The game is over. Pall George Money in the pain, but the postgame
reaction has just be gone. Kawhi Leonard is so smooth in the mid range.
This is Clippers locker Room, a recap of today's game and a look
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sir, are a bad man adam Ousley. Clippers with their most dominant
victory of the season. They win one thirty eight to one hundred here in
downtown Los Angeles over the San Antonio Spurs. Welcome into your postgame show.
Coming up, we'll get your postgame box score, your second half highlight.
You'll hear from the head coach and more of the players. But first back
to your voice of the Clippers, Noah Eagle. And you know what,
even before that, let's get the idea in. Let's pause ten seconds for
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ID there, Huh. I apologize, Clippers, not gonna apologize for the
four game season sweep over the Spurs, first time since the ninety six ninety
seven season. But they do so to night and impressive fashion. Yeah,
very much so. And this was an important win for a variety of reasons.
One, you just win four games in a row, and that's obviously
imperative to continue to climb in the standings twenty seven and twenty four Now on
the season, they I don't know why ESPN has them still half a game
back of New Orleans, doesn't make any sense. I just looked, but
they are. They should be tied for that fourth spot right now in the
Western Conference, only two games back of the third, So they put themselves
in prime position even with that sluggish start. Now you start getting healthier,
and again we go back to that Boston example a lot, because the Clippers
had the same record of the Celtics. They through forty seven games last year,
and it was similar. Celtics dealt with a number of injuries, they
dealt with COVID guys in and out the lineup. Well, then they got
healthy and then we saw them at their strength, and then we saw them
dominate on both side to the floor. And right now the Clippers are dominating
at both sides of the floor through these last four games, certainly the defensive
end. In a number of these games, we saw them win games with
their defense. Dallas won games whether they won that game with their defense,
Lakers on Tuesday, they won that game down the stretch with their defense.
And today I know that they shot the ball fifty eight percent. They scored
one hundred thirty eight points. It's great, but defensively they were just as
good. A one hundred points allowed, forced fourteen turnovers that led to twenty
six points for the Clippers. That's been an area of concern all season where
they can't cash in on the turnovers that they forced, and how about only
five turnovers for themselves. They took care of the basketball. They were opportunistic.
Sure, this is a Spurs tene that was shorthanded, that was on
the second out of a back to back, but you still got to go
take care of your business. The Clippers most certainly did that tonight on the
two on three connection. I believe this was the first time this season where
they had played four straight games together, and you can just see it.
They're getting back to where they were in twenty twenty one, where they left
off of against the Utah Jazz in that second round series. Adam, I've
used the analogy all season. I said at it again on PMS earlier today.
It's some audio. It's the same thing, right, that idea of
you beat a level of a video game, or you do something for the
first time. It's hard, it's challenging, but now now you have that
knowledge, that prior knowledge of how it works. Well, we're seeing what
the Clippers looked like in that series against Utah in games three and four.
Let's just look at the stat line. Paul George has thirty five, Kawhi
Leonard has twenty seven. You go back a game Tuesday, Kawhi has twenty
five, Paul George has twenty seven. Like they now know exactly how to
play with one another. Paul George recognizes, oh, I can be a
playmaker and a score Kawhi Leonard recognizes I'm still Kawhi Leonard. And that's as
important as literally anything that is to me, the most important of any question
coming into the season, would Kawhi Leonard be Kawhi Leonard. It's a resounding
yes. It's not just yes, it's a yeah, yeah, he is
You start to wonder if he can be even better than ever with the way
he's playing with still thirty two games left, he's so ahead of schedule.
But I like the fact that for the second straight game, Paul's George takes
more shots than Kawai. The aggressiveness out there, thirty five points on just
nineteen attempts, five of eight from the outside, and he just put them
away early in the fourth quarter. Yeah, the efficiency was there, but
I really liked that stretch to start the fourth You left no doubt to go
full Remember the Titans leave no doubt. That's exactly what Paul George did.
He just went out there and played like Paul George. And we talked about
his aggression all the time because this is what he's capable of when he is
aggressive. And he might not do this every night. He's gonna have some
nights where he just isn't shooting the ball at the highest clip, But more
often than not, you're gonna get thirty five point performances on nineteen shots.
That's why he was a top three MVP candidate a couple of years ago.
He finished as a finalist in twenty nineteen because he did this night in the
Night Out and defensively three steals he did that night in the Night Out.
