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Adam Oslay Now, Philadelphia came into Los Angeles and didn't show the Clippers
any further. That we love as they win once twenty two to ninety seven
over your LA Clippers. Welcome into Clippers Stock. I'm Adam oslin to eight
six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six sixty nine eight seven two
five seventy is the phone number coming up here on the show. You're gonna
hear from coach Loupo's game. Also hear from the players after their fifth straight
loss, longest losing streak of the season for the Clippers, which is seven
games remaining before the play tournament. And yes, it looks like they are
locked into that eighth seed and we'll be taking on either the the Timberwolves or
the Denver Nuggets in that first play in double elimination if you're the seventh or
eighth seed. But you want to see the Clippers being a little bit of
a better rhythm than this going into the postseason. Am I that concern?
No. We saw what happened at the end of last year against Houston and
an ok S towards the end of the end of the season, and we
saw what happened with the Clippers down OZ two against Dallas against the Utah Jazz.
They have coach lou He makes the right adjustments. He gets things pointed
back in the right direction quickly. One of those things has to be Luke
Nar who has struggled the last five games. It's no coincidence the Clippers have
lost five in a row with Luke Kennar shooting like this. He's seven up
twenty four from three his last five games. That's under thirty percent on the
season. He's hitting forty five percent of his threes. Of players at that
high of a volume from distance, he's at the very top. And we
just watched him for the last ten fifteen minutes. Put him up post game,
not by himself and a ball boy. It was Isaiah Hartenstein who was
graven rebound, shagging balls and making passes to Lukennard and trying to get his
teammate back in rhythm. Pretty cool, I can say, I've been to
I don't know, two hundred three hundred games here at Staples Center post game.
Big brother Jake Warner has been to a couple of thousand. I've never
seen anything like that. I say Staples Center because I've been to more games
there Crypto dot Com Arena now, But I've never seen a teammate come out
here and try to get his fellow padre in rhythm like we just saw with
Isaiah Hartenstein and uh Luke Nard. I've never seen that before. I've seen
Landry Shammit come out and someone else on the t rating staff or an assistant
coach throw the ball over to him and try to get him in rhythm from
three when he was struggling. I've never seen a teammate do it like that
now. These two had a special connection early on in the preseason in training
camp. It was just there from the get go. We see it throughout
the year. But recently, Luke Nard, he just hasn't been putting up
the volume of shots were used to seeing. In fact, he took just
five in this one. Four of them were from distance, and he went
one of four. That one he hit was in the fourth quarter. Clippers
were down, big down by twenty eight. It felt similar to what we
saw against the Utah Jazz recently, where they were down by as many as
forty one and for the most part, for the full forty eight minutes,
they were out of the ball game. They were out of this one early.
It was thirty five to nineteen after the first quarter and the Clippers went
into those one of those offensive funks where they went three minutes and fifty seconds
without scoring. And against the Philadelphia seventy six ers team like this with some
prolific scorers the possible MVP and Joe lmbiid, and they had just added a
former one in James Harden, they can bury you in a hurry. And
as bad as the Clippers were from distance eight of twenty five as a team,
Philly was fifteen to thirty five in the last four games coming into this
one, and that was the previous longest losing streak of the season four straight.
Now it's five. But during those four coming into this one, the
Clippers were shooting just thirty three percent from the outside. They went from being
just about a top five three point shooting team on the season to being a
bottom five team. No coincidence there either there's a connection. This team relies
on the three ball, as many do now, but it's a symptom of
when they're playing their best basketball, because when they're hitting threes, typically they're
getting open threes, they're making the extra pass, they're getting a lot of
assists that way, and they just haven't done enough of that offensively during this
five game losing streak. I'll say this, the effort was better overall than
it was in Utah and weren't down forty one, and I thought it was
some tough breaks that went against the Clippers tonight, but they had some really
bad turnovers early on that were sloppy, careless misques that I think got the
Philadelphia seventy six ers in rhythm early. And you don't need to help a
team like this, a team that's top three in the Eastern Conference. You
give the ball away early, you make offense easy for them, where the
Clipperers gave them two fast break dunks in the first four minutes and it's just
snowball from there. And that can happen against a team with a dynamic duo
with James Harden and Joe l Embiid and I thought Tobias Harris, our old
friend, played very well, taking advantage of miss matches when every other smaller
man on him went right at Reggie Jackson, he ended up with and he
didn't play big minutes, just twenty four, but he had twelve points.
