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one to ninety nine victory in Cleveland. Welcome into Clippers Talk. I'm Adam
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nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Coming up on
the show. You'll hear from the head coach, toron Loop, post game
and PG thirteen Paul George plus Bill horrenda basketball expert, will be here.
But Paul George has this in him. We've seen it. He's been outside
of Stephen Clay. Over the last five years, Stephen Clay, Steph and
Clay, he has been the third best three point shooter. When you account
for volume and the amount of three's taken. He's been the third most efficient
three point shooter. And last season I was saying he's a six nine Steph
Curry, and that's what he looks like at times, and I know that's
high praise. And Steph Curry is the greatest shooter off the bounce in NBA
history, which just makes him the greatest shooter of all time. But when
Paul George is in that zone as he was in the second half, or
he hit seven of his eight three pointers, had four of them in the
third quarter where he had sixteen points, and then he had three more in
the fourth quarter where he had nine. So twenty five of his total thirty
six points came in the second half and they were needed. The Cleveland Cavaliers
were not going away. Your Sexton is on fire right now. He had
twenty seven points, just hit one three pointer. But he's playing really good,
even above his average tonight in this one, Darius Garland's been good.
He had twenty three points, and believe it or not, Cleveland today today
is a playoff team right now, even at ten and twelve in the Eastern
Conference, they're scrappy. They play hard, and I thought with the Clippers
being up thirteen early in the first quarter and then things flipping the other way
where Cleveland was up by four midway through the second after they went on a
sixteen to one run, the Clippers were able to close out the second and
they got up by three. They did a good job, a better job
than they did closing out the second quarter last night in Brooklyn. Tonight in
Cleveland. That was huge for them, and they quickly went on a seven
oh run thanks to PG thirteen to start things off on the third quarter.
It was he and Kawhi Leonard. In fact, both of them had ten
points in the first quarter. They had outscored about five minutes into the game
the Cleveland Cavaliers by themselves. They had sixteen at one point, the Cavaliers
just fifteen. Kawhi Leonard another solid ball game, twenty four points nine to
fourteen. The efficiency plus six boards plus three assists. Did have four turnovers,
struggled in that area a little bit, where he's been so good all
season long. In fact, when it comes to assist to turnover ratio,
the only person better, I believe when it comes to a certain amount,
and I think the minimum is one hundred assists or ten games or something like
that. But the only person better has been C. J. McCullum,
who's been injured currently. But Kawhi Leonard is not turning the ball over for
the most part. Had a rough time tonight in that area, but overall
he came through with I think six of his twenty four also in that fourth
quarter. But two players, one who had been struggling really all season,
in Lou Williams, he had his best game, maybe of the year.
I know it wasn't his highest scoring game with fifteen points, but he had
nine of those on the fourth and as Noah Eagles said, he looked comfortable,
He looked in rhythm, he looked in sync with the rest of the
offense, and I think a Vizza Zoobots helped him out. The Lu to
Zoo connection is not just about Lou Williams passing it to Zoo, but Zululoo
Vizza Zoo bots, who had a magnificent second half after really struggling in the
first half. He had ten of his sixteen rebounds in the second half,
and of his six offensive rebounds, four of them came in the second half
and on one of them. It was on a Lou Williams miss. He
got it back to sweet Lou Williams who put in the left handed hook shot.
I believe it was then later he hit I think what was the dagger
three at about the four minute mark, where the Clippers were up by as
many as twenty three on the Cleveland Cavaliers, who again they played well,
they play hard. You have to put them away. And I was thinking
to myself, they just have to figure out how to get above thirteen.
For a while, they just couldn't get past that thirteen number. Whenever they
got there, Cleveland would storm back. It happened even in the third quarter,
which the Clippers ended up ending well with a thirty six point third quarter
thanks to back to back three pointers at the very end that were just insane
by Paul George, one of them a one legged three, and then he
banked one off the backboard to end the third quarter. They ended the second
quarter, by the way, with the Nicholas Batoum turn around fade away.
He only made three shots, just seven points, just one three pointer,
but you know his impact, it's bigger than that. Like Pat Bev who
they are missing right now, It's bigger than just the stats from Nicholas Batoum.
Serge Ibaka also a big bounce back performance. Didn't play heavy minutes in
the second half, got into foul trouble, but had five of his fourteen
points in the third quarter when the Clips made their move and open things up.
