirty eight to one eleven is your final. Clippers improved
to twenty three to thirteen on the season. They have won fifteen of their
last eighteen since December. First, welcome into your postgame show. I'm Adam
Oslin. Coming up. We got second half highlights, your postgame box score,
and Clippers Talk on a M five seventy LA Sports. But first,
back to your radio voice of the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez. This is exactly
what we were looking for in a response after what happened last night against the
Lakers, and the Clippers do this on the second night of a back to
back, no less complete domination down the stretch, and it was defense leading
to offense out there, Carlos, Yeah, it was fantastic. Tylu managed
the minutes perfectly. I mean, nobody played more than thirty two minutes,
Leonard with thirty two, and the Clippers were able to turn so many Phoenix
turnovers into points and man, Adam, is it fun to win ball games?
I think the epitome of this game is when Harton finally lobs to Dice
wide open on the left block and then smiles at him and refuses to try
to give him a high five. Because the Clippers are just having so much
fun out there there. Russell Westbrook's chirping with guys in the middle of the
game at the free throw line. He's playing with big energy. The Clippers
are having a lot of fun. Tyler says that comes from winning, and
they are sure winning a lot big bounce back performance. You get a struggling
Raptors team in here on Wednesday, then you go for a tough road trip.
But this was big, right, because you don't want one bad loss
to turn into two bad losses, and the Clippers made sure that didn't happen.
The Clippers had six turnovers in the fourth quarter alone, and Kawhi Leonard
in that second half. He started on Kevin Durant then and he really kept
the Phoenix Suns from getting into their offense. And it just felt like even
though he only had seventeen eight of fifteen shooting over fifty percent and that big
turnaround fade away over the double team in the fourth quarter, it's what he
did defensively in this game that really set the tone in the second half and
let the Clippers run away with this one. One hundred percent. Adam,
You're so right. Kawhi is fifth in the NBA and steals per game,
and he had a season high five tonight the Klaw averaging almost six contest for
this Clippers team. One of the reasons he's one of the best defensive players
in the NBA, and that's been a ratcheted up at him. Now the
last four to five games, Leonard's got fifteen steals and seven blocks. So
not only is it taking the basketball away, but it's the defense at the
rim. On the other end, He's leading the Clippers in both those categories
in the last five games. Just continues to affect the games in other ways
when it times early on it looked like the offense was frustrating him, that
doesn't deter his effort on the defensive end. Clippers also started to make them
move in that second quarter when James Harden started to assert himself offensively. He
had fifteen points in that second quarter alone, and once again the bearded wonder
and complete control this offense. He was so good at operating in the front
court. I love the way he pushed the basketball. Really feels like,
you know, a couple of years ago, James dealt with that hamstring injury
in Brooklyn, where a lot of people said he had lost his first step,
he wasn't the same player getting in the rim. Well, sure doesn't
look like that at all with the way he pushes in transition. At times,
it seems like he's frustrated his teammates aren't running with him on the offensive
end, aren't running as fast as him into the front court. And I
think that's a big reason why he's able to get tennis sists, beat three
rebounds away from a double double, and shoot six for eight from the field
to get to nineteen points in a lean matter. He was excellent at finding
his teammates and this was a big time confidence booster and a big time performance
from the Clippers just execute on both ends. Clippers with nine of their fourteen
fast break points in the second half, and it felt like a lot more
than that. It felt like more from PG thirteen, who finished with twenty
five and just thirty one minutes, and he got them started. You want
to talk about attitude, we did mention you can't get too much into those
individual battles, but he was going at Devin Booker in that first quarter with
those ten points, felt like all of them were on d book And Paul
George was at his most aggressive stage of the season. Yeah, you'd love
it. Nineteen shots from him to get to those or nineteen points from him
to excuse me, twenty five points on nineteen shots back into the back to
back. You know, I'm delusional a little bit here, but we're making
it through. We're making it through. He was able to get to the
line, and yeah, you don't want guys just going back and forth,
just being a one on one battle. But when you're scoring, who cares
keep going. I'm not worried about it. And George was getting buckets early,
once again setting the town for this Clippers team, which is what they
need. They need somebody to come out there and lock them in early,
and he did that. It was fun to watch you. We'll see he
can continue to do it on Wednesday against the team from the North End Toronto,
who's will, by the way, be playing on the back end of
a back to back. I believe they play the Lakers tomorrow at them,
so the Clipper is all the more incentive to get one done against the Raptors.
