WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.919 --> 00:00:06.960 Parents once again, He's Clippers Talk. I got calls on Clippers Talk, 2 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:13.439 immediate reaction and analysis to today's game. That's what he's capable of, hosted 3 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:18.440 by your pre and post game voice of the La Clippers, Adam Osla. 4 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:24.320 The Jazz were the hottest team in the league heading into tonight's contest, and 5 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:27.920 they just added some more wider fuel to the fire as they beat the Clippers 6 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:33.920 one twenty four to one oh three. Welcome into Clippers Talk. I'm Adam 7 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:37.520 Oslan to eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six sixty ninety 8 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:40.640 eight seven two five seventy is the phone number if you'd like to get on. 9 00:00:41.159 --> 00:00:45.320 Coming up momentarily, we'll have postgame audio from the head coach Toehron Lou. 10 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:49.679 You can also get to me at follow Adam A. I thought the 11 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:54.000 Clippers in that first quarter, while being down four, played great, and 12 00:00:54.039 --> 00:00:57.719 that tells you something about this Utah Jazz team, and it tells you something 13 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:00.920 about how beat up the Clippers are right now. It's not just Reggie Jackson, 14 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:06.079 who it was a valiant effort from him and the Clippers, but he 15 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:10.400 played twenty five minutes, had fifteen points, I thought played okay, even 16 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:12.560 though he was six of sixteen, but given how he was moving out there, 17 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:17.480 he was trying to attack. He led them with nine assists. But 18 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:22.200 he's had a lot on his plate recently, a lot has been asked of 19 00:01:22.319 --> 00:01:26.760 him, and you can tell he took himself out of that third quarter early. 20 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:30.760 He just looks gassed. He's playing through I'm guessing a thigh contusion. 21 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:34.359 I don't know what they're calling it, but he got in need in the 22 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:37.959 thigh pretty bad. Monday night postgame, they were talking about him like he 23 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:41.040 was out of a Rocky movie, and Reggie liked that. He was like, 24 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:44.280 oh, rock he always wins, right, That's how it works for 25 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:49.760 the most part. Yeah, But the Clippers lose this one by twenty one, 26 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:53.359 and it's just too much to overcome. Not having Paul George, still 27 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:57.040 not having Nicholas with Toomb, obviously no Kawhi Leonard, and running into a 28 00:01:57.079 --> 00:02:01.280 team that has now won eight straight hottest team in the league, and they 29 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:07.439 are averaging during those eight victories one hundred and twenty five points. That's what 30 00:02:07.479 --> 00:02:10.560 they're scoring per game. They're the best offense in the league right now, 31 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:15.759 and it's not that close. Utah is running on all cylinders, just like 32 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:22.159 they were last year in the regular season, and there's added motivation because of 33 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:24.199 the way the Clippers took them out in the second round. Last year, 34 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:30.800 the Clippers beat them without Kawhi Leonard. That wasn't supposed to happen. The 35 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:35.960 series was tied at two. Going back to Utah for that Game five, 36 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:39.599 Paul George, I want to say, had thirty nine played out of his 37 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:45.120 mind. Marcus Morris made plays, Terrence Mann dunked on Rudy Gobert, and 38 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:51.400 they embarrassed the Jazz to lose the Clippers without Kawhi Leonard. That is part 39 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:55.599 of their motivation coming into this season to respond and show that because they were 40 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:59.520 the best regular season last year in the league, the number one overall seed, 41 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:05.639 it was a fluke and coming into this one, you knew it was 42 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:07.560 a big game for them. It was circled on the calendar. And when 43 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:14.080 Jordan Clarkson missed that three pointer in the fourth quarter and Rudy Gobert had the 44 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:17.840 tip jam, there was a little more oomph to it, a little more 45 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:23.599 meaning to that we're here, we're the better team, and you can say 46 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:27.919 if you're a Clippers fan, Okay, great, you beat us without our 47 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:30.199 three most important players. But I'm telling you that's what the Utah Jazz are 48 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:35.360 feeling like right now. I like the fact that the Clippers when they took 49 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:38.879 down the Phoenix Suns the other night, Marcus Morris was asked, did this 50 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:40.800 feel like a rematch of the Western Conference Finals? And he was like, 51 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:44.919 no, this was just a regular season game. But I'm not so sure 52 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:49.319 it was for the Jazz because they got something to prove. And Donovan Mitchell 53 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:53.400 had twenty seven but nineteen of those points in the second half, thirteen of 54 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:58.520 those in the third quarter, and was able to hold the Clippers back or 55 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:00.439 hold them at arms length when if they were making a run in the fourth 56 