WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.840 --> 00:00:06.000 Parents, madness pure once again, he's Clippers Talk. I got calls on 2 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:12.119 Clippers Talk, immediate reaction and analysis to today's game. That's what he's capable 3 00:00:12.279 --> 00:00:17.359 of, hosted by your pre and post game boys of the LA Clippers. 4 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:24.640 Adam Osler, this is Houston Bay again. Please Houston, we'd have a 5 00:00:24.679 --> 00:00:29.199 problem. Yeah, the Clippers, I have a whole I mean as Zubots 6 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:36.439 and they win one thirteen to one hundred in Houston over the Rockets. Welcome 7 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:39.359 into Clippers stock. I'm out of Moslin. Eight six six nine eight seven 8 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:44.159 two five seventy. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the 9 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:46.960 phone number if you'd like to get on or get to meet. Follow Adam 10 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:50.880 a on Twitter. Coming up, you're gonna hear from a Visa Zubots and 11 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:55.560 coach Loop post game. But the Clippers once again pulling away in that second 12 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:58.359 half where they were down by one, down by four, I want to 13 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:02.280 say on Sunday in Houston at the half, and they had one of their 14 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:07.560 most dominating third quarters once again, and it was a lot of Big Zoo 15 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:12.280 who had ten of its twenty two points in that third quarter. Clippers outscored 16 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:17.400 the Houston Rockets by fifteen points, put up a forty spot to twenty five 17 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:22.519 in the third and the fourth or the depth of this team just shows. 18 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:26.560 As the Clippers have so many guys, they come in waves and somebody different 19 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:32.640 ways to beat you. Roco Robert Covington, he was only credited with four 20 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:34.760 blocks. I want to say he had at least three of them in the 21 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:40.799 fourth quarter plus a steal, but a swipe and score and getting out in 22 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:46.400 transition he in a mere coffee. Both did most of their damage in the 23 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:49.120 final period. As the Clippers, I want to say, led by as 24 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:53.680 many as twenty one, I'll get that for you, but they win by 25 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:57.799 thirteen and it really wasn't even that close as they just figure some things out 26 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:00.959 as the game goes along. Down one at the half in Houston, you 27 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:05.760 thought this could be one of the worst losses of the season, which just 28 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:10.919 I would say eighteen games left after tonight, every game's critical, pivotal. 29 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:15.400 You heard from coach Lue pregame. They're trying to get that six spot in 30 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:20.599 the West. The goal is to get out of the play in tournament. 31 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:25.919 Where after somehow in Minnesota, Timberwolve still playing very good basketball. They won 32 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:30.400 big over the Golden State Warriors one twenty nine to one fourteen tonight, So 33 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:34.479 the Clippers still remain a game and a half back of them for that seventh 34 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:38.400 spot, which we at least get to home court in the first round or 35 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:42.840 the first play in game should it come to that. But the goal is 36 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:46.039 still to get to the sixth spot and get into a series, not just 37 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:51.120 a play in tournament. And the Clippers winning six of their last seven, 38 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:54.520 it looks like they've turned a corner and figured something out, even without Kawai, 39 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:59.080 without Norman Powell, who was here for just three games before he unfortunately 40 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:02.199 got hurt, without Paul George, who's played just twenty six games this season. 41 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:07.639 But the Clippers of one four in a row, as I mentioned, 42 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:12.199 six of seven, and it's the way they're winning these games, getting back 43 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:17.280 to basics drive kick swing. They're hitting three pointers at a much higher rate 44 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:21.319 than they have all season long. In fact, I want to say over 45 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:23.560 the last two weeks they once again led the league in three point shooting. 