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Adam Osler. The Clippers get burned at the free throw line against the Miami
Heat. They lose one twenty one to one fourteen in Miami. Welcome in
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from your phone calls you'll hear from Coach Loop post game as well as a
mere coffee after. The Clippers had another valiant comeback, but they come up
short. This time. They were trying to make it their fifth comeback down
twenty or more this season. Would have been the fourth in twenty twenty two
in the month of January. But I think they bit off more than they
could show, being in Miami taking on the best team in the East that
is missing Kyle Lowry. Yes, but they still had Duncan Robinson, Bam
auto Bio, Jimmy Butler, Tyler heroes back. He's been playing grade and
I don't know if you knew about this, but Gabe Bevinsit who went six
for six from three to start the third quarter. It is a modern day
sports miracle. They were only down by sixteen getting out of the third after
the Miami Heat, who as a team started eight of eight from three because
Duncan Robinson hit his first two, but they went nine to fourteen from three
in the third quarter alone. In a game where the Clippers were just nine
of thirty five nine oh thirty five total through four quarters, Miami goes nine
of fourteen in twelve minutes. Unbelievable that the Clippers were still in it late,
down by four with thirty three seconds left, and they had opportunities,
but Jimmy Butler would sink some free throws and that's really the story of the
game. He goes sixteen of sixteen, sixteen. It's a lot. That
is a very gracious whistle. He was getting man Only ten of his points
came off of actual field goals with his twenty six points in this one.
But the Clippers, they can only blame themselves. They got to the free
throw line more times than Miami, thirty two to twenty seven in terms of
attempts. Difference was Miami took advantage of theirs. They went twenty six of
twenty seven at the charity stripe. The Clippers missed nine free throws after missing
ten in New York in a game they lost by eight. I want to
say it was they lose by seven after missing nine free throws. Now,
you're unlikely you're gonna make all of them. But if they just only miss
three, we're going into overtime. And yeah, I know there's butterfly effect
and the scores affected and what play is called based upon what free throws are
made. But they just weren't good enough there against Miami, against a team
this good, best team in the East, best record in the East right
now, and you don't take advantage of the freebees at the free throw line.
That's what does them in. The starters weren't very good overall. They
get outscored sixty four to fifty by the bench. The Clippers are down by
twenty three with five oh six left in the third quarter. They cut it
to within eleven, but Miami would hit a three pointer, get a two
from Tyler Hero. They're up sixteen going into the fourth, and the Clippers
did keep chipping away. They had it down to eleven quick and Luke Kennard,
I forget who said it first. I think it was Terrence Man.
Yeah, you're saying this was during media sessions preseason. Luca ARD's a bucket.
Luke's a bucket. Yes, he is. Has sixteen points in the
fourth quarter alone to try to wield them back. He's not just a bucket.
This guy is clutch. I've seen enough. He loves the big moments.
It's not just what he did against Washington. He closed out the Lakers
and their loan meetings so far this season. They'll see the Lakers again coming
up next week. But has twenty three on seven to fourteen, shooting five
of eleven from distance, has the steel and the assist to a mere coffee
to make it interesting to bring it to within four or thirty seconds left.
And he's also guarding Jimmy Butler in the fourth at times. He's become such
an improved defender this season, an improved playmaker. He's just better in every
facet of the game. He's twenty five years of age, and I am
so sick of people talking about his contract being a bad contract. It just
makes no sense to me. It is making my head explode. It's crazy.
First of all, everybody's said last year, why would they give him
that contract? Well, it actually didn't go into effect the extension until this
season, but they're continuing to say that. Let me tell you something.
Luke Kennard is the best three point shooter so far in the league this season
on anyone who's taken two hundred and fifty attempts or more. He's shooting over
forty three percent from distance. The next closest guy, believe is Lonzo Ball.
