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Clippers, they're locking in every game every night. Adam Oslan make it nine
in a row and fourteen wins in their last seventeen ballgames. As the Clippers
win in Dallas one twenty to one eleven. Welcome into your postgame locker room
show. I'm Adam Oslin. Coming up. We'll have second half highlights,
your postgame box score, and Clippers Talk on AM five seventy LA Sports.
But first back out to American Airlines Center with your radio voice of the Clippers
in Carlo Jimenez. As you said, Carlo asking you shall receive Kawhi Leonard
in the fourth, we said, hey, just get him the ball and
get out of the way. He was four of six with ten points and
also a beautiful dish to Norman Powell for the and one who had eight of
his twenty one points down the stretch. Those two have been phenomenal in clutch
time, and the Clippers get another close victory when they had to have it
and the tiebreaker over the Dallas Mavericks. Now in the season series, this
one is double sweet. You win your ninth straight, you have the tiebreaker,
and the claw took you the distance. With the way Norman Powell attacks
the pay like Kawhi Leonard does, they just put so much pressure on your
defense. A double team comes, They're still going to attack the lane.
Then they could kick out to a three point shooter and Adam, they were
excellent tonight down the stretch, as they have been all season. Norman Powell
came into this one shooting fifty two percent from three in the fourth quarter.
He was clutch big time again. Great teams win close games late. The
Clippers are five and zero in games in which it's under five with five minutes
left after being two to seven in the month of November. What a turnaround,
what a performance. And the Clippers tested once again and they pass once
again with flying colors. There was a time just about a month ago,
Carlow where I felt like the Clippers had forgotten how to win games. Now
they've forgotten how to lose games nine straight, fourteen of seventeen, hottest team
in the league. You mentioned big shots late. How about those three pointers
from James Harden, I mean, when it's time to get a big three
James Delippers every single time. He's like Amazon when you have a birthday coming
up and you need quick delivery. James Harden, prime time, Adam Ouslin,
big time buckets late. He was excellent and found his teammates. I
think you gotta give a lot of credit to Jason Kidd in that fourth quarter,
because what Dallas did is they took the ball out of his hands.
They said, we want somebody else bringing the ball up. We want the
offense initiated by somebody else, and it really slowed things down for the Clippers.
They weren't able to get that first trigger of their offense till about fourteen
seconds on the shot clock. But they adjusted. They were able to move
their chess pieces the right way, and the Cairo practor is no ego Eagle
calls him, ty Lou was able to find the right lineup to finish the
deal. How about a mere coffee. I mean he played late game basketball
and was fantastic on the defensive end. This guy was out of the rotation
completely until the last five days, five to six days, and he comes
in and has an impact where he has a big three pointer or late as
well to put the Clippers back up by one and ends up playing thirty nine
minutes without Paul George. Tonight, he stepped up once again. He was
so good, big time threes, five rebounds with three assists and the steal
and able to not foul out after picking up that fifth foul with significant time
left on the clock. It was fun to watch. The Clippers were able
to win tonight with that small ball lineup, something that we haven't been able
to say, something that went to a lot during that losing streak and ended
up with losses. But without PG tonight, they went small and they got
It't done against Dallas and Adam Ouslin. You've won nine, you got two
on this road trip. But it's time to get greedy. It's time to
get one more tomorrow in Oklahoma City. Yeah, against another one of the
best teams in the Western Conference with a ton of young talent, of course,
a guy we know very well, and Shay gilgis Alexander. It's not
gonna be easy to swift to sweep the road trip. But the Clippers have
been so good now over the last three weeks, Carlo, You're starting to
feel like every night this team has a chance to win. And you mentioned
coach lou going small at the end of the game, matching what Jason Kidd
was doing. But the Clippers simply out talented them. They outwork them late.
And that defensive strategy against James Harden that Jason Kidd tried to throw at
them, blitzing, firing, that's what the Clippers do against Luka Doncic,
And in this one, Luca just nine of twenty five from the field with
twenty eight points. As he had been averaging forty per game in the last
seven against the Clippers. You'll take twenty eight from Luca any day the week.
And the adjustments in the second half, I mean, Adam he had
seven second half points. Seven for Luka Doncic, I mean that's unheard of.
He didn't score in the third quarter. The Clippers were able to lock
him down all those different looks. I thought Russell Westbrook was great in that
third quarter at making sure he didn't catch the ball, making sure he wasn't
comfortable with the basketball. The Clippers once again were able to turn a star
player on another team into a non factor here tonight. Yes, he comes
away with the triple double, but it's not the Doncic that we're used to,
scoring forty with thirteen assists and fifteen rebounds. The Clippers will take a
twenty eight point triple double. Sounds insane, but they will take that every
time against Luka Doncic and Dallas, and they were able to come away with
a win. He had to work for it and showed a little bit of
frustration late, missing free throws uncharacteristically just eight of fourteen at the charity stripe.
Luka Doncich looked human. Kali Leonard did for a moment, and then
the fourth quarter started and he took the Clippers home. Clippers win one to
one eleven over the Dallas Mavericks. As Carlo mentioned, front end of a
back to back. They'll finish off this three game road trip tomorrow in Oklahoma
City. Tip time for that one's at five. We got your pregame shows
starting at four. Carlo Amennez, great call as always, Let's keep it
rolling. Oh I can't wait for the next one at him let's keep it
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Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight. Sixty six nine eight
seven two five seventy is the phone number. Clippers led by as many as
twenty two, but Dallas went on a nine to two run the last couple
minutes of the second quarter, and it was just a sixty seven fifty six
Clippers lead twenty four minutes in the third quarter. Was not kind to them.
Once again, they did not close it off well. They were only
up by two heading into the fourth at eighty five to eighty three. And
I believe Kawhi Leonard, who came in around the seven minute mark of the
fourth quarter, and when he did, the Clippers were down by one at
ninety eight to ninety seven. But the Claw is a closer and he is
built for these moments. Harding fines Man at the top libs Leonard, leaps
and finishes with a two handed hammer. Leonard on the far wing, working
it into the body Downhill drives what's the defense right handed layup for their claw,
Leonard on the air base line, Jam's right takes it baseline and a
left handed flush time out Jason Kidd. The Claw makes it one sixteen to
one ten. Straddling the near wing, Leonard with a basketball spins baseline,
eurosteps left in and finish, singing and tagging for two. The Claw dances
to the rim. It's a one eighteen one ten Clipper lead. Kawhi went
four of six for his ten points down the stretch in the fourth quarter,
including a beautiful assist to Norman Powell for the and one. He was three
of three in the final period. He had eight points. The Clippers outscored
the Dallas Mavericks thirty five to twenty eight and win one twenty to one eleven
in Big d They make it fourteen wins in their last seventeen ball games and
nine straight Clippers right back at it tomorrow in Oka. See more on that
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Audio Network. Clippers win one twenty to one to eleven in Dallas over the
Mavericks. How appropriate is this? They win by nine to make it nine
straight victories and fourteen wins in their last seventeen ball games. Welcome back into
your Clippers postgame show. I'm at a Mosland. Clippers end up shooting fifty
six percent from the field, just thirty five percent from the outside, but
they hold Dallas to forty three percent from the floor, thirty three percent from
deep, and outscored them in that fourth quarter thirty five to twenty eight.
