WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.720 --> 00:00:06.400 Parents madness pure once again, He's Clippers Talk. I got calls on Clippers 2 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:12.199 Talk, immediate reaction and analysis to today's game. That's what he's capable of. 3 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:17.640 Hosted by your pre and post game voice of the La Clippers, Adam 4 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:29.640 Osler Night and Paul George didn't even get nominated for Player of the Week PG 5 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:36.240 thirteen. Make him hashtag PG thirteen as he wills the Clippers to victory, 6 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:42.399 has fifteen of his thirty two points in the fourth quarter and the Clippers escape 7 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:47.679 with a ninety nine to ninety four victory over the OKC thunder and improved a 8 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:51.320 two and four on this young season. And welcome into Clippers Talk. I'm 9 00:00:51.359 --> 00:00:54.840 at a Moslin to eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six 10 00:00:54.920 --> 00:00:59.479 six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number coming up here on 11 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:03.480 the show, we will hear from the head coach Toronto lou and PG thirteen 12 00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:07.319 the man of the hour, plus your phone calls, and I got a 13 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:11.840 pair of tickets to give away to the November eleventh game at Staples Center against 14 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:18.280 the Portland Trailblazers. If you can answer this question, with apologies to Nick 15 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:23.519 Nixon on King's Talk. I'm ripping it from him. Clippers trivia tonight for 16 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:29.159 two tickets, which Clipper led the league in scoring for three consecutive seasons. 17 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:33.680 That is the question eight six nine, eight seven, two five seventy, 18 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:37.799 which Clipper led the league in scoring for three consecutive seasons. And I need 19 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:40.680 you to do something else for me, because it's a one man show tonight. 20 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:42.760 I just gotta throw you on hold immediately. If you're on hold, 21 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:47.280 wait for it. I will get to you. I will screen you during 22 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:52.599 the break. Clippers, though, look to be on hold offensively once again. 23 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:56.959 In the first half, just had forty points and a holding pattern, 24 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:02.200 you could say forty points in the first half it was forty four to forty. 25 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:09.120 But finally, after starting one per sixteen from distance, they would hit 26 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:15.560 fourteen of their next twenty six from three. That's fifty six percent. That's 27 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:17.240 what we've been waiting for, the law of averages to go back in their 28 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:22.879 favor. It just didn't make any sense. It was confounding watching how cold 29 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:25.199 they were from the outside to start off this season, at least after the 30 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:30.759 first two games. So going back about four and a half quarters now, 31 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:35.120 till the second half of this one. They went through a stretch where they 32 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:39.080 were in a deep funk from distance. They were shooting thirty one percent from 33 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:45.039 three. Coming into tonight's game. They end up still just shooting thirty five 34 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:46.800 percent. But again, they did most of their damage in the second half 35 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:51.000 and then the last three quarters when they turned things around. In fact, 36 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:54.000 they only had three made three pointers. I believe they were three of twenty 37 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:58.159 one in the first half. They hit six three pointers to double that up 38 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:04.039 in the third quarter alone. But there were some heroics down the stretch because 39 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:06.400 the Clippers, and we talked about it with Noah Eagle during the game, 40 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:09.560 when it's not one thing, it's another. Right now, when they were 41 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:15.000 getting their offense clicking in that third quarter, where they at least scored twenty 42 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.280 six points, they gave up thirty. So their defense kept them in it. 43 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:21.879 They were just down by four after the first twenty four minutes, even 44 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:23.719 though they had just scored forty points in the first half. It was forty 45 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:28.639 four forty ok se thunder at the half, But in that third quarter they 46 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:32.000 gave up a thirty spot and fifteen of those thirty points were from Shay Gilis 47 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:38.360 Alexander, the former Clipper, and Paul George had twelve points in the third 48 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:43.159 quarter, but Clippers were down eight heading into the fourth. They were down 49 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:49.960 by nine though with two forty four left in the ball game. They were 50 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:55.080 staring at starting off this season one in five. But then they found themselves 51 00:03:55.800 --> 00:04:00.319 when their backs were against the wall, like we saw throughout last season, 52 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:03.599 like we saw a couple of years ago, the twenty eighteen twenty nineteen Clippers 53 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:10.639 crew, they found that grit that refused to lose mentality. I know it's 54 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:15.319 cliche, but they have certainly had it over the years, and they would 55 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:20.759 outscore After being down ninety one to eighty two, they would outscore the Okse 56 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:26.519 Thunder the rest of the way, seventeen to three. They win ninety nine 57 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:31.079 to ninety four, and it was Paul George coming up huge back to back 58 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:34.560 three pointers. You know what, I'm just gonna let you hear it from 59 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:39.839 Noah Eagle. Here's a highlight package I just threw together. Hopefully it sounds 60 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:44.399 all right of the end of this game, chronicling how the Clippers were able 61 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:47.480 to come back down nine with two forty four left. Back to his left 62 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:51.720 step back twenty footer over Terrence Man missed it. Shorge rebound collected by George. 63 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:57.000 With two fifteen remaining in the Clippers down six, George straight away steps 64 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:04.319 to back same spot for three save results PG thirteen bulls Eye Clippers within three 65 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:10.920 ninety one eighty eight is George has thirty on his former team. Two minutes 66 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:13.959 left, Gilchris Alexander driving left, out of flocks and out of bounds. 