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Time for a postgame look, it's
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and post game voice. If you're LA

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Clippers, they're locking in every game
every night. Adam Oslan make it nine

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in a row and fourteen wins in
their last seventeen ballgames. As the Clippers

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win in Dallas one twenty to one
eleven. Welcome into your postgame locker room

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show. I'm Adam Oslin. Coming
up. We'll have second half highlights,

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your postgame box score, and Clippers
Talk on AM five seventy LA Sports.

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But first back out to American Airlines
Center with your radio voice of the Clippers

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in Carlo Jimenez. As you said, Carlo asking you shall receive Kawhi Leonard

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in the fourth, we said,
hey, just get him the ball and

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get out of the way. He
was four of six with ten points and

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also a beautiful dish to Norman Powell
for the and one who had eight of

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his twenty one points down the stretch. Those two have been phenomenal in clutch

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time, and the Clippers get another
close victory when they had to have it

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and the tiebreaker over the Dallas Mavericks. Now in the season series, this

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one is double sweet. You win
your ninth straight, you have the tiebreaker,

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and the claw took you the distance. With the way Norman Powell attacks

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the pay like Kawhi Leonard does,
they just put so much pressure on your

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defense. A double team comes,
They're still going to attack the lane.

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Then they could kick out to a
three point shooter and Adam, they were

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excellent tonight down the stretch, as
they have been all season. Norman Powell

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came into this one shooting fifty two
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He was clutch big time again.
Great teams win close games late. The

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Clippers are five and zero in games
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left after being two to seven in
the month of November. What a turnaround,

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what a performance. And the Clippers
tested once again and they pass once

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again with flying colors. There was
a time just about a month ago,

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Carlow where I felt like the Clippers
had forgotten how to win games. Now

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they've forgotten how to lose games nine
straight, fourteen of seventeen, hottest team

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in the league. You mentioned big
shots late. How about those three pointers

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from James Harden, I mean,
when it's time to get a big three

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James Delippers every single time. He's
like Amazon when you have a birthday coming

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up and you need quick delivery.
James Harden, prime time, Adam Ouslin,

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big time buckets late. He was
excellent and found his teammates. I

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think you gotta give a lot of
credit to Jason Kidd in that fourth quarter,

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because what Dallas did is they took
the ball out of his hands.

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They said, we want somebody else
bringing the ball up. We want the

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offense initiated by somebody else, and
it really slowed things down for the Clippers.

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They weren't able to get that first
trigger of their offense till about fourteen

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seconds on the shot clock. But
they adjusted. They were able to move

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their chess pieces the right way,
and the Cairo practor is no ego Eagle

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calls him, ty Lou was able
to find the right lineup to finish the

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deal. How about a mere coffee. I mean he played late game basketball

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and was fantastic on the defensive end. This guy was out of the rotation

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completely until the last five days,
five to six days, and he comes

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in and has an impact where he
has a big three pointer or late as

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well to put the Clippers back up
by one and ends up playing thirty nine

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minutes without Paul George. Tonight,
he stepped up once again. He was

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so good, big time threes,
five rebounds with three assists and the steal

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and able to not foul out after
picking up that fifth foul with significant time

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left on the clock. It was
fun to watch. The Clippers were able

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to win tonight with that small ball
lineup, something that we haven't been able

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to say, something that went to
a lot during that losing streak and ended

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up with losses. But without PG
tonight, they went small and they got

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It't done against Dallas and Adam Ouslin. You've won nine, you got two

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on this road trip. But it's
time to get greedy. It's time to

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get one more tomorrow in Oklahoma City. Yeah, against another one of the

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best teams in the Western Conference with
a ton of young talent, of course,

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a guy we know very well,
and Shay gilgis Alexander. It's not

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gonna be easy to swift to sweep
the road trip. But the Clippers have

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been so good now over the last
three weeks, Carlo, You're starting to

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feel like every night this team has
a chance to win. And you mentioned

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coach lou going small at the end
of the game, matching what Jason Kidd

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was doing. But the Clippers simply
out talented them. They outwork them late.

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And that defensive strategy against James Harden
that Jason Kidd tried to throw at

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them, blitzing, firing, that's
what the Clippers do against Luka Doncic,

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And in this one, Luca just
nine of twenty five from the field with

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twenty eight points. As he had
been averaging forty per game in the last

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seven against the Clippers. You'll take
twenty eight from Luca any day the week.

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And the adjustments in the second half, I mean, Adam he had

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seven second half points. Seven for
Luka Doncic, I mean that's unheard of.

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He didn't score in the third quarter. The Clippers were able to lock

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him down all those different looks.
I thought Russell Westbrook was great in that

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third quarter at making sure he didn't
catch the ball, making sure he wasn't

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comfortable with the basketball. The Clippers
once again were able to turn a star

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player on another team into a non
factor here tonight. Yes, he comes

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away with the triple double, but
it's not the Doncic that we're used to,

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scoring forty with thirteen assists and fifteen
rebounds. The Clippers will take a

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twenty eight point triple double. Sounds
insane, but they will take that every

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time against Luka Doncic and Dallas,
and they were able to come away with

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a win. He had to work
for it and showed a little bit of

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frustration late, missing free throws uncharacteristically
just eight of fourteen at the charity stripe.

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Luka Doncich looked human. Kali Leonard
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the fourth quarter started and he took
the Clippers home. Clippers win one to

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one eleven over the Dallas Mavericks.
As Carlo mentioned, front end of a

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back to back. They'll finish off
this three game road trip tomorrow in Oklahoma

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City. Tip time for that one's
at five. We got your pregame shows

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starting at four. Carlo Amennez,
great call as always, Let's keep it

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rolling. Oh I can't wait for
the next one at him let's keep it

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going. Clippers win by nine over
the Dallas Mavericks and you're listening to the

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app. Nine straight victories for your
Los Angeles Clippers as they win in Dallas

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one twenty to one eleven. Welcome
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Eight six six nine eight seven two
five seventy eight. Sixty six nine eight

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seven two five seventy is the phone
number. Clippers led by as many as

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twenty two, but Dallas went on
a nine to two run the last couple

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minutes of the second quarter, and
it was just a sixty seven fifty six

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Clippers lead twenty four minutes in the
third quarter. Was not kind to them.

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Once again, they did not close
it off well. They were only

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up by two heading into the fourth
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I believe Kawhi Leonard, who came
in around the seven minute mark of the

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fourth quarter, and when he did, the Clippers were down by one at

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ninety eight to ninety seven. But
the Claw is a closer and he is

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built for these moments. Harding fines
Man at the top libs Leonard, leaps

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and finishes with a two handed hammer. Leonard on the far wing, working

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it into the body Downhill drives what's
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Leonard on the air base line,
Jam's right takes it baseline and a

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left handed flush time out Jason Kidd. The Claw makes it one sixteen to

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one ten. Straddling the near wing, Leonard with a basketball spins baseline,

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eurosteps left in and finish, singing
and tagging for two. The Claw dances

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to the rim. It's a one
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four of six for his ten points
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including a beautiful assist to Norman Powell
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of three in the final period.
He had eight points. The Clippers outscored

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the Dallas Mavericks thirty five to twenty
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in Big d They make it fourteen
wins in their last seventeen ball games and

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nine straight Clippers right back at it
tomorrow in Oka. See more on that

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coming up, plus Clippers talk and
your final box score right here on the

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Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. LA
Clippers basketball is odd. The two to

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one three era continues. You're listening
to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers

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Audio Network. Clippers win one twenty
to one to eleven in Dallas over the

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Mavericks. How appropriate is this?
They win by nine to make it nine

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straight victories and fourteen wins in their
last seventeen ball games. Welcome back into

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your Clippers postgame show. I'm at
a Mosland. Clippers end up shooting fifty

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six percent from the field, just
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they hold Dallas to forty three percent
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deep, and outscored them in that
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And in the last three minutes twelve
three Clippers in clutch time have been stepping

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up left and right, and the
claw was moving left and right. Oh

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that left handed dunk straddling the baseline
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the and one in the fourth quarter
unreal. Kawhi leads them with thirty.

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Meanwhile, Luca was just nine to
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told you it was gonna come down
to Kawhi versus Luca on x at follow

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adam Ay it did. Kawhi was
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was in those two first round matchups. Clippers win one twenty to one eleven.

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There'll be an okay see tomorrow,
trying to make it ten straight.

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Tiptime is at five. We'll have
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of Los Angeles. We were leaving
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your home For the Clippers, they were

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in attack mode. Adam Ousley.
My first year with the Clippers, they

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went through a nine game losing streak. I prefer this. Clippers have one

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ninth straight as they win by nine
in Dallas over the Mavericks one twenty to

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one eleven, and they've won fourteen
of their last seventeen games all since that

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change to the starting lineup. We
welcome in a Clipper sock. I'm Adam

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Osland eight six six nine eight seven
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seven two five seventy is the phone
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on x at follow Adam a coming
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audio from the players and coach Lou
and Chuck Mockler from Clips and Dip will

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join me. Gutsy Win. The
Clippers were up by twenty two in the

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first half and they let it slip
end of the second quarter. Dallas goes

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on a nine to two run,
back to back three pointers to end the

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first half from Tim Hardaway Junior,
and the Clippers are only up by eleven

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going into the break. They had
given away all the momentum and Dallas took

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it harnessed it. Had it in
the third quarter as well. At one

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point they were on a twenty two
to four run, and the Clippers ended

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up losing that third quarter twenty seven
to eighteen. They got some buckets early

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in the fourth, but then Dallas
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outside. Hardy with a big three
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Then you had Dante Exam knock down
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ninety five to ninety four with eight
thirty one left. James Harden would retaliate

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with a three pointer of his own, went back to back from the outside,

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but in between that, Hardy made
another one. So the Clippers led

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one hundred to ninety eight at the
seven to zh three mark. But Kawhi

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Leonard then got to work. He
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Kawhi Leonard, your superstar who's been
playing outside joelmbat at least like the best

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player in the league once again,
best player in the Western Conference in December,

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no doubt about that. He drops
ten points down the stretch, all

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coming from who the four minute mark. That can't be right, can it?

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It might be right. Don't ever
question the claw. Don't look a

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gift horse in the mouth. Kawhi
Leonard catches an aloud from Terrence Man,

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two handed dunk, then a nice
layup believe with the left hand. Then

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he dunked it with the left hand, and all of a sudden, at

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the minute forty seven mark of the
fourth, the Clippers are pulling away.