He's more than capable. We've talked about it all year, and I don't
think that anybody really questioned this. Sure there were some moments maybe of concern,
but I don't think anybody questioned that when Kawai and Paul George are healthy,
this team's really really good and really really hard to beat, especially when
they're playing in rhythm and feeling themselves the way that they have. Again in
a seven game series. If these guys are playing like this and you've got
to rondo on the sideline, Kevin Garnett, where are you? Anything is
possible here. You roll with those guys. Clippers look to be primed for
this six game road trip that will be a tough test, starting with a
back to back in Atlanta on Saturday, then in Cleveland against the Cavaliers on
Sunday. Tip time Saturday against the Hawks at four thirty. We'll have your
Clippers countdown pregame show starting at three thirty. No, it was good to
see you. We'll see you back here in a couple of weeks. My
friends, safe travels throughout the road trip and a great call tonight. I'm
gonna have separation, Adam. I'm not really sure what I'm gonna do without
you guys, but you know eat, we can't wait. Coming up next
second half highlights is the Clippers win by thirty eight, largest victor of the
season. They take down the San anton Neo Spurs with the final score one
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numbers went one thirty eight to one hundred here in downtown LA over the San
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nine eight seven two five seventy. Clippers have one four in a row and
they swept the season series and went four and oh against the San Antonio Spurs.
First time they've done that since the ninety six ninety seven season. Let's
talk about the second half. Clippers were up big at seventy eight to fifty
seven in the first half, that seventy eight number highest scoring first half of
the season after they had seventy seven against the Lakers back on Tuesday night.
But in that third quarter for the Clippers, it was a Vizza Zoo bots
getting into the act on offense. George down the right alley, shoveled inside
SUBOTSA tucks the ram and he drumps the hammer with the left hand. A
vizzas soup box ill intentions to the cup ninety three sixty four where he knew
was right from two bots crossed over, George getting inside sup box all alone
at a two handed rint radler Vizza Zoo Bots and double figures with eleven George
with his fifth assist one hundred to seventy one. Big Zoo was six points
in that third quarter and was getting passes from PG thirteen and Kawhi Leonard,
who had nine of his twenty seven in the third. Clippers entered the fourth
up one oh four to eighty one, and to put things away, it
was Paul George taking them home extra fee Jackson another one. George on the
right wing for three eight. He's got it. Pg thirteen has been pure
all night. Twenty eight for George down the left Ala. George just slithers
to the ramp for two. George with thirty in thirty three minutes is eight
thirty point game of the season. Makes it one seventeen to eighty six.
Started by Katabates, the up on the outside screen to his left. George
stepping was straight away three cash Pg thirteen. It's that type of night.
Thirty five points for George timeout San Antonio. Paul George with ten of his
thirty five there within the first twelve less than five minutes of the fourth quarter.
Clippers run away with this when their largest defeat or win of the season,
sending San Antonio to the defeat one thirty eight to one hundred in favor
of the Clippers. Coming up next, we'll give you a preview the six
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Talk. Here's Adam Osla. For the first time since before they drafted Timmy
Duncan, the Clippers have swept the season series over the San Antonio's Furs in
style. They win one thirty eight to one hundred. Welcome into Clippers Stock.
I'm Adam Oslin live from downtown Los Angeles, coming up your phone calls
at eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy plus postgame audio from
coach Lou and the players, and William Updyke from Clips and Dip will be
here as well. It's been since the ninety six ninety seven season since the
Clippers were able to sweep this team in the regular season series four oh and
that year, well David Robinson only played six games had the back injury.
They end up getting the number one pick over Boston and draft Tim Duncan.
Spurs go to the playoffs twenty two straight years and win five titles. A
model of consistency. Clippers trying to find their own consistency. Not only did
they sweep the season series four oh against San Antonio, but they've won four
straight and their offense has certainly been clicking in coming into this game. Over
their last fifteen contests, they had the seventh best offense over their last fifteen
games coming into this one, seventh best offensive rating in the league, and
they just scored a season high in a regular season or in a four quarters
of play without accounting for an overtime. One hundred and thirty eight points scored
by the Clippers, most they've scored in the game in a non overtime game,
one hundred and thirty eight. Largest win, winning by thirty eight.
Fewest amount of turnovers on the season, with just five leading to six points.
Their all time franchise low is three that happened in twenty twenty one against
the OKC Thunder on May sixteenth of twenty twenty one. But just five turnovers.
The turnovers have been down. That has been under the radar type number
from this team. Even when they had lost sixth straight nine of eleven,
they were taking care of the basketball. They were doing a better job.
There a lot of that because Kawhi Leonard has had the ball in his hands,
in his sure hands, his large claws. He had twenty seven,
twelve of which came in the first quarter as he hit a buzzer beating three
pointer in a similar fashion to Terrence Man and the one he hit to end
the first quarter against the Lakers Tuesday night. But Kawhi with those twelve quick
points and the Clippers they tied a season high for points in a quarter with
forty one, which they had against the Spurs last time out less than a
week ago, in a quarter in the first quarter as well. Offense is
clicking in Nino San Antonio. Not a very good defensive team, not a
very good team on offense overall, bottom three in both of those categories,
But coming off the big victory over the Lakers and winning three in a row
and starting to turn things around, and then seeing that you have a six
game road trip, it could be a dreaded trap game. The Clippers didn't
fall for it, though, the Admiral Akbar it's a trap, shout out
Betros and Money. They didn't. They came out with that same focus they
had Tuesday night. They started four or four actually I think ended up six
of six from the field to start things off. But there was a quick
nine three run and Greg Popovich was calling a time out early in the first
quarter. But you could tell the Clippers were moving the basketball. Everybody was
getting involved. Kawai and Paul George were playing like superstars. PG had ten
of his thirty five in the first quarter. I beats The Zubots had a
quick five points all five starters scored and then Norman Powell had a quick five
off the bench, reg Jackson a quick five, and they're up forty one
to twenty five heading into the second and what do they do. They put
up a thirty seven spot in the second quarter. They gave no quarter.
