WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:04.440 The game is over. Paul George money in the pain, but the postgame 2 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:09.439 reaction has just begun. Kahi Leonard is so smooth in the mid range. 3 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:13.919 This is Clippers locker Roo, a recap of today's game and a look ahead 4 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:18.920 on your hope for La Clippers basketball at now your host, You, sir, 5 00:00:19.079 --> 00:00:25.120 are a bad man, Adam Ousley. Clippers lose by five once again, 6 00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:29.320 this time to score one fifteen to one ten in favor of the Miami 7 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:32.280 Heat. Welcome into your postgame show. Coming up, we'll get to your 8 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:35.520 post game box score you hear from the head coach and the players after this 9 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:37.799 one. But first, back to Miami, back to your voice of the 10 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:42.079 Clippers and Noah Eagle. So Noah. Second half turnovers once again dooming the 11 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:47.479 Clippers sum Yes, sixteen turnovers. Look, Torontolu said at the beginning of 12 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:52.200 the season, he is okay with about twelve to thirteen turnovers. That's a 13 00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:55.799 sweet spot. And let's just think about that. Even if it's thirteen turnovers, 14 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:59.119 which by the way, the Clippers on the season are averaging sixteen turnovers 15 00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:03.000 per game. Even if it's thirteen turnovers, that's three more possessions that you're 16 00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:06.120 taking away from Miami and a game that you lost by five, and a 17 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:08.799 game in which I eats zoobots missed a wide open bunny layup, and a 18 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:12.599 game in which Reggie Jackson missed a wide open bunny layup and Paul George had 19 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:17.040 a pretty good look at a three at a three point deficit that would have 20 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:19.799 tied the game that just didn't fall. Certainly, there are things that happen, 21 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:23.480 bounces that don't go your way, but you have to be able to 22 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:26.200 control the things that you can control. And for the Clippers, that is 23 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:29.680 how many times, at least some of the time they turned the basketball over. 24 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:33.680 Just three fewer turnovers, you probably find a way to win this game. 25 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:36.799 So it's something to keep in mind as we head towards the rest of 26 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:38.840 this season. For the Clippers, that's been their Achilles heal pretty much all 27 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:42.920 year. Everything else I actually thought was pretty good. They had twenty four 28 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:46.840 assists in the game. They went seventeen of thirty six from three, nineteen 29 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:49.159 of twenty one from the free throw line. It felt a lot like what 30 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:52.840 they did two years ago to me, and how they shot the ball, 31 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:56.879 how they got those shots and drive kicks, swing and getting to the pain 32 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:00.519 or dying trying and overall, you've got to be pretty pleased with that level 33 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:05.159 of performance. But the defense in the fourth quarter allowing thirty one heat points 34 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:08.439 and in the second quarter allowing thirty six, and then those turnovers really plagued 35 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:13.000 them in this one. And you know, Miami after starting of five from 36 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:15.759 distance, they went twelve for the next twenty seven forty four percent. That 37 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:21.840 didn't help either, But the turnovers and Miami having ten more shot attempts out 38 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:23.719 there, then the Clippers would hurt them. You know, I did think 39 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:27.879 there was a great performance in this one. Nicholas Batoum had two of the 40 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:31.039 best hustle plays we have seen all season long. Yeah, I thought that. 41 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:35.960 I really feel like Batune played some great basketball over the last several games. 42 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:38.520 This is not just the one or two game thing. This is really 43 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:43.000 dating back four or five where he has shot it well again tonight, three 44 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:46.360 of seven from three to four of eight overall eleven more points. He is 45 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:49.520 defended incredibly well, and then yeah, at the very end, he gets 46 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:53.439 that turnover that allows for the Clippers to potentially go for the tie. He's 47 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:57.080 just been playing his tailoff, and he's been doing anything you could ask him 48 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:00.000 to do, hustling around the court, playing smart basketball. Just he's been 49 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:05.639 a coach's dream. But that's been how he has really carried himself ever since 50 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:08.520 putting on a Clipper uniform a couple of years ago. And so, I 51 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:13.080 mean, it's a pleasure to have Nick Batoum on your team. It's a 52 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:15.919 blessing in so many ways. And I think he's proving exactly why once again 53 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:21.639 over this recent couple of weeks stretch final game of the four game roadie is 54 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.159 in DC on Saturday. Tip time for that one is at four. We'll 55 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:30.240 have your Clippers countdown pregame shows starting at three. No Eagles safe travels to 56 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:32.199 Washington, DC, and we will talk to you on Saturday. Oh Adam, 57 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:36.400 you know it's our nation's capitol. It's not like there was almost NBA 58 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:39.439 history or kind of NBA history last year. Can wait, it's coming up 59 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:44.039 next. We'll get your post game box score. Clippers lose by five in 60 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:53.680 Miami and you're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Port Leonard Running. You're listening 61 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:59.240 to LA Clippers Basketball Top Clipper puts it down, plus the foul every game. 62 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:12.319 I'll see sit long on their official home Clippers losing Miami one fifteen so 63 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:15.919 one ten to the heat. Welcome back into your post game show. I'm 64 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:18.399 Adam Oslin coming up on AM five seventy LA Sports. We'll have Clipper stock 65 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:23.160 eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight six six ninety eight seven 66 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:26.360 two five seventy is the phone number if you'd like to get on. But 67 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:30.439 while we have a moment, let's poston seconds for station identification. Here on 68 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:35.160 the Los Angeles Clippers radio network, this is LA Clippers Basketball. AM five 69 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:42.040 seventy KLAC Los Angeles, ninety eight seven KYSR HD two Los Angeles and iHeart 70 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:46.160 Radio station. Clippers end up shooting forty six percent from the field, even 71 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:50.040 better from the outside seventeen to thirty six. That's forty seven percent from three. 