Went two of three from distance, six of eight from the field after
going just three of eleven from the field yesterday. From the floor when he
had a lot of matchup advantages because the Brooklyn Nets were going small and just
missed some easy shots, and that was part of the reason. I think
the Clippers lost that game. And Serge a veteran like that, you know
he's gonna come back and give you a better performance. And it started early
on. I think he had four or five points in the first quarter.
It was he, along with Kauai and PG thirteen that got off to a
hot start. Clippers had thirty three points on the first but Cleveland storm back
with that sixteen to one run where for over five minutes at one point in
the second quarter, the Clippers didn't score point, not just a basket,
They didn't even get to the free throw line. They went seven minutes without
a field goal until Kawhi Leonard came back into the game at about the five
minute mark of the second quarter hit a bucket. And the variety of ways
that Kauai is getting shots is just different than last season. First of all,
he's shooting better from distance over forty percent, about forty two percent from
three, after going three of six tonight from distance, but he had an
alley oop, he had one that was a nice pass, and Nicholas but
too him two as he leads the Clippers and assist this season. But it's
not just the mid range. It's not just going to the basket. He's
shooting better from the outside and I think that opens up the rest of his
game and that's why he's been so efficient this season. I think overall with
the Clippers, the three point shooting has opened up everything else. As a
team, they hit twenty three pointers tonight, twenty of thirty four. That's
fifty eight percent from distance. I want to say this is the sixth or
seventh game so far this season where they actually shot better from three than from
two. It is the sixth game in franchise history and second game this season
that the Clippers have made at least twenty three pointers. It's also the Clippers
sixth game this season that they have shot at least fifty percent from beyond the
arc, most such games in the NBA this season. And they are undefeated
coming off a loss. They haven't lost two games in a row all year
long. Those are championship traits. They're six and ozo now coming off a
loss. There I want to say four and oh now on the second game
or three and oz on the second game of a back to back. So
the Clippers, they bounced back. They played well, and they didn't have
And I was watching James Worthy the other night talk about this, but he
was obviously speaking to his time as a Laker and how that last game on
a road trip, you already have one foot out the door, you can
smell that home cooking, you're ready to get home, and sometimes you have
a letdown because of that. The Clippers did not. It could have gone
that way. Things got a little bit hairy in that second quarter, but
they fought back. They closed out the second well, they came into the
third with the right mindset that the best third quarter team in the league.
They outscored Cleveland by eleven in the third they were up fourteen going into the
fourth and they end up winning by twenty two and PG thirteen stays hot man
on fire. All right, let's go to CJ and Alhambra. CJ,
you're on Clippers stock with Adam Oslin. How are you hey? I'm doing
well. How about you, Adam? Everything's good. CJ, thanks for
asking. What's up? All right, So here's the deal. I'm gonna
talk about this all in all, the four two road trip that we had,
but before I do tonight, PG to borrow from Noah Eagle was weighted
are in the second half. That guy just lit it up like nobody's business.
You'd think this guy got a one hundred and ninety million dollars raised,
But he and lou Will breaking up Lemon and the Pepper ain't no thing but
a chicken wing baby. He's ready to take his minutes back. But even
all that said, you know what, with this road trip, Zoo made
a strong case that he wants to be the starting five again. Reggie Jackson.
No need to make a trade for a point guard. We could do
it in the house. The only one thing that I was a little disappointed
in at him, what was Luke Nard. I know he shot well tonight
from the three, but I really want him to use the force. I
really want him to just come in and say, hey, you know what,
I am ready to shoot it well and just contribute. But you know,
all in all, this for two road trip excellent. I loved it.
We played against teams that are were strong, defensive minded, and I
was happy. I'm happy, baby, CJ. Thank you for the phone
call. Luke use the shot out there, and he did take six of
them in this game. After talking with earlier in the day, he had
a conversation about Luke Kennard not being aggressive enough. That's why his minutes were
cut down. In five straight games, his minutes started to dwindle. He
only played four of them in Brooklyn. Just took two shots in that game.
He just has to get them up. He hit a three pointer late,
he hit two three pointers in the first half. It's something to build
off of. It's a work in progress. He's too good not to get
up more shots. Normally, And I was saying this on Locked on Clippers,
a great podcast the other day. But normally, when you bring in
a player and he disappoints, it's because his shooting percentage just go way down.
That's not the case with Luke Kennard. He's been shooting the ball really
well when he puts them up. He just has to be more assert about
there. I think it'll come. He went about a year without stepping on
an NBA court, but he's still shooting forty three percent on the season.
