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Time for a postgame. Look,
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Breaking down today's action with the pre
and post game voice. If you're

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LA Clippers, they're locking in every
game every night. Adam Osland Clippers start

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hot in Phoenix and finish off the
Suns with a one thirty one to one

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twenty two victory. They've won eighteen
of their last twenty three ball games and

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they're thirteen and two since December.
First, welcome into your postgame show.

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I'm at a Oslin. Coming up, we got second half highlight, your

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postgame box score. We'll have Clippers
Talk on AM five to seventy. But

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first back out to Phoenix and back
to your radio voice of the Clippers in

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Carlo Jimenez. Carlo is started with
PG thirteen with that big first quarter,

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and he really led them in this
one tonight. Yeah, he did.

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Every time the Clippers needed a big
bucket, Paul was there to get to

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the freak tow line, to get
to the rim. Had a couple of

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steals in this one team high thirty
three points. He set the tone.

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Feels like Adam every single game.
We have a new player for this Clippers

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team. Set the tone early and
the Clippers were able to do that tonight,

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and Terrence Man talked to it.
I mean, he was on there.

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He told us, look, that's
who we are when we meet him

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and PG going early and then Kawhi
and Harden have it scored. You're sitting

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here saying, you know, it
is never too much gold. But man,

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the Clippers have a treasure chest worth
of weapons. Embarrassment of riches.

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Terrence Man, also with twelve points
in that first quarter, played great defense

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against Devin Booker, especially in that
first half where Booker only had seven points.

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Came alive in the third, ended
with thirty five. But the Clippers

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did just enough defensively holding them to
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hold on. Yeah, they did. And Phoenix went on the run.

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And what you'd expect, right,
I mean, this is a Phoenix team

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with championship inspirations. You didn't expect
them to lay down. After the Clippers

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wrung up one hundred and seven through
the first three quarters of this game,

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but they made the run the most
important thing. I think. The Clippers

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fought back, they took the punch
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up and finished this Phoenix team.
And boy, this is gonna be a

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fun four game series between these two
teams and maybe more of the playoffs out

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of Mouslin because these two teams get
up for this game. The intensity was

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there. I mean Paul George getting
into the rim, getting found by Booker

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pointing to Devin Booker right after the
fact, and then you have Booker going

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for thirty five with twenty eight of
those coming in the second half. He

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started to turn it on. The
Clippers got big contributions from everywhere. The

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Phoenix Suns fought the whole game.
It was a fun one to be at

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and it's so much more fun when
you can come home with a sweet,

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sweet victory. Clippers win by nine
in an emotionally charged environment in Phoenix,

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one thirty one to one twenty two
was your final. Clippers will be in

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New Orleans coming up on Friday for
that game is at five. We'll have

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your pregame shows starting at four.
Carlo Jimenez, great call, as always,

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safe travels, my friend We'll talk
to you on Friday. Talk to

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you Friday Animals. So let's keep
this thing rolling. Come on, man.

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Clippers making four straight thirteen and two
since December one, and eleven straight

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victories with Kawhi Leonard in the lineup
and then fully healthy Clippers doing damage in

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the West coming up next. Second
half highlights right here on the Los Angeles

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Clippers Audio Network. Every Clipper game
all season long. They didn't stop playing

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Clippers win one thirty one, so
one twenty two in Phoenix over the

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Suns. Welcome into your postgame show. I'm a Moslin in the struggle that

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head cold that's going around. Pick
me up tonight on Clippers Talk please eight

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six six nine eight seven two five
seventy eight six ninety eight seven two five

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seventy if you can tell the naasliness
in my voice. But the Clippers so

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hot right now, not cold at
all, especially in that first half.

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They were up seventy to fifty one
at the half, even with James Harden

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only had nine points through the first
twenty four minutes. But in that third,

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oh he woke up and outdid those
nine points. Harden at the top

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of the ark, Goobo's the right
hand booker in his face pulls the string

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on a three. Yes, that
was from twosons hardened pump fakes, flying

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by his ment to eighteen foot of
rainbows, inter rentals through coming up with

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his zubats left aingle harding three a
found of money, the Clippers picking up

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off the tech. James Harden with
ten points in the third quarter alone,

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but the Clippers didn't close the third
the right way. I believe it was

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a nine to one run by the
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one oh seven ninety one Clippers,
but they would hold on down the stretch

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and it was a lot from Kawhi
Leonard bringing them home. Leonard neer Wing

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crosses over the right hand bull bull
in his shadow. Leonard will try over

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the lengthy full ball, damn put
it in the claw is unphased. One

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eleven ninety three, three seconds to
shoo. Leonard's gotta go check the clock,

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double team, hass to hoist those
of my prayer and it's answered from