There's speaking of improvements. He's shooting forty two percent from three and has
taken I think eight or ten a game is something crazy. So he's up
there with attempts too. But go back the last two years now, the
only guy who has shot a higher percentage from three on five hundred attempts for
more Joe Harris. He's getting paid eighteen million per year. Luke's at fourteen,
and I think he's a better all round player than Joe Harris, who's
more of just a Kyle Korver type. Luke Kennard can take what the defense
gives him. Went down the lane for an easy bucket as well in the
fourth because when you're that hot from the outside, teams are gonna obviously play
it close. There will pump fake go right by your defender. Luke Kennard
is out performing his contract. And you can still say it's early, but
as long as he stays healthy, this needs to be put to bed.
He's going to outperform his contract. Oh we have a moment. Let's pause
ten seconds for station identification. Here on a five seventy LA Sports. This
is LA Clippers Basketball, A five seventy KLAC Los Angeles, seven KYSRH two
Los Angeles, and iHeart radio station. Look, I got annoyed with this
stuff because if you watch a team all the time, or you just pay
attention to the NBA and you hear it from casuals and people see Luke Kennard
and they make judgments about him, and it's like none of this stuff is
lining up. Look at his play. Look at his numbers his last three
games. It's twenty three points on five of eleven shooting from three, twenty
three points on two of three shooting. From the outside twenty six points on
five of eight shooting from the outside. He has the four point play to
take down Washington, the second biggest comeback in NBA history. Had twelve of
his twenty six points in that one in the fourth quarter. He rises to
the occasion over and over again. He lives for those moments. I guess
that's what playing at Duke does for you. And one of his Dukie buddies,
now, okay, that was poor, they said one of his buddies
from Duke Justice. Winslow might have had the best game of his season in
Miami tonight against his former team. Winslow gets ten points, but ten boards,
five assists, a steel and a block, and just one turnover in
twenty six minutes and is diving on the floor for loose balls going up against
Tyler Hero creating turnovers. He looked awesome. I told you guys a month
and a half ago, there was a putback dunk for him that didn't even
go and I said, whoa, look out. The athleticism is coming back
around for him after all the injuries he's had the last two seasons. That's
why Miami gave up on him. It's starting to come back. He looks
comfortable, he looks much more explosive. He's pushing the ball down the court
at will, and he's making things happen by putting pressure on the defense,
and that is something the Clippers have needed to increase their pace coming into this
season. They're better there, but they haven't been great. But he's one
of those guys and that's how he fits in on this team. He can
guard all five positions. That's a staple of his He prides himself on his
defense. But with his playmaking ability and just getting down hill and then also
doing the little things the hustle place. You saw that, So there's still
positives. The Clippers in some ways gave away a game at the free throw
line against the best team in the Eastern Conference when they were down by as
many as twenty three, when the Miami Heat go fifteen to thirty four from
three and the Clippers just nine to thirty five from the three point line,
and it was a four point game with thirty seconds left, and they still
had their chances without Marcus Morris, still no Paul George, no Kawhi Leonard.
In a game where the starters weren't very good overall a mere coffee.
He was. He had ten, He had all fifteen of his points in
the second half, ten and the five in the fourth. Couldn't get a
big three pointer ago, but Winslow was there for the tipping in the fourth
quarter. Hustle plays offensive rebounds, but my key of the game was rebounding,
and the Clippers overall, they were on the wrong side of that.
Fifty one to thirty seven. The Miami Heat would win the rebounding battle.
They also had twelve offensive rebounds Clippers just nine. Clippers ultimately lose one twenty
one to one fourteen in Miami to the Heat. Let's go to Javier and
Lahabra Heights. You're on Clippers stock without I'm asslin Javier. What's up?
What's up at him? Hey? You know at that that formula they we
talked about all the time with combining thirty points. Looke did his job.
Yeah, but matt Man was short. Man. If Man would if they
would have did that thirty combined, you know, it never fails. Do
you win, but it just you know, the man only a score at
four points on one of six shooting. He struggled from the floor. He's
been a little bit up and down the last couple of weeks. He's obviously
had his moments, but he's been up and down with the scoring. Yeah,
and the team tell was going to bring up, what's going on with
Richie Jackson. He's missing an action in the last couple of games. He's
not been playing the fourth quarter. Is he is? He helped He played
the fourth quarter and had five big points against Orlando. I don't know that
was big. It was just onesday night. He obviously didn't play the fourth
quarter in this one because coach lou he was gonna dance with the ones who
brought him there was the backups once again who got him back into it.