That's going to go up. After snight, Clippers win by twenty two in
Cleveland. They return home to take on the Boston Celtics Friday night. We'll
talk more about that, and my friend Bill horrenda basketball insider basketball analysts,
will join me here on Clipper Stock next on EM five seventy yel A Sports.
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LA Clippers. Someone wake up, Jared Dudley PG. Thirteen just had thirty
six and twenty five points in the second half and win eight of nine from
three, and the Clippers win one twenty one to ninety nine over the Cleveland
Cavaliers. Welcome back into Clippers Stock. I'm out of maslin to eight six
six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five
seventy. We'll get back to your phone calls, but first I want to
bring in my friend Bill horrenda NBA basketball expert, college basketball expert, and
he's a sports anchor here at iHeart Radio. Bill, let's jump right into
it. Paul George, I've been saying this for a long time, but
he's a six nine Steph Curry at times, and this season he's shooting over
forty five percent from three. STEP's not even doing that. That's going to
go up after tonight goes eight of nine from distance. What have you've seen
from PG thirteen this season as opposed to in past years when he's been good.
But he does look look like a man on a mission, and tonight
he was a man on fire. Absolutely, Adam incendiary, And I think
what we're seeing is the full arsenal, the full array of PEG's talent.
And I think it really begins with health coming into camp healthy. I know
it's a truncated season to begin with, but I think that has a lot
to do with this. And of course, when you have a cohort in
your buddy there Kawhi Leonard, who can get to his spots at will.
It's just a great bill you for the Clippers. And again you said it,
you shooting forty five percent from thirty eight percent for his career. So
he is in a good space right now. And it is absolutely you know,
as we know, one of the top two way players in the league
and offensively he is just an absolute conundrum for the opposition right now. It's
Bill Horrenda joining me here on Clipper stock after they win in Cleveland one twenty
one to ninety nine. Bill, I want to talk to you about something
that's been a little bit of a narrative here, because there's not enough of
a narrative being built up about Kawhi Leonard or Paul George when they should be
in the MVP conversation in my opinion, when you have one of the top
records in the league. I haven't checked the standings yet tonight, but at
seventeen at six, typically the MVP trophy ends up going to someone that's a
top three seed in the league. And Kawhi Leonard as good as he has
been, and you just brought him up. He had twenty four points on
three of six shooting. He's as good as anyone right now? With his
efficiency, do you see him as a top three MVP candidate so far this
season? Well, I think you're wise, Adam, to kind of separate
the facts from the hype, because I think what happened sometimes when players are
as great as Kauai is, sometimes we go all say, he's great,
So what's the what's the shiny new toy, and what's what are other people
doing? And they almost get overlooked, if that's possible. And everyone was
talking about Luca donts to your point, Bill, and they are under five
hundred right now. The Dallas Mavericks right, and Dallas's offensive sputtering. They
were number one in offensive efficiency. Now they're way down below average. That's
another cover station for another time. They're rebounding is brutal as well, so
they've got some things to fix there. But you're right, Adam, And
from that standpoint, listen, I think the Clippers focus is on winning and
winning big at ten. I tweeted before the game it was about focus and
to go four and two on a road trip, a second of the back
to back, a six game road trip, and not go three and three,
refuse to lose back to back games against a plucky Cleveland team. You
gotta love this Cleveland squad. They've got a lot going for them, terrific
defensively. We saw a Sexton and Garland Knight getting it done in a major
way early. But to come out make your first eleven of twelve, sustain
the three of twenty, they come back six of six from the floor fills
us a lot about the championship mentality that the Clippers have. They got to
do it in the postseason, but this was kind of a test tonight,
and of course they answered a lot of questions. Sure, and it's fair.
My point would be to everyone that keeps saying that, well, we
can't get to the postseason yet, Let's see if they can build off of
these traits, if these are championship tendencies that they're building and working through and
getting more chemistry on this team, and then see if it translates to the
postseason. But to me, the process looks different this season with the way
they've gone about it. I mean, this was the second time in the
last three and a half years now that Kawhi Leonard has played both games on
a back to back, So things have changed here with this team. But
sticking with the big picture view Bill, I'm sure you watched last night's game
as well, which a lot of people zeroed in on because it's two of
the best teams the Needs Conference and they may see each other in the NBA
Finals. How did you see that game play out and how the Clippers stacked
up against the big three of the Brooklyn Nets. Well, to me,
Brooklyn, they're coming off a disastrous, ignominious loss in the last seconds against
Washington, right, they gave up two three pointers, so they realize that
they've got to defend. If they don't defend, they're not going anywhere as
soon as their offense is and really through the Clippers to come back ten down
with a minute fifty five to go, I believe they cut it to one
before Brooklyn held on. That's a loss that you can learn from. And
look, Brooklyn is finding their identity. Harden once again, he did this.