And in the last three minutes twelve three Clippers in clutch time have been stepping
up left and right, and the claw was moving left and right. Oh
that left handed dunk straddling the baseline and finding Norman Pals of the basket for
the and one in the fourth quarter unreal. Kawhi leads them with thirty.
Meanwhile, Luca was just nine to twenty five for twenty eight points. I
told you it was gonna come down to Kawhi versus Luca on x at follow
adam Ay it did. Kawhi was better down the stretch, just like he
was in those two first round matchups. Clippers win one twenty to one eleven.
There'll be an okay see tomorrow, trying to make it ten straight.
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on Henry right now your host on your home For the Clippers, they were
in attack mode. Adam Ousley. My first year with the Clippers, they
went through a nine game losing streak. I prefer this. Clippers have one
ninth straight as they win by nine in Dallas over the Mavericks one twenty to
one eleven, and they've won fourteen of their last seventeen games all since that
change to the starting lineup. We welcome in a Clipper sock. I'm Adam
Osland eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight sixty six nine eight
seven two five seventy is the phone number, or you can get to me
on x at follow Adam a coming up on the show. We got postgame
audio from the players and coach Lou and Chuck Mockler from Clips and Dip will
join me. Gutsy Win. The Clippers were up by twenty two in the
first half and they let it slip end of the second quarter. Dallas goes
on a nine to two run, back to back three pointers to end the
first half from Tim Hardaway Junior, and the Clippers are only up by eleven
going into the break. They had given away all the momentum and Dallas took
it harnessed it. Had it in the third quarter as well. At one
point they were on a twenty two to four run, and the Clippers ended
up losing that third quarter twenty seven to eighteen. They got some buckets early
in the fourth, but then Dallas would continue to knock down shots from the
outside. Hardy with a big three pointer to bring him to within two.
Then you had Dante Exam knock down a three pointer to take the lead at
ninety five to ninety four with eight thirty one left. James Harden would retaliate
with a three pointer of his own, went back to back from the outside,
but in between that, Hardy made another one. So the Clippers led
one hundred to ninety eight at the seven to zh three mark. But Kawhi
Leonard then got to work. He and Norman Powell took this team home.
Kawhi Leonard, your superstar who's been playing outside joelmbat at least like the best
player in the league once again, best player in the Western Conference in December,
no doubt about that. He drops ten points down the stretch, all
coming from who the four minute mark. That can't be right, can it?
It might be right. Don't ever question the claw. Don't look a
gift horse in the mouth. Kawhi Leonard catches an aloud from Terrence Man,
two handed dunk, then a nice layup believe with the left hand. Then
he dunked it with the left hand, and all of a sudden, at
the minute forty seven mark of the fourth, the Clippers are pulling away.
It's one sixteen one ten. Kawhi gets another layup, it's one eighteen one
ten. He knocks down free throws, and it's one twenty one ten,
and the Clippers and the game on. I want to say a thirteen make
it twelve three run. And it was a lot of the claw. Kawhi
Leonard playing other worldly basketball. I haven't recalculated now his last eleven games.
As the last ten coming into this one, he was shooting sixty three percent
from the field, fifty seven percent from the outside. Pretty good, pretty
pretty good. Not bad. You had a six game run where only Larry
Bird matched his shooting numbers back in nineteen eighty six. Over six games.
That's good company, Larry Legend. Kawhi is the top seventy five player too.
And there's not many guys I would take over him in crunch time,
not many guys I'd take over him in a seven game series. This is
your number one option. He's reasserted himself as that guy over the last three
weeks. Starr of the season, Paul George was the best player for this
Clippers team. Not Able to go tonight, flew like symptoms. I guess
nor morem Pal had him two, but as Kenny Smith would say, he
was sick with it. He was sick out there all right. Thirty one
minutes for norm Pal off the bench, twenty one points, eight of those
coming in the fourth quarter, three of six from distance. Stepped up,
got downhill, got to the basket. He's been shooting fifty four percent in
fourth quarters from three. Those two guys are two of the biggest reasons the
Clippers turned things around in clutch time, or at one point they were two
and seven in games decided in the last five minutes, within within five points.
That's clutch time, last five minutes, within five points. It came
down to that again tonight and the Clippers pulled away when it mattered most.
They stepped up. James Harden with those two big three pointers in the fourth
quarter. I know it wasn't twenty one points in the fourth like he had
in four minutes and nine seconds Monday night in Indianapolis, but a mere Coffee
also hitting a clutch three when they needed it in the fourth quarter, the
guy who stepped in admirably again for Paul George. It's one o eight,
one oh six Dallas with three forty six left, and a mere Coffee puts
the Clippers back up by one with a big three off the assist from Kawhi
Leonard, who had the assistant Norman Powell for the n one as well.
Kawhi just controlled the game down the stretch. I said at follow outa maeon
X, It's gonna come down to Kawhi versus Luca. Basically, who's gonna
outduel the other guy? Oh, it was the claw. Luca was out
there missing free throws. It was bizarre. He only had twenty eight against
the Clippers after averaging forty against them the last seven matchups. The Clippers were
still four and three. But here's the biggest thing about this game. I
said it in the pregame introduction. This determined the head to head tiebreaker in
the Western Conference standings, and it could come down to that later in the
year. Seating wise, the Clippers take the season series two games to one.
If they see Dallas again, it'll have to be in the playoffs.
I know nobody would want to see that. I know they didn't have Kyrie,
but the Clippers were without Paul George, and you had a mere Coffee
play in thirty nine minutes, getting twelve points, five boards, three assists,
fearless putting up shots from the outside. I know Terrence Man has been
struggling from three, only took two of them, did hit one. The
confidence will come around. But he was also good down the stretch. Some
people were getting to me on Twitter saying, oh, they got to replace
Terrence Man with a mere Coffee in the starting lineup. Guys, if it
ain't broke, don't fix it. The starting lineup has been phenomenal over the
last seventeen games, and a couple of them you can't count because Paul George
wasn't available. But overall, this new starting lineup with Terrence Man in the
backcourt next to James Harden is too good. And Terrence Man has been cold,
and they still over fourteen games now with James Hard and Paul George,
Kawhi, Leonard of Viza Zubats and Terrence Man in the starting lineup are shooting
fifty three percent from the field with those guys and forty three percent from the
outside. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, don't overthink it.