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the right elbow, spinning, twirling
and hitting one thirteen ninety six. The

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Clipper lead Leonard left angle pump fakes
Allen, the close out spins right shoulder,

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gets by Allen, right block,
Lamb is home. The Claus got

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thirty welcome back Hate of his thirty
points in the fourth quarter, and the

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Clippers hold on to win in Phoenix, even with Devin Booker having thirty five

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twenty eight of those coming in the
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to one twenty two and Phoenix over
the Suns. Coming up next to your

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final box score, and we'll have
Clippers Talk eight six six nine eighty seven

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two five seventy eight six six ninety
eight seven two five seventy. I'm Meda

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Oslin and you're listening to the Los
Angeles Clippers Audio Network. LA Clippers Basketball

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is on the two to one three
Era continues. You're listening to the LA

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Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio Network. I've been a good day, good

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week, good month and a half
for the Clippers. They're eighteen and five

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in their last twenty three games,
thirteen and two since December first. They're

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twenty one and twelve now on the
season. Even with that six game losing

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streak after they win one thirty one
to one twenty two in Phoenix over the

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Suns. I met a Moslin This
is your Clippers postgame locker room show.

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Clippers were led by PG thirteen,
had seventeen points in the first quarter,

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finished with thirty three on just fourteen
attempts, five of ten from the outside,

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twelve of fourteen from the free throw
line. Paul George got up fourteen

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attempts at the charity stripe, getting
calls all of a sudden. Kawhi Leonard

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usual Effish himself nine of sixteen for
his thirty points. All of those points

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came in the final three quarters,
same with James Harden in his twenty two.

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Didn't score in the first quarter.
All his twenty two points come in

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the final three quarters. Did have
five assists to start things off. Finished

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with eleven to four turnovers. Norman
Powell with eleven points off the bench,

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a lot of that coming in the
fourth when the Clippers needed them most.

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A couple of big three pointers to
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where the Clippers didn't score. Clippers
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field, fifty three percent from the
outside. The Suns turned things around though

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they caught fire in the second half
fifty three percent from the field overall,

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forty three percent from the outside as
Devin Booker had nineteen of his thirty five

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points in that third quarter to bring
it so within sixteen. Heading into the

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fourth, Clippers led by eight m
Kawhi Leonard would help take them home.

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He had eight of his thirty in
the twelve minutes. Clippers win one thirty

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one to one twenty two. Up
next, they will be in New Orleans

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taking on the Pelicans, who have
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Clippers need some revenge there. Tip
off for that one is at five,

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I believe. Let me double check. Yeah. Five on Friday.

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I'm not hallucinating off too much.
Day Quill four is your pregame show outside

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of Los Angeles. We are leaving
you until then, but coming up next

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here on five seventy LA Sports,
we got Clippers Talk. This has been

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Henry right Now your host on your
home for the Clippers. They were in

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attack mode. Adam Ostley. The
Clippers stay hot in Phoenix. They beat

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the Heat and beat the Suns one
thirty one till one twenty two. They

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make it four in a row,
eighteen of their last twenty three. They're

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thirteen and two since December first.
Is the James Harden experiment working? Huh?

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I wonder the Shawn n Ingle was
gonna call in tonight. I don't

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know. Welcome in to Clipperstock eight
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eight six six nine eighty seven two
five seventy I'm in I'm Osland. Good

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to be with you, guys.
You might get extra time tonight. A

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little naisily, a little head cold. Clippers Hot though, start it off

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hot, scored thirty five points in
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the second quarter, led by nineteen
at the half. But it was I

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think more about their defense and just
how suffocating they were playing out there.

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How good Terrence Man was to start
off against Devin Booker, picking him up

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ninety four feet, causing some frustration
to boil over Booker with the technical A

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lot of technicals in this game.
I think it ended up at five or

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six emotionally charged atmosphere in Phoenix.
Two teams that know each other pretty darn

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well, guys that don't like each
other. Paul George and Devin Booker PG

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pointing at Devin Booker after getting fouled
by him, and Paul George has seventeen

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in the first started five of five
from the field my player to watch.

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He and Booker just don't get along. And that's okay because, as Devin

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Booker said earlier today, they keep
it on the court. It makes it

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a more competitive atmosphere, It makes
it more interesting, it makes it feel

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like more of a rivalry. Phoenix
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playoffs six twenty twenty one, and
then last year in the first round.

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Of course, the Clippers didn't have
Kawhi Leonard after the first two games.

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They didn't have Paul George the entire
series. Tonight they had Kawhi and even

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after not scoring in the first quarter, he still managed to drop thirty on

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sixteen shots. I can't say enough
about how well he has played. And

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this was his twenty ninth game of
the season. They've won eleven straight with

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him available, and this was the
second game back after missing four straight.