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It's one sixteen one ten. Kawhi
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ten. He knocks down free throws, and it's one twenty one ten,

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and the Clippers and the game on. I want to say a thirteen make

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it twelve three run. And it
was a lot of the claw. Kawhi

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Leonard playing other worldly basketball. I
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As the last ten coming into this
one, he was shooting sixty three percent

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from the field, fifty seven percent
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pretty good. Not bad. You
had a six game run where only Larry

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Bird matched his shooting numbers back in
nineteen eighty six. Over six games.

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That's good company, Larry Legend.
Kawhi is the top seventy five player too.

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And there's not many guys I would
take over him in crunch time,

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not many guys I'd take over him
in a seven game series. This is

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your number one option. He's reasserted
himself as that guy over the last three

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weeks. Starr of the season,
Paul George was the best player for this

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Clippers team. Not Able to go
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nor morem Pal had him two,
but as Kenny Smith would say, he

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was sick with it. He was
sick out there all right. Thirty one

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minutes for norm Pal off the bench, twenty one points, eight of those

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coming in the fourth quarter, three
of six from distance. Stepped up,

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got downhill, got to the basket. He's been shooting fifty four percent in

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fourth quarters from three. Those two
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Clippers turned things around in clutch time, or at one point they were two

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and seven in games decided in the
last five minutes, within within five points.

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That's clutch time, last five minutes, within five points. It came

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down to that again tonight and the
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They stepped up. James Harden with
those two big three pointers in the fourth

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quarter. I know it wasn't twenty
one points in the fourth like he had

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in four minutes and nine seconds Monday
night in Indianapolis, but a mere Coffee

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also hitting a clutch three when they
needed it in the fourth quarter, the

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guy who stepped in admirably again for
Paul George. It's one o eight,

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one oh six Dallas with three forty
six left, and a mere Coffee puts

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the Clippers back up by one with
a big three off the assist from Kawhi

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Leonard, who had the assistant Norman
Powell for the n one as well.

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Kawhi just controlled the game down the
stretch. I said at follow outa maeon

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X, It's gonna come down to
Kawhi versus Luca. Basically, who's gonna

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outduel the other guy? Oh,
it was the claw. Luca was out

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there missing free throws. It was
bizarre. He only had twenty eight against

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the Clippers after averaging forty against them
the last seven matchups. The Clippers were

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still four and three. But here's
the biggest thing about this game. I

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said it in the pregame introduction.
This determined the head to head tiebreaker in

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the Western Conference standings, and it
could come down to that later in the

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year. Seating wise, the Clippers
take the season series two games to one.

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If they see Dallas again, it'll
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I know nobody would want to see
that. I know they didn't have Kyrie,

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but the Clippers were without Paul George, and you had a mere Coffee

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play in thirty nine minutes, getting
twelve points, five boards, three assists,

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fearless putting up shots from the outside. I know Terrence Man has been

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struggling from three, only took two
of them, did hit one. The

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confidence will come around. But he
was also good down the stretch. Some

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people were getting to me on Twitter
saying, oh, they got to replace

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Terrence Man with a mere Coffee in
the starting lineup. Guys, if it

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ain't broke, don't fix it.
The starting lineup has been phenomenal over the

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last seventeen games, and a couple
of them you can't count because Paul George

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wasn't available. But overall, this
new starting lineup with Terrence Man in the

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backcourt next to James Harden is too
good. And Terrence Man has been cold,

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and they still over fourteen games now
with James Hard and Paul George,

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Kawhi, Leonard of Viza Zubats and
Terrence Man in the starting lineup are shooting

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fifty three percent from the field with
those guys and forty three percent from the

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outside. If it ain't broke,
don't fix it, don't overthink it.

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Yeah, you want to get greedy
and win tomorrow. And okay, see

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you don't want to get greedy and
start making moves just based upon a mere

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coffee playing a couple of games last
week. Don't get me wrong. You

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know I'm a mere as big ast
fan, been asking for him to get

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minutes going back six weeks now when
everyone was saying, uh, we lost

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all our wings. They all went
to Philly. I was screaming, A

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mirror is still on the team.
That trade with him going to Boston was

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nixed from Malcolm Brogdon. He's still
here. Use him. And then all

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of a sudden he starts for Paul
George against the Golden State Warriors is huge.

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They didn't want to guard him.
He made him pay from the outside,

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knocking down four to three pointers and
had eighteen points. But since then,

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the last two games coming into tonight, he got those Kobe Brown minutes,

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he got that run coming off the
bench. I thought he was solid.

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He just blended in. He only
had three points in those thirty five

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minutes against New York against the Indiana
Pacers. But tonight, back in the

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starting lineup for Paul George, thirty
nine minutes, three of six from the

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field, two of five from distance, twelve points, five personals, but

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a clutch three or I don't know
if they win this game without him,

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but you don't want to rock the
boat too much. It doesn't mean he

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should replace Terrence Man, who had
a clutch floater over Luka Doncic to make

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it one four to one oh two
with five twenty left. His switch ability,

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his point of attack defense, the
way he cuts to the basket,

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the way he blends in with the
starting lineup, not trying to do too

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much because he doesn't need to.
When you have James Harden, Paul George,

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and Kawhi Leonard out there, that's
enough scoring. Sit back, do

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the little things that help you win. And I think Russell Westbrook did a

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lot of that tonight too. Again, I put this tweet out earlier today,

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but I knew with Paul George being
questionable with Norman Powell being questionable,

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I said, well, it looks
like we're gonna get some Russell Westbrook James

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Harden lineups. Overall, they've been
ineffective over the last sixteen games coming into

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this one, in one hundred and
twenty four minutes since that starting lineup changed

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with Russ coming off the bench.
When he and Hardmo were on the floor,

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they were still a minus seven.
But over the last week or so,

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if you just go off the last
eight games coming into tonight in forty

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one minutes to play those two out
there a plus three and the Clippers shooting

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fifty three forty percent from the outside
with them two on the floor, something

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was percolating. Maybe the tide was
turning. Maybe it's just when you're winning

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and dominating like this. Of course, all the numbers are gonna look good

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for every lineup, but I thought, Okay, no Paul George, maybe

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no Norman Powell. They're gonna have
to go to it. And guess what

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happened. They were a plus sixteen
in their fourteen minutes tonight. Those two

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on the court together by far the
best they have played together as Clippers.

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That's according to fly by Night Justin
Rousseau, who's got all the lineup data.

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They won the game because of that
lineup, and they played him next

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to Tice and a Mere and Man
and Powell. I know that's six guys,

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but a Mer and Man got switched
in and out with the other four,

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so they were shooting out there.
There were spacing because Russell Westbrook,

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that's not how he thrives. That's
not as great as Asset his shooting.

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But he had a nice kickout to
Kawhi early on. He had an offensive

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board to Kawhi Leonard put back that
ended up being a layup in the second

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quarter, a layup in the third
for Russ. He ended up making some

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really critical plays, and I just
I like that energy in the spark plug

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he brings off the bench. That's
how I put it. He guarded Luca

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and picked him up full court in
the first half. That's how Luca ends

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up going nine for twenty five in
that first quarter. He saw Harden on

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him, a mirror on him,
Man on him, Kawhi on him,

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Russ on him, Zubots on him. You got to change levels and be

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unpredictable against great players. And not
let them get comfortable. But I thought

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Russ was just dogging him at times. And remember when they held Dallas to

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eighty eight back at Crypto a few
weeks ago, on the second nd of

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back to back, Russ was going
at Luka Doncic late in that fourth quarter

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and screaming, go right at him. That's what you gotta do against Luka

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Doncic and Nikola Jokich, make him
work defensively. And hey, Terrence Man

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and Luka Doncic, with their history, they had a moment in this game.

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They originally called it an offensive foul
and Luka Doncics go into the basket

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where Terrence Man went flying off the
off arm of Luca but he was out

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of position. They reviewed it,
they called it a blocking foul and those

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two actually were smiling afterwards for once. If you don't know the history,

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it goes back to a game in
Vancouver in the preseason where I believe it

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was Terrence Man ripping the ball away
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He didn't like it. There was
some pushing and shoving. Terrence Man put

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his forearm into the neck of Luka
Doncics, so there's been bad blood since

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and then you parlay that into these
teams playing twice in back to back years

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in a first round series. A
lot of animosity, a lot of emotions

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in a game like this tonight,
and a lot on the line because it

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determined the tie breaker in the head
to head matchup. Big Clippers victory again

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one to one eleven. They make
it nine straight. Ali and Lancaster start

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things off tonight here on Clipper Stock
without a mauson what's up? Ali?

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Yeah? Man? Today is a
big day, the very big day.

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Very happy man. There's been a
lot of happy days with this Clippers team

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recently, right, Ali, Yeah, man, very very happy. All

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right, enjoy it, celebrate it. Lenny in Inglewood. You're on clipper

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Stock without a mausin, Lenny,
what's up? What's up? First of

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all, you got to start playing
some Warren g I want it all,

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sock shoes and draw That's what we
are out with a baby. We want

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it all. That's why I was
telling you last time. We got to

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start. You know, yes,
we all want the championship. But if

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I think we have to be like
Kawhi, you know he's keeping He's just

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building the momentum and every game,
every player in possession, and he's stacking

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him. He's stacking him. Now
he's being mentioned in the MVP category.

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So to me, we got to
get I would love, like I said,

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I would love for Tyler Wood coach
at All Star All Star Team at

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break because I think I think we
and I told you I don't. I

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don't fear none of these teams that
we were playing on this three game stens.

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Now I think, Okay, he's
gonna be the biggest challenge because they

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know that has been the team that
I've identified, and I do fear,

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not just because of where they're at
now, but because of where they could

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be going. Because of all the
first round picks they have. They can

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make a deal for anyone. Yes. Absolutely, Now I'm backing off of

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because I said the last time coffee
started because as long as time Lou gives

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him the minutes, we're good.
And that's the most important thing is that

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he you know, parents, man, we get it. The kid stays

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in the picture. He's always gonna
be the fan favorite, you know whatever.

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He's good, but he dug me. He hasn't been yanky with that

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shot of late. But you know
he comes through, but coffee is real

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comfortable. He's comfortable, he's starting. He doesn't need a lot to get

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comfortable. And like I said,
he's a big dude. He's six seven.

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I mean, Adam, look at
it, man. We walk into

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the gym with damn near one hundred
points on the board between Harden, Kawhi,

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PG, and Powell and a couple
just if they just hit their averages,

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we're almost We're almost at nineties,
close to one hundred. So that's

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a hard team to stop. Baby, I mean, we're hitting one hundred

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points in three quarters. You know. I hope that Pg's okay because we

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gonna need it in the morow.
Is there any any indication he's gonna be

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playing them? An? I hope
he's okay, and I hope Kawhi is

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okay, as he did come up
holding that left hip before you knock down

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those two free throws with I think
just under a minute left. Uh,

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don't have an update yet, but
we'll hear from coach lou in a little

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bit money. So thanks for the
teas, Okay, Well, my last

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point is I think that, like
I said, even last year, man,

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I wasn't fully on board because,
like I said, I've never seen

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in all my years of watching if
the championship team does not go on a

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run during the regular season where they
stack six seven games in a row.