Yeah, you want to get greedy and win tomorrow. And okay, see
you don't want to get greedy and start making moves just based upon a mere
coffee playing a couple of games last week. Don't get me wrong. You
know I'm a mere as big ast fan, been asking for him to get
minutes going back six weeks now when everyone was saying, uh, we lost
all our wings. They all went to Philly. I was screaming, A
mirror is still on the team. That trade with him going to Boston was
nixed from Malcolm Brogdon. He's still here. Use him. And then all
of a sudden he starts for Paul George against the Golden State Warriors is huge.
They didn't want to guard him. He made him pay from the outside,
knocking down four to three pointers and had eighteen points. But since then,
the last two games coming into tonight, he got those Kobe Brown minutes,
he got that run coming off the bench. I thought he was solid.
He just blended in. He only had three points in those thirty five
minutes against New York against the Indiana Pacers. But tonight, back in the
starting lineup for Paul George, thirty nine minutes, three of six from the
field, two of five from distance, twelve points, five personals, but
a clutch three or I don't know if they win this game without him,
but you don't want to rock the boat too much. It doesn't mean he
should replace Terrence Man, who had a clutch floater over Luka Doncic to make
it one four to one oh two with five twenty left. His switch ability,
his point of attack defense, the way he cuts to the basket,
the way he blends in with the starting lineup, not trying to do too
much because he doesn't need to. When you have James Harden, Paul George,
and Kawhi Leonard out there, that's enough scoring. Sit back, do
the little things that help you win. And I think Russell Westbrook did a
lot of that tonight too. Again, I put this tweet out earlier today,
but I knew with Paul George being questionable with Norman Powell being questionable,
I said, well, it looks like we're gonna get some Russell Westbrook James
Harden lineups. Overall, they've been ineffective over the last sixteen games coming into
this one, in one hundred and twenty four minutes since that starting lineup changed
with Russ coming off the bench. When he and Hardmo were on the floor,
they were still a minus seven. But over the last week or so,
if you just go off the last eight games coming into tonight in forty
one minutes to play those two out there a plus three and the Clippers shooting
fifty three forty percent from the outside with them two on the floor, something
was percolating. Maybe the tide was turning. Maybe it's just when you're winning
and dominating like this. Of course, all the numbers are gonna look good
for every lineup, but I thought, Okay, no Paul George, maybe
no Norman Powell. They're gonna have to go to it. And guess what
happened. They were a plus sixteen in their fourteen minutes tonight. Those two
on the court together by far the best they have played together as Clippers.
That's according to fly by Night Justin Rousseau, who's got all the lineup data.
They won the game because of that lineup, and they played him next
to Tice and a Mere and Man and Powell. I know that's six guys,
but a Mer and Man got switched in and out with the other four,
so they were shooting out there. There were spacing because Russell Westbrook,
that's not how he thrives. That's not as great as Asset his shooting.
But he had a nice kickout to Kawhi early on. He had an offensive
board to Kawhi Leonard put back that ended up being a layup in the second
quarter, a layup in the third for Russ. He ended up making some
really critical plays, and I just I like that energy in the spark plug
he brings off the bench. That's how I put it. He guarded Luca
and picked him up full court in the first half. That's how Luca ends
up going nine for twenty five in that first quarter. He saw Harden on
him, a mirror on him, Man on him, Kawhi on him,
Russ on him, Zubots on him. You got to change levels and be
unpredictable against great players. And not let them get comfortable. But I thought
Russ was just dogging him at times. And remember when they held Dallas to
eighty eight back at Crypto a few weeks ago, on the second nd of
back to back, Russ was going at Luka Doncic late in that fourth quarter
and screaming, go right at him. That's what you gotta do against Luka
Doncic and Nikola Jokich, make him work defensively. And hey, Terrence Man
and Luka Doncic, with their history, they had a moment in this game.
They originally called it an offensive foul and Luka Doncics go into the basket
where Terrence Man went flying off the off arm of Luca but he was out
of position. They reviewed it, they called it a blocking foul and those
two actually were smiling afterwards for once. If you don't know the history,
it goes back to a game in Vancouver in the preseason where I believe it
was Terrence Man ripping the ball away after a blown whistle from Luka Doncic.
He didn't like it. There was some pushing and shoving. Terrence Man put
his forearm into the neck of Luka Doncics, so there's been bad blood since
and then you parlay that into these teams playing twice in back to back years
in a first round series. A lot of animosity, a lot of emotions
in a game like this tonight, and a lot on the line because it
determined the tie breaker in the head to head matchup. Big Clippers victory again
one to one eleven. They make it nine straight. Ali and Lancaster start
things off tonight here on Clipper Stock without a mauson what's up? Ali?
Yeah? Man? Today is a big day, the very big day.
Very happy man. There's been a lot of happy days with this Clippers team
recently, right, Ali, Yeah, man, very very happy. All
right, enjoy it, celebrate it. Lenny in Inglewood. You're on clipper
Stock without a mausin, Lenny, what's up? What's up? First of
all, you got to start playing some Warren g I want it all,
sock shoes and draw That's what we are out with a baby. We want
it all. That's why I was telling you last time. We got to
start. You know, yes, we all want the championship. But if
I think we have to be like Kawhi, you know he's keeping He's just
building the momentum and every game, every player in possession, and he's stacking
him. He's stacking him. Now he's being mentioned in the MVP category.
So to me, we got to get I would love, like I said,
I would love for Tyler Wood coach at All Star All Star Team at
break because I think I think we and I told you I don't. I
don't fear none of these teams that we were playing on this three game stens.
Now I think, Okay, he's gonna be the biggest challenge because they
know that has been the team that I've identified, and I do fear,
not just because of where they're at now, but because of where they could
be going. Because of all the first round picks they have. They can
make a deal for anyone. Yes. Absolutely, Now I'm backing off of
because I said the last time coffee started because as long as time Lou gives
him the minutes, we're good. And that's the most important thing is that
he you know, parents, man, we get it. The kid stays
in the picture. He's always gonna be the fan favorite, you know whatever.
He's good, but he dug me. He hasn't been yanky with that
shot of late. But you know he comes through, but coffee is real
comfortable. He's comfortable, he's starting. He doesn't need a lot to get
comfortable. And like I said, he's a big dude. He's six seven.
I mean, Adam, look at it, man. We walk into
the gym with damn near one hundred points on the board between Harden, Kawhi,
PG, and Powell and a couple just if they just hit their averages,
we're almost We're almost at nineties, close to one hundred. So that's
a hard team to stop. Baby, I mean, we're hitting one hundred
points in three quarters. You know. I hope that Pg's okay because we
gonna need it in the morow. Is there any any indication he's gonna be
playing them? An? I hope he's okay, and I hope Kawhi is
okay, as he did come up holding that left hip before you knock down
those two free throws with I think just under a minute left. Uh,
don't have an update yet, but we'll hear from coach lou in a little
bit money. So thanks for the teas, Okay, Well, my last
point is I think that, like I said, even last year, man,
I wasn't fully on board because, like I said, I've never seen
in all my years of watching if the championship team does not go on a
run during the regular season where they stack six seven games in a row.