They won each one tonight and go on to win by thirty eight. But
it's the way they're doing it now because this offense for the most part this
season bottom three, and all of a sudden, with Kawhi Leonard back,
they look like a completely different team on that end. But guys are more
decisive out there. They're getting into their offense quicker. The passes are crisper
and on point. And we didn't see and I talked about him in the
pregame. He was my player to watch after coming off a game where here
I want to say he had four turnovers to four assists. That is not
a good ratio one to one there, Paul George Tuesday against the Lakers,
didn't matter, they won anyways, but zero turnovers to seven assists in this
game, he and Kawhi Leonard combined for fourteen assists to zero turnovers. They
combined for sixty two points and do so efficiently. Kawai just needed sixteen shots
to get twenty seven, Paul George nineteen to get thirty five. He had
thirty five and thirty five minutes, a point per minute, and in that
fourth quarter, in less than five minutes, scored to quick ten points.
Was just toying with them and put San Antonio away and made it so Kawhi
didn't have to come back in in the fourth and the Clippers were able to
get the reserves out there even a little bit more rest as they have the
day off tomorrow and then they'll be in Atlanta on Saturday. This was a
dominating win, the type of win you'd say a contender should have against a
team that's struggling and near the bottom of the West in the San Antonio Spurs,
and now the Clippers, I believe, are tied for the four spot
in the West with the New Orleans Pelicans, who are reeling. They've had
some guys out sign Williamson, Brandon Ingram. It's not just the Clippers who've
been dealing with injuries so far this season, but things are starting to come
together for the squad. Lucannard comes back now there were some troubling signs in
the second half from him, and I'm sure he'll hear about it post game
from the head coach. But there was a possession and Noah Eagle highlighted it
where the Clippers were a little too unselfish in the third quarter. They were
passing the balls, swinging around the perimeter and eventually fell into a shot clock
violation when they had multiple open threes and guys were just too hot, potato
happy. Luca Nard was one of them. He had an open shot,
turned it down, but I think two possessions later, he took that shot
off a pass from Paul George and stuck it. That was good to see.
It was his only three pointer that he attempted, but he made it.
Finished with five points in sixteen minutes coming off the calf injury. Though.
He just wanted to see him try to catch a rhythm and not stand
out in a negative way and be a cog in the machine because he just
hasn't played enough. But he looked okay. He blended in nicely enough.
You still want to see him take more shots than just three total, but
he got it. Going out of one of the early time outs. You
could see they were intent on getting him a shot. He was the only
starter who hadn't scored yet. He tried to force one, but then later
was eventually getting run off the three point line, got inside of it and
hit one on the right elbow for his first make back after missing a few
weeks now, and he's missed a significant amount of time because that right calf
injury, multiple stints out for this team. Great to see him back.
Of course, no Marcus Morris right now, which is why he was in
the starting lineup. We assume we'll see what happens moving forward. But Terrence
Man was still in the backcourt with him, and he had Big Zoo,
Paul George and Kawhi Leonard out there. But everybody was a positive on the
floor tonight, literally in the plus minus category. And I thought defensively and
know what you Go brought up post game, they were just as good as
they were on offense. Holding a team to a hundred points that can score,
that can get up and down. The Spurs don't have a problem with
that. And I know it was the second night of a back to back,
but they got a lot of youth there, young legs, and the
Clippers actually ended up with fifteen fast break points, so the Spurs having just
five. Because they turned defense and offense. Spurs turned in over fourteen times.
Clippers had twenty six points off of turnovers. But second straight game they've
had over fifty points in the paint. They matched the Lakers there Tuesday night.
That was big for them, and they ended up with that forty one
point first quarter. They had twenty four points in the paint in the first
getting downhill, putting pressure on the rim, Kawhi Leonard, bullying guys out
of the way, just moving them with his strength when he wasn't hitting a
mid range shot, getting ann once because he was going to the basket.
This is the Clippers team. I think a lot of people envisioned coming into
this year the way they're playing right now. But their toughest test is also
going to come on this road trip of the season. So far. At
least you got Atlanta and then Cleveland the next day, Chicago on Tuesday,
Milwaukee on Thursday, the Nicks on Saturday, and then the Nets on Monday.