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:03.680 quarter, and the Clippers had it down to seven early in the fourth and 57 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:08.319 I say a Hartenstein had seven of his fifteen points a Clippers high fifteen points 58 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:13.240 for him early in that fourth quarter. I thought he was fantastic out there, 59 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:16.519 even though he had a turnover. And coming into this game, my 60 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:21.800 blueprint for success was going to be the Clippers had to create more turnovers and 61 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:28.399 obviously have less themselves. Didn't happen. They had sixteen the Jazz ten. 62 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:33.639 Even more alarming than that, off those ten turnovers, the Clippers had one 63 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:39.920 made basket. It came in the fourth quarter. It was random Boston off 64 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:42.800 a beautiful pass from Reggie Jackson who threw it down with two hands. I 65 00:04:42.879 --> 00:04:46.639 believe that is when they cut it to seven. But to only have two 66 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:51.800 points off ten turnovers, it just underscores the fact that the Clippers have struggled 67 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:57.439 so much in transition all season long, and that is what has bogged down 68 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:01.560 their offense to a degree, because while they been playing faster and with more 69 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:06.199 pace, when they're getting turnovers, they're not taking advantage of them. I 70 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:11.199 believe they're bottom three right now in transition points. They ended up with just 71 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:15.040 four fast break points. Utah had eleven and Utah had sixty two points on 72 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:18.759 the paint to the Clippers just fifty. But the Clippers were down just six 73 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:24.720 at the half. Utah got up early in the third quarter. They were 74 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:28.759 up by as many as seventeen thanks to Donovan Mitchell. And here's a bright 75 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:32.839 spot. Marcus Morris had a seven or had seven straight points for the Clippers. 76 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:36.560 Late in the third quarter, they had it to within twelve going into 77 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:43.120 the fourth. But Marcus Morris' second straight twenty four point game in five out 78 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:46.519 of their last seven games. Now he's gone for twenty or more. But 79 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:48.000 I don't even know if it's about the box score as much as just how 80 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:53.959 he's moving out there and how he looks. He's been the number one option 81 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:58.079 obviously with out Paul George out there, scoring wise, it's him and Reggie 82 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:03.959 Jackson, and move looks like New York Knicks Marcus Morris. It looks like 83 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:10.319 he's enjoying the extra touches out there with the basketball, like I was due 84 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:14.480 for this. I wanted to get some more shots up. It's interesting because 85 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:18.439 he was asked about that after their victory over the Phoenix Suns by sixteen Monday 86 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:24.759 night, and that record of them being eighteen and two when he scores twenty 87 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:28.600 or more now eighteen and three since he's been a Clipper when he scores twenty 88 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:31.120 or more. And he was asked that question by I think Law Murray of 89 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:34.680 the Athletic and he said, well, I means I should probably get the 90 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:36.680 ball a little bit more, and he was laughed at off and said, 91 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:40.639 no, I'm just playing my role, doing my part. I'm paraphrasing a 92 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:44.959 little bit there, but he has been phenomenal the last couple of weeks for 93 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:48.319 this Clippers team after he kind of had to ramp up strengthen the knee. 94 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:54.759 But he's moving as good as ever on offense, and he's been a difference 95 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:57.560 maker. But and he wasn't early in the first quarter at eleven. It 96 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:03.120 was twenty four points. But Clippers played that well early on where I want 97 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:06.480 to say they started five of eight from three or five of a seven from 98 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:12.560 distance, and Utah was really struggling from the outside, and the Clippers still 99 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:16.120 were down four after the first twelve minutes, when Marcus Moore's had an eleven 100 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:23.240 point first quarter and Luke Kennard had a ten point first quarter. In those 101 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:27.759 twelve minutes, the Clippers gave up thirty five points somehow when Utah was not 102 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:30.879 shooting it well from the outside. All right, Before I get back to 103 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:35.240 my ran here, let's past ten seconds for station or dentification here on seventy 104 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:42.279 Early Sports. This is LA Clippers Basketball A five seventy KLAC Los Angeles, 105 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:46.959 ninety eight seven KYSR HD two Los Angeles and iHeart Radio station didn't have to 106 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:51.000 do in the network part there. But the Clippers were that good offensively and 107 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:55.680 they were still trailing. In fact, at the half, Clippers were eight 108 00:07:55.720 --> 00:08:01.680 of sixteen from three. They're shooting fifty percent in the Utah Jazz. I 109 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:05.480 want to say they were well under