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loss since January seventh, and that is music to Clippers fans. Ears.
Welcome into Clippers Talk. I'm Adam oslin to eight six six nine eight seven
two five seventy. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
phone number. Coming up here on the show. You'll hear from head coach
Toronto lou You'll also hear from Marcus Morris coming up this segment post game and
the rest of the players after they get what might be the biggest win of
the year. Considering the Clippers were healthy, we didn't know who would be
back for this game. A lot of guys were questionable, but Nicholas Batoum
was back in the starting lineup, and so were the two one three connection
in Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, who was on minutes restriction, still played
twenty seven, still had fifteen points, and the Clippers were able to do
something only one other team has in the last month and a half. That
would be the Denver Nuggets. But this Utah Jazz team had won twenty of
their last twenty one games and just beat the Clippers by eighteen Wednesday night.
Different Clippers squad. It matters who you have out there on the court.
People always say a win is a winner, a loss is a loss.
Those are just lame Ben mallor sports cliches that he would go after because there's
not a lot of truth to it. Who you beat, who you play
out there, who's actually wearing a uniform matters. And the Utah Jazz even
had Mike Connolly back, a Clippers killer, so they were fully loaded.
He played twenty five minutes, had sixteen points, had nine of them in
the first quarter to match PG thirteen, who had nine of his fifteen in
the first quarter. But the Clippers were playing some really good defense early on
and really holding the Jazz to a one hundred and twelve. Yeah, they
had the huge fourth quarter because Donovan Mitchell went off, but overall they played
some really good defense Donovan Mitchell just made some really tough shots late to keep
them within striking distance when it looked like the Clippers who were up thirteen with
just a few minutes left. I'll try to find out exactly how many minutes.
But Marcus Morris hit two big time three pointers in the fourth. He
had ten of his seventeen off the bench in that fourth quarter. And what's
interesting is the Clippers went ice cold from distance from three for about well a
quarter and a half now about two quarters actually of gameplay time on the court
from the six minute mark. In fact, I put this down on paper
because I couldn't believe this since the Clippers are the best three point shooting team
in the league. The Utah Jazz take a lot, they attempt forty two
of them, and they do make a lot. They hit thirty eight percent
or so from distance, even a little bit over that. But at about
the six minute mark of the second quarter, the Clippers went ice cold.
They would miss their next eleven threes until Marcus Morris hit one with I want
to say, about four minutes left in the fourth quarter, and then he
hit another. He hit two three pointers within two minutes after the Clippers as
a team had missed eleven straight. I said it coming back from the break
to Noah Eagle, but I was like, they were due and the very
next possession. This is not a stroke of genius, maybe a broadcaster's jinks
of anything. Maybe I was just playing the odds. They were due after
going that long without making a three pointer, and it was Marcus Morris who
stepped up at the four four three mark of the fourth and hit a huge
three to put the Clippers up by seven. He would hit another. Patrick
Beverley would then hit one after a great pass from Paul George who used his
pivot foot, turned back around and saw Pat Bev in the corner. You
got to guard that guy. He's also shooting over forty percent from distance on
the season. He's been a forty percent three point shooter basically the last three
years since he's been healthy with the Clippers, but from December on the last
couple of years he turns out to be a top five three point shooter.
And this season started in December, so I'm interested to see how things turn
out for Pat Bev. He's been a marksman from the outside, so he
hits two three pointers for them and the Clippers were up one O seven to
ninety five. In fact, they were up one O seven to ninety four,
up thirteen or two and a half minutes left. But she knew the
Utah Jazz were not going anywhere because Donovan Mitchell, if you watched the Bubble
last season, he did some historics in that series where they were up three
games to one against the Denver Nuggets, just like the Clippers, and the
Nuggets came back on them, gave them confidence the next time they were down
three one. But he put up multiple fifty point games in that series.