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I don't believe it, because it's
something that builds cohesion, that builds confidence,

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that builds chemistry. They begin to
know each other. And now we're

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at nine. So here's the deal. We can lose to Detroit Pistons for

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twelve, but we need eleven.
We gotta get okay See, and we

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gotta get Boston. I don't care
who that twelve game is, don't give

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a damn, but we gotta get
okay See. We gotta get Boston because

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now just starting to talk Stephen Smith, Stephen A Smith, not only one.

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Rick Buker is still saying, I
don't believe it. The Clippers blah

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blah blah. And you know what, it's fine, ca Ole stephen A

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Smith, can k I played a
clip. You know what I'm gonna I'm

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gonna play my NBA update in a
little bit here of what I said earlier

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today because I called him out because
a month ago he was so down on

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the Clippers and then yesterday he goes
they're the biggest threat to the Denver Nuggets.

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It's like, Okay, where was
that energy before? Are you gonna

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apologize for all the nasty things you
said? Are you gonna do? Are

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you gonna apologize? Lenny, listen
to this. Stephen A. Smith last

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season sold said Kawhi Leonard should retire. He said, Kawhi Leonard should retire.

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He has no credibility whatsoever. I
don't even want to mention his name.

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I don't even want to dignify it
anymore than I already have with the

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response. I'm with you on that. I'm with you on that. I'm

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good with that anyway. Like I
said, we gotta get to eleven.

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I don't care if we lose the
Detroit Pistons of twelve, but we gotta.

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We gotta play the Celtics, and
we got and we gotta whoop that

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trait. That's all I got to
say. All right, man, keep

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doing your thing out of it,
all right, Lenny, We'll take a

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time out here. Kawhi Leonard had
all ten points in the fourth quarter within

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a three minute stretch, and that
was the difference. Here you go,

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Lenny, here's that Warren g Clippers
making nine straight fourteen of seventeen, and

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I'm telling you they can still get
better offensively with James Harden. They're just

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scratching the surface. Anyone who didn't
want James Harden before, where are you

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at tonight? Anyone like Steven A
calling out the Clippers? Are you apologizing?

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Are you admitting that you were wrong? Don't tell me you don't see

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this performance from Kawhi. He wasn't
on a heater until the fourth, goes

405
00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:40.319
four of six with his ten points
in the span of three minutes, and

406
00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:49.920
was blowing by defenders like Derek Jones
Junior going baseline, left handed, layup,

407
00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:54.279
left handed dunk. The feed is
he just tight roped the baseline to

408
00:32:54.319 --> 00:33:02.400
find Norman Powell for the and one. The explosiveness from Kawhi and now new

409
00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:08.319
numbers. Over his last eleven games, He's at sixty two percent from the

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field and fifty two percent from three
unreal. You're listening to clipperstock. I'm

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out of Moslin after they win one
twenty so one eleven in Dallas over the

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Mavericks. It's nine straight victories for
the Clippers and they've won fourteen of their

413
00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:30.119
last seventeen ball game. Sean in
Inglewood. From Lenny and Inglewood to Sean

414
00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:35.319
and Inglewood. You guys ever hang
out now. I don't know the guy,

415
00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:38.559
but hey, he seems like a
nice guy. Gotta tell you,

416
00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:44.240
Adam, this is the best Kawhi
has been played, I think since he's

417
00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:49.319
come to LA I mean, really, that is the championship Kawhi that we've

418
00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:52.440
always waited for. Well, hold
on Sean, hold on Sean. In

419
00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:59.119
twenty twenty one, before he tore
the ACL in the playoffs, he shot

420
00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:02.000
over sixty percent in the first round
against Dallas on thirty points per game.

421
00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:06.440
Nobody had done that in a playoff
series since Shaquille O'Neal in the year two

422
00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:10.800
thousand in the NBA Finals. He
was absolutely the best player in the playoffs

423
00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:16.800
in twenty twenty one before the torny
ACL. That's the best thing right now.

424
00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:22.119
This kind of ties what he did
then no, it doesn't tie playoff

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00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:27.800
performances. It's still the regular season. You're not the a. Regular season

426
00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:31.400
wins do not usurp playoff floids.
I'm sorry, seaw that's not the same

427
00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:36.800
thing. The forty five point game
he had on the road in Dallas in

428
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Game six and a must win situation
or else the Clippers are going home.

429
00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:45.400
That's the best version of Kawhi ever. But you can say this is the

430
00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:50.320
best regular season of him in a
Clippers uniform. You see, this is

431
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what I love about you. You
know, you let let me talk and

432
00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:55.280
I get one word out, and
you critique you with everything I say.

433
00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:59.440
Well, only if you're wrong,
Sean, you're wrong. You have forty

434
00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:02.119
five points the playoff game against Dallas
in a must win situation. You can't

435
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say these games are more meaningful than
that. I'm sorry. I'm not saying

436
00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:10.800
that they're more meaningful. I'm saying
over the stretch of time, the last

437
00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:15.800
ten games, he's been awesome.
That's all. But I did want to

438
00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:21.480
make a point that I bet you
that Adam Silver regrets not putting the Clippers

439
00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:24.280
on for Christmas Day now, you
know, so, Yeah, that's pretty

440
00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:30.079
much. Yeah, that's fair that
they're missing. They're missing the hottest team

441
00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:35.320
in the NBA on Christmas Day,
Yeah, with with four potential Hall of

442
00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:37.400
Famers on the on the on the
team. So hey, yeah, and

443
00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:44.760
they just have the ability in the
offense to seem to overcome any adversity if

444
00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:49.000
they get down or if they get
for a while they go cold, when

445
00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:52.480
it comes to winning time, they
just pull it back together. And you

446
00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:55.639
know, they just they just have
too much offense for the other guys,

447
00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:59.639
you know, just it's a nice
thing to see. And they're passing as

448
00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:06.239
good. Their defense is often I
think that you know, Coffee played really

449
00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:08.320
good defense on Luca, and like
you said, you made a good point.

450
00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:14.239
They kept switching it up on Luca
and Luca was getting confused and out

451
00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:16.840
of his rhythm. I mean,
there's a lot of good things out there.

452
00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:22.559
And think about it, Adam,
we're you know, we're saying today

453
00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:27.280
they only scored one hundred and twenty
points. How about that. I mean,

454
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that's that's a subpar offensive night for
them. Now A point all right?

455
00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:36.119
I like that. Hey, Sean, what did you think of that

456
00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:40.000
small ball lineup to close? Well, the other team was playing small ball

457
00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:45.599
too, and they did plase well, okay, yeah, they closed well,

458
00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.559
I mean, you know, win
the game. You know, that's

459
00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:51.400
all I'm saying. I don't have
a problem with small ball. What I'm

460
00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:55.079
saying is mix it up from tall
to small. It's like a chess game.

461
00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:59.559
Okay, so you got your point
a guessing what's your next move?

462
00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:04.239
What's your next move? Or make
the opponent make adjustments. If you play

463
00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:07.400
small ball at the time, you're
not making your opponent make adjustments. But

464
00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:12.480
let me let me ask you something. Here's what I'm seeing from the Clippers.

465
00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:16.760
They have more ways to beat you
than you have to beat them.

466
00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:22.239
Right, it was the same My
dad used to say, they got more

467
00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:25.159
too many guns for this team,
and they got they got more guns and

468
00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:30.000
the arsenal than the other teams,
it seems like. So it's a good

469
00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:36.119
mix of how they're playing and just
you know, the talent just overcomes the

470
00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:39.079
other teams, which we're seeing now. But they're still playing like a unit

471
00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:44.239
and they're playing cohesive. You can
have talent, but you need to have

472
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the cohesiveness too, and they get
both right now. It just took it

473
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took a news, It took a
starting lineup, but with without Russell Westbrook

474
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and a little bit of time,
and that was it. You're you're absolutely

475
00:37:58.400 --> 00:38:01.480
correct, and you know everything's and
like the other if you said, people

476
00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:06.000
saying put coffee in the starting lineup, Hey, if it ain't broke,

477
00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:08.440
then fix it. You know,
yeah, come on, just keep it

478
00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:14.079
the way it's going. We know
Terrence Man will come around. He looks

479
00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:19.239
a little timid tonight, but hey, hit that flutter over Luca late though.

480
00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:23.280
He gave it to Luca with that
clutch floater and then he'll go,

481
00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:27.719
yeah, I gotta I gotta contribute
next thing. You know, he's playing

482
00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:32.119
a good game. So what happens
if Terrence Man gets hot and progresses to

483
00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:37.239
the mean, If he's going to
get to his career three point shooting percentage

484
00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:42.000
of thirty eight percent at some point, that means he's gonna get hot from

485
00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:45.719
the outside. What is that starting
lineup going to look like they've been this

486
00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:52.039
good with him cold? So the
Clippers actually have about what five or six

487
00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:57.800
guys on their team that scored over
thirty nine points of more in a playoff

488
00:38:57.840 --> 00:39:07.719
game. Jomyn Powell Why Paul George, Russell Westbrook James Hart and of course

489
00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:12.800
James Hard. Yeah, so yeah, pick your poison. I like it.

490
00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:15.840
All right, Sean, good phone
call, appreciate you, all right,

491
00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:19.000
take care buddy. All right,
we'll talk to you on uh,

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00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:23.119
well tomorrow. Avier the hot rides
here on glippers Stock without a mauzzled Favierre.

493
00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:27.000
What's up? Hey, what's up? Thank you for taking my call.

494
00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:29.320
Man, I didn't honestly, I
didn't see the game. I was

495
00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:32.320
doing some Christmas shopping, but man, I kept looking at my phone to

496
00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:35.880
see what was the score. And
when they were down two, I was

497
00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:37.840
like, oh, man, there's
the street. I think it was like

498
00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:39.159
was it you said one o eight
one o six? And I was like

499
00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:45.199
yeah, have little faith? Yeah
yeah, And I was like and after

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00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:47.159
that, I clicked back later on
and I was like, wow, they

501
00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:50.880
won whatever it was one twenty one
when eleven, and I was like,

502
00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:53.719
wow, you know what I noticed
on the stats? Like I said,

503
00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:58.199
I didn't see the game, but
Russell I think you mentioned Russell Westbrook.