Not many people realize this. He's leading the league in his he's doing
that again. Now he's finding his role. So that's a loss that you
can learn from and turn the page. And I like the way the Clippers
closed that game. Of course they didn't win it, but they showed a
lot of fight and the carryover tonight was just excellent. And that's what you
want to see. If you are part of Clipper nation and you want to
win all days and your point's well taken at him, you can't. You
got to take it one game at a time. You can't fast forward to
the postseason. You can only be mindful of taking care of literally the next
possession. Now, if you're a Clippers fan, you go scout Boston and
Sacramento. You're next two opponents. You're four and two on the road trip,
and you're right, they have the best record as we speak in the
NBA seventeen wins for the Clippers. Right now, he is Bill Horrenda.
Follow him at Bill Horrenda, a t R E N d A on Twitter.
Bill wonderful stuff. As always, we'll talk in a couple of weeks.
My friend, My pleasure at him anytime. Thank you. Clippers finish
off the road trip four and two. After they win in Cleveland by a
final score of one twenty one to ninety nine, we'll take a quick break.
We'll come back. We'll get to your phone. Calls eight six six
nine eight seven two five seventy Jeff Morris Mitch hold on, there's a big
three. We'll see who's positive and who's negative from that group after this one.
Clippers though a lot of positive things to take away from a game where
they had guys step up who had a bad first half and I beatsa zoobots
he comes through in the second half. And then Lou Williams, who's been
in a funk. And I've been saying this, but with the way he's
moving out there, the shot is the last thing to go, so I
was never that concerned. He has these dips during a seventy two game,
eighty two game normally regular season, but I'm hoping he can start to string
some really good performances and some efficient performances together. Now, after Lou Williams
had fifteen points, goes five of eight, two of three from distance,
had the dagg of three with four minutes left, Clippers hit twenty of them.
They win one, twenty one s to ninety nine. More Clipper stock
coming up next here on a five seventy l A sports what is every moment
all season long? On their officials? Cool ye Letard sends it back home,
but the Clippers still not come in here. Clippers win one twenty one
to ninety nine in Cleveland over the Cavaliers in a game where Paul George has
thirty six points on just twenty shots. A Visa Zubos shows up big in
the second half, has a couple of blocks in that fourth quarter. Lou
Williams also had a big block in the fourth quarter. Defensive Player of the
Year votes, Let's get them out for sweet Luke. Come on, all
right, I'm having fun with that, but it was fun to see sweet
Lou Williams back in his element on offense. Welcome back in the Clipper stock.
I'm Adam Oslin. They win one twenty one to ninety nine in Cleveland.
They're seventeen and six on the season. Now, they do have the
most wins in the league, but it's better to have one less loss than
one more win when it comes to winning percentage. So the Utah Jazz are
still the number one seed currently in the Western Conference. Let's go to Mitch
and the Jersey. Mitch, what's up? You're on Clippers sock? Yeah,
that's going on, Mitch. All right, it's such a close game.
I was gonna back to yesterday because though I was gonna get it.
I had the Father Eagle on TV and then app prow in the app and
then hear the Sun calling it's to oh I and Noah Eagle. That was
epic. Was such a close game. I agree with you. You are
so rightwy times they had to tell you a back up and Batoum was a
great pick up. Let go two good backups, be boring, two good
stories. A boy's who had the playing and that's taking nights off. But
I'm really seen get no, but you're going to do a deep bench.
And Pattison he has such a good game those day. Why are he's been
sitting in a list to Nat Hurry? That's all I wanted to say.
Other guys, Mitch, I appreciate you. I appreciate you. With Pat
pat stay ready, just add water. He's just an odd man out because
of how they play small at times with Marcus Morris at the five and then
they have Serge of Vaka and Visa Zubots. Who is he going to be
able to play over power forward too? You have Nicholas Batum there now,
but he stays ready and there are lessons to be learned from that mentality.