He and Jamal Murray, who coincidentally had a fifty point game tonight for Denver
and they're winning Cleveland. He and Jamal Murray put on a show in that
series. And it's not like it's the first time we've seen that from Donovan
Mitchell, because in his first ever playoff series against Okac and Paul George and
Russell Westbrook, he was the best player on the court in that seven game
series that the Utah Jazz would win in six his rookie season and people were
starting to compare him to Dwyane Wade. Well, in the second half,
he had twelve points in the third quarter, countered by Kawhi Leonard who had
twelve of his own. But Donovan Mitchell had just six points in the first
half, and he doubled that in the third quarter alone with twelve. And
he had seventeen points in the fourth quarter and hit one of the toughest shots
I've seen all season, outside of what Zach Lavine did against Terrence Man early
in a first quarter at the end of the first quarter in that game in
Chicago about a week ago. But he hit a shot, a three pointer
to bring them, I want to say, within three again, with Marcus
Morris draped all over him, playing perfect defense. He had a hands in
his face. It just didn't matter. That was with eighteen seconds left and
it was one ten to one oh seven Clippers. Kawhi Leonard knocked down some
big free throws, as did Patrick Beverly. I actually liked the fact that
they had to face adversity late, not just from the Utah Jazz, but
that looked like a clear, clear path foul, and for whatever reason,
the Clippers didn't get the call even though they reviewed it. Even though Pat
Beverley was behind the defense, Donovan Mitchell was the furthest man down the court
and Pat Bev was behind him, so I'm not sure why that wasn't a
clear path foul. Two shots on the ball for the Clippers, but they
prevail. Anyways, they overcame a lot in this game and beat what was
the hottest team in the NBA that had twenty one games. Slay the Dragon
like it was sleeping beauty. And I hope people stopped sleeping on this Clippers
team and start to give them a little bit more respect tonight because this was
a nationally televised game. As Noah Ego pointed out, So Kawhi Leonard getting
twenty nine in his return that puts him on notice. Back in the MVP
conversation, I hope people are talking about Donovan Mitchell in the MVP conversation.
It's not right. They're just going off of star power and what happened last
year. Luca Donchich's name is still there over those two guys. That doesn't
make sense. They're still under five hundred the Dallas Mavericks, but the Clippers
will take the win regardless. It's Clippers versus everyone. They're not worried about
the national attention, but it was just good to see this team be whole
for once, even though guys were on minutes restrictions. I felt like Nichols
Batoum contributed. He had a couple or at least one steal that he was
credited for in the second half that turned into a really nice play I think
to Lou Williams and then to Reggie Jackson got out in the open court for
a bucket. But just seeing this team start to come together, played together,
and it's not easy to do that when you have guys like PG thirteen
and miss the last six straight games. Kawai had just missed a couple.
Pat Bev had been in and out of the lineup after missing three weeks.
Nicholas Batuman missed the last two games, was in concussion protocol. And that
those key players, along with Marcus Morris, they put together a really devastating
lineup late, a small ball lineup that took Rudy Gobert off the court.
Quinn Snyder and head coach Ron Lou who will hear from in a little bit,
they were having a chess match. It was interesting. It was Queen's
gambit out there, King's gambit in this case, and they were going back
and forth with different rotation moves. But the Clippers late were playing Pat Bev,
Nicholas Battum Kawai PG, and Marcus Moose. That could be a new
death lineup, a sign of things to come because those were all two wake
us. Everybody there can get buckets on one end, can neither hit three
pointers like Nicholas Batoum and Pat Bev, who also has been getting to the
rim. But then also you have two of the best isolation players in the
game, and Marcus Morse who has a great versatile all around offensive game.
I think he also hit a jumper in the fourth. Paul George, who
had nine points on the first quarter, finished with fifteen, so he had
six more points in the fourth. Two of them were on some really tough
step back jumpers over Bob Danovich. All right, before we break here,
we'll take a phone call Jose and Southgate. You're on Clipper stock after they
win one sixteen to one twelve over the Utah Jazz with Adam Oslin. What's
up, Jose, what's up? Adam? Thank you again for the post
game. And I heard him in the pregame talking about thirty minutes away from
stable center tip off. That's how I knew after I was for sure going
to call you because I knew you were excited just for this game. That
guy I was, I was all jazzed up. Huh yeah, I know
you did? I know you we down the big best. What do they
called? Oh yeah, the U saw jazz Man after I saw were the
futty thing is left? Quite? Letting up play that bullyball with English and
then Paul George shoot that ball out to Beverly and then quite with those two
rebounds. That's what I called. I mean, what happened every what happened
after that, I knew we were going to win. Let's go, Clippers,
Thank you, Adam, Clippers. And I'm calling it right now because
I probably won't be able to call it after we beat the Left on Sunday.