46 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:29.080 In this one, they go thirteen of thirty one from the outside forty two 47 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:34.439 percent. But it was that third quarter where they got ridiculously hot seven of 48 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:38.639 nine shooting from three there and Houston, while they still put up almost forty 49 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:42.439 three pointers, they take a lot at thirty nine. They didn't make seventeen 50 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:46.039 this time out like they did on Sunday, just thirteen of them. They 51 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:50.039 shot thirty three percent from the outside, and the Clippers defense holding a team 52 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:53.199 to one hundred in this day and age, and the Clippers have had a 53 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:59.840 top three defense during this winning streak, it says something. And for them 54 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:03.919 to turn things around in that third quarter and have a Golden State like surge 55 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:09.680 when you need one to pull away from a Houston Rockets team, Otherwise it 56 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:13.199 could turn into a dog fight like we saw on Sunday where the Clippers just 57 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:15.519 squeaked out that victory thanks to Aviatsa. Zoo bots on that one with his 58 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:20.680 six blocks and his sixth block against Christian Wood, game saving block. But 59 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:26.519 in this one, more offense from Zoo twenty two points again, ten of 60 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:30.839 those in the third quarter still had a block, redirected some shots. The 61 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:34.240 verticality was there from him. I thought Isaiah Hartenstein was very good in that 62 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:39.319 area as well. The backup center six points in twenty two minutes, but 63 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:46.560 Roco having four blocks in twenty two minutes himself three of six shooting, and 64 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:49.040 just Noah Eagle brought it up pre game. But we've talked about the comparison 65 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:54.959 to Nick Batoum, But what about Pat bev with a motor that Robert Covington 66 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:58.519 has been playing with. And even though he hasn't gotten more than I want 67 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:00.120 to say, twenty five minutes in a game him so far as the Clipper, 68 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:03.600 they have all been impactful. When he's out there. It looks like 69 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:08.279 he's controlling things on the defensive end, directing traffic a little bit, but 70 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:14.480 helping the Clippers play five guys on a string, and their defense has only 71 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:18.160 been better recently while their offense is starting to catch up. And a lot 72 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:21.399 of that is the three point shooting. A lot of that is because they're 73 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:26.839 attacking more and getting into the lane where they had fifty two points in the 74 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:30.399 paint in this one, where the average I wanted to say, just forty 75 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:32.519 four points in the paint on the season, that's bottom three in the league. 76 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:38.639 That had to change. The three point shooting would come with it as 77 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:43.600 kind of a byproduct of attacking and putting more pressure on the rim and then 78 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:46.600 it leads to easier shots along the outside. Twenty four assists on their forty 79 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:50.560 two makes the Clippers had in this one. And I know it's the Houston 80 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:55.240 Rockets, but look at who's out for the Clippers and just the way they 81 00:05:55.240 --> 00:06:00.839 continue to play team basketball. Anyways, it's impressive, and Noah brought this 82 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:02.959 up post game as well. Coach Lewis talked about it. It's one thing 83 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:08.759 to have a little bit of that ewing theory where you overcome not having your 84 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:14.519 best player for a little bit of time a week or two a month. 85 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:19.720 Clippers haven't had Kawhi Leonard all year, they haven't had Paul George basically since 86 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:24.519 the start. At twenty twenty two. They had Norman Powell for three games 87 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:28.519 where he played really well, and you can make the argument they're missing their 88 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:32.120 three best players. The Norman Powell new Clipper that type of talent. You 89 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:36.879 can argue with Nick Batoum with the way he plays and the character he has 90 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:42.079 out there, and he gets everybody in line with his leadership Regie Jackson at 91 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:47.399 times because you just need his scoring. But for them to be really finding 92 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:53.959 themselves without their superstars and learning how to play together, and guys really sinking 93 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:59.439 into their rules now and thriving. It's something to behold. The Clippers, 94 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.240 I want to say they're peaking, but they're playing much better basketball, indicative 95 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:08.399 by the fact that they're two games above five hundred now at thirty three and 96 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:13.079 thirty one, still fifteen and eighteen on the road, but coming back home 97 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:15.399 to take on the Lakers once again, a fourth meeting of the season. 98 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:20.480 Obviously, the Clippers won the first three. Before we break here, Javier 99 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:26.319 Lahabra heights, Javier, you're on Clippers stock without Amslin, what's up? 100 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:31.560 It's up at him and Zuba played a great third quarter. For a minute 101 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:34.839 there, I thought I was looking at a Chemolaize one. I mean, 102 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:39.399 he was all over of the place. If you squint just a little bit, 103 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:42.319 is that a Chemolish one over there? Is that Nicola Yokus over there? 