WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:06.440 Time for a postgame look. It's your La Clippers. This is Clippers Locker 2 00:00:06.519 --> 00:00:09.880 Room, brought to you by Cedars Sinai, the official health partner of the 3 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:14.880 LA Clippers, and by Patchonga, official travel casino of the LA Clippers. 4 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:19.440 Breaking down today's action with the pre and post game voice. If you're LA 5 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:26.760 Clippers, they're locking in every game every night. Adam Osland Kawhi Bleepin' Leonard 6 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:33.719 comes through late and gives the Clippers their best victory of the season in a 7 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:38.439 time of need. They win in Philadelphia one oh eight till one oh seven. 8 00:00:39.159 --> 00:00:43.119 Welcome into your postgame locker room show. I'm Adam Oslin, coming up 9 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:46.399 on a five to seventy LA Sports. We'll have Clippers suck for you eight 10 00:00:46.520 --> 00:00:51.240 six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two 11 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:55.240 five seventy. But first, let's get back to your radio voice. Up 12 00:00:55.240 --> 00:01:00.799 the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez. There's your superstar, there's your Hall of Famer. 13 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:07.200 There's the guy that can bail you out no matter how difficult the opposition 14 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:11.319 looks to be. And especially after that Buddy Healed three pointer where it looked 15 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:15.040 like it's just not gonna be the Clippers night, and Kawhi would not be 16 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:19.680 denied. Carlos Adam Osen Kawhi. Leonard was not losing this game, and 17 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:25.000 he did everything, even the block on Ubre after Ubra didn't get the shut 18 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:27.280 up. It didn't matter. But that's how good Leonard was in this one. 19 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:33.040 He wasn't gonna allow there to be an opportunity for the Sixers to win 20 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:36.400 this game, won a finish. What a way for Leonard to come back 21 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:38.879 in this game. I mean three points in the first Hawn, he was 22 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:42.879 an uncharacteristic one for eight and we were scratching our heads. And then in 23 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:49.200 the second half he donned a cape and closed it for the Clips one seven 24 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.239 the Adam. The Clippers never led by more than one. They only led 25 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:57.439 three times, but that's all they needed. The final nine seconds got them 26 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:01.480 the victory. It was in oppressive and we talked about it pregame. We 27 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:06.079 said, look, the Clippers just need one gritty win. They just need 28 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:12.560 one opportunity to find us some toughness, to create, some calluses to re 29 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:19.680 invigorate themselves. And it feels like Adam, this is the best start possible. 30 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:23.919 It looks like after a win like this. The Clippers still have what 31 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:30.759 it takes to come through down fifteen in this ballgame, looking lifeless down twelve 32 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:36.240 after the first quarter, where they can still find themselves and recapture that identity 33 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:42.479 of being able to play through adversity and just find ways to win. Credit 34 00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:46.240 coach lou for pushing the right buttons, for going small late, for having 35 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:53.120 the switchability out there for them finally taking away Tyrese Maxi. Philly still is 36 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:55.680 a quality ball club. They had some of the others stepping up late, 37 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:00.599 but the Clippers were just too good. It was two Pine three and Norman 38 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:05.879 Powell making big shots late, huge huge shots from Norm, from Paul George 39 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:08.680 who set the tone early in the fourth quarter, and of course Leonard took 40 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:15.560 the baton and finished the race ahead of the pack. It was an unbelievable 41 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:19.039 effort by that group. I thought, defensively, they really got it done, 42 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:23.479 and adam their ability to attack the bane. Our santistician Bob Windheim handing 43 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:27.280 me a note here. The Clippers had thirty four points in the paint to 44 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:30.719 the first three quarters, eighteen in the fourth. I mean they put pressure 45 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:37.039 on the rim both teams went small, and the Clippers took advantage. Without 46 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:40.319 Mobamba on the floor, they got downhill and they got to the rim the 47 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:45.800 will of Kawhi Leonard Lake getting to the rim with the right hand, with 48 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:50.400 the left hand, showing off the sky skill level that we have known of. 49 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:53.879 This is probably the best seventeen points seven for nineteen performance of his career. 50 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:57.639 I would say, Carlo, I don't think you're wrong. Adam. 51 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:01.039 The way he finished, it's something we've talked about. Nineteen more clutch points 52 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:08.400 than anybody else on this Clipper team. Kawhi Leonard has been Superman down the 53 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:12.919 stretch for the Clippers, and today Adam, he was the superhero for this 54 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:16.759 Clippers team. Really took them the distance big time and ones I mean his 55 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:23.199 ability to fly through the air, to take contact and to finish it was 56 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:29.680 unreal. The Clippers finished this game with a huge, huge stretch down the 57 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:31.399 floor. I mean, you just look at this box score at him. 58 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:34.959 They shoot eight more shots, they got back to their three point shooting fourteen 59 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:41.759 for thirty six, twenty eight assists, eight turnovers Adam eight turnovers the most. 60 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:45.319 The least they had this season is seven. If I if I'm right 61 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:48.240 off the top of my head. This was a beautiful game to watch for 62 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:51.800 the Clippers. It was stressful, but it was everything they needed in more 63 00:04:53.680 --> 00:05:00.680 gritty win absolutely and just three turnovers in the final three quarters. Got back 64 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:04.399 to taking care of the basketball. They were better limiting those second chance points 65 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:09.600 in the second half and down the stretch, and they were able to get 66 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:13.839 back enough on defense. You hold a team to one oh seven, that's 67 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:17.839 a great victory in today's NBA. That's a great defensive performance. Overall. 68 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:21.480 The Clippers didn't have their best, but they had their best when it was 69 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:26.600 required late and their best player, Kawhi Leonard, took care of the rest. 70 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:30.800 Two and ones down the stretch. Two blocks down the stretch. One 71 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:32.680 may not have counted, but it's the thought that counts sometimes. With that 72 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:39.120 block on Kelly Ouprey after good defense by PG thirteen step enough as well there 73 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:42.480 as the low man, and the Clippers win one oh eight to one oh 74 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:47.800 seven in Philadelphia. Kawhi keep the cape on. Everybody get on his back. 75 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:51.920 It sounded to fly to Orlando. Clippers will be taken on the magic 76 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:57.120 on Friday. Tip time for that one is at four pm. We'll have 77 00:05:57.199 --> 00:06:01.319 your pregame show at three Carlo. It is great. Call down the stretch, 78 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:04.680 my friends. Safe travels. We'll talk to you on Friday. Thank 79 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:08.160 you so much, Adam. Can't wait to talk to you in Orlando. 