67 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:17.000 George with a hand on it. Jackson was there as well as Man Giddy 68 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:21.120 underhand pass inside bu Scoll at the rim. All great defense by George Toll 69 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:24.680 force the mess in. Here come the Clippers a chance to get it to 70 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:27.600 within one or tie the game. With one forty five left, George driving 71 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.920 left, had its stripped by Kitty three games control outside Canard freight wink three 72 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:38.560 for the tie, bulls Eye Luke Canard is perfect. We are tied at 73 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:44.720 ninety one. George felling instead at Jupper from eighteens. It's good pull George 74 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:49.279 with thirty two and the Clippers lead ninety three ninety two, one oh five 75 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:53.800 to play, basically driving him in on how to stripped by George, picked 76 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:57.040 up by Jackson, and the Clippers will look to trains and clog. With 77 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:00.879 a minute remaining, get it to George thirty two for the man tonight Pg. 78 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:04.360 Thirteen draining some clock. Crowd is in twenty wants a one on one 79 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:10.160 with Beasley with tennis shoot George dancing on basically driving right, cross over left, 80 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:13.519 George back at forth, he goes to Jackson left wing, sat the 81 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:15.439 feet, doesn't take the three with two seconds left, floater on the way 82 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:21.480 at the horn, rolls through Big Government with the fill out with thirty six 83 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:27.240 point seven seconds remaining, and George creech Jackson with a fair hug at mid 84 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:31.000 court. The Clippers take on ninety five ninety two lead on a thirteen to 85 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:36.120 one run and with thirty six point seven seconds remaining, Oklahoma City calls the 86 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:41.800 time out. How about that moment and great call by Noah Eagle as always 87 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:46.839 between Paul George and Reggie Jackson coming through Paul George with a jumper, Reggie 88 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:50.800 with the floater that falls through at the end of the shot clock. Noah 89 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:57.600 Eagle appropriately gives him the Big Government bailout nickname. There and nobody has struggled 90 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:01.160 more than Reggie Jackson for this team to start the Sea and uncharacteristically was shooting 91 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:06.399 just thirty percent from the field coming into to the night's game. Still goes 92 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:12.600 five of seventeen, but would hit a big three pointer. Had fifteen points. 93 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:16.439 No shot bigger than that one, though he needed it badly. The 94 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:23.480 Clippers needed this victory badly. They needed to find that identity once again and 95 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:27.879 who they are in this league because they've been that team that can come back 96 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:30.040 no matter the odds. They were down fifteen in this one in the first 97 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:35.480 half, down nine with two forty four left, and they would hit their 98 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:41.560 free throws late. Luke Kenard two, Reggie Jackson would hit two. They 99 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:46.079 executed and out executed the Okase Thunder when they needed to. Now it's still 100 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:49.399 just the Thunder team that we don't expect to be a playoff team or a 101 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:54.040 play in team this year. They're young, they're building. They do have 102 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:57.959 Shay Gildra's Alexander, who was fantastic. We already knew that he had twenty 103 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:01.120 eight points on eleven of twenty three shooting, but that big fifteen point explosion 104 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:05.720 in that third quarter to match Paul George. But George was better in the 105 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:11.800 fourth where he had fifteen of his thirty two and showed that leadership that we've 106 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:16.519 been talking about that's going to have to be there without Kawhi Leonard right now, 107 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:20.800 and that same willingness to accept that role, just like he did when 108 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:24.399 Kawhi went down into the playoffs last year. But I thought there were some 109 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:30.160 other really good performances, even in a game that was obviously tough to watch, 110 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:31.840 especially in the first half of the Clippers only scoring forty points, but 111 00:08:31.919 --> 00:08:37.639 Nicholas Batoum was consistent, hit four three pointers, had four of their fifteen, 112 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:43.799 had fourteen points, and it was the hustle place a couple of big 113 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:48.200 steals when they couldn't get anything going from the outside. Starting one of sixteen, 114 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:50.279 he had a steal in a pass and I think it was to Terrence 115 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:54.720 Man for an easy lay up. Early on. Man had all ten of 116 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:58.480 his points in the first half, eight of them in the second quarter. 117 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:03.159 He gave them a bird a boost when they were down by fifteen. He 118 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:07.200 was good. And Luke Kennard obviously late where he hit all four of his 119 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:11.440 three pointers in the second half. The Clippers you can't say this early in 120 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:13.720 the season that is a must win game even if they did drop to one 121 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:18.320 in five. But did they need it? Did they need to win in 122 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:22.000 this style? I think so. I think they reminded themselves of who they 123 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:26.360 are in this league and how things can turn around quickly, even when you 124 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:31.000 start one for sixteen from three. And with how bad they were shooting coming 125 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:33.519 into this game, the weight of the world was on their shoulders from the 126 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:39.960 outside. But remember the law of averages was in their favor because coming into 127 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:45.240 tonight they were shooting just thirty four percent on open to wide open threes. 128 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:50.919 Last year in those same situations they shot forty four percent. It was bound 129 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:54.720 to happen. They were going to progress to the mean. I wasn't overly 130 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:58.720 concerned with it, but one for sixteen to start things off, it looked 131 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:03.120 like it was in their head. You know, you never want to play 132 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:09.080 armchair psychologists with guys, but it's just human nature that if you're not playing 133 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:11.879 well well in baseball, you start gripping the battle a little bit tighter. 134 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:16.720 In basketball, we saw Reggie Jackson being more hesitant than we're used to seeing 135 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:22.480 from the outside. Some indecisiveness out there by the Clippers, but they were 136 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:28.480 getting open shots. They just couldn't get them to fall the last three games. 137 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:33.960 Finally, and Lucas Hands said this on Twitter. He was wondering when 138 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:37.279 the floodgates were going to open up with the Clippers, and we thought it 139 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:41.639 was when they started six of six in Portland, but then they couldn't hit 140 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:46.759 anything afterwards from the outside. But after starting one for sixteen, they go 141 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:50.799 fourteen of their next twenty six from three. And believe me, in this 142 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:54.879 league right now, three points shooting. It's never been a bigger part of 143 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:58.840 the game, and it's a huge part of what the Clippers do. And 144 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:03.679 that touched the paint, spray it out, make the extra pass, swing 145 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:09.320 it to the next guy. That has been part of their DNA going back 146 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:13.600 to last year since head coach Tron Lewis taken over. They pass up good 147 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:16.799 shots for great ones. Problem was they were getting great ones, they just 148 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:22.240 couldn't hit them. They were averaging I believe Brian Semen had this stat because 149 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:26.879 