I don't believe it, because it's something that builds cohesion, that builds confidence,
that builds chemistry. They begin to know each other. And now we're
at nine. So here's the deal. We can lose to Detroit Pistons for
twelve, but we need eleven. We gotta get okay See, and we
gotta get Boston. I don't care who that twelve game is, don't give
a damn, but we gotta get okay See. We gotta get Boston because
now just starting to talk Stephen Smith, Stephen A Smith, not only one.
Rick Buker is still saying, I don't believe it. The Clippers blah
blah blah. And you know what, it's fine, ca Ole stephen A
Smith, can k I played a clip. You know what I'm gonna I'm
gonna play my NBA update in a little bit here of what I said earlier
today because I called him out because a month ago he was so down on
the Clippers and then yesterday he goes they're the biggest threat to the Denver Nuggets.
It's like, Okay, where was that energy before? Are you gonna
apologize for all the nasty things you said? Are you gonna do? Are
you gonna apologize? Lenny, listen to this. Stephen A. Smith last
season sold said Kawhi Leonard should retire. He said, Kawhi Leonard should retire.
He has no credibility whatsoever. I don't even want to mention his name.
I don't even want to dignify it anymore than I already have with the
response. I'm with you on that. I'm with you on that. I'm
good with that anyway. Like I said, we gotta get to eleven.
I don't care if we lose the Detroit Pistons of twelve, but we gotta.
We gotta play the Celtics, and we got and we gotta whoop that
trait. That's all I got to say. All right, man, keep
doing your thing out of it, all right, Lenny, We'll take a
time out here. Kawhi Leonard had all ten points in the fourth quarter within
a three minute stretch, and that was the difference. Here you go,
Lenny, here's that Warren g Clippers making nine straight fourteen of seventeen, and
I'm telling you they can still get better offensively with James Harden. They're just
scratching the surface. Anyone who didn't want James Harden before, where are you
at tonight? Anyone like Steven A calling out the Clippers? Are you apologizing?
Are you admitting that you were wrong? Don't tell me you don't see
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This is the LA Clippers Audio network. You know what I like most about
this performance from Kawhi. He wasn't on a heater until the fourth, goes
four of six with his ten points in the span of three minutes, and
was blowing by defenders like Derek Jones Junior going baseline, left handed, layup,
left handed dunk. The feed is he just tight roped the baseline to
find Norman Powell for the and one. The explosiveness from Kawhi and now new
numbers. Over his last eleven games, He's at sixty two percent from the
field and fifty two percent from three unreal. You're listening to clipperstock. I'm
out of Moslin after they win one twenty so one eleven in Dallas over the
Mavericks. It's nine straight victories for the Clippers and they've won fourteen of their
last seventeen ball game. Sean in Inglewood. From Lenny and Inglewood to Sean
and Inglewood. You guys ever hang out now. I don't know the guy,
but hey, he seems like a nice guy. Gotta tell you,
Adam, this is the best Kawhi has been played, I think since he's
come to LA I mean, really, that is the championship Kawhi that we've
always waited for. Well, hold on Sean, hold on Sean. In
twenty twenty one, before he tore the ACL in the playoffs, he shot
over sixty percent in the first round against Dallas on thirty points per game.
Nobody had done that in a playoff series since Shaquille O'Neal in the year two
thousand in the NBA Finals. He was absolutely the best player in the playoffs
in twenty twenty one before the torny ACL. That's the best thing right now.
This kind of ties what he did then no, it doesn't tie playoff
performances. It's still the regular season. You're not the a. Regular season
wins do not usurp playoff floids. I'm sorry, seaw that's not the same
thing. The forty five point game he had on the road in Dallas in
Game six and a must win situation or else the Clippers are going home.
That's the best version of Kawhi ever. But you can say this is the
best regular season of him in a Clippers uniform. You see, this is
what I love about you. You know, you let let me talk and
I get one word out, and you critique you with everything I say.
Well, only if you're wrong, Sean, you're wrong. You have forty
five points the playoff game against Dallas in a must win situation. You can't
say these games are more meaningful than that. I'm sorry. I'm not saying
that they're more meaningful. I'm saying over the stretch of time, the last
ten games, he's been awesome. That's all. But I did want to
make a point that I bet you that Adam Silver regrets not putting the Clippers
on for Christmas Day now, you know, so, Yeah, that's pretty
much. Yeah, that's fair that they're missing. They're missing the hottest team
in the NBA on Christmas Day, Yeah, with with four potential Hall of
Famers on the on the on the team. So hey, yeah, and
they just have the ability in the offense to seem to overcome any adversity if
they get down or if they get for a while they go cold, when
it comes to winning time, they just pull it back together. And you
know, they just they just have too much offense for the other guys,
you know, just it's a nice thing to see. And they're passing as
good. Their defense is often I think that you know, Coffee played really
good defense on Luca, and like you said, you made a good point.
They kept switching it up on Luca and Luca was getting confused and out
of his rhythm. I mean, there's a lot of good things out there.
And think about it, Adam, we're you know, we're saying today
they only scored one hundred and twenty points. How about that. I mean,
that's that's a subpar offensive night for them. Now A point all right?
I like that. Hey, Sean, what did you think of that
small ball lineup to close? Well, the other team was playing small ball
too, and they did plase well, okay, yeah, they closed well,
I mean, you know, win the game. You know, that's
all I'm saying. I don't have a problem with small ball. What I'm
saying is mix it up from tall to small. It's like a chess game.
Okay, so you got your point a guessing what's your next move?
What's your next move? Or make the opponent make adjustments. If you play
small ball at the time, you're not making your opponent make adjustments. But
let me let me ask you something. Here's what I'm seeing from the Clippers.
They have more ways to beat you than you have to beat them.
Right, it was the same My dad used to say, they got more
too many guns for this team, and they got they got more guns and
the arsenal than the other teams, it seems like. So it's a good
mix of how they're playing and just you know, the talent just overcomes the
other teams, which we're seeing now. But they're still playing like a unit
and they're playing cohesive. You can have talent, but you need to have
the cohesiveness too, and they get both right now. It just took it
took a news, It took a starting lineup, but with without Russell Westbrook
and a little bit of time, and that was it. You're you're absolutely
correct, and you know everything's and like the other if you said, people
saying put coffee in the starting lineup, Hey, if it ain't broke,
then fix it. You know, yeah, come on, just keep it
the way it's going. We know Terrence Man will come around. He looks
a little timid tonight, but hey, hit that flutter over Luca late though.
He gave it to Luca with that clutch floater and then he'll go,
yeah, I gotta I gotta contribute next thing. You know, he's playing
a good game. So what happens if Terrence Man gets hot and progresses to
the mean, If he's going to get to his career three point shooting percentage
of thirty eight percent at some point, that means he's gonna get hot from
the outside. What is that starting lineup going to look like they've been this
good with him cold? So the Clippers actually have about what five or six
guys on their team that scored over thirty nine points of more in a playoff
game. Jomyn Powell Why Paul George, Russell Westbrook James Hart and of course
James Hard. Yeah, so yeah, pick your poison. I like it.
