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Shane Young will be here. He does fantastic work he put together. I
want to say it was a sixty five page season preview. It was the
definitive preview and I read every single page of it. It was that good.
But you can close the book on the Clippers not being able to close
games. You remember last year we went through this. They had some bumps
along the way to get into the Western Conference Finals, where really it was
before the All Star break and they struggled to get things done at the end
and fourth quarters. Well, tonight, they somehow withstood twenty two points from
Kyle Lowry in absolute flamethrower in the fourth quarter after you only had three points
through the first three quarters and nineteen points from Bam Auto Baio in the first
quarter, and they just win. They just find ways to win. Tonight
it was a three point victory. They held on. They made big plays
when they had to. They hit their free throws down the stretch, Reggie
Jackson some critical ones at the line, and Paul George when they needed him
most in the fourth quarter. He didn't just come up big on offense where
he had nine of its twenty seven. He had a steal on Kyle Lowry,
he drew an offensive foul, He stood up Bam on a bio at
the rim. Second time he's done this in the last week. Did the
same thing to Carl Anthony Towns. That's Paul George against two of the bigger
guys in the league somehow playing them straight up. He's been incredible. Hashtag
MBPG can't say it enough. He has made all the big plays for them.
That three pointer he hit off the offensive rebound in the fourth quarter was
critical. But so many guys to praise after a victory like this, and
somebody who has struggled overall this season back with the Clippers has been Eric Bledsoe.
With his shot, at least he helps establish that pace and tempo they're
looking for, and that's been big for them. But tonight he found his
shot. Had twenty one points, most points he's had since he had twenty
two in their Game one loss to the Golden State Warriors. But fourteen of
those twenty one points came in the second half, and there was balance.
Had seven of those in the third quarter, seven more early in the fourth
quarter, and the Clippers needed each in every one of those points. Their
offense was stalling out just a little bit, and he was hitting his jump
shots just two of six from three, but he had a couple of long
jumpers. The confidence was there, and we saw Monday night he played really
well and I want to say it was seven or six assists, and he
was setting up Hartenstein, who had another fantastic ball game, but the playmaking
for Eric bledsoe Monday night. The scoring from him tonight. Hartenstein also had
an impact, just two of four, but he had three offensive rebounds on
the second quarter alone where he was just going in among the trees as he
is one, but just flying in and shoving guys out of the way and
finding ways to get rebounds. Finished with seven and eighteen minutes, had six
points total. Hartenstein has been a godsend for this team. But that's what
we used to say all last year with Nicholas Batoum Saint Nick and he had
two blocks, one on Tyler Hero the other in the fourth quarter on PJ.
Tucker and then batted the ball away at the end with just a couple
of seconds remaining on the inbound pass by Miami. Nicholas Batoum has been one
of the backbones to this defensive effort we've seen from them all season long.
And don't get me wrong on Miami. They put up one on nine,
but they got off to such a hot start in that fourth quarter where they
had a forty spot. They cooled off after that in fact, I got
to run the numbers during the break, but they're shooting completely fell off a
cliff. They finished just nine of forty one from the outside. It is
that feeling out process with the Clippers. They just figure you out and they
can strict their defense. And on the other end, they got off to
a slow start offensively, and that zone was giving them trouble at times,
as it does for many teams. Because at the Miami Heat are really well
coached, they play hard, they have a great culture there. There's somewhat
of a mirror match going on between these two teams in terms of identity and
establishing that culture, and Miami's had it for a few years. The Clippers
have had it now for a couple of years. But they were able to
play a little bit faster to beat the zone. And it was Luke Kennard
who at the end of the first quarter hit a bucket to make it forty
to twenty five. Clippers down by fifteen, down by as many as seventeen,
they come back and win again. I mean they were down by twenty
in Minnesota. They win that game by twenty. They were down by fifteenth
to the Okay see thunder before that this is what they do. But Luke
Kennard at the end of the first quarter had a jumper that he hit and
then got hot. Early in the second he had I want to say,
six more points quickly, and guys were finding him in transition. They were
just pushing the ball with pace and that allowed them to get the Miami Heat
out of position defensively. It was huge. And that's a new wrinkle to
this Clippers team. They've been top five and pace all year long. They
were one of the slowest teams last year, and I think that's Eric Bledsoe
and guys listening to the head coach and how they need to play and want
to play, especially right now without Kawhi Leonard. But a brilliant performance by
a few different guys I talked about. Nicholas Batouma Betsa. Zubos has had
double doubles and three of his last four games now ever since Paul George told
him, you got to be that nasty guy on the inside and grab every
rebound. You can't let anyone else get your boards. And he finished with
eighteen and eleven three offensive rebounds. He hit a couple of key buckets,
some tip ins, some lives that he caught, but also some Zoo al
cinder multiple baby hooks in this one for seven of his makes. He's skilled.