104 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:46.600 And in that third quarter he had a tip in where he was just 105 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:49.120 right place, right time, far below the basket, and you got it 106 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:51.680 up and in. I'm not even sure if that was the plan, but 107 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:58.439 somehow he guided it in. But the putback dunk. Just doing a little 108 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:01.959 bit of everything, but is playing to his size, and he was my 109 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:03.920 player to watch because I wanted to see how he backed up his last game 110 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:11.600 after not playing to his abilities against the Lakers Friday night. He played amazingly 111 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:15.199 in Houston against a team that likes to go small, against a team he 112 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:18.040 can take advantage of. Coach who actually challenged him going into Sunday's game, 113 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:22.800 saying, you should have twenty and fifteen in that one. I had fourteen 114 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:26.639 and fifteen, but in this one twenty two and twelve. So he has 115 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:31.040 been like a dominant big man should He's looked like how you should look against 116 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:33.399 a team that goes small, a team that you have a chance to punish 117 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:37.759 on the interior. And that's what Big Zoo has been doing. Yeah no, 118 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:41.600 and then he got feel like this on Thursday against Dwight Howard. You 119 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:46.879 know what happened last game, so hopefully help you know, keep playing the 120 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:50.399 way he played today against Dwight Howard another team. Real quick to Adam Lucernard, 121 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:54.559 I know he's getting quiet the last with two games, but you know 122 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:56.679 he always does good against the Lakers, so I can't wait to see that. 123 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:01.240 And the last thing, Adam, I'm gonna go to the game on 124 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:05.000 Thursday. That's one of my games because almost doesn't take it older lakerlip differ 125 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:09.480 Nation. You gotta be loud. You've gotta be loud. You've gotta beat 126 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:13.360 the Fakers and sweep them. You've gotta be loud. I said, I 127 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:16.600 don't think you'll go all right, Javier, I appreciate it. I will 128 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:20.399 be there as well Thursday night, final meeting between the two teams and the 129 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:26.000 regular season this year. It's always a big game because both teams cannot afford 130 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:28.519 to slip up right now, desperate ball clubs. Obviously the Clippers have been 131 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:35.440 playing better than the Lakers, but the Lakers are gonna come out and try 132 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:39.639 to re establish themselves. And Lebron James, I believe he was only six 133 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:43.440 of twenty one from the field Friday night against the Clippers, who I told 134 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:48.159 you guys this post game. Nobody guards Lebron better than the Clippers. Now 135 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:54.279 I look back the last three seasons, in seven games he was shooting I 136 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:58.759 believe thirty seven percent from the field against the Clippers in those seven games, 137 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:07.360 twenty percent from three. Lebron James someone who's as efficient as anyone. So 138 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:11.759 another battle for Los Angeles Thursday night should be a good one. Clippers win 139 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:16.000 one thirteen to one hundred over the Houston Rockets. Tonight more Clippers stuck. 140 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:31.639 You're on the M five seventy l A Sports. Next, you're listening to 141 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:35.519 Los Angeles Clippers basketball. He goes all the way to the ram A sky 142 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:41.919 scraping jams. This is the official home of your LA Clippers. I wish 143 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:45.200 I was like six foot nine so I can give with Leo. She don't 144 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:46.159 know me, but YO, she's gonna be fine. You know, I 145 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:50.000 see you all the time everybody I go. When you've been in my dreams, 146 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:54.120 I canna scheme away to make her mind because I know she's been install 147 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:56.519 and he clips ball. So I'm gonna compete with that. Because Clippers win 148 00:10:56.600 --> 00:11:05.240 one thirteen. It's the one hundred over the Houston Rockets in Houston. Katie 149 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:13.320 with dable Tunes here, Avid Skier Clippers taken on the Lakers Thursday back in 150 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:16.960 Los Angeles. Welcome back in the Clippers stock. I'm at a maslin to 151 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:20.080 eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. Coming up this very segment, 152 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:22.919 you'll hear from coach Lou But while we have a moment. Let's pause 153 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:28.840 ten seconds for station identification here on Los Angeles Clippers Radio Networking seventy others barms, 154 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:35.720 this is LA Clippers Basketball AM five seventy KLAC Los Angeles, ninety eight 155 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:41.960 seven KYSR HD to Los Angeles and iHeart radio station sports tagus in Walnut. 