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Athletic Clippers analyst and reporter for the Athletic. Plus you'll hear from the head
coach t lou post game and the players. But I thought Noah Eagles said
it best. The Clippers could not break through. They kept knocking on the
door to retake the lead in this game, and they could never get over
the hump. Every time they got close, it was either an offensive rebound
or just a made shot by CP three, who had twenty five of his
twenty eight points in the second half of this ball game. And people have
been talking about him and there there's been a lot of chatter recently about him
getting into that MVP conversation, and after the last couple of games, with
the way he has played down the stretch the last two games in New York
against the Knicks recently and then back home in Phoenix tonight, with what he
was able to do to put the Clippers away, it was impressive at the
age of thirty five for him still to be this because the thirty five or
thirty six don't matter. He's playing that well. And he made the Clippers
paid tonight. But there were a lot of self inflicted wounds, just basketball
one oh one type of miscues by the Clippers where they simply were not boxing
guys out, they weren't getting rebounds when they did get stops on the Phoenix
Suns, who ended up shooting forty seven percent from the field and go thirteen
of thirty seven from three. That's just thirty five percent. When they got
off to that hot start in the first quarter where they started seven of eight
from three, the Clippers defense got better. The problem was they weren't able
to corral any of those rebounds and there were too many second chance opportunities for
the Phoenix Suns. They ended up taking eleven more field goal attempts than the
Clippers in this game. So even though the Clippers better from the field from
three, going twelve of thirty one, although they would go ridiculously cold in
that fourth quarter, just one of seven from three, and there were some
wide open ones. PG thirteen penetrated kicked it back out to Marcus Morris,
couldn't get it to fall. Terrence Man had a couple of corner threes that
would not fall, although he was very good in that fourth quarter where I
think he had six of his twelve points and made some really good hustle plays
and had some putbacks. But the story of the game is fifteen offensive rebounds
given up by the Clippers at inopportune times. I mean multiple offensive rebounds on
the same possession, Cameron Payne, we just heard that Pain highlight. In
fact, I'll play it for you because this was the game right here.
Here's no ego on the call. This exemplifies how this went. Pain against
Jackson driving middle. Pain floated with a left hand, but he got his
own miss puts it up, missed it short, tipped it again, and
Cameron Payne on the third chance is up to thirteen points eighty one seventy one
at LA down ten. That's all hustled. You cannot let that happen from
a six foot three guard. The Clippers got out worked at times, and
they just seemed to have these mental lapses or they're waiting for the guy next
to them to get the rebound. Problem was he was thinking the exact same
thing. They weren't able to pull down boards and get stops that way by
getting rebounds. And in the end, the Phoenix Suns had ten more offensive
rebounds than the Clippers, But sometimes it's the timing of them. Eleven of
their fifteen came in the second half in big moments down the stretch. The
Clippers had it to within one. It felt like they were eventually going to
break through. That they if they could get the lead, that they could
keep the lead. It felt like that type of game, but they were
never able to get there. They had it within one multiple times, once
at the eight minute mark after Terrence Man hadn't assist from gen Rondo or would
give ra gen Rondo an assist. But here was also the problem. Whenever
the Suns or whenever the Clippers got close, CP three took over the ball
game. Jen Rondo hit a two pointer and played really well, was good
in the fourth quarter, had that double team on CP three in the corner
where he generated a steal, and the Clippers getting the basketball and calling a
time out. It's a brilliant, heavy gen Rondo type of play. Attacked
the basket, had a big time floater over DeAndre eighton. He was good,
and he was good enough to get them within one at ninety three to
ninety two with six minutes left. Here's the problem. CP three went on
his own six zero run right after that. In fact, he would score
well eight of their next ten points, and the Clippers were missing three pointers
while he was getting to his spots on the floor and hitting twos and just
torching them over and over again like I said he had twenty five of twenty
eight points in the second half. He had a run like this in the
third quarter as well. When the Clippers got close, he would keep them
at arm's length, and the Clippers were their own worst enemies on the other
end by not corralling those defensive rebounds, and they would lose by eight in
one of the biggest games of the season, which turned Saturday's game into a
much more crucial contest back at Staples against the Denver Nuggets, who are currently
chasing the Clippers the way the Clippers were chasing the Phoenix Sunts for the two
seat. Denver's coming for the three seat. They're a game back of the
Clippers right now, and the Clippers now being two games back of Phoenix,
they still have a shot at the two seed because Phoenix has the tougher schedule
remaining. But obviously it's not going to be easy going up against Nikola Yokich
and the Denver Nuggets, who are riding high after not getting a foul hold
on them, specifically on Yokich at the end of this game tonight where they
were taking on the New Orleans Pelicans, and it looked like Zion Williamson got
hacked late as he was trying to win the game for the Pelicans. But
they're playing really well. They've lost one game since Jamal Murray has gone down.