Maybe let's go. You're gonna lose your voice? Is that a prediction
already? You bring up those two offensive rebounds by Kawhi Leonard late. He
had five points on the fourth All five came at the free throw line,
and those two offensive rebounds you mentioned the bully ball bully in the sandbox,
as Noah Eagle would say, they were huge they were critical. At least
one of them was on Rudy Gobert. He was in the vicinity. Terrence
Man also early in the fourth quarter had a huge offensive rebound that he put
back over Rudy Gobert. So after Rudy had that twenty and twenty three game
Wednesday night, just eight and fifteen tonight, Clippers held him in check and
they won the rebounding battle. Remember the Utah Jazz were a plus eleven on
the boards in the second half Wednesday night. Tonight, the Clippers outrebounded them
forty five to thirty eight. They had eleven offensive rebounds to the Utah Jazz
having six. And this squad is fully loaded again and hopefully it stays that
way going into that matchup, and I hope KD is ready as well,
and we get a real test again between quite possibly what could be a finals
preview in the Clippers in Brooklyn. Nets. More on that, plus you
will hear from the head coach Toronto Lou I know I promised Marcus Morris this
segment. We'll get to that too. Eight six six ninety eight seven two
five seventy eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Clippers win one six teen to one twelve over the Utah Jazz, and
you're listening to Clipper Stock with Adam Moslin here on AM five to seventy LA
sports two point two seconds remaining. Beverley's gonna get bound baseline for sight,
get it in, George, corner jumper on the way, O Paul George.
The boot shot goes. PG thirteen finds nothing but Ninelon from just inside
the ark. He's got nine points and the Clippers go into the second quarter
with a thirty one twenty three lead. Noah, you go on the call.
PG thirteen hit that to end the first quarter. Had nine of his
fifteen points in that verse. Welcome back, Paul George, Welcome back Kawaii,
Leonard and Utah, Welcome back to the Elkhom. The Utah Jazz took
a one sixteen to one twelve loss to your Los Angeles Clippers after they had
won twenty of twenty one. They had lost just one game since January seventh,
and we're on I want to say, a nine game or ten game
winning streak coming into this game, and had just beaten the Clippers by eighteen
Wednesday Night but that wasn't the real Clippers. They didn't have their full squad.
And when they do, and when the usual starters are there, all
of a sudden, it makes the bench even better. And tonight the Clippers
bench outscored the Utah Jazz bench forty six to thirty. Sweet Low Williams had
nineteen, Marcus Morris had seventeen. Those two have been working very well together
recently. That has been a combination that has been brewing for a while.
Now. I know you wanted to talk about a mere coffee there because I
mentioned the brewing. But he got in I think at the very end of
the game and the last or the end of a quarter somewhere, because he
played less than one minute, so they just listed as zero minutes there.
Terrence man I mentioned that put back he had on his own offensive rebound that
came in the fourth quarter. It was a big energy play. Those were
the only two points he had, but they were big and the Clippers had
just eleven turnovers after having eighteen Wednesday night. Was my key to the game.
Sometimes you bring the squad back together, guys are out of rhythm,
the timing's off. No, no, no, no, these guys took
care of the basketball. Kawhi Leonard had four assists, Sergebaka had four assists.
Paul George led them with five assists. Did have that turnover late,
but the Clippers would step up, they would hit their free throws. They
hold on to win by four over the Utah Jazz with the final score one
sixteen to one twelve. Welcome back into Clippers stock. I'm at a maslin
Jeff in Tarzana. How are you? Yeah, I'm here, I Adam,
what do you got? Jeffy happy? You know? It just goes
to show you, Adam, never a doubt when you have your two best
players. I've got a question for you, Adam. I don't know if
you have the answer to it. What's the Clippers record when Paul George and
Kawiet play? Because I was sharing another RADI a station saying well, it
doesn't count for that other team in LA when Lebron or ad doesn't play.