There's your six game road trip. Not gonna be easy, but you
can at least say they're finding themselves at the right time. They gotta be
feeling good heading out on the road. You saw Reggie Jackson as the buzzer
sounded, he was dancing on the sidelines. Reggie provides the vibes and the
positivity for this team. When he's feeling good, everybody's feeling good. There
was a moment earlier in the game where they all huddled around Norman Powell,
who was showing a little bit of frustration with the officials. Good to see
the camaraderie these guys. They never splintered through losing six in a row in
nine of eleven. The leadership is there. You can call Kawhi Leonard a
quiet leader. Okay, worked for Tim Duncan. Kawhi learned from the best.
That's fine, and sometimes just leading by example is enough. With the
effort he gives on both ends. Had another steal and not a slam this
time, but a layup. I want to say every game he's had one
of those recently where he's just hounding teams on one end, and I love
the defense. On the third quarter. It's easy to let up. And
the Clippers only won the third quarter by two points, but that's still impressive.
Not to lose any of the quarters when you have a twenty one point
lead at the half, and guys were out there giving good effort late in
the fourth. Robert Covington. We noted this during the game, but I
don't even mind when he and Nicholas Batoum are going for a block and get
called for the foul because they're not giving up easy buckets on the interior late,
even when you're up twenty. They weren't. They were playing with a
lot of pride out there. Holding a team to one hundred in today's league
is not easy to do, no matter who it is. I think the
worst offense averages one hundred and seven points per game. But Rocco also had
a ridiculous block on Zach Collins. He finished with three of them. He
had four against the Lakers, played twenty one minutes, three or five from
the outside. Noah Eagles spoke with him postgame, but this is somebody we've
talked about all season. You know, wondered why he wasn't playing as much,
and to be fair, he wasn't playing as well early in the year
either, But since they committed to more of the wing stop that we thought
we were going to see coming into the season, going back to the Denver
game. I know you don't want to think about that where they got blown
out, but that was the point, the turning point where coach Luke came
out and said, yeah, Roco's gonna get his opportunities. He's made the
most of them. He's starting to play like he did last year. The
little things were pretty much always there, but he's starting to hit three pointers,
three or five from the outside, slowly getting better and better from distance.
Now eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight sixty six ninety
eight seven two five seventy is the phone number Clippers with their most dominant victory
of the season. They win one thirty eight to one hundred over the San
Antonio Spurs. Since they get ready to head out on the road for six
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Clippers Basketball continue pas in his fains as he carries the three on the home
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they win by thirty eight. Final score one thirty eight to one hundred in
favor of the Clippers over the San Antonio Spurs. They get the season sweep
over them for the first time since the ninety six ninety seven year Welcome back
in the Clippers stock, I'm out of Moslin at eight six sixs ninety seven
two five seventy eight six six ninety seven two five seventy's Pg's eight thirty plus
point game this season. In his last three games, he's getting twenty seven
per game on Let's be right, Uh, I'll have to read. I'll
have to check this because I don't think he's shooting thirty one percent from the
field. I'll get that for here, because he's been too good fourteen of
nineteen from the outside or from the field in this one, five of eight
from three. Kawhi Leonard though twenty plus in eleven of his last twelve games
where he's averaging twenty six. Kawhi with twenty seven on ten of sixteen shooting.
It just absurd efficiency and then taking care of the basketball both those guys
was seven turnovers or excuse me, seven assists to zero turnovers. I should
put it all right, Mike in La Mike, what's up here on Clipper
stock without a mosson. You know what was great about to ninety was it's
the type of win the Clippers should have gotten against the bad team. And
you know, they take care of business in the game they're supposed to take
care of business. And that is great to see because you know, way
too often, including I mean just a few days ago against the Spurs that
was not really the game. Yeah, this was a team they gave up
one hundred and twenty six points to less than a week ago, and tonight
they give up just one hundred while scoring more than they did in that for
a game against Antonio. My question though, is, you know there was
that scoring prout period towards the end of the third quarter, and you know
that's been something that's happened with this team going back to the you know,
uh twenty one. He's it And I was curious, do you think that
you know, making the move for some sort of you know, I hate
to say a more traditional point than you know, Mike Connelly or you know,
whomever would would help with with those types of scoring traps. We've been
here before with for Gen Rondo, and I think it did help in the
regular season Mike, but obviously didn't work in the playoffs. That couldn't help.
Yes, do I think they need anything to win a championship? No.
I think the most important thing is that Paul George and Kawhi Leonard play
like this, play like superstars. The ball is gonna be in their hands
most of the time. Anyways, They're gonna have a very high usage rating.