156 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:46.159 Just what's up here on Clipper stock without of Maslin. How are you good? 157 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:50.440 Adam Uh, I'm glad we got it going in that third quarter because 158 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:54.519 I'm not gonna lie. The first six minutes of the second quarter I think 159 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:58.440 might have been the worst basketball we've played. The struggle was real. They 160 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:01.519 had a couple lolls. They went three minutes scoreless at one point in the 161 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:05.720 fourth quarter, but they had that buffer, that cushion because they led by 162 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:11.799 a significant amount. Then I still should get that right. I was gonna 163 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:15.879 say, I think, you know, with all these wins, it's a 164 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:22.639 little annoying that I can't make ground on Denver, Dallas and pretty much Minnesota. 165 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:28.360 So thanks Warriors. Just kidding, Yeah, exactly. They lost in 166 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:31.440 Minnesota tonight. It's a game and a half in front of the Clippers. 167 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:35.759 They're in the seventh spot. Clippers in the eighth spot currently, so in 168 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:39.720 the playing tournament. And they blew that Dallas game the other day, Yes, 169 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:45.679 they did. Uh you know what I was thinking. I'm like, 170 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:48.519 Denver kind of reminds them, reminds me of the Clippers right now without their 171 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:54.000 guys, they're playing so well, and reminds you of the Clippers. I 172 00:12:54.000 --> 00:13:01.879 mean, they still have Nicolai, they still have number one star kind of 173 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:05.440 I'm not gonna say all the way, but I mean they're playing so well 174 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:11.440 without two key guys, ands like I wish we had we at least had 175 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:16.919 one of our guys right now, I know. But how dangerous do you 176 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:22.200 think they'll be? Because I read something that Murray and Yokit. I mean, 177 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:28.440 Murray and Porter are supposed to come back sometime in March. Where do 178 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:35.159 you rank them with them back amongst the top teams? I mean, if 179 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:39.679 Michael Porter Junior is healthy, and that's a big if because if you remember 180 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:41.399 at the beginning of the season before and I want to say, he did 181 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:45.639 have some type of back surgery, which is crazy that he's coming back, 182 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:50.759 but he didn't look like himself whatsoever. And that was an injury that came 183 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:56.519 from the playoffs last year against Phoenix, where I want to say he missed 184 00:13:56.519 --> 00:14:01.919 some games in the second round they ended up getting swept. He just looked 185 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:03.759 like a shell of his former self to start off this season. He didn't 186 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:09.159 look right physically at all. If he's right, if Jamal Murray's right, 187 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:13.399 coming off the acl yeah, they're as dangerous as anyone in the West. 188 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:16.879 I would put them as if those two guys are right, and it's a 189 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:22.600 big if I put them as a top three team possibly in the league. 190 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:24.720 I would have them over the Golden State Warriors, be honest, and right 191 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:30.679 there with the Phoenix Suns. But be interesting. We're looking to see if 192 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:35.720 the Clippers can get some guys back if the Cavalry is on the way. 193 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:39.440 No update on that yet unless Coach Lou spoke about it post game. Here 194 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:46.120 he was after the Clippers would win and sweep the the Houston Rockets Texas two 195 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:50.360 step in Houston one thirteen to one hundred with their victory tonight. Here was 196 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:58.960 Coach Lou postgames in the first half and nine in the third quarter. Yeah, 197 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:01.000 and just came in a half time just talking about the only adjustment we 198 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:03.480 had to make was played the right way, and that was on both ends 199 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:07.240 of the floor, you know, defensively and offensively. You know, if 200 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:09.679 you don't have a shot, movie get to the next action. Even though 201 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:11.519 we didn't miss four five layups in that first half, I just didn't think 202 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:15.799 we played the right way. In the second half and especially that third quarter, 203 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:18.200 we came out and played the right way and we was able to open 204 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:22.159 the game up. So terreces right in that bike the last stretch up the 205 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:24.600 fourth