He is the ultimate professional for this team. And know what Eagle talked about
this, I believe yesterday in the pregame. But just what a mentor he
can be for young players on the team that don't play every night. Terrence
Mann came in in the last four minutes and hit a three pointer to add
to the three point party. It was good to see him have some of
that stay ready in a Morris in Long Beach. Morris, you're on Clippers
stop without him? Allslin, how are you oh real good at share so
much at him? Whoever the Clippers played today, they was gonna lose.
The Clippers had had a bad taste in their mouth from that game last night.
They went to sleep in the third quarter, one of the better third
quarter teams. That's when they really, you know, go home for themselves.
But whoever they played today, they were gonna lose. It's straight up.
It just just didn't matter who they was gonna play. And you know,
if I was in the class and I have more more correct answers than
anybody else, of course I'm gonna get a a. That's why I grate
these guys. Hey, they've got seventeen wins, even though they've gone through
the COVID nineteen protocols, and even though their best player had a broken nose
at one time. But I'm gonna tell you something. Had they won that
game last night, they would have been the number one sports talk in this
country. And I'm gonna tell you something, Adam, not one players had
a bad game back to back. If a guy he didn't show up the
one game, the next game, he showed out. This is the team
and I really liked their chemistry. And in Toronto, he's not gonna get
no credit, but he should get something. He really really should. Oh,
he's getting plenty of credit here, Morris. I do think he is
the major reason with why this team looks different. There's been better player accountability
at the top from your leaders with Paul George and Kawhi Leonard. But I
think some of that is instilled because of the way tronlu runs a basketball team.
A lot of people think because he was on the bench next to Doc
Rivers last season, well that just meant it would be the same thing.
Even Doc Rivers had a quote to that effect. But and we love Doc
and I wish him the best of luck with Philadelphia. They're playing great ball.
That's a great situation for him with a more prototypical point guard and Ben
Simmons running everything, and then Joe l embiid a more traditional five. But
when you're an assistant coach, you're kind of fulfilling the agenda from the head
coach. You're trying to push that through. But obviously Toronto Lou had his
own idea of how he'd like to run this team, and it's working.
The passing is next level compared to last season. They've leaned in some more
three points shooting. I think it's just the perfect fit because when you have
that much versatility, when you have so many guys that can play so many
different positions, you need someone who's a creative innovator and is willing to experiment
and then when things don't work, switch it up. That's what the head
coach horn Lu has done so far. Before we hear from PG thirteen,
let's pause ten seconds for station identification. We don't even need to. Zach
Lcaldy beat me to It made me call myself out on that one. First
of all, I'm wearing your headphones tonight because I got godsmacked, because I
gave him grief for not having his two weeks ago. Are you gonna work
in radio not have headphones? Zach? I thought you were Zach attack,
how dare you? And then I forget mine today and he lets me borrow
his good Samaritan, he is all right. Let's hear from Paul. George,
who was lethal eight of nine from distance, had thirty six points led
the Clippers. They win by twenty two in Cleveland. Here was PG thirteen
post game on Fox Sports Prime Ticket with Jimmy Jackson, one of my favorites,
and course Brian Seaman. Tell me about the mindset, Paul, when
you guys come in after a loss and I thought you guys played good.
I thought Brooklyn played great last night. But the mindset to not lose back
to back games. It's the end of a trip. It wasn't an easy
travel day. Take me into that locker room pre game getting ready for this
one. I mean, you know, the beautiful thing about the NBA IS
games is always around the corner. We wanted to end this trip on a
great note. We didn't want to lose two in a row, and we
wanted to leave you know, we dropped. I wanted to start this trip
off. We dropped one yesterday. Last night, we wanted to finish this
trip going for in too, so our main focus was coming in tonight and
getting this win. PG. Great game, great shooting from behind the arc.
But early on you wanted to set the tone. Did you feel something
different even though you had the lost last night? But did you feel something
as you entered into this game and began to get hot? Yeah? I
thought last night was just a great uh, you know, preparation for tonight.
As far as you know, last night, I thought I did a
bad job of just taking my time, getting too spots, raising up,
shooting my shots. Tonight. It helped prepare me coming into tonight. I
saw the shots I was getting last night, and I told myself, if
I can get to those same looks, I'm gonna knock them down. My
teammates looked for me, they sent me up, they screamed for me,
and my job was just to put it in the hole. Okay, check
this out. I just want to notice, until now, you can't leave
the hotel. You got room service. Just give me, give me the
Paul George day that you can't leave on a six game road trip. You
can't leave out the hotel. Oh ps fives. A lot of downtime means
a lot of games. My man, congratulations, brother, Appreciate you,
guys, Appreciate you, as Noah Eagle would say, PlayStation p there.