So if you're bringing in an older point guard now, a guy who
was an All Star, Mike Conley or Kyle Lowry, you know, I
think they could help. It also depends what you end up giving up for
those guys, But I understand. Look, it's called a gamer runs for
a reason. Everybody goes through droughts here and there, and yeah, the
Clippers have had theirs. But if you pay attention as close as you do
to the Clippers to every other team, you see it all the time as
well. It's just kind of fan bias that's built in. But yeah,
they've had their issues, you know, this season, but look they've won
four in a row, and isn't a coincidence they have now that Paul George
and Kawhi Leonard, for the first time this year, have played four straight
games next to one another. I don't think so. I think they're moving
in the right direction here and offensively, as I mentioned earlier, seventh best
offensive rating over the last fifteen games coming into this one, and that's only
going to go up after putting on one hundred and thirty eight points. Are
you with me, Mike, I'm with you. It is. It is
kind of bizarre that this is the first time you play fourth great games yet,
but it is, But it isn't It's what we've seen. This team,
unfortunately, has been snake bit with injuries. The hope is that's behind
them. Well, anyway, that Adam, thank you very much for taking
my call, and you know this is such a point win, so congrats
on that. Well. I did enjoy a thing, but I appreciate it.
Mike, thank you for the phone call. Eight six six ninety eight
seven two five seventy eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy. Yeah,
this is the type of dominating victory you want to see over our team
like San Antonio, but you don't want to minimize it and say, well,
they should win like this. It's not easy in this league. The
Lakers pulled away from them in the fourth quarter the other night, but it
wasn't like this. Slippers got the jump on them from the start and we're
up by sixteen after the first quarter. That is not easy to do.
And the Clippers once again hot from distance more consistently throughout this one eighteen of
thirty eight from three. That's almost forty eight percent, and they're top five
three point shooting team once again. But having only five turnovers, you know
they've been trending in the right direction there. And that's what championship teams do.
They take care of the basketball. So you want to build those habits.
With thirty two games left as the playoffs approach, we saw some good
process and some good results against the Lakers when it was a ten point game
and the Clippers come out of that time out, Lebron James can't miss anything
and Paul George gets the deflection, ends up with the Kawhi Leonard Steel after
some good hustle from PG against Shrewder, and they turn the game back in
their favor quickly and went on an eight oh run. That is the type
of stuff that you want to see from a team that has these level of
expectations, and so far this season, with just being only three games above
five hundred, has underperformed, you could say, But they've also had so
many injuries and there's still plenty of time left to turn this around, and
it seems like they're doing so. But this road trip is going to tell
us a lot six tough games against good opponents, and the Clippers I said
earlier, but I think they're primed for it, but we'll find out.
When it four straight before you head out on the road, you certainly take
that over the alternative. But again, Kawhi Leonard playing like this, playing
like he did in twenty twenty one, I didn't think he'd get here this
soon, and he missed twenty of the first twenty five games and he still
looks like this, and to be that good on both ends of the floor.
I mentioned it early in the pregame show, but the athleticism he's showing
off defensively is impressive to me. And the effort on that end, it's
just in him. It's innate. He has to play defense. He has
no other option. He's been doing it his entire career. But I think
he's inspiring guys out there. Because the Clippers as a team give up just
one hundred points. And while I mentioned seventh best offense over the last fifteen
games, well twenty six defensively during that time. So this was big.
I don't care that san Antonio holding any team to one hundred points in this
league is not easily done. Let's hear from coach Loup post game. Clippers
win one thirty eight to one hundred over the Spurs, and here's your head
coach speaking with the media. Ty you you guys from me. I think
I led this game. I think probably got off to one of your better
defensive starts in the game. Is how do you What did you see in
the beginning of the first quarter, mainly that you can kind of channel this
moving forward to the road trip. Well, defensively, I thought we did
a good job of just understanding game plans, sticking to our principles, taking
away to back cuts, you know, taking away the middle drives. I
thought we did a decent job of that. And so it's a tough team
because they keep in closed our situations. But I thought we overall, we
did a pretty good job or sticking to the game playing. I'm offensively,
I thought we took advantage of them double team and got to our space and
our right space and moved to basketball and then you know, taking care of
the basketball, which has been in one of our problems this season. I'm
only having five turnovers. It's huge for us. And so you know,
PG and Kauai having fourteen assists and no turnovers is is big. And you
know when you're playing three, your your two big guys like that, and
so just continue to keep building. You know, like I said, we're
trending upwards, but we still got a long ways ago. You know,
we just gotta continue to work and to get to where we want to get
to. But I like where we're at right now. Norm has been thrust
into a bunch of different roles. Whether it was starting, I believe it
was Utah to use our game to back to back excuse me, the Minnesota
games few games ago. He's he's got a good scoring stretch here. What
have you seen from him, whether he's starting off the bench, that he's
providing you guys, just kind of boost I think, just you know,
coming off the bench and having a chance to you know, play through him
a lot more. You know, we've been staggering PG and Kawai for the
most part. But Norm's on the floor. One of those guys. You
know, they looked at him to carry something that scored load, you know
when they get tired, and you know, we could score a bunch of
He scores quick. And so when he's a fishing, when he's playing well,
you know, we usually play at a high level, and so he's
kind of figured out his niche you know, doing a good job of playing
through him with the second unit, and he's been playing, you know,
very well for us. It was coach Lupost game Clippers win one thirty eight
to one hundred over the San Antonio Spurs. One of those other championship like
trades you want to see is coming out and starting fast. Also not just
in the first half, and in the second half, and Kawhi was leading
them there where he had a long two pointer and then in and one and
they were getting Big Zoo involved. He and Paul George George a couple of
assists to him. Kawai a nice pass to him that resulted in free throws
for Big Zoo. He had six of his eleven points in the third.