So I was making the comparison. What the Clipper record is when both of
those players play or only one of them plays. I got that for you,
Jeff, I do have that for you. How dare you question me
like that? They're sixteen question. Okay, fair enough, they're sixteen and
three now on the season, when PG and Kawuhi are in the lineup,
when they have this starting five that they had tonight with Nicholas Batoum and Sergeobaka
and Patrick beverfully next to the two one three connection, they're now eleven and
two on the season. But that's sixteen and three. That puts them on
pace during a normal right eighty two game season to win sixty eight games.
It's a ridiculous winning percentage. Okay, yeah. The other thing. The
other thing is, you know, you notice what kind of slow they have,
and they probably have more assists when Paul and Kawai played. But here's
here's the thing. None of these teams, no matter how good they are,
are gonna win when you have one of year starters out. You know,
even you get a team like Brooklyn, which the Clippers playoff Sunday night,
they're not gonna They're not going to be a championship team if they don't
have those three guys running, which they have. Do you not agree with
that? No, That's why they call it a players league, and you
have to have superstars to have a chance to win. You have to have
at least a couple of them. Well, here's what I think. I
think the Clippers are one guy short, and I think it'd be very smart
to go after Andrew Drummond, big thirst. Thank you for the phone call,
Jeff and Tarzana. I don't know he's making a big chunk of money.
It would take a lot to get him, and I don't know if
you'd have his rights where he'd be a restricted free agent after this season or
not. He is a great rebounder. But I like the big men they
have with Sergiobaca and with a Vizza Zoobots. I like the contrasting styles of
those two players have because Sturge can take you out from the three point line.
He got it on Rudy Gobert early on the third quarter, I believe,
no, it could have been a third quarter, maybe midway through the
second quarter, early second quarter. He took Rudy Gobert out to the three
point line and hit a three on him attempt at five. But the point
is he's a threat there and Rudy has to stay with him, which opens
up the paint for everyone else. So that's just so valuable to have a
stretch five like that, who can also go out there block shots. He
can guard it on the perimeter a little bit. And Sergibaka's excuse me,
Vizza Zubots has just been a beast. He didn't have a great game scoring
wise, only took two shots, was over two, had three points.
He was the only one that had gotten to the free throw line in the
first half. I believe the Clippers attempted two free throws in the first half.
They were both by Vizza Zubots, so they finished taking twenty free throws
in the second half of an interesting cold game to say the least. Okay,
I lied, We'll take a quick break here. Well I'm back,
you'll hear from coach Tlu Clippers win one sixteen to one twelve over the Utah
Jazz. Well, it ain't no fun if you don't have all the Clippers
playing. It's at least a lot more fun. Love to see what the
bench had done the last week or so, and they had put together some
strong victories, including beating the Miami Heat. But now against a team like
the Utah Jazz with all that firepower, with all that defense, the Clippers
needed everyone. They're old slogan. It takes everything kind of does. They
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land and Clippers lead by seven on the defense to offense. See I knew
that play happened. Nick Matoum had the steal and they got in transition quick
there and the Clippers overcome one of their coldest streaks from the outside. We're
from the six forty three mark of the second quarter till the six eleven mark
of the fourth quarter. They didn't hit a three. They missed eleven straight,
but they came up with four timely ones late. Marcus Morris had two,
Pat Bev had two, Clippers hold on to defeat the Utah Jazz on
the final score of one sixteen to one twelve. Welcome back into Clipperstock.
Kawhi Leonard finished with twenty nine points. He also tried to yam one on
Rudy Gobert where they called an offensive foul on him. It was curious.
I didn't think there was much there. I thought that was part of his
follow through on the dunk attempt, but the Clippers overcame that too. He
did have a really nice hook shot over him in the first half. Lou
Williams also, this is something that we've seen going back to really last year
in the bubble. There was a different amount of intensity on the court defensively
from Sweet Lou Williams since last season the end of last season, and he
had a swipe and score, as Noah Eagle would say, in the first
quarter. Finished with nineteen points. Ninth straight game now he's been in double
figures. That's a big time development. Was really struggling early in the season.