We'll be at the rest advantage and Aviza Zubos won't let anyone rest in
the paint. Right now, he is an absolute force, as we like
to say, nineteen points, eight boards, nine of his nineteen coming in
that third quarter when the Clippers started to open things up, and they are
looking for him more and more out there. He has established himself as one
of the most important players, not just defensively now for this team, but
on offense because of the easy buckets he gets. Yeah, on average,
in the last three games at him, he's missed two shots a game like
These efficiency numbers are unbelievable. He leads the Western Conference in field goal percentage
and he's just making all the right plays for this team. We talked about
it earlier this season, but at parts this season of Vitza Zubots has seemed
like mister Reliable on a team full of future Hall of famers. He gets
this team buckets, big time rebounds, blocks at the rim every time they
need it. It is just so much fun to watch him thrive. You've
harped on it from the beginning. You said it before. The hard and
trade Hardin will unlock another version of big Zoo, and he has. He's
been an automatic double double since the Harden Trade. Oh the Clippers with their
embarrassment of riches right now. They win by twenty seven over the Phoenix Sun's
final score at Crypto one thirty eight Clippers one eleven Sons. Next time out,
As Carlo mentioned back at home, taking on the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday,
tip off is at seven thirty. We'll have your pregame show starting at
six thirty. Big bro, hug when I show up at Crypto for your
Carlo, great call. As always, we'll see on Wednesday. I can't
see. Can't wait to see you on Wednesday at them. So the Clippers
can keep the good times going. Big time win, big time bounce back
performance and guess what you got a hungry Toronto team coming in. Don't play
with your food, see if they can get another win. Thought I just
heard no a egle there. Let's go Clippers win. We have won six
of seven and fifteen of eighteen since December. First, they blow out the
Phoenix Suns in the second half. Final score one thirty eight to one eleven
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a Clipper end up shooting after shooting under forty percent against the Lakers yesterday,
they were over sixty percent from the field, at sixty two point four from
the outside fifteen of twenty nine sons weren't fifty percent from the field, just
ten to thirty from distance, and after KD had twenty in the first half,
just three points in the third quarter, seven to more, most of
them inconsequential in the fourth. Devin Booker eight of fourteen. Okay, it's
efficient, but just twenty points. Didn't take many shots. Paul George again
got the individual battle victory over his rival. He was ten of nineteen,
with ten of his twenty five in the first quarter and was just going at
d book relentlessly. Can't guard him. James Harden didn't have a point in
the first quarter, dropped fifteen in the second, would knock down a long
three point or late on in the second half of a nice pass from Daniel
Tye. Those two working on some miscommunication. He eventually found Daniel Tys underneath
the basket for an easy one in the fourth before they were taken out of
the ball game. But nineteen ten assists as well for James Harden's six of
eight shooting. He took eight shots. Y'all think he's not sacrificing. He's
been taking about eleven shots per game as a Clipper. Just getting everybody else
involved and keeping this thing going. A well oiled machine. Is what the
Clippers offense look like tonight. What a response, what a bounce back.
They out remounted the Suns forty four to twenty five. Eleven of five we
came to offensive rebounds. Norman Powell, I think he was perfect in the
fourth quarter, finished with fourteen points, two of three, shooting four of
six from the field. Just an unbelievable run that he's been on, really
since the first two weeks of the season. Saw a little bit of the
Powell Rangers out there. They were a plus one in about a minute before
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shooting struggles and was it nineteen percent from the outside. I tried to tell
you you can't take him out of the starting lineup. Don't do it.
Terrence Man's ten for his last eighteen from three now three for six tonight from
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back in styles. They bounced the Phoenix Suns out of Crypto, winning by
twenty seven with their final score one thirty eight one eleven. Clippers make it
fifteen of their last eighteen games. They have won twenty of their last twenty
six with the new starting lineup and six of their last seven as they win
in impressive fashion, taking the Suns down in that second half and running away
with a ball game where they are led by as many as thirty. Welcome
into clipperstock. I'm out a Moslin eight six six ninety eight seven two five
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have Will updike on from Clips and Dip also postgame audio from coach Lou and
the players thought in that second half, the biggest difference to me was how
in tune the Clippers were defensively. They had given up thirty one points in
the first quarter to Phoenix, still had thirty four of their own. They
give up thirty two points in the second quarter, still had thirty seven of
their own. Yeah, they would give no quarter in this one, but
in that third quarter, just twenty eight points to Phoenix. You'd still like
it lower than that. But they are a star studded ball club. They
had their Big three tonight. Kevin Durant played next to Devin Boger, next
to Bradley Beal. It was just their sixth game together. I want to
say they're now two and four, although one of those, Bradley Bual,
left early against the New York Knicks. I'm not sure you want to put
a lot into it, but Kawhi Leonard in that third quarter was guarding Kevin
Durant and they just couldn't get into their offense, and the Clippers were playing
five guys on a string and Kawhi had an unbelievable performance defensively in the second
half and in that fourth quarter with four steals, just complete domination. The
Clippers beat him by seventeen in the fourth and it wasn't even that close.