I just like the fact that, Okay, we've been beating up on you
this way. Here's a different element to this Clippers team. We actually have
a guy in the post who can go to work, can get some zul
sender like shots, hook shots on you as Noah Eagle would put it,
and be a beast in the paint and dominate there. And you also have
to reward guys like that on your team that give you that great effort defensively.
You know, Shaq used to always say, dog ain't going to defend
the house if you don't feed him. They fed a beata zoobots. I
thought he got involved, especially in that third quarter, but he was playing
off of their superstars. That's great to see instead of just Kauai and Paul
George, who I think did have. They combined for their first eight points
of the third. Then it was okay, let's go somewhere else. Now
let's add a different way. I mean, championship teams also have some many
different ways to beat you, a multitude of ways. That's big, and
the Clippers have that. It's just hard to balance at all with the talent
on this team sometimes and finding enough minutes for everybody, but then keeping guys
involved offensively. When you do that, you get much better performances, usually
on the other end on defense. Clippers win one thirty eight to one hundred
over San Antonio quick time out. We'll come back with William Updyke from Clips
and dip. Clippers heading out or six games on the road that's starting on
Saturday in Atlanta. I got people on Twitter, this is Chuck Underscore five
five five, asking so will Kawai and Paul George play both games with the
back to back on Saturday and Sunday. I don't know. Obviously kawais and
played a back to back yet so far this season coming off the ACL injury,
but last four games has been the longest stretch of the season where both
of them have played every game together. It is a little bit shocking.
It's only going to add four. Hoping, of course, Sir Brick comes
out of this game feeling good. It looks like they are. They'll at
least get to five on Saturday against Atlanta. We'll see what happens from there.
But big big road trip coming up that could define some of this season.
For them. We're just thirty two games left in the top level competition
they're going to see out there on the road and just you're hunkered down,
you're in the foxhole together. Now this team can band together and there's a
lot of positive things they're taken with them on that plane out to Atlanta after
a victory like this and four green win streak. This is Clippers talk here
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the defensive man on the home of your LA Clippers. Look, I just
flipped the switch. Are the Clippers a flip the switch team? I've asked
this question at times this year because of their talent level, because of them
not playing to that level, we wondered, are they waiting. I'm not
saying that's a good thing, but the time is now. If you're gonna
start to make a move in the West, there's room to maneuver. And
all of a sudden, the Clippers are one fourth straight and they just won
by their largest margin of victory one thirty eight to one hundred over the San
Antonio Spurs. Here in downtown Los Angeles, welcome back into Clippers Talk.
I'm Ata Moslin, trying to connect with our friend William up Take maybe he
and uh Chuck Monckler already getting started on a podcast for Clips and dip here.
But the Clippers I have a season high victory margin of thirty eight against
a team that they just snuck past in San Antonio less than a week ago.
So if you want to talk about progress, they were better offensively tonight,
they were much much better defensively. And if you think the Clippers are
a championship contender, which we do, they didn't play down to their opponent
this time. They didn't get into a track meet or back and forth being
happy to trade layups with the Spurs. They came out focused like they did
against the Lakers, and got off to that quick start four four, just
like against the Lakers. In fact, they got to another level. They
went six of six to start things off, and everybody was getting involved.
But it starts with a two one three connection. Those two combined for twenty
two of their forty one points in the first quarter. Tying a season high
for points in a quarter. We just had a call or talk about,
Okay, what about trades? What about a point? You get these lulls
offensively? Could you smooth out some of that stuff by having a more traditional
point guard next to Kawai and Paul George. We just had this conversation so
many times over and over again, and I'm not saying it can't help,
but I think the most important thing for this team is with the guy's in
house internally, and they're two superstars, first of all staying healthy and staying
on the floor, but then getting those reps and playing off one another the
way they have the last four games. That's how they're gonna end up winning
a championship because that's why those two guys were brought here. Those are worth
the expectations and the bar was set to and they have the talent and look,
you can go back to twenty twenty one what it could have should have
If Kawhi Leonard doesn't go down, Yeah, I think they win it then.