There was one point where he got blocked by Duncan Robinson in the fourth
quarter where I thought he should have thrown it down, and I'm not sure
if that's what Nicholas Batoum said to him. After the next possession, he
said something to him. But that was the only blemish really for Zoo all
night. Outside that outstanding Reggie Jackson doesn't score in the first half, has
fifteen points in the third quarter alone. He had half the Clippers points.
They scored thirty in the third he had fifteen of them. He would finish
with twenty two, so had seven more points. Most of them came at
the free throw line in that fourth quarter. But Paul George is just so
steady for them when things were getting rocky, when it was down to a
three point lead multiple times in the fourth it was Pete he making a play
on offense or on the defensive end. He has been at worst a top
three player in the NBA so far this season. He's been playing at that
level. He's been so good considering he does not have his running mate in
Kawhi Leonard. Doesn't even have Marcus Moors right now, who could be huge
for them when he returns. Sir Jebaca is getting his timing and rhythm back.
He was in the G League tonight. For them, Paul George has
been their leader on and off the court, and he's practicing what he preaches.
He's doing everything the little things out there, and when you're superstars,
do the little things, it inspires everybody else to play harder. If he's
going to get on the floor for a loose ball, you got to.
If a guy like Paul George is doing that, just those little things that
get you wins, you gotta do the same thing. He had three steals,
which is about his average, had five assists, twenty seven points,
four boars eleven or twenty five shooting again, didn't have a super hot shooting
night, but hit timely shots. Nine of us twenty seven points came in
the fourth quarter. All right, first phone call, Tagus in Walnut.
You're on Clippers stop with Adam Aslin. Tagus, what's up, hey,
Adam? Should we just start spotting the other teams? Like a fifteen point
lead? So we can start the comeback process earlier. Hey, every time
it happens, I think to myself, the Clippers got him right where they
want him every time they get down big. And we've been saying this for
years, the comeback clips it's real. Yeah, I mean, it's just
is this unreal? It's just like, Okay, well, when to come
back in the start? But I think that comeback started in the second quarter
with Hartenstein and Luke Nard. I think they'll back to back threes that he
had really got them going. And Hardenstein was great in that second quarter especially.
He's been great in second quarters all season long. It makes sense because
that's normally when he has his largest amount of minute stint, but he takes
advantage of those minutes. He gives them just an instant Joe, instant energy
as soon as he gets out there. And that's so perfectly fitting with this
roster and what they need from him and what it means to be a Clipper
with the way he plays right. And I think in the second half,
like you mentioned, Reggie picked it up, zoo Buck picked it up,
and the only thing that zoo Bug didn't do well was that one they play
you reference where he should have finished it. And there was another play after
that where I think Ledso fed him deep in the post and he couldn't finish
the lay up. I think those were the two things that he should have
finished would have put the game away. But overall, he did play really
well, and I think the biggest play of the game was our biggest coaching
coach where that Tyler did was that he I think with five or six minutes
left, I think after Lowry caught fire, he took out Luke Knard and
put Bledso back in, and I think Lowry didn't score maybe one more three
pointer with the zoo bocks fell where he made that four point play. But
let let those defense. I know he's been struggling and taking a lot of
heat for his offense, but his defense pretty much throughout the year has been
pretty on point. He's guarding, you know, he can switch just like
Patrick Beverley, and I think you can see that his offense is coming around
a little bit. And I think that biggest coaching by Tyler right there that
really saved the game in my opinion, from taking heat to taking out the
heat. Thank you for the phone call. I appreciate it. Tages we'll
talk to you on Saturday night, all right, yes, sure? Coming
up next here on Clippers Tuck after they win one twelve to one on nine
over the Miami Heat at Staples Censor. I think we have some postgame audio
from the head coach Ron Lou. I want to hear from him and credit
him always from making the right adjustments and not taking Eric Bledsoe out of the
starting line up when a lot of people were calling for that guy. Literally
calling here as well, because Bledsoe is starting to come around. This is
the last two games. Now, this is more than just signs of life.