They just completely opened the game up after kd hit a three pointer so bring
it to within seven, and Harden had a turnover and then a foul on
a mere coffee. Daniel Tye had a steel leading to a Kawhi miss,
but a Norman Palell emphatic punch put back got the crowd into it, got
the Clippers off the bench as they were for most of this game. These
teams don't like each other. If you didn't know, No, there weren't
five technicals in this one, but there's animosity between Devin Booker and Paul George
still asking for somebody to photo shot me them two on the cover of Beef
Volume one. If you listen to PG on podcast P earlier today, he
was discussing the game five days ago in Phoenix, where he dropped thirty three
and got the best of Devin Booker and said he was standing on bisness.
He did so again tonight. Ten early points in the first quarter, and
I think all of his buckets early were on Booker. He just can't guard
him, He's not big enough. And Paul George just relishes that competition.
He was looking for him, matchup, hunting, targeting him, just going
over the top, easy look jumpers. I think it was four six verse
ten points in the first quarter. But in going back to that fourth Kawhi
then gets a jumper on kd a little fallaway from about fifteen feet out to
put him up by nine. Then he gets a steal, he's fouled.
Then there was a hard and three I think off a nice pass from Tye.
Kawhi misses a three pointer. The Clippers are up by thirteen, and
Daniel Tice has an incredible put back dunk. In fact, zach Alcaldy,
do we have that call from Carlo Jimenez. This was one of the signature
highlights of this ball game. Here in the fourth quarter with in I guess
a roundabout pass to Daniel Tyes hands of Booker is a hand grenade with three
to shoot. Leonard picks his pocket man takes it away. Here come the
Clippers part of lead. The break behind the back handle finds Leonard right wing
three off the front of the ram, pace foot back them, elevation sensation
roup, Daniel Tice timeout suns incredible, Clippers are up by fifteen. Out
of the timeout, Daniel Tye with a steal, Norman pal three pointer,
then Kawhi Leonard a spinning fade away on the near side, short corner over
two defenders. Just nasty MJ ninety six type stuff. And in a game
where he only needed seventeen I thought he controlled it in the second half timely
buckets, but the four steals in the fourth quarter there would be another Daniel
Tye steal. Some of these were deflections that ended up being in the hands
of Kawhi, so he got credit for the steel technically in the box score,
but it was, as Daniel Tye says, who was playing free safety
back there at times. And then Mere Coffee had a reverse layup on KD.
You got some buckets late. A PG bucket made it a nineteen to
two run. The Clippers were up by thirty. They pulled the starters with
about five and a half minutes left. That was all she wrote, and
the Clippers go on to win one thirty eight to one to eleven over the
Phoenix Sons. Now I know where Phoenix is at right now. There were
a team trying to build up continuity. I mentioned they're big three have only
played six games together. For them, It's like where the Clippers were at
last season. Couldn't keep guys healthy, couldn't gel, couldn't mesh, couldn't
find a rhythm together. Clippers have had more availability, a much better rhythm
out there, and tonight a little in game load management. Nobody played more
than thirty two minutes. Kawhi hit thirty two, Paul George thirty one,
Big twenty eight, James Harden thirty Big Zoo, Big Zoo. I'm telling
you he's a made man. His nine points of his nineteen in the third
quarter, they just kept looking for him. Russ found him a couple of
times, but he started things off. He had the first four points in
the ballgame, little hook shot, then a throwdown dunk off of a pass
from Russ in the first quarter with the right hand, another lob to him,
another hook shot, and then a bucket out of a timeout in a
ten point game in the third thought. He helped the Clippers stay pedaled to
the medal. Paul George by the way, getting that foul call on Devin
Booker at the buzzer of the third quarter, getting him to the line for
a couple that was big, keeping the double digit lead heading into the fourth.
The aggressiveness from PG. Thirteen. I want every team to wear purple
and orange, because when he sees the Sun's colors, it's like seeing red,
Steve Zisu in life aquatic, just seeing red out there, and he
sunk Devin Booker and the Suns with his attitude, with the mentality to start
the game. A three over Booker first, then a mid range shot over
Bill, another bucket over Booker, and then he returned in the second quarter,
immediately hit one, a three in the second off a zoo block got
in transition. The Clippers had twenty two points off turnovers in the second half,
and they only ended up with twelve turnovers. What number did I want
to see? Twelve or less? Suns only had fourteen. It's not a
huge number, but the Clippers were capitalizing on all of them, taking advantage
getting in transition. They only had fourteen fast break points, the nine of
them came in the second half. It felt like a lot more than that,
though it did and you know what another box score says, the Clippers
had fourteen turnovers leading to twenty points. The Sons had fourteen leading to twenty
four for the Clippers, so they were still better second chance points after going
I want to say two of twelve or two of thirteen against the Lakers on
all those extra possessions yesterday with Big Zoo having ten offensive rebounds, tonight five
of seven in second chance opportunities. Much better points in the paint sixty two
to forty two advantage Clippers. Huge number for them inside outside. When you
hit fifteen three pointers but also have sixty two points in the paint, that's
a lead offense. James Harden just continues to keep them in rhythm, find
the hot hand, and find a guy who's been left out for a little
bit so they keep him involved. He had five assists in the first quarter
in the first five minutes before he was taken out for us, we didn't
see the big four lineup that has not been good. They didn't play him
next to Russell Westbrook, next to two one three. Happy about that thought.