quarters, you say, gotten even the five, but he's don't care. 206 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:31.320 Wait you think about where your team is at, uh thinking Christmas we 207 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:37.120 outseet palls going with the elbow or two games door five like dead two games 208 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:43.360 or follege and that that basically that's even since that talk like what does that? 209 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:46.480 What does that mean for your team to go that long and play that 210 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:52.720 either just you know, just our mental space. I think with the guys 211 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:54.399 we have on the floor on the team, like they believe we can win 212 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:58.480 every single night no matter who's on the floor. And it's been some tough 213 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:00.360 adjustment periods. You know, when you lose you know we knew Kahi was 214 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:04.120 out, but when you lose your two best players and basically the whole offensive 215 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:07.159 system is built around them. It's it's hard, you know, and so 216 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:10.799 we've had a tweeks, you know, we had to make tweaks to our 217 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:12.240 offense. You know, our coaching staff has done a great job of getting 218 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:15.519 these guys in and making sure we're learning what we're trying to do, and 219 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:21.000 we're trying to sympathize as much as possible. But the biggest thing just their 220 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:22.720 mindset and and the way these guys in the locker room coming to play every 221 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:26.240 single night. And so when you got a team is gonna do that, 222 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:29.720 then it makes me, you know, I gotta be I gotta do my 223 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:32.159 job, you know, cause they're coming every night, fighting call and trying 224 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:34.440 to win games. And so me and myself and the coaching staff, you 225 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:37.679 know, we gotta we gotta do a good job as well to put these 226 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:41.039 guys in position to win games. And so both sides has been working really 227 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:44.600 well. And so, you know, we started off struggling. You know, 228 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:45.919 when Peg went out, we couldn't score the basketball. We didn't know 229 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:49.879 how we would score. But now you don't have an opportunity to play through 230 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:52.960 you know, team man playing through it me or playing through markets more, 231 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:56.480 you know Luke on More, you know pen pinning down actions, playing with 232 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:00.519 Zoo in the post, you know, Isaiah being a ball on the making 233 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:03.320 play. So we just you know, been trying to figure out, you 234 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:04.759 know, what we're gonna get scoring from. And I think you know, 235 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:07.119 we've we've we kind of understand who we are and how we got to play 236 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:12.039 and ort to be successful. You get energy from the fact that you have 237 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:18.079 these group of guys consistently and know that there's so many different things that you 238 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:19.799 can do, even though it's not the same because and came to camp with 239 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:22.920 its yeah for sure, and you know I told you guys, we went 240 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:26.119 through that. You know that tough stretch. I said, you know, 241 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:27.960 give me four or five games to figure out what we've gotten, how we 242 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:30.359 need to play, and we'll be able to figure out and win games. 243 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:33.720 And like I said, these guys in the locker room, they come out 244 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:37.519 and fight and compete every single night, and that always gives us a chance. 245 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:41.359 And so offensively we figure out how we need to play and what we're 246 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:44.400 looking for and what we're trying to do. You know, we can we 247 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:47.440 can win some games. And we've been doing that as of late. I 248 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:49.240 know you kind of out there they when I mentioned you had like a dangerous 249 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:55.079 team right in a dangerous eight, but who is you guys? But you 250 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:56.720 guys won six or seven four in a row, and like you said, 251 00:17:56.759 --> 00:18:00.000 there's a certain mindset that you guys feel like you can win it. Yeah, 252 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:02.680 And what kind of energy do you feel like your team has right now? 253 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:04.960 We have great energy, you know, like I said, it's it's 254 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:10.319 not one man show. It could be somebody different every single night. And 255 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:11.599 you know the last two games, you know, Zoo has been great. 