He looks to be in rhythm, and he's a career thirty four percent
shooter from the outside, so when he was shooting fifteen percent for a while.
While he's not a great shooter thirty four percent, it's below league average.
If he gets two there by the end of the year, that means
he's gonna have some hot streaks along the way too, because he's far below
where he normally is, so lave averages come into play. His shot looked
much better. Clippers overall come through late down by seventeen, just another Clippers
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seventeen we leave by as many as eleven, win by three over the Miami
Heat late for the final score of one twelve to one oh nine. Welcome
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the phone number still to come. Shane Young at Young NBA is where you
can follow him on Twitter. He covers the Clippers for Forbes their sports department.
Now, I've not screened this call, but I'm pretty sure it's the
same guy who just dropped a second ago. Is this Sean, Sean,
you're on Clippers Talk? Yeah, this is me Sean and Inglewood, my
guy, what's up? How about them Clippers? Eh? Thank you,
thank you for letting me win those tickets. Tonight was a wonderful game.
I tried to look for you to say hello, but hey, I told
you you were going to a good one, did I not? Oh?
Yeah, you sure did. You sure did. And our boy Ready Jackson
pulled it out for it and Paul George had a good night and it was
a lot of fun tonight. I'm telling you, what was the atmosphere like
late there, Sean as I hope to get back soon because it was a
nail biter down the stretch. I mean that steal by Kyle Lowry. Luckily
Duncan Robinson, they caught him on the right nights. He's been in a
bit of a funk, but he and Tyler Hero really struggled from distance.
He had some open ones there, but you were hanging on a little bit
late. There was a closet one nipp and talk. You took the words
out of my mouth. I was about to say nail fighter, but I
was telling everybody sitting around me that the first half or the first quarter,
I said that shooting percentage did not stay like that, and it was gonna
come down and the Clippers are gonna win the game. I thought they blew
them out, but you know, they made a few mistakes in the fourth
quarter, but they covered it and came back. But the atmosphere was crazy.
Everybody was into it. And the Clippers do have a lot of loyal
fans me included, Yes, sir Sean loyal to Clippers talk as well.
Well, we'll talk again on Saturday, I presume, hopefully after the clippers
seventh straight victory. Yeah, I'll be at the game Sunday to see the
Bulls because I'm from Chicago. Bobby Root and put a Clipper. That's right,
they got their first. I want to say is at the first back
to back of the season coming up. That was Sean and Inglewood become a
regular like Sean here on Clipper's Talk, and I want to hear from the
head coach Toronto lou after the Clippers win one twelve to one on nine over
the Miami Heat. Here was coach lou post game, and this is coming
from Valley Sports. Break out of the slump. We'll not shooting slump.
But I mean, I know he's done everything for you guys, but what
is that? You know? Nick also talked about being able to score with
PG going to the bench in the third quarter. Board what did you guys
kind of find with PG on that on that bench, you're able to increase
the lead. I think he was able to get stops, you know,
get out and transition a little bit. Like I said, I thought Bled
tours the pace. Luke makes some shots in that second quarter, but in
that third quarter, you know, PG was a little tired. We gotta
get him out early, and that group we had on the floor kind of
increased to leave, so again it bought him more time. And like I
said, I was just a total, total team win. Like we did
a lot of great things. I thought Spold did a good job of just
keeping with me. I'll balanced the zone man, zone zone, zone man,
and so we couldn't really been a lot of atls and he kind of
kept us all balanced offensively, and then I heard our team offensively because we
were just trying to run something new. We put it in against his own
and the first half it was really the first quarter kind of got us behind
the eight ball, and after that we went back to our normal Zonne offense
and it kind of helps. So that was on me, you know,
on that first quarter, quarter and a half or just you know, not
sticking to what we know right now any time. Not gonna say anything about
how many gray hairs, Uh you got after a game like this? None?