Nobody really did. Joel Embie got his twenty seven and ten in just twenty
seven minutes. James Harden played thirty four, had twenty nine, but he
had twenty five at the half, fifteen of those coming in the second quarter.
And once again, the Clippers could not close quarters all night long,
and the first quarter to buy his Harris hit a three pointer to end it,
and the second quarter, after the Clippers started to find their offense a
little bit, Philadelphia closed that out well and they were up by twenty one
at a half. And then James Harden, who again had twenty five at
the half, he only had two points in that third quarter and Philly somehow
extended their lead to twenty two heading into the fourth. Maxie hit some big
shots for them. Thy Bowl hit a three pointer. He only shoots thirty
three per sent on the season. It felt like Philly just couldn't miss,
similar to what we saw in Denver. They shot fifty percent from three Tuesday
night against the Clippers, but the Clippers were in that game down two with
about three minutes left. Tonight, they didn't make enough noise. They had
it to within ten, I want to say, at one point the third
quarter, but then Philly stepped on the gas once again and they left the
Clippers in the rearview. Clippers lose one twenty two to ninety seven eight six
six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five
seventy is the phone number, Jack and Santa Monica, Zack your first up
tonight on Clippers Talk. How are you? Yeah, I just have a
question. One two, three six Ers from ten nine. All right,
a barely. The Sixers just won the championship for the first time in forty
years. Look, so the winner go the Spoils. And I've probably had
some prank calls coming my way at some point after you know what, I'm
not going to get into that tonight. Let's get to a Clippers call.
Though. I know Tom in Hollywood. I pray Tom in Hollywood. I
know you're a part of Clipper Nation, right, I promise that I am.
Yeah, I just wanted to talk actually a little bit about the sort
of post deadline, post All Star break kind of vibes and mood of the
team, because it feels like since we let Ledsoe go though an incredible trade
and I agree with most of the move, it feels like there's not as
much of a spark and an energy in the second unit. I feel like
he was really an underrated player for us, and it feels like the way
in which he ignited a lot of those comeback, both on the defensive end
and putting pressure on the offensive end, has been kind of missing from this
squad system. Well, we love Eric Bledsoe was a Clipper twice around,
but you make that move every time to bring in Norman Powell and Robert Covington.
I remember Norman Powell and played three games and then got hurt. Hopefully
he's on the mend. He's out of the walking boot. He was doing
some shooting at practice the other day. But they started four and oh out
of the All Star break. They started off hot. Outside of this five
game skid, they were playing some really good basketball. I don't know if
that's the issue. I think I just think like the big win streak that
we had was essentially against just the Rockets and the Lakers, and then as
soon as we started to hit better opponents is when we really started to kind
of lose our rhythm. It's the other side. Some of that is fair.
I'm just not sure it's a bench unit issue. I think it's an
injury issue. I think it's a taxing issue on guys who aren't used to
having this level of workload with Mark Morris, with Reggie Jackson. And I
appreciate the phone called time I do, but I think I think they did
the right thing obviously making that move, and it's gonna pay dividends down the
line when Norman Powell can come back. We saw a glimpse of what he
can do. He's special. If you watched him with Portland, this guy
is your third option offensively. His ability to get to the basket as a
slasher is really underrated. And he's someone who, like Kawhi Leonard, kind
of started slow offensively in his career and you know him from UCLA and the
Bruins failed to North Carolina to night, but he started off slow offensively and
he made his impact as a defensive player with the Toronto Raptors and that defense
remains. So he's another two way player for this Clippers team, which is
imperative and crazy with the versatility they're gonna have in the different lineups they can
throw at teams. I've never seen a team lean into versatility like this,
but it makes sense because this is where the modern NBA is going, the
switchability where you have multiple guys who can guard one through five. And I'm
not saying Norm Powell's gonna be guarding pigs, but he can guard one through
three effectively. He's long plays, tenacious defense, pick of Destiny's style.
