1 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:07,400 Last time, it was Fine Neck Clippers five and two with their news starting 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,919 lineup as they win one thirty one to one seventeen over the Kings up in 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,320 sack Town. I'm out of Maslin. This is Clippers Stocks south West. 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:21,199 You hear the music and you know when the Clippers get a big dub, 5 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:29,879 we bring on big William Updyke post game from Clips and Dip CND podcast does 6 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,840 it with myself and Charles Mockler. Well, how you feeling, my friend? 7 00:00:35,039 --> 00:00:39,000 Feeling much better than I was a mere day ago? My friend, 8 00:00:39,719 --> 00:00:43,079 where there's a will, there's a win. You know what a difference to 9 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,840 day makes? Yeah? I like that. So to me, it all 10 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:51,439 starts with James Harden just being aggressive. It's that simple. He's not washed, 11 00:00:51,679 --> 00:00:55,479 he's not done. He just for whatever reason, was shying away and 12 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,920 being too nice out there and not trying to step on the other starter's toes. 13 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,520 And tonight he comes out as a seventeen point first quarter and just absolutely 14 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,319 knew the Sacramento Kings Clippers won that first quarter thirty five to twenty seven. 15 00:01:07,359 --> 00:01:12,200 I couldn't be more impressed with James Harden early on. Oh absolutely no. 16 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,000 And it was it was the right kind of aggressiveness. You know. I 17 00:01:15,079 --> 00:01:19,359 was a little bit critical of Kawhi and the loss in Denver, where I 18 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,319 thought there was a little bit of a tunnel vision going on there. I 19 00:01:22,359 --> 00:01:26,760 thought that James Harden, obviously he was you know, active, trying to 20 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,319 get shot, trying to get people involved. But it was within the flow 21 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,239 of the game. You know. It wasn't just hucking up shots. It 22 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:38,239 wasn't terrible ISO plays. It really worked. It really clicked in the way 23 00:01:38,439 --> 00:01:42,560 that we haven't really frankly seen it like fully come together outside of say for 24 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:48,599 one win. This was their best performance offensively, the most points they had 25 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:53,519 scored so far this season, and given the circumstances of what happened Monday, 26 00:01:53,599 --> 00:01:57,439 You're right, there was a rhythm, there was a flow to the offense. 27 00:01:57,359 --> 00:02:01,640 There was a method to the madness out there. Both Kawhi and Paul 28 00:02:01,719 --> 00:02:07,360 George got eighteen shots. Loved that shot distribution. James Harden with fourteen. 29 00:02:07,719 --> 00:02:12,120 Russ would just six off the bench, didn't have it from the outside, 30 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,319 but Terrence Man also got up twelve shots. All the starters were in double 31 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:20,199 digits there, and they all had their moments where they really shined, but 32 00:02:20,319 --> 00:02:25,120 Kawhi Leonard, My goodness, some people were concerned. I was concerned to 33 00:02:25,159 --> 00:02:29,439 some degree. I said, I was gonna monitor it closely. How Kawi 34 00:02:29,599 --> 00:02:31,960 is looking so far this season? Had the great game against the Los Angeles 35 00:02:32,039 --> 00:02:37,879 Lakers, and tonight looked as good as ever with the bounce, the juice. 36 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:39,680 He had the explosiveness out there. You saw it from the get go, 37 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:44,919 and it continued into the fourth quarter. Yeah, you know, I 38 00:02:45,439 --> 00:02:49,560 haven't been on the worried about Kawhi train as much. I feel like he's 39 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,360 still been defending for the most part at a high level. We have still 40 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,879 seen some lethargy, but that's been across the roster. But yeah, it's 41 00:02:55,879 --> 00:02:59,680 still good to see that burst, to see that scoring, to see him 42 00:02:59,719 --> 00:03:02,960 just comepletely take over a game like that. He got fouled on a dunk 43 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,400 early in this one, and I kind of thought, oh, you know, 44 00:03:06,479 --> 00:03:08,800 is he gonna turn things down a little bit Because he didn't end up 45 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:14,120 getting the call. I believe it was hurder on the foul and the absolute 46 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,879 opposite. He went the opposite way with it. Yeah. I like the 47 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:22,680 fact that in early on the Clippers were chirping with the officials. I didn't 48 00:03:22,719 --> 00:03:27,080 like it. It felt like more of what happened Monday night. And then 49 00:03:27,159 --> 00:03:30,280 they finally said enough. And I think Kawhi Leonard led them. I just 