I think they've won seven of eight even without Jamal Murray. And Yokich
is likely going to be the MVP this season because of things like that.
So from one MVP candidate to the front runner Saturday back at Staples Center,
it doesn't get any easier. Hopefully though, Kawhi Leonard will return for that
game. Let's go to tagis in Walnut Tags. You're on Clipper Stock with
Adam Oslin after they lose one on nine two, one on one in Phoenix,
tages. What's up, hey, Adam. Obviously we wanted to win,
but the loss were continue. Sorry, yeah, I'm sorry. Go
ahead at him, No, you please, you cut out there for a
second. But you're good now, Okay. You know, I found the
loss encouraging because we were still out. We're out three key rotational players and
Pat bev about that and Kauai and all three of those are going to be
vital pieces, you know, during the playoffs. So even with that,
we were right there within one point and which led me to think that one
clear fully healthy knock on wood during the playoffs. If if we got a
first round matchup with Dallas or Portland, don't you envision kind of Tylou maybe
using like Pat Bev in a way where he might play in spurts of five
or six minutes in the first quarter where he's picking whether it's Dame Luca full
court for five minutes, kind of what Thylu did to AI in the finals
where they kind of changed the game, where he picked him up full court
and tire them out. And then he can even sub sub Pat Bev out
and then bring in Terrence Man and he can do the same thing. So
I think they got a lot of things on the roster that they'll utilize.
And like we know that Tyler doesn't like to show his bag of tricks all
at once, and he'll bring him out in the playoffs. But that's where
I can envision Tylu using his whole a roster in that type of way.
Those are good thoughts. I agree with you. I think they can throw
waves of defenders at Luca don Chich and frustrate him as best you can.
He was someone who started off the season as the odds on favorite to win
the MVP now Dallas, they're currently in that sixth seed. If the playoffs
started today, it would be the Clippers versus the Mavericks, and the Clippers
have just eight games remaining. The problem is we're not even close to seeing
this playoff picture fully crystallize because the Clippers are two games back of the two
seed now with Phoenix up on them, but they do have the tiebreaker against
the Suns, and they are a game up on Denver right now. The
Nuggets are in the four seed and they see them on Saturday. Meanwhile,
as we've been talking about the Dallas Mavericks and Portland Trailblazers, there is a
decent chance that you could get the Hallway series between the Clippers and Lakers in
the first round of the playoffs. The Lakers right now are just a game
and a half up on the Dallas Mavericks. Lakers lost earlier today in Washington
to the Wizards. So whether it be them dropping to the sixth seed or
staying in the five seed and the Clippers dropping to the four seed, there
are multiple routes where these two could tango in the first round of the playoffs,
which I don't think anybody would have expected coming into this season, but
it's an injury influenced type of year with so many guys being out across the
NBA, so injury influenced records therefore could make that happen. But the Clippers
lost tonight, they still have a chance at the two seed. They still
have a chance at the one seed. They're just three games back of Utah
but the Jazz they do have one of the easier schedules remaining, and last
I checked, they were up on Sacramento by fifty without Donovan mitchell Ooh that's
rough, all right. Congratulations to the Phoenix Suns. They're back in the
playoffs for the first time in ten years, but it came at the hands
of beating the Los Angeles Clippers. Who is Tages mentioned? And Tages,
you're in the running for a pair of tickets to a future Clippers game,
but the Clippers are missing or we're missing tonight three starters, including Kawhi Leonard.