You know, while some are still dwelling in last season and telling their story
and trying to sell books as long as coloring books, the Clippers have turned
the page. PG. Thirteen is on a mission. The revenge Tour is
underway. He's healthy and this Clippers team is seventeen and six on the season.
They are the only team in the league to not lose two games in
a row this year. More Clipper stock coming up next here on eight six
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But toom just inside the arch straight away finds George office screen. Who's moving?
It was right behind the backbounce patch for Reybacca corner on the far side.
George tries the three balls bottom Paul George from distance, his second three
to night makes it sixty six fifty three, thirteen point lead for the Clippers.
Once again, right to left, George gets past Garland, stepped into
a left wint three HiT's on the way. Oh, he got another one,
silky smooth for Paul George on the outside. Sixty nine fifty nine,
his third triple of the game. He's got twenty one points to lead all
scores. Two for one opportunity here if he works quickly. George on the
right wing. With thirty seconds remaining, George off the Zuboat screen, step
back corner, three on the way. Oh, Paul George nails it.
Ridiculous shot by PG. He's got twenty four and the Clipper lead is thirteen
eighty five seventy four. Can the Clippers get another field goal? With five
seconds remaining, George, jogging it from right to left, gets a screen
en mid court two seconds left. George puts it up at the horn from
thirty feet. Oh. Paul George bags at home. PG. Thirteen in
that third quarter was rated R. Noah Eagle on the call. Paul George
goes eight of nine from three finishes with thirty six points. The first finished
off the Cleveland Cavaliers and the road trip. They are four and two,
coming back to Staples Center on Friday night after winning one twenty one to ninety
nine in Cleveland. Welcome back into Clippers talk. I'm Adam Osland eight six
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seventy Clippers twenty six and three now following a loss. Going back to last
season, they are seven and oh this year after a loss, Let's hear
from the head coach to Ron lou post game. What are your takeaways seconds?
What do you like about the way you guys bounced back? And what
did you like specifically about the way PGS bounced back from yesterday? I liked
it. You know, I thought we got all to a good start early,
which is tough, you know, in the back to back the last
game of the road trips, six games in ten days, and you know,
I thought we started a game, you know, really well. So
that was good to see. They made a run. You know, we
kept our composure, and you know, I thought that third quarter would really
you know, establish our defense and we kind of stop off from there.
Would you like most of my pg's game just aggressive? You know, shooting
his three ball, getting too the basket, attacking, and you know,
just making place for himself and everybody else. So I was just happy to
see him bounce back to the way he did. Like I said, I
didn't know he was eight and a half from three, but you know I
knew he was shooting well thanks to Mary. Next we'll go to Spencer Davies,
Spencer Davies Basketball, and he was, first of all, good to
see you there, Tie, it's been a little while. Good man,
how about yourself? And I heard that name, I was like, oh,
good to see you man. I wanted to ask you about lou He
got going to night pretty good, and he's had a little bit of struggles
here this season early, but tonight he looked like himself. He got a
pump, fake bite there in the corner. He knocked down a couple of
threes. Just how did you see him play with pace and also help your
bench in offense? He was really good. I thought his pace was good.
I thought him getting into the basket, getting to the paint, I
was really good and creative for others. And then you know, just getting
him in earlier. I think it was good for him He's used to going
in on this six minute mark for the last ten the last ten years,
and we decided to go with that tonight, go with home first and then
bring Luke seconds so we can kind of get back in his old routine or
rhythm. And I think I helped him out tonight. And I didn't get
to see a free game, but I wanted to ask you, how weird
is it only see in like Kevin Jetty on the other side of the bench,
I mean, all those other guys. We talked about it. We
talked about it earlier today, like, you know, a lot of guys
are going, but you know, the staff is here, you know,
the equipment guys, the staff, the training staff. So there's a lot
of guys still there from you know, from when I was there. So
it was good to see those guys, and you know, so I was
exciting to see him take care man. Good to see you. Thank you
too, Spins, thank you. Next we'll go to Jamie Maggio. Hey
there, Ty, just overall, big picture, how would you evaluate the
team's performance and progression over these last six games. I think, you know,
we're give him better, you know, like I said, we still
got some things we need to we need to get better at and continue to
work on the most part. You know, we're trying to do the right
things, and that's all you can ask You're not gonna make shots every night.