80 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:14.839 Let's go, baby whoa Clippers come through with a much needed victory thanks to 81 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:19.160 the claw Kawhi Leonard or talk about it and get your second half highlights next 82 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:24.000 right here on your Clippers locker Room show on the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. 83 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:28.959 The LA Clippers continue their hunt for a Lario be. They still want 84 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:31.680 to get that Lario beat. Don't miss a moment all season long. This 85 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:36.600 is the LA Clippers Audio Network. You can let out that collective sigh of 86 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:42.680 relief and thank God or Kawhi Leonard in this case, who comes through late 87 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:46.160 for the Clippers. Clipper Nation as they win one o eight to one oh 88 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:53.240 seven in Philly over the seventy six ers and start off this four game road 89 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:57.240 trip with a victory. Welcome back in a Madame Oslin. This is your 90 00:06:57.240 --> 00:07:00.319 Clippers postgame locker room show. Come on up, we'll have clipperstock for you 91 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:03.759 on AM five to seventy LA Sports eight six six ninety eight seven two five 92 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:09.120 seventy eight sixty six ninety eight seven two five seventy. But we got some 93 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:14.079 second half highlights for you. The Clippers were down fifteen in the first half, 94 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:18.439 but they started to battle. They showed some toughness, They showed some 95 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:26.720 of that spirit they needed when in past games it just felt like you could 96 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:31.279 break their will with one run. But down fifteen, and then they had 97 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:36.759 it to within four to half. It was fifty to forty six Philadelphia, 98 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:43.759 even with Kawhi, Leonard and Paul George starting off two for fourteen total together. 99 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:46.519 But they started to get it going a little bit in that third quarter. 100 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:49.839 Swings that George left the logo with nine on the timer, George left 101 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:54.279 wing three, puts it in Harden back to George, I pull up three 102 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:59.439 for the lead. There is it. Paul George from bonus distance rebound batt 103 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:01.319 it out to let it Clippers planning and transition. Harden leaves it off. 104 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:05.839 Leonard then lay up go finish jams right, moves left and his off pic 105 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:09.079 shrees. Leonard picks his pocket. Kawhi one on one with MAXI to the 106 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:13.240 rim. He'll do then't get Paul George in that third quarter would draw eight 107 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:20.040 points. Kawhi Leonard would still finish this three of fifteen from the field, 108 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:22.920 answering the fourth to start things off. Though in the fourth quarter, which 109 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:26.160 has been the issue for the Clippers, which has been where they had really 110 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:33.399 struggled as of late, it was PG thirteen taking over early. George straight 111 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:37.799 away three cash, big time shot George on the right wing and the Clippers 112 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:41.080 get it going. Pg spins in the paint, goes up with the right 113 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:43.799 hand and feathers it through for two. George with Maxi on him, crossing 114 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:48.399 over left hand all the way to the rim. George lemonitates finishes plus the 115 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:52.840 foul hanging in the air to find physics and getting the hoop in the harm 116 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:58.360 finds George left wing open for three. Bucket Paul George, another trip bull. 117 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:03.200 Paul George had eleven points. He had eleven points entering the fourth. 118 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:09.279 He had eleven points in the final period alone. But the Clippers were still 119 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:13.120 in an uphill battle. As our old friend Nick buttoom he would have some 120 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:18.799 clutch shots made. He would play some clutch defense down the stretch. Norman 121 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:22.679 Powell would answer with some big buckets of his own, the King of the 122 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:26.759 Fourth. But nobody, and I mean nobody, was better than Kawhi Leonard 123 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:31.080 in the final two minutes of this ball game, hording the rebound fulcore pass 124 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:35.879 Leonard. He packs it with the right hand, Leonard into the battles inside, 125 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:39.600 fads on the right elbows and drops it in Coffee, swings it to 126 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:45.600 Leonard to the lane, the reverse lay up. They'll finish now. Leonard 127 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:48.320 pump face fall the way in the rim, plays it up, the fell 128 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:52.759 in one again, the claw in the act and a chancefer three point play 129 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:58.759 and on a night or the Clippers were just fourteen of twenty overall the free 130 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:03.279 throw and we thought it would be their demise. Kawhi Leonard knocked down both 131 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:07.759 of those clutch free throws, converted both and ones, and then had a 132 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:11.960 block on the other end on Kelly Oubre and had one more after the buzzer 133 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.480 to boot. The Clippers come through with a one o eight to one oh 134 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:22.879 seven victory in Philly over the seventy six ers thanks to the claw. Coming 135 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:26.279 up next your final box score and we'll have Clippers sat for you on AM 136 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:31.360 five seventy LA Sports as you're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Audio networks. 137 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:35.840 The LA Clippers continue their hunt for a Lario B. They still want to 138 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:39.759 get that Lario be. Don't miss a moment all season long. This is 139 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:46.840 the LA Clippers Audio Network. Kawhi Leonard with the takeover late as he would 140 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:56.039 refuse to lose and wouldn't let your Clippers down multiple and ones, and the 141 00:10:56.080 --> 00:11:01.120 Clippers win in Philadelphia one eight to one, one O seven to start off 142 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:11.320 this four game road trip. Kawhi started three or fourteen, finished with just 143 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:16.960 seventeen, but oh the big buckets late he would get the big free throws 144 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:22.440 and not to mention his Patna in PG. Thirteen who had eleven points early 145 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:26.440 in the fourth quarter, and play some great defense also late on that contest 146 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:31.399 on the Kelly Ubre bucket that would be blocked anyways by Kawhi after the jump 147 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:37.840 ball. Is this the victory that turns things around for the Clippers? I 148 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:45.759 would say it's the exact type of victory. You need to relocate your identity. 