Would I feel good about them versus the Suns in the seven game series.
Yes, but CP three is doing some special things right now and they
are a very talented team. So we'll see if the Clippers can still chase
them down, but they got the Denver Nuggets to worry about Saturday. More
on that coming up. Plus we'll hear from t Loop post game. Clippers
lose by eight in Phoenix to the Suns. You're listening to Clippers Talk eight
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Suck a store introduced it to m stopping you miss an. We'll be
coming. Clippers losing Phoenix by a score of one on nine to one oh
one. Welcome back into Clippers Talk. I'm out a mouslin. When does
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nine eight seven two five seventy and everyone is eligible tonight to win a pair
of tickets to a future Clippers game. There it is this year they're taking
on the Denver Nuggets Saturday night. Tip time for that one from Staples Center
is at seven pm. More on that, but first let's get back to
your phone calls. CJ in Alhambra, CJ, what's up your on Clippers?
Stop without him? Ostin, Hey, what's going on? Adam?
First of all, you know, I think a lot of the success that
the Phoenix Suns have had, outside of just having CP three there as a
veteran presence, has been the evolution of DeAndre Aton. I don't think that
Kats really even hit his feeling yet. No, and I think that's kind
of coincided with this monstro season that they've had. I think it's that and
as much credit as CP three deserves to taking this culture to another level,
I do think they established some of this last season with Monty Williams and what
they did in the bubble going eight. No, this team already had momentum,
and then they brought in the right fit with Chris Paul to help them
get to that next level or three levels up and there right now in the
two see two games up on the Clippers. Sorry, keep going yeah,
no, no, no, no, But you bring up a great point
because Monty Williams kind of held toughen the skin of this very young, inexperienced
team, and I think there's kind of like a caution to win Devil May
Care type of attitude where regardless of who you are, they're going to bring
it. But like I was saying with DeAndre, you know, I was
watching these last two games, and I really think Zoo could benefit from having
a former center kind of come in as a specialty coach. There. There
there were times where I think some soft touches and clamping down on rebounds could
have could have really benefited a turnaround of both games. I mean, I
think we should give Reggie Evans a call and uh maybe maybe he could kind
of like help school Homeboy Air Croatia comes with some raw talent, but I
think you need a little bit more for now. Well, you know,
the second thing I was kind of hoping for was a coffee break. I
really wanted to see a mirror kind of go ahead to head with Johnson and
Tory Craig. You know that would have been great. CJ thanks for the
phone call. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. The development of
Aviza zoobots over the past year with this new coaching staff has been fantastic.
He's thriving. He had fourteen and seven in just twenty five minutes tonight,
and all fourteen of his points came after the first quarter, and he had
a huge throwdown. In fact, I've been looking for this highlight because one
of the benefits of running everything, one of the only benefits of running everything,
is that I can pick and choose what I want to play at what
time, and then includes the music. Yeah, I played Fetty Whopp.
That was me. But also I can dig into these Noah Ego highlights and
I believe I have it. Come on, Adam, It's a man corner
with a pump faking drive left Tanda drible man all the way to the ram
scoop shots, short rebound sup bots, Oh, look out a vizza sup
bots, the crake, huge throw down there by Viza Zoobots. But the
Clippers could not get over the hump. They kept trying, they kept knocking
on the door. They were right there, they couldn't break through. They
were down one multiple times early on, even in the first half. It
was the same thing. They had it to within four with three minutes left
in the second quarter, going into half, and then it turned into a
twelve point lead, and eventually it was just a ten point lead by the
Phoenix Suns heading into the half third quarter. They did get it to within
six heading into the fourth, and they closed the third quarter much better than
they did that second quarter in the first half, but it felt like there
were just momentum plays that went against them over and over again. I'll CJ
dropped, so you don't want to be in the running for the para tickets
to give away to a future Clippers game. Rajan Rondo, though we talked
a little bit about him earlier. He had a three in the first half.