I think most people thought that they took Phoenix to six games without them.
I've seen what Kawai can do to Jannis Denna Kompo if they got past
them in the NBA Finals. But to see Kawhi play this well, this
soon is the most encouraging thing that we've seen all year long, because the
only way they're winning a championship is if he gets back to playing like a
top three player in the league and where he was at before the injury.
Nobody was playing better in the twenty one playoffs before he went out, but
those last two games together with him and Paul George each going for thirty in
games three and four against the Utah Jazz. You're starting to see a continuation
of that with those two connecting on the court, taking their turns when to
dominate, making the game easier for each other and everyone else. And it's
coming together quickly all of a sudden, and that could change on this six
game road trip, but the Clippers at least have momentum going into it.
That's big. The way Norman Palsman playing and complimenting them off the bench with
his ridiculous shooting is huge. He's now twenty for his last thirty, two
from three from the outside, had fifteen points in twenty one minutes just instant
offense. He's so efficient eleven shots to get fifteen, and the ball movement
has led to better three point shooting where maybe we see just like last season,
where I want to say the Clippers from the All Star break on they
were the best three point shooting team once again, coming off a historic year
from the outside, shooting over forty one in the twenty twenty one year.
But a lot of those guys are still here, and when their offense is
clicking and drive kick swing is working, you see it through wide open shots
that get knocked down from the outside. And we're starting to see it again
with the performance they had in the first half against the Lakers fifteen to twenty
three Tuesday night from distance, and then tonight a little bit more consistent overall,
as they had nine threes made in the first half, nine more made
in the second half, eighteen of thirty eight for forty seven percent from the
outside. Second straight wire to wire victory. Though here's the number for you
from Dennis Degastino, statistician to the Stars. The Clippers have not trailed for
the last one hundred and nine minutes and eleven seconds, basically since the very
end of the third quarter against the talas Mavericks. So that last Sunday,
I want to say, they've been dominating and they're starting to get off to
quick starts. They're not turning the ball over as much. You're superstars are
thriving. Role players are playing their roles. They're more comfortable in spots were
they expected to be all season long. Makes sense. Guys are falling in
line now and being stars in their roles. But it all happens because they're
led by the two one three connection. When those two are going like this,
and Kauai has just been on a ridiculously efficient run last ten games,
over fifty percent from the outside, over fifty percent from the field, nine
percent from the free throw line, and then you add in the defense.
The Clippers are starting to look exactly how you thought they would to start off
this season. Maybe a little late, better late than ever, better peak
or better to peak towards as you get closer to the playoffs than to get
off to a good, hot start of the season and then tail off.
So there's a lot of optimism right now. I think within Clipper Nation,
they're playing more wing stop lineups, and even when they have two guys out
there and Norman Powell and Reggie Jackson that are smaller, they're insulated by batoum
Roco and Kauai. That five man lineup has been much better. That's something
it looks like coach Lew has been tinkering with has been working lately. And
Reggie Jackson coming off the bench now but thriving twelve points in fifteen minutes tough
layups. Couldn't get a three point to go on this one, but he
had a couple of steals and I don't know if it was back to back
possessions, but close close to that that were difference makers and just kept the
momentum going for him tonight where they were able to get easy buckets and Paul
George had that windmill dunk and the Clippers just looked to be surging now and
they need to be because it's only going to get tougher from here they're entering.
I think when I looked at the schedule coming into this season, this
is the toughest stretch to me. End of January into early February. Good
news is only one back to back on the six game road trip starting Saturday
and Sunday, but more games spaced out. In fact, they don't have
a back to back in February, so more practice, more time for hopefully
Kawai and Paul George to be on the court next one another, because guys
aren't missing games on back to backs, and they can build up this chemistry
and just continue to play better and better and more refined basketball. That's the
hope. Tonight was a step in the right direction once again. They win
one thirty eight to one hundred over the Spurs. We'll take a quick time
out. We'll come back here and close things out on Clippers stalk eight six
six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five
seventy is the phone number. I'm out of Moslin and this is a five
seventy l A sports. Paul George LA Clippers basketball continue fains as he carries
the three LA Clippers. I don't know will be there coming up, but
Jay z on the track cloaking back into the Clipper stock. I've had him.
Oslin Clippers went one thirty eight to one hundred over the San Antonio Spurs.
One of my favorite players in this one, No Eagle with the perfect
call is Kawhi Leonard didn't like a call that went against him at the end
of the third quarter. Didn't think it was a foul, didn't look like
one defender basically jumped backwards into Kawiet to draw it exaggerin from the contact.