504
00:39:58.480 --> 00:40:02.880
He was a plus fifteen or sixteen. I mean, he's been playing really

505
00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:07.039
good. Did you see that?
Well, it was those minutes that I

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mentioned earlier with him and James Harden
actually working out tonight. It was him,

507
00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:20.199
Harden, Tice, Emir pal Man
came in for some of those and

508
00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:22.400
that's when they got up by twenty
two. That it was the start of

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the second quarter when they really made
that run and got up big. And

510
00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:32.480
it was with James Harden and Russell
Westbrook. So that's why the plus minus

511
00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:36.119
looks like that for them, they
are the ones who extended the lead.

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00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:39.239
Yeah, wow, no gooding twenty
today. Like I said, didn't see

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the game. Now for tomorrow,
I know Paul George. Remember I told

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00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:46.519
you the day that the need to
Kawhi and Paul George for sure. I

515
00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:51.400
know Paul George and I know you're
gonna play tomorrow. What do you think

516
00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:54.880
about Kawhi playing tomorrow? I don't
know. I'm looking for postgame audio.

517
00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:58.400
I appreciate it. Javier. Well, you know what, let's hear from

518
00:40:58.440 --> 00:41:00.800
the head coach post game. We
got it right here for you. Maybe

519
00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:05.119
we'll get some insight on Kawhi,
Leonard and the hips issue and Paul George

520
00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:07.599
if he will be available tomorrow.
Here was coach loupost game after the Clippers

521
00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:13.239
win one twenty to eleven in Dallas
over the Mavericks. Were they doing that

522
00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:16.360
big thanks so challenging. Yeah,
we got a little careless with the ball.

523
00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:20.079
What she been doing a great job
of taking care of the ball,

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00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:22.719
but we got a little careless.
You know, in the second half of

525
00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:24.400
taking care of the ball. We
had players there to be made. We

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00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:28.519
just didn't make the right play.
And then like I said, going small

527
00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:32.719
and spreading us out put us in
rotations, and you know, it made

528
00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:36.320
it pretty tough. But like I
said, I just give credit to our

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00:41:36.320 --> 00:41:38.760
guys just being resilient, you know, giving up a tink a twenty two

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00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:42.599
point lead and you know, on
the road, and then staying with it,

531
00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:45.480
sticking with it and come back and
winning by nine. So that was

532
00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:49.320
a huge win for us. Like
I said, PG being out changing the

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00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:52.079
rotations. I thought, Amy it
was really good tonight made a huge three

534
00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:57.000
down the stretch of the game.
And so it's a total team effort man,

535
00:41:57.079 --> 00:42:02.039
total team win. And we got
to the watch of a test spoken

536
00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:07.039
there was Coach Lou mentioned that a
mere coffee three pointer, as I did

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00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:10.440
earlier. While we have a moment, let's pause ten seconds for station identification

538
00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:16.000
here on a five seventy LA Sports. This is LA Clippers Basketball AM five

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00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:22.239
to seventy KLAC Los Angeles, ninety
eight seven KYSR HD two Los Angeles and

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iHeartRadio Station. Avita Zubots didn't have
a huge ballgame. He was my player

541
00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:34.199
to watch. Still had twelve and
nine and twenty five minutes solid. But

542
00:42:35.239 --> 00:42:37.360
near the end of the second quarter
when they couldn't get anything else to go

543
00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:43.239
and Dallas was making a run,
Harden found him, I want to say,

544
00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:49.639
for three assists in the last five
minutes of that second quarter, and

545
00:42:49.760 --> 00:42:54.239
one of them was on this ridiculous
leading past to Aviza Zubots for an easy

546
00:42:54.360 --> 00:43:00.280
layup where it just buzzed the defender's
head and event ended up in the hands

547
00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:07.719
of Aviza Zubats. James Harden is
an elite playmaker. He was so good.

548
00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:14.000
And I'm gonna tell you something else. The Clippers didn't just get James

549
00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:17.639
Harden in the trade. You know
what, they got a better version of

550
00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:24.880
Aviza Zubots in upgrade at the center
position. This is the best we've seen

551
00:43:24.880 --> 00:43:30.639
from Aviza Zubats in his career.
He's still young, he's just twenty six.

552
00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:35.000
But the last seventeen games with this
new starting lineup has been the best

553
00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:44.280
stretch of his career. He's been
averaging thirteen and ten over the last dozen

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00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:50.480
games, but being so impactful on
the offensive end now at times because James

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00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:54.920
Harden is finding him for easy once
that pick and roll has come together.

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00:43:57.000 --> 00:44:00.679
I can't tell you how many people
said, you know what is not gonna

557
00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:02.679
work pick and roll with the Viatza
Zubots. He's not that guy. They're

558
00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:07.199
gonna need a different center next to
James Harden. Go go get Clint Capella.

559
00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:10.519
Zuo doesn't know how to run pick
and roll. They've worked on it

560
00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:17.199
and you can see the progress out
there now. He caught a lid from

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00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:21.880
Harden in the third quarter that got
them their first points of the third quarter.

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Zoo also had a great closeout on
Luka Doncic on a three pointer he

563
00:44:27.159 --> 00:44:30.719
would miss in the third and then
he had another big dunk off a pass

564
00:44:30.760 --> 00:44:36.760
from Russell Westbrook underneath the basket in
that third quarter. He's being utilized more

565
00:44:37.639 --> 00:44:44.800
and the defense is still there with
him, that great elite rim protector that

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00:44:44.840 --> 00:44:46.719
has been like this for years.
I don't know why people have slept on

567
00:44:46.760 --> 00:44:50.559
it. All the numbers will tell
you if eats. Zubats is one of

568
00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:54.360
the best rim protectors in the league. But what I like is, even

569
00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:59.800
though he's getting more involved on offense, the defense has not slipped. Clippers

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00:44:59.800 --> 00:45:04.480
win by nine, make it nine
straight victories. They win in Dallas once

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00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:07.960
twenty to one eleven. We'll come
back. We'll hear from Chuck Mockler.

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We'll get back to your phone calls
eight six six ninety seven two five seventy

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eight six six ninety seven two five
seventy Hottest team in the NBA. You're

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Los Angeles Clippers hottest player, Kawhi
Leonard. I'm out of Maslin and you're

575
00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:30.360
listening to a five seventy elis sports
every Clipper game all season long. They

576
00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:37.119
didn't stop playing hard. You're listening
to the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming on

577
00:45:37.159 --> 00:45:42.679
the iHeartRadio app. Clippers win one
twenty to one eleven over the Dallas Mavericks.

578
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In Dallas, they won ninth straight, fourteen of seventeen, and you're

579
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listening to Clippers talk. I'm out
of Moslin. Eight six six nine eight

580
00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:54.480
seven two five seventy is the phone
number. We'll get to your phone calls

581
00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:58.559
in just a bit. We got
some postgame audio two from the players.

582
00:45:58.559 --> 00:46:01.119
But now Chuck Mockler is on on
for a little Clips in Double Dip.

583
00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:07.760
Chuck, how you feeling after nine
straight victories and the Clippers at worst are

584
00:46:07.760 --> 00:46:13.599
going two and three on this brutal
three game road trip. I am feeling,

585
00:46:13.840 --> 00:46:16.360
I mean as good as I think
we possibly could as Clipper fans.

586
00:46:16.440 --> 00:46:21.199
Right. We talked about it on
our last episode of Clips and Dip with

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00:46:21.199 --> 00:46:24.000
with Will Uptike there as well,
that if they got this win, you

588
00:46:24.079 --> 00:46:30.760
know over So they started off strong, right, which which we absolutely love

589
00:46:30.800 --> 00:46:32.360
to see, but they get this
one over Dallas, and it was like,

590
00:46:32.440 --> 00:46:36.039
this is the first night of the
back to back, coming with a

591
00:46:36.199 --> 00:46:38.360
with you know, a fighting spirit
of puncher's chance. Things went well and

592
00:46:38.400 --> 00:46:42.519
then really didn't go that well,
but they locked it in the last five

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00:46:42.559 --> 00:46:45.760
minutes. So I feel fantastic.
Whatever happens tomorrow's kind of house money.

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00:46:45.800 --> 00:46:49.519
I hope the process is good.
I hope the result is a win.

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00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:52.039
But if we see some tired legs, it's another away game. I don't

596
00:46:52.079 --> 00:46:55.719
think any would be too disappointed if
they don't get the win tomorrow. Have

597
00:46:55.840 --> 00:47:00.360
you heard anything. I've been scouring
Twitter and to see if there's an update

598
00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:05.239
on Kawhi Leonard. He was holding
his left hip before he went to the

599
00:47:05.239 --> 00:47:08.800
free throw lines at the very end. And also Paul George, with him

600
00:47:08.800 --> 00:47:14.760
being out tonight, what their availability
could be tomorrow. I haven't say anything

601
00:47:14.760 --> 00:47:15.880
about Kawhi. A lot of people
are saying it looked like he took a

602
00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:21.000
knee as a hip or something like
that. So nothing on that yet.

603
00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:24.000
Paul George, I mean, I
hope his his stomach is better or whatever

604
00:47:24.079 --> 00:47:29.880
is happening. Norm Powell was out
there, borderline. This was a I

605
00:47:29.920 --> 00:47:32.159
think a diet flew game maybe for
Norm Powell if you look at his fourth

606
00:47:32.199 --> 00:47:37.880
quarter especially, But I think PG
you'll be back. And again, if

607
00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:40.320
guys have to miss tomorrow, not
the end of the world, right,

608
00:47:40.800 --> 00:47:45.599
They got these two other wins and
this three and four, this is it

609
00:47:45.599 --> 00:47:47.679
wouldn't be the worst thing. Maybe
for a bit of a rest day tomorrow

610
00:47:47.760 --> 00:47:51.039
for two one, three. Yeah, I mean, you don't want to

611
00:47:51.039 --> 00:47:54.199
give a game away when you've won
nine straight. But they also have Boston

612
00:47:54.239 --> 00:48:00.639
coming up back home in an afternoon
start on Saturday, so no rest for

613
00:48:00.719 --> 00:48:04.280
the weary. I guess we'll see
what happens tomorrow. Kawhi Leonard has played

614
00:48:04.840 --> 00:48:07.639
all twenty seven games so far for
the Clippers. They are now seventeen and

615
00:48:07.719 --> 00:48:13.239
ten on the season. But there
was a little subplot to this one because

616
00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:15.800
now the Clippers own the tiebreaker head
to head against the Dallas Mavericks. That

617
00:48:15.840 --> 00:48:22.119
could be huge coming into play later
on this season. Chuck, Yeah,

618
00:48:22.159 --> 00:48:24.079
I mean, as as always,
we are locked in some kind of death

619
00:48:24.119 --> 00:48:30.239
struggle with the Dallas Mavericks. Astfully, we have the tiebreaker over them and

620
00:48:30.320 --> 00:48:35.760
we're tied with them in the standings. Like this was as important of a

621
00:48:35.840 --> 00:48:38.360
victory, you know, except for
maybe the one after that loss to the

622
00:48:38.440 --> 00:48:40.960
Nuggets that the Clippers needed this year, and they went out and got it.