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But for him to start that slow
in a similar fashion to how he did

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against Miami, but the difference was
well. Paul George had to going tonight

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in the first get him the basketball. He hit back to back three's,

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had Nan one, another three a
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and and one ripped it from Bradley
Beal to end the second. Paul George

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was hot early on, so Kawhi
Leonard took a back seat. He's not

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gonna force it, He's gonna let
the game come to him. His first

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bucket came at the seven minute mark
of the second quarter of three, as

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the Clippers would knock down three straight
after Phoenix made a bit of a run.

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I think it was he, James
Harden and Norm Powell would hit three

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straight three pointers around the midway point
of the second quarter. Kind of a

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pivotal early moment. Gut check time
of the ball game where you needed to

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hold back the Phoenix Suns. Let
me hold myself back while we have a

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moment. Let's pause ten seconds for
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Angeles, ninety eight seven KYSR HD
two Los Angeles and iHeartRadio station. Kawi's

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defense, though, he ends up
knocking away from Beal and Bull Bull on

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the same possession, then knocks down
a jumper, a three to answer a

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Booker one in the third quarter,
another three pointer in the third that a

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little scoop layup to stop a Sun's
run in the third, and then he

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got a shot over Bull Bull on
the fourth just that little fifteen foot fade

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away, another turnaround fade away.
In the fourth quarter, it was down

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to eighteen points, where the Clippers
were in complete control. I want to

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say, led by twenty two,
but the Sons were not going away and

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they caught Faya in the second half. They were three of fifteen in the

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first half from the outset. After
that they would go let's see twelve for

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their next twenty from distance. My
goodness, they ended up at forty three

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percent. Booker was amazing in the
third he had nineteen points, finished with

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thirty five after having just seven points
to the half, but twelve of twenty

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from three in the second half is
impressive. They couldn't miss. But the

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Clippers again enough composure down the stretch
of a close game, and I thought

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the biggest shot of the game might
have been that three pointer from James Harden

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to put him back up eleven quiet
a layup on Grayson Allen two. That

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was impressive. Their matchup hunting.
Yeah, they're playing ISO ball. They

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got great ISO players. They also
ended up with twenty five assists just twelve

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turnovers. They hit eighteen threes eighteen
of thirty four. That's fifty three percent

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s from the outside. They're starting
to climb up the ranks of three point

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percentage in the NBA. I think
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the best team from distance on the
season. After reconfiguring the roster bringing in

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James Harden. It's working. It's
working any what else is working. Sticking

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with Terrence Man and not giving up
on him. He has had a rough

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start to the season, but came
into that first quarter today against Phoenix.

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Guarded Devin Booker took the challenge and
got hot. He had all twelve of

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his points in the first a three
pointer to start a Duncan transition off a

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great feed from James Harden drew an
offensive foul on Devin Booker. Another three

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in the first quarter. Russ missed
a layup, missed a few of those

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in this one. He had a
rough night. But Man was there for

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a putback and then went a round
Booker for a layup. Devin Booker got

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called for a technical. Clippers got
some two Boones Highland on the bench,

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a tech on Bradley Beal, later
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It was feisty. It was a
fun competitive atmosphere. They don't like

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each other, their division rivals.
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It feels like every year. And
the Clippers right now they're starting to look

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more like the hunted than the hunters. A lot of teams are realizing just

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how good they are. Frank Vogel
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and so their margin for error has
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had more turnovers Miami took I want
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and the Clippers still won big.
They didn't play their best, they still

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won big tonight. They didn't play
their best in the second half. They

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gave up a forty point third quarter. They still still scored thirty seven a

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thirty one point fourth quarter. They
still win by nine. They're twenty one

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and twelve. They improved to seven
and eight on the road. The scary

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thing about this team is I don't
think they've peaked at all. I don't

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think this is a just hot stretch, an outlier run during a long age

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two game season. I think I
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go, and they're getting there slowly
but surely. I stumbled through this stat

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on the broadcast. I saw it
on Ballely talking with Carlo Jmenez. But

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when we talk about Kawhi Leonard getting
easier shots, well, last season just

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twenty percent of his points were assisted. Now it's at twenty seven percent.