t Lou brought it up in the pregame pressor. They were averaging seven more 150 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:33.279 open three pointers per game then they did last year. They just weren't hitting 151 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:39.039 and they're not the only team. There is an unusual amount of poor shooting 152 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:43.559 going on in this league, where as a whole in the NBA. Right 153 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:48.240 now, teams haven't shot this poorly from three since the ninety nine two thousand 154 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:54.799 season. They're shooting just thirty four percent on average. Typically it's around thirty 155 00:11:54.840 --> 00:12:00.200 six and a half. That's what teams shoot on average from distance last last 156 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:03.039 few years. This year, I don't know if it's the new Wilson ball 157 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:07.159 tired legs. That's what Terrence Man thought it was, just with the schedule 158 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:13.679 being thrown off for multiple years due to COVID. But guys like Damian Lillard 159 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:18.559 has struggled mightily. I think he's shooting about twenty percent from three. Jason 160 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:24.080 Tatum, Bradley Beale, Marksman just could not hit. But Paul George has 161 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:28.679 been the saving grace for the Clippers. I believe he's gone for thirty or 162 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:33.240 more in four of their first six games. Now as they improved to two 163 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:35.759 and four in the season, they come back late. They win ninety nine 164 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:41.759 to ninety four over the OKAC Thunder. Let's start things off with what he 165 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:46.320 called him first, Eric and the Lancaster Eric, what's up here on Clippers 166 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:52.320 stock without Hmuslin. Hi, I's a god good Eric. Can you breathe 167 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:54.879 again? I know a lot of Clipper Nation was dreading them falling to one 168 00:12:54.960 --> 00:13:00.519 and five and losing to the Okase thunder. Yeah, Athan, Paul, 169 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:03.360 George, there you go. So what do you want to say, Eric? 170 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:07.279 Or do you just want to go after the trivia question? Uh? 171 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:11.600 Down? Then go Clippers. That's it. You don't want to take a 172 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:16.399 guess at the trivia question? Which Clipper led the league in scoring for three 173 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:22.759 consecutive seasons? That was Bob, that could do? You got it? 174 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:26.279 You're the winner. You're going to the Clippers game at Staples Center on November 175 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:30.399 eleventh. Eric, thank you for the phone call. Thank you so much. 176 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:35.639 Let's keep moving here. Some of these I'm man sure, Jeff, 177 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:39.279 Jeff, you're on Clippers stop with Adam Oslin. Jeff? Where are you 178 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:41.159 calling from? I'm sorry, I wrote it down. I came and read 179 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:45.519 my own handwriting chicken scratch, All right, you get it. I'm from 180 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:46.720 me. It's Hollywood. That's right, Jeff. What do you want to 181 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:50.519 say about tonight? It was great, man. It was good to see 182 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:56.639 the team kind of find themselves a little bit. It's been such a frustrating 183 00:13:56.759 --> 00:14:01.960 first few games, but you know, I been beating this drum since the 184 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:05.480 opener that you know, Paul George is you know, granted everything goes our 185 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:09.440 way, which it hasn't been, you know, in the past, but 186 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:13.679 hopefully this year is the years. I think he has a real strong, 187 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:18.000 you know, argument for MVP, the way he's been playing, and I 188 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:22.279 think as long as the guys around him can start hitting their shots, I 189 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:28.399 think, you know, he's been playing out of his mind. And I 190 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:31.000 also just think, you know, I'm just really excited for what the future 191 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:39.200 holds. Luke Kennard has been great, Terrence Mann defensively has been awesome, 192 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:43.879 but I don't know Man as a team. I think this is just it's 193 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:46.399 gonna gel. I really do field it's gonna eventually gel, and just give 194 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:52.200 it some time. Thank you for the phone called, Jeff. I agree 195 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:54.320 with you. We knew it was going to take some time to adjust. 196 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:56.919 Even after what happened in the playoffs last year. You get a new starter 197 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:01.519 and Eric Bledsoe just winslows on this team. They still don't have Marcus Morris 198 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:05.879 or Serge Ibaka. They were going to be some growing pains. But even 199 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:09.679 to find a win against a team like the Okac Thunder at home, where 200 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.159 you're down by fifteen, down by nine late and they just figure it out 201 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:18.720 when they needed to. This could be something to build off of. We'll 202 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:20.399 see. They're going to Minnesota. They've been playing very good basketball. They 203 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:24.759 got a two game miniseries on Wednesday and Friday against the Timberwolves. More on 204 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:28.480 that coming up. Plus we got postgame audio. Stay out, hold, 205 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:33.559 I'm gonna screen you during the break. I know we do have tags and 206 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:39.519 Walnut and Seawan and Englewood already there at eight six six nine eight seven two 207 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:43.720 five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy after the Clippers win 208 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:48.240 ninety nine to ninety four over the Okac Thunder. You're listening to Clippers stock. 209 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:50.440 I'm out of Maslin. This is say I'm five seven. Never a 210 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:56.519 good chat. We'll be talking about due the only one man I always won 211 00:15:56.600 --> 00:16:00.519 day. If you ask your seven, is it just me? Is it 212 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:04.559 just me? Is this so so good? I shouldn't have to be a 213 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:11.720 free LA Clippers basketball continued, Safe time shot down the stretch. This is 214 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:29.720 the official home of the Los Angeles Clippers. Welcome back in the Clippers stock. 215 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:33.919 I'm at a Moslin after they come back, and when ninety nine to 216 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:38.879 ninety four over the OKC thunder at Staples Center, sending them to one and 217 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:45.960 six, the Clippers improved the two and four. More importantly, it's the 218 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:51.600 way that they won this game where they looked to still not have it offensively, 219 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:55.159 at least in the first half, and then their defense slipped when they 220 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:57.799 started get it going on offense in the second half. But down by nine 221 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:02.879 with two forty four left, Paul George would hit back to back three pointers. 