72 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:54.680 No issues there, but Miami shot fifty one percent overall, and after 73 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:58.560 starting over five they went forty four percent from the outside. Ended up hitting 74 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:02.279 twelve three point nurse. Clippers had and won the free throw advantage. Got 75 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:06.079 to the line twenty one times or twenty one attempts, hit nineteen of them. 76 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:10.160 That's great. For this team that's been struggling at the charity stripe so 77 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:13.839 far this season. Miami got there and attempted just fourteen in this one. 78 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:18.600 The difference Clippers was sixteen turnovers, twice as many as the Miami Heat, 79 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:23.879 and ten of them came in the second half and Miami ended up getting up 80 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:29.360 ten more shot opportunities. Your league score for the Clippers, well, it 81 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:30.839 was my player to watch and he got up twenty shots and did all he 82 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:35.160 could. Paul George had twenty nine ten to twenty shooting five of eleven from 83 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:39.720 the outside, eight board, seven assists. Did have a couple of tough 84 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:43.920 turnovers in the fourth quarter, finished with four of them total. As for 85 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:47.600 the Miami Heat, bam out of Bio with that fifteen point third quarter was 86 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:51.639 a problem. And then Jimmy Butler, who at one point scored sixth straight 87 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:57.040 in the fourth for Miami. He finished with twenty six points on ten of 88 00:05:57.120 --> 00:05:59.959 twelve shooting. Didn't even know if he was going to be able to play 89 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:03.680 played well. Clippers lose one fifteen to one ten in Miami to the Heat. 90 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:08.439 They have lost four or five and dropped to fourteen and thirteen on the 91 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:11.560 season. Coming up next, we're looking for postgame audio from Coach Low and 92 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:15.160 the players. Clippers next game in DC on Saturday. We'll talk about that 93 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:19.439 as well, plus Clippers Stalk on AM five seventy LA Sports. You're listening 94 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:25.839 to the Los Angeles Clippers radio network. But I never heard about him with 95 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:33.120 another girl. Oh Paul George LA Clippers basketball continue ice in his pains as 96 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:38.800 he carries the three on the home of your LA Clippers. But I don't 97 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:46.639 Why are you always at the man when you broke? Clippers lose one fifteen 98 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:51.160 to one ten in Miami to the heat. Maybe I'm at a Moslin Welcome 99 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:55.160 back into your post game show. Coming up on AM five seventy l A 100 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:58.399 Sports, we'll have Clippers Stalk for you eight sixty six nine eight seven two 101 00:06:58.399 --> 00:07:01.240 five seventy eight six six ninety seven two five seventy or get to me at 102 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:06.959 follow adam A. Clippers will look to bounce back in the Nation's Capitol on 103 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:11.879 Saturday. They're taking on the Washington Wizards in DC. Tip time for that 104 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:16.639 one at four pm. We'll have Clippers Countdown your pregame show starting at three. 105 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:20.560 Outside of Los Angeles, we'll talk to you. Then in La you're 106 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:26.959 on Amp five seventy. Next, we got Clippers to day. The world 107 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:35.519 is so small in the night. To welcome into Clipperstock. Here's a new 108 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:39.639 sheriff in town. You won't be able to denay if you're going to go 109 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:42.519 to the NBA Finals. I believe it in my heart. This is the 110 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:46.759 best team in the history of the franchise. I am all about the Clipper 111 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:51.560 Nation. This is Clippers Talk. They're trying to win the whole thing. 112 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:57.879 A postgame look, it's your La Clippers recapping the game, the stars and 113 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:01.759 looking ahead to what's next to here episodes you've missed. Subscribe to Clippers Talk 114 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:07.480 on iHeart Radio or wherever you podcast. Now your host of Clippers Talk. 115 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:20.079 Here's Adam Asla. Clippers lose in Miami by five. Well the similar score. 116 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:22.920 Yesterday's lost to the Orlando Magic, this time one fifteen to one ten. 117 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:28.720 Yesterday it was one sixteen, one eleven. Oh, welcome into Clippers 118 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:31.680 Talk. I'm Adam Oslin. We got a good one for you. Eight 119 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:35.639 six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two 120 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:39.919 five seventy is the phone number you can get to me on Twitter at follow 121 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:43.120 Adam A coming up, We're gonna hear from the head coach, and William 122 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:46.519 Updyke from Clips and Dip will be here once again back to back and he's 123 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:50.360 doing back to back shows with me for a little bit of Clippers Double Dip, 124 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:54.360 Clips and Double Dip. So I'm gonna come right out and say it. 125 00:08:54.399 --> 00:09:00.399 This is the first time this season, with the Clippers dropping four of 126 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:03.399 their last five games and starting this road trip off one and two. They 127 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:09.159 close it out Saturday in DC, that I have a slight bit of concern 128 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:15.440 about this team. And I haven't said that all year, and I've been 129 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:20.159 talking others down away from the ledge, not off it the other way. 130 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:24.360 I've been telling them it's gonna be okay. It's early. It's starting to 131 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:30.080 get to that point where you have to start making strides and show a sense 132 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:35.080 of urgency and find ways to win games. And the reason I say this 133 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:41.360 is because I just saw this stat and I think it's meaningful. And this 134 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:45.519 is coming from our friend Joey Lynn from si Now does a great job covering 135 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:50.960 the Clippers, but coming into the game, the Clippers have played the second 136 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:56.559 easiest schedule in the West. And now they're fourteen and thirteen and they have 137 00:09:56.320 --> 00:10:05.159 the NBA's most difficult remaining schedule left to go, So they haven't taken advantage 138 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:09.720 of an easy schedule just being one game over five hundred because they've been banged 139 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:13.039 up and injured. Now, there's two ways to look at it. If 140 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:20.159 they didn't have a preferable tiptoe through the Tulips like of like schedule so far, 141 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:24.519 they'd probably be well under five hundred. Given the injuries going on, 142 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:30.399 the schedule has given them some time for guys to get healthy and for them 143 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:35.679 to play much better basketball the rest of the way, while there's still above 144 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:43.759 five hundred staying afloat. But it has to start now. And I told 145 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:48.440 you what coach lu said, and this is the other reason I think there's 146 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:54.320 some cause for concern here. He came out and said this at the start 147 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:58.639 of December, that they need to start and here's the full quote. I'll 148 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:03.039 give it to you. It's hard to really assess our team because our guys 149 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:07.480 have been out for so long, but this stretch of twenty to twenty five 150 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:13.600 games is going to be very important for us. Tonight's the start of something 151 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:18.679 new, and then the Clippers went out and beat Charlotte in dramatic fashion, 152 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:24.279 with Kawhi Leonard hitting the game winner. But since then, well, they 153 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:28.919 gave up too many points to offenses that were both bottom five in the league. 