All right, p Nipsey Hustle on the anniversary of his death, Clippers win
in Charlotte one thirty to one eighteen over the Hornets. I'm Adam Oslin,
welcome back in This is Clippers Talk here on the Patriot Am eleven fifty when
the Dodgers are on a five seventy. This is where we will be coming
up. You're gonna hear from Paul George's postgame after he dropped forty one,
his season high on the Hornets. But first joined the show is Chuck Mockler
from Clips and Dip for a little Clips and double Dip. So, uh,
Chuck, were you more impressed with Paul George and what he was able
to do or did you see warning signs because the Clippers weren't able to close
out the Charlotte Hornets at least an impressive fashion after being up nineteen in the
fourth quarter. Charlotte just wouldn't miss I think right now, I have to
I have to be more excited about Paul George's forty one. Right he looked
aggressive, and he was aggressive after he had a slow start, which is
really encouraging. I do agree there were some signs maybe that still need to
get fixed, but that's part of this brutal schedule, right Like, they
ended this month strong, so hopefully it continues against the depleted games. Clippers
went ten and seven during March Madness, the odds of marsh they finished with
a winning record. They win by twelve and Charlotte over the Hornets. Now,
Chuck, there's been a guy who's been carrying the flag for Big Zoo
for some time and asking the Clippers to get him to basketball a little bit
more. Now a lot of people are saying the same. He had twenty
four and twelve season high twenty four points, I should say, seven of
eight shooting. Sure seems like there's another way to win ball games that's a
lot more efficient and a lot easier. And that points on the paint problem
the Clippers have had. He can rectify some of that. I don't know.
It just seems like if he'sa zoobots might want to get the basketball a
little bit more. I mean, I totally agree with you. That first
quarter from Zoo was maybe the best first quarter we've seen from him all year.
He's looked a lot more confident with the ball in his hands, fun
into a bucket which I think was this most impressive move offensively tonight. But
you're right, and maybe this is the Clippers going back to things that were
more successful earlier in the year. Right when du was closing and looking at
are confident on the floor, the offense was, you know, using that
picking roll a lot more. So maybe they are just trending back to,
you know, the good mean that we saw earlier this season. It was
Kawhi Leonard taking them home a little bit late, Paul George obviously with some
runs, silencing shots too. But when it got close, when it was
down to six or seven points, Kawhi Leonard hit a three pointer, then
he got a floater to go. It's the third straight game where he has
showed up big late in the fourth quarter. Just seems like he's trending in
the right direction to be ready for playoff. Activated Kawhi Leonard here, chuck
uh. Yeah, he's been absolutely unbelievable on this road trip. I still
keep replaying those two and ones he had against the seventy six ers because they
were just like the epitome of gritty and you do feel confident when he's playing
like this, right, Will Updyke said it on our pod what two episodes
of we are just one in saying Kawhi Leonard run away from another Western Conference
finals. It looks like Paul George is hitting the upswing two. Hopefully Harden's
finger situation isn't so bad that he can't, you know, catch from this
momentum as well. What did you hear on bally regarding the finger It happened
at practice earlier today where he had that little splint on it. We know
he's been dealing with the shoulder injury, but he didn't even want to take
shots in this game. Yeah, they said, I believe they said it
happened to shoot around. He was just, you know, he mishandled a
pass or something like that and it just jammed up on him. But yeah,
seeing the splint wasn't super encouraging. I think he fired off a three
right as the second half started in this one, so that was kind of
nice to see. I guess maybe him just testing it out, but thankfully
the passing was still there. But yeah, hopefully it doesn't become anything too
crazy. I don't think it will. No one seemed too concerned based on
what you know. The broadcast was letting on so I have good news and
bad news here. The team right behind the Clippers now they do have the
tiebreaker again, but that team is the Dallas Mavericks. They are currently in
the five spot after Luga dropped forty seven and gave Houston their first loss in
what three weeks since the Clippers last beat them. They hadn't lost, They
had won eleven in a row, Dallas Clippers. Is it destiny, Chuck?
Is it going to be Round three? I don't know if it's I
don't know if destiny is the word I would use if the Clippers end up
playing the Mavericks, you know, for the third time. But I mean,
I don't know. This could go either way. Tomorrow. I could
wake up and be absolutely terrified of this matchup, or I could kind of
feel like I do now, which is on paper, it seems like it
does match up well for the Clippers. They do have history on their side,
at least when it comes to you know, Kawhi Leonard being elite offensively
and defensively, something that you know, the mas maybe don't have them there
making superstars. So I don't know, man, it's definitely nervous making even
if you are confident about the matchup. Yeah, I'm with you on that.
I mean, obviously they have big, gaping laws, you could say,
because they're a bottom ten defense on the season. Of course, the
Clippers aren't that far from that right now after the dip they've had the last
couple of months. But I would feel much more confident matchup wise with them.
Defensively, however, it's Kyrie Irving now there too. You can pick
on him on the other end, of course, but Kyrie Irving is going
to make some of the most impossible shots, just like Luka Doncic. I
mean he already did one time this season against Kawhi Leonard where you had the
block and then pulled it back and got the layup to go. It was
just insane. I don't know, I'm talking myself into Dallas, and then
I'm going back to saying, no, maybe it should be the New Orleans
Pelicans. Maybe that would be easier for the Clippers. But right now,
it's about that good process for this Clippers team and they still need to win
ball games, right one hundred percent. They are trending up right that we
are on a bit of an upswing. We've seen longer periods of you know,
being locked in on defense and getting paint touches, which is another sign
of effort on the offensive end. So they play, you know, a
shorthanded Kings team, and then they play I believe the game after that is
the Nuggets. So that game against the Nuggets is going to be a nice
you know, we're gonna learn a lot about that team. Yet again with
that that matchup blooming, that'll be on Thursday when the Clippers were return home
to Crypto after hopefully sweeping this four game road trip. But the Kings game
is not going to be easy on Tuesday night. They're desperate for a victory.
They are battling right now with a couple of guys going down. He
is Chuck Mockler of Clips and Dip Charles. Thanks for joining me here for
a little clips and double dip on Clipper stop. My friend, Hey,
thanks for having me. Let's go clip