222 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:04.759 Luke Kennard would tie it at ninety one with a three pointer of his 223 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:10.240 own. PG thirteen would hit a jumper, and then it was Reggie Jackson 224 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:14.640 nailing the floater to put them up by three. At ninety five to ninety 225 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:18.200 two, they would play some good defense down the stretch. They would do 226 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:21.279 just enough, they would hit their free throws, and they would come away 227 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:26.200 with a comeback win. And I know it's over the OKASE thunder, but 228 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:30.000 right now, I mean Clippers can't take anyone lightly. Obviously, other teams 229 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:34.160 may be looking at them like food being two and four as the slain goes 230 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:38.079 around on NBA Twitter. But welcome back in. I'm adam oslind tot eight 231 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:41.799 six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two 232 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:47.440 five seventy is the phone number. Let's go to Dean in Highland? Dean, 233 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:49.119 what's up here on Clippers Stoft? Without a moslind? Hey? That 234 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:55.400 just to go back to the trivia question that guy Google but he couldn't even 235 00:17:55.839 --> 00:18:02.119 he couldn't even pronounced Bob Mackint's day. Don't be better, Dean. I'll 236 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:03.400 have some more tickets down the line that maybe you can win. Okay, 237 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:11.200 Yeah, I just wanted to comment on how big of a loss it was 238 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:15.880 to get rid of Patrick Beverley, and even Boogie Cousins would have been a 239 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:22.839 nice pick up this year too. I think they lost a lot of toughness 240 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:27.119 from just those two alone. Well, how do you like Isaiah Hartenstein who 241 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:33.400 led the Clippers with twelve rebounds on this one? Yeah, and he hit 242 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:41.480 a three pointer. He'll have to work his way in. I'm I'm a 243 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:49.519 big Boogie fan, so I I saw him make some some really good moves 244 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:56.759 in that series against Utah and he can score. Yeah, I appreciate the 245 00:18:56.839 --> 00:19:00.160 phone call, Dean calling again, well, some more tickets down the line. 246 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:03.839 Look, Boogie Cousins did good things for the Clippers at times, but 247 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:07.319 he was also a liability defensively at times, just because he lost so much 248 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:12.839 of his athleticism over the years with so many injuries, starting with that achilles 249 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:18.039 injury back when he was with New Orleans. I really like the way that 250 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:26.680 this Clippers front line stacks up when healthy. Visa Zubots has struggled overall early 251 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:30.119 this season, he just played thirteen minutes. Hartenstein actually played more at eighteen. 252 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:34.200 But when they get Searge Ibaka back. With those two, they have 253 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:40.559 different guys for different situations. I just I love the pickup of Hartenstein if 254 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:44.400 he could just slow down with the fouls, and tonight he was much better 255 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:48.240 in that area, only committed one personal foul. He's been in foul trouble 256 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:52.920 seemingly every game in limited minutes, so he's too aggressive for his own good 257 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:56.960 at times. But I'd rather have that than somebody who was playing soft in 258 00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:59.880 there. Again. Thanks for the phone called, Dean. Let's go to 259 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:03.759 to Sean and Inglewood. Sean, what's up here on Clippers stop without a 260 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:07.160 Marslon after they come back and win ninety nine to ninety four over Okay, 261 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:11.839 see, I just really you're about to steal my thunder. I was about 262 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:18.480 to give Hartenstein a really big compliment because I kind of feel I have more 263 00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:23.640 confidence when he's on the offensive side of the floor than Zuba. It seems 264 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:29.680 like he gives them more options, better passing, and I think he's a 265 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:33.160 little bit more offensively inclined. I also want to give a shout out to 266 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:37.440 Paul George. I think he's going to be a starter on the All Star 267 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:42.960 team this year, and I just wanted to mention I think I really hope 268 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:49.079 that that was the worst game that Eric bletso has this year, and that 269 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:52.599 could possibly be because he did not have a good game at all, and 270 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:57.160 hopefully he'll get better. I'm trying to be nice and so go Clippers, 271 00:20:57.279 --> 00:21:02.319 and thank you for the call, all right, Sean. Eric Bledsoe really 272 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:06.200 since the first game and a half has struggled, and I don't know if 273 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:11.680 it's just getting acclimented and building up chemistry with this team, but I would 274 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:17.359 not be surprised if at some point maybe in the near future. Because of 275 00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:21.279 the way they closed this game. That coach lu Tinkers with the starting lineup 276 00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:25.519 and you either see Luke Kennard or Terrence Man in there. I just wouldn't 277 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:29.359 be surprised. Now, I still have faith in Eric Bledsoe because the first 278 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:33.240 game he looks great. He looked great, and he does hustle. But 279 00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:37.079 he had four turnovers in this one and went two of eight from the field 280 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:41.279 and took four three pointers. That's just not his game. He has to 281 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:45.759 drive, get downhill and get to the basket. He and Terrence Man, 282 00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:48.319 by the way, he went oh five from distance. I mean, most 283 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:52.559 of the Clippers struggled early on, but they could never get it going from 284 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:55.880 the outside. Now. Man shot forty one percent from three last year on 285 00:21:55.960 --> 00:22:00.799 about only one attempt per game, but still he got about seventy five three 286 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:06.559 pointers up and showed a propensity to hit from the outside when teams leave him 287 00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:08.640 open in the corner, similar to what we saw with Patrick Beverley over the 288 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:15.559 years, who they'll see on Wednesday and Friday in Minnesota. But I do 289 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:19.880 think there's a learning curve for Eric Bledsoe, and maybe he's just not in 290 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:26.519 the best position currently. But we'll see coach lew is going to figure out 291 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:30.160 the right mix for all of these guys. You have to have faith in 292 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:33.559 that at least because what we saw in the playoffs last year. He mixes 293 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:37.400 and matches, he finds the energy, he finds the right lineups, and 294 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:41.839 eventually the Clippers, you know, they have one more move than the opposition 295 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:47.440 had. That's that's how they were able to come back down two OHO last 296 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:51.240 year, down two OHO to the Dallas Mavericks in the first round and then 297 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:55.319 the Utah Jazz in the second round. And they did that without Kawhi Leonard. 298 00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:59.359 So the Clippers come back tonight, not just without Kawhai I, no 299 00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:03.279 Marcus Moore, snow surge of Baka. They're down some guys that they desperately 300 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:07.680 need. The good news is as bad as they have been offensively overall to 301 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:11.160 start this season, they have played very good defense. They hold Okay Seed 302 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:15.880 to ninety four points, They held them to twenty points in that fourth quarter. 