154 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:33.879 And the reason for that is because the Clippers have had too many turnovers 155 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:39.600 and at inopportune times. First, yesterday in Orlando, they have just one 156 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:45.399 in the first quarter, but they had sixteen in the last three. They 157 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:50.320 had just six in the first half of this one, but they had ten 158 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:56.039 in the third and fourth quarters combined, and those ten turnovers in the second 159 00:11:56.039 --> 00:12:00.840 half, well, they ended up giving Miami ten more shot attempts in this 160 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:05.600 one than the Clippers had. And that's the type of stuff that comes back 161 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:07.360 to haunt you when you can't take care of the basketball and has been a 162 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:13.840 common thread so far this season for the Clippers. Twenty fourth and turnover is 163 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:16.960 getting fifteen point two or given up fifteen point two per game coming into this 164 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:22.960 one, and nothing's really changed on that end. And I think there's an 165 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:30.919 easy answer for why this has happened. It's because they've had so many different 166 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:37.200 lineups and the health issues have led to chemistry issues and guys not being on 167 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:39.960 the same page and knowing where someone else is going to be on the court. 168 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:46.679 Not a lot you can do about it, but they got to start 169 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:52.799 ramping up and starting to play better basketball on offense, because as good as 170 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:58.039 they were with shooting seventeen to thirty six from three, forty seven percent better 171 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:01.360 than they shot from two, they just shot forty six percent from the field 172 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:07.200 in this one, but you're giving away free possessions. They just had a 173 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:13.720 couple more shots. They likely win this one, and they did have some 174 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.919 bad turnovers on the third and fourth quarter at bad times. Paul George came 175 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:22.279 back into the ball game at about the seven minute mark of the fourth Clippers 176 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:26.039 down by two after leading by three heading into the fourth, had to play 177 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:30.559 with the backups. They were a minus five in those first five minutes, 178 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:33.919 basically in the fourth quarter without Paul George. He comes in, they're down 179 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:37.720 now by two and has a couple of turnovers. Now he hit some big 180 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:43.519 shots late to give them a chance and had a chance for a three pointer 181 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:46.960 to tie the game didn't go, but they also blew some bunnies, some 182 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:52.240 easy ones right at the basket. Avitza Zubos had the mismatch, PG found 183 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:56.919 him, went down on the left block and blew a layup, probably should 184 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:01.720 have dunked it. Reggie Jackson blew a lay up late. I want to 185 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:07.840 say, bring it to within two or three. And maybe it's fatigue. 186 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:11.120 On a back to back, you start missing some easy ones, your legs 187 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:16.559 feel healthy or feel fatigued out there, and the Clippers haven't been fully healthy. 188 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:18.240 But they did get Luke Anard back in this one. But of course 189 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:22.000 they lost Terrence Mann in this one, who was just coming off maybe his 190 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:26.080 best game of the season yesterday with nineteen points, a season high for him, 191 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:30.600 but goes out late, which looked to be a concussion. He's in 192 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:35.919 concussion protocols right at the end of overtime. So one in one out. 193 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:39.399 They got John wallback, but I'd say he struggled. Overall, they'd have 194 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:45.960 nine points, eight assists, and four turnovers. But too many miss opportunities 195 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:52.039 by this team so far early in the season, with games against inferior competition 196 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:56.879 and they're just fourteen and thirteen. Is mostly due to the injuries, yes, 197 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:03.840 but the standing don't care, The schedule doesn't care, and it's unforgiving 198 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:09.240 coming up. They got the toughest schedule remaining in the NBA. That's where 199 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:13.960 I'm coming from with my level of concern. It's not a Code red, 200 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:20.440 it's not def Con one. It's not the Fred Rogan panic meter. I'm 201 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:24.320 in orange, I'm been red. No, it's nothing like that. Maybe 202 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:31.320 a little bit of yellow, maybe, I think that's fair. Clippers the 203 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:35.840 lost four or five and now all of a sudden that game in DC where 204 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:37.600 your hope Kawhi Leonard's back. We pretty much knew he wasn't going to play 205 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:41.080 the second game of a back to back. We weren't even sure Paul George 206 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:43.440 was going to. He was awesome and did most of his damage in the 207 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:46.879 second half, but it wasn't enough because of the turnovers, the self inflicted 208 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:52.919 wounds, the careless ones at that the lieball turnovers. This team is beating 209 00:15:52.960 --> 00:16:02.440 themselves and we're over thirty percent of the way into the season. So I 210 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:11.120 think it's fair to address some of these errors and just faulty plays and miscommunications 211 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:15.799 that they've had and say they do have some issues right now. Can they 212 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:21.320 be fixed and remedy? Yeah? I think the roster is there, the 213 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:26.519 players are there to correct this stuff. But they gotta put together a streak 214 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:30.960 of good health. Get Norman Powell back, get Terrence Mann back at Kawai 215 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:37.639 back, because the games are about to get much tougher. I know the 216 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:41.559 Washington Wizards aren't playing great basketball right now, but they have a team that 217 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:48.080 can beat you. They have some guys that can explode offensively. Kyle Kuzma 218 