149 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:50.559 We'll talk about it next on AM five to seventy LA Sports eight six 150 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:54.679 six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five 151 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:58.639 seventy outside of Los Angeles, we are leaving you until Friday with the Clippers 152 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:01.559 in or and OD take it on the Magic. Pre game starts at three 153 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:09.759 up. Next Sports, we got Clippers Talk. This has been LA Clippers 154 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:16.080 basketball really good on multitude of levels. Don't miss a moment all season long 155 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:20.279 on their official home. Join us next time on the LA Clippers Audio Network. 156 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:26.200 Hello Clippers fans, if you're gonna go for it, if that's what 157 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:28.799 you want to do, you do. Welcome the Clippers Talk, your first 158 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:33.240 chance to react to all the action of Clippers basketball. Do it to hear 159 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:41.360 every episode. Subscribe to Clippers Talk on iHeartRadio or wherever you podcast me right 160 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:45.279 now your host on your home. For the Clippers, they were in attack 161 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:54.120 mode Adam Ousley. After coach Louke called his team soft, they responded with 162 00:12:54.240 --> 00:13:01.759 a hard pot victory in Philly. They win thanks to heroics from Kawhi Leonard 163 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:07.600 late one o eight to one oh seven in the City of Brotherly Love over 164 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:11.120 the seventy six ers. Welcome into your postgame show. I'm Adam Oslin. 165 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:13.600 This is Clippers Talk on a five to seventy LA Sports. If you want 166 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:16.879 to get on eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six 167 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:24.440 nine eight seven two five seventy. That's how you respond when you're a head 168 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:30.639 coach challenges you like that. When he says your identity that the Clippers have 169 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:33.720 talked about multiple guys PJ. Tucker or excuse me, it was James Harden 170 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:37.840 and Paul George saying we don't we don't have one. When he says, 171 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:43.639 yeah, you got one, it's being soft, it's letting teams break your 172 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:50.159 will. That is how you respond. He challenged his guys, and they 173 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:56.159 rose to the occasion. Down fifteen in the first half, down fourth to 174 00:13:56.240 --> 00:14:01.240 half, down four heading into the fourth quarter, Kawhi Paul George didn't have 175 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:05.879 it going. They combined to start two for fourteen from the field, and 176 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:11.080 somehow Someway PG. Thirteen was masterful early in the fourth quarter with eleven points 177 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:20.600 and then Kawhi Leonard came through clutch late clutched with the K for Kawhi just 178 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:26.320 in. Out of this world performance, but something we have seen from a 179 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:31.799 top seventy five player ever before. A two time finals MVP A champion was 180 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:37.039 San Antonio A champion in Toronto, and he's trying to do the same for 181 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:43.120 your Los Angeles Clippers. When he came into that fourth quarter, he was 182 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:50.399 three of fifteen from the field. He went four for four in the fourth 183 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:56.799 with multiple and ones down the stretch as he cut through the defense and didn't 184 00:14:56.799 --> 00:15:03.039 settle for jumpers and drew content and then knock down big free throws. That's 185 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:11.360 your superstar. That's why, no matter how bad things look, no matter 186 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:15.559 how much the odds are stacked against you, sometimes and the chips are down 187 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:20.200 and the Clippers were sliding down the standings, when you got that guy in 188 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:26.320 a seven game series, you got a chance against damn near anybody. Kawhi 189 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:31.039 Leonard is different. He's like that. And if the guys can get behind 190 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:37.759 him and take this momentum with them on this road trip with three games left, 191 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:41.440 starting in Orlando against a good Magic team on Friday, the Clippers could 192 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:48.000 be turning this thing around. I couldn't think of a better way to script 193 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:54.200 a victory to start off this road trip. After all the talk about not 194 00:15:54.279 --> 00:16:00.080 having an identity and the Clippers having lost six of their last nine and playing 195 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:07.080 their worst basketball of the season and looking like a shell of themselves. That's 196 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:11.559 about as good of a victory in the manner they won as you could have. 197 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:18.919 I'd rather see this than a blowout victory for them in Philly. They 198 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:26.879 were tested. They were down five with two minutes left, they were down 199 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:32.200 two after Buddy Healed knocked down a big three pointer after Kawhi's first and one 200 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:37.799 one o seven to one oh five, and Kawhi just does it again, 201 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:45.039 puts them up one o eight to one oh seven, and then has my 202 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:48.919 favorite defensive play of the season. I think I gotta put this ahead of 203 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:55.360 the block he had on SGA and their sole victory over the OKC thunder back 204 00:16:55.360 --> 00:17:02.399 at Crypto, the block he had on Kelly Oubray tough had one more at 205 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:06.400 the end. It was after the buzzer, but goodness know you got that 206 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:11.400 security blanket. Anyways, it would have been blocked by Kawhi if he had 207 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:15.599 got that ball off early. After the jump ball. As Kawhi pinned, 208 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:27.039 oubre just lay up on the backboard. Unbelievable. Just one of the best 209 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:33.400 plays I've seen in a long time, and the Clippers needed it, and 210 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:41.079 Kawhi, of course, the guy with the least amount of exuberance afterwards, 211 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:48.079 all business. PJ. Tucker tried to give him a big chest bump, 212 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:52.960 and Kawhi looked at him like, this is standard procedure, this is what 213 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:59.079 I do. You didn't know he's got the wallet from pulp fiction. That 214 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:06.960 is a bad mother. Shut your mouth, Kawhi Leonard. They needed that 215 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:15.960 so badly tonight. This Clippers team was reeling and looking like they were circling 216 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:21.599 the drain in the two pine three era, just backsliding and falling down the 217 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:26.440 standings in the Western Conference to the point where they gotta win games to stay 218 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:33.880 out of the plane. A top three seed is cooked, but the four 219 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:37.640 spot is still a possibility, and that means you'd at least have home court 220 