303 00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:19.119 They outscored them by thirteen because PG thirteen Paul George had fifteen of his 304 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:26.119 thirty two points in the fourth and was playing spectacular defense too. A two 305 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:32.759 way player at a block had three steals. So we talked about the top 306 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:37.559 seventy five player voting for the seventy fifth Anniversary and All NBA Team and him 307 00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:41.200 not making it and Damian Lollard making it, and maybe you put in Paul 308 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:45.319 George for him, but my preference is to have a guy who plays on 309 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:49.440 both ends, who can defend at this high of the level. He finished 310 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:52.680 third and Defensive Player of the Year voting just a couple of years ago. 311 00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:57.400 But he gave everything tonight, played forty minutes. He was averaging just thirty 312 00:23:57.480 --> 00:24:03.079 three coming into this game, and that was something Luke talked about. Coach 313 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:07.519 Luke talked about in the pregame presser as well that he was going to tweak 314 00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:12.759 some things with how he has and how he allocates minutes with Paul George out 315 00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:18.000 there, that he was going to leave him off for six minute stretches anymore, 316 00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:22.079 because we've seen that just be disastrous for this Clippers team because too many 317 00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:25.519 guys are struggling offensively and Paul George is the one guy you can most definitely 318 00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:27.720 rely on on that end to the floor. Even though he only had five 319 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:30.799 points in the first half, had twenty seven and the second half. So 320 00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:36.599 I noticed he took him out early in the first quarter and then brought him 321 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:41.839 back in before the first quarter was over. Something to monitor the way he 322 00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:47.200 uses Paul George in spurts now, to make sure there aren't any long stretches 323 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:52.480 without him, because the Clippers have not been surviving with him not on the 324 00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:57.119 floor in those minutes. Clippers survived tonight. They escape with a victory over 325 00:24:57.160 --> 00:25:03.000 the Okaysee Thunder. They win ninety nine ninety four at Staples Center. Coming 326 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:04.839 up, speaking of coach Lou will have some postgame audio and my friend Bill 327 00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:11.319 horrenda NBA analysts, will be here. Clippers two and four in this young 328 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:15.480 season. I'm not saying it was a must win tonight, but they needed 329 00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:19.200 to win in a fashion like this. I think it was huge. Oh, 330 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:22.440 I think Jose is calling in from south Gate. I'll get to your 331 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:26.400 phone calls during the break here. Eight six six ninety eight seven two five 332 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:30.079 seventy eight six sixty nine eight seven two five seventy. This is Clipper stock. 333 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:34.720 I'm out of Moslin and this is a feat that sum It's the Mommy 334 00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:41.559 a strip cloth LA Clippers basketball continue sax time shot down the stretch. This 335 00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:45.599 is the official home of the Los Angeles Clippers. Don't like me, think 336 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:51.000 whatever the weason you've got that, don't want to see me, which you've 337 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:55.920 gotten betch Man, because I'm always with they. Then you've gotten that just 338 00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:59.960 one night, you know, there's those pahts. Welcome back in the Clippers 339 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:03.480 stock. I'm in a mosled after they win ninety nine to ninety four over 340 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:07.720 the Oklahoma City thunder Clippers. Now two and four on this young season. 341 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:14.400 They're going to Minnesota for two game miniseries Wednesday and Friday. Eight six six 342 00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:18.400 ninety eight seven two five seventy eight six sixty nine eight seven two five seventy 343 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:21.000 of the phone number still to come. You're gonna hear from the head coach 344 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:25.279 Shron Lou and Paul George post game after he has twenty seven of his thirty 345 00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:27.319 two points on the second half, fifteen of those came in the fourth quarter 346 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:33.839 and willed them to victory down the stretch, Tagius, hold on, We'll 347 00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:37.160 get to you, and Jose and Southgate will get to you as well. 348 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:41.680 But first I want to get to my friend Bill Horrenda, who is an 349 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:47.160 NBA expert and does very well with the advanced analytics. I might add he 350 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:51.039 knows how to deep dive into some of those stats on NBA dot com. 351 00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:53.960 Bill, thanks for coming on Clippers Talk tonight. So what did you find 352 00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:56.559 out about tonight's game and how the Clippers were able to pull this off? 353 00:26:56.680 --> 00:27:02.400 Laid outside of just Paul George and his brilliance, Adam always great to be 354 00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:06.599 with you in Clipper Nation. As Hubie Brown says, an NBA game is 355 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:11.119 never over. The seventeen to three run over the final two forty four terrific 356 00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:15.440 offensively, but how about defensively? The Clippers allowed just twenty fourth quarter points 357 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:22.160 to Oklahoma City and they've defended without fouling only one personal foul in the final 358 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:26.559 Stanza. Now listen turning the page here, no somnambulance in Minnesota. They 359 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:30.640 were popped at home tonight by Orlando, And like you said, there are 360 00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:33.720 no must win scenarios. But you could see the body language. Hey, 361 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:37.920 even self confidence among the best four hundred and fifty players in the world can 362 00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:41.759 be somewhat fragile. A lot of positives to the Clippers early. It's better 363 00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:45.039 to be two and four than one in five. Yeah, at times with 364 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:49.559 this team, going back to last year in the playoffs, the confidence from 365 00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:55.839 Reggie Jackson that emanates from him, it permeates throughout the entire team. And 366 00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:57.920 the fact that he was struggling to this degree. I wonder if that also 367 00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:03.599 had a ripple off, but him hitting that shot late after Paul George's jumper 368 00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:07.359 to put the Clippers up by three, do you think that's something that has 369 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:11.200 carry over that can get Reggie Jackson out of this funk? Because coming into 370 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:14.400 this season after what he did in the playoffs, when Kawhi Leonard went down, 371 00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:18.039 everybody thought for sure he was going to be the second option on most 372 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:21.079 nights, right, And you know what, Adam, when you take a 373 00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:25.279 step back, you're without Kawai, You're without Marcus Morris Seni, You're without 374 00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:30.200 a Baca, and you're also incorporating Bledsoe, Winslow, Hartenstein into the mix. 375 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:34.720 Here. You've