So he left him in. He even had Jay scrubbing there once again.
Who in four minutes he generated a couple of turnovers with his defense. I
love seeing that. Yeah, I know you're you're right, You're right now.
Now on Sunday, they gotta the starter's gotta they gotta start hot,
right, They can't fall behind, especially in a Sunday afternoon game. Yeah,
they have to start, you know, because the bench is doing their
part. So but yeah, and the last thing is real quick about the
Luken Art contract. You're right. Yeah, I hear people all the time
saying, oh, that's so much money, blah blah blah. But yeah,
he's he's he's he's earned his money and I don't want to go after
these guys for how much they make. But it continues to be a talking
point and it's a false narrative. Look at Buddy Hell, he's getting twenty
four per year. He is not the defender that Luke Kennard has started to
become. And he's not shooting like Luke Anard is like and that is somebody.
But he has a reputation, he has a name Oklahoma all that it
doesn't line up with his production. You want to guess what he's shooting from
through this season, Buddy Hell, what is what? He's shooting barely above
league average at thirty seven percent. You know what? It is just the
hate, I guess because he, like you said, he comes from Duke,
and there's all the haters. I hate Duke, so that's probably the
reason. But yeah, not you know that, that's good that we haven't
on our team. It's greatam mind what You've got a bunch of calls here,
so thank you here, appreciate you. Eight six six nine eight seven
two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. We'll take
a quick break. We'll come back, We'll hear from the head coach.
Clippers lose by seven after they were down by twenty three. The comeback comes
up short, this time against the best hum in the East, in the
Miami Heat. They improved a thirty two and seventeen. Clippers back to being
one game under five hundred at twenty five and twenty six. More Clipper Stock
next, some more fire and brimstone for you. Now that's on Sunday.
I'm ATAM Moslin and you're listening to AM five to seventy LA Sports last night
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Moslin. Eight six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight
seven two five seventy is a full number. Clippers lose by seven in Miami
to the Heat. They fall to one game under five hundred. Their next
game coming up in Charlotte. Charlotte beat tonight. Oh the Lakers. Cool,
They'll be in Charlotte. Tip time is at ten am. We'll I
have Clippers countdown for you at nine am in the morning. By OC,
bring your own cereal. Someone else I want to talk about that would be
Eric bledsoll. I mentioned the bench outscoring the starter sixty four to fifty.
In this game. Eric Bledsoe had ten of his nineteen points in the second
half, was getting to the basket. He did miss one free throw,
but he was five of six six assists. He and Isaiah Hartenstein working in
tandem. Those two and Isaiah was everywhere in just sixteen minutes eight points,
hustle plays. Those are the guys. Just look at the plus minus I
don't always trust it, but in a game like this, it matches the
eye test. The Clippers did not have one starter on the plus side of
the plus minus category tonight. They didn't have one bench player on the minus
side of the plus minus category tonight. Winslow led them in that category at
plus fifteen Isaiah Hartenstein plus eight, air Bledsoe plus thirteen. These guys got
them back into it. They fought, they played really hard and like I
heard coach lou the other night after their comeback in DC were one of the
last things he said after being at the podium post game was starters better wake
up and do something to know let me quote them correctly. They started to
do something tomorrow and that was the game in Orlando. They did down the
stretch, they carried them and beats the Zoobots. Reggie Jackson hit some big
shots, they hit their free throws, and that's the thing. They won
that game, the last game they won. You could say it happened at
the free throw line in Orlando Wednesday, where I believe they only miss one
free throw once they actually got there in the second half. Didn't happen until
the fourth thirty mark. The attempt a free throw in the first half,
but once they got there they took advantage. Tonight they got there thirty two
attempts just twenty three makes. It's still somewhat impressive to me though, that
they could miss that many be down twenty three. Have this hot of a
shooting night from Miami and Gabe Vincent, who tied his career high with seven
Maye three pointers and started six first six in the third quarter and You're not
gonna see Steph Curry do that very often. Vincent trying to be a splash
brother. He has twenty three points, four shy of his career high.