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:42.480 in the first round. Clippers need it, especially if they're taking on the 221 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:49.319 New Orleans Pelicans, which seems more and more likely. I just can't say 222 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:56.160 enough about the claw Kawhi Leonard and the response from this team. When you're 223 00:18:56.200 --> 00:19:03.279 being challenged like that from your head coach and you come through after being down 224 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:10.799 fifteen, that's something you can build off of. That's how you can say 225 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:15.640 we've found ourselves. I told you one of the positives One of the few 226 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:18.759 I had coming into this game was maybe getting back out on the road, 227 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:23.519 like when they went six to one on that Grammy road trip would be the 228 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:32.119 best thing for him. It's Clippers versus everybody. It's that us against the 229 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:37.720 world, me against the world. Maybe tupac mentality. They need it. 230 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:45.880 Put blinders on and focus in on the task at hand, and that can 231 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:48.599 build up the chemistry and camaraderie that's been missing the last couple of games. 232 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:53.000 Kawhi Leonard getting into it with a Vitza zobots hell, Big Zoo got into 233 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:57.160 it going to the bench at one point with Coach Low in the second half. 234 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:03.920 Can't tell me the guys don't care when you see him bickering like that. 235 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:11.240 But credit coach Lou for pushing the right button and calling his team out 236 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:15.920 for what they looked like a soft squad that you could come back on, 237 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:19.240 that you could make a run against, that you could punch in the face, 238 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:26.519 and they just wouldn't punch back. That's what we had seen instead tonight, 239 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:32.119 when they had every opportunity to fold, to pack it in, they 240 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:37.039 didn't. They got tougher, they were gritty, Their backs were against the 241 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:42.599 Wall and Coach Lou made the right adjustment going small late with two, one 242 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:45.880 three, next to James Harden, next to Norn Powell, next to a 243 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:52.119 mere coffee won in the game. They could switch everything defensively, then on 244 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:59.200 Maxi who was going off early in the fourth quarter, and they could spread 245 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:03.839 the floor for Kawhi to have driving lanes to get those and ones late. 246 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:11.559 That's all Coach Lou. So if you want to talk about him and not 247 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:18.000 playing big enough and too much small ball, what do you have to say 248 00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:22.559 after a game like this tonight, We'll start things off with Morris and Inglewood. 249 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:25.160 Now Morris here on, Clippers, stop with our MODSLN. After they 250 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:27.880 win one O eight to one seven. As Kawhi said, get on my 251 00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:32.480 back. I will carry us to victory. What's up Morris? When they 252 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:36.000 get back home? When when the Clippers get back home, everybody need to 253 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:38.279 be at the stadium with signed We love you. Come on, Clippers, 254 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:41.279 we with you. These guys need some inspiration. We saw it today. 255 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:45.319 Hey. By the way, Adam, when you was holling about the Kawhi 256 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:48.480 being the MVP, tonight showed you what the MVP was supposed to do. 257 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:52.680 Carry the team. He carried the team. The team needs some support. 258 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:55.440 They need to know we behind them. Need some signs out there. These 259 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:59.079 some crazy people in the building, Adam, these guys they can do it. 260 00:21:59.119 --> 00:22:02.680 When they were twenty six, they put everybody in the world on notice. 261 00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:04.960 We can play anybody, right, and they're gonna return back to that. 262 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:08.279 I'm telling you when they take care of Lamdo on Friday or Nando's athletic, 263 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:12.079 very athletic, theybando on Friday, We're done turn it around. So 264 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:15.440 let me get off the phone that these other guys called it and crying. 265 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:17.759 But I knew it was never a doubt in my mind it was gonna be 266 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:19.200 Philadelphia tonight. I knew. I didn't know that Kawhi would have to do 267 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:22.559 it by hisself with the kpones, but I knew they were gonna put it 268 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.960 out because they didn't have no choice at them. All Right, I'll deal 269 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:29.839 with Jillian and my friends. Maybe they were finally sick and tired of being 270 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:33.359 sick and tired. They look like a team who forgot how to win after 271 00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:37.680 being the team that forgot how to lose for thirty one games where they went 272 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:45.160 twenty six and five things can turn quickly. Wins like this can be inspiring, 273 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:49.640 can bring that passion back, can give them that boost in the final 274 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:56.440 ten games of the regular season. Well here from Kawhi Leonard coming up. 275 00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:59.200 We'll take a quick time out. We'll get back to your phone calls. 276 00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:03.920 Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven 277 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:07.880 two five seventy. The most spirited victory of the season by the Clippers and 278 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:14.920 their time of need, in their darkest hour, Kawhi clawed them to victory. 279 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:19.359 What a badass you're listening to Clippers talk Here on a five seven LAS 280 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:25.400 Sports, the La Clippers continue their hunt for a Lario b. They still 281 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:27.839 want to get that Lario bat. Don't miss a moment all season long. 282 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:33.319 This is the La Clippers Audio Network. The Claw went from having his worst 283 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:41.799 game of the season to maybe his most impactful. The Clippers were down but 284 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:48.799 not out, and in Philly, with the Clippers on the ropes, it 285 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:55.799 was the Claw getting them the victory with two and one plays late and two 286 00:23:55.880 --> 00:24:02.039 blocks in Philadelphia to secure the win. And when the seventy six ers were 287 00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:08.759 hitting shots, when they were battling two and the Clippers fought back finally on 288 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:15.640 the back of Kawhi Leonard. He was three for fourteen entering the fourth and 289 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:22.119 went four for four in the fourth with ten of his seventeen Paul George had 290 00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:29.880 eleven of his twenty two in the fourth. Norman Powell he ended up with 291 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:34.960 seven of his eleven points big buckets in the fourth quarter, and the Clippers 292 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:41.160 just had maybe their most necessary victory of the season with just ten games left 293 00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:45.880 before the