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Why is that because James Because James
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playing less ISO ball with him.
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He's getting them easy, easy looks. They're having to work less,

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put less stress on their bodies.
This is why they have been asking for

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that prototypical point guard lo and behold
it became available to them. Through whatever

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happened in Philly. They end up
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had in the two one three era. And it's not just Kawhi and PG

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being so efficient out there. James
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to seven from distance, and as
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the game, the dagger to put
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He's got a few of those big
shots. Big third quarter with ten

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of his twenty two And what you're
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Paul George is cooking first quarter,
terrace Man's cooking, but Kawhi hasn't touched

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the ball much, James Harden hasn't
touch the ball, and they still get

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their opportunities and are able to stay
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Kawhi Leonard in the second dropped I
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So one quarter it's Paul George,
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How do you slow this team down? How do you stop all these

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weapons? Very very difficult to do
so? And then down the stretch in

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the fourth quarter, how do you
stop the Powell Rangers. I didn't see

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Rita Repulser lord Z out there,
not even golder, the putty patrol and

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the Clippers. They went into a
bit of a shooting funk about five minutes,

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I think, in eighteen seconds without
making a field goal. They knocked

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down some key free throws, zoobots
and Kawhi. The fourth but long stretch

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from the nine to eight mark,
a Norm Pow three pointer made it one

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sixteen ninety six. Clippers are up
twenty in the fourth. The next time

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they would make a fueld goal,
wouldn't you know Norm Powell three p fifty

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mark, another another three one twenty
one to one ten put him up eleven

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big shots. He's shooting over fifty
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sixty percent from the field. Can't
say enough about Norman Powell and the efficiency

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he's playing with and the confidence he's
playing with in fourth quarters. This was

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a guy that people are saying,
well, you know, he might be

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the trade chip they might have too
much talent. He might be the odd

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man out. No, he's necessary. He's in the best lineup where I

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want to say, coming into this
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with him next to the starters,
he's in place of Terrence Man with something

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like a plus fifty in about fifty
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their offense when he's out there.
Clippers win one to one twenty two over

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the Phoenix Suns. Lenny in Inglewood, Lenny, what's up here on Clippers

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stock without a muscle? I want
to save Adam, like they say our

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real Housewives of Atlanta who don't check
me boom because uh, we're coming in

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with so much firepile. Once again, I don't know. I'm sure it's

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been done, but has there been
an NBA squad where three guys get thirty

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because they're real close to that.
Three guys getting thirty, Yeah, three

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guys getting thirty as in like this
season, well in recent member, I

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just don't remember, I guarantee step
and yeah, yeah, yeah, that's

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right, that's right, that's right. Okay, cool, that's answered.

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But by far Paul George's best game
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He looked locked in from the tip
to the tunnel on his way in,

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I mean his way out of out
of the thing. He just had a

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you know, I don't know if
he was had the flu before, had

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something wrong, but he look locked
in. T man looked good. A

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lot of credit to Mason Plumbley,
who we we need him still, but

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he's letting them know, you know, just as you see fit. I

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like that attitude. And uh,
I just I just look at this team

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man and hards never had a chip. Pg's never had a chip, weos

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never had a chip, and it's
it was in all these these California boys.

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Man would just oh they got CHIPS's. Yeah they like that. Yeah,

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man, I'm glad. You know, heads up and hot had hats

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off to the front office man because
they waited. You know, they knew

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Harden was was was gonna have to
be pop loose because he wanted out and

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they waited and without without you know, like I said, we gave up

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a bag of chips for him and
and some of you know, other pieces.

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But has a hats off to the
man because Harden has just transformed described

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and keep claiming every show at him. Claim it, you called it.

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You know you've got a lot of
the best version of the Clippers claimant.

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So look, I'm not trying to
pat myself on the back. I think

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it should have been obvious to most
people that if you have a chance to

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bring in James Harden, you do
so he can make you better. Last

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year, bro absolutely, And like
I said before, you ain't coming out

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of the West unless you got a
point guard who can create separation and and

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knock down that three. All the
best teams got it. Shade on ok

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C obviously, Steph. Then you
got murray on on Denver. These cats

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they and now we got and we
got hardened and and hardest. The one

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who perfected that thing, man,
he's the one who brought that thing into

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fruition. The step back, the
step back three to see him do that

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sometimes, man, he looks like
Fred Astaire or his footwork is just phenomenal.

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Man. So I just want to
We gotta get pelicans, though,

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man, because the Pelicans have cleaned
our clot too many times. And you

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know, we we got to get
there, man, we really, we

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really do. And let's we're going
in there full strength. Let's do work

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and uh yeah, let's let's let
let's put this in the bag. This

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next one. Man, all right, keep it up out and get better

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baby. Yeah, I love you, Lenny, appreciate the phone call.