A mere coffee gave him good minutes in selective defense on KD and book
and went four or five my player to watch on clips and dip nine points.
Some of them came late a three point or late inconsequential time. Brandon
Boston knocked down one late. Good for him. Big Plumb got run late
when you're up thirty, that's how it works. The Clippers dismantled Phoenix when
they were healthy with all three guys. Both teams were on the second nine
of a back to back, and the Clippers just looked like a team that
was angry, that wanted their lick back. As Pat Bev used to say
after losing by three on a three that rattled in and out by Norman Powell
last night to start things off, Fabier and Lhabra heights, you're on Clippers
stock with out of Malsen? Was that up? Avier? Hey? What's
up? Thank you for taking my call again? Man? The Clippers are
not messing around. I mean they'd be being by twenty five with their big
three, twenty seven. Don't short here? Oh there it is two two
more points. I mean, this is a game. They can see each
other in the playoffs, so they could. They seem to always see each
other. They saw it to other last year, they saw the other in
twenty twenty one. Back in oh six with Elton Brand had that in Clippers
rewand yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, I just had
a couple of things here. You said it, or let me first bring
this up with Carlo or the Clipper announcer. Carlo, he said, all
right, even though they lost to the Lakers yesterday, you know, the
Lakers need that game one of the Clippers, but it is what it is.
You know they want, but they didn't want to lose two in a
row. And they came back today and you said the one by twenty seven.
But a couple of things are James Harden he's making Zuebuck an All Star.
I mean, as soon as Hardy came to the Clippers, I go,
Zuba is gonna benefit and he has. I mean, what was he
to take eight out of nine from field goals, Zubach, I believe a
right big zoo. Yeah he was. He's eight of nine for his nineteen
points and eight boards in just twenty eight minutes. I'm telling you, man,
James Hardy's making two buck an All Star. I mean, I don't
know if he's gonna get the All Star nod, but he's starring in his
role, and he is one of the most vital players and always has been
with his defense for this team. He's an elite rim protector. A lot
of people have gotten on Big Zoo over the years. Oh, look at
his hands, he drops passes here and there. He should play bigger,
he should be more like Shack. They create these unrealistic expectations for him,
and he's always been good. He's always been solid, and it's a guy
they got for Mike Muskala and Michael Beasley from the Los Angeles Lakers, Thanks
Magic. And he is a legit starting center and one of the most important
players on this Clippers team now, not just because of what he brings defensively.
If you look at the on off numbers. Without him, they're completely
different team defensively. But now they're using him and exploiting him offense, especially
against a team that's smaller tonight than the Phoenix Suns. But I thought you
could make the argument yesterday he all played Anthony Davis with his twenty and nineteen
performance and ten offensive rebounds. Yeah, no, no doubt. I mean,
I'm just like you said, and he just said it right there.
I was kind of one of them, like come on. He kept,
you know, like you said, soft hands and it's not you know,
you want to blood shack, but but you know, but he's coming on
his own. But here, lasting here, Adam. I always look at
the plus minus and do you see that Norman Powell he's always the last two
last months, he's been a plus twenty every game. I mean last game,
I believe in Phoenix he was a plus thirty two and he played like
twenty five minutes. I mean, Norman Powell is just he's just he comes
off the bench and he just like it up and like I said, he
always a plus. Just check it out at them every game, Norman.
You think I don't talk enough about Norman Powell and the Powell Rangers. I've
been talking about Norman. Guys shooting sixty percent from the field and fourth quarters
and almost sixty percent from three. He's the best fourth quarter performer I think,
volume wise. Right now he might be in the league, no doubt,
no doubt, No sure. Are you listening to okank? Thank you
all right over here. We'll talk to you on Wednesday. My friend Lenny
and Inglewood, you're on clipper sock with that. I'm awesome. What's up
about him. Listen this time, should they take tarrors Man out of the
starting lineup? Lenny, No, No, come on, yeah yeah yeah.
You think I forgot? You think I forgot? You know you're right,
You're right. You held in there. Let me tell you something.
What did I tell you after that last Phoenix game and the LA game?
I said, I did not give a d if we lose then Baker's game,
they could have, they could have. What do you call we managed
uh uh uh kawhi and PG and Saturn down because your boy is right,
man, Lakers was on a four game loser. He was on a five
game win streak. Something was gonna give. Lakers are still in the in
the hole in terms of their their I think their attitude because they they put
they went all in for that mid season championship, which is cool. Nobod
knew what was gonna happen. But that's not what we're here for. Man.