All right, Sean, good phone call, appreciate you, all right,
take care buddy. All right, we'll talk to you on uh,
well tomorrow. Avier the hot rides here on glippers Stock without a mauzzled Favierre.
What's up? Hey, what's up? Thank you for taking my call.
Man, I didn't honestly, I didn't see the game. I was
doing some Christmas shopping, but man, I kept looking at my phone to
see what was the score. And when they were down two, I was
like, oh, man, there's the street. I think it was like
was it you said one o eight one o six? And I was like
yeah, have little faith? Yeah yeah, And I was like and after
that, I clicked back later on and I was like, wow, they
won whatever it was one twenty one when eleven, and I was like,
wow, you know what I noticed on the stats? Like I said,
I didn't see the game, but Russell I think you mentioned Russell Westbrook.
He was a plus fifteen or sixteen. I mean, he's been playing really
good. Did you see that? Well, it was those minutes that I
mentioned earlier with him and James Harden actually working out tonight. It was him,
Harden, Tice, Emir pal Man came in for some of those and
that's when they got up by twenty two. That it was the start of
the second quarter when they really made that run and got up big. And
it was with James Harden and Russell Westbrook. So that's why the plus minus
looks like that for them, they are the ones who extended the lead.
Yeah, wow, no gooding twenty today. Like I said, didn't see
the game. Now for tomorrow, I know Paul George. Remember I told
you the day that the need to Kawhi and Paul George for sure. I
know Paul George and I know you're gonna play tomorrow. What do you think
about Kawhi playing tomorrow? I don't know. I'm looking for postgame audio.
I appreciate it. Javier. Well, you know what, let's hear from
the head coach post game. We got it right here for you. Maybe
we'll get some insight on Kawhi, Leonard and the hips issue and Paul George
if he will be available tomorrow. Here was coach loupost game after the Clippers
win one twenty to eleven in Dallas over the Mavericks. Were they doing that
big thanks so challenging. Yeah, we got a little careless with the ball.
What she been doing a great job of taking care of the ball,
but we got a little careless. You know, in the second half of
taking care of the ball. We had players there to be made. We
just didn't make the right play. And then like I said, going small
and spreading us out put us in rotations, and you know, it made
it pretty tough. But like I said, I just give credit to our
guys just being resilient, you know, giving up a tink a twenty two
point lead and you know, on the road, and then staying with it,
sticking with it and come back and winning by nine. So that was
a huge win for us. Like I said, PG being out changing the
rotations. I thought, Amy it was really good tonight made a huge three
down the stretch of the game. And so it's a total team effort man,
total team win. And we got to the watch of a test spoken
there was Coach Lou mentioned that a mere coffee three pointer, as I did
earlier. While we have a moment, let's pause ten seconds for station identification
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to seventy KLAC Los Angeles, ninety eight seven KYSR HD two Los Angeles and
iHeartRadio Station. Avita Zubots didn't have a huge ballgame. He was my player
to watch. Still had twelve and nine and twenty five minutes solid. But
near the end of the second quarter when they couldn't get anything else to go
and Dallas was making a run, Harden found him, I want to say,
for three assists in the last five minutes of that second quarter, and
one of them was on this ridiculous leading past to Aviza Zubots for an easy
layup where it just buzzed the defender's head and event ended up in the hands
of Aviza Zubats. James Harden is an elite playmaker. He was so good.
And I'm gonna tell you something else. The Clippers didn't just get James
Harden in the trade. You know what, they got a better version of
Aviza Zubots in upgrade at the center position. This is the best we've seen
from Aviza Zubats in his career. He's still young, he's just twenty six.
But the last seventeen games with this new starting lineup has been the best
stretch of his career. He's been averaging thirteen and ten over the last dozen
games, but being so impactful on the offensive end now at times because James
Harden is finding him for easy once that pick and roll has come together.
I can't tell you how many people said, you know what is not gonna
work pick and roll with the Viatza Zubots. He's not that guy. They're
gonna need a different center next to James Harden. Go go get Clint Capella.
Zuo doesn't know how to run pick and roll. They've worked on it
and you can see the progress out there now. He caught a lid from
Harden in the third quarter that got them their first points of the third quarter.
Zoo also had a great closeout on Luka Doncic on a three pointer he
would miss in the third and then he had another big dunk off a pass
from Russell Westbrook underneath the basket in that third quarter. He's being utilized more
and the defense is still there with him, that great elite rim protector that
has been like this for years. I don't know why people have slept on
it. All the numbers will tell you if eats. Zubats is one of
the best rim protectors in the league. But what I like is, even
though he's getting more involved on offense, the defense has not slipped. Clippers
win by nine, make it nine straight victories. They win in Dallas once
twenty to one eleven. We'll come back. We'll hear from Chuck Mockler.
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But now Chuck Mockler is on on for a little Clips in Double Dip.
Chuck, how you feeling after nine straight victories and the Clippers at worst are
going two and three on this brutal three game road trip. I am feeling,
I mean as good as I think we possibly could as Clipper fans.
Right. We talked about it on our last episode of Clips and Dip with
with Will Uptike there as well, that if they got this win, you
know over So they started off strong, right, which which we absolutely love
to see, but they get this one over Dallas, and it was like,
this is the first night of the back to back, coming with a
with you know, a fighting spirit of puncher's chance. Things went well and
then really didn't go that well, but they locked it in the last five
minutes. So I feel fantastic. Whatever happens tomorrow's kind of house money.
I hope the process is good. I hope the result is a win.
But if we see some tired legs, it's another away game. I don't
think any would be too disappointed if they don't get the win tomorrow. Have
you heard anything. I've been scouring Twitter and to see if there's an update
on Kawhi Leonard. He was holding his left hip before he went to the
free throw lines at the very end. And also Paul George, with him
being out tonight, what their availability could be tomorrow. I haven't say anything
about Kawhi. A lot of people are saying it looked like he took a
knee as a hip or something like that. So nothing on that yet.
Paul George, I mean, I hope his his stomach is better or whatever
is happening. Norm Powell was out there, borderline. This was a I
think a diet flew game maybe for Norm Powell if you look at his fourth
quarter especially, But I think PG you'll be back. And again, if
guys have to miss tomorrow, not the end of the world, right,
They got these two other wins and this three and four, this is it
wouldn't be the worst thing. Maybe for a bit of a rest day tomorrow
for two one, three. Yeah, I mean, you don't want to
give a game away when you've won nine straight. But they also have Boston
coming up back home in an afternoon start on Saturday, so no rest for
the weary. I guess we'll see what happens tomorrow. Kawhi Leonard has played
all twenty seven games so far for the Clippers. They are now seventeen and
ten on the season. But there was a little subplot to this one because
now the Clippers own the tiebreaker head to head against the Dallas Mavericks. That
could be huge coming into play later on this season. Chuck, Yeah,
I mean, as as always, we are locked in some kind of death
struggle with the Dallas Mavericks. Astfully, we have the tiebreaker over them and
we're tied with them in the standings. Like this was as important of a
victory, you know, except for maybe the one after that loss to the
Nuggets that the Clippers needed this year, and they went out and got it.