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Thanks for picking me up tonight.
Yeah. I've gone through a little bit

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like most people. I got a
cold going on right now. No big

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deal. Seeing some of the Clippers
players play through this illness like Norman Powell

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recently in OK see you mentioned the
Pelicans there By my account, they've won

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nine of the last ten games against
the Clippers. Last time the Clippers beat

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them April third of twenty twenty two. I don't know who was available of

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his ion was there, but yeah, they've owned the Clippers. It's a

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bad matchup for them, no doubt. Clippers, though, feel like they're

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a bad matchup for anyone right now. Just steamrolling and buzz sawing through the

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league thirteen and two since December one, and I'm telling you they have not

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hit their stride yet. They can
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This is how it should be.
When you bring in James Harden next to

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two to one to three. Rus
didn't even have a good game tonight,

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doesn't matter. Clippers win by nine
in Phoenix over the Suns, one thirty

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one to one twenty two. Quick
time out back to your phone calls.

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After this, we'll hear from PG
postgame and Chuck Mockler from Clips and Dip

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You're listening to the LA Clippers on
the LA Clippers Audio Network. You know

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those Clippers look good and as Brian
Seman would say, at Kawhi Leonard,

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pretty good at basketball. Last thirteen
games. Now, Clippers are twelve and

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one with him, They've won eleven
straight and over that time period, he's

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at sixty one percent from the field, fifty three percent from three, at

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ninety one percent of the pre throw
line at thirteen games. Show me a

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better run in thirteen games. It's
not easy to find. Clippers win tonight

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in Phoenix over the Sun's final score
one thirty one, one twenty two.

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No Kevin Durant, but the Clippers
were dominant in that first half. Defense

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let up a little bit in the
second half. They weren't as tight.

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They weren't as connected. They weren't
as suffocating, smothering, I thought the

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first half, holding them to fifty
one points. The defense fueled the offense.

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It generated those seventy points for the
Clippers. They let up a little

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bit. Suns also just got ridiculously
hot, as they can twelve twenty from

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three in the second half after going
three to fifteen from three in the first

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half. Kawhi Leonardo doesn't score in
the first quarter, still ends up with

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thirty nine or sixteen shooting. Paul
George had seventeen in the first quarter,

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ended up with thirty three. James
Harden didn't score in the first quarter,

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twenty two in the last three and
eleven assists. Pretty pretty good, Jose

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and Downey, you're a Clipper stop
without a maus And what's up, Hose?

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Hey Adam, how you doing?
Man? I hope you feel better

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brother going around here in this house
too, man. But man, what

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a good game, brother, good
game. I really enjoyed that first half.

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I like to see that everybody shot
well, you know, the big

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three shot Well, that was really
good to see. And like you said,

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I normally I would probably complain about
that second half, like come on,

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man. But I did like how
they recouped and how they were able

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to handle their business and pick up
that lead again to like eleven twelve points

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and then just being able to finish
it off. You know, that was

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a good win. I agree with
you. There's something too having to dig

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it out late in how that can
give you confidence in those close games later

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on in the season. Sometimes where
it's too easy, it doesn't prepare you

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well enough for those tough situations where
a team inevitably comes back because gamer runs

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right right, you know. And
I'm gonna take a page off your book

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here. I know they didn't start
feeding a zoo buck and then go away

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from him, but I could have. I kind of felt like in that

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second half to kind of mug it
up. There was nobody big enough for

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the for the uh what I can
I think for I can I think for

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the Suns that can guard Zoo under
I would have wish they would have fed

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him and mug it up a little
bit, collect them fouls, you know,

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get us into the free throw a
lot faster. I think I would

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have really liked to see Zoo get
fed in that second half. I agree

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with you, that's a great point. Actually, Jose I was gonna bring

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that up. But there were times
where they didn't look Zoo Bots's way enough.

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In twenty seven minutes, just six
points, three boards, a lot

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of shots for being made. There's
none of rebounds out there, but we

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had seen them recently when they go
through stretches of not being able to score.

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Just give it to Big Zoo.
He had a great spin move to

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was left on Yusuf Nurkis in the
first quarter. He had a dunk in

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the third off a hard and pass
around a double team that was beautiful.

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But you're right, there were three
points there. There was an easier way

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to score, and they didn't exploit
Big Zoo enough. So lessons to be

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learned in victories too. When you
go five and a half minutes almost without

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making a point in that fourth quarter, maybe get avitza Zubats involved a little

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bit more. Tagus walnut, my
guy, what's up? What's up?

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At great win. Other than a
late the pointer by James Harden, I

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thought the other play of the game
was Kwhi on a late twenty four second

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shot clock threw it up one handed, falling away like a twenty footer.

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I don't know how he got that
in, but it was a big shot.

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They took that away, that turnaround
fade away over a double team.

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You're talking about that one from Kawhi
quarter. Yeah, Oh, they took

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it away. Okay, they took
it away. That score was changed.