50 00:03:30,479 --> 00:03:34,560 I think he went three for three in the fourth quarter, scored at all 51 00:03:34,599 --> 00:03:37,960 three levels that three point rehit when it was just a thirteen point game, 52 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,439 to put him up by sixteen, to give him that cushion. But I 53 00:03:40,479 --> 00:03:45,879 they I think they needed to see this that hey, he's still him. 54 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,280 The Clippers are still loaded with talent if they can just put it together and 55 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,759 find a way. It's a tricky balancing act, but to find a way 56 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,879 to keep everyone in rhythm. Tonight, though, the way they played with 57 00:03:57,919 --> 00:04:01,680 that pace that coach who had been asking for, I think people were misunderstanding 58 00:04:02,639 --> 00:04:08,599 just what he meant by playing with speed and playing much faster out there. 59 00:04:09,159 --> 00:04:12,719 You can still do that in the half court too, but just making quicker 60 00:04:12,719 --> 00:04:15,240 decisions. But the only way you can make quicker decisions to me is if 61 00:04:15,279 --> 00:04:18,439 you are connected out there, if there's already chemistry built up, if you 62 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,959 know where the guy next to you is going to be. And tonight I 63 00:04:21,959 --> 00:04:27,399 thought they made strides in that area. No, they absolutely did. And 64 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,120 like with Kawhi, you know, I was critical of that last performance. 65 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,519 I thought he was trying too hard to make things go offensively and maybe not 66 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:39,399 elevating his teammates as much as we know he can. As great as Kawhi 67 00:04:39,439 --> 00:04:42,920 can be individually and you know, one of the best when when he's at 68 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,040 peak performance. Obviously top five, top three player. I think it's always 69 00:04:46,079 --> 00:04:49,000 been great about him as the way that he can elevate guys on the floor. 70 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:53,639 He's not necessarily the vocal leader. He's not gonna necessarily be the guy 71 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,040 who's out there chirping at people. He's probably not given the halftime speech, 72 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:00,279 but he's gonna lead with the way that he is on the floor. So 73 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,199 I thought that that was I thought that was incredible and I thought that that 74 00:05:02,319 --> 00:05:08,480 was great in this one was the efficiency that we're used to from Kawhi. 75 00:05:08,639 --> 00:05:13,240 I mean, thirty four points on eighteen field goal attempts, wild, wild 76 00:05:13,319 --> 00:05:18,000 stuff, but just I felt like, you know, him him being that 77 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,199 way helped the flow with everyone else. You know, it was hard in 78 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:25,319 being himself. It was Kawhi getting back to what you know, we know 79 00:05:25,399 --> 00:05:29,639 he does well. Paul George is not super efficient tonight, but still stolid 80 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,480 game. I mean, getting our top three if we can get if we 81 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:38,600 can get those top three guys in twenty points per game territory, I just 82 00:05:38,639 --> 00:05:42,360 don't know who can really stop this team well. And Paul George, yes, 83 00:05:42,519 --> 00:05:46,439 not as most efficient night out there, just seven of eighteen. Okay, 84 00:05:46,439 --> 00:05:49,360 it's not exactly two for thirteen. He's still had nineteen points a point 85 00:05:49,399 --> 00:05:53,759 more than a shot taken, but he ended up with seven assists. Is 86 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:58,439 just one turnover? Like that is that is doing some of those little things 87 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,639 and being a playmaker out there, making the extra pass and it kept the 88 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:06,160 offense humming. But he also while he didn't make a shot in the third 89 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,319 quarter, I don't even know how many he took, if any, he 90 00:06:10,519 --> 00:06:15,279 stuck a jumper to start the fourth. That was big, like they had 91 00:06:15,319 --> 00:06:17,680 to have it, just like Okay, Sacramento, they just came back on 92 00:06:17,759 --> 00:06:21,680 the Golden State Warriors last night. They probably feel like they're invincible. They 93 00:06:21,759 --> 00:06:26,959 needed that shot as much as Kawhi knocked down some shots late an Terrence Man 94 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,680 I think at the ten minute mark a twenty footer from Paul George that was 95 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,839 also big for them. How about your guy Big Zoo though fourteen to eight 96 00:06:33,879 --> 00:06:38,079 and did most of his damage in the third. Some of those assists were 97 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,439 coming from Paul George off the bench. Russ did have eight assists in just 98 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:45,160 one turnover, and he was finding Zoo for some easy ones on the third. 