I mean, I'm starting to get gray hairs alright? Got him?
Man? Uh, You've had so many lineups where you've closed with one or
two of Kennard Terrence men. Uh, you went with I know you said
before you coached by field, you go with your line us by field,
Like, what was you feeling as far as closing with your starting lineup for
once this time? Just kind of go with whatever's working. And our team
knows that they wouldn't have sacrifice to anything to win, and we just kind
of win for tonight and then we'll get ready for the next game when next
game comes. And you know, Bled had to go on tonight. You
know, Big Zoo had a few around the rim that we could have kind
of you know, pulled away and kind of finished the game that you know,
he wanted back, you know, he was kind of you know mad
at the step at the end. We had I think up seven, up
nine, he had like three lay up for dunks, so we didn't get
a chance to finish. So that was the right offensive play. That made
a good defensive play. But I thought our starts did a great job.
I thought Buttso was really aggressive, made his open shots, he attacked down
hill, pushed the pace, and like I said, the only guy I
know it's gonna finish the game is Paul George, you know. And uh,
outside of that, we just gotta you know, mix and match until
we've found a bit combinations in the game. And our guys and our and
our team they're great with that. You know, they wouldn't a sacrifice just
to win. There was Coach lou post game taking responsibility for what happened in
the first quarter with the Clipper for down by his million a seventeen, down
by fifteen after one at forty to twenty five. But after the Miami Heat
and Coach Luke came back around and made all the key adjustments afterwards. After
the Miami Heat, went seventeen of twenty five from the field in that first
quarter sixty eight percent shooting. Last three quarters they go twenty six of seventy
two. That's just thirty six percent. That Clippers defense set in and after
hitting three of their first eight takes from the outside thirty eight percent, they
would hit just six of their next thirty three three pointers eighteen percent. Clippers
defense, it's been coming on strong as the game goes along. We saw
it against tonight and they win their sixth straight. Coming up next, Shay
Young. We'll join us here on Clippers Talk. We'll get back to your
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I'm at a mass into eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy
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straight win, not one, not two. Hey, they were playing Miami.
I had to do it, low hanging fruit. I know coming up.
We'll get back to your phone calls. But joining the show right now
is a man who covers the Clippers and has been doing it well for a
long time. It covers them for the Forbes Sports Department, and like I
said, he put together a sixty five page season preview. I read every
single word on there because I love his work. It is Shane Young,
our friend Shane Young at Young NBA on Twitter, where there was a moment
at one point where Shane was right about something and I was wrong. So
Shane, this is for you. I'm stupid, you're smart, I was
wrong, you were right. You're the best. I'm the worst. You're
very good looking. I'm not attractive. All right, We good, Shane.
We're totally good at him. Man, say you did not need to
go that deep into I guess a generous introduction, but I appreciate you man
always. Thanks for doing this tonight. So I get this question a lot
because the Clippers once again had to dig themselves out of a hole. They
did that with the record earlier this season. They do that in games down
twenty down, fifteen down, seventeen tonight. What is it about this group?
It just seems like they find themselves once they're down, No, once
they get punched in the face, and then they luckily do land the final
blow. Yeah, it's it's kind of hilarious that this has become the trademark
of the team, that it's become their identity. And really, you look
at last year and you know, other than the resiliency, I don't know
what you could say their identity was, but whether it was just that,
you know, drive, pick, swing, generate open three type of offense.