fifty percent, because they started two of 110 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:09.800 seven in that first quarter and things turned around in the second half, where 111 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:13.800 after the Utah Jazz started off two of seven in the first twelve minutes, 112 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:20.319 the rest of the way they went thirteen of thirty from three. That's forty 113 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:24.160 three percent. No one takes more three pointers in the league. No one 114 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:28.040 makes more three pointers in the league. And the law of averages was eventually 115 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:31.279 in their favor and not in the Clippers, because in the last two quarters 116 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:35.000 they went two for fourteen from three after starting eight of sixteen in the first 117 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:39.159 half, and we knew there would be some regression. It was drastic, 118 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:46.159 though, and it was consequential. And the Clippers and those bad turnovers, 119 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:50.440 and they had a lot of them, a lot of miscues at the wrong 120 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:54.279 time. They're sixteen turnovers turned into eighteen points for the Utah Jazz. Clippers 121 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:58.879 were stepping in it a little bit getting in their own way, and you 122 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:03.919 just can't give the Jazz that many more possessions through turnovers. And that's why 123 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:05.519 it was my key coming into this one. If the Clippers were going to 124 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:09.000 pull off a victory like this shorthanded it against a Utah Jazz team that is 125 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:13.879 searching, that is playing maybe the best basketball in the league right now, 126 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:16.440 they were going to have to take care of the basketball and be sound in 127 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:20.919 that area. They simply weren't. But I don't fault the effort. I 128 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:26.519 don't fault the hustle. The execution wasn't always there, and I think they 129 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:31.519 ran out of talent and gas late where Tyler called off the dogs or waved 130 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:35.799 the white flag late when the Clippers scored just six points in the last six 131 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:39.759 minutes and they lose by twenty one in Utah. Let's start things off here 132 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:43.519 with Morris and long beach. Morris, you're on Clippers stock without our Maslin, 133 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:46.159 how are you are? You're doing good? Adam, Listen. Then 134 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:48.519 I'm excited about the Clippers. I'm gonna tell you. I remember when they 135 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:52.120 were one in four, right he opened up the season. Why, I 136 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:56.120 don't know if people can remember that they were one in four and look pretty 137 00:09:56.120 --> 00:10:00.200 bad, look pretty bleak. Now today they lost to the Utah Jazz and 138 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:03.320 they're still in the fifth spot. There's still in the fifth spot. The 139 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:07.639 Clippers are a playoff team now if they can get these boys back. And 140 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:09.519 he's talking about eight percent of the lineup. Didn't make it tonight. We're 141 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:13.240 not just talking about eight percent of the lineup because in basketball, while you 142 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:16.799 can say one player makes up twenty percent of the five guys out there, 143 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:22.360 it's different because there's usage rating, There's how much that guy's going to be 144 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:24.320 controlling the game, how much the ball is going to be in his hands, 145 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:28.000 how much, how much he can affect the game because of that, 146 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:33.159 And we're talking about superstars and Paul George and Kawhi Leonard being out and then 147 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:37.039 Nicholas Batoum, who's the glue guy who connects everything else. So it is 148 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:41.720 so significant. More is it can't be overstated. Well you better believe it. 149 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:43.879 And you know what, they're still competitive. They're a playoff team now. 150 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:48.600 This is December. This is December. If these guys can stay in 151 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:54.519 this same position mid February March, they got this. I'm telling you if 152 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:56.960 any other team in the NBA suffered with the Clippers are suffering, they wouldn't 153 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:00.879 be in the fifth spot. They're doing a great I remember, like I 154 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:03.360 said, when they were one and four, I was kind of holding my 155 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:05.840 head down. But they listen, they got a good team. But when 156 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:09.080 I played basketball as a kid, the guys they had the best players. 