If you have an apology for Sweet loew Williams, eight six six nine
eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. But I do want to
hear from the head coach to Ron Lew. Another masterful performance by him and
the coaching staff to get guys back in sync right away. As the Clippers
were healthy again with their usual starting five, they win by four over the
Utah Jazz. Here was t Lou postgame? First off, was that the
longest forty seconds you've ever experienced as a head coach? Else? Uh,
Secondly, you've talked a lot, obviously, I'm not gonna rehash it about
playing the pick and rolls two on two and you want to just drive people
on the float range. How do you feel the team to deny because Utah
took forty four shots in the paint but only thirteen in the restricted area.
Yeah, I mean, I gotta look at it, but I thought our
defense was pretty good, you know, until the heroics of Donovan Mitchell down
the stretch, you know, and you got going up thinking that third quarter
were started making some shots. But you know, I thought Pat Beverley and
you know in PG, you know we did a decent job when that first
half and second half you got going. That's what great players do. So
overall, you know, the fifth death thought we were pretty good, you
know, Alexai, it's to the last LEXI forty seconds or whatever it was,
you know, the games, but you know we'll winning for it,
thank you, sir. Next up, lot that that small lineup when they
first got on the floor for that fourth quarter of the team hadn't made any
threes in the second half, and then Marcus broke the seal with those back
to back threes. Is is that would you consider that a bed rock to
that lineup working if you're going to close games out small? Yeah, I
mean I think you know, it helps us defensively as well, you know,
on being able to switch one through five with that unit on the floor
then also opens up the floor for our drivers like PG and Kawhi to get
downhill and then we got space in all the all the way around, so
it's usually better force the defensive because we could switch one through five. I
mean, it made some tough shots, you know, they scored a few,
but you know, overall, I think going forward, when we understand
what we're trying to do defensively out of that unit, we're gonna get better
and better. But the offensive, like I said, with Twin making two
of those threes and then they put go Beer on the path their path made
two threes, I'm gonna really open up the game for us. Thanks.
We'll go next to oh it Ty, what did you think of how Kawai
and PG looked in their first game back and how big was Kawai's rebounds in
that finalment in the offensive glass rusty, you know, probably were they were.
They were pretty rusty hailing the basketball time and you know, and that's
that's that's always gonna happen, you know, when you sit out. And
but you know, I love the way to competed, you know a public.
Their compartitive spirit was great. But overall, just as far as the
floor game, I thought it was just a little rusty, as far as
the speed of the game, making plays involve him on a little good but
that's gonna come back for sure. Was it hard for you to keep five
minutes down? He played a thirty eight tonight? Well, kawa wasn't on
a restriction. So the other guys you've seen him play a lot of those
are the guys there was only restriction and just kind of hard, you know,
jugging those guys in and now maybe sure you you meet the minute the
minute of restrictions. So we did it and I was able still come out
with a win. Thank you. Thanks, We'll go to fire by eight.
Coach, congrats on the win. Thank you. At one point I
heard Lou Williams say on the mic dubbed portion of ESPN that he did not
want to lose to the same team twice, and they really it just seemed
like they were extra motivated. Is that something that you've seen in this weird
season where you're playing teams back to back like this, where guys are extra
motivated when they faced the team two times in a row. Yeah, I
mean, then you know, the best team at a NBA right now,
you know, record wise, So you know, we knew that they won
twenty one or twenty one, twenty two coming in tonight, and we understood
that, we knew that we got you know, got our guys back,
and that we wanted to win this game. And the guys went out and
do the hell of a job. Clippers improved to eleven and five at home
at Staples Center, and I make it twelve and five. They beat the
Lakers there. Game one. Clippers win tonight over the Utah Jazz one sixteen
to one. Twelve. I don't even think they played their best because they
are the best three point shooting team by percentage this season and they go just
ten of thirty. But when they needed them late, they got them to
drop. Marcus Morris and Pat bev Those were the two that hit four threes
in that fourth quarter. Clippers led by fifteen with two and a half minutes
left in the second, and the Utah Jazz chipped away. It was just
an eight point lead for the Clippers going into the half, and we thought,
oh, this looked like the Brooklyn Nets game where they made that run
going into the half and then came out and had the huge third quarter.