He had that tough floater over DeAndre Aiden, and he had that steal
on CP three in the corner. Just huge plays. But he did roll
his ankle on a non contact injury. I think it was early in the
fourth quarter, and I'm interested to find out about his status. Jose and
Southgate keep holding for us. I want to hear from coach lou post game.
I want to do with that sound you know what, Jose, pick
me up. I gotta find it again. Jose and Southgate, what's up?
You're on Clippers stock for that I'm auslin. Hey, Adam Man,
you better sign that because I want to hear that too. I got it.
It's five minutes and thirty three seconds. I've located the sounds. You
want to go in and player before me? No, no, no,
do your thing. You're already on. We need some positivity here, all
right. Hey, Hey, I'm right, I'm ready to give it to
you, Adam. And I'm a twenty five year old, but the Cliffer
time my whole life. I've seen Kean Dueling his real tie year. I've
seen Lamar Old of his rookie years. I saw Shade his realkie year.
I was about to get into Jersey, but then he got the trade.
That's how much he's grown as how much he meant for that he got,
as Paul George. That being said, since that Detroit game, Adam,
Yeah, the Detroit game where Reggy Jackson hit that game winner. Yeah,
but before that he hit that three. But before that it was an imbalanced
play where number fourteen because nickname is now young Man, big Man, Sea
Man, where he had to hit that dunk that led to all that.
That being said, Hayes will say we lost a collected game today it's a
signe you laws second seed, a real Cliffers fiance. No, it was
ninety one ninety two key j thirteen fifteen points, first carter. They had
sixty four percent percentage from the field goal line to just have that lead.
That being said Adam, Adam, I was calling me for you and said
you had Clipper tickets, so now you gotta get a not to extend the
call, but just you got a pair of tickets out, how to bring
my payer out? You know how I usually end the game on the way
woman say before they had him Hi, woman, team, before I end
the call, Adam, like I said, twenty five years old A long
time because I used to go to sleep listening to Ralph Lawler on the boom
box. My kid was in here. He stayed up to night just to
hit you with this, because I say, we can win the pay of
tickets. So you know how I usually end the phone call. I'm gonna
let my son in the phone call. Yeah him, Hey, little one,
there we go. Jose you and your son hold on. You're in
the running for the pair of tickets we have, But hold on. I
do want to hear from Coach Low post game. After the Clippers fall by
eight in Phoenix. It's better be it? No, agree, I can't
recording to start the recording, hey, coach, And when you opted to
go small, you did cut into the deficit a little bit, But then
it seemed like eighton and Phoenix were able to crash the offensive glass a little
bit, a little bit better specifically in the second half. Was it kind
of like the given take that you had to live with on that. Yeah,
you know, Aid did a good job on the boards, you know,
but we gave up fifteen offensive rebounds, and I don't think Aiden was
the biggest problem. You know, we gave up two of the Cameron pain
that he tipped in, gave up two down stretch tory of Craig, you
know, like we just gotta We didn't bring up physicality in that regard of
boxing out. You know, Headnt got us first, but you know they
played well. You know, we decided to go smaller, you said,
because it opened it up for us offensively, but defensively we got stopped.
We just didn't get the rebound. We'll move over to the law. So
you guys after a thirty nine point for the first quarter by the Sons,
but clearly it wasn't enough to reclaim control of the game. And another team
is talked about good habits and forming those habits over the course of the season.