playoffs. Welcome back in the Clippers talk, I'm Adam Moslin eight 294 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:51.000 six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two 295 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:56.640 five seventy. I thought Nick Batoom was gonna get that revenge game in. 296 00:24:57.039 --> 00:25:03.200 Loved the guy, but hated seeing him knock down shots and have that block 297 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:08.200 like he did on James Harden late. It was tough to watch and hardened 298 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:11.960 by the way really kept this team in it. In the first half. 299 00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:18.720 He was great and had fourteen assists to one turnover with sixteen points. The 300 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:25.680 Clippers had three turnovers total the last three quarters. That's how you win the 301 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:32.519 possession battle. They got up ninety shots Philadelphia eighty two. I thought the 302 00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:37.400 Clippers were gonna beat themselves missing free throws, but Kawhi made the biggest two 303 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:44.880 of the ball game unbelievable Jose and Downey. Before we hear from Kawhi, 304 00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:48.799 Leonard posts game, you're on Clippers stock with that, I'm ausen hey, 305 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:51.920 Adam, So I'm gonna be honest. Didn't get to see the game, 306 00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:55.720 barely getting home from where it kind of work a fourteen hour shift. So 307 00:25:56.480 --> 00:26:00.279 maybe this is why it's hard for me to imagine the whole carrier part, 308 00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:03.359 because I'm looking at all the stats, the team stats and everything, and 309 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:11.400 uh, I want to see this why carrying the load? See it gets 310 00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:15.319 the and one with the right hand gets the and one with the left hand. 311 00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:19.319 He's amphibious. I mean amidex race, of course. But with that 312 00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:25.720 said, I mean I feel like Paul George is the from just looking at 313 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:27.480 the whole stats and stuff. I haven't seen the game. It's like the 314 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:32.759 one that kept them and you know, kind of carried them through that last 315 00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:37.359 spot. But they just gotta be ready to go on on on Friday. 316 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:40.160 Man, they got a tough Magic who've lost two games in a row. 317 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:44.480 They got Charlotte right after, and then they gotta go Vito the Kings, 318 00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:49.119 and they got to take care of business, especially in those Indivision or you 319 00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:53.039 know, in conference games. But I hope they this is to turn round. 320 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:56.759 But man, I want to see this game. I want to see 321 00:26:56.759 --> 00:27:00.599 what you're talking about. Man, I mean, if you he just listened 322 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:04.039 on the radio, Carlo painted the picture perfectly. But Paul George you mentioned 323 00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:10.400 him. He had eleven points early in the fourth to match what Tyrese Maxi 324 00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:14.920 was doing, who the Clippers couldn't guard, and then they went small switch 325 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:19.759 everything. Brilliant move by coach Lou Oh something else he did that I don't 326 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:26.119 know. I've been asking for over the last couple of weeks. Get Kawhi 327 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:32.279 Leonard back in the fourth quarter earlier. The way to do that is to 328 00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:36.119 not play him the entire third. He took him out about the three minute 329 00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:41.799 mark of the third quarter, put James Harden back in. It worked to 330 00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:45.079 perfection. Kawhi came back in and said the seven minute mark. About the 331 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:52.200 nine minute mark of the fourth game looked like it was starting to get away. 332 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:56.240 After Maxie knocked down a three pointer that made it eighty seven to eighty 333 00:27:56.319 --> 00:28:03.039 Philly with eight thirty six left George though he was a man possessed two in 334 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:10.480 the fourth gain to the basket, tough layups. It wasn't getting a great 335 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:15.680 whistle, but knocked down a huge three pointer down seven at the five seventeen 336 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:25.160 mark. Underrated, extremely clutch and needed shot to give the Clippers that hope. 337 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:30.519 It wasn't over lean on your superstars. That's what they're paid to do. 338 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:36.279 They delivered tonight in the biggest moment of the season to date. With 339 00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:40.480 all the negativity surrounding this team and looking like it could be a season on 340 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:45.880 the brink, looking like just like with them folding recently in fourth quarters when 341 00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:49.319 teams made runs and they didn't fight back, it looked like they were folding 342 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:55.039 in the fourth quarter of the season with just a dozen games left now just 343 00:28:55.119 --> 00:29:02.279 ten, you hope they can carry this over into a victory, as Jose 344 00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:07.240 mentioned, against a tough Orlando team on Friday in Orlando. Let's hear from 345 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:11.880 Kawhi Leonard post game with Christina Pink. I'm excited to hear from the claw. 346 00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:17.119 Quite dramatic finish here in Philly, but you had back to back and 347 00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:21.079 ones to help your team get a big leader to get the lead and then 348 00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:22.839 the critical block here in the closing seconds. How are you able to make 349 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:27.200 the winning plays when it mattered. I just stayed with it, just far 350 00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:32.279 hard. You know, my team kept fighting, they made shots, and 351 00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:36.079 I had an opportunity to try to win a game on the next When you 352 00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:38.519 weren't shooting the ball well early, you finished with ten points in the fourth 353 00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:44.920 quarter. What was your mindset to continue to take those shots? Miss basketball? 354 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:48.519 It's eventually going to go in and just keep shooting. Just had a 355 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:53.279 championship mindset. It's not over till you know the zero zero. So for 356 00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:56.759 you guys to get a win on the road following the last couple of games, 357 00:29:56.759 --> 00:30:00.440 what could this do to help you guys continue the springboard that's going forward. 