623
00:48:42.760 --> 00:48:45.119
So you love to see it.
A game and a half out of

624
00:48:45.199 --> 00:48:49.199
second with the tiebreaker. And weirdly
enough, it's the first time I believe

625
00:48:49.199 --> 00:48:52.880
we play the Thunder tomorrow, so
that could be important too. But the

626
00:48:52.920 --> 00:48:58.239
tiebreakers, huge guys showed up when
they needed to. This was almost an

627
00:48:58.239 --> 00:49:01.360
adversity win, even after being up
to with If you've seen how this Clipper's

628
00:49:01.360 --> 00:49:04.840
effort has gone through games before in
the two to one to three era.

629
00:49:05.119 --> 00:49:07.199
You've seen these games kind of go
the other way. What feels like more

630
00:49:07.239 --> 00:49:09.599
awesome than not, so it was
nice to see it go the right way.

631
00:49:10.039 --> 00:49:15.719
Now we are in the midst of
humility season, but earlier today I

632
00:49:15.840 --> 00:49:19.519
did ask the question, you know, this could be a big spot for

633
00:49:19.599 --> 00:49:22.159
Russell Westbrook and James Harden if they
don't have Paul George. Weren't sure if

634
00:49:22.360 --> 00:49:27.039
Norm Powell is even going to play
at that point. Those minutes haven't been

635
00:49:27.079 --> 00:49:30.880
great, but they were tonight.
In fact, they probably won them the

636
00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:36.719
game those two together and fourteen minutes
were a plus sixteen out there. Have

637
00:49:36.840 --> 00:49:39.840
they found something shuck or is it
just matchup dependent and it worked out to

638
00:49:39.840 --> 00:49:45.800
that against Dallas? I think it
might be matchup dependent. I also think

639
00:49:45.960 --> 00:49:50.079
you might not totally be committed to
humility season yet, but we'll see how

640
00:49:50.119 --> 00:49:54.119
that plays out. Are you an
investigative season? What is this? Hey

641
00:49:54.119 --> 00:50:00.480
to your Twitter's public No, I
think it's situational. I think TYLERU we

642
00:50:00.559 --> 00:50:02.800
talked about the players a bunch this
during the stretch. Obviously, Kawhi Leonard

643
00:50:04.039 --> 00:50:06.840
has been at MVP levels. If
you look at both sides of the ball,

644
00:50:06.880 --> 00:50:10.039
which people should maybe do more when
looking at this thing. But Tylu

645
00:50:10.079 --> 00:50:15.000
has been fantastic over this run.
Like we've said, I think those minutes

646
00:50:15.039 --> 00:50:16.800
are You know that plus minus is
helped by if Kawhi is out there with

647
00:50:17.159 --> 00:50:22.239
his level of play. Anyone sharing
the floor with Kawhi is getting a nice

648
00:50:22.239 --> 00:50:24.480
boost in the plus minus, which
is good to see. But Tyler's been

649
00:50:24.480 --> 00:50:28.480
pulling the right strings at the right
time. So credit to tied Or in

650
00:50:28.480 --> 00:50:30.320
this run as well. I'm out
credit to your guy Daniel Tice, who

651
00:50:30.400 --> 00:50:35.559
knock down two more three pointers in
this one as the Clippers continue to play

652
00:50:35.599 --> 00:50:39.000
team basketball and find the open man, and he's not hesitating, he's putting

653
00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:45.679
them through. Yeah. He made
his first corner three this year in this

654
00:50:45.800 --> 00:50:49.039
game for the Clippers. He got
his first one and we needed it.

655
00:50:50.079 --> 00:50:52.400
Yeah, he's been good to see. A lot of people have been asking

656
00:50:52.800 --> 00:50:55.679
over on Twitter and whatnot. There's
been some rumblings of like what's going to

657
00:50:55.760 --> 00:51:00.840
happen when Mason Plumbley comes back,
And I don't really think we know because

658
00:51:00.880 --> 00:51:06.039
I think Daniel type might be outplaying
expectations a little bit for the Clippers.

659
00:51:06.079 --> 00:51:07.840
He's been good. We kind of
knew what he was going to bring in

660
00:51:07.880 --> 00:51:12.000
terms of the short roll and stuff
like that, but everything's just been elevated,

661
00:51:12.480 --> 00:51:15.079
you know, by a nice percentage
from what maybe the coaching staff expected.

662
00:51:15.199 --> 00:51:19.800
So tough decisions for Tyler maybe in
that era in that regard, but

663
00:51:19.920 --> 00:51:22.280
right now Daniel type has been I
mean, as good of a margin signing

664
00:51:22.320 --> 00:51:27.519
as they could have made. Something
else has been brought up that's been a

665
00:51:27.559 --> 00:51:30.800
little bit of scuttle butt around the
water cooler is whether or not a mere

666
00:51:30.880 --> 00:51:37.239
coffee should be starting over Terrence Man. I think it's kind of nuts considering

667
00:51:37.280 --> 00:51:39.280
how good the new starting lineup has
been. Why would you want to go

668
00:51:39.320 --> 00:51:46.559
away from it? If you think
Terrence Man making shots is his best attribute.

669
00:51:46.599 --> 00:51:50.599
I don't know what to tell you, because that's just a bonus when

670
00:51:50.599 --> 00:51:53.559
he's actually knocking him down. They've
been this good from the field from the

671
00:51:53.639 --> 00:51:59.800
outside in that new starting lineup with
him cold, I'd shudder to think what

672
00:52:00.119 --> 00:52:04.280
happen if he gets on a heater. Yeah. I don't think changing the

673
00:52:04.320 --> 00:52:07.760
starting lineup in the midst of a
ten game winning streak is ever a good

674
00:52:07.760 --> 00:52:12.280
idea, especially when Terrence Man has
been there for the entirety of that wind

675
00:52:12.360 --> 00:52:15.840
streak. It's not like a mere
coffee came in and took Terrence Man's place

676
00:52:16.199 --> 00:52:20.239
and then they went on this run. A mere Coffee's played phenomenal. It's

677
00:52:20.320 --> 00:52:22.679
the story of a Slippers career.
When the Clippers are in a pinch,

678
00:52:22.039 --> 00:52:25.760
Amir comes in and does great things. But no, I do not think

679
00:52:25.760 --> 00:52:30.400
there should be a starting lineup change. I think we should try and for

680
00:52:30.599 --> 00:52:35.400
once the Clippers can keep things going
kind of as they have been and there

681
00:52:35.400 --> 00:52:39.079
hasn't been any huge reason to change. So it's amazing now that there's a

682
00:52:39.119 --> 00:52:45.920
semblance of continuity. People want to
upend it, like what right, Yeah,

683
00:52:45.000 --> 00:52:49.480
let the graph might be greener,
but it's also pretty green right now

684
00:52:49.480 --> 00:52:52.440
in the middle. Not only is
this a ten or nine game winning streak.

685
00:52:52.440 --> 00:52:53.920
Excuse me getting a little bit of
ahead of myself, but we're just

686
00:52:53.920 --> 00:52:58.039
seeing the potential of what the Slippers
team can be. You know this,

687
00:52:58.599 --> 00:53:00.639
They're going to probably drop a couple
games later in the season. They're gonna

688
00:53:00.639 --> 00:53:05.400
be frustrating, but we need to
have Clippers fans remember what we're seeing right

689
00:53:05.440 --> 00:53:07.920
now with this level of play,
what this team can be. Because I

690
00:53:07.920 --> 00:53:12.440
don't think they're at their best yet, but we're really close to seeing them,

691
00:53:12.559 --> 00:53:15.039
you know, go up into the
right where they need to be to

692
00:53:15.119 --> 00:53:17.559
ultimately be real contenders. Yeah,
the grass is very green right now.

693
00:53:17.599 --> 00:53:22.320
They're using that Scott's long cair with
the guy from Game of Thrones who looks

694
00:53:22.360 --> 00:53:25.920
like Justin Turner. Feed it.
It's been that good for them. He

695
00:53:27.280 --> 00:53:31.079
is Chuck Mackler. Follow him on
x at Chuck Mackler at mc k l

696
00:53:31.239 --> 00:53:36.199
e R. Chuck. Thanks for
doing this tonight, Love you, bro.

697
00:53:36.400 --> 00:53:39.039
No, it's been a tough week. We'll hang out soon. Yes,

698
00:53:39.079 --> 00:53:44.320
absolutely, Rip little dude and let's
go clips. Let's go Clips,

699
00:53:44.679 --> 00:53:47.000
Clippers make it nine to a row. When we come back back to your

700
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phone calls eight six six nine eight
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701
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eight seven two five seventy Who here
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702
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ELA Sports. Clippers basketball is on
the two to one three Era continues.

703
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You're listening to the LA Clippers on
the LA Clippers Audio Network straight out of

704
00:54:09.280 --> 00:54:14.719
Dallas onto Oka see as the Clippers
look to become the first team to win

705
00:54:14.800 --> 00:54:20.400
ten straight this season. They went
in Dallas one twenty to one to eleven

706
00:54:20.639 --> 00:54:25.079
over Luka, Doncic and the Mavericks
and win the season series and have the

707
00:54:25.119 --> 00:54:30.320
tiebreaker. Kind of a big deal. Welcome back in the Clippers talk.

708
00:54:30.320 --> 00:54:34.599
I'm madam Oslin eight six six nine
eight seven two five seventy. I bring

709
00:54:34.599 --> 00:54:38.000
you good news, Corny law Murray
of the Athletic Both Kawhi Leonard and Norman

710
00:54:38.079 --> 00:54:44.039
Powell postgame said we good. They
good, and they are. They had

711
00:54:44.079 --> 00:54:50.719
eighteen of the Clippers thirty five points
in that fourth quarter, had some absolutely

712
00:54:50.840 --> 00:54:53.840
clutch buckets for them in a one
point game. It was going back and

713
00:54:53.880 --> 00:54:58.519
forth. I think Dallas had it
up to two. Clippers came through.

714
00:54:59.079 --> 00:55:04.079
Speaking to Norman pass Well, let's
hear from him post game on Ballet's Sports

715
00:55:04.840 --> 00:55:12.639
with Arian or Prother, I mean, with easy Norman, what a big

716
00:55:12.719 --> 00:55:15.320
test for you guys tonight on the
road and in front of a sellout crowds

717
00:55:15.599 --> 00:55:19.880
at that What did it take for
you guys to get the job done?