99 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,959 Who was just a damn force out there. It's wild because you look 100 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:54,120 at the assist numbers, twenty eight total aspists really only like fifteen to twenty 101 00:06:54,199 --> 00:06:57,920 percent above our season average. I think we're like twenty four, a little 102 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,120 a hair over twenty four assists on the season. But it just looked like 103 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:05,040 the ball like it was a completely like it was completely different the way the 104 00:07:05,079 --> 00:07:11,560 ball was moving out there. Yeah, I agree, the way they moved 105 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:16,319 the basketball. It just it felt like a team that knew themselves that it 106 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:20,000 picked something up. But it all starts with just James Harden, like it 107 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:26,439 all kind of it begins with that hub. James Harden is the guy. 108 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:30,959 He is a system. I don't know how you can deny it. He 109 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,120 didn't say the system, he said he's a system. All right, Let's 110 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:38,480 move forward to tomorrow. Will how do you think this Clippers team fares against 111 00:07:38,519 --> 00:07:42,879 a Golden State Warriors team that is also desperate for a victory after they lost 112 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:47,199 the way they did in the fashion they did to Sacramento yesterday. You know, 113 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:53,480 we haven't talked about the one downside yet of this game, and that 114 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:59,680 is the potential injury injury to Norman Powell, and that does concern me if 115 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,399 he is unable to go for whatever reason on the second night of a back 116 00:08:03,439 --> 00:08:07,199 to back. That's the exact kind of guy that you want to be able 117 00:08:07,199 --> 00:08:11,959 to give a scoring to, to be able to give a scoring boost to 118 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,399 your bench. Now, if we get a similar performance, I think the 119 00:08:15,399 --> 00:08:16,800 Clippers can take this one. I think that the like I think that the 120 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,079 defense that we've seen lately is going to be a lot. With the size 121 00:08:20,639 --> 00:08:24,879 that we have on Golden State, certainly, I think we pose some interesting 122 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,920 problems for them. I do have some concerns though, tired legs. You 123 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:33,279 know, you as down as we were about the Denver loss, you know, 124 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,639 this is a great win. Was a team or the second night of 125 00:08:35,639 --> 00:08:39,679 a back to back, it would be understandable for the Clippers to drop that 126 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:46,919 game. But I'm gonna say they got some good news this evening. That's 127 00:08:46,919 --> 00:08:52,720 a kissinger I think they're gonna dance on as great. I think Bones Hyland 128 00:08:52,759 --> 00:08:58,120 gets run tomorrow. I think if Norm pals out, it's Bones's time to 129 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,360 get busy. Whatever that you want to say, This is a bone. 130 00:09:01,279 --> 00:09:07,360 Bones almost had that great the great lob to to Terrence for one assist in 131 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:13,320 one minute of play, and uh should have had that? Yeah? Oh 132 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,039 yeah, no, that that would have been I mean that just would have 133 00:09:16,039 --> 00:09:20,080 been like the perfect sherry on top of what was a great victory. But 134 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:26,240 yeah, I also as suit as like the final horn Rung Kawhi went straight 135 00:09:26,279 --> 00:09:30,679 to Bones first, and I'm so curious how that conversation went down. But 136 00:09:30,759 --> 00:09:33,519 uh, yeah, I would love to see him get some run. He 137 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:39,039 is will Updyke of clips and dip will if they win tomorrow, I guess 138 00:09:39,039 --> 00:09:43,120 we'll talk to you then, my friend. Yeah, will do only comes 139 00:09:43,159 --> 00:09:45,840 on for the w's now. Before we get out of here, I do 140 00:09:45,879 --> 00:09:50,240 want to thank the Clippers organization. Marken Hudson Beach, I'm sorry, call 141 00:09:50,279 --> 00:09:54,000 back tomorrow. I'll put you on first one to thank the Clippers organization. 142 00:09:54,279 --> 00:09:58,080 No At Eagle, Brian Seeman, Ralph Lawler, Carlo Jimenez on the call. 143 00:09:58,159 --> 00:10:01,440 The Colors, the listeners, big brother Jake Warner, our head engineer, 144 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:05,960 Katie Newton, our producer. Back in the bank until tomorrow, same 145 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,039 time, six pm. Your pregame show Clippers in San fran taking on the 146 00:10:11,039 --> 00:10:28,559 Golden State Warriors and Steph Curry. We'll talk to you then. And why 147 00:10:28,759 --> 00:10:31,639 was doing his thing? All they want to do is win in La? 148 00:10:31,799 --> 00:10:35,759 I win. I thought they gave everything they had. 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