He is great on that end. And yeah, Eric bledsoe good clipper and
I thought he did some really good things and had some unfair criticism go his
way this season, so I appreciate the phone call and showing him some love.
I know Justice Winslow is playing some good basketball also with the Portland Trail
Blazers right now, but getting Norm Powell and Robert Covington, who continues to
impress as a Clipper. And he was missed for i want to say,
five games for personal reasons, and that was a big loss when you're down
this many guys already everybody becomes critical to the cause. Now, hopefully the
Calvary's on the way. We'll see coming up if coach lou gives a status
update on Paul George, who obviously practiced for the first time a couple of
days ago since December. But also we watched him shoot around in pregame warmups.
He looked good. He looked like Paul George to me, but it's
different in game reps. You can't replicate them. So we'll see if the
Clippers have some help coming on the way, We'll take a quick time out,
we'll come back. We'll get to that postgame audio. Clippers fall once
twenty two to ninety seven. Here at home and Crypto dot Com Arena to
the Philadelphia seventy six ers. R Clippers stalk next right here on five seventy
eight spot LA Clippers Basketball continue safe time shot down the stretch. This is
the official home of the Los Angeles Clippers. Clippers lose one twenty two to
ninety seven at Crypto dot Com Arena. Welcome back into Clipper Stock. I'm
at a Maslin eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight six six
ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number still to come. You're gonna
hear from the head coach in Sharron Lou. We'll see if there's an update
on Paul George. But first let's get out to Colin in La Colin.
You're on Clipper stock without on Moslam. What's up, Figure Adam. I
just want to give a quick shout out to Tylu. Fantastic coach. The
way he runs the players, the way he operates them and gets them fired
up, it's absolutely uh inspiring. It's really good. It's great. If
you're a leader out there, you should follow that. But more importantly,
I want to talk about Kauai and Paul George. And I know they're hurt.
I know things are happening in the Clippers nation that we don't like to
happen. I'm just wondering if, if what Kauai does, how how much
he takes care of himself rather than taking care of the Clippers per se.
I know Paul George is hurt, but that man is a thermonuclear warrior and
we'll fight through any injury to make it happen for his team, you know.
And I just don't see that same fire coming out of Kauai. There
are you looked in his eyes? Do you say something to you? How
do you How do you judge how much fire he has? He didn't have
the game phase. He didn't like it. I don't know. I just
I know. I know what battling through injury is like personally, and I
know that sometimes you feel eighty five percent and it called back. He's coming
back from an ACL and he's your franchise player. You really want him to
come back too soon, you know. I don't know. I think I
think he's saving himself for the future. That's what I think. I think
he needs to buckle down. He needs to buckle down like Paul George does.
Colin. I appreciate the phone call. I've seen Kawhi Leonard play with
a dinged up knee throughout the playoffs in twenty nineteen on his way to winning
Finals MVP once again, this time for the Toronto Raptors. I've seen him
play through pain in the biggest moments. We're talking about an ACL here.
It's a significant injury. If he can come back, he will. I'm
confident with that. This is someone who already took less money then he would
have made this offseason. If he had waited, he was still under contract
for one more year. He opted out. He wanted to secure some money.
Why because he said, I want to play. If I have money
secure, I don't have to worry as much if something else happens. That's
what he was getting at. All right, Kawhi Leonard's a warrior two and
Paul George, both of them not a warrior. Golden step here with your
Los Angeles Clippers. These guys are tough superstars and they want to get back
out there. This is what they do, this is what they were born
to do. Let's go to sid In La said, what's up, yo?
