Last time, it was Fine Neck Clippers five and two with their news starting
lineup as they win one thirty one to one seventeen over the Kings up in
sack Town. I'm out of Maslin. This is Clippers Stocks south West.
You hear the music and you know when the Clippers get a big dub,
we bring on big William Updyke post game from Clips and Dip CND podcast does
it with myself and Charles Mockler. Well, how you feeling, my friend?
Feeling much better than I was a mere day ago? My friend,
where there's a will, there's a win. You know what a difference to
day makes? Yeah? I like that. So to me, it all
starts with James Harden just being aggressive. It's that simple. He's not washed,
he's not done. He just for whatever reason, was shying away and
being too nice out there and not trying to step on the other starter's toes.
And tonight he comes out as a seventeen point first quarter and just absolutely
knew the Sacramento Kings Clippers won that first quarter thirty five to twenty seven.
I couldn't be more impressed with James Harden early on. Oh absolutely no.
And it was it was the right kind of aggressiveness. You know. I
was a little bit critical of Kawhi and the loss in Denver, where I
thought there was a little bit of a tunnel vision going on there. I
thought that James Harden, obviously he was you know, active, trying to
get shot, trying to get people involved. But it was within the flow
of the game. You know. It wasn't just hucking up shots. It
wasn't terrible ISO plays. It really worked. It really clicked in the way
that we haven't really frankly seen it like fully come together outside of say for
one win. This was their best performance offensively, the most points they had
scored so far this season, and given the circumstances of what happened Monday,
You're right, there was a rhythm, there was a flow to the offense.
There was a method to the madness out there. Both Kawhi and Paul
George got eighteen shots. Loved that shot distribution. James Harden with fourteen.
Russ would just six off the bench, didn't have it from the outside,
but Terrence Man also got up twelve shots. All the starters were in double
digits there, and they all had their moments where they really shined, but
Kawhi Leonard, My goodness, some people were concerned. I was concerned to
some degree. I said, I was gonna monitor it closely. How Kawi
is looking so far this season? Had the great game against the Los Angeles
Lakers, and tonight looked as good as ever with the bounce, the juice.
He had the explosiveness out there. You saw it from the get go,
and it continued into the fourth quarter. Yeah, you know, I
haven't been on the worried about Kawhi train as much. I feel like he's
still been defending for the most part at a high level. We have still
seen some lethargy, but that's been across the roster. But yeah, it's
still good to see that burst, to see that scoring, to see him
just comepletely take over a game like that. He got fouled on a dunk
early in this one, and I kind of thought, oh, you know,
is he gonna turn things down a little bit Because he didn't end up
getting the call. I believe it was hurder on the foul and the absolute
opposite. He went the opposite way with it. Yeah. I like the
fact that in early on the Clippers were chirping with the officials. I didn't
like it. It felt like more of what happened Monday night. And then
they finally said enough. And I think Kawhi Leonard led them. I just
I think he went three for three in the fourth quarter, scored at all
three levels that three point rehit when it was just a thirteen point game,
to put him up by sixteen, to give him that cushion. But I
they I think they needed to see this that hey, he's still him.
The Clippers are still loaded with talent if they can just put it together and
find a way. It's a tricky balancing act, but to find a way
to keep everyone in rhythm. Tonight, though, the way they played with
that pace that coach who had been asking for, I think people were misunderstanding
just what he meant by playing with speed and playing much faster out there.
You can still do that in the half court too, but just making quicker
decisions. But the only way you can make quicker decisions to me is if
you are connected out there, if there's already chemistry built up, if you
know where the guy next to you is going to be. And tonight I
thought they made strides in that area. No, they absolutely did. And
like with Kawhi, you know, I was critical of that last performance.
I thought he was trying too hard to make things go offensively and maybe not
elevating his teammates as much as we know he can. As great as Kawhi
can be individually and you know, one of the best when when he's at
peak performance. Obviously top five, top three player. I think it's always
been great about him as the way that he can elevate guys on the floor.