He averages eight per game. He's a good player, He's a solid player.
He can shooter from the outside, shoots thirty eight percent from there on
the season. That if ucs a b but six for six in the third
quarter just some absurd shooting from one of the lesser known role players on this
Miami Heat team, and that really hurt the Clippers as well. Let's hear
from the head coach, though, who cares about me? Clippers lose one,
one fourteen in Miami. Here was Coach Lou post game. I thought,
you know, we did a good job, you know, a hero
running him out the line. I let him get any shots up, kind
of fell asleep on a couple of duncans. But like I said, you
know, Gabe, he did a good job. I think making five season
a third quarter to kind of helped him increase the lead. And it was
hard to come back from that, but you know, I thought it good,
you know overall, but like his five three's really hurt us. And
then Jimmy Butler sixteen free throws. But you know, you know whatever you
hadn't seen, you didn't see. Jimmy, you know, did some ability
to get a lot of this one thing. But however, you satisfied with
defending the over ruffles. Seemed like after the first four he wasn't really uh
outside the free Jas brother was his Ancis game much. Well, I thought,
you know, in that first half, he did a good job of
baiting us. You know, we got the switches and we were double teaming.
You know, they got a lot of backdoor cuts that we talked about
coming into the game. You know, we gotta be locked in and take
those away. And so I thought he did a good job in that first
half just baiting us, you know, getting hit some guys with some cuts,
some oping people in the shots. So we didn't do good enough,
you know, taking those away. But and then I thought, with a
talent to take over the game and control the game, he did that,
you know by running pick and roll, trying to get the switch with Luke,
and then we had a blitch and we was in rotation a couple of
times. Pja took up made a big three. But I just thought he
did a good job overall just controlling the game. You feel like you could
have, say, if if there's ways where you could have done things a
little curlier, Uh, perhaps we'll light have been some of those things.
So, especially regarding the White US, I don't know, how do you
feel about that small lineup right now and when you choose to deploys it.
You know, it was a good fortun night, like I said, you
know, helps us, you know, have a chance to come back and
try to you know, win the game. I thought Justice was great,
you know, like I said, uh, ten points, ten rebounds,
five assists. I really did a good job, you know, pushing the
ball, attacking, get into the basket, and then we was able to
switch a lot more so it kind of took the matter what they try to
run. Like I said, I just thought the biggest part of the game
was just you know, gabs abilities to make those five threes in that third
quarter really put us behind the eight ball. I thought, with Peter Tooker's
defense, is it one of the most difficult players to go against in terms
of how he's from the post than doubleing the scream and switching everywhere? I
mean, is it is he really like one of the most diffult deflayers in
the Yeah. I mean, I just think it's it's toughness, and I
think coming into the game every single night, he knows what his job is,
you know, to make corner threes and to guard the best player on
the floor. And he does a great job of his physicality, the way
he moves his feet and he takes charges. He does everything a team asks
him to do, you know, And so he's a tough defender, team
defender and one on one as well. Right, go ahead, course,
tell Lui you got Jay. Can't help yourselves, can't you? What do
you mean getting down by twenty three? Coming back valley? What do you
guys? Guy done? What's your conversation like these guys? No, I
mean, we don't want to keep getting down, you know for sure,
but we're gonna keep batting and keep fighting. But you know, I just
think in a huddle, you know, just coming back and we just try
to get some energy. Guys in the game, you know, wants to
lead kind of go south on us, and so like coming off the bench,
we got guys you know, Justice, you know, Isaiah Luke,
and then we kept a mirroring team man in there a little bit too,
So you know, I think when things kind of get out of hand,
we kind of go younger, you know, and try to go you know,
try to get the energy up, try to pick up full more.