But it seems like Tylu isn't and still this this kind of I don't
know the identities of the ward. I keep going back to that they are
just built for getting better over the course of a forty eight minute game,
and maybe that is the players that are adapting and realizing a you know,
we're down thirteen, we're down fifteen, down nineteen, like we gotta get
it together. Or whether it's the coaching staff that's like you you know,
making a usments on the fly. I kind of think it's a mixture of
both, as it always is, but there's something about the coaching staff man
that really seems to get the players to buy in, not just throughout a
season. You hear that all the time, like, you know, we
need to get you know, blood so to to buy in, and we
need to get ready to buy in. Whatever the case is, I think
it's throughout the course of a game they have something in their motivational tactics that
whether it's it's play designs, whether it's just you know, motivational talk,
I mean that they seem to like the spark. Shane Young is our guest
here after the Clippers win one twelve to one on nine at Staples Center over
the Miami Heat. You mentioned Eric Bledsoe buying in and his last two games.
It's his best two games stretch. He had a really good game one
was good for at least the first half of Game two. But and some
of it's of course understandable, Yes, he's back with his old team,
the Clippers, but things done changed and he has to get acclimated and more
familiar with these guys and his role out there. But it looks like he's
starting to get more comfortable. What have you seen from Eric Bleds to the
last couple of games? Now? Yeah, see, you know, I
think there's a couple of games that, you know, before these last two
that he was just Now I wouldn't say settling for threes because with him,
I don't know if it's more so settling but just taking with the defense is
going to allow, but just you know, taking too many of them.
I think whenever I think his burly, you know frame, he's able to
get downhill at will get get downhill no matter who's in front of him.
I feel like that there's no real defender unless you're talking about like a Ben
Simmons type guy that's just so huge that's able to you know, deter him
from getting into the lane. Hey, they call him mini Lebron for a
reason, maybe even some mini Zion now after his last year with the Pelicans,
Yeah, hey, maybe it's that. I mean, no, I
think I think in New Orleans he just decided that he wasn't all into their
offensive style and why drive to the paint if they're not even winning at a
good rate anyways. I mean, yeah, at least with the Clippers,
he knows that once he breaks that first line defense, once he gets into
like fourteen thirteenth feet territory, people are going to rotate over to him,
and that's either going to be Isaiah Hartensteinn if he's the Dubos right there for
a dump off, or you know, a shooter that's you know, that
relocating to the wing. I think he has a really good connection with with
like that bench unit when he does have minutes alongside Luke and Terence and them.
I really do like what I've seen from Blood. So it seems like
we just got done listening to tylu talk about how you know the bloed has
been kind of quiet on the floor and just kind of keeps to himself.
But then PG gets up there and says that when you actually get him off
to the side and stuff, he's he's a lot more vocal and h he's
a leader throughout the game, especially for their defense. So I think it
all comes down to it. I'm like more reps with the team more reps
in these games. I mean, the dude played forty minutes tonight. I
mean, he's a workhorse. So it seems like the more time that he's
going to be with the team, the better the results are going to be.
There are still going to be some stinkers, because if you're not a
good shooting guard, you're gonna have nights where you where you irritate the fan
base, and the fan base WinCE you off the team because you can't make
an open shot. But everything else I think should should culminate into being this
positive impact player. Is Shane Young again. Follow him on Twitter at Young
NBA Shane. We've been at the forefront of the PG can be a sixth
nine Steph Curry at times. We've been talking about this for a while.
A great minds they can alike, come on, I guess me you and
Justin right Rousseau. Okay, Well, Paul George just three of nine from
the outside. At least he did get up nine and it sounded like he
was a little bit gassed also at a point in this game, but not
too much where he didn't give those effort plays late and those hustle plays aside
from the nine points he had in the fourth quarter. But I said earlier,
you know, he is playing like a top three player right now in
the league. Where would you slot him? Did you do? You agree
with that assessment? And I know I'm biased. You know, it's so
it's so ridiculously hard to even like line out all the players and say,
hey, this guy's won this. Guys two discuss three. But to me,
like like unequivocally the most impressive players considering their workload and considering what they're
doing on both ends. This is gonna sound crazy because Stephes is not known
as a good defender, but he kind of is. I think Steph,
k D and PG have been have been the guys that have stuck out the
most to me. Whether you want to say that's the top three players right
now, it's whatever. But I think those three, especially for Kadie not
having Kyrie, they're hardened going through the struggles that he's going through, you
know, offensively, not getting the falcols, PG carrying the workload. He
is those three guys for sure. So I definitely agree with that assessment.