And in the past we've dominated the regular season and we've fallen back faded
come the playoffs. Why because of injuries? Because of injuries? Because of
injuries, yeah, but also do we didn't have the right dude running the
show at the p point guard spot That's not the problem this year. Harden
is how Harden is him. That's him, man, He's him, not
them. And that's what he said when he when he called it, he
said, I am not a system player. I am the system. He
when he said that, I was like, now that's a quote because he
spot on. Man, let me tell you something. I don't care what
it takes for PG. I hope we find somebody on every team he can't
stand and whoever holds them, because that's what it takes. Man. Like
they said, Jordan, you just have to manufacture arms on court, beef
and hay just to get off exactly exactly, that's exactly what he needs to
bring. Man, I can only imagine where we would be if we had
hardened in August. We'd be at we'd be at the top top of the
food chain. Right now, Man, let me tell you something. It's
only Denver and Boston and right now. The only thing is if we get
to that point, which I believe we will, we'll be playing the best
Boston team in the last five years. They gonna have to put it all
but that day Kawhi put down. Today, Man, get out of Dodge.
What a marker in terms of the setting, the tone, and Westbrook,
Binen and all these kids. It's just man, there must see TV.
Man. I don't care what you your opinion of the Clippers was in
the past. If you love basketball, no way, you ain't cheering for
these dudes. Man, I don't care what you say publicly, but you
watching and you checking. You got to out on that scoreboard. They're doing
it man, And like I said, I still want it all PG.
I'm sorry, uh Norm Powell six Man of the Year, ILUD Coach of
the Year. I want us to be in position where we get three players
on that all star squad. I want it all man, sock shoes and
draws. Let's I hear you with the Warren g once again, Lenny and
Inglewood will take a quick time out here. Clippers winners of twenty of twenty
six, fifteen of eighteen, six of their last seven, and they win
by twenty seven over the Suns one thirty eight, one to eleven. Your
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more LA Clippers basketball on the LA Clippers Audio Network. How many times have
we seen Kawhi Leonard rip it from KD and go the other way? Last
year in the first round on a torn meniscus in Game two, took away
from KD then dunked on him on the other end. As great as KD
is when the playoffs get a little bit more physical, he's more of a
finesse player. Don't get me wrong. It's one of the greatest players,
maybe the greatest score ever. For my money, I'll take Kawhi Leonard in
a seven game series each in every time. Clippers win one thirty eight to
one eleven over the Phoenix Suns and Kevin Durant and Devin Booker and Bradley Beal.
Clippers bounced back with the victory after a three point loss last night to
the Los Angeles Lakers. Let's go, Uh Roman, Roman? What's up?
Roman? In LA? You're on clipperstock Roman, Hey, how you
doing, Adam, Hey, what's up. I'm glad you didn't call last
night after your Lakers beat the Clippers. I wouldn't do that. I wouldn't
do that just because, but I will say, you know what, they
had to break something against them, n season champions, so we had to
break it up a little bit. But the Clippers are off on fire right
now. Even with that loss. You know, it's a disappointing loss for
your team, but the bounce back is worth it. You see everybody's firing
on all cylinders in this bounce back. You know who's the better team?
You know. I'm a Laker fan and I last night, even watching that
game, the Lakers are not the better team. The Clippers are the better
team right now, and I think for the rest of the season. You
see who they're taking out. I mean Devin Booker, Devin Booker didn't even
look like Devin Booker against Paul Georgia day, Kawhi Leonard dominating defense, offense,
whatever he chooses to do. James Harden when they need him the shots
there. I love seeing big Zoo, big Zoo. I mean what,
I'm not gonna lie. I'm gonna go out and get me a big Zoo
jersey because that dude is putting on a performance that I have. I haven't
seen in a long time, a big man in a uniform. You know,
James Harden has completely transformed the way this team operates, and Kawhi Leonard
just took it to another level. You know, it's absolutely the best Clipper
team that I've seen in years, and it's health. It is health.