157 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:13.679 They want same thing in the NBA. So when they get their players back, 158 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:16.759 these are some guys, some little tough guys you're talking about. When 159 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:18.600 they get their players back, they're going to be very competitive. And like 160 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:22.440 I said, the police canna be looking for folks when they realize the Clippers 161 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:26.600 and stole something, because that's exactly what's gonna happen. Let everybody get healthy, 162 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:28.919 get to miss February or early March, gets the rhythm and watch what 163 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:33.639 happened. Because I'm impressed that they're in the fifth spot right now with all 164 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:35.399 these things has been happening to them. You got to be impressed to Adam, 165 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:39.000 go ahead and there I'll talk to you, Lave. You know I 166 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:43.120 am Morris and from your lips, the basketball God's years hopefully with the Clippers 167 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:45.480 being able to get healthy, and yes, if they are in the fifth 168 00:11:45.559 --> 00:11:50.679 spot by the end of January. That would be a huge accomplishment because the 169 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:54.039 rest of the way going into today, at least the Clippers they have the 170 00:11:54.080 --> 00:12:00.720 second toughest schedule in the NBA, Lakers the first toughest. Then it's the 171 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:05.639 Kings and Milwaukee Bucks behind them too, so they don't get much easier. 172 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:09.360 Now. I got an opportunity against the Okay See Thunder coming up on Saturday, 173 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:16.320 who just had one of the most devastating, gut punch type losses you 174 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:22.039 can have, where DeVante Grammer the Pelicans hit a seventy footer to beat them 175 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:26.559 tonight, So they're gonna be hungry, and that was after SGA just hit 176 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:31.600 a ridiculous shot. They're gonna be hungry on Saturday. You can't overlook anyone, 177 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:35.759 but it always comes down to health. The Clippers have the depth, 178 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:39.000 but it can't shine with this many guys out as much, especially against a 179 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:43.080 team like the Utah Jazz tonight. It's just asking too much to take down 180 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:46.720 a Jazz team on the road with all the motion motivation I mentioned earlier, 181 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:50.720 and with the guys out for the Clippers, they lose one twenty four to 182 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:52.360 one oh three in Utah. We'll take a quick break. We'll come back. 183 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:56.840 You'll hear from the head coach in Toron lou Clippers have still won five 184 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:01.039 of seven, four of their last five game games and they are still in 185 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:05.039 the five spot if they get the tiebreaker over the Lakers for summers. Oh 186 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:09.200 yeah, they beat them. Heavy head girls out here. More Clippers stock 187 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:16.320 coming up next with rain of what and five tiers. I'm coming in upstart 188 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:20.440 real loud, but don't run up. We got do they run and done? 189 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:28.559 We still right dear time a hawk slam. You're listening to Los Angeles 190 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:33.080 Clippers basketball. He goes all the way to the ram Us Sky scraping jams. 191 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:37.519 This is the official home of your LA Clippers. Up in the baby 192 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:46.960 n I could projects even I could collect shoot designed it. They went one 193 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:50.200 twenty four to one o three. They're putting up one hundred and twenty five 194 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:54.279 a game during this eight game winning streak of theirs. They take down the 195 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:58.960 Clippers tonight in Utah. Welcome back in the Clippers talk. I'm out a 196 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:01.879 moslin eight six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven 197 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:05.799 two five seventy is the phone number before we hear from coach Lu postgame. 198 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:09.759 Tegis in Walnut, and you know what, before I get to Tagius and 199 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:13.759 Walnut, I want to say something about Eric Bledsow who had twenty one, 200 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:20.000 started six for six, had thirteen points on the second quarter alone, goes 201 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:22.559 four of five from the outside, eight of ten from the field overall, 202 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:26.960 and that outside shooting from eb Okay, that's Elton brand. He always gotta 203 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:31.000 associate that with him, just like LT. I'm sorry it's not with Danny 204 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:35.679 Thomas. But Eric Bledsoe bled the last twelve games. Now, I believe 205 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:41.600 he is shooting forty five percent from three after starting off the season's Noah Eagle 206 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:46.720 mentioned way down there at twelve percent speaking of the law of averages and progressing 207 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:50.399 to the mean, like the Utah Jazz did what they're outside shooting tonight. 208 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:54.200 But Eric Bledsoe, Yeah, he's been so much better and he's been great 209 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:58.240 coming off the bench. A perfect move from head coach Toronto Lu Tagus. 