lost Beverly Rondo Cousins as well as Patterson. So from 376 00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:37.160 that standpoint, you're right. You get to a point where, well, 377 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:41.799 who's the closer here? What are our roles? And for ty Low and 378 00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:45.400 the coaching staff, you know, Steve Clifford says this frequently, the erstwhile 379 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:49.880 coach of Charlotte and Orlando. The NBA is a game of adaptation and change, 380 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:52.519 and you know what, if you're not watching film, you have no 381 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:57.759 idea what's going on. So there'll be some terrific teachable moments here for the 382 00:28:57.839 --> 00:29:03.440 Clippers. As this scroup gels, the coaching staff learns about roles as well 383 00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:07.319 as different types of playing groups. Now I think personally that Tyler is going 384 00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:11.119 to stick with Bledsoe in the starting lineup, but he'll learn more about you 385 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:15.880 know, Kennard of course, and Man and you know, just some of 386 00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:18.359 these role players and how this is going to look like. As of course 387 00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:23.319 you're expecting Mars and Abaca back soon. Bill Horrenda is our guest here. 388 00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:27.920 NBA analysts follow him at Bill Horrenda on Twitter at r E n d A. 389 00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:33.160 Bill, how do you assess the play from Paul George so far? 390 00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:37.680 Because people were kind of downplaying his forty one and forty two point games because 391 00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:44.119 the Clippers lost, But he did absolutely everything he could during stretches where nobody 392 00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:48.240 else can make a shot outside of maybe Luke Kennard. To me, he's 393 00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:51.839 played like a top ten player at least so far in this early season. 394 00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:56.359 Absolutely, and am i concur I mean he comes in averaging twenty eight per 395 00:29:56.480 --> 00:30:00.400 night, shooting fifty percent from the floor thirty eight percent from three. The 396 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:03.599 other thing to look at tonight scintillating in the final stands is six of seven, 397 00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:08.079 three to three from three and only two turnovers. And as you mentioned 398 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:11.880 before the break, of course, one of the best two way players in 399 00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:15.799 the game. So I think for Paul George, it's like anything else. 400 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:18.720 You know, his actions will speak much louder than his words. And this 401 00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:25.480 is you know, the reactionary bloggerd demagoguery that we'll talk about his inability to 402 00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:30.039 close or his flaws. We saw it last season and we will continue to 403 00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:33.119 see it this season. So it's like anything else, you just have to 404 00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:37.279 block out the noise and you know, just take care of business on a 405 00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:41.359 nightly basis. And if they were going to be haters out there, listen 406 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:44.839 let them. Hey, you let your game do your talking. I don't 407 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:48.000 know what else he has to do. After dragging the Clippers of the Western 408 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:52.240 Conference Finals without Kawhi Leonard for the first time in the history of this franchise, 409 00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:55.720 like he did last year with a forty point game. Also in that 410 00:30:55.880 --> 00:31:00.960 Game five to extend that series against the Phoenix Suns in a thirty nine point 411 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:03.960 game, a brilliant game in that Game five against the Utah Jazz in the 412 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:07.759 second round. I think he's answered the critics, at least in my mind. 413 00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:11.559 That stuff doesn't hold much water anymore. Somebody else I wanted to ask 414 00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:15.559 you about, because he has been struggling right now recently, and he is 415 00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:22.599 coming back from a knee injury in that Phoenix series a visa Zoobots hasn't exactly 416 00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:26.440 looked like himself so far this season outside of one game. How important do 417 00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:32.400 you think that big man position is for the Clippers because he only plays thirteen 418 00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:37.000 minutes tonight, And how much can he help raise their ceiling when he's back 419 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:41.160 on his game. Yeah, absolutely do. He does so many things, 420 00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:45.240 not everything that counts can be counted, as Einstein said, and you know 421 00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:49.960 this screening ability of zoobots, and you know, you look at Hartenstein tonight 422 00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:55.240 and and you know he has twelve rebounds, four of them offensive. And 423 00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:57.559 again it's very early. We have to add that caveat to everything. But 424 00:31:57.680 --> 00:32:01.559 this is a team dead last and rebounding. So when you say what can 425 00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:07.359 Zubats do to raise the ceiling for the Clippers, it can be immeasurable because 426 00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:13.200 I do like their toughness, the intangibles, the burly nature, and again, 427 00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:15.680 you know, the meek may inherit the earth. They're not going to 428 00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:19.759 make it beyond the Western Conference finals, and I think Zubots will be key 429 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:22.640 to that. And again, the coaching staff is not going to overreact. 430 00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:27.240 They know what they have in him. They have seen him in the past, 431 00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:30.880 and I think it's just a matter of time before he finds his groove. 432 00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:34.839 And I think it's similar with Bledsoe, but in a different way as 433 00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:38.839 he's now, you know, trying to congeal with this new culture, with 434 00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:44.319 this new roster, new teammates. So those guys will be fine. They've 435 00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:45.559 got a good body of work. I'm not going to worry about them. 436 00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:49.000 I'm gonna sleep well. You know a lot of coaches in this league, 437 00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:51.799 now I'm not a coach in the league, they sleep like babies. They 438 00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:54.319 wake up every half hour crying. I can. I can sleep well at 439 00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:58.640 night, and I think they should with these guys with du Bots in particular 440 00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:01.599 and Bloodsow. Hopefully coach Luke can finally sleep a little bit better tonight after 441 00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:05.440 this victory. But one more for you here, Bill, because you cover 442 00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:09.279 the entire NBA nationally. How do you think this team stacks up in the 443 00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:13.559 Western Conference? I know a lot of it is dependent on whether or not 444 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:17.119 Kawhi Leonard can come back later in this season, but let's say at least 445 00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:22.920 till March. If he's not back before then, how good do you think 446 00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:27.200 or how much can the Clippers do aside from just treading water in the West. 447 00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:30.480 How do you think they stack up? Yeah? I think you know. 448 00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:32.279 I love the analogy you guys used during the broadcast, the one with 449 00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:36.400 Noah Eagle. You know Denver last year, right one in four twelve and 450 00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:38.039 eleven, sixteen and fourteen, forty seven and twenty five, and they lost 451 00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:42.920 Murray Porters stepped up. Yokich is the MVP. So I think here you're 452 00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:46.119 looking at Utah the Lakers. You know, Phoenix of course is struggling. 