How do you feel this game comments on what you guys have been trying
to do as far as consistency and habits far as to habits, A lot
like communication and were terrible tonight, you know, just communicating like how many
layups we got. We gave up all miscommunications, a lot open threes and
just wasn't talking. It just wasn't communicating, you know, things we worked
on every single day that we wasn't able to capitalize defensively, you know,
so we just got to take a look at those, you know, continue
to keep harping on you know, communication and guys, you know, talking
on coverage and what we're supposed to be doing, because you know, just
looking at it, we probably give them twenty twenty two points just offering our
communication. Before we get back to coach lou Here, let's pause ten seconds
per station identification. Here on a M five seventy LA Sports, this is
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HD to Los Angeles and iHeart Radio Station. More from Coach Loup post game
after the Clippers lose by eight in Phoenix, e Ty when when Ronni goes
to the bench, I think CP kind of kind of took over that game
there. I guess, what did you make of the defense on him?
Were you okay with it? Like? What did you make of that that
defense on him during that run first half? Thought we did a good job.
You don't have him three points, you know how what he had we
had twenty five and a second half, you know, I just probably you
know, you just think the spots, we try to boot him a little
bit, we try to fire a little bit. What he kind of got
it going. So that was just you know, something us to see,
you know, when we see him down a roll and be something we could
be compnisant of. But he had a good game in the second half and
he kind of took over the game. So we gave a few different looks,
but we just couldn't couldn't see him to stop him. Put the fire
out at CP head. Coach just kind of backpacking on to miss question when
it comes to Chris Paul what makes him specifically so tough to trying to contain
and even defend, especially when he started. When he starts to get going
and get guys all open and finding no spots. This kind of controls the
whole game. You know, he plays in his own face. I mean,
he gets guys involved. You know, he knows where exactly going to
take over the game. That's what a two point guard does, and he
did that tonight. You know, he was able to, you know,
control the game the whole you know, the first three quarters and in the
fourth quarter he was able to, you know, kind of get himself going
and I'll kind of take over the game down the stretch. He'll move back
over to jess Ty if I can for a second, going back to the
offensive rebounds, was there a thought to maybe put Zoo back in the game
sooner or was that just kind of you went with what you thought was best.
However what I thought was best? All right, thank you. He'll
move over to back to timre Ty. Looking ahead, you guys have a
pair of days off on you guys facing Nuggets on Saturday. I guess is
there anything extra for that game? Knowing how close the seatings are, tiebreaker
in the line, stuff like that extra as far as what I mean,
any extra motivation you might need, bulletin board. I don't know. Players
use different things to motivate them sometimes there anything extra from a perspective, players
perspective. Okay, loo, I can go ahead. It's so you guys
got eight games left in the schedule. It's it's actually pretty split up pretty
well for at home for on the road. Uh, you know, the
priorities basically just baning, getting guys healthy. So when it comes to this
last stretch, are you kind of taking anything away from how last year ended
as far as the regular season, those eight seating games, or are you
kind of basically looking at it like it's a completely different situation as far as
these eight games, You're not looking at it like seating games. I'm just
a completely different situation. Does the guy to get our pulling on our rhythm
VA offensively? I would defensively like sap side of the first quarter, I
thought I'd get a good job twenty four, twenty three, and twenty three.
So I'm defensively pretty game, but we gotta get an offensive going back
again and get an offensive blow. But you know, just can't give a
team like their thirty nine points in the first quarter, especially at home.
You know, expected to expect to win the game. So we didn't come
out with the defensive mindset of defensive presence to start, and you know,
you got to play the hardy kids back up. You know, sometimes I
think a lot of indust unity. There was Coach Loup post game and they
brought up there. How they only gave up seventy points in the last three
quarters total. That's great, but they gave up a thirty nine spot in
that first quarter. They were down by as many as fourteen. They brought
it to within one, but they could not get over the hump and regain
the lead. It just felt like one of those games. If they could
do that, they would hold on late. But CP three had twenty five
of his twenty eight points in the second half. He would hit some big
shots, and the Clippers, well, they were woeful when it came to
offensive rebounds and giving them up to the Phoenix Suns fifteen offensive rebounds eleven in
the second half, leading to eleven second chance points. We'll take a quick
break here, we'll come back. We'll get to your phone calls. We
have a pair of tickets to give away to an upcoming game this season.