It's not the roster, it's health and having that point guard that sets everything
up for everybody else. Talent wise, it's the most stack Clippers team obviously
once they brought in James Harden, and I think over this run, it's
the best regular season running team history, the seventeenth straight they won in twenty
twelve twenty thirteen. I was digging into the details. They loaded up on
some really bad teams during that run. It was still special. But if
you're comparing the two, I'll take this one. With the teams they have
been beating and the way they have been dismantling and dominating teams like tonight went
in by twenty seven over a Sun's team with their big three. Absolutely,
I see that, as you know, like I've I've been listening to you
since the beginning of them getting James Harden. I was, you know,
I've watched him Harden on every other team, but this team has really just
roll with them. I mean, you can blame James Harden for whatever other
problems on any other team, but when you see there's a system that works,
which James Harden is that system, everybody thrives in that system. And
I think with the caliber, as long as you guys keep playing the way
you're playing now, you have bench players coming up that you. I mean,
you got you got Plumbley, you got Thyce coming off the bench,
you have Coffee coming off the bench. I mean, we don't take Terence
Man out of the front of the starting lineup just because he has some shooting
woes, because he's gonna come around, you know. I I absolutely think
this is the best Clipper team I've seen. Maybe don't. I'm just gonna
say maybe. Ever, and all it took was the one edition of a
point guard that can make everybody better, which he's done on every single team
you know that hasn't blamed him for as the problem. Roman. I appreciate
the whole call. I was for the trade back in July, and I
said, then, if you do it, you got to bring Russ off
the bench after they started on five trying to make it work with a big
four. They did that. Since then, they've won twenty of twenty six
ball games. Let's go to those. We got Jose and Downey. Jose,
you're on clippersoft with Autamusen. How you doing, Adam and I sucked?
Think you the game? Man? It was a I gotta say,
I don't know a lot of negatives to say about Man, that was a
really good That was a really good game to see, to see them what
they did in defense, that's what actually really has me saying, this is
one of the better wins I've seen them have. I know the Suns are
not the best team right now, but just to see them rotate, there's
still three scorers on the other side that could score profusely when they get going,
and to have them stop that and never let them really get to a
flow. I mean, Kevin Durantz, Kevin Durant, He's gonna score.
There's not much you can do but to get to get everybody else playing not
up to their level. I got to credit that to the defense, Paul
George Kawhi, Terrence Mann, Westbrook, Westbrook going and played fifteen minutes,
and I felt like he was out there for like thirty minutes. So many
impactful games I think he ended up I mean impactful plays. I think he
ended up having seven assists. It is just one day he had doing a
nice assistan of eats the Zubots. He still ended up a minus three in
his fifteen minutes, so they still overall lost his minutes. But I thought
he had a bounced back performance himself tonight after maybe going a little bit too
hard. Zero two one hundred real quick, I guess the Lakers last night.
You know what he had to play tonight? Where he did. He
was right before he pulled them to the three point line, he took off,
you know, like you said, zero two one hundred. But then
as he saw the defender trying to take the charge, he actually stopped and
I think gave a pass two. I think it was fice where he he
either laid it up right under the basket or had it dunk. I wish
you would do that more often, man, because nobody can keep up with
him when he takes that first second step and then I mean just a little
bit more control when he's going down there. But I love his energy.
Man, His energy is big. His energy is really big. His energy
is great. I think that is what he brings, and when he's playing
good defense, that's what it's about. But I think energy and effectiveness both
need to work in tandem. And for the most part, you know,
he came into the ball game, he had the layup on Booker, he
put one off the glass. He did miss a three pointer, but then
an a one on a goal ten a fall away, he kind of forced
and dribble the era of the ball. I didn't like that. But a
steal on book of the third, a steal on KD and then a couple
of nice feeds to a Vitza Zubats near the end of that third quarter that
I thought were key. I like the minutes from US tonight. Three more
games this week, I mean, they're big games. That Sunday game is
going to be huge. I mean, but they got to take it one
one game at a time. Wednesday, then we focused on Friday after and
then Sunday and then uh, those teams right ahead of them Denver, I
think up two games Okay, see up one and a half. Okay,
see has three more games this week? Denver has I think three more games
this week? I mean these these uh, these games they all matter right
now. Man, I know it's early, but they all matter. Get
those tiebreakers and make that move. I'm with you. Ho'se appreciate the phone
call, Morris long beat you're on Clipper stop with out of Mason. Well,
uh, I don't know what to say. It's already been. Everything
been said, y'all, don said everything. I mean, uh, Duke
Boxer, that can all start thinking to James Harden, James Harden, this
boom, this is you know, the standing up the team. Uh.
A lot of players stand out, but the one thing that stood out to
me was when Kawhi took the ball from Kevin from Kevin Durant like you still
somebody's stealing your lunch, big bully, and went down court slam dunk.
Booker was running next to him. They should have on TV, and Booker.
Booker looked up at him like, well, I don't want to have
nothing to do with this. You know. The Clippers meant I don't recognize
these people. They look like an inside out team and at least they did
in the third quarter. What I mean by that is this, if your
sinner is not seventy feet, the first thing the Clippers are going to do
is do a pick and roll. They're going to roll down with Zubox down
in that middle here, come to pass. Now, if you collapse on
the brother, no problem. He can go to either side for that three.