453 00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:51.440 I love Denver, and of course they're in a similar scenario with Murray, 454 00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:53.519 so I think it's going to be a dog fight. And the Clippers should 455 00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:57.240 be right in the mix. And I mean there are some dark horses as 456 00:33:57.279 --> 00:34:00.759 well. I mean Memphis, Dallas, Sacramento has improved. How about the 457 00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:07.400 Warriors and Curry and Thompson looming there. So it's going to be a fascinating 458 00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.880 season, particularly in the West, and I know we don't have time for 459 00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:13.480 it, but the East has got some people making noise Chicago, namely now 460 00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:16.400 six and one. The East has gotten so much more interesting with teams that 461 00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:21.960 were at the bottom last year, like the Charlotte Hornets. Even the Washington 462 00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:24.360 Wizards are playing much better, even though Bradley Beal is struggling right now, 463 00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:29.360 which tells you how good maybe they could be and how much maybe they feel 464 00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:31.559 like they won that trade with the Lakers for Westbrook. But he is Bill 465 00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:37.719 Horrenda at Bill Horrenda h E R E N d A on Twitter. Bill 466 00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:40.920 will do this again very as soon, my friend. I appreciate it absolutely, 467 00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:45.920 add of my pleasure anytime. Eight six six ninety eight seven two seventy 468 00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:50.199 is the phone number before we break here. Jose and south Gate. You're 469 00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:52.880 on Clipper stop with that. I'm Austin, Hey, Ida, how are 470 00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:57.000 you doing did I even screen you. I just know your phone number at 471 00:34:57.039 --> 00:35:00.519 this point because the Clippers had a big victory. I expected you. Oh 472 00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:04.119 you already know. I was at the game today and man, shout out 473 00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:07.760 kiper Nation. We stuck around, we got to win. And those last 474 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:09.719 two and a half minutes, I just I just wanted Ralph Lawda there. 475 00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:15.079 I just wanted to hear a bingo with those threes. Man, it was 476 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:17.039 beautiful, and I just want to get this call Lin because I want to 477 00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:23.320 sleep. Well, let's go clipfies. You talk about the threes there, 478 00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:30.760 and there was a point from the eight minute mark eight fifty maybe it was 479 00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:36.760 in the third quarter till the nine fifty mark of the fourth quarter or the 480 00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:40.159 nine minute mark where the Clippers basically went about twelve minutes where they didn't hit 481 00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:45.760 anything but threes. They didn't hit a two point field goal during that time. 482 00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:50.599 Now, maybe some Lappers fans don't like that. You want a little 483 00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:54.400 bit of a better mix offensively. But Paul George came through. He book 484 00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:59.960 ended, hitting a two point or to start that trend and a two point 485 00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:04.800 winner to end it there. But of course, fifteen of his thirty two 486 00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:08.360 points in the fourth quarter, Clippers come back down nine late coming up. 487 00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:12.199 We'll get back to your phone calls eight six six nine eight seven two five 488 00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:15.519 seventy and we got coach Loop postgame audio for you as well. I think 489 00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:17.440 I'm going on Valley's Twitter right now to find it. I'm out of Moslin 490 00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:23.280 and this is the Clipper stock here on AMPI se I'm ready to get this 491 00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:30.239 pick with gee, you're with me? LA Clippers Basketball continue sick time shot 492 00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:34.719 down the stretch. This is the official home of the Los Angeles Clippers. 493 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:40.159 While in their first four losses, the Clippers could not get over the hump. 494 00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:45.400 They couldn't close, they couldn't finish well. To night against the OKAC 495 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:49.519 Thunder, they come back nine with two forty four left and go on a 496 00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:53.760 seventeen to three run to finish off OKAC and they win ninety nine to ninety 497 00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:58.079 four at Staples Center. Welcome back into Clippers Stock, brought to you by 498 00:36:58.119 --> 00:37:00.960 a Honey. I'm out of Maslin and well we have a moment. Let's 499 00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:05.960 cause ten seconds for station identification. You're on a five seven L Sports. 500 00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:13.320 This is LA Clippers Basketball AM five seventy KLAC Los Angeles ninety seven KYSR HD 501 00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:17.559 to Los Angeles and iHeart radio station tags and Walnut, you're on clippers stock. 502 00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:22.920 What's up? Hey? Adam? Is the tins and neel type of 503 00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:25.440 wins. But I'm glad we got the win we needed it. Didn't think 504 00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:30.039 you're gonna say that tonight, did you? No? I didn't for a 505 00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:36.280 while. We had two things to say. But the first thing you talked 506 00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:40.119 about the top seventy five list, and I just wanted to say, I 507 00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:45.239 think twenty Parkers should be in there. People don't really mention him. I 508 00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:50.760 think Dominique Wilkin should be in there. He didn't make the top the top 509 00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:52.800 fifty. Yeah, he didn't make the top fifty. He didn't make the 510 00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:58.079 top seventy five. Yeah. I would have had him before James Worthy and 511 00:37:58.599 --> 00:38:01.880 uh I I would take Tony Parker as my starting point guard for my team 512 00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:07.079 over in Russell Westbrook any day. That's just me. What if What if 513 00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:09.840 Russell Westbrook wasn't wearing the purple and gold though? I man, would it 514 00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:15.000 be different? No? Because I think he just he just brings a lot 515 00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:19.559 of value. Four championships, right, So, Tony Parker's a winner. 516 00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:22.440 He's just stud He's underrated. What about the Clippers though, tonight? All 517 00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:30.480 right? Today, when the Clippers struggle offensively, I think, you know, 518 00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:35.880 when they had even bad shooting games last year, I think we were 519 00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:38.679 able to balance out some of that with Kawaie, you know, shooting those 520 00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:44.280 mid range and with Morris and back out. I feel like both of them 521 00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:50.000 will help provide some of that inside shooting where they can post up either one 522 00:38:51.320 --> 00:38:54.840 outside of PG. So the three of them I think can help U kind 523 00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:59.519 of fill that gap that Kawai would provide. Not like what Kwai can do 524 00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:02.559 obviously, but at least they could kind of balance the attack of having to 525 00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:06.719 shoot a lot of outside shots. And I think once they're all back and 526 00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:12.239 healthy, it will I think it will help improve their outside shooting. That's 527 00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:15.400 a good point today. Just I appreciate it. Especially Marcus Morris. He 528 00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:20.679 has shown a propensity to be deadly in the mid range. When he was 529 00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:23.880 number one or number two option next to Julius Randall in that half season with 530 00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:29.280 the New York Knicks, he got an efficient twenty per game shout forty three 531 00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:31.920 percent from three last year with the Clippers, I believe was second in the 532 00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:39.280 league at forty seven percent from three. So do not underestimate or undervalue how 533 00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:44.760 big Marcus Morris could be for them when he returns. And it sounds like 534 00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:47.280 he and Sir Jebaker are on the mend. They should be back quickly. 