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I think they went from being up
fifteen to all of a sudden up thirteen

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because they took that shot away.
Kauhi was bickering with the official right after

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sinking it. It was an absurd
end of shot clock bucket, but didn't

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actually count it. They reviewed it
later on. You know, they take

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those two points away. It's kind
of a weird thing in the NBA where

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you don't review it that very moment, but then later on, all of

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a sudden, you're missing two points, and like, hey, the game

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could have played out a little bit
differently if you already knew you were missing

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those two points. But whatever.
Yeah. No, And we're talking about

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his great run offensively, but I
mean his great run defensively. It's no

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coincidence that it's been happening, more
so when Harden's been when once Harden's got

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traded to the Clippers, because it
seems like, you know, Kuai has

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a little bit more energy, having
to do a lot less from the offensive

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and so we're seeing him on a
defensive and thrive early on in the season,

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which is great. And I felt
like today Paul George, he just

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he took the easy shots, didn't
work too hard. In the first quarter,

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he had wide open threes, and
I think that stem from last game.

405
00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:22.039
In the Miami game the third quarter, Harden fed him twice for wide

406
00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:23.599
open threes, and they just carried
over today. In the first quarter,

407
00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:27.599
He's not having to do too much, which which is great. I mean,

408
00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:30.839
he just got wide open looks.
And throughout the game it seemed like

409
00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:34.599
the Clippers were getting wide open looks. Like there were some possessions where hard

410
00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:37.920
And had wide open looks he would
pass and Kawhi had a wide open look.

411
00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:42.720
I mean, it's just it's great
to see and it's really hard for

412
00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:45.720
the other team to kind of predict
how to guard the Clippers right now.

413
00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:51.839
So I think that's what it comes
down to. They have so many different

414
00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:55.480
ways to beat. You said this
with Carla Jmenez earlier, who do you

415
00:32:55.519 --> 00:33:00.400
focus in on? Who do you
load up against teams consistently? By the

416
00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:04.880
way, with Kawhi Leonard putting up
these ridiculous shooting splits where he's at sixty

417
00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:07.160
one percent from the field and fifty
three percent from the outside over his last

418
00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:14.440
thirteen games. All that is with
them coming over to double consistently, and

419
00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:17.079
he makes them pay. It's not
that, you know, leave it in

420
00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:21.559
one on one is a problem.
Doubling him is a problem. I don't

421
00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:25.000
know what you do. Pick your
poison, right And Adam before I said

422
00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:30.680
about the Pelicans, it's funny because
everyone kept saying early on, you know,

423
00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:34.599
Harden is a third option. I
said it before. I don't think

424
00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:37.359
he's a third option they I mean, all these guys could be a first

425
00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:40.160
option at any moment, given who's
hot and who's not. I mean,

426
00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:44.519
James Harden right now could easily average
thirty if he wanted to. I mean,

427
00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:47.079
he's just not doing it. But
that doesn't mean he's not a first

428
00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:51.920
option. He's the one creating.
So I think that there's a lot of

429
00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:57.200
narrative like that, and just labeling
him at the third option isn't being honest.

430
00:33:57.920 --> 00:34:01.279
I think the second option right now
is kind of up for grabs.

431
00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:07.359
Even first option at times is because
Kawhi is not going to force bad shots.

432
00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:10.280
That's not who he is. He's
not Kobe or Michael in that way

433
00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:15.159
where if he's not feeling it or
if they're defending him, well, he's

434
00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:19.679
gonna take bad shots. He only
takes high efficiency shots out there. So

435
00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:23.280
there's an opportunity for Paul George or
James Harden to be the guy that night

436
00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:30.400
some nights, right and just looking
for the next game. I know the

437
00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:34.320
Pelicans had our number. And when
I'm looking at the Pelicans, it seems

438
00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:37.840
like they're very They have a good
player at almost every position where they could

439
00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:43.239
score with Zion from the inside and
Valentinus from the outside, and then they

440
00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:46.559
got the I as a wing,
and then they got CJ. So they

441
00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:52.079
had scores on pretty much all on
the court all time, and they're very

442
00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:57.599
athletic. So for the Clippers,
they got to match their physicality and be

443
00:34:57.800 --> 00:35:00.440
very active and not give up those
offensive board It's because I think that's been

444
00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:07.679
our our detriment against against the Pelantans. But I feel like we got a

445
00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:10.280
we undefeated with this lineup with Kawhi. I think we're ten and oh,

446
00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:15.960
so let's make it eleven and oh, all right, I appreciate it.