I just saw this tweet from my friend Jesse Beer, who I think is
upset with me right now. But you know, you get into these Twitter
arguments sometimes better friends for it, right. But he just said, because
I told you the Phoenix Suns, they have one of the toughest schedules left.
So don't think it's over just because the Clippers are down two games to
them. They have the tiebreaker, and the Suns are about to play nine
games in a fourteen day stretch. It's far from over. These Western Conference
standings are far from being decided. Yet. It's a fluid situation, I
think is what most people would say. All right, more Clippers stop coming
up next in Law Murray from the Athletic, We'll be here. This is
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oh one to the Suns. Yeah, sometimes little things turn into big things.
You forget about the fundamentals. Can get out hustled, you get beat.
Clippers got out worked as the Suns would get fifteen offensive rebounds and they
would stop each and every run the Clippers made. They got it to within
one with six minutes left in the fourth quarter. That would be as close
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Law Thanks for coming on tonight. So was it as simple as I
just put it that the Clippers got beaten in this game by getting beat on
the boards. That was a major part of it. And that was a
huge surprise considering how well the Clippers have been on the defensive last this year,
how poor are the Sons have been on the offensive lasts this year.
But that's only a part of what was really a multi layered issue with the
Clippers just not bringing a level of physicality to start a game that they they
saw it and needed you know they I would say the Suns needed it more
and they played like it. The Clippers were two cans with tonight. This
was like a playoff game for Phoenix and this is a row seating game for
the Clippers, and we'll see how that works out for them in a few
weeks. Yeah, the Suns look like the more locked in focus, desperate
team, especially in that first quarter as you mentioned, where they put up
a thirty nine spot. They didn't have a turnover in the game till I
think the seven minute mark of the second quarter, and the Clippers only had
four during that time. But that can make the difference right there. They
took care of the basketball. They out executed the Clippers. Both teams got
scorching hot from three to start things off. But the Clippers, while they
went twelve of thirty one from distance, it's thirty eight percent and it is
below their season average because they're doing historic stuff there. They go one of
seven down the stretch in the fourth quarter. How much do you attribute those
shots and that shot selection when it comes to this loss for the Clippers late.
Well, you have to remember the two times the Clippers beat the Suns
previous two tonight's meeting, Paul George made seven threes by himself in both games
twenty days ago. In La those seven threes that Paul George made were more
than the Suns made for the entire game. In this game tonight, the
Suns made seven threes just in the first quarter, so that differential was significant.
And you mentioned that the Clippers they shot the three well, honestly,
in the second half they made fifty three point eight of their field goals overall,
but they lost every single advantage besides that, I mean the Suns that
you can shoot very well after half time from three. But the Suns won
all the little battles, the rebounds, the turnovers. When you win those
battles, if fighting football, where you have like time of possession, right,
so when you have more time to do certain things. To put so
much pressure on the other end, you can think of the Clippers shooting as
being on the sideline. Had great game for being on the sideline way too
much. The Suns had the ball too much, and that's pretty much what
happened the Clippers ran out of time down the stretch. Law Murray should be
followed at law Murray The U. He covers the Clippers for The Athletic.