But the very next possession on the other side, kawhis guess the ball in
his hands and he knew it was going to stay there. He had something
to say after that bad call, and he ended the possession with a fade
away jumper from about fourteen feet out, which is just automatic from him,
as he was two of six from the outside. So he ends up what
going eight of ten on two pointers in this game. It looks like he's
shooting better than ever. I pause to say that because we're talking about our
top seventy five player of all time. So it's crazy a little bit,
but I'm going to because the one thing you can work on when you got
that lower body injury is shooting. And while it took him a while to
get his legs underneath him this season, and just getting a rhythm and catching
a rhythm and getting back on the grind after a couple of setbacks with the
ankle and the right knee earlier in the year, he looks great his elevations
there and so the jumpers fall in the Midia's fallen. Three pointers are fallen
now and Kawhi Leonard looks absolutely dominant and the part of a guy who can
compete for in the conversation of best player in the league once again. Tags
and Walnut help close things out here on Clippers stock. What's up, hey,
Adam. If Quiet was in the NFL, he would lead and pick
sixes. Yeah, there's got some some Ed Reid, he's a ball hawk.
Two things. One you brought up and you know people have been bringing
up, you know, the traditional point guard. Traditional point guard to me
works if you can shoot from the outside. So the Rondo experiment to me
and the John Wall so far hasn't worked well because they can't shoot from the
outside that well, and which is definitely something to that, because you've got
to be able to play off the ball when you're playing next to Kawai and
Paul George out there, they can't just be in their right and which is
why Reggie compliments on catching shoots really well and which I think he's still kind
of valuable and I would like to see you and stick around because he does
fit well with them when they're all together. And the second point is you
mentioned, and I also think that this road trip is a big test to
see where we're at. For me, what I'm going to be looking at
is when we play like Cleveland and Milwaukee, how do we candle their bigs
and do we give up a lot of offensive rebounds or can we limit it?
Because because the elite teams, we've been giving up a lot of offensive
rebound and second chance points and if we do that, we're not gonna be
able to win. So if we can limit that and on the other end,
get some offensive rebounds because they're truly believing that you need second chance points
to beat these elite teams. So how does a small ball lineup work?
And if not, well we see some Moses Brown for intervals, because I
think there is something to having a big play, a traditional big along with
a small lineup. It's like the two met center. I would like to
see both during that stretch all right day. Just you're right, I think
that's something the key in on and look for. That's gonna be a big
test for this team before we get out of here. Though, I do
want you to hear from Paul George. He had thirty five and thirty five
minutes. Here. He was postgame on Valley Sports with Jamie Mojo. I
believe, Paul, you guys put up one hundred and thirty eight points against
the Spurs team tonight, fifty eight percent shooting from the field. The offense
has continued to impress and improved. What has allowed you guys to get into
this rhythm. I think our ability just to share the ball, play together.
That's really what it comes down to. I think, you know,
we worked out all the little kinks and found the recipe, and the recipe
is everybody touches it. Our offense is going to play at a high level.
We got enough talent offensively. We got a lot of playmakers, a
lot of scores that can put the ball in a basket. We just gotta,
you know, understand that we don't gotta force anything and uh pretty much
just let the ball dictate who who shoots the ball, everybody getting in on
the offense. But after the game on Tuesday, when you guys were able
to hold off the Lakers and get the win, you said that you saw
growth tonight. You guys had that dominant first half and then you never let
San Antonio get back in this game. Is that another level of growth for
this team? Yeah? Absolutely. Our first quarters, uh, statistically haven't
been our best in terms of putting it together on both ends, and our
third quarters have been slow where we've kind of eas ease back into the half.
I thought we did a great job the first and a third. We
had an approach to put this team away and put him away early, and
you know, we we just regardless of who came in, you know,
we we continue to just play our style and uh, you know we're able
to increase the league season long four game win streak for this team, which
is great to see, especially because we're heading out on the road now for
six games that Grammy trip. How do you guys carry this momentum over again?
Just one game at a time. I think we're dialing into the game
plan. We're trusting the game plan, we're trusting the process, we're trusting
each other, and again, it just comes down to take it on one
game at a time. We'll get to what we need to get to.
But I think we're watching film and we're making the corrections on a nightly basis,
So it's it's showing up and it's the reason why we're on a four
game win street right now. Fun one tonight. Thanks appreciated, Thank you,
all right, guys. Paul George postgame there on Valley Sports with Jamie
Maggio, he has thirty five Clippers win by thirty eight over the San Antonio
Spurs, and yes they will be out on the road for the next six
I love what they talked about there with growth of this team and how they're
developing and how they're trending, and the process of how you can become a
championship team is all about building the good habits and you're starting to see him
here and there over the last week now with them all right, before we
get out of here, I do want to thank the Clippers organization, Noah
Eagle, Bryan Semen, Ralph Fowler, big Brother, Jake Warner or a
head engineer here who's not to be trifled with. Katie Newton back in the
bank. The callers, the listeners, Denis Agastino are satissition to the stars
and I'm out of Moslins. We'll talk to you at three thirty with the
pregame show when the Clippers are in Atlanta on Saturday, who's gonna be a
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