And I don't know about you when it comes to pg uh in terms of
how you view his defense, especially this year, because he has so much
that he has to backpack. With Kawhi off the floor and Nico as the
only other, you know, real impact wing out there, I guess you
can count Terrence in there as well. But with pg's defense, I'm so
ridiculously impressed with his attentativeness and his aggression. I mean, tonight goes up
straight up with damn Autobio with what two minutes left in the games. Incredible.
I mean I joked on Twitter that he got that from Roy Hibbert.
They spent six or seven years together in Indian Netflix. It's like, it's
just it's remarkable that he knows not to foul in that situation as well.
Yeah, the play against Carl Anthony Towns where he drew an offensive foul after
it looked like he was foul and had the ball ripped away from him in
Minnesota, and then earlier tonight also with Tyler Hero getting a piece of him
on a baseline fade away. They don't call. He still hits it.
He's been playing through all types of contact and not getting calls, and it
just doesn't matter. He's gonna come up with big plays late and do those
little things that's just so rare to see from a superstar somebody else I wanted
to talk to you about. But Nicholas Batum, since you brought up Steph
Curry, you know, he wanted to be in this role with the Clippers
where he was the Draymond Green type where he did those little things, and
he had some some big things done in this game with some big blocks.
Batumbo was out there, nick block Tom whatever you want to call him.
But momentum changing defensive plays as well. Is it fair to say that defensively
with them being this good early in the season, a lot of that is
Nicholas Batum being the backbone of their defense right now? Absolutely it is.
I'm actually writing a piece on Patum that's gonna drop tomorrow. Yeah, I
was wanting to drop it tonight, but you don't have the content. Grind
is if they're if they're on a back to back, you want to wait
until the that's over with. Uh. Think to God, I thank God
that he actually had a really solid game that I did not ruin that.
But but in short, I do think that that he is one A to
Pg's one bat And really, I mean, bloods can be thrown in this
mix too, because at this point of attack defense, you know, he's
not the biggest guy on the floor in terms of height. But but that's
beside the point. Yeah, but but well, with PGI and Nico really
just just saving the team. Whenever you don't have Surge, you don't have
Marcus Morris, two positive impact defenders as well. So it's great to see
that. I do think the tomb we might I would caution fans to not
expect this level all year. I mean, the dude is getting up there
in age. PG said a few minutes ago that that Nico does have a
lot of miles on him despite not being like late into his thirties. He's
still early thirties, but exactly like a lot of miles throughout his Olympic career
as well, not just this year. So I think, you know,
I was looking at a number you know that really that really stood out to
me. You know, you see, you see the blocks, you see
the steals with Niko, you see the good week side rotations. He knows
where to be, but the opponents turnover percentage when he's on the floor is
like seven percentage percentage points higher than when he's off the floor. So I
know that's a fancy way of saying he causes a lot of turnovers, and
I think that that is something. It doesn't necessarily have to be a steal
that's recorded for him. It could be, you know, he could be
in the right place at the right time and cause a turnover that's picked up
by PG or someone else. I mean, I think that I think that
he is just causing a lot of havoc on the defensive end, and that
that's really not his physicality. To me, that is his IQ from being
around for twelve thirteen plus years being in Portland, that system that they had
pretty good defenses when he was there. So I do like what I'm seeing
from Niko on that end. Shane. I can keep you on all night,
man, but I know it's late on the East Coast. However,
you must come on again, please, And everybody must read his columns for
Forbes at Young NBA's where you find him on Twitter. Phenomenal work, Shane.
I'm sorry we didn't do this earlier. Maybe I was too bitter because
I was wrong. Who knows, but that our faults, man. But
I'll tell you what when when I'm there and in a few weeks, we'll
meet up and we'll do it. Wow, sounds good, my friend.
I'll meet you in section one to eleven or wherever it is at Staples Center.