210 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:05.000 Will it be a perfect call? How are you okay, Adam? Today 211 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:11.120 was an encouraging loss. Just thought that defensively, I think we were kind 212 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:16.600 of out of position often in the sense where it seemed like we were always 213 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:22.279 chasing Donovan Mitchell and when he gets downhill that's when trouble begins. And when 214 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:26.840 he got downhill, it seemed like he could pass it and bog Don was 215 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:31.480 open and he would drain threes. And I think that in the playoffs you 216 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:35.759 saw last year that they weren't chasing him as much and they were entight team 217 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:41.840 to shoot the three point three three point shot, and then today it seemed 218 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:46.279 like they were chasing him and then he went downhill. I think when you're 219 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:50.720 playing Mitchell whence, you kind of want him to shoot the three, even 220 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:54.679 though he can make it. Rather live with that, that would be nice, 221 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:58.879 But he can take pretty much anyone off the dribble. It's very difficult 222 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:06.679 to try to dictate how he's going to play on offense, if he's being 223 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:11.559 aggressive, if he's doing what he can as the shorter d Wade. As 224 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:15.240 we were talking about with Noah Eagle pregame, there's not a lot you can 225 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:19.039 do to contain him. But I do think one of the things they encourage 226 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:22.240 last year and what helped her in the series around against Utah because they were 227 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:26.240 down oh two. That's another reason that Utah Jazz felt like they let one 228 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:30.159 get away. And I'm sure that's added motivation and fuel to the fire for 229 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:34.240 them coming into this season. But the Clippers, they started to give up 230 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:37.559 twos and not threes against them because they remember they started off really hot, 231 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:45.320 just like Dallas did from distance right right. So I was gonna have a 232 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:49.159 couple other points. One. The second thing I was curious about is he 233 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:53.360 used a challenge early on. Let's say in the second quarter and you're successful, 234 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:56.879 do you have another use that challenge later on again in the fourth or 235 00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:00.879 are you one and done? Wanted on? You don't get to keep it 236 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:04.599 even you're successful. It's something that could be changed later on. And I'm 237 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:10.599 pretty sure about that. I'm no Mike Perrer or anything, but I believe 238 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:12.920 that is the case right now. And these rules are they've kind of been 239 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:18.079 fluid or changing every off season, you know. Yeah, Okay, that 240 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:21.960 would kind of explain why, you know, Luke Tyloo is always reluctant to 241 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:26.720 use early on. Okay, remember he did the one day night on that 242 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:30.839 charging call that was reversed and got free throws for Reggie Jackson. He had 243 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:34.400 that sense of emergency against the Phoenix Suns to use it. It's kind of 244 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:37.480 weird too, You're right, but you're still kind of penalizing in a way. 245 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:42.079 But Yeah, And the third thing I'm gonna ask you was, is 246 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:47.079 it possible that I don't know if they can right now during the regular season, 247 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:52.319 but somehow that they can reach an agreement with Hartenstein to keep them for 248 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:56.559 a long term contract or something. I don't know. I don't know the 249 00:17:56.640 --> 00:18:00.720 salary cap situation. Maybe we'll have Eric Pinkas on a point to know if 250 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:03.440 they could give him an extension already, because I know Clipper Nation wants him 251 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:08.240 to return. Yeah, he's been amazing. You can't say enough about Isaiah 252 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:14.480 Hartenstein the way he has played. He had one of my favorite plays of 253 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:18.759 this game was in the fourth quarter. He had a miss over Gobert, 254 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:26.200 but he defended the outlet pass from Gobert to Clarkson and Gobert ends up throwing 255 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:30.720 it out a bounce's. It was the hustle from Hartenstein to not give up 256 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:33.920 even though he had just missed that ended up being a turnover for the Utah 257 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:38.640 jass. He also had a block in the fourth and he had a big 258 00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:42.559 throwdown and one in the fourth quarter. He had seven of his fifteen points, 259 00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:47.599 a Clippers high for him in this one. Clippers lose though by a 260 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:49.880 final score one twenty four to one ZHO three. Let's hear from the head 261 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:56.079 coach post game. Let's get some insight into what coach Lu the Mastermind thought 262 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:59.519 about this twenty one point to feed unfortunately from his squad. Oh, you 263 00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:00.599 know, we never we thought our effort like you said. You know, 264 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:04.119 the guys competed, they played hard. You know, they're a good team, 265 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:07.559 and they beat us. You know, I didn't think we necessarily beat 266 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:11.000 ourselves. But the room, you know, the margin for air was very 267 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:14.680 slim, and we understood that going to the game. But like I said, 268 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:17.519 our guys competed, they played hard. You had a couple of comebacks 269 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:21.480 and then they answered the bell with every big shot. So tip your caps 270 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.039 and those guys they played hard. I mean, they played well. Like 271 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:26.599 