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:51.240 is having a heck of a year. They're eleven and fourteen. But after 219 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:55.279 that, they got to take on Boston, who just smacked the number one 220 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:57.840 team in the West and the Phoenix Suns last night. We're up by forty 221 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:03.319 throughout most most of it look like a Game seven Sons home game once again 222 00:17:03.359 --> 00:17:07.880 against the Dallas Mavericks last year in that second round. Boston is that good 223 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:11.000 and they don't even have Robert Williams right now. And that's the Clippers are 224 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:18.240 welcoming in Monday night. So things have to start to change quickly. They 225 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:23.920 got to clean up the turnover issue. Hard to be a very good basketball 226 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:26.519 team when you're turning the ball over like this, hard to be an elite 227 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:32.960 team. Clippers lose one fifteen to one ten. They lose by five, 228 00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:37.720 just like the last night, slightly different score, but they lose in Miami 229 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:41.000 on this one. Jose and Southgate. Jose, what's up here? On 230 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:45.519 Clippers stock with Adam Awslin. Hey, I don't thank you again, Fino 231 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:49.839 for for being here for us. I got you, Jose, what's up? 232 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:53.920 No, just like you said, just those slaves, I didn't. 233 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:59.240 I didn't like that that that three were Paul George. But you know, 234 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:03.680 I saw we were leaving Green going to Yellow after that Sacramento game. But 235 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:06.759 you're talking me off the ledge, so you know, I'm trying to hear. 236 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:10.680 I'm trying to be here for you. I'm not. I'm not concerned 237 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:14.960 just because I like, because you said we're gonna have the hardest schedule. 238 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:18.400 So if he gave me two games to preparis for that, to give us 239 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:21.119 that feeling that fire, ain't it? Yeah, we should have had it 240 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:25.200 already. But I think it's gonna set us up good for the Wizards game. 241 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:26.440 You know. Oh, let's see how we do. But for Boston 242 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:30.720 and then the Sun then we'll see how we do from there. We might 243 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:33.119 be in the red, but what's see how we do. Anyways, Thank 244 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:37.960 you, Adam, let's go Clippers, all right, Jose, appreciate the 245 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:41.039 phone call. Yeah, we'll see that. Wizards game is a big one 246 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:45.880 on Saturday. Now the Clippers have to step on the gas a little bit 247 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:51.000 and show the team that they can be the team everybody thought they were going 248 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:53.359 to be coming into this season. A championship contend or one of the favorites 249 00:18:56.279 --> 00:19:00.359 starts on Saturday. We're hoping Kawhi Leonard will be ready to go. We'll 250 00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:03.920 take a quick time out. We'll come back looking for postgame audio from coach 251 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:08.319 lou after this one. Clippers lose one fifteen to one ten in Miami to 252 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:14.319 the Heat. As Jimmy Butler went off down the stretch in the fourth quarter, 253 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:17.799 he carried Miami Bam. Auto Bio did especially in the third quarter with 254 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:22.599 fifteen of his thirty one and the Clippers gave him ten more possessions, so 255 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:30.680 they got up ninety shots to the Clippers eighty attempts. Well, Clippers, 256 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:37.559 stock next, you're on Amp five seventy spots, and you know me and 257 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:44.480 my two threes and Magache smiling. You're seeing me from the nosebleed from distance. 258 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:48.799 The odds on favorite to hoist the Larry O'Brien heavily can test it and 259 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:57.480 it doesn't matter. On the home of your La Clippers. Some good performances 260 00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:02.039 but also some sloppy play by the Clippers comes back to haunt them. They 261 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:06.079 lose in Miami one fifteen to one, ten to the Heat. Now one 262 00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:10.079 and two on this four game road trip, which concludes on Saturday in DC 263 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:12.039 against the Wizards. Welcome back into Clippers stock. I'm out of Oslin to 264 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:15.319 eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven 265 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:22.000 two five seventy and I'm seeing a lot of people talk about why is Robert 266 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:26.039 Covington not playing more? Played just seven minutes in this one, and they 267 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:30.119 all came in the first half. I thought he played pretty well. I 268 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:33.680 thought he looked like Rocco had a big block, hit a three pointer, 269 00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:38.640 and we all thought that Clippers were gonna unleash wing stop this season. It's 270 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:45.400 harder without Kauai, without Terrence Man, but Roco not playing at all in 271 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:49.400 the second half, It's a little bit curious. Mosses Brown got some minutes. 272 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:56.119 I think he's been more than serviceable, but Rocco has been really good 273 00:20:56.160 --> 00:21:03.440 at times was very good yesterday against Orlando. It's just hard to understand why 274 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:07.799 he's not playing much, especially the second game of a back to back. 275 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:11.319 Guys are gonna have some tired legs. I thought Nicholas Batoum was brilliant, 276 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:15.880 fantastic. He had two hustle plays that were two of the best players of 277 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:22.759 the season in that area where it was after a John Wall miss free throw. 278 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:26.559 I want to say he ripped it away, put it back up and 279 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:30.119 in. I think he took it away from bam Ante Baio and drew the 280 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:34.960 foul and then had a play. Or he got it to a Visa Zoobots 281 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:41.200 on an offensive rebound and just had no business getting to that basketball. I 282 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:45.119 no, it was to Moses Brown, excuse me for a big throw down, 283 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:49.319 but toombs, hustle and energy. But also he's been really good from 284 00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:53.680 three recently. He's fourteen for his last thirty one from three over the last 285 00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:59.920 five games, which we're not that surprised by. But he started off this 286 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:03.759 season so slow. Outside the seven for seven game, he went three or 287 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:07.640 seven from distance in this one, had eleven points, couple assists, a 288 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:11.880 block of steel. And I said this on Twitter but toomb is Clippers culture. 