Whether it be man Paul Kawhi, who's ever hanging out over there,
I don't recognize this team at him. And you're right. When they had
that seventeen or twenty five game winning Street whatever it was, they wasn't beating
guys like this. They took down the Big three in New Orleans, when
they took down CJ. McCollum, Ingram and Williason, all right, and
then they could have beat the Lakers. They could have one shot, but
you know the Lakers were playing to protect their co Okay, the lady penned
protect coach. I'm gonna give him that one. But you know, with
all this being said, uh, I wouldn't bet against these people right now.
I know they've been a laughing stock for fifty years, but folks ain't
laughs no more. Adam so I'll see you when you have the Toronto maame.
Come, but I don't recognize these people. I was gonna say some
stuff, but Jonno's them stole all my thunder, So I'll talk to you
later. Called the cops, even the jokers not laughing. They beat the
Denver Nuggets fully loaded. Recently, Ryan and Burbank quickly here on Clipper stock.
What's up, Adam? Another great win, So fun to watch,
great Clipper basketball. Oh so good. I was told James Harden would just
play a bunch of isole ball. That's what I was told. I don't
know's. It's a funny, you know, Adam here is the name.
It's funny because a lot of a lot of Clipper fans were like, we
gave up too much, too much, stabt oh, we came up to
too. He's a great, good guy. Yeah it's true, but I
miss assuming's great guy. Rick clue guy he was excusing, Yeah, good
good player. The way James Harden runs the point, the way he gets
all these dudes involved, the way he gets all of these guys easy.
You could just see it, everyone slotted into their right position of where they
are. I mean, you're watching Paul Georgie right now, every time that
pass comes him on the three, he releases it in rhythm. Back it's
it's just good basketball, and really what it is. And and man that
the bench and you got the death lineup for the Clippers. Adam of that
Norman pale Zoo Kawhi Harden PG, I mean, good god that the Powell
Rangers. They were a plus sixty two and sixty nine minutes coming into this
game. I believe they ended this one a plus one in just about a
minute as they ran it in the second quarner for a second before they took
out Kawhi. Clippers win by twenty seven over the Suns, one thirty eight,
one to eleven. Your final score when we come back, will Updyke
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That's that's all it was. Kawhi Leonard Steele Jam Clippers won by twenty seven
over Phoenix. Welcome back into Clippers stock. We got a little clips and
double dip with Will Updyke. Now, Will I want to start with Big
Zoo because we've got a lot of calls on it. Rightfully, So,
since November seventeenth with the new starting lineup, he's at thirteen and a half
points per game, he's at ten boards per game, he's shooting almost seventy
percent from the field, and just look like a new man and a made
man, is I like to say out there, because they're involving him much
more now and they respect and trust Big Zoo. Oh, I mean he
was absolutely huge. Look he turned into that double double guy that we always
knew was in there. He just needed the right point guard to Unlockett and
defensively, like what he does cannot be overstated. And he played. He
played use of Nurkic off the for tonite and the Suns were completely out of
move They had nothing else to do. They tried to go small and just
and just shoot the Clippers out of the building. Didn't work. The defense
was too good and the Clippers were shooting the suns out of the building themselves.
The efficiency to night was overall insane. But the level that Zoo has
gotten to really, I mean it not only raises the floor for this team,
but if if you don't see it, like elevating the ceiling or smashing
the Clippers through whatever ceiling has been holding them back, you're you're you're missing
it. You must be in the shadow of Big Zoo and you're and you're
blinded. You're the sun is blocked out. I thought Kawhi Leonard in a
much and he had bounced back performance did it on the defensive end, those
four steals in the fourth quarter, and it was him and Daniel Tys working
in unison. But Kawhi's defense on Kevin Durant in the third quarter only gave
up three points when he had twenty in the first half. Tone setter leader,
guys get in line and they follow him. They're just a different ball
club whenever they have Kawhi Leonard. And I know you can say that's obvious,
but to me, it's more than the numbers. There are intangibles.
There's an attitude there, there's that safety blanket of having Kawhi Leonard out there.
Just I thought a great defensive performance for him. Yeah, I mean
one hundred percent. Like, look, I feel like the big criticism has
always been at this Clippers team in the two and three era, Oh there's
not a leader. There's no leader. They don't have that vocal voice in
the locker room. Kawhi is the silent leader and he always does that.
He had a, you know, a rough game against the Lakers, not
his best performance, not the level that we've seen him at so far this
season, and tonight, you know, struggled a little bit offensively, kind
of got it, started things going in the right direction, but defensively he
can always pick that up. That is one of those things that's always going
to be in his backpack pockets. He's got the motor. You know,
he's he's played the most consecutive games I think he's ever played as a Clipper.
Like he's he's locked in. He's looking great, and I mean,
you know, this team goes as far as Kawhi carries him, and right
now it's looking like he's ready to do a lot of heavy lifting. I
thought Paul George also was a tone setter in the first quarter. Just punk
and d book, I think he had. I want to say, three
of his four makes in that first quarter, we're on Devin Booker ten points.