He's not necessarily the vocal leader. He's not gonna necessarily be the guy
who's out there chirping at people. He's probably not given the halftime speech,
but he's gonna lead with the way that he is on the floor. So
I thought that that was I thought that was incredible and I thought that that
was great in this one was the efficiency that we're used to from Kawhi.
I mean, thirty four points on eighteen field goal attempts, wild, wild
stuff, but just I felt like, you know, him him being that
way helped the flow with everyone else. You know, it was hard in
being himself. It was Kawhi getting back to what you know, we know
he does well. Paul George is not super efficient tonight, but still stolid
game. I mean, getting our top three if we can get if we
can get those top three guys in twenty points per game territory, I just
don't know who can really stop this team well. And Paul George, yes,
not as most efficient night out there, just seven of eighteen. Okay,
it's not exactly two for thirteen. He's still had nineteen points a point
more than a shot taken, but he ended up with seven assists. Is
just one turnover? Like that is that is doing some of those little things
and being a playmaker out there, making the extra pass and it kept the
offense humming. But he also while he didn't make a shot in the third
quarter, I don't even know how many he took, if any, he
stuck a jumper to start the fourth. That was big, like they had
to have it, just like Okay, Sacramento, they just came back on
the Golden State Warriors last night. They probably feel like they're invincible. They
needed that shot as much as Kawhi knocked down some shots late an Terrence Man
I think at the ten minute mark a twenty footer from Paul George that was
also big for them. How about your guy Big Zoo though fourteen to eight
and did most of his damage in the third. Some of those assists were
coming from Paul George off the bench. Russ did have eight assists in just
one turnover, and he was finding Zoo for some easy ones on the third.
Who was just a damn force out there. It's wild because you look
at the assist numbers, twenty eight total aspists really only like fifteen to twenty
percent above our season average. I think we're like twenty four, a little
a hair over twenty four assists on the season. But it just looked like
the ball like it was a completely like it was completely different the way the
ball was moving out there. Yeah, I agree, the way they moved
the basketball. It just it felt like a team that knew themselves that it
picked something up. But it all starts with just James Harden, like it
all kind of it begins with that hub. James Harden is the guy.
He is a system. I don't know how you can deny it. He
didn't say the system, he said he's a system. All right, Let's
move forward to tomorrow. Will how do you think this Clippers team fares against
a Golden State Warriors team that is also desperate for a victory after they lost
the way they did in the fashion they did to Sacramento yesterday. You know,
we haven't talked about the one downside yet of this game, and that
is the potential injury injury to Norman Powell, and that does concern me if
he is unable to go for whatever reason on the second night of a back
to back. That's the exact kind of guy that you want to be able
to give a scoring to, to be able to give a scoring boost to
your bench. Now, if we get a similar performance, I think the
Clippers can take this one. I think that the like I think that the
defense that we've seen lately is going to be a lot. With the size
that we have on Golden State, certainly, I think we pose some interesting
problems for them. I do have some concerns though, tired legs. You
know, you as down as we were about the Denver loss, you know,
this is a great win. Was a team or the second night of
a back to back, it would be understandable for the Clippers to drop that
game. But I'm gonna say they got some good news this evening. That's
a kissinger I think they're gonna dance on as great. I think Bones Hyland
gets run tomorrow. I think if Norm pals out, it's Bones's time to
get busy. Whatever that you want to say, This is a bone.
Bones almost had that great the great lob to to Terrence for one assist in
one minute of play, and uh should have had that? Yeah? Oh
yeah, no, that that would have been I mean that just would have
been like the perfect sherry on top of what was a great victory. But
yeah, I also as suit as like the final horn Rung Kawhi went straight
to Bones first, and I'm so curious how that conversation went down. But
uh, yeah, I would love to see him get some run. He
is will Updyke of clips and dip will if they win tomorrow, I guess
we'll talk to you then, my friend. Yeah, will do only comes
on for the w's now. Before we get out of here, I do
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