289 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:15.880 That's that's where it is. That's where it has to be. The 290 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:21.920 hustle and heart he plays with on both ends of the floor. And he 291 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:25.440 was a cast off by Charlotte. They gave up on him. Clippers brought 292 00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:30.759 him into a training camp and he's been completely rejuvenated and cliber Nation loves the 293 00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:34.559 guy. But Roco plays in a similar fashion to him and just hasn't been 294 00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:40.559 getting much run all year. Let's hear from coach Lou post game after the 295 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:45.640 Clippers lose one fifteen to one ten in Miami. I thought Deep was pretty 296 00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:48.799 good. I thought he got some matchups, say won it you know with 297 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:51.680 Jimmy on the post with you know, Luke and Redge has a tough matchup 298 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:53.799 for him, and he made some tough shots, like you said, guys 299 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:59.359 in between with good contests. He made some tough shots and so you know, 300 00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:02.079 as he had, he's a tough cover for us down the posting, 301 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:04.880 down the block, and he did he did a good job of taking advantage 302 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:11.440 of it. It's like elsall together, his hands block take a wire. 303 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:19.759 He's pretty aggressive night that rectus and not as you have to ask him about 304 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:23.640 that, you know, just thought we you'll did a bad job with just 305 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:27.119 trying to get the ball in his hands to make some plays and you know, 306 00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:30.160 be aggressive and try to get two on the ball the best we could. 307 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:34.480 I don't think we took advantage of that enough, but overall, just 308 00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:37.079 him being aggressive, just trying to get you know, back into his rhythm. 309 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:41.200 And I thought tonight he did a pretty good job talking about Paul George 310 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:42.279 and there I'm guessing, I guess just overall, where did you feel like 311 00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:47.559 this one? Uh? We we're almost frustrated by the game with a very 312 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:49.160 small margin. Where'd you feel like you guys go with the rope a little 313 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:52.440 bit here? I thought we had you know, three point lead. We 314 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:56.200 had some turnovers. I think we had ten in the second half. It 315 00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:59.920 kind of you know, cost us and allowed him get out early in transition. 316 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:02.480 And you know, live ball turnovers really hurt us, you know, 317 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:06.400 and so turning the basketball over it puts a lot of pressure on your defense, 318 00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:10.359 you know, when they haven't advantages three on two, two on ones, 319 00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:12.799 and sometimes one on zero. You know, So we just gotta be 320 00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:17.359 better with taking care of the basketball. Thought we had to ride in ten 321 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.920 tonight. You know, we didn't take advantage of the two on the ball 322 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:22.160 or the shows with Hero. We didn't do a good job of taking care 323 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:26.839 I mean, you know, taking advantage of that overall, you know shot 324 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:30.039 the ball pretty well and we just couldn't get those you know, key stops. 325 00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:32.799 I thought, Bam, you know got that little pocket pass drop all 326 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:36.920 pass, you know, consistently y'all night, and so we needed to do 327 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:42.759 a better job of cleaning that up at disappoints curious in the season because you've 328 00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:45.400 had a lot working against you. Guys are continuty on up. What do 329 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:48.480 you feel like he is do best right now? We talk a lot about 330 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:52.519 the frustration is and what it isn't up to your standard. Would you think 331 00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:56.319 he is do best for now? I'm not gonna answer that almost answered the 332 00:24:56.319 --> 00:25:03.799 wrong way, so I'm not gonna answer. So some frustration there, understandably 333 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:08.440 from the head coach. To question there from Andrew Griffe of the La Times, 334 00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:15.559 Jimmy Butler scored the last eight points for Miami, and he was picking 335 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:19.720 on either Luke Nard or Reggie Jackson just finding the mismatch. I'm not even 336 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:22.519 gonna say they played terrible defense. He's just too big, too strong, 337 00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:29.039 and was getting everything to go late, which is typically what he does. 338 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:34.200 But you heard from coach Loui. He said the same thing. Ten turnovers 339 00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:40.640 in the second half, ten of their sixteen in the second half. Clippers 340 00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:45.759 scored the ball well enough when they got shots up, when they weren't giving 341 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:49.640 it away. There were a lot of areas just like yesterday, where we 342 00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:52.319 say, damn, they played pretty well. But how they lose this game? 343 00:25:53.759 --> 00:26:00.119 Turnovers. It's been a thread, a theme, a narrative of storyline 344 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:07.200 all season long, and it's been killing them and just inconsistency within quarters and 345 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:14.640 within halves and between quarters because of those turnovers. I think throwing their offense 346 00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:19.440 at a rhythm at times and just keeping them from getting up more shot opportunities. 347 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:26.079 And then when you're not hitting shots, your defense suffers because you don't 348 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:30.759 get set on the other end. Tough loss for the Clippers in this one, 349 00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:34.599 then, admittedly I'm a little bit concerned. And that's a big game 350 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:40.400 now in Washington on Saturday, tip time at four pregame show right back here 351 00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:42.960 at three, we'll take a quick time out. We'll talk with William Updyke 352 00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:52.160 of Clips and Dip coming up next here on Clippers talk on the five upbreaking 353 00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:56.960 taking What was the moment I came and gave them with all of my fas 354 00:26:56.000 --> 00:27:00.000 and made a placement. How is the days? How mims the days? 355 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:03.319 Henny got it? Count it from distance, the odds on favorite to hoist 356 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:07.119 the Larry o'bright heavily can test it and it doesn't matter. On the home 357 00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:15.680 of your LA Clippers. Last time that fine chains on my neck, it 358 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:19.039 was no smart on my BRep. Last time that I Clippers lose by five 359 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:25.039 and back to back nights. This time final score one fifteen, one ten 360 00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:29.359 in favor of Miami. Welcome back into Clipper stock. I'm Adam Oslin's You're 361 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:32.039 on Amp five seventy LA Sports. We'll get back to your phone calls coming 362 00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:34.640 up eight sixty six ninety eight seven two five seventy. You can also get 363 00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:40.480 to me at follow Adam a get to this man at will Updyke on Twitter. 