You're not gonna stop teams every night. As long as we you know,
stay positive, keep doing what we're trying to get to, Let me
get to what we're trying to get to, and keep building good habits,
and that's all you can ask for. And these guys are doing it every
single game, so we just want to continue to keep building on it.
We got a long way to go, but I like the direction we're headed
to do. What are the things you want to work on. I'll take
advantage of mismatches. I think making certain passes and reads versus picking rolls.
I think, you know our small small picking rolls. I think we got
to get better at what teams are trying to show. Our teams are switching.
We got to get better with switch defenses. So you know, offensively,
it's about six or seven things we want to get better at it and
we have we have we can do that. So we're gonna continue to keep
working on every day days of practice, shooting arounds and just keep getting better
at it because I think going forward it's gonna be big. It's gonna be
huge for us. Okay, thank you. There was Toronto lou post game
after the Clippers win once twenty one to ninety nine in Cleveland. Paul George
was firing mortar fire missiles and they were duds. That's not a shot,
Jeff in Tarzana, Jeff, what's up here on Clippers top with that?
I'm auslin, Jeff, we got you billion. I'll start performance by Paul
George, obviously, but performance not just one guy, because you know,
if one of the guys is off, somebody else is going to pick up
for him. Here's the thing that I'm really concerned about. In the first
half, tim the Cavaliers have almost twice as many points in the paint then
the Clippers did. Yeah, they finished with fifty eight to just thirty six
for the Clippers. But let me explain this for a second. Here.
I know what you're gonna say, if you're shooting three pointers, it doesn't
matter. They hit sixteen more threes and the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers only attempted
ten. So there's the reason they were trading twos for threes, Jeff.
But okay, but I like points in the paint a lot, and I
was wondering where the Clippers are in that. And you know, I was
checking some stats out today because you know, I'm a basketball purist. Do
you know that the Clippers have never had a coach that was Coach of the
Year? Is that right? Okay? Okay, isn't it about And they've
never had an MVP either. I was aware of that, okay. So
I think the two birds, one stone one season. Pardon me, two
birds in one season. You're saying they could do it all this year Coach
of the Year Toronto lou and MVP and PG thirteen or Kawhi Leonard. But
I hate to tell you this, Adam. You know that I watched a
lot of basketball talk on the cable and most people are saying Lebron, Joe
mb and your guy's named now guy for do yes? And I'm wondering,
you know, I realized that, you know, we hear are Clipper fans,
but the Clippers don't. Aren't when they ever get the respect, no
matter how many championships they win, until they get their own stadium, which
you know, I'm really glad that mister Bamber's that, but they've got to
win a championship. They can't just you know, make the playoffs every year.
I mean, what Steve Bamber's done to the Clipper organization be praised,
but I'm so sick and tired of the Lakers. Jeff, we hear you
loud and clear. Yes, they are getting their own home, as Steve
Balmer has said, they need their own home. And just look at all
the changes since Steve Balmer has taken over. It's only been a little over
six years now. It's incredible the transformation that's been with this franchise and everything
pointed in the right direction, right owner, right front office, right coaching
staff. And I think they have a roster that can compete for a championship
obviously this season, and I am excited to see what happens Friday night back
at Staples Center when they're taking on another elite squad in the Boston Celtics,
who've been playing well. Jalen Brown has been out of his mind. Jason
Tatum is there. I still have Kemba Walker, but he's been struggling that
knee injury. I think he lost some of his quickness. Should have hit
that shot against the Lakers here to night, okay, but Tys had the
rebound two and he misses it. I know Jeff and Tarzana was upset about
that one. The Clippers win, though, nothing to be upset about a
four and two road trip. They returning home to play the Boston Celtics.
Tip time Friday night is at seven pm. We'll have Clippers countdown your pregame
show starting at six pm before we get out of here. I do want
to think the Clippers organization. Noah Eagle, Brian Semen, Ralph Lawler back
here in the bank running everything and getting your postgame sound was Zach Lcaldy,
Zach Tech, thank you. Thanks for the headphones too, taking them home
now I'm kid hide my own until Friday night when the Clippers are back at
Staples taking on the Boston Celtics. With your tip time at seven pm.
I'm out of Maslin. We'll talk to your Friday at six