535 00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:52.519 Maybe Coach Lou was asked that post game, but here he was head coach 536 00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:58.880 Ron Lou after the Clippers come back and win ninety nine to ninety four over 537 00:39:58.920 --> 00:40:02.320 the okayse Thunders, beeking with the media. It's kind of rare to see 538 00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:06.559 such a progression to the meme over the course of the game, like this 539 00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:08.119 one from the first half or from the second half of the first half. 540 00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:13.559 Did you feel the like it didn't seem like your offense changed all that much. 541 00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:16.559 Did it just finally feel like you've got the weight off your shoulders of 542 00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:22.039 the team making shots? Kind of I thought earlier on, to be honest, 543 00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:25.480 Jess, I just thought early on we had great looks. We generated 544 00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:29.800 a lot of good shots early on. And it was kind of funny because 545 00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:31.679 on the beach of guys was you know, just like team man and Reggie 546 00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:36.119 started laughing like, I can't believe, like we're getting wide up in shots 547 00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:38.559 and can't make I just said, just keep taking with confidence. And I 548 00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:43.000 thought in the first half we really really got good shots. Second half, 549 00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:45.360 I adn't think we got so much like far as good shots because we got 550 00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:51.920 to play small and we really offensively. We really don't know how to play 551 00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:54.159 small right now, but I know we're better defensively because we can switch and 552 00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:58.440 then we can fire and rotate. So we just gotta keep working with that 553 00:40:58.519 --> 00:41:01.320 small lineup and just find out what works and what we can run. But 554 00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:05.679 like I said, guys, they kept competing defensively, they were great. 555 00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:08.239 I thought our fires was great on Shade when he had it going, and 556 00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:13.119 then PG just brought us home with some with some great miraculous shots. You 557 00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:15.960 guys started to run more in the fourth Like transition wise, is that well, 558 00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:19.760 we got stops, so you know when you get stops, Luke's gonna 559 00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:22.840 be open and transition, Pg's gonna be able to you know, come down 560 00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:25.119 attack one on one in transition, and you know, teams are doing a 561 00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:28.599 good job of trying to stay attached to loop now so he can't get open 562 00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:30.599 and have court set. So in transition, you know, you really don't 563 00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:34.559 have a man, So everybody's just trying to sprint back and protect the paint 564 00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:37.519 and that's when Luke's getting shots. And that's how PG got going, you 565 00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:40.119 know, late in that fourth to bring us home time. Hell sustainable? 566 00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:45.440 Do you feel is your defense with the way that guys are just going out 567 00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:49.920 there, forced turnover, scrambling fire and just to just a final way to 568 00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:52.280 win a game. Yeah, I mean, we just gotta, you know, 569 00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:54.920 continue to do what we can do to try to win. And you 570 00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:58.599 know, I thought Nico was great at sending tone with that picking up full 571 00:41:58.679 --> 00:42:01.920 court shotowing in the back court, you know, so you know, what 572 00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:04.920 do we have to do to try to make it work. We gotta do 573 00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:07.960 it. And just the biggest thing is offensively, we've got to catch up 574 00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:10.920 with our defense, and I think with the small lineup, just getting better 575 00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:14.800 with the small lineup of how we want to play and what's style we want 576 00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:17.039 to play. So I got to do a better job with that. There 577 00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:22.519 was head coach Toronto lou after the Clippers come back they win ninety nine to 578 00:42:22.719 --> 00:42:25.280 ninety four over the OKAC Thunder thanks to, as he put it, some 579 00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:30.320 miraculous shots down the stretch by Paul George, who has been Yeah, nothing 580 00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:35.000 short of miraculous so far for this team. Forty one point game of forty 581 00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:38.320 two point game thirty two tonight, but fifteen of those came when they needed 582 00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:42.800 them most, at the very end of the game. And I saw this 583 00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:46.760 from my friend Lucas hand from the Lob of the Jam podcast. He'll be 584 00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:52.000 joining us Friday night after the Clippers play their second game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, 585 00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:55.199 but he put this tweet out. This was during a two minute stretch. 586 00:42:55.400 --> 00:43:00.079 Paul George three, Paul George three, Paul George block, Paul or 587 00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:02.360 assist for Luke and Arthree, Paul George turnaround jumper to take the lead, 588 00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:08.880 and a Paul George Steele. He absolutely took over this one. And the 589 00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:14.639 Clippers are now two and four. Can they string some wins together? Can 590 00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:17.480 this turn into something bigger than just one victory because of how they won? 591 00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:22.679 That's what I'm looking forward to see. It's looking forward to see if they 592 00:43:22.719 --> 00:43:27.719 can do that Wednesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves, team that has played much 593 00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:30.159 better so far this season. We'll see Pat beb, They'll see Carl Anthony 594 00:43:30.239 --> 00:43:36.920 Towns, the High flying rookie Anthony Edwards, well second year player. Now, 595 00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:39.440 before we get out of here, I do want to thank Noah Eagle, 596 00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:45.679 Bryan Seaman, Ralph Lawler, the Clippers organization, the callers. Tonight, 597 00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:53.239 we'll try to get some more tickets for you coming up until Wednesday, 598 00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:58.239 starting at four pm with the Clippers in Minnesota, and your pregame show will 599 00:43:58.280 --> 00:44:01.000 be then I'm at a Moslin. We'll talk to you a couple of days. 600 00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:25.079 This has been Clippers Talk. They accepted the challenge, your first post 601 00:44:25.159 --> 00:44:30.519 game opportunity to talk LA Clippers without a Mossley. It's what we've always seen 602 00:44:30.599 --> 00:44:34.360 from him. 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