Clippers face the adversity, they fought and they beat a fully healthy Jazz team
even though PG thirteen was on a minute restriction, just played twenty seven,
fifteen points. This team isn't close to reaching its ceiling yet and that's scary.
And if you don't know, now you know Clipper Nation coming up next.
More Clippers talk here on a five to seventy LA Sports Mounts pass on
the near side office screens Williams left wight three is a little bit long rebound
Terrence Ban up across the trees. Oh, we put it in for Gobert.
Terrence Man all effort at Hart inside. If that's not a Pat Bev
late fourth quarter winning type of play, I don't know what is. But
Terrence Man has been following his leader and Patrick Beverley and the way he plays,
and that was a big one. His only points in the ballgame came
off that offensive rebound on Rudy Gobert. Clippers win one sixteen to one twelve
over the Utah Jazz. Marcus Morris finished with seventeen points, went three or
five from distance. And I just looked this up, and I know it's
below his average right now on the season, which is bad about forty seven
percent from three. But in fourth quarters this year, he's shooting forty three
percent when shots are at their toughest, when defenses are giving maximum effort.
He's shooting forty three percent from three in fourth quarters and hit two clutch shots
with in two minutes of each each shot from the six minute mark to four
thirty something like that in the fourth quarter. Here was Marcus Morris though post
game on Fox Sports Prime Ticket. Hey, thanks Brian U. I think
this was the longest forty second to end a game. But you felt like
this was gonna be a heavyweight bout. You guys get everybody back. This
is a team that was rolling coming into this game. What kind of statement
did you guys make taking care of you taw tonight that's a good team over
there. Uh. You know, they've won twenty out of twenty one.
We had the best record of NBA, and you know we mists on they
get a win on our home court. They got his two games ago,
and you know we four hard, and you know that that was a long
forty second but you know we came out with a win and we're happy about
it. Well, you guys also went a long stretch in the second half
without knocking down a three pointer, and then in the fourth quarter you hit
two big ones, timely three. How did you that lift your team when
they needed it the most? Uh, you know, just just just trying
to find my way in there. You know, Kay and MTGS do on
a great job of penetrating U and they can't guard them gods. So you
know, just trying to stretch the floor and you know, and knock down
my open shots. I know you said over and over again you're a hooper,
but coming into this game, you were shooting fifty percent from three.
You go three or five from long range tonight, So how do you explain
the career year you're having From beyond the art? I dedicated to my sons
man, you know, I'm just I'm just out here playing. I'm having
fun. Uh. You know, we got a great group of guys,
great coaching staff, and you know, I'm just knocking it down, man,
and you know I'm just trying to do whatever it take to help my
team win. Well, it doesn't get any easier for you. You guys
get a date with Brooklyn on Sunday. What are you looking forward to in
that matchup? No, those are my guys over there, but we own
one. That's all I can say. All right, thank you, Marcus
Trying. There was Christina Pink on Fox Sports Prime Ticket hanging with mister Hooper.
Marcus Morris there, he had seventeen off the bench. It wasn't easy,
it wasn't necessarily pretty at the end, but forty seconds of hell turned
into a heavenly victory for the Clippers. They take down the Utah Jazz,
and right now there's just two and a half games back of the Jazz.
Clippers in that three seed. They are a half game back of the Lakers
for the two seed in the Western Conference. You heard that at the end,
Marcus Morris says, they owe him one. When talking about the Brooklyn
Nets. It was one of the best games of the season in Brooklyn a
couple of weeks ago. Hopefully KD is healthy. Hopefully the Clippers come away
from this one healthy and everybody's ready to go again. Tip time for that
game is at five pm Sunday at Staples. We'll have Clippers campdown starting at
four. Before we get out of here, I do want to thank the
Clippers organization, Noah Eagle, Bryan Semen, Ralph Lawler, big brother,
Jake Warner or head engineer Staples Center, and back here in the bank,
Zach Attack, Zach l Caldy, all the good music. I told him.
Put out that playlist like Ronnie Fascio trying to bite a real chairman on
the board. But still it's that good. The highlights two until Sunday with
your Clippers countdown shows starting at four pm. I'm at a Moslin. We'll
talk to you then and