358 00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:04.200 Just saying how hard we compete it tonight and see how how tough it 359 00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:08.000 is to win NBA basketball games. You know, nobody's just gonna come out 360 00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:11.559 here and let you win. Everybody's very competitive. There's a lot of talent 361 00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:15.640 in the league, So we got to come out here and play hard. 362 00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:22.559 Kawhi Leonard keeping it simple, stay with it. It's basketball. Eventually shots 363 00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:27.599 will drop. He had more makes was zero misses in the fourth quarter than 364 00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:33.359 he had in the first three quarters. You're three for fourteen going into the 365 00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:37.359 fourth and you still have the confidence to pull out a win like that and 366 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:41.839 to make all the big shots and free throws and the big blocks late. 367 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:47.599 Unbelievable. But he said something there at the end. You know other teams 368 00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:53.680 are competing too, They're not handing you victories. Is that the mentality the 369 00:30:53.680 --> 00:31:00.279 Clippers have had ten and twelve coming into this one post Grammy road trip. 370 00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:06.000 Did they think they were so good that you could just walk into W's and 371 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:11.839 teams were gonna lay down? Maybe maybe this was a good reminder you gotta 372 00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:17.680 compete, don't care who you're playing, don't care that Joe El Embiid wasn't 373 00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:22.559 there. This Philly team just beat them at home and blew them out with 374 00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:29.680 an early run to start the fourth quarter at Crypto on Sunday, and I 375 00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:34.440 thought it was happening again. They had a quick five to zero run to 376 00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:40.359 start the fourth Maxi a jumper, Tobias Harris a three pointer, and the 377 00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:44.079 Clippers go from being down four to being down nine, and I thought, 378 00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:48.799 here we go again. They're forty five seconds into the fourth quarter. And 379 00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:53.880 they just more than doubled the lead. That's what's been happening. But PG 380 00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:57.720 thirteen, maybe this was the biggest shot of the game, At least at 381 00:31:57.759 --> 00:32:02.960 that point it was. He came back with a three pointer, steadied the 382 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:07.960 ship. You're down nine, bring it back to six. That's it. 383 00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:15.400 Keep competing, keep responding, keep battling, and like Kawaii said, championship 384 00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:23.359 mindset, you don't stop fighting till the final buzzer sounds. It may sound 385 00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:30.359 cliche, but this team hasn't been doing it, so I couldn't be more 386 00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:35.720 proud of the way the Clippers came back down fifteen to win this ballgame. 387 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:42.680 Coming up next, we'll have Will Updikon since he only comes on after wins. 388 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:49.759 Can this be the start of something? Hey, things can turn around 389 00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:55.880 quickly. The Clippers were in a rut earlier this season. They had lost 390 00:32:55.920 --> 00:33:01.359 the first five games with James Harden, and it took the step back game 391 00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:06.799 winner he had and the foul against his old team in Houston at Crypto to 392 00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:12.240 get them point in the right direction. Sometimes it's bigger than just this one 393 00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:17.200 victory. It can spill into a winning streak. That's what we want. 394 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:22.960 To see some carryover. Clippers win one O eight to one oh seven thanks 395 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:25.160 to Kawhi Leonard. Late, we'll talk about it more with Will Updyke of 396 00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:29.039 Clips and dip here on Clippers sock on a five to seven E LA Sports. 397 00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:32.880 Next, the LA Clippers continue their hunt for a LARRYO B. They 398 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:37.559 still want to get that Larryo bea don't miss a moment all season long. 399 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:45.599 This is the LA Clippers Audio network. Kawhi Leonard, he's bringing the and 400 00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:54.519 one logo back that old apparel company after multiple and ones late to give the 401 00:33:54.519 --> 00:34:01.039 Clippers the victory. Plus a block on Kelly Ubre game saving block. Clippers 402 00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:06.319 win in Philly one O eight to one oh seven. Welcome back in the 403 00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:08.360 Clippers stock. I'm at a Moslin. Before we get to will Updyke, 404 00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:14.599 let's pause ten seconds for station identification. Here on AM five seventy LS Sports, 405 00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:21.159 this is LA Clippers Basketball. AM five seventy KLAC Los Angeles ninety eight 406 00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:27.639 seven KYSR HD two Los Angeles and iHeartRadio station. Well, well, to 407 00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:32.159 me, this was the blueprint for the type of victory the Clippers needed in 408 00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:38.079 this time of need where they were reeling, where it looked like they were 409 00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:43.360 letting go of the rope and letting this season get away from them. I 410 00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:47.199 prefer this over a blowout victory in Philly. Honestly, you need to learn 411 00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:52.239 how to win these type of games again and be reminded what it takes to 412 00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:58.880 compete possession to possession. What say you, Oh, I agree one hundred 413 00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:01.480 percent. Look, even if you're optimistic, I don't think that this game 414 00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:06.079 had the potential to be a blowout game. Like, while it's been critical 415 00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:09.800 of the Sixers and their level of competition versus the Clippers, you're playing a 416 00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:15.920 team that's very good at home and you know, still still above the playing 417 00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:17.840 team in the East. Like, I don't think that there was ever the 418 00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:23.199 possibility that this wasn't going to be a back and forth game barring some sort 419 00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:28.079 of like crazy shooting anomaly or something. I think this is what's exactly what 420 00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:30.360 they needed. Agree, I agree with you one hundred percent. Look, 421 00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:35.320 this is the first time I feel that they've actually overcome some adversity in a 422 00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:39.480 few weeks, not just you know, not just battling back in the fourth, 423 00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:45.880 but overcoming terrible shooting performances from both Kawhi and Paul George, and I 424 00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:47.280 don't fault either one of them. Obviously, you know, you don't have 425 00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:51.880 that much control over whether the ball's going down or not. But the way 426 00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:55.440 that they were able to stay committed to the game, and especially stay committed 427 00:35:55.440 --> 00:36:00.079 on the defensive end, I think that this was one of the just this 428 00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:05.559 is the most encouraging win. I feel as though we've had in kind of 429 00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:08.360 a while. If the Clippers do go streaking, this is the one we'll 430 00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:14.639 look back on and say the season flipped here, something was born tonight. 431 00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:21.480 Let's hope. I'm really hoping that's the case, because I don't know how 432 00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:27.199 you can't be inspired after the play from Kawhi Leonard Late, who went at 433 00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:30.880 his former teammate and Nick Batoom for an and one with the left hand after 434 00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:36.559 having one with the right hand. After Philly continued to make tough shots on 435 00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:42.639 the Clippers, I was extremely encouraged by the fact that Kawhi didn't settle for 436 00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:45.639 jumpers. He got to the basket late, and part of the reason it 437 00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:50.920 happened was because the Clippers went small and they spread the floor. Coach Lou 438 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:55.360 pushing the right buttons, Kawhi Leonard executing out there. Yeah. Yeah, 439 00:36:55.400 --> 00:37:00.519 it was just absolutely great to see. And they tightened them up on the 440 00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:04.719 fast break in this one too. I mean, you know, it's contradicting 441 00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:08.119 what I said earlier. I guess some outlier shooting performances from Kawhi and Paul 442 00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:12.119 George, and maybe this one is a little easier to put away, but 443 00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:15.119 I still like that they got in the trenches and dug this one out. 444 00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:20.760 And you know, James hardening his return game too. Not not perfect, 445 00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:24.000 just forty percent from the floor, but still fourteen assists, sixteen points. 