I thought James Gubb came in, did a good job of picking on full
court, got a couple of steals, try to take a charge, and
so just trying to find combinations don't work, and I thought we had a
chance, you know, to do that. You know. Blake came in
and he lived in a paint, you know, the whole game, and
he was attacking and he was really aggressive. So it was a good game
for us. Like I said, I just thought I got away from us
in that third quarter when Gabe was able to make those five threes. It
was really the young guys and Eric blood Cell that got him into it.
The Clippers youth movement isn't just some macro of youth thing going on right now,
because no Paul George, no Kawai, no Marcus Morris. There's a
lot of minutes available. It's micro managing games and finding energy and rotations and
lineups that work. Nobody's better at that than coach Low, which is why
the Clippers have had these crazy comebacks. They almost had another one. They
were down twenty three five minutes left in the third. They have it to
within four with thirty seconds left in the fourth, but Jimmy Butler would it
all of this free throws sixty of sixteen from the field, and the Clippers
lose by seven in Miami. We'll take a quick time out, we'll come
back. We'll get to your phone calls. We got more more postgame audio
from a mere coffee eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six
six nine eight seven two five seventy. So I try to express myself open
mouth, open open. Clippers miss a lot of open threes, especially in
the first half where they were two of sixteen. Some of those go down.
We're talking about another Clippers big victory, but it's not to be.
They'll take on Charlotte in Charlotte. It's Clippers in Hornets on Sunday. More
on that as well. You're listening to Clipper stock. I'm autam Oslin and
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Clippers on the official home of your Los Angeles Clippers see got three to team
bag now hit the closest Clippers clues in Miami one twenty one to one fourteen.
They were down twenty three, they had it to within four, they
come up short. Mostly the charities stripe are there twenty three of thirty two
tonight at the free throw line. This game was there for the taking.
They had their opportunities. They scored fifty four points in the paint and after
just let's see nine turnovers in the first half. I'm not just that's that's
bad, but the Clippers only had four more the rest of the game.
That kept them in it as getting to the charities stripe, but they didn't
take advantage enough, even with Miami's hot shooting from the outside fifteen to thirty
four, nine to fourteen from three in the third quarter alone, just ridiculous
stuff credit gave. Vincent has a career nine hits, seven three pointers.
No Clipper Nation is tired of the role players coming up and biting them,
but those guys are NBA players too. Before we get to a mere coffee,
I have a list of demands from the basketball gods. Talked about this
in the pregame show Number one. I need Luke Kennard in the three point
contest. I need it. He's the best three point shooter when it comes
to anyone this season, taking two hundred and fifty attempts or more. Number
two, I need Keian Johnson in the dunk contest. The highest vertical jump
that's ever been at the combine forty eight inches. That would be Keyan Johnson.
Number three, I need people to start talking about coach Lou for Coach
of the Year with what he's been able to do with this team. Nobody's
had more injuries, especially more to critical guys like the Clippers. They still
don't have Kawhi. They had PG out half the season, but two has
been out half the season. Marcus Morris's missed a ton of games, Lukennard's
miss a ton of games, or Jackson's missed some games here and there.
There are teams. Obviously, most teams have had players miss and inordinate amount
of games this season because of COVID nineteen. It's still just not even close.
It's the Clippers and everybody else when it comes to their core unit of
guys missing games, and there's still just one game under five hundred and in
the seventh spot currently in the Western Conference. It's unreal to me, Coach
lou front office, the players give him all the credit, all right,
Here was a mere Coffee, one of those players who has taken advantage of
his opportunities. In fact, I think he's been the most consistent Clipper really
the last month. He's been there. Best ability is availability, and he's
not just been there. He's been getting fifteen a game on fifty ninety splits
his last twelve games now while playing great defense. Well, and he didn't
have an assistant this one while playmaking. Here was a mere Coffee post game
speaking with the media in Miami. Takes his time, you know, he
kind of likes to get to that mid range game a little bit. You
just kind of keep your hands out of there. Oh yeah, uh from
very go ahead, Hey I'm here. I'm just curious all little last the
boys, you've been starting playing a much bigger role. What's the biggest adjustin
you had to make? Boys? Just ad justin the more time, I
would say, kind of a change the change of offense a little bit for
us. Uh. You know, with our team, we have so many
people that can make plays and our offense just changed with with a couple of
our guys out. But I mean, I won't say this is anything now
if I thought to love about you having to guard, you know, guarding
whatever they need to do to guard and do whatever they need you to do
out there, like on a night and night basis like, do you feel
like your role I have to team up a little bit here and there.