447
00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:20.920
Tage's and Walnut they have one eleven
straight with Kawhi Leonard. Now, last

448
00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:22.920
time they lost with him was up
North the second night of a back to

449
00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:27.000
back, where first they beat the
Kings, and that was kind of Kawhi's

450
00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:30.639
turning point, where the game before
they had lost to Denver Reggie Jackson DeAndre

451
00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:36.719
Jordan, Kawhi had I want to
say thirty but on twenty five shots,

452
00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:40.599
and ever since then he's just taken
off. The game against Sacramento he was

453
00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:45.920
extremely uber efficient, and then the
very next game he was good again against

454
00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:52.000
Golden State, but that was the
last time they lost with him. It's

455
00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:55.199
it's incredible watching what Kawhi Leonard's able
to do right now and how people wrote

456
00:35:55.239 --> 00:36:01.559
him off and people like Steve even
A Smith I posted this earlier today.

457
00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:05.679
I fall out of May said after
he got hurt with the meniscus injury in

458
00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:10.960
the playoffs against Phoenix last year,
that he should retire. Kawhi Leonard's playing

459
00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:15.719
the best basketball in in the regular
season of his career. You want him

460
00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:22.559
to retire, you better own that, you better apologize and make it as

461
00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:27.119
loud as the disrespect was Morrison,
Long Beach? What's up here? On

462
00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:30.719
Clipper stop without a Maslin Clippers beat
the Phoenix, says they beat him down

463
00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:37.039
in Phoenix. No Mo, Clippers
beat the Phoenix. Then they beat him

464
00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:42.719
down in Phoenix. No Mo beat
the Phoenie, so they beat him down

465
00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:47.039
in Phoenix. He yo, behavior
job Adam. We're on a roll,

466
00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:54.480
baby Morris in Long Beach with the
song parodies Clippers Rolling James in Utah's we

467
00:36:54.599 --> 00:37:04.239
roll along here on Clippers Talk James, what's up? James? Are you?

468
00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:06.559
You know what? That's on me? James? We got you now,

469
00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:14.400
James, He's got you know what, James, hold on. We'll

470
00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:17.239
try to fix that. We'll come
back. You know what, Suke in

471
00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:22.039
Fullarton, your line sounds clear,
Suk, what's up? Heys me?

472
00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:25.880
Hey man, this is a great
game. I hope you're feeling well.

473
00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:30.360
I don't want to pay too much
attention to the other teams, but Thunder

474
00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:35.360
lost and the Tea Wolves lost today, and that makes it an even better

475
00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:37.159
day. Even though I know you're
not feeling well. I'm feeling great.

476
00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:43.880
Hey, I'm feeling a lot better
since the Clippers got this victory and somebody

477
00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:46.519
else just lost a team that has
been imploding since the d season tournament.

478
00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:51.679
That would be the Los Angeles Lakers. They just lost to the Miami Heat

479
00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:58.559
in the in season tournament champions.
Yeah, that might be the new John

480
00:37:58.599 --> 00:38:02.639
Madden curse, you know, the
mad Cover curse. It's it's brutal right

481
00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:06.440
now for them. I think they've
only won twice since then. There's something

482
00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:08.199
like two and eight or two and
nine. But Sue, what about the

483
00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:13.360
Clippers? Oh, man, just
a great game. I called in on

484
00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:16.920
Monday and I was talking about ty
Lou, the impact he's making on all

485
00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:22.719
the players with Westbrook giving a team
man a path on the offensive end,

486
00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:27.679
and you see what it's done.
Tea man just feels so much more comfortable

487
00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:31.559
on the offensive side. The first
quarter, I looked at the score and

488
00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:35.880
I think for a while it was
this PG and him had scored no one

489
00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:38.480
else. I think Zoo eventually ended
up getting two more points, and I

490
00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:42.280
was like, this is team man, who's really, you know, our

491
00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:45.920
defensive anchor at the beginning of games, and here he is on the offensive.

492
00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:52.119
And then just hearing about plumb Lee
again, a little ty Lou,

493
00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:57.360
you know, kind of Jedi trick
of getting plumbly to just agree to kind

494
00:38:57.360 --> 00:39:02.039
of phase in when it's appropriate,
loses to doing such a great job coaching

495
00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:07.000
preach. But today, yeah,
man, I know it ain't Sunday,

496
00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:09.199
but I want to hear it for
coach lou because he had been under fire

497
00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:14.280
at times over the last year and
a half with the squad. Yeah,

498
00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:16.159
you know, I think even on
Monday I mentioned last year. I think

499
00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:19.840
he just felt like a different coach. But he did mention he had some

500
00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:22.800
personal things going on, but all
the pieces seem to be fitting right now.