So you love to see it. A game and a half out of
second with the tiebreaker. And weirdly enough, it's the first time I believe
we play the Thunder tomorrow, so that could be important too. But the
tiebreakers, huge guys showed up when they needed to. This was almost an
adversity win, even after being up to with If you've seen how this Clipper's
effort has gone through games before in the two to one to three era.
You've seen these games kind of go the other way. What feels like more
awesome than not, so it was nice to see it go the right way.
Now we are in the midst of humility season, but earlier today I
did ask the question, you know, this could be a big spot for
Russell Westbrook and James Harden if they don't have Paul George. Weren't sure if
Norm Powell is even going to play at that point. Those minutes haven't been
great, but they were tonight. In fact, they probably won them the
game those two together and fourteen minutes were a plus sixteen out there. Have
they found something shuck or is it just matchup dependent and it worked out to
that against Dallas? I think it might be matchup dependent. I also think
you might not totally be committed to humility season yet, but we'll see how
that plays out. Are you an investigative season? What is this? Hey
to your Twitter's public No, I think it's situational. I think TYLERU we
talked about the players a bunch this during the stretch. Obviously, Kawhi Leonard
has been at MVP levels. If you look at both sides of the ball,
which people should maybe do more when looking at this thing. But Tylu
has been fantastic over this run. Like we've said, I think those minutes
are You know that plus minus is helped by if Kawhi is out there with
his level of play. Anyone sharing the floor with Kawhi is getting a nice
boost in the plus minus, which is good to see. But Tyler's been
pulling the right strings at the right time. So credit to tied Or in
this run as well. I'm out credit to your guy Daniel Tice, who
knock down two more three pointers in this one as the Clippers continue to play
team basketball and find the open man, and he's not hesitating, he's putting
them through. Yeah. He made his first corner three this year in this
game for the Clippers. He got his first one and we needed it.
Yeah, he's been good to see. A lot of people have been asking
over on Twitter and whatnot. There's been some rumblings of like what's going to
happen when Mason Plumbley comes back, And I don't really think we know because
I think Daniel type might be outplaying expectations a little bit for the Clippers.
He's been good. We kind of knew what he was going to bring in
terms of the short roll and stuff like that, but everything's just been elevated,
you know, by a nice percentage from what maybe the coaching staff expected.
So tough decisions for Tyler maybe in that era in that regard, but
right now Daniel type has been I mean, as good of a margin signing
as they could have made. Something else has been brought up that's been a
little bit of scuttle butt around the water cooler is whether or not a mere
coffee should be starting over Terrence Man. I think it's kind of nuts considering
how good the new starting lineup has been. Why would you want to go
away from it? If you think Terrence Man making shots is his best attribute.
I don't know what to tell you, because that's just a bonus when
he's actually knocking him down. They've been this good from the field from the
outside in that new starting lineup with him cold, I'd shudder to think what
happen if he gets on a heater. Yeah. I don't think changing the
starting lineup in the midst of a ten game winning streak is ever a good
idea, especially when Terrence Man has been there for the entirety of that wind
streak. It's not like a mere coffee came in and took Terrence Man's place
and then they went on this run. A mere Coffee's played phenomenal. It's
the story of a Slippers career. When the Clippers are in a pinch,
Amir comes in and does great things. But no, I do not think
there should be a starting lineup change. I think we should try and for
once the Clippers can keep things going kind of as they have been and there
hasn't been any huge reason to change. So it's amazing now that there's a
semblance of continuity. People want to upend it, like what right, Yeah,
let the graph might be greener, but it's also pretty green right now
in the middle. Not only is this a ten or nine game winning streak.
Excuse me getting a little bit of ahead of myself, but we're just
seeing the potential of what the Slippers team can be. You know this,
They're going to probably drop a couple games later in the season. They're gonna
be frustrating, but we need to have Clippers fans remember what we're seeing right
now with this level of play, what this team can be. Because I
don't think they're at their best yet, but we're really close to seeing them,
you know, go up into the right where they need to be to
ultimately be real contenders. Yeah, the grass is very green right now.
They're using that Scott's long cair with the guy from Game of Thrones who looks
like Justin Turner. Feed it. It's been that good for them. He
is Chuck Mackler. Follow him on x at Chuck Mackler at mc k l
e R. Chuck. Thanks for doing this tonight, Love you, bro.
No, it's been a tough week. We'll hang out soon. Yes,
absolutely, Rip little dude and let's go clips. Let's go Clips,
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I'm madam Oslin eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. I bring
you good news, Corny law Murray of the Athletic Both Kawhi Leonard and Norman
Powell postgame said we good. They good, and they are. They had
eighteen of the Clippers thirty five points in that fourth quarter, had some absolutely
clutch buckets for them in a one point game. It was going back and
forth. I think Dallas had it up to two. Clippers came through.
Speaking to Norman pass Well, let's hear from him post game on Ballet's Sports
with Arian or Prother, I mean, with easy Norman, what a big
test for you guys tonight on the road and in front of a sellout crowds
at that What did it take for you guys to get the job done?
And what does that say about just the team's grits and fights, just the
way we're able to stay composed. You know, we got a lot of
vets on this team that's been through it, big leagues. You know,
Luca's gonna do his thing, make shots, keep them in the game.
They did that, they went on that run, but we pulled together,
stay composed through through their stretches of tough makes. We was able to get
stops, rebounds, and get out in transition. A big game for you.
Tonight's coming off the bench with twenty one points. Kawhi Leonard also was
able to kind of close out the game there. Talk about how good he's
been this season. He's been amazing. Man, he's looking top five.
I've been saying that for a while. Man, he's been really locked in.
He's looking good. I'm confident, aggressive, reading the defense, reading
the game really well. Before him the where he got back after getting hurt
last year in the playoffs, you know, he's gonna be big for us
down the stretch. So as much as he can continue to stay in the
pocket that he's in, it's gonna be good for us. This push is
the winning streak. Now it's a nine. What is it gonna take to
keep the ball rolling. I'm just being tied in together, putting a full
complete game together and following the game plan and really locking in on defense.
I mean We got the guys and the weapons and the versatility on offense,
but are our defense is where we're gonna have to hang our hats every single
game. All right, great jobs tonight, Norman, I appreciate, Thank
you. Clippers win by nine, they make it nine straight victories. Love
what Norman Palell said there initially, the composure, the poise late to take
Dallas's best shot after the Clippers led by twenty two and come right back at
him and find a way to win anyways against Luka Doncic who just licks his
chops every time it comes down to clutch time minutes. Clippers, by the
way, in their last ten games played during club time, last five minutes
within five points, they're seven and three with an offensive rating of one twenty
three, a defensive rating of ninety four, and a net rating of twenty
eight point nine. That he's very good and a complete one to eighty turnaround
from what we saw earlier with this team. And this is over the last
seventeen games, ten of them going to clutch time, and the Clippers are
coming up clutch and everything's coming up Roses right now. Demetrius and Manhattan Beach
here on Clippers sock without a mas and what's up, Adam? My man?