Are you fool with that or do you know what you mean? Playing with
the team role? I mean it changes night to night. It just goes
with a personnel whatever the team needs that specific night. You know, I
tend to guard one through four and it kind of just depends on who we're
playing. So it's something I don't have a problem with, uh, and
we have multiple guys that do it, so think of course talking about the
best time. Yeah I'm there. Yeah, apologies if uh very guarding this.
But are you sensing and changing how teams are are defending you, how
teams are approaching you, uh specifically to start start games? Yeah, uh
you could. I could kind of feel little they guarding me a little bit
uh tighter. Fixing the bier been there kind of just suggested a little bit.
But I mean I'm still playing through the offense, take with the defense
gives, and going to continue to be aggressive. What's from your perspective with
your role, what's the biggest difference between how you play with that starting unit,
Uh, with with Reggie and with with Zoo, and how you play
with that line of with Justice at the center and Blood and those guys.
Uh, I mean when we when we play that lineup, it's, uh,
you know, we played small ball, so it's uh, you know,
we try to get out in transition, you know, as soon as
we get the rebound, where all five guys running on the offensive side,
it's a lot of uh small small pick and rolls and just a lot of
interchangeable things because you're essentially playing with five guards out there, so uh,
just giving giving a defensive different thing to look at. It was a mere
coffee. I thought he played the best of the starters, had all fifteen
of his points in the second half, But the Clippers come up just short
this time as they tried to mount a twenty three point comeback against the best
team in the Heat in Miami. Clippers lose by seven final score one twenty
one to one. Fourteen. Heat coming up next we'll talk about the Charlotte
Hornets who won tonight. Could they be I always forget who they're beating?
Oh would before good? Charlotte won one seventeen to one fourteen over the Lake
Show. You know why they're playing good basketball. They got some future superstars
on that team. I think we'll talk about them coming up next. All
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by seven in Miami to the Heat. Were currently at the top of the
Eastern Conference. Welcome back into Clipper Stock. I'm at a momling Clippers next
game coming up on Sunday morning, ten am tip in Charlotte. They're taking
on the Hornets, who have won nine of their last twelve games, six
of their last eight. They're twenty eight and twenty two. Now. They
got LaMelo, they got Bridges, they have Terry scary Rosier back who's starting
to find his rhythm, and they're in the seventh spot in the East,
Clippers now a half game back. I said they were in the seventh earlier.
They dropped back one half game back because Minnesota is in the seventh spot
in the West, Clippers eighth now in the Eastern Conference. I did want
to give out my Twitter address one more time at follow out of a and
read my favorite tweet of the night on a night where the Clippers lose.
I thought this was pretty right on the money, funny light, but also
accurate and true. It's k tray B on Twitter at k tray b quote,
this Clippers squad is stressing out your favorite team, even without Kawhi Leonard
and Paul George as Fetcher's Papadakis, his father would say, that's the truth.
It's hard to ask much more from them against a loaded Miami Heat team
that's number one in the East than what they gave tonight, considering who was
available for the Clippers. It just burns a little bit. It stings a
little bit because they've really lost it the free throw line and the starters didn't
play well enough. It was there. It was a game that was there
for the taking Clippers fall, though they can bounce back in Charlotte. There's
still three and three on this eight game road trip again. Tip time on
Sunday at ten am nine AM with their Clippers Countdown show. Before we get
out of here, I do want to thank the Clippers organization, Noah Eagle,
Brian Semen, Ralph Lawlor, Big Brother, Jake Warner phone calls,
and Katie Newton producing back here in Burbank until your breakfast club show at nine
am on Sunday, when the Clippers are in Charlotte. I'm Adam Oslin.
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