364 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:45.039 Does the clips in double dip right now tonight we call it clips and 365 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:48.559 dip during the week with myself, him and Charles Mockler will thanks for doing 366 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:51.880 this. Let's jump right into it. I gotta say it for the first 367 00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:55.720 time. I do have a little bit of concern with this Clippers team because 368 00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:59.240 of how tough the schedule is going to get. And at what point do 369 00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:04.799 these turnover not just become you know, a bad run or or just them 370 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:08.480 having trouble or issue early in the issues early in the season, but you 371 00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:12.400 know the pattern turns into bad habits, and that maybe this is who they 372 00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:15.079 are, a team that turns the basketball over a lot, because that has 373 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:19.119 been coming back to haunt them. Yeah, I mean, you know, 374 00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:23.480 it has been a part of this Clippers team, right like you know in 375 00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:29.240 this iteration with Kwai and Paul George, they have been a higher turnover team. 376 00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:33.759 But I agree things look so discombobulated right now. And you look at 377 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:37.680 a team, you know, like Miami who has gone through, you know, 378 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:41.839 their own struggles. I mean, they're sitting at ten in the East, 379 00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:45.960 but they're at least able to put that part of the game together, 380 00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:49.440 you know what I mean, even with their struggles from three, even with 381 00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:53.240 the offense not clicking where they want it to be or being exactly what they've 382 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:59.119 wanted been, they can at least keep themselves from beating themselves. And I 383 00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:03.599 think that that has got to be a huge, a huge question for all 384 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:08.480 Clippers fans uh and followers of the team because it shows right, it's not 385 00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:12.839 just in the box score. Things look discombobulated out there, and it's on 386 00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:18.079 both ends of the floor. I mean, this was just another game where 387 00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:25.119 I felt like key execution in moments was just so lacking, and and and 388 00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:30.000 continuity is definitely a factor, and I you know, we can only hope 389 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:33.160 that it will get better and they will click a little bit more as that 390 00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:38.319 as that time on the court continues to build. But right now, man, 391 00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:45.519 it is trouble. It is troublesome at best, and worries some uh 392 00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:51.039 probably at most realistic. Yeah, I think that's fair. I mean the 393 00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:55.640 pass over the head of Marcus Morris late in the fourth quarter from Paul George 394 00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:59.640 who did try to kind of will them to victory late had a quick five 395 00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:03.960 point it's had it to within three, did take a long three point or 396 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:07.240 some people had a problem with that shot. I mean, I've seen Paul 397 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:11.319 George make and take that shot. What did you think of it? Well, 398 00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:15.440 I I have no problem with that shot. I said the same thing 399 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:18.599 last night, you know, like even the shots. You know, Paul 400 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:22.839 George and Koilon are post shot like what just over twenty hive percent from the 401 00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:25.400 field. I didn't have a problem with any of the shots. I think 402 00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:27.200 that, you know, the biggest problem he had with Paul George's performance, 403 00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:30.920 Uh, and the first night of the back toback was just the shots that 404 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:33.799 he didn't take. He did take twenty in this one, and you know 405 00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:38.000 it was still relatively efficient. That's not a shot relatively efficient. He was 406 00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:42.119 very efficient. Uh that that's that's not a shot that I have a problem, 407 00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:48.279 especially with having the night that he's having. I don't know, man, 408 00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:51.599 Like you mentioned the turnovers, and I think the thing that we have 409 00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:53.799 to talk about it and yes, this was the second night of a back 410 00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:59.759 toback, but like just fatigue in general. You got three guys tied for 411 00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:03.759 them most turnovers, accounting for twelve of the sixteen turnovers, and I'm looking 412 00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:07.119 at Reggie Jackson with four of those he had. You know, he was 413 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:11.200 a second leading scorer for the Clippers. But man, some of those shifts 414 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:17.240 he was playing was absolutely brutal. He ended up playing thirty four minutes in 415 00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:21.359 this one, but he had clocked nearly twenty minutes in that first half, 416 00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:26.079 and you've just seen the fatigue sort of set in on some of these guys. 417 00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:30.559 And it's so difficult because yes, you do have players, you know, 418 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:33.160 you know that you need to rest. You have Kauai, you have 419 00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:37.200 John wall who's being restaurant. Back to that, We've had guys in and 420 00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:41.480 out for illness. But man, they need to find a way to get 421 00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:44.759 some of these other guys a little bit of rest so they can get some 422 00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:48.640 sort of form back. Because Reggie, you know, had a solid game, 423 00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:52.200 but I just think in watching him on the floor, especially on the 424 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:57.079 defensive end, the fatigue is getting to be insurmountable for some of these guys. 425 00:31:57.240 --> 00:32:01.400 And like that was huge for the Heat tonight, right, Like they 426 00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:07.559 scored at will in the paint, Like that was unbelievable. That's another thing 427 00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:12.640 for the Clippers, right We're struggling to create those sort of easy looks, 428 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:16.079 whereas the Heat, I mean, they were waltzon into shots in the paint. 429 00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:20.319 I think they outscored They outscored the Clippers by what it was, it 430 00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:23.559 was fifty eight to thirty two to thirty two in the paint like that, 431 00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:29.079 and you watched it and you felt it man like that, like they were 432 00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:34.920 undeniable there and we just don't have that, like we we don't have that 433 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:37.759 thing to lean on offensively, And as good as this defense has been, 434 00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:43.720 you can't stop everything, you know, well, and we've talked about this 435 00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:46.720 a lot, but I think their defensive rating is a little bit inflated because 436 00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:52.759 of the competition. And now they played back to back teams that were both 437 00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:57.680 bottom five offensively and they've given up big points one fifteen and one sixteen. 