718
00:55:19.880 --> 00:55:22.199
And what does that say about just
the team's grits and fights, just the

719
00:55:22.199 --> 00:55:23.920
way we're able to stay composed.
You know, we got a lot of

720
00:55:24.000 --> 00:55:27.360
vets on this team that's been through
it, big leagues. You know,

721
00:55:27.440 --> 00:55:29.920
Luca's gonna do his thing, make
shots, keep them in the game.

722
00:55:29.960 --> 00:55:31.400
They did that, they went on
that run, but we pulled together,

723
00:55:31.519 --> 00:55:35.840
stay composed through through their stretches of
tough makes. We was able to get

724
00:55:35.840 --> 00:55:37.880
stops, rebounds, and get out
in transition. A big game for you.

725
00:55:38.039 --> 00:55:43.119
Tonight's coming off the bench with twenty
one points. Kawhi Leonard also was

726
00:55:43.159 --> 00:55:45.679
able to kind of close out the
game there. Talk about how good he's

727
00:55:45.719 --> 00:55:49.840
been this season. He's been amazing. Man, he's looking top five.

728
00:55:49.920 --> 00:55:52.280
I've been saying that for a while. Man, he's been really locked in.

729
00:55:52.599 --> 00:55:57.360
He's looking good. I'm confident,
aggressive, reading the defense, reading

730
00:55:57.360 --> 00:56:00.760
the game really well. Before him
the where he got back after getting hurt

731
00:56:00.800 --> 00:56:04.280
last year in the playoffs, you
know, he's gonna be big for us

732
00:56:04.480 --> 00:56:06.679
down the stretch. So as much
as he can continue to stay in the

733
00:56:06.719 --> 00:56:08.079
pocket that he's in, it's gonna
be good for us. This push is

734
00:56:08.119 --> 00:56:12.119
the winning streak. Now it's a
nine. What is it gonna take to

735
00:56:12.199 --> 00:56:15.280
keep the ball rolling. I'm just
being tied in together, putting a full

736
00:56:15.320 --> 00:56:19.840
complete game together and following the game
plan and really locking in on defense.

737
00:56:19.880 --> 00:56:22.719
I mean We got the guys and
the weapons and the versatility on offense,

738
00:56:22.800 --> 00:56:25.800
but are our defense is where we're
gonna have to hang our hats every single

739
00:56:25.800 --> 00:56:29.599
game. All right, great jobs
tonight, Norman, I appreciate, Thank

740
00:56:29.599 --> 00:56:34.159
you. Clippers win by nine,
they make it nine straight victories. Love

741
00:56:34.199 --> 00:56:38.559
what Norman Palell said there initially,
the composure, the poise late to take

742
00:56:38.679 --> 00:56:44.360
Dallas's best shot after the Clippers led
by twenty two and come right back at

743
00:56:44.440 --> 00:56:51.280
him and find a way to win
anyways against Luka Doncic who just licks his

744
00:56:51.519 --> 00:56:55.000
chops every time it comes down to
clutch time minutes. Clippers, by the

745
00:56:55.039 --> 00:57:00.320
way, in their last ten games
played during club time, last five minutes

746
00:57:00.360 --> 00:57:07.559
within five points, they're seven and
three with an offensive rating of one twenty

747
00:57:07.639 --> 00:57:10.960
three, a defensive rating of ninety
four, and a net rating of twenty

748
00:57:12.000 --> 00:57:16.400
eight point nine. That he's very
good and a complete one to eighty turnaround

749
00:57:16.440 --> 00:57:21.320
from what we saw earlier with this
team. And this is over the last

750
00:57:21.360 --> 00:57:25.760
seventeen games, ten of them going
to clutch time, and the Clippers are

751
00:57:25.760 --> 00:57:30.360
coming up clutch and everything's coming up
Roses right now. Demetrius and Manhattan Beach

752
00:57:30.360 --> 00:57:35.320
here on Clippers sock without a mas
and what's up, Adam? My man?

753
00:57:35.360 --> 00:57:40.800
How you doing it? Oh?
Everything's good now? Yeah, well

754
00:57:40.599 --> 00:57:46.960
we know it's good now. We
basically the Clippers basically is on the series

755
00:57:47.039 --> 00:57:53.559
journey. And I think that all
the callers I heard all the callers online.

756
00:57:53.599 --> 00:57:57.440
Now I was able to listen to
several of them. I listened to

757
00:57:57.480 --> 00:58:00.519
one of your callers, gentlemen,
out of ingle with which is a nice

758
00:58:00.559 --> 00:58:07.159
guy. You're gonna do more specific
we have Sean and Len Well both.

759
00:58:07.880 --> 00:58:14.480
But I'll say this, Adam,
as far as the lineup goes, you'd

760
00:58:14.480 --> 00:58:19.360
be ridiculous to change the lineup.
You know, basically, people that analyze

761
00:58:19.400 --> 00:58:24.079
and understand sports understand that you do
not change a lineup that is this hot

762
00:58:24.159 --> 00:58:29.320
that can get better each and every
game. Now a mere coffee. He's

763
00:58:29.360 --> 00:58:35.000
been great, Okay, I'm glad
that Tylo found him like a diamond in

764
00:58:35.000 --> 00:58:38.119
the ruck. And but again we
move him to the bitch so he can

765
00:58:38.119 --> 00:58:43.440
be with that second unit with Paul
George. You give another wing man definer

766
00:58:43.519 --> 00:58:49.920
that can shoot and defend along with
Westbrook, along with the guys itself Powell

767
00:58:50.039 --> 00:58:52.199
that's coming in with that second unit, which is gonna make them even more

768
00:58:52.320 --> 00:58:57.800
potent. You don't bring him into
the starting lineup. You've got Terrence Man

769
00:58:58.599 --> 00:59:04.519
is a career thirty eight percent shooter
from three point range, So can you

770
00:59:04.599 --> 00:59:08.840
imagine him getting hot? I mean
that would be scary. With him starting

771
00:59:08.880 --> 00:59:15.199
to get rolling. They're shooting thirty
eight thirty nine percent along with this crew

772
00:59:15.239 --> 00:59:17.800
they have, that will be even
more scarier. So again, Adam,

773
00:59:17.840 --> 00:59:22.800
I just believe that they're on the
journey. I think they'll be even kill

774
00:59:22.880 --> 00:59:27.079
out. They're playing with a chip
on their shoulder. Like I explained to

775
00:59:27.119 --> 00:59:30.280
you a few weeks ago, I
think they sent in a message not only

776
00:59:30.320 --> 00:59:35.800
to the West, but to the
East as well. I like them as

777
00:59:35.840 --> 00:59:40.239
long as we're healthy. That's been
our only problem is health. That's been

778
00:59:40.360 --> 00:59:45.559
the Clippers only problem. And if
they're a healthy at them, I'm going

779
00:59:45.559 --> 00:59:50.400
on the limb to say we'll finish
at best the number one seed in the

780
00:59:50.400 --> 00:59:54.159
West. And I'm very very I
feel very comfortable about it. I don't

781
00:59:54.199 --> 00:59:58.599
see no reason why they can't.
The defense is getting better. I think

782
00:59:58.639 --> 01:00:04.320
they're taking each in every possession very
seriously. Now that we're able to figure

783
01:00:04.360 --> 01:00:07.760
it out down the stretch and clutch
time, like you were saying, I

784
01:00:07.880 --> 01:00:12.400
see no reason for us not to
be the number one seed after starting off

785
01:00:13.400 --> 01:00:16.719
with James Harden on five or six. Demetrius, speaking of clutch time,

786
01:00:17.480 --> 01:00:22.639
I gave the advanced numbers over the
last seventeen games, they've been in clutch

787
01:00:22.719 --> 01:00:29.199
time ten times, and they're seven
and three in those situations. But specifically

788
01:00:29.880 --> 01:00:35.199
in clutch time over the last ten
times, James Harden is shooting sixty percent

789
01:00:35.199 --> 01:00:39.519
in those situations, Kawhi Leonards at
fifty percent, normOn Pals at fifty percent,

790
01:00:40.480 --> 01:00:46.760
and Norm Pals a plus twenty seven
in eighteen minutes of clutch time.

791
01:00:47.199 --> 01:00:53.880
Wow, Wow lately and Adam,
just to make that point, to go

792
01:00:54.000 --> 01:01:00.880
back on a point, nobody brings
up what the three point shooting for Grmala

793
01:01:00.880 --> 01:01:07.119
guys, But you got Kawhi shooting
at stounding forty two not in his last

794
01:01:07.159 --> 01:01:12.519
ten games, but overall he's shooting
like forty five percent. You got James

795
01:01:12.519 --> 01:01:15.599
Harden shooting forty two percent. You
got Paul George that was shooting forty eight

796
01:01:15.639 --> 01:01:20.880
percent. You got pill again and
shooting so again. It's a scary,

797
01:01:21.119 --> 01:01:27.320
scary lineup. I liked the MVP
chat for Kawhi Leonard. I was a

798
01:01:27.320 --> 01:01:31.719
little bit concerned earlier, Adam with
with him getting you know nudge at the

799
01:01:31.840 --> 01:01:36.159
end right there. Kind of shook
me up because I said, well,

800
01:01:36.559 --> 01:01:39.840
maybe Tod Luke just made sent him
out tomorrow. You know, he got

801
01:01:39.840 --> 01:01:44.440
two wins. But I like to
get greedy. I think that. I

802
01:01:44.559 --> 01:01:47.400
like when Lawrence Frank came and said, let's take this series. We at

803
01:01:47.440 --> 01:01:52.840
seventeen and ten. I think we
moved in the fifth spot tonight, maybe

804
01:01:52.880 --> 01:01:58.360
the fourth game behind Sacramento. So
again, if we can pull it off

805
01:01:58.400 --> 01:02:01.159
tomorrow, Sacramento got a tough going. I think we move up to number

806
01:02:01.159 --> 01:02:04.960
four or three in the slot.
We're moving up pretty much. Let me

807
01:02:05.000 --> 01:02:09.559
tell you they're at number five,
They're right next to Sacramento. That is

808
01:02:09.599 --> 01:02:15.159
correct. That is correct. And
even with Denver, I think Denver is

809
01:02:15.159 --> 01:02:20.559
in a third slot at I think
their Clippers one game back of Denver in

810
01:02:20.599 --> 01:02:23.000
the three spot. They're one game
back of OKC in the two spot.