He is your reason to subscribe to The Athletic, along with all the other
great writers and analysts there. Law Tlu talked about it postgame. You mentioned
the physicality part. I think that was a question that you asked him,
and they just didn't bring it to start things off. It didn't have that
aggressiveness or that mindset defensively. But he also talked about their offense and how
they need to get back going there. Now, how much of this is
just about They've had so many injuries and so many guys in and out of
the lineup. No Kawai tonight, still no surge. Still know Pat bev
that eventually that just catches up with you. And now they only have eight
games left to really gain that rhythm and get back to where they were,
and they still have one of the best records posted to I'll start break of
course, But how much is that a concern for you right now? I'll
tell you what, Adam. They went that twenty days stretch where they didn't
have to back days off and they won eleven out of those twelve games this
month. They've built up a lot of goodwill in that department, and none
of it matters. None of it matters anymore. You lost back to back
games to close this month. You're now in a situation where there's no way
you can get to the one seed, the two seeds. You're on the
wrong side of questionable now with losing tonight in Phoenix, and your main battle
starts as soon as the month that they get to because the Nuggets are coming
for a clincher the tiebreaker there. And so when you look at Rhythm,
I am probably going to write this in the next forty eight hours. We're
talking about a situation where you almost look at the bubble last year. Remember
last year's seating games, you had eight games to figure out what your seat
was going to be. Actually beat the Nuggets in one of those eight games
last summer for these seating games, that was a big factor. And then
getting the two seat last year and the Nuggets same three that matter in the
playoffs not really. So when it comes down to it, I do believe
that ty lewis focused on getting guys healthy, you know, getting the rotation
straight, building right habits. It's clear that tonight was an exercise in at
least one of those things, getting healthy. The guys who didn't you know,
Kawai probably could have played in this game and fills the palth games.
He didn't push it all right, cool, but they didn't build good habits
and the offenses struggled more than just what happened in Phoenix. So all in
all, I'm a little concerned. And you can wipe away all the good
things that they did this month. They got to or over. It's basically
a clean slate starting May first. So, and I hate this term because
it can't be taken as a literal unless it's an actual must win game.
But is this game coming up Saturday against the Denver Nuggets back at Staples Center,
considering where both teams are positioned right now at the three seed in the
four seed, with Denver one game back of the Clippers, is it a
must win game in your mind? No? But then again you ask you
answer you your own question already, Adam, you know how to feel about
these things. You go out and you try to win every game that you're
going to. Set five guys on a floor corps you know, like,
well, why wouldn't you go out against Denver and treat it like it's a
game that like you're supposed to win all of them? You know this game
in Phoenix, Yeah they didn't have to. Why how many times did they
bring a shorthand at roster too? A game? Aim and compete and win
whether the team was good or not. So it's the same case here,
Like you want to win, but once you get to the playoffs, you're
gonna need to be three teams that are really good to get out of your
conference, and then you're gonna have to meet the team that made it out
the other conference to win a championship. It's the same approach wherever the e
Clippers are seated. If it's four three two, like you're gonna have to
face a good team in the first round, and you're gonna have to face
good teams to rout the playoffs if you're going to win a championship. That
being said, Clippers might want to show some signs of life Saturday against against
the Nuggets, because otherwise you're gonna probably be in a situation where forget who
you're playing, you're not playing well yourself and that's where the Clippers are at.
Then that's going to be their biggest issue. And there's the possibility that
you end up facing the defending champs in the first round of the playoffs.
Now there is that situation lurking where we could have the hallways. Here's here's
the open question. You know, would you rather face that Lakers team while
they're trying to figurerself out or would you rather face them later on when they're
probably going to be better or more in tune. You know, maybe you
are going to bank on some other team beating them before you get there.
But then again, you can say the same thing with the Clippers, like
the Clippers might not make it that far. Say that's what happened last year.
So you just you basically have to take it as are you serious?
Are you going to are you going to be able to beat these teams?
Doesn't matter what order it is, So the Clippers need to er your business.
Well, that's an interesting point that at some point you're likely going to
have to play the Lakers. Why not start things out with the bang in
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thanks for having me again. Coming up next here in our final segment
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of tickets to give away. It's between Jose and Southgate and Tags and Walnut
right now. I did see Morris and Long Beach call in, but he
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I'm out of Maslin. Coming up here. We'll give away the tickets,
a pair of tickets to give away to an upcoming game. Thanks a
load, Murray for coming on once again. I have some postgame audio is
yet to be screened. We're all gonna find out who this player is together
at once. Let's hear surprise. I'm ahead start off with Miriam. Hey,
Terence terre So a game like this, like what you guys can learn
something from every game? I assume what do you guys learn from this one?