I will be there back there as well. But thanks for doing this
tonight. Okay, thanks you every good one man coming up next here on
Clipper Stock. We'll get back to your phone calls, Jose, We'll get
to you eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy eight six six
nine eight seven two five seventy after the Clippers win one twelve to one on
nine over the Miami Heat. They're sixth straight victory. How do they do
it? Down? Seventeen unbelievable. More Clipper Stock next year on NAM five
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Clippers Basketball Act Defense the Clippers on the official home of your Los Angeles Clippers.
Another fabulous victory for you Los Angeles Clippers. They win one twelve to
one on nine over the Miami Heat. Somehow they overcome a twenty two point
fourth quarter from Kyle Lowry. Tip of the cap. What a performance by
him after having just three points through the first three quarters. Beam Atabaio finishes
with thirty had nineteen in the first quarter. The Clippers just play that constricting
defense and they are suffocating late in games. Welcome back into the Clipper Stock.
I'm aut Amslins eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
phone number I know. Despite those two guys going off, they played fabulous
defense. Jose and Southgate. Jose, you're on Clipper Stock on the radio.
Okay, here we go. You know the rules, Yes, sir
Man, I would have the game of the day. I would have the
game against Okay. See so I saw everyone bless you off. But today
he came on. Can I just get a go Clipps go along with a
red Gigi here clutch free throws, Reggie Jackson. Somebody had the safety glass
a load in the stand, so did I. It was a team effort
today. Man. The cherry on chalk was that battoon still at the end.
If Man would have dunked it, the whole house would have win down
at him. Let's go clip Brothers. Section one sent the team baby,
let go Jose and Southgate. There. I just found some postgame audio.
I want you to hear it because it's from Nicholas Patum here. He was
post game as postgame press around Valley Sports. It's another game there. Defensively,
I d just started to anticipate a little bit the play. No Kai,
it was the guy on fire for them, so kind of figure that
the play was for him. They put Tyler and Hero and Rubbin set on
top. So I did the decoil. I mean, I don't know how
I figured out that they got the open floor for larvae. So justticipate a
lot of play. I think did it a couple of times, so just
sweat it. Get us still. Wait, there were three point setting left,
and you guys have your time out defensively talk about the situation, like
what were you guys looking for? And we're y'all planning on fouling, Like
what was the conversation? Huh yeah, I mean just switched on everything and
we got a small lineup, so, I mean, the two won't kill
us, so we got to unite them and find a way to don't make
them shoot at three so and deny them and they gat the ball, turl
mat twelve found and get a stop And it's not really easy to file.
That happen just three seconds on the clock, So just find a way to
make a play matters stop and we did it. Is there something that happens
in the first five minutes where you kind of like are learning about a team
or how is it that you guys are always just kind of getting down and
the coming back. We can't avoid that. There's a game to be down
fifteen and let the team score forty points every time, and that's kind of
annoying. I get actually, So I gotta find a way to get better,
to have better start and stop being in the bastuation before we work up
and and get back. It's working so far, but you won't happen every
time. So I'm gonna find a way to get better starts and keep believing.
Is it that it's a bad start for you? Like are you just
trying to learn that the team you're playing against? Like what I mean,
what had a go? We had a good start last game, So depending
where you gotta avoid the top of stock a line never's Nicholas, but two
you had six points, but three blocks emphatic block six boards and the play
to seal it at the end. That's what we was talking about initially there.
Clippers win one twelve to one on nine over the Miami Heat. They
improved a seven and four after being one and four. That means they've won
sixth straight. They'll try to make it seven. Saturday night back at Staples
Center, they're taken on the Minnesota Detemberwolves for the third time already. You're
good to see Patrick Beverly back there as well at Staples. Where do I
go from here? Oh? Yeah, I thank people before we get out
of here. I do want to thank the Clippers organization first, Noah Eagle,
Bryan Seaman, Ralph Lawlor, the callers, the listeners until Saturday at
six thirty with your pregame show, Madam, and we'll talk to you this
see this guy. This has been Clippers Talk after the challenge, your first
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