811
01:02:24.159 --> 01:02:28.679
That is correct. And so this
is why I ain't saying it. I'm

812
01:02:28.719 --> 01:02:32.960
predicting it now, Adam and I
think the trust and believe the Clippers will

813
01:02:34.320 --> 01:02:38.039
be the number one. See this
year. Thank you for the phone called

814
01:02:38.039 --> 01:02:44.400
Demetrius. I like the prediction.
It's bold because it would be the first

815
01:02:44.400 --> 01:02:51.079
time in franchise history they would win
the regular season Western Conference. At least,

816
01:02:52.159 --> 01:02:54.679
let's go to Mark and Hudson Beach. Mark, thirty seconds you're on

817
01:02:54.679 --> 01:02:59.719
Clipper stock. Hello. Well,
like I said, two out of three,

818
01:03:00.239 --> 01:03:02.039
that's all we gotta do. But
I'll make a boulder prediction. We're

819
01:03:02.039 --> 01:03:07.840
gonna take the Western Conference. We're
gonna we're gonna go to the finals.

820
01:03:07.960 --> 01:03:10.000
We're gonna take the Western Conference.
We're gonna have at least one better to

821
01:03:10.039 --> 01:03:14.360
put up. Put up in that
new arena. Not too all right,

822
01:03:14.440 --> 01:03:17.519
Mark, I like it. I
like the confidence. Appreciate the phone call.

823
01:03:17.519 --> 01:03:22.280
We'll talk to you maybe tomorrow night. Okay, Uh Jose and downy

824
01:03:22.480 --> 01:03:27.880
Jose, you're on Clippers south of
that, mausle Hey, Adam. I've

825
01:03:27.880 --> 01:03:30.719
been m i a for a couple
of days, so trying to watch them

826
01:03:30.800 --> 01:03:35.159
games, and they look they look
good. I like all the positive talkments

827
01:03:35.199 --> 01:03:37.639
coming in, but you know,
let's just take it one game at a

828
01:03:37.800 --> 01:03:40.119
time. Where we end up,
we end up, and I think if

829
01:03:40.280 --> 01:03:45.480
the Kings lose tonight, I think
the Clippers will be fourth spot if if

830
01:03:45.519 --> 01:03:50.519
I'm looking at it right, you're
right, because right now the Kings only

831
01:03:50.519 --> 01:03:52.880
have them by win percentage because they
have one less loss than the Clippers,

832
01:03:52.920 --> 01:03:57.960
but also one less win, so
it's better to have one less loss than

833
01:03:58.000 --> 01:04:00.679
one less win. There are at
sixty nine, Clippers are at seventeen and

834
01:04:00.760 --> 01:04:03.400
ten, but yeah, if they
go to sixteen and ten, Clippers will

835
01:04:03.440 --> 01:04:10.360
jump ahead of them. Yeah,
and I hope that we see Paul George

836
01:04:10.400 --> 01:04:14.599
tomorrow. I think we're really gonna
need him tomorrow, especially if he's rested

837
01:04:14.679 --> 01:04:19.159
legs. With the minutes at Kawhi
Harden and uh, all of them really

838
01:04:19.159 --> 01:04:23.679
put in today, and I think
we're gonna we're gonna really need Westbrook tomorrow

839
01:04:23.719 --> 01:04:27.280
too. Hopefully we can get Zoobok
in there. I know the first half

840
01:04:27.320 --> 01:04:30.159
they were really pushing the ball with
them, and then they went away with

841
01:04:30.239 --> 01:04:32.800
him, away from him, like
you've said before, man, like I

842
01:04:32.840 --> 01:04:36.599
don't get it. Well, I
get it in this game because Dallas went

843
01:04:36.719 --> 01:04:41.159
small and they were match up hunting, and so the Clippers matched them.

844
01:04:41.159 --> 01:04:45.559
They went small too, and it
worked. That's why. Yeah, that's

845
01:04:45.559 --> 01:04:47.079
true. I think I seen that
more in the fourth and to and the

846
01:04:47.119 --> 01:04:50.280
third. But even when they were
making that run in the in the in

847
01:04:50.320 --> 01:04:53.559
the third wall, Zoo was still
in. I was just hoping, like,

848
01:04:53.639 --> 01:04:56.000
you know, let's slow it up, let's muck it up and give

849
01:04:56.039 --> 01:04:58.679
them the ball, let them collect
some fouls, get some dunks in there.

850
01:04:59.519 --> 01:05:03.360
Yeah, at least one in the
third quarter. I understand. I

851
01:05:03.400 --> 01:05:06.360
appreciate the phone call, Jose.
Hopefully we'll talk to you tomorrow too,

852
01:05:08.119 --> 01:05:11.880
but you can't complain with the results
right now. Tagus and Walnut, you're

853
01:05:11.920 --> 01:05:16.559
on clipper stock without a maas And
hey, Tajous And I think in that

854
01:05:16.639 --> 01:05:21.400
four court Kawhi went to the hoop
so often because Dallas Diego's small, and

855
01:05:21.400 --> 01:05:25.440
he knew that he can't get to
the hoop without any shop blockers. So

856
01:05:26.039 --> 01:05:31.840
it was smart. And and uh, you know the first time that when

857
01:05:31.920 --> 01:05:35.800
they thought PJ. Tucker, like
a few weeks ago, Kobe Kobe Brown

858
01:05:35.840 --> 01:05:40.920
came in and I told you,
he's surprised that, uh, I'm here

859
01:05:41.360 --> 01:05:44.400
didn't get the run first, and
you, you, like I were both

860
01:05:44.440 --> 01:05:47.960
surprised. And I'm glad he's getting
the run because not only does he do

861
01:05:48.000 --> 01:05:51.320
the same things at Covington, but
toon that what they did. He can

862
01:05:51.360 --> 01:05:56.480
also put the ball on the floor. So it's a perfect compliment role player

863
01:05:56.519 --> 01:06:00.320
for these guys, and it feels
like in clutch more moments. Uh,

864
01:06:00.920 --> 01:06:05.639
either high kicking roll with Harden or
quine the posts are two best plays to

865
01:06:05.760 --> 01:06:10.239
run and Adam. Finally, with
all the receipts you've been keeping, I

866
01:06:10.239 --> 01:06:14.000
thought you were gonna play corrupt calling
out names because you know, Adam A's

867
01:06:14.039 --> 01:06:19.119
calling out names. What do you
mean, it's it's humility season. I

868
01:06:19.119 --> 01:06:23.840
don't know what you're talking about,
Dasus. I'm I'm staying humble here,

869
01:06:24.039 --> 01:06:30.639
keep my head down the grindstone.
What are you talking about, Adam?

870
01:06:30.679 --> 01:06:33.280
Let's go tomorrow, all right,
Dave, just appreciate it. Roman and

871
01:06:33.400 --> 01:06:36.639
Santa Clarita. Roman, you're a
Clipper, soft of that. Amazon,

872
01:06:36.719 --> 01:06:41.679
my favorite Lakers fan. How do
they do tonight? Oh? Yeah,

873
01:06:41.719 --> 01:06:45.599
they were doing all right. Lebron
had a good game, let's just put

874
01:06:45.599 --> 01:06:49.360
it that way. Yeah, a
good game. They lost by fifteen of

875
01:06:49.599 --> 01:06:53.559
Chicago. Yeah, I know,
I know, I know, you know,

876
01:06:53.599 --> 01:06:55.400
I was watching. I was I
was watching your game. So it

877
01:06:55.400 --> 01:06:59.760
doesn't you know irrelevant? You got
to upgrade. They're the nd season tournament

878
01:06:59.800 --> 01:07:02.760
champ. So let's say you can't
take that away from them. You can

879
01:07:02.840 --> 01:07:06.559
never take that away from them.
Raised the banner, raised the banner.

880
01:07:08.800 --> 01:07:11.239
But you know, going back,
actually you brought up a good point.

881
01:07:11.280 --> 01:07:14.599
Stephen A. Smith Us hardcore sports
fans, we don't listen to that guy

882
01:07:14.840 --> 01:07:19.880
hogwash. Okay. We listen to
people who know basketball, know the players,

883
01:07:20.039 --> 01:07:24.239
know the game, and not just
a bunch of drama on the television.

884
01:07:24.320 --> 01:07:27.440
Kawhi Leonard is who he is.
You know, last time that I

885
01:07:27.559 --> 01:07:30.639
checked, he's still Kawhi Leonard and
he's playing at an elevated level right now.

886
01:07:30.920 --> 01:07:34.159
I mean, we've been talking about
I've been with you since the James

887
01:07:34.159 --> 01:07:38.639
Harden trade, and I've been talking
to you since then. And there were

888
01:07:38.639 --> 01:07:45.119
the doubters. There were people that
wanted Toronto luout, wasn't wasn't working rights.

889
01:07:45.199 --> 01:07:48.440
Oh sorry, I'm not. I
heard I heard a couple of people

890
01:07:48.719 --> 01:07:53.119
that called the Knight that had some
you know, had some things to say.

891
01:07:53.360 --> 01:07:55.880
But you know, I'm not a
Clippers fan, but I'm turning into

892
01:07:55.880 --> 01:08:00.239
one, and we're watching this progression. And we said when they got James

893
01:08:00.280 --> 01:08:02.800
Harden, game changer, it's going
to take a little bit and it has.

894
01:08:03.280 --> 01:08:06.599
Now you're watching all the all the
things come to fruition that you talked

895
01:08:06.599 --> 01:08:10.960
about, you know, getting a
mere coffee and Norman Powe getting his shot

896
01:08:11.000 --> 01:08:15.639
going, you know everything, and
Zubach becoming a center with a pick and

897
01:08:15.760 --> 01:08:17.920
roll. You know, there's no
way he doesn't become a better player with

898
01:08:17.960 --> 01:08:21.159
that point guard, you know,
and he's doing it. He elevated his

899
01:08:21.239 --> 01:08:25.600
game seeing a mere coffee. We
talked about that a couple of weeks ago.

900
01:08:25.880 --> 01:08:28.880
He came in and he's a player
right now that fits in while Paul

901
01:08:28.920 --> 01:08:31.279
George is out or you know,
Terrence Mann doesn't have his shot. But

902
01:08:31.359 --> 01:08:35.520
Terrence Man we don't take out of
the starting lineup because he brings something else

903
01:08:35.640 --> 01:08:40.000
to the team other than the shot. We don't need him to shoot all

904
01:08:40.039 --> 01:08:44.720
the time. We have shooters.
Him shooting takes away a shot from either

905
01:08:44.800 --> 01:08:50.720
Kawhi or Paul George or James.
Why would you not want to see them

906
01:08:50.840 --> 01:08:58.159
shooting before the Terrence Man. Absolutely, he is the third he's the fourth

907
01:08:58.239 --> 01:09:00.359
option. Sometimes with Zubac in there, he is the fourth option and that

908
01:09:00.560 --> 01:09:05.079
I mean fifth option is and that's
okay because on a team with. I'm

909
01:09:05.079 --> 01:09:09.119
not going to say prospective Hall of
famers on a team with Hall of famers

910
01:09:09.159 --> 01:09:13.880
on it, a lineup of Hall
of famers for maybe five Hall of famers.