I said, we competed, and we just we just didn't. We didn't 272 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:34.960 do it enough tonight tide the way that Marcus and we started still hot, 273 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:40.319 and then Elsie say half they'd be really cool. Were they even seeing crunch 274 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:42.119 of shots, did you Like I thought Marcus was kind of you know, 275 00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:47.160 harder. I thought they started tilting on his post ups, started bringing the 276 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:49.839 extra guy defending when he had the iceles. But you know when he s 277 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:53.000 he scoring the ball the way he was, you know, they were trying 278 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:55.799 to make it tough on him. Luke. I still thought he had some 279 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:59.839 good shots he just didn't make. So you know, it happens. You 280 00:19:59.880 --> 00:20:02.400 know, he's not gonna be you know, make every shot every game, 281 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:04.759 and we understand that, but just keep taking the shots. And he did 282 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:07.920 that. And like I said, those guys played well tonight. They deserve 283 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:15.880 to win the uh's. Like he just had an extra year today playing in 284 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:19.839 that second Union. How do you feel like just he was able to have 285 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:25.559 success giving the steps the games he shot the ball, well, they try 286 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:27.160 to go under, you know, they were leaving him a couple of times. 287 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:30.640 He made four threes, four out of five. And I just thought 288 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:33.279 his pace was really good, you know, especially in transition, getting up 289 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:36.799 the floor, you know, attacking the basket, you know, in our 290 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:40.640 two point guards, you know, having seventeen assists, so that was huge 291 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:42.680 for us. And like I said, his pace has been really good for 292 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:45.079 us all season. But like like I said tonight, I thought he had 293 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:49.839 an extra gear. Coach, you created some separation in the third quarter, 294 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:53.519 and it finished really strong. What do you pay at getting will? They 295 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:56.400 got stops and he was he was able to get out in transition and get 296 00:20:56.480 --> 00:21:02.079 some easy ones. I thought, defence, we in that third quarter, 297 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:03.079 we wasn't We wasn't as sharp as we were. I mean, they'd had 298 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:07.240 sixty some points in the first half, but I just probably wasn't as sharp 299 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:10.680 in that third quarter, and we wasn't scoring and we wasn't getting stopped, 300 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:12.279 so they was able to take advantage of early and then we kind of called 301 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:15.119 up, you know, down the stretch of the third quarter. Downa Mitchell 302 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:18.799 coming came to life there in a second half. What do you feel like 303 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:25.160 committed the introducer Probably me didn't git some soon enough. He had already got 304 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:27.400 a rhythm. But I thought, you know, with their shooters, and 305 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:30.880 we can just play a two on two like we did in the first half, 306 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:33.000 it would be fine. But like I said, it's a great player. 307 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:36.200 He took over the game and we should have you know, I should 308 00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:38.039 have put the bits on him a little sooner, but that's what he does, 309 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:44.200 and so he played well and brought him home. So I'm almost feel 310 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:48.279 bad because I remember Saturday he had practice and I mentioned the team it's one 311 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:51.720 of the great job to spend help battling, and it really hasn't been the 312 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:56.359 case pretty much since that practice. Like, is that a discern for yours 313 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:59.480 or how do you feel? Like? Uh, the the team is defending 314 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:03.119 in terms teams have been defending. They've been defending. Well, you know, 315 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:07.519 we compete. Like I said, this is the number one offensive team 316 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:11.559 in the league, and we understood that going into it. And they may 317 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:14.720 play cause they run good stuff. Quinn does a good job of running good 318 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:17.519 stuff. They running with pace and then they know where this spacing is gonna 319 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:21.200 be and where guys are gonna be at. So you know, coming into 320 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.880 them tonight's game, we didn't have a lot of room for air and we 321 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:26.799 understood that. I thought, we've made some mistakes defensively and they they made 322 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:32.480 us pay for it. There was Coach Loup post game after the Clippers lose 323 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:34.440 by twenty one in Utah to the Jazz, who are the hottest team in 324 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:38.440 the league right now, and they won eighth Street. It with some style 325 00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:44.640 points to boot, putting up one hundred and twenty five a game during this 326 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:48.599 winning streak. Clippers lose one twenty four to one zero three. Their next 327 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:52.720 game is coming up two days from now. That is a huge post. 328 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:57.519 That is a blessing. The Clippers actually get two days off once again. 