446 00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:29.199 I mean, it's not if you can get. If you can get that 447 00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:32.719 much out of James and a game like you got from Kawhi and Paul George, 448 00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:36.519 I feel very confident when the Clippers are at But like I said, 449 00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:40.559 it's aside from the box scores, really just that I thought the determination to 450 00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:45.440 win was there in a way that I haven't seen this team execute in a 451 00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:49.280 while. Like they were just they were really dialed in, and even if 452 00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:52.920 they weren't stopping everything, it just it looked a lot tighter out there. 453 00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:59.800 It wasn't perfect, it wasn't pretty. They didn't play their best, but 454 00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:05.000 that's exactly the recipe for winning playoff games. They often end up like this 455 00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:09.360 and you're just a few plays better late. But you mentioned James Harden. 456 00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:14.360 I thought he carried them in the first half with eleven and six, with 457 00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:17.360 getting up eight shots on the first half. When people have said, you 458 00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:21.000 know, in the past and some of these moments the crowd is on top 459 00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:25.440 of him, he just goes into a shell. He continued to take shots 460 00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:31.079 early and often, which I thought was very big for him in this ball 461 00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:37.679 club to not just cower because they're booing him relentlessly in Philadelphia like pretty much 462 00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:43.360 no other city can, and James Harden just absorbed it and played through it. 463 00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:47.000 Yeah, I mean, look, that's what he needs to do. 464 00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:53.119 And while I do think this role is complimentary to him in that he doesn't 465 00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:59.800 have the same amount of scoring burden thrust upon him that he has for most 466 00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:02.440 of his playoff career, I mean, certainly since Houston. You look at 467 00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:07.679 the nets and then the seventy six ers, he doesn't have anywhere near the 468 00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:10.199 level of offensive burden that he had on those teams. He is also much 469 00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:17.079 older, but even still just presenting somewhat of the threat completely changes the dynamics 470 00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:22.719 of how a defense can approach you out there and opens things up for everyone 471 00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:27.079 else, and let's him really exercise what I think is the most genius part 472 00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:29.559 of his game, which is really like his eye for the floor in his 473 00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:32.800 IQ for passing the ball. He is still an all time scorer for sure, 474 00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:37.239 and one of the best of his generation, but with being a step 475 00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:42.559 slower, being aggressive as he can can help open up what I think is 476 00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:45.280 the best part of his game. He was diamond out there. He had 477 00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:51.480 some unbelievable passes fourteen assists to one turnover. I think he got Kawi his 478 00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:58.960 first bucket that pass between two defenders. That was That was a special performance 479 00:39:58.960 --> 00:40:01.199 from James Hard. It may not look like it, only sixteen points, 480 00:40:01.239 --> 00:40:06.719 six of fifteen, shooting three of nine from the outside, but he really 481 00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:10.000 set the table offensively, and with the Clippers not getting much from their two 482 00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:14.519 stars, I think they were three for fourteen at the half Kawhi and Paul 483 00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:19.960 George, he kept them well within striking distance they're down for then PG starts 484 00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:22.440 to really get it going in the third, really got it going of course 485 00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:25.920 in that fourth quarter early on, and to me, that was the test. 486 00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:30.519 They were down by nine a minute in to that fourth quarter, about 487 00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:35.280 forty five seconds in, and what have we seen the last couple of games, 488 00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:37.079 the last couple of weeks. When that has happened this Clippers team, 489 00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:40.000 it would just break their spirit, it would break their will. They would 490 00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:43.920 just give into it. They would forget that they could have a run of 491 00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:47.079 their own. And Paul George knocked down a three pointer, a big silencer 492 00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:52.119 run type of moment there. That's how I saw it. Will Yeah, 493 00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:57.039 no, I agree. Look at the beginning of that fourth quarter, things 494 00:40:57.079 --> 00:41:00.719 didn't look locked in. Right off to that sixers will look to extend the 495 00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:04.000 lead. You know, I was clenched. It felt like the exact same 496 00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:07.400 position we've been in all like we've been in multiple times. I really want 497 00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:09.880 to give credit though, to Paul George, who I have been pretty critical 498 00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:14.280 of over this last stretch of games. I feel like when he looks disengaged, 499 00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:19.119 it's really really obvious. But he was feeling it in Philadelphia to night, 500 00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:22.119 and it was absolutely huge in that fourth quarter in getting some momentum going 501 00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:27.960 back in our direction. They also two one three. They led the Clippers 502 00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:32.000 in rebounding. They combined for nineteen boards. They had six offensive rebounds. 503 00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:39.360 There were a few highly athletic explosive rebounds from each of them in the second 504 00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:44.599 half where they really had no business getting those boards and showing that hey, 505 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:49.480 the Clippers can rebound too. In fact, they ended up with eleven offensive 506 00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:52.719 rebounds to ten for the Philadelphia seventy six ers after I think they had five 507 00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:57.320 in the opening quarter and it looked like the same old thing with the Clippers 508 00:41:57.719 --> 00:42:01.239 not putting together a better effort in the rebounding department, and it took their 509 00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:05.880 stars to do the dirty work there. So that's a big to me too, 510 00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:08.039 just getting the victory in this manner. I think it's huge for this 511 00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:13.039 Clippers team. But time will tell. They're in Orlando on Friday. Tip 512 00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:15.199 time for that one is at four. We'll have pregame at three. Will 513 00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:20.000 Updyke has been our guest from Clips and dip here on Clippers Talk. Will 514 00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:23.199 thanks for a little double dip here, my friend. Absolutely my pleasure. 