911
01:09:14.199 --> 01:09:17.159
You look at this and each player
knows his role, and those role

912
01:09:17.159 --> 01:09:21.119
players and those young guys like Terrence
Man and Coffee and and you know and

913
01:09:21.279 --> 01:09:25.039
Powell, you know, pals a
little more of a veteran, but they

914
01:09:25.039 --> 01:09:28.479
come in and they fill those roles. That's what championship teams do. You

915
01:09:28.479 --> 01:09:32.439
know. I grew up a Laker
fan in the eighties and I watched the

916
01:09:33.079 --> 01:09:38.279
Magic Johnson is my favorite player of
all time. Mine too. That's why

917
01:09:38.319 --> 01:09:41.439
we see, that's why we get
along. Magic Johnson is my favorite player

918
01:09:41.479 --> 01:09:45.279
of all time. I wore my
socks high right there in Guardena, California,

919
01:09:45.319 --> 01:09:50.560
and you know, seeing Sam Perkins
at the liquors Converse weapons on absolutely,

920
01:09:50.640 --> 01:09:54.359
I had him, no no line
at him, I had those.

921
01:09:55.079 --> 01:09:59.199
That was my man. I actually
went home to Stick early when Magic made

922
01:09:59.199 --> 01:10:01.439
the announcement. I've felt sick.
I went home. I was like,

923
01:10:01.520 --> 01:10:04.840
man, this is my favorite player. But as a kid, I didn't

924
01:10:04.840 --> 01:10:08.720
know what it meant. I just
meant to me that he wasn't playing basketball

925
01:10:08.720 --> 01:10:11.680
anymore, and I was crying,
Well, yeah yeah, and that was

926
01:10:11.760 --> 01:10:16.520
it. But what I'm watching,
Kawhi Leonards is the player we always knew

927
01:10:16.520 --> 01:10:21.039
he could be. The guy that
said regular season playoffs. He elevates his

928
01:10:21.079 --> 01:10:25.239
game for the playoffs. He is
a regular season superstar, and he is

929
01:10:25.279 --> 01:10:28.479
that finisher. And he's showing that
James Harden is that finisher, and he's

930
01:10:28.479 --> 01:10:33.840
showing that Norm Pale, Norm Pale, amazing, amazing, amazing to come

931
01:10:33.880 --> 01:10:38.279
off the bench and do what he's
doing, my favorite Laker fan. Hopefully

932
01:10:38.279 --> 01:10:41.760
we'll do it again tomorrow to close
things out, though jose and Southgate,

933
01:10:43.359 --> 01:10:45.039
how's that? That was a little
bit I don't know, a little bit

934
01:10:45.119 --> 01:10:48.720
too much Laker talk right now.
Anyways, I'm not proud of it.

935
01:10:49.039 --> 01:10:56.399
Humility season. I hate being as
excited off the front of a back to

936
01:10:56.479 --> 01:11:00.680
back, but it was hard when
we came in with a flashbacks to start

937
01:11:00.680 --> 01:11:03.520
pregame bing. Go shout out,
Cardios, Amnez, you hear the growth.

938
01:11:03.640 --> 01:11:06.239
He was talking about rubber mats.
We both came in sixteen and ten,

939
01:11:06.520 --> 01:11:09.720
and I just started thinking about,
Okay, well, we're taking the

940
01:11:09.760 --> 01:11:12.760
regular steading theories right all right,
we're up twenty, all right. Then

941
01:11:12.800 --> 01:11:15.000
he started seeing how they start coming
back, and that's when Kawhi Leonard he

942
01:11:15.760 --> 01:11:19.439
attacks the double team twice, makes
the right pass. The third time he

943
01:11:19.479 --> 01:11:23.399
can send the double team. That's
when he spins off the defender and duns

944
01:11:23.479 --> 01:11:28.640
the championship Let's go nineteen winning streak. Kwi Leonard has been locking down the

945
01:11:28.720 --> 01:11:31.119
number one option and he has been
taking some hard hits, some heart faults,

946
01:11:31.119 --> 01:11:35.399
but he's been getting up pal.
He's been aggressive like last season,

947
01:11:35.399 --> 01:11:40.239
but way more consistent. And Westbrook, if Kippers don't have any identity or

948
01:11:40.239 --> 01:11:43.159
any culture, we love our six
man. So he's embracing that. And

949
01:11:43.319 --> 01:11:46.800
Terrence Man and a mere coffee.
They're part of that DNA that tech the

950
01:11:47.279 --> 01:11:50.520
KD Warriors to the Game six to
Game seven. And the only receiver you're

951
01:11:50.520 --> 01:11:55.199
gonna find for me is saying that
I didn't want Harden if it required training,

952
01:11:55.239 --> 01:11:57.960
James, I mean Terrence Man,
and it did it. Okay,

953
01:11:58.039 --> 01:12:01.000
Okay, that's fair, that's fair. Hey, for everybody who complained that,

954
01:12:01.039 --> 01:12:04.560
why didn't they make the hard and
trade earlier? They held out so

955
01:12:04.600 --> 01:12:09.319
they wouldn't have to give up Terrence
Man. In the move. That was

956
01:12:09.520 --> 01:12:13.279
a smart negotiating tactic by the Clippers
front office. Give him a ton of

957
01:12:13.279 --> 01:12:16.479
credit and and and and and and
I do because I knew that. I

958
01:12:16.560 --> 01:12:19.760
knew That's why we hold he No, they don't because we can't he he

959
01:12:19.920 --> 01:12:23.279
dunked and into a dome. I
don't believe in the Clipper curs that we

960
01:12:23.279 --> 01:12:25.760
have this year. But if we
trade terrors man out, Okay, that's

961
01:12:25.760 --> 01:12:29.199
our churs just started. Anyways,
we're going for for tender row on.

962
01:12:29.239 --> 01:12:31.319
I'm back to back, but the
boy to coming home from for the holidays,

963
01:12:31.319 --> 01:12:34.520
so I think when they go on
in tomorrow, let's go Clippers.

964
01:12:36.600 --> 01:12:40.439
Regarding tomorrow, I appreciate the phone
call. Last one of the night is

965
01:12:40.479 --> 01:12:45.279
always from Jose in Southgate. The
Clippers have three guys that are former OKC

966
01:12:45.479 --> 01:12:50.800
thunder members, Paul George, Russell
Westbrook, James Harden. I help all

967
01:12:50.840 --> 01:12:56.600
of them play. I expect big
games from them before we get out of

968
01:12:56.600 --> 01:13:00.640
here. Katie Newton, it's casual, Katie's corner, our producer here,

969
01:13:00.760 --> 01:13:02.880
Katie, what you got tonight?
You got a question for me? I

970
01:13:02.960 --> 01:13:08.079
got a question for you? Is
it good? Though? You're the ball

971
01:13:09.560 --> 01:13:11.359
all right for that. I could
ask you one of the ones you told

972
01:13:11.399 --> 01:13:13.960
me not to ask, so it'd
be hard, but I won't. Why

973
01:13:14.000 --> 01:13:18.520
is it called the charity stripe because
they're freebies, because they're free throws free.

974
01:13:18.680 --> 01:13:25.600
I mean, it's free charity.
It's not like a dancer at a

975
01:13:25.600 --> 01:13:28.920
club later charity or something like that. It's the charity stripe, not the

976
01:13:29.000 --> 01:13:32.119
charity strip. Okay, it's getting
laid here, far too late. I

977
01:13:32.119 --> 01:13:34.600
needn't go home before we get out
of here. I do want to thank

978
01:13:34.640 --> 01:13:41.239
the Clippers organization, Ralph Laller,
Brian Seeman, no what ego, Carlo

979
01:13:41.279 --> 01:13:45.279
Amennez on the call, Big Bo
Jake Corner, the callers, the listeners,

980
01:13:45.319 --> 01:13:49.119
appreciate you all. Love you Clippers. I don't want to get ahead

981
01:13:49.119 --> 01:13:51.720
of ourselves. Clippers trying to make
it ten in a row. Tomorrow in

982
01:13:51.840 --> 01:13:57.439
Okay, see against the Thunder.
Tip off at five pregame at four,

983
01:13:57.520 --> 01:14:01.880
I met a Maslin. We will
talk to you then. God. The

984
01:14:02.000 --> 01:14:06.920
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985
01:14:08.000 --> 01:14:12.039
was just a month ago the lamestream
casual hot take sports media said this about

986
01:14:12.039 --> 01:14:15.199
the Clippers. You're looking at James
Hawden and you asking how the hell is

987
01:14:15.239 --> 01:14:17.359
this gonna work? And now today
those same people, lacking any self awareness

988
01:14:17.439 --> 01:14:20.600
or credibility, are saying this.
The Clippers appeared to be the number one

989
01:14:20.600 --> 01:14:24.680
threats at the Denver Nuggets in a
Western Conference. So what changed with the

990
01:14:24.720 --> 01:14:27.960
Clippers now having won eighth straight and
thirteen of sixteen. Well, it started

991
01:14:28.000 --> 01:14:30.600
with bringing Russ off the bench,
something I said they should do from day

992
01:14:30.640 --> 01:14:32.159
one. That empowered James Harden to
have the ball in his hands and play

993
01:14:32.199 --> 01:14:35.119
pick and roll with the starting unit, which has led to easier shots for

994
01:14:35.239 --> 01:14:40.600
everyone. And it's gotten Kawhi Leonard
even better looks where he's entered basketball god,

995
01:14:40.720 --> 01:14:44.520
mo I am a golden god.
He's at sixty three percent from the

996
01:14:44.520 --> 01:14:46.720
field and fifty seven percent from three
in the last ten games. Here was

997
01:14:46.800 --> 01:14:50.039
Kawhi recently on if this is the
best stretch of his regular she's a career.

998
01:14:50.079 --> 01:14:53.319
I mean, if you want to
put in a numbers lies, I'm

999
01:14:53.359 --> 01:14:58.640
more focused on something bigger than just
a stretch. Scary hours Clippers in Dallas

1000
01:14:58.640 --> 01:15:01.039
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1001
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1002
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I met a Moslem and this is
a seventy LS fours ma WHI was doing

1003
01:15:11.760 --> 01:15:15.199
his thing. All they want to
do is win in LA. When I

1004
01:15:15.199 --> 01:15:17.239
thought they gave everything they had,
I'm very proud of them. This has

1005
01:15:17.319 --> 01:15:23.520
been Clippers Talk, the official postgame
reaction of the LA Clippers. God Bless

1006
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Paul George. Are you not?
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