Just like in Phoenix. He gets up for this matchup and the Clippers
followed him as well. Oh, I mean one hundred percent like Paul George
offensively, I mean on both ends before really, but offensively, he is
so smooth with it. They he was another one of those guys like the
Sun's just offensively. They had no answer for him. There was just nothing
there. There was no way to really slow him down. And yeah,
he's been absolutely great. I think this is one of those matchups he circles
on the calendar. You know, the Sun's gotten the better of the Clippers
and two playoff series. I don't see that happening again, even with this
fully amped up Suns. I mean, as long as the Clippers are healthy,
I wouldn't have seen them losing those two series if they had Kawhi Leonard
for all of them, and Paul George was missing all of it last year
too, Terrence Man ten of his last eighteen makes from the outside. Now,
I think that's over the last four games. Kawhi Leonard spoke about a
post game, said, you just gotta keep shooting the basketball, making those
open shots. Everybody has slumps. It's about fighting, keep shooting and keeping
shooting out there. Unquote. I just love that Terrence Man was able to
work through this shooting slump because everything else he does is so important. The
shooting is almost like a bonus at times. But now I don't know how
you stop this starting lineup when Terrence Man has going from the outside too.
Yeah. Absolutely, it's just another weapon. It's another feather in the cap.
And I think the great thing about the shooting thing. I mean,
obviously he's scoring, which is is cool, but I think that he has
he's gotten that confidence back. We're seeing less of an indecision. He seems
a lot more sure of himself on the floor, which you know, we
know he has the skills that we know he has the tools to play at
an elite level. We've seen it, frankly, we've seen it. We've
seen it get them to a Western Conference final, So you know, it's
good. It's good that he's getting the offensive part of the game going,
because even through that slump, I thought, you know, I thought demands
to remove Terrence from the starting lineup were rash at best, absolute insanity at
worst. So it's it's good to see him turn that a round. And
it was bound to happen, right, we know what he is. He's
a high thirty percent shooter. You know, kids seem forty if you will.
So it was bound to come back. It's law of averages. You
just got to shoot through it. Three of six from the outside, I've
seen it. Little half bake reference there for you. One more here,
Daniel Tie's fantastic run in that fourth quarter. He Kawhi, James Harden all
kind of working together to open that game up. He's been amazing. I
still think they got a reintegrate Mason Plumbly at some point, just because of
his size, did the much better rebounder and finisher at the rim. But
Daniel Tys in the Clippers time of need, I don't know where this team
would be without him. Yeah, absolutely, Entice, another guy. I
gotta give credit to you for playing through. He started out one for three,
the hand flicked a little rough, it was like a little wobbley and
then yeah, in that fourth quarter he lit it up and he and you
know, James Harden have a great connection. It just type has been great.
So this is in no way disparaging him. I think he's been an
absolute, an absolute great piece, and he has definitely helped the Clippers turn
things around on this on this tear that they've been on as of recent But
you know, watching James Harden out there with Tys, you just, I
mean, you've got to kind of marvel at the possibility of a second unit
with James Harden and Mason Plumbly on it like that. I It's boggling my
mind. It just seems like it would be so devastating and very difficult to
slow down having an actual seven footer out there. It's a backup due.
I think it's gonna be great and type I still think has a place in
this rotation and come playoff time. You know, he's an interesting piece.
He's another move that you have, and with the Clippers getting a little bit
smaller across the wing, I like this sort of versatility that they have at
the five. I think it's interesting. I think it's something a little bit
different, and with the shooting that they have to go around it, there
really isn't a super wrong combination. And I think Tylo has been has been
kind of dialing in the lineups a little bit. I like this game that
you know, we saw very minimal of Westbrook and Harden on the floor together.
It was like it was like maybe a minute it was. It was
not very many possessions. But he's getting these things figured out, and it's
not just the closing lineups, Like he's figuring out how to maximize things throughout
a forty eight minute game. And I mean, it looks really good.
It feels like such a turnaround from from last night, which which really felt
like a pretty big disappointment. And it wasn't necessarily a step backwards, but
it didn't feel like the Clippers that we've seen since they've turned things around in
the Harden era, playing them out like it's the Golden Globes. I'm sorry,
Will, we had to do it. We gotta get out of here.
Clippers win one thirty eight to one eleven over the Phoenix Suns. Will
Updyke of Clips and Dip. We'll have a YouTube for you tomorrow before we
get out of here. I'm sorry, Mark, I'm sorry, Jose,
I'm sorry others. I couldn't get to you on the phone lines calling on
Wednesday. I do want to thank the Clippers organization, Ralph Lawler, Brian
Seeman, Noah Ego, Carlo Jimenez on the call, Big Brother, Jake
Warner, our head engineer, Zachocaldy back in the Bank, our producer.
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