515 00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:28.360 Let's go clip coming up next, we'll close things out. We'll hear from 516 00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:32.440 coach Lou, We'll hear from Oh we got James in North Hollywood. Clippers 517 00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:37.760 win by one. After number two Kawhi Leonard took a back seat to nobody 518 00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:40.559 was the best player on the floor. Late got them the victory. More 519 00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:45.519 Clippers sock next Here on a five seven E LA Sports, the LA Clippers 520 00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:47.840 continue their hunt for a Larryo. B. They still want to get that 521 00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:52.639 Larryo bea don't miss a moment all season long. This is the LA Clippers 522 00:42:52.719 --> 00:43:00.599 Audio Network. Clippers win one eight to one oh seven in Philadelphia. Kawhi 523 00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:06.679 would not be denied this one. The Clippers played with that level of urgency 524 00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:12.079 and desperation Late the type you want to see in a playoff series. This 525 00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:17.840 was the prototype. These are the type of games you have to win when 526 00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:22.960 things are going your way, you just find a way and by the way, 527 00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:25.960 City of Brotherly Love. I don't know about that. I'm looking at 528 00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:31.559 Kelly Oubre postgame, go up to the officials and say you will be, 529 00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:36.280 you will be, you will be. He used the B word. He 530 00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:40.400 and Nick Nurse were a hot post game. They're not like the way this 531 00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:44.199 one ended up for them. I don't know what Ubre wants. That was 532 00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:46.119 a clean block by Kawhi, at least from what I saw. James and 533 00:43:46.159 --> 00:43:49.800 North Hollywood, you're on Clippers. Stop with that. I'm awesome. Was 534 00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:54.920 up, James. I thought Kawhi did an excellent job realizing that the threes 535 00:43:54.960 --> 00:44:00.400 were not going down, and so he decided it was time to drive towards 536 00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:05.920 the basket and with those and ones that really kept the Clippers in the game. 537 00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:10.440 Also, a great defensive play by Paul when he tapped the ball out 538 00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:15.840 and then the referees looked and finally decided that it was the Clippers ball. 539 00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:21.639 James Harden made an excellent play driving towards the hoop and then pitching it out 540 00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:24.079 into the corner, and I think it was Poul that drained the three pointer. 541 00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:30.239 I think paul shooting really helped, and the defense of the Clippers in 542 00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:35.440 the fourth quarter led to a very successful result to give them some momentum to 543 00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:38.360 go to the Orlando game. I appreciate the phone call, James. I'm 544 00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:42.679 with you. Let's hope they need it. Can we just hear from coach 545 00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:45.960 Lou for a second, Just for a second, Katie, come on, 546 00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:52.360 I'm telling you it's gonna line up just fine. So I pulled the curtain 547 00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:55.000 back. Well my end, I'll tell him how the sausage is made here. 548 00:44:55.400 --> 00:45:00.480 Come on. I know we got postgame audio from coach Lou the same 549 00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:06.199 guy rightfully, so I thought it was refreshing the brutal honesty to call his 550 00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:10.320 team soft after that loss to the Pacers, after that loss of Philadelphia on 551 00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:17.199 Sunday where they lost the exact same way, and then tonight they get their 552 00:45:17.239 --> 00:45:21.320 most necessary and needed victory of the season. Here was coach with the post 553 00:45:21.360 --> 00:45:24.239 game. I thought, down the stretch, we did some good things with 554 00:45:24.280 --> 00:45:27.880 our fires, you know, just trying to get the ball in Tireeche's hands. 555 00:45:29.239 --> 00:45:30.400 Like I say, he's a great player and so just wanted to get 556 00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:34.360 the ball of his hands. And then we had opportunities where we could have 557 00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:37.199 been better, like you know, denying the ball back once he gave it 558 00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:38.639 up, like it's like four or five times. We just let him catch 559 00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:43.440 it back and so now you're defensive shifting another time. A couple of times, 560 00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:45.840 like I said, rotations, we got to Nico, we short closed, 561 00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:50.320 Nico makes a big three, Buddy yeal three singles on the shot clock. 562 00:45:50.360 --> 00:45:52.199 We do a great job firing getting out of Tyreeche's hands. Then Buddy 563 00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:54.320 Yip makes a three you know, instead of making him put the ball on 564 00:45:54.320 --> 00:45:58.039 the ground. So those are things we can get better at. But you 565 00:45:58.079 --> 00:46:00.880 know, we talked about, you know, toughness and having a fight. 566 00:46:00.199 --> 00:46:04.519 I liked to fight. You know. We got down fifteen points. Tough 567 00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:06.920 game on the first game of a road trip. You know, Nick does 568 00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:12.400 a great job having those guys prepared different defenses to keep you guessing, and 569 00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:14.559 I just like, I just like, let's staying with it, you know, 570 00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:17.360 attacking the paint in that second half, we went small. They matched 571 00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:21.360 es my going small and was able to get to the paint, get to 572 00:46:21.400 --> 00:46:23.039 the get to the rim. PG really got it going in a small, 573 00:46:23.079 --> 00:46:27.559 small pick and roll and that was a tough, gritty win for us, 574 00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:30.760 and that's that's what we needed. Mm hmm. Spoken. I believe that 575 00:46:30.920 --> 00:46:36.559 eighteen points in the paint in the fourth quarter alone. Clippers pulled off thanks 576 00:46:36.599 --> 00:46:39.960 to two one three Norm Palat took a little bit from everyone, but uh 577 00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:43.800 yeah, Kawhi Leonard's gonna get a lot of praise for this, rightfully. 578 00:46:43.840 --> 00:46:46.960 So. Clippers next ball game coming up in Orlando on Friday, game two 579 00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:51.719 of this four game road trip. Pregame starting at three before we get out 580 00:46:51.719 --> 00:46:54.199 of here. I do want to thank the Clippers organization, Ralph La'ler'brian Seeman 581 00:46:54.280 --> 00:46:58.920 noa ego, Carlo Jimenez on the call, Katie Newton, our producer. 582 00:46:58.960 --> 00:47:02.320 Back here in the bank until Friday with the pregame show starting at three. 583 00:47:02.480 --> 00:47:07.559 I'm at a maas and we'll talk to you then. So why he was 584 00:47:07.559 --> 00:47:09.559 doing his thing? All they want to do is win in La. I 585 00:47:09.800 --> 00:47:13.760 win. I thought they gave everything they had. I'm very proud of them. 586 00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:17.920 This has been Clippers Talk, the official postgame reaction of the LA Clippers. 587 00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:22.159 God bless Paul George. Are you not? It's just changed. Don't 588 00:47:22.199 --> 00:47:25.840 miss an episode all season law go to wherever you podcast and subscribe today. 589 00:47:25.920 --> 00:47:29.199 Well up the show. I got you on the iHeart Radio. You guys 590 00:47:29.239 --> 00:47:34.639 are great. Thank you for joining us for another exciting broadcast of LA Clippers basketball.