I'm honestly Pete bro I just walked out into the game and Reggie Jackna
had what one, two, three, four five? All Right, you
know you get a new name on Clippers talk and you start to wonder,
said the kid. Certainly acting like one right now. Clippers fall once twenty
two to ninety seven to the Philadelphia seventy six ers, and yes, their
fan base runs deep. They were here against the Lakers on Wednesday. They
showed up in full force tonight against your Los Angeles Clippers, who had an
uncharacteristically bad off shooting night and they lose big. They were down by as
many as twenty eight. We'll take a quick time out, We'll come back.
We'll hear from the head coach into Ron Lou. You're listening to Clippers
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No LA Clippers basketball continue, same time shot down the stretch. This is
the official home of the Los Angeles Clippers. West side. Still the best
side. But the Clippers fall to the Philadelphia seventy six or tonight one twenty
two to ninety seven. Oh, come back in the Clippers stock. I'm
at a Moslin eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six sixty
nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number coming up. We're still
looking for player audio, but right now I want to hear from the head
coach and Toehronto Lou post game after this one for like a better word is
is this team just kind of running out of gas right now? He looks
like it, don't there now? Yeah, it looks like it a little
bit Yeah, it's like a team missing it's three primary scores. He has
been tough on us as of late, but you know, we can't feel
sorry for ourselves, and you know, I just gotta keep, you know,
plugging away. You know who's over match tonight. You know that's a
good team over there. And take them away from those guys and you know
they play well, and considering what happened in Philly, they had on their
mind that they wanted to come and prove a point and so they play well.
We didn't play our best game. You know, Marcus and Reggie struggled
for us a little bit tonight, which hurts us. You know, if
they're not scoring a basketball, and like I said, mess about it.
Here said the talk of the locker room was just keeping your spirit tie.
Yeah, is it a little tough to do that with Utah, Chicago,
Milwaukee coming out the tough stretch for us. You know, we've been through
it before. We had seven games where it looked like it was it was
gonna be tough to win. We won four out of seven, so we
still got a chance, like I said, chances to continue to play well.
We got our guys some rest tonight, so we gotta be ready to
bump the guys minutes up starting on Tuesday and getting ready for this last little
plush. So when Marcut's not playing the second half, Nico limitted minutes,
got Reggie out. Now we gotta start be able to push our guys forward
their minutes starting on Tuesday. Uh, for a lack of a better phrase,
I mean, while you guys that get blown out, like, is
that the positive is Marcus only played for fifteen minutes, Reggie was at twenty
seven, Nico twenty two. Yeah, I mean that's you kind of just
take it out as the positive, like you're still able to keep their minutes
down. You didn't get the result you want it. Yeah, but we've
we've been doing it the last six seven games, just trying to keep their
minutes down and knowing this this last stretch starting with Utah, that we gotta
start picking them minutes up, getting ready for the playing and you know,
hopefully the playoffs. So guys have gotten the arrest, you know, we
got three days off going into the next game, so they can get more
arrest and then you know, we got to crank it up, and so
they had it going. It was a tough game. You know, we
had some chances to kind of cut the lead a couple of time, we
got some some rebounds with steals, and then we turned the ball back over,
didn't make the right play, and then a game just kind of got
away from us. And like I said, they they played well. When
a game does get away from me like this, say, a hard to
kind of find those silver linings, Uh, yeah, it is. I
mean, you know, it was a matchup problem for us all night,
and we understood that. But just offensively, you know, I thought we
got some good shots early and we just didn't knock. We just didn't make
them, you know. And so when Reggie and Marcus getting their shots and
they're not they're not going down, like I said, it's hard for us
to win. And that's you know, it sucks cause if it's puts a
lot of pressure on those two guys to to be able to score, which
they've been doing for us throughout the course of the year, and just you
know, tonight, it was a tough night for those guys. Offensively tired,