I mean there's a lot of you going on. You can learn from
every game, you know. I guess it's, you know, defensively,
we gotta tweak a few things. I think we could talk a lot more
on defense, and I think we'll do that. You know, we'll get
to film and watch that and and fix that. Fell to jest, what's
hey, Terrence? How you doing? You guys made a run by going
to the small ball lineup before the offensive rebounds by Phoenix kind of you know,
kept adding up, But how would you evaluate how that small ball group
actually ended up playing during about their ten or so minutes together. I think
it was good, you know, I think it was good. We were
locked in on what we had to do, you know, get into small
small picking rolls, get downhill, you know, find an open shooter to
just meet the right player. We had a bunch of guys out there who
who can do that and make it the right place, so it was good
for us. I think we brought it back to like four or something like
that, so it was good. Go ahead, Mary can go with your
follow I wanted to ask also about Chris Paul. You mean, even him,
we're wrestling down before a few times and all that. What's it like
to be out there with the guy that sort of has that kind of command?
I mean, I mean, it's pretty cool, but at the end
of the day, you know, I'm a competitor and so is he also.
We're out there trying to get and then do what we gotta win,
so it's pretty cool. But they I'm just trying to win. I'll worry
about that. There is anything you guys that do differently against him? Did
you see him again then in the playoffs? No, he's gonna talk.
He'll move over to Mason. Kay, Terrence, I'm just trying to pick
your brain on a specific play Devin Booker got you. He drew a foul
on you on the play where he was you got a little bit ahead of
you and then stopped on diamond, pulled up and like hit you from behind.
I see Trey Young tried that play a lot. How do you guard
that? Is it just as simplest saying in front of your man? Or
how do you deal with a guy who can like pull up on a diamond
and drop outs like that? It's been simple. I just gotta stay in
front. I got behind him. That did the right thing, the smart
player to stop on a diamond. Somebody's trailing you like that. But it
is what it is, and a lot of people are doing that nowadays.
Okay, Tarrens, I think that's all that for. You appreciate it all
right? There was Terrence Man post game. Let's give away these tickets and
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Why are you so lazy? What's me? Jose and Southgate? You and
your son are going to a future Clippers game. I talk about thank you
for being so patient and being on hold before the game was even over.
So that was my criteria. Nobody knows what it is for the MVP,
but that's what it came to be tonight on Clippers stock to win these tickets.
So congratulations Jose and Southgate, stay on hold for me. Okay,
I still have to get your information here, all right, I don't all
right before we get out, I do want to point something out and talking
about the playoff implications and what just happened with the Clippers now being two games
back with eight games left to play in the regular season. Well, Phoenix
still has ten games. Nobody's played more games so far than your Los Angeles
Clippers. They've been in the grind. But Phoenix has the eleventh toughest schedule
left in the league. They still play Utah, they still play the Lakers,
the Knicks, the Portland Trailblazers, the Hawks, and the Spurs.
The Clippers twenty fourth toughest schedule, So, in other words, one of
the easier schedules left almost a bottom five. I mean not a strength of
schedule, but a lesser schedule. They play have eight games left. They
have three against Denver on Saturday, against the Lakers on May sixth, and
then they're taking on the New York Knicks as well. Those are the three
toughest games left. But they get the Rockets. Okay, see the Toronto
Raptors twice. The Charlotte Hornets once more. Not an easy game. They
are a playoff team right now in the East. So the Clippers still have
a chance to grab the two seed while being two games back after losing tonight
in Phoenix with a final score of one O nine to one oh one.
Alight out music, thank you before we get out and you hang on Jose
and Southgate eighty eight and out the gate as you are a winner tonight.
We'll have more tickets to give away next show Saturday, after the Clippers take
on the Denver Nuggets at Staples Center. They don't get any easier. Tip
time is at seven pm. We'll have your Clippers countdown show starting at six
before we get out of here. I also want to thank Noah Eagle,
Brian Seaman, Ralph Wahler back here in Burbanks. I don't know. I
saw Zacho quality. I think he helped me with something. Until Saturday at
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