How you doing it? Oh? Everything's good now? Yeah, well
we know it's good now. We basically the Clippers basically is on the series
journey. And I think that all the callers I heard all the callers online.
Now I was able to listen to several of them. I listened to
one of your callers, gentlemen, out of ingle with which is a nice
guy. You're gonna do more specific we have Sean and Len Well both.
But I'll say this, Adam, as far as the lineup goes, you'd
be ridiculous to change the lineup. You know, basically, people that analyze
and understand sports understand that you do not change a lineup that is this hot
that can get better each and every game. Now a mere coffee. He's
been great, Okay, I'm glad that Tylo found him like a diamond in
the ruck. And but again we move him to the bitch so he can
be with that second unit with Paul George. You give another wing man definer
that can shoot and defend along with Westbrook, along with the guys itself Powell
that's coming in with that second unit, which is gonna make them even more
potent. You don't bring him into the starting lineup. You've got Terrence Man
is a career thirty eight percent shooter from three point range, So can you
imagine him getting hot? I mean that would be scary. With him starting
to get rolling. They're shooting thirty eight thirty nine percent along with this crew
they have, that will be even more scarier. So again, Adam,
I just believe that they're on the journey. I think they'll be even kill
out. They're playing with a chip on their shoulder. Like I explained to
you a few weeks ago, I think they sent in a message not only
to the West, but to the East as well. I like them as
long as we're healthy. That's been our only problem is health. That's been
the Clippers only problem. And if they're a healthy at them, I'm going
on the limb to say we'll finish at best the number one seed in the
West. And I'm very very I feel very comfortable about it. I don't
see no reason why they can't. The defense is getting better. I think
they're taking each in every possession very seriously. Now that we're able to figure
it out down the stretch and clutch time, like you were saying, I
see no reason for us not to be the number one seed after starting off
with James Harden on five or six. Demetrius, speaking of clutch time,
I gave the advanced numbers over the last seventeen games, they've been in clutch
time ten times, and they're seven and three in those situations. But specifically
in clutch time over the last ten times, James Harden is shooting sixty percent
in those situations, Kawhi Leonards at fifty percent, normOn Pals at fifty percent,
and Norm Pals a plus twenty seven in eighteen minutes of clutch time.
Wow, Wow lately and Adam, just to make that point, to go
back on a point, nobody brings up what the three point shooting for Grmala
guys, But you got Kawhi shooting at stounding forty two not in his last
ten games, but overall he's shooting like forty five percent. You got James
Harden shooting forty two percent. You got Paul George that was shooting forty eight
percent. You got pill again and shooting so again. It's a scary,
scary lineup. I liked the MVP chat for Kawhi Leonard. I was a
little bit concerned earlier, Adam with with him getting you know nudge at the
end right there. Kind of shook me up because I said, well,
maybe Tod Luke just made sent him out tomorrow. You know, he got
two wins. But I like to get greedy. I think that. I
like when Lawrence Frank came and said, let's take this series. We at
seventeen and ten. I think we moved in the fifth spot tonight, maybe
the fourth game behind Sacramento. So again, if we can pull it off
tomorrow, Sacramento got a tough going. I think we move up to number
four or three in the slot. We're moving up pretty much. Let me
tell you they're at number five, They're right next to Sacramento. That is
correct. That is correct. And even with Denver, I think Denver is
in a third slot at I think their Clippers one game back of Denver in
the three spot. They're one game back of OKC in the two spot.
That is correct. And so this is why I ain't saying it. I'm
predicting it now, Adam and I think the trust and believe the Clippers will
be the number one. See this year. Thank you for the phone called
Demetrius. I like the prediction. It's bold because it would be the first
time in franchise history they would win the regular season Western Conference. At least,
let's go to Mark and Hudson Beach. Mark, thirty seconds you're on
Clipper stock. Hello. Well, like I said, two out of three,
that's all we gotta do. But I'll make a boulder prediction. We're
gonna take the Western Conference. We're gonna we're gonna go to the finals.
We're gonna take the Western Conference. We're gonna have at least one better to
put up. Put up in that new arena. Not too all right,
Mark, I like it. I like the confidence. Appreciate the phone call.
We'll talk to you maybe tomorrow night. Okay, Uh Jose and downy
Jose, you're on Clippers south of that, mausle Hey, Adam. I've
been m i a for a couple of days, so trying to watch them
games, and they look they look good. I like all the positive talkments
coming in, but you know, let's just take it one game at a
time. Where we end up, we end up, and I think if
the Kings lose tonight, I think the Clippers will be fourth spot if if
I'm looking at it right, you're right, because right now the Kings only
have them by win percentage because they have one less loss than the Clippers,
but also one less win, so it's better to have one less loss than
one less win. There are at sixty nine, Clippers are at seventeen and
ten, but yeah, if they go to sixteen and ten, Clippers will
jump ahead of them. Yeah, and I hope that we see Paul George
tomorrow. I think we're really gonna need him tomorrow, especially if he's rested
legs. With the minutes at Kawhi Harden and uh, all of them really
put in today, and I think we're gonna we're gonna really need Westbrook tomorrow
too. Hopefully we can get Zoobok in there. I know the first half
they were really pushing the ball with them, and then they went away with
him, away from him, like you've said before, man, like I
don't get it. Well, I get it in this game because Dallas went
small and they were match up hunting, and so the Clippers matched them.
They went small too, and it worked. That's why. Yeah, that's
true. I think I seen that more in the fourth and to and the
third. But even when they were making that run in the in the in
the third wall, Zoo was still in. I was just hoping, like,
you know, let's slow it up, let's muck it up and give
them the ball, let them collect some fouls, get some dunks in there.
Yeah, at least one in the third quarter. I understand. I
appreciate the phone call, Jose. Hopefully we'll talk to you tomorrow too,
but you can't complain with the results right now. Tagus and Walnut, you're
on clipper stock without a maas And hey, Tajous And I think in that
four court Kawhi went to the hoop so often because Dallas Diego's small, and
he knew that he can't get to the hoop without any shop blockers. So
it was smart. And and uh, you know the first time that when
they thought PJ. Tucker, like a few weeks ago, Kobe Kobe Brown
came in and I told you, he's surprised that, uh, I'm here
didn't get the run first, and you, you, like I were both
surprised. And I'm glad he's getting the run because not only does he do
the same things at Covington, but toon that what they did. He can
also put the ball on the floor. So it's a perfect compliment role player
for these guys, and it feels like in clutch more moments. Uh,
either high kicking roll with Harden or quine the posts are two best plays to
run and Adam. Finally, with all the receipts you've been keeping, I
thought you were gonna play corrupt calling out names because you know, Adam A's
calling out names. What do you mean, it's it's humility season. I
don't know what you're talking about, Dasus. I'm I'm staying humble here,
keep my head down the grindstone. What are you talking about, Adam?