Look, Luke headed right back out to the court to do some shooting
with Isaiah. How was he doing? Like is he is he Is he
healthy? Is he is he just like you know, it could be a
little tired, you know. I think it's you know, worn down,
especially the way he has to play and come up with a lot of screens,
constant movement and you know him and Reggie and team man, they they
lead a team in minutes, I think. So you know, we gotta
be smart for him making sure we can continue to you know, try to
get his minutes down like we tried too in Utah. But he wanted to
play in that second half. But we gotta be smart because you know,
he's gonna need some rest to make sure he's fresh as well. So hopefully
he's three days he can can help him out. But you know, going
forward, teams are trying to take him out, you know, and so
he's not scoring in that second unit, it's hard for us to score the
basketball. And you know, when he asked chances to take those shots he
got, you know, open shots. He has to take those shots like
because the way they're playing, you're not gonna get too many of them,
so just continue. Its a learning process for him having to find, you
know, deal with his teams with double team and when he come off screens
and they're physical putting their best defenders on the second unit on him. So
this is a good learning experience for him. There was Coach Lupo's game after
the Clippers lose one twenty two to ninety seven. Here from Crypto dot com
arena. This is Clippers tuck I'm out of Oslin after they fall to the
Philadelphia seventy six years trailed by as many as twenty eight in this one,
and coach lu said it. Philly did not forget about the Clippers coming back
down twenty four on them and embarrassing them back on their home court earlier this
season. They were out to prove a point. Now, the good news
is the Clippers have three days off and some of these vets who struggled,
like Marcus and Reggie who combined to go five for twenty two and both of
them started oh of six before they hit their first bucket. They're so crucial
for this team right now, without Kauhi, without PG, without Norman Powell.
When those two don't have it going, it's typically a tough night for
the Clippers to recover from that. It just is but a lot spit on
their plate, and the Clippers do have three days off, so hopefully actually
there is some rest for the weary. Here Clippers fall one twenty two to
ninety seven. Coming back, we're looking for postgame audio from a player.
I'm out of moslind and you're listening to Clipper stock here on AM five seven.
LA sports all my life. I've been grinding in all my life.
I'm married Teddy's guy. That's why i made My wife said that she's probably
right. LA. Clippers basketball continue safe time shot down the stretch. This
is the official home of the Los Angeles Clippers. Clippers lose their fifth straight,
this time to the Philadelphia seventy six ers. You're in downtown Los Angeles.
They fall once twenty two to ninety seven, and then they're worth seven
games left starting Tuesday night right back here against the Utah Jazz. As But
you heard the schedule in our last segment. It was brought up to Coach
Lou The grind is real. They had the Utah Jazz, the Chicago Bulls,
the Milwaukee Bucks, the Pelicans, the Suns, and then the Kings
and the Thunder to close out the regular season. To close out the show,
it's good to Jose and South Gate, though, Jose, what's up
here on Clippers talk about him? You know, I had the playsure being
at the game today, you could tell him out voice. Yeah, he
said we shot like forty percent, but it looked like we shot fifty percent.
I don't know if it was a good loss or a bad loss.
I don't know what sayings. They know that we're in the eighth spot.
They're kind of playing like it. But I'd like to hear that Luke was
out there because after the game games some shots up against you did look a
little activity to during the game, So I like, I know if you
don't know what's said, if the coach believes in his team, he believes
in his team. And if believe in the team, now we should be
in a team. So you already know me, Adam flap dog Clipper,
you're ge damn right. A little breaking bad quote there for you, Jose
and south Gate closing things out the right way tonight. Clippers lose, unfortunately
one twenty two to ninety seven to the sixers. Of their next game,
tipping off Tuesday night against the Utah Jazz seven pm. Tip Noah Eagle on
the call. We'll have your pregame show starting at six. Before we get
out of here, I do want to thank the Clippers organization, Noah Eagle,
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