256 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:15.319 You know tonight having twenty two points and twelve rebounds. You know, Marcus 257 00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:18.559 always carrious it offensive load of soldier's Reggie. But you know we have you 258 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:22.160 know, all those guys like a mere chipping hand with ten. You know, 259 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:23.279 Brandon came out the bench. He had a good game as well. 260 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:26.839 So you know, six guys in double figures, just playing the right way 261 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:30.039 and just trying to, you know, get the most out of everybody we 262 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:32.319 have on the floor. And so those guys have been doing a good job 263 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:36.759 that first half. You guys want six minutes that either team Man or Reggie 264 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:40.319 on the floor. Would you two points in that stretch. Would you think 265 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:42.880 of the way it's the bold hand and the responsibilities. But I just you 266 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:45.440 know, just to get Brandon, you know, get him out on the 267 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:48.480 floor. He's been working hard, trying to do all the right things and 268 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:52.720 just give him a feel And we did that early in the first half. 269 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:53.559 And then you know, in the second half we got to me him on 270 00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:56.559 the nine minute mark or the fourth quarter, we was able to extend the 271 00:18:56.640 --> 00:19:00.160 league. But he's been doing a good job his activity defensively, making anybody 272 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:04.680 pass, making anybody play, being decisive with his quick decisions, making you 273 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:07.799 know, quick decisions and getting to the basket of taking a shot or getting 274 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:11.640 to the next action. So we put the point guard responsibilities on a mirror, 275 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:17.440 and so you know, just a learning process for everybody, and I 276 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:18.680 just want to give everybody opportunity, you know, Like I said, those 277 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:22.759 guys did a good job. Different guys playing different roles, but leading to 278 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:26.519 the same result. Another w for the Clippers. They've won six of seven. 279 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:30.000 This is their best streak, I want to say, since they won 280 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:37.359 seven in a row in early November, stretching into maybe late November, stretching 281 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:42.000 into December. And they're doing so without Paul George, without Kawhi Leonard, 282 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:48.960 without Norm Powell, a Mirra Coffee running the point, Terrence Man having the 283 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:52.599 ball in his hands a lot more. He had five assists, and I 284 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:55.440 want to say had another seven points in the second quarter, just like he 285 00:19:55.480 --> 00:20:00.759 did on Sunday where the Clippers were down by seven. Maybe it was six, 286 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:06.279 but with five minutes left in that second quarter, Terrence Man had seven 287 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:10.400 points. During that time period, Clippers were down just one at the half, 288 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:14.160 had a little bit of momentum carried over into that third quarter and second 289 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:17.440 half where they put up a forty spot. Because it's twenty five for the 290 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:21.279 Houston Rockets. Clippers win one thirteen to one hundred and led by as many 291 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:23.519 as twenty one. Coming up next, he'll hear from Vizza Zoobots post game 292 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:27.960 right here on the Los Angeles Clippers Video Network at hand five seven alis fours 293 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:42.920 tis you're listening to Los Angeles Clippers basketball. He goes all the way to 294 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:48.279 the ram A sky Scraping Jams. This is the official home of your LA 295 00:20:48.440 --> 00:21:03.839 Clippers, last name Rich. Clippers leave Houston with two ventories. The Thursday 296 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:11.119 Night Clippers one thirteen to one hundred over the Rockets. Welcome into your post 297 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:14.000 game show. This is Clippers tuck. I'm at a Maslin to eight six 298 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:18.480 six nine eight seven two five seventy eight sixty six nine eight seven two five 299 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:22.960 seventy is the phone number. I just saw this quote coming out of the 300 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:26.000 postgame media sessions with Terrence Man. He says, quote, a lot of 301 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:30.039 people wrote us off the map once they figured out who was hurt, who 302 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:33.279 was injured, they really didn't know what we got. That says a lot 303 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:37.400 for our group. And when you're in these situations where you're missing so many 304 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:41.440 key players, it has to be the whole is greater than the sum of 305 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:45.880 its parts. And the only way for that to happen is with great ball 306 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:52.880 movement, getting guys to their spots on offense and getting open shots just by 307 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:56.880 dissecting the defense and not playing a lot of iso ball. There were a 308 00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:59.680 few times the Clippers got into that a little bit. I mentioned the fourth 309 00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:02.759 quarter. They had a three minute stretch where they went scoreless, but then 310 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:07.599 they got back to playing team ball and doing the little things hustle plays. 