438 00:32:57.759 --> 00:33:00.720 Now the one sixteen also had five extra minutes in it yesterday in Orlando. 439 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:04.519 Okay, that's fair. But the Miami Heat, as you mentioned, we're 440 00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:07.799 struggling. They've had a ton of injuries. We didn't even know if Jimmy 441 00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:10.559 Butler was going to play in this one, but they were without Duncan Robinson 442 00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:14.720 and some of their guys, and they just found away. Caleb Martin has 443 00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:19.279 that sixteen point second quarter, He finished with just seventeen, and so he 444 00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:22.480 regrets in the meat. Eventually, he went four for four from three in 445 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:27.119 that second quarter. But one of those guys that all that will be remembered 446 00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:30.880 as a Clippers killer or somebody who certainly influenced the game going into the Miami 447 00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:36.640 Heat's favor and this one eventually. But you know, you mentioned the fatigue 448 00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:39.480 on this team, and I'm just wondering. We just haven't seen a lot 449 00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:43.319 of wingstop this season, and I know part of the reason is because Kawhi 450 00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:45.960 Leonard's not out there, and they want to do it when they can play 451 00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:50.160 a little bit bigger where you have guys who are six six to six nine 452 00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:53.839 in height, and Kawhi helps there. But Robert Covington plays just seven minutes 453 00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:57.359 in the first half of this one and that's it. He doesn't get back 454 00:33:57.400 --> 00:34:00.599 into the ball game, and you talk about guys who were slowing down later 455 00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:02.599 on. I just thought it was a little bit of a head scratcher that 456 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:06.559 he didn't get back in, especially because he had a really good game yesterday 457 00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:09.440 and I thought he looked active early on in this one. I know, 458 00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:14.760 and it's really hard for me to not think about this, but you know, 459 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:17.480 you see those like critical errors from Robert coming to the moments like the 460 00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:22.239 turnover. Uh, certainly that the board in the game earlier. I really 461 00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:27.920 hope that that isn't something that's like weighing into his actual like minutes thing, 462 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:31.400 because I just at this point, it's it's like you said, head scratcher 463 00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:36.239 is the perfect word. And also like in some of his utilizations, like 464 00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:38.880 I don't get why we're still running so many guards out there once again, 465 00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:45.639 like due to fatigue that short Reggie's like Reggie's first short break was due to 466 00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:50.000 like run out another three guard lineup, which did end up getting a little 467 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:52.880 bit of juice going. But I just think on the defensive end, it's 468 00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:57.760 too much to ask and I don't know, we like the depths of this 469 00:34:57.800 --> 00:35:01.760 team is so lauded, right, it's it's what makes this team theoretically so 470 00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:07.199 equipped to deal with the riggins of the season and a postseason. But I 471 00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:13.800 mean, for me, there's just real questions about if you're not actually utilizing 472 00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:17.199 that depth, then what is the point you know, like it does does 473 00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:21.199 that mean that there is a move on the horizon? Because you know, 474 00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:23.199 you and Hi and our co host Charles and Mockler, I think we're all 475 00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:29.679 on the same page that Like, it's really really hard to imagine this team 476 00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:36.239 needing any extra reinforcements giving everything that they have, But I do want to 477 00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:38.000 say this. I do want to say this one thing because I know, 478 00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:42.800 you know, you pointed out the quivers are down to have lost what four 479 00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:45.480 of the last five they have lost four or five. But the reason I'm 480 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:50.159 more concerned than anything is they've had the easiest schedule so far this season, 481 00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:53.559 or the second easiest schedule, and they're about to have the toughest schedule and 482 00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:58.519 there are one game above five. The one thing I will say, the 483 00:35:58.519 --> 00:36:04.920 one thing that we can say, though we have not gotten consecutive games of 484 00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:10.599 Kauai, Paul George and Norman Powell right like, it's you know, it's 485 00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:19.480 not all over yet. But man, you know the team has said vocally 486 00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:22.639 publicly they're not where they want to be this far end of the season. 487 00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:25.280 You know, we all know watching they're not where they need to be this 488 00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:30.840 far end of the season. My one hope is that just with like a 489 00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:35.920 little bit of continuity, they can kind of start to fill in these gaps. 490 00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:39.480 And I do think it's possible they could click in and look very different 491 00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:45.000 all of a sudden, just by having those guys available playing next to one 492 00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:49.800 another. Norman Powell was playing really one of the best stretches of his career. 493 00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:52.239 Right before he got hurt. The twenty two point fourth quarter might have 494 00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:55.360 been the most oppressive quarter he's ever had, I'm sure for it was a 495 00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:59.719 scoring high for him going up against Portland, and then he gets hurt, 496 00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:02.519 and Terrence Mann just went first season hive nineteen and then he gets hurt at 497 00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:07.800 the very end of the game in overtime. It's just been a brutal start 498 00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:12.360 so far for the Clippers, and there have been some some moves that some 499 00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:15.880 people are saying are confounding, just with how they've used Robert Covington. I 500 00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:20.559 mean, a mere coffee gets a DNP in this one and the Clippers fall 501 00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:24.159 by five in Miami to the Heat one fifteen to one ten. But look, 502 00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:29.960 we trust and Steve baumb Or the front office, coach Low and this 503 00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:32.199 roster and these players. They just got to get them all on the court 504 00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:37.639 together once again. William Updyke, I'm sure we'll be together on Eclips and 505 00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:40.840 Dip podcast very soon with Charles Mockler, my friend, thanks for doing Eclips 506 00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:45.840 and Double Dip tonight here on Clippers Talk. Absolutely absolutely, and you didn't 507 00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:50.039 mention the schedule. I just want to say one last thing. It cuts 508 00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:54.639 both ways. Sometimes iron sharpens iron, my friend, But I'll leave you 509 00:37:54.679 --> 00:38:00.480 with that fair point. Usually a tougher opponent brings out the best in the 510 00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:06.400 Clippers certainly gonna get that. Monday Night against the Boston Celtics. They're gonna 511 00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:09.119 have to be more battle tested, but they lose by five in Miami. 