329 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:06.160 Hopefully Paul George Nicholas Patomb can return. Righty Jackson get some rest. We'll 330 00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:10.519 talk about that game in OKAC and we'll get the more postgame audio next right 331 00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:14.240 here on Clipper Stock on AM five seventy l x four. Somebody help me 332 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:23.640 tell me way to go from here, because even can try to LA Clippers 333 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:30.119 Basketball continue safe time shot down the stretch. This is the official home of 334 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:37.880 the Los Angeles Clippers. Roll out, road Out, roll out, rot 335 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:42.359 getting out. It's all a roll. Clippers lose one twenty four to one 336 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:48.160 out of three in Utah to the Jazz. Welcome back into Clipper Stock. 337 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:52.480 I'm out of Moslin. Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy eight 338 00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:57.759 six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number we're looking for 339 00:23:57.799 --> 00:24:02.079 postgame audio from the play. But we heard from coach Lew last segment, 340 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:04.880 and one of the things he brought up was that CounterPunch that Noah Eagle and 341 00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:10.599 I were talking about in that fourth quarter by the Jazz whenever the Clippers were 342 00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:15.359 making hey and they had it down to eight with nine oh six left after 343 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:18.519 the Brandon Boston throw down. The only two points the Clippers got off of 344 00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:22.799 you touch as turnovers, all ten of them. It was ninety eight ninety. 345 00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:29.359 Clippers were still right there. But then Jordan Clarkson hits a two footer. 346 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:34.359 Isaiah Hartenstein has a dunk and and one converts it. Clippers are within 347 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:38.759 seven. But then Donovan Mitchell hits a three pointer. Clippers back down ten. 348 00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:42.680 Reggie Jackson at two pointer, Donovan Mitchell a two pointer I turned into 349 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:48.680 an and one, Clippers are down eleven. Mitchell was incredible of being that 350 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:52.640 mister reliable when they needed him most in the second half with nineteen of his 351 00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:57.200 twenty seven points and helped stem the tide when the Clippers were trying to make 352 00:24:57.319 --> 00:25:02.680 runs late. It was there, as coach Lew said, they competed, 353 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:07.440 they played hard, did they play perfect or the right way the entire time 354 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:12.000 in the second half, now, but they gave themselves a shot down seven 355 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:18.799 with eight minutes left, an opportunity without Paul George, without Nicholas Batum to 356 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:22.960 still possibly take one from the Jazz. But they make an eighth straight instead. 357 00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:27.920 Nobody's been hotter. Clippers lose one twenty four to one, ZHO three. 358 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:30.839 We'll take a quick break, we'll come back. We'll get to your 359 00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:34.440 phone calls here on clipper stock eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy 360 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:40.359 eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy. We'll listening to Clipper Stock 361 00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:56.880 on AM five seventy l A Sports. I'm a Hawk Slam. You're listening 362 00:25:56.960 --> 00:26:00.759 to Los Angeles Clippers basketball. He goes all the way the Rams sky scraping 363 00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:12.119 jams. This is the official home of your LA Clippers. Shifted til he 364 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:23.079 got it, feeling so gifted guy, you get so class five fall one 365 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:26.559 three in Utah for the Jazz. Welcome back on the Clipper Stock. I'm 366 00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:32.480 gonna eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy or hit me up at 367 00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:40.200 follow Adam a Marcus Morrise. Another twenty four point performance, and he has 368 00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:44.960 been on one when they've needed him most, basically since he talked about it. 369 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:48.039 Had you get in better shape coming off the knee injury, strengthened the 370 00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:53.960 knee, and in now five of his last seven games, going back to 371 00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:59.680 the Lakers victory where the Clippers won one nineteen to one fifteen on December third. 372 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:02.720 All right, I made it seem like I had to think that one 373 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.400 back, But no, I got the game log in front of me, 374 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:07.359 I didn't know that Marcus Morris had twenty one in that one. Twenty one 375 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:11.519 against Sacktown, twenty against Boston, and then twenty four against Phoenix Monday night, 376 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:15.920 and then the twenty four outing tonight against the Utah Jazz. Had eleven 377 00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:18.880 of those points on the first quarter and has just been so smooth with it 378 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:23.400 in the mid range. And no one should be surprised by that. But 379 00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:29.359 after getting off to a rough start this season where he played the first couple 380 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:33.279 of games, then shut it down, then played