Let's go tomorrow, all right, Dave, just appreciate it. Roman and
Santa Clarita. Roman, you're a Clipper, soft of that. Amazon,
my favorite Lakers fan. How do they do tonight? Oh? Yeah,
they were doing all right. Lebron had a good game, let's just put
it that way. Yeah, a good game. They lost by fifteen of
Chicago. Yeah, I know, I know, I know, you know,
I was watching. I was I was watching your game. So it
doesn't you know irrelevant? You got to upgrade. They're the nd season tournament
champ. So let's say you can't take that away from them. You can
never take that away from them. Raised the banner, raised the banner.
But you know, going back, actually you brought up a good point.
Stephen A. Smith Us hardcore sports fans, we don't listen to that guy
hogwash. Okay. We listen to people who know basketball, know the players,
know the game, and not just a bunch of drama on the television.
Kawhi Leonard is who he is. You know, last time that I
checked, he's still Kawhi Leonard and he's playing at an elevated level right now.
I mean, we've been talking about I've been with you since the James
Harden trade, and I've been talking to you since then. And there were
the doubters. There were people that wanted Toronto luout, wasn't wasn't working rights.
Oh sorry, I'm not. I heard I heard a couple of people
that called the Knight that had some you know, had some things to say.
But you know, I'm not a Clippers fan, but I'm turning into
one, and we're watching this progression. And we said when they got James
Harden, game changer, it's going to take a little bit and it has.
Now you're watching all the all the things come to fruition that you talked
about, you know, getting a mere coffee and Norman Powe getting his shot
going, you know everything, and Zubach becoming a center with a pick and
roll. You know, there's no way he doesn't become a better player with
that point guard, you know, and he's doing it. He elevated his
game seeing a mere coffee. We talked about that a couple of weeks ago.
He came in and he's a player right now that fits in while Paul
George is out or you know, Terrence Mann doesn't have his shot. But
Terrence Man we don't take out of the starting lineup because he brings something else
to the team other than the shot. We don't need him to shoot all
the time. We have shooters. Him shooting takes away a shot from either
Kawhi or Paul George or James. Why would you not want to see them
shooting before the Terrence Man. Absolutely, he is the third he's the fourth
option. Sometimes with Zubac in there, he is the fourth option and that
I mean fifth option is and that's okay because on a team with. I'm
not going to say prospective Hall of famers on a team with Hall of famers
on it, a lineup of Hall of famers for maybe five Hall of famers.
You look at this and each player knows his role, and those role
players and those young guys like Terrence Man and Coffee and and you know and
Powell, you know, pals a little more of a veteran, but they
come in and they fill those roles. That's what championship teams do. You
know. I grew up a Laker fan in the eighties and I watched the
Magic Johnson is my favorite player of all time. Mine too. That's why
we see, that's why we get along. Magic Johnson is my favorite player
of all time. I wore my socks high right there in Guardena, California,
and you know, seeing Sam Perkins at the liquors Converse weapons on absolutely,
I had him, no no line at him, I had those.
That was my man. I actually went home to Stick early when Magic made
the announcement. I've felt sick. I went home. I was like,
man, this is my favorite player. But as a kid, I didn't
know what it meant. I just meant to me that he wasn't playing basketball
anymore, and I was crying, Well, yeah yeah, and that was
it. But what I'm watching, Kawhi Leonards is the player we always knew
he could be. The guy that said regular season playoffs. He elevates his
game for the playoffs. He is a regular season superstar, and he is
that finisher. And he's showing that James Harden is that finisher, and he's
showing that Norm Pale, Norm Pale, amazing, amazing, amazing to come
off the bench and do what he's doing, my favorite Laker fan. Hopefully
we'll do it again tomorrow to close things out, though jose and Southgate,
how's that? That was a little bit I don't know, a little bit
too much Laker talk right now. Anyways, I'm not proud of it.
Humility season. I hate being as excited off the front of a back to
back, but it was hard when we came in with a flashbacks to start
pregame bing. Go shout out, Cardios, Amnez, you hear the growth.
He was talking about rubber mats. We both came in sixteen and ten,
and I just started thinking about, Okay, well, we're taking the
regular steading theories right all right, we're up twenty, all right. Then
he started seeing how they start coming back, and that's when Kawhi Leonard he
attacks the double team twice, makes the right pass. The third time he
can send the double team. That's when he spins off the defender and duns
the championship Let's go nineteen winning streak. Kwi Leonard has been locking down the
number one option and he has been taking some hard hits, some heart faults,
but he's been getting up pal. He's been aggressive like last season,
but way more consistent. And Westbrook, if Kippers don't have any identity or
any culture, we love our six man. So he's embracing that. And
Terrence Man and a mere coffee. They're part of that DNA that tech the
KD Warriors to the Game six to Game seven. And the only receiver you're
gonna find for me is saying that I didn't want Harden if it required training,
James, I mean Terrence Man, and it did it. Okay,
Okay, that's fair, that's fair. Hey, for everybody who complained that,
why didn't they make the hard and trade earlier? They held out so
they wouldn't have to give up Terrence Man. In the move. That was
a smart negotiating tactic by the Clippers front office. Give him a ton of
credit and and and and and and I do because I knew that. I
knew That's why we hold he No, they don't because we can't he he
dunked and into a dome. I don't believe in the Clipper curs that we
have this year. But if we trade terrors man out, Okay, that's
our churs just started. Anyways, we're going for for tender row on.
I'm back to back, but the boy to coming home from for the holidays,
so I think when they go on in tomorrow, let's go Clippers.
Regarding tomorrow, I appreciate the phone call. Last one of the night is
always from Jose in Southgate. The Clippers have three guys that are former OKC
thunder members, Paul George, Russell Westbrook, James Harden. I help all
of them play. I expect big games from them before we get out of
here. Katie Newton, it's casual, Katie's corner, our producer here,
Katie, what you got tonight? You got a question for me? I
got a question for you? Is it good? Though? You're the ball
all right for that. I could ask you one of the ones you told
me not to ask, so it'd be hard, but I won't. Why
is it called the charity stripe because they're freebies, because they're free throws free.
I mean, it's free charity. It's not like a dancer at a
club later charity or something like that. It's the charity stripe, not the
charity strip. Okay, it's getting laid here, far too late. I
needn't go home before we get out of here. I do want to thank
the Clippers organization, Ralph Laller, Brian Seeman, no what ego, Carlo
Amennez on the call, Big Bo Jake Corner, the callers, the listeners,
appreciate you all. Love you Clippers. I don't want to get ahead
of ourselves. Clippers trying to make it ten in a row. Tomorrow in
Okay, see against the Thunder. Tip off at five pregame at four,
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