512 00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:13.760 We'll close things out and give you a preview. What's gonna happen in DC 513 00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:17.199 against the Wizards on Saturday next here on Clippers Talk on m five seventy l 514 00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:29.599 A Sports count it from distance, the odds on favorite to hoist a Larry 515 00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:32.400 o'bright heavily can test it and it doesn't matter. On the home of your 516 00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:43.679 LA Clippers, Clippers lose by five. Stop me if you've heard this one 517 00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:47.360 before this time. The final score was one fifteen, one ten, Miami 518 00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:52.119 getting the victory in Miami Clippers one and two on this four game road trip, 519 00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:58.559 it ends on Saturday in DC. More on that, but first we 520 00:38:58.639 --> 00:39:01.199 got Mike in Los Angeles, US calling in here on Clippers Talk. Mike, 521 00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:07.599 what's up, Hey, Adam, I'm I say I'm concerned. H 522 00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:12.639 this just this just does not feel this season just does not feel right. 523 00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:17.559 You know, we came in with championship expectations and it just almost seems like, 524 00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:23.360 you know, there's this too cool for school attitude. It would like 525 00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:27.519 be nice to see, you know, a little more urgency from the organization 526 00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:30.400 as a whole. Well, what would that look like? How does that 527 00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:39.360 manifest itself? What does that mean to you? Well, it means first 528 00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:44.920 of all, cutting down on the turnovers. Sometimes sometimes you know, be 529 00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:50.840 quick, don't hurry is the phrase. Sometimes turnovers come because they're playing a 530 00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:58.519 little bit too hard. Yeah, maybe maybe, yep, what else, 531 00:39:58.599 --> 00:40:05.239 Mike, No, it's just that, you know, also the Yeah, 532 00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:08.079 obviously you know, we can't do anything about injuries, but it's just like, 533 00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:15.159 I don't know, there's just something that feels very, very frustrating. 534 00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:20.199 What can I say, Well, the lack of availability from guys and how 535 00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:23.320 you know, Man has a great game, they lose, he gets hurt. 536 00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:27.280 At the very end, it looked like, hopefully he's back on Saturday, 537 00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:31.679 hopefully he's okay. In concussion protocols, that can lead to frustration. 538 00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:38.880 Kawi being in and out not his fault, it's just the way it is 539 00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:44.719 right now. But that can be frustrating. Here's the Clippers injury recap from 540 00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:47.800 this season, courtesy if our friend Joey Lynn. Once again, Kawhi plays 541 00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:52.079 two games, miss is the next twelve. Kawhi returns, Kenard gets hurt, 542 00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:55.360 Kawhi and PG play two games, Paul George gets hurt, next game, 543 00:40:55.440 --> 00:41:00.760 Kawhi gets hurt, Kawhi and PG miss next six games before they return. 544 00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:04.960 Norm gets hurt, Kawhi, PG and Luke all return, Terrence Man 545 00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:08.840 gets hurt. That's the type of year it's been so far. Now you 546 00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:15.679 would hope of averages something that they have better luck the next you know, 547 00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:22.079 sixty five percent of the season, you would hope and Kawhi could be back 548 00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:28.039 on Saturday. I do think it was encouraging that Paul George played both games 549 00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:30.280 on the back to back and played great in this one. Got up twenty 550 00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:35.599 shots, just like I asked for. I had a fourteen point third quarter, 551 00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:39.199 had seven points in the fourth quarter, tried to drag them back into 552 00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:44.519 it when they were down eight late with a quick five oh run. Just 553 00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:47.559 not enough. Clippers, too many turnovers, too many mistakes right now. 554 00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:52.360 So if it's understandable, different guys are out there, but at some point 555 00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:57.360 you gotta build up that chemistry, you gotta have that familiarity so the turnovers 556 00:41:57.400 --> 00:42:00.599 stop. Look, you're likely gonna have twelve a game. Best teams in 557 00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:04.960 the league only turning over twelve a game or teams that are the best in 558 00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:10.039 that category. It's the unforced live ball turnovers that are really killing the Clippers. 559 00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:15.400 Just sloppy play, bizarre turnovers that can be corrected. That's the other 560 00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:21.079 side of it, easily. They just have to focus in and lock in 561 00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:25.079 more because offensively they have been better when they're not turning the basketball over. 562 00:42:25.119 --> 00:42:30.599 While they're only twenty eighth in offense and fifth defensively on the season, they 563 00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:35.960 have been much better than twenty eighth recently. And I will say this one 564 00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:40.280 more piece of optimism here before we get out. With Kawhi Leonard playing and 565 00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:46.280 not even playing close to his best basketball are looking like himself much so far 566 00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:50.920 this season. In seven games with Kawhi, they're five and two, and 567 00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:54.679 with Kawhi, who is on a man's restriction, playing around twenty four per 568 00:42:54.719 --> 00:43:00.320 game so far, but he did play thirty against Orlando the other night yesterday, 569 00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:06.079 so hopefully that means the raison, that ceiling the amount of minutes he 570 00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:08.360 can play, and he'll be able to go on Saturday against the Wizards, 571 00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:13.159 because that's going to be a big one. Now, Clippers and Wizards tip 572 00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:16.079 time Saturday at four. We'll have Clippers countdown for you, starting at three. 573 00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:22.800 Wizards, by the way, they've lost seven of eight. Can't take 574 00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:28.280 him lightly. Miami had lost three or four, Orlando had lost nine strads 575 00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:32.199 and the Clippers could certainly score before we get out of here. I do 576 00:43:32.280 --> 00:43:37.760 want to thank the Clippers organization, Noah Eagle, Brian Seaman, Ralph Lawlor, 577 00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:40.679 Big Brother, Jake Warner, Katie Newton, Zacho Quality. I'm atam 578 00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:57.800 Oslins. We will talk to you on Saturday. This has been Clippers Talked, 579 00:43:58.159 --> 00:44:01.800 a postgame conversation about It's your LA Clippers with Adam Oslam. If you 580 00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:07.159 like the show, subscribe to Clippers Talk on the iHeart Radio, wapp or 581 00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:10.880 wherever you podcast. They have the best team. This team has those championship 582 00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:15.800 ingredients. They have some of that DNA. We can see it. 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