311 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:11.920 Terrence Man saved had an offensive rebound and the Clippers had seventeen of them in 312 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:18.079 this one. An outrebound under the Houston Rockets once again by ten fifty five 313 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:22.680 to forty four, but Terrence Man tap the ball out. Eventually it came 314 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:26.599 back to him as he extended the possession and would hit a three point near 315 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:30.319 the end of the third. You need possessions like that. You need what 316 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:33.200 we saw from a Visa Zoo boss with a big block leading to a big 317 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:37.599 throwdown from Nick Batoum in transition. On the other side is the Clippers had 318 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:41.039 one of their best games when it comes to fast break points. They had 319 00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:45.640 nineteen to fifteen for the Houston Rockets, the younger team that when they get 320 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:48.960 into the open court, they can make you pay. Clippers were better at 321 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:52.240 limiting some of those live ball turnovers in the second half, they still had 322 00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:56.680 sixteen of them total. That's been alone blemished the last three games. They 323 00:22:56.720 --> 00:23:00.079 had eighteen turnovers on Sunday. I want to say in other eighteen Friday night 324 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:04.400 against Los Angeles Lakers. It's almost done them in a couple of times, 325 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:10.880 but they've still found ways to win games late. And this one, yeah, 326 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:15.160 they pulled away and they had a lead by as many as twenty one 327 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:18.599 points in the fourth quarter, but down the stretch against Houston on Sunday, 328 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:23.039 down the stretch against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night, and you can 329 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:27.480 say that even though they've won six of seven and they're playing better, there 330 00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:33.319 are still areas to improve in the turnover area, the careless passes being one 331 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:37.119 of them, those misques. If they can take care of that, there's 332 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:40.279 still another level to get to. That's why I say I don't believe this 333 00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:44.400 team is close to peaking yet, even for the roster that's available to coach 334 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:49.039 lou they still have areas they can clean up and need to because the Lakers, 335 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:52.880 they're gonna be hungry for that one. They don't want to get swept 336 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:56.400 in the season series four games to none by the Clippers, who have dominated 337 00:23:56.440 --> 00:24:00.799 them over the last ten years, where they've won thirty one of the last 338 00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:06.160 thirty eight meetings. It's unbelievable to say, but it's true. And this 339 00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:08.319 one though, they just had to find a way to take down the worst 340 00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:12.799 team in the West and get both of these victories. With just eighteen games 341 00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:18.400 left in the season, for them, every game becomes that much more magnified 342 00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:23.519 in every game for this team. With the guys that are available, you 343 00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:26.200 know, there's still a learning process. They still have new guys. Even 344 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:32.039 without Norman Powell, Robert Covington is out there, they still have guys that 345 00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:37.680 are getting more familiar with their roles and what's being expected of them. But 346 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:42.720 they're really starting to embrace whatever coach lewis throwing their way. They're listening, 347 00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:48.400 and Coach lewis humble enough and laughed off the point that they could be one 348 00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:51.599 of the toughest eight seeds. They could be a dangerous team to make the 349 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:56.279 playoffs. But he deflects a lot of the praise because that's what leaders do. 350 00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:59.319 But he has been unbelievable. I don't know if anyone else. I 351 00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:02.440 don't believe any one else could do a better job with this team this season 352 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:07.079 than coach lu perfect guy for this job. I know we would saying that 353 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.799 for a while, but the versatility on this team, the death on this 354 00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:12.440 team. You have to push the right button, get the right guy in 355 00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:17.759 at the right time, and nobody is better at making those adjustments. That's 356 00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:21.400 why no what Eagle Lexic call him the chiropractor than coach lou all right, 357 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:23.759 we'll take our final time out. We'll come back. We'll get back to 358 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:27.319 your phone calls. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six 359 00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:32.680 six nine eight seven two five seventy. Clippers at thirty three and thirty one. 360 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:37.599 Now a couple of games above five hundred guys at one four in a 361 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:40.680 row. They'll try to make it five Thursday night against the Lakers. More 362 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:44.759 on that coming up here on Clippers Store on the M five seventy Las Fillips. 363 00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:59.079 Yeah, time a Hawks slam. You're listening to Los Angeles Clippers. 364 00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:03.880 Basketball goes all the way of the ram A sky scraping jams. This is 365 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:10.359 the official home of your LA Clippers. Hey, he records so much. 366 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:18.799 Demo job would not get the memo I do not cutting Mitto. Clippers win 367 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:23.799 one thirteen to one hundred, Andy Houston over the Rockets, Madam Oslin here 368 00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:30.559 listening to Clippers talk age six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the 369 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:36.880 full number Clippers going into another matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. 370 00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:41.599 And you can say it's not a rivalry or the Lakers are down right now, 371 00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:45.359 and they aren't down sixty eight sixty one dollars right now, But I 372 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:51.759 still expect them to give their best shot against the Clippers and try to avoid 373 00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:56.240 getting skunk this season, getting shut out in four games, where in the 374 00:26:56.359 --> 00:27:00.480 first three the Clippers showed up big late and all of them it was Luke 375 00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:06.599 Kennard and Marcus Morris. In game one, it was Reggie Jackson the end 376 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:11.440 of Game two, more Marcus Morris in Game three with a big shot over 377 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:15.920 Russell Westbrook and left elbow. And the Clippers have dominated this series, this 378 00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:22.640 matchup for years now, but they're still a team missing their superstars, and 379 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:27.319 you expect at least Lebron James and Russell Westbrook to be their Thursday Night And 380 00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:32.160 just as I've been saying every game, you can say it's just one of 381 00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:34.240 eighty two, but they feel more meaningful the closure you get to the playoffs, 382 00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:37.839 the closer you get to the play in tournament. And the Clippers right 383 00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:42.759 now winners of six of their last seven, they're starting to feel like they're 384 00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:47.640 getting in sync offensively. The defense hasn't been a problem all year long, 385 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:52.880 or they've been around the top five defense through most of the year. If 386 00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:57.400 their offense is just average. That's good enough to win games, because well, 387 00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:02.359 they've been one of the best luch offenses a whole season long, so 388 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:07.079 even when they're down, they play their best late in games where actually, 389 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:11.519 if you know the numbers and a team with the best offensive rating on the 390 00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:18.799 season would have it around one hundred and thirteen, the Clippers, just in 391 00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:22.680 the crunch time last five minutes of a game within five have an offensive rating 392 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:26.240 of one hundred and twenty eight. They've been shooting fifty four percent from the 393 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:30.640 field during that time, fifty percent from three. A lot of that is, 394 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:34.640 of course, Reggie Jackson, who's top five in clutch time scoring and 395 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:40.599 shooting a high percentage, and obviously we've seen him hit big shot after big 396 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:45.200 shot. Clippers didn't need one of those for once. Tonight they win one 397 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:51.359 thirteen to one hundred in Houston over the Rockets. Our next game against the 398 00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:55.680 Lakers tip time Thursday night at seven pm. We'll have Clippers countdown for you 399 00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:59.559 starting at six before we get out of here. I do want to thank 400 00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:03.559 the Clippers organization, Noah Eagle, Brian Seaman, Ralph Lawlor, my brother, 401 00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:07.440 Jake Warner. We'll see you on Thursday night, a big thankstar producer 402 00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:14.759 Katie Newton tonight until Thursday with the pregame show Clippers Countdown at six, I'm 403 00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:22.519 out a Moslin and talk to you that you just go tryday. This has 404 00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:26.920 been Clippers Talk. They accepted the challenge, your first post game opportunity to 405 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:30.599 talk LA Clippers without a Mossley. It's what we've always seen from him. 406 00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:34.079 Tune in next game for all the action on the official home of your LA 407 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:40.880 Clippers, and I just absolutely loved listen to the games the radio. He's 408 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:45.960 out goodbye and check out the Clippers Talk podcast on the iHeart Radio app.