three games where he didn't 381 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:37.799 look like himself, but really, ever since that Lakers game and he gets 382 00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:41.759 up for big games, Marcus Morris has looked like a different guy. The 383 00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:45.759 only stinker you could say he's had during this stretch is the one for nine 384 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:49.920 outing against the Orlando Magic the twelve thirty start, and we've heard from the 385 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:55.599 Morris brothers before they don't like those early starts. Nobody does. The Clippers 386 00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:59.400 have to deal with them the most. But for these primetime games and against 387 00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:03.000 the Utah ja As, knowing that there's no Paul George out there and Nicholas 388 00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:07.279 Batoum and Reggie Jackson looks gassed, Marcus Morris stepped up again with twenty four 389 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:11.000 points, and that is a really encouraging sign because coming into this season, 390 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:15.880 one of my keys was Marcus Morris has to play like he did in New 391 00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:18.519 York, where he was the first or second option all the time next to 392 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:25.039 Julius Randall and was shooting an efficient forty four percent from three that year and 393 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:29.000 getting twenty a game, and that's why the Clippers traded for him. He 394 00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:32.799 was there half a season and then they pulled him in. But his role 395 00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:37.319 has obviously been less in play next to Paul George or Kawhi Leonard or both. 396 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:44.160 But he's gotten a lot of opportunities with Paul George being out five games 397 00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:48.559 now and Marcus is certainly taking advantage of this. And it's good to see 398 00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:52.440 a guy get back in rhythm like this, and the Clippers hunt for him, 399 00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:56.240 look for him, and get him the basketball in his sweet spots in 400 00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:59.960 the midpost. That's kind of what we've been waiting for because that's an element 401 00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:04.039 to his game and something outside of Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, not many 402 00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:07.440 other guys have on this team where you can just give it to Marcus and 403 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:12.200 he'll get you a bucket or he'll at least get a good look over anybody. 404 00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:17.519 He can generate shots like that, and we saw it Monday night where 405 00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:22.000 he was hitting some really high degree of difficulty fall away jumpers, and we 406 00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:25.519 saw it early on on this one too. So as long as he can 407 00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:27.319 stay in this groove, and it's not going to be every night, of 408 00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:32.039 course, but to know that Marcus Moore is at any point could go for 409 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:36.160 twenty and the Clippers are eighteen and three. When he gets twenty or more, 410 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:40.359 it's a big deal. His scoring is huge for this team. It's 411 00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:45.599 invaluable, as is his defense. But when he's scoring like this, when 412 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:49.119 he's shooting the ball well, and he's shooting forty four percent from three in 413 00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:56.240 December forty six percent from the field, this Clippers team can be that much 414 00:29:56.359 --> 00:30:00.880 tougher when Paul George gets healthy. Hopefully on Saturday, two days off Clippers 415 00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:06.720 in OKAC. Saturday tip time is at five pm. We'll have Clippers countdown 416 00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:10.480 for you at four pm. But hopefully the Clippers can get healthy. And 417 00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:15.119 Marcus Moore's did say postgame they are still finding their identity. He said, 418 00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:19.880 we're getting there. And we've talked about the stay ready Clippers and that resilient 419 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:26.039 team and that nature and it's still certainly in the DNA of this squad, 420 00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:33.200 but it's still thirty five percent of the way into the season and it's hard 421 00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:37.839 to have that fully formed well you don't have enough guys out there and that 422 00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:41.680 continuity, the continuity that the Utah Jazz have been blessed with so far this 423 00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:45.440 season. They're winners of eighth straight. They take down the Clippers one twenty 424 00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:49.440 four to one oh three again. Clippers next game coming up on Saturday. 425 00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:55.119 Tip time from OKAC was that five. We'll have Clippers countdown in their pregame 426 00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:57.000 show starting at four before we get out of here. I do want to 427 00:30:57.039 --> 00:31:00.720 thank the Clippers organization know it. You go. Brian Seaman, Ralph Waller 428 00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:07.920 three, Brother Jake Warner and then We Weren't Stables Tonight Great Brother Jake podcast 429 00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:14.079 and Katie Newton back here in Burbank until four pm with your pregame show on 430 00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:29.799 Saturday. I'm Adamalism. We'll talk to you either your father's record. This 431 00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:33.440 has been Clippers Talk. They accepted the challenge, your first post game opportunity 432 00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:37.279 to talk LA Clippers with Adam Mossley. 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