501
00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:30.920
A pivotal moment for me today in
the second quarter, PG came out

502
00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:34.960
to meet Bradley Beal, he got
his hand on the ball and then Paul

503
00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:39.559
George got fouled. We were up
by eighteen at that point, and for

504
00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:45.960
us to still remain aggressive defensively,
like we weren't doing that at the beginning

505
00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:49.280
of this season, and it's just
a different mindset that, hey, if

506
00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:52.039
we're going to be up big,
we're going to stay up big. You're

507
00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:54.719
right. Bradley Buell was on the
left wing and Paul George just ripped it

508
00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:59.440
from him, and Bradley Beal had
to foul him that aggressiveness, the two

509
00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:02.480
ways player superstar that is Paul George. He just looks so much more engaged

510
00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:07.039
on both ends tonight. Dude.
We were up by eighteen at that point,

511
00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:10.079
and you know, beginning part of
the season, we probably wouldn't have

512
00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:14.039
been that aggressive. I was just
so nice to see that we're going to

513
00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:16.119
keep our foot on the gas even
when we're up big. Yeah, but

514
00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:21.239
you know another, you know,
great team effort. Everyone did well.

515
00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:24.000
I know Westbrook kind of had a
quiet night, but that's okay. Great

516
00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:30.320
to see Kawhi Leonard get a technical
foul. You know, he's so engaged

517
00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:35.800
and so like his mindset is so
like into the game. Now. One

518
00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:38.880
of the stats that I've been following
is is how many assists does Kawhi get.

519
00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:45.320
I think he averaged like three point
seven a game. His average assist

520
00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:49.719
I think is a lot lower now, which means that he can just get

521
00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:53.199
in this spot and shoot. And
I love it. Everyone's doing great.

522
00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:58.360
I hope you feel better, man, Thank you, Suke. I appreciate

523
00:40:58.440 --> 00:41:01.320
it. No one has to warn
me. It's a stupid head call.

524
00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:07.400
I need to buck up, I
said, Buck, Uncle Buck. I

525
00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:13.400
mean, yeah, I'm fine,
everything's fine. How are you. Clippers

526
00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:17.719
win one thirty one to one twenty
two over the Phoenix Suns. That's all

527
00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:22.920
the night, Quill. I need
to sleep good tonight. Coming up next,

528
00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:25.519
Chuck Mockler will relieve my voice for
a little bit. He'll probably sound

529
00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:30.599
better on a cell phone line than
I do right now with my daysly Clippers

530
00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:36.760
win by nine in Phoenix over the
Suns, four straight thirteen and two Since

531
00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:42.679
December first, eighteen of their last
twenty three games they have won. We'll

532
00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:45.920
update you on the Sandy's coming up
to You're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers

533
00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:52.239
Audio Network and AM five seventy LA
Sports every Clipper game all season long.

534
00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:59.039
They didn't stop playing hard. You're
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535
00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:04.280
on the iHeart Radio lap Clippers win
one thirty one till one twenty two in

536
00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:08.920
Phoenix over the Suns. I'm oudame
Osland. Welcome back into Clippers Talk here

537
00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:13.760
on M five to seventy LA Sports
coming up. Back to your phone calls

538
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eight six sixty nine eight seven two
five seventy well also here from PG thirteen

539
00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:23.119
post game on Ballely Sports coming on
the show right now is the man from

540
00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:30.000
the four H six. That's a
Montana area code and another Clippers big victory

541
00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:36.159
to match the wide open state.
I know that's not what the nickname for

542
00:42:36.280 --> 00:42:38.440
it is, like we're the Golden
State. But whatever, Chuck, I

543
00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:42.719
don't feel good tonight. Would you
just pick me up here and talk about

544
00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:45.000
the Clippers greatness over the past month
and a half? Now, damn it,

545
00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:50.639
tonight was great. Also, one
quick note, it is the area

546
00:42:50.719 --> 00:42:54.440
code from Montana. There is not
another one, but no tonight, this

547
00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:58.159
game was great, I kind of
I'm sure you've already talked about it.

548
00:42:58.199 --> 00:43:01.440
I want to talk about all George
in this game. We know he was

549
00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:06.239
fantastic. He was great on both
ends. I thought that first half he

550
00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:12.800
played was maybe his best first half
of the year. But he's also getting

551
00:43:12.840 --> 00:43:16.400
to the free throw line. We
haven't talked about this on the the pod,

552
00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:20.320
but the amount of free throw at
times he's gotten the last three games

553
00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:27.159
is as many as the last fifteen
or sixteen combined for Paul George. That's

554
00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:32.119
it really helps out in the Clippers
offense. When he gets the whistle that

555
00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:38.199
he deserves, things go well.
It's just another thing that the other team

556
00:43:38.239 --> 00:43:42.599
has to contend against with the space
and that the Clippers are functioning with right

557
00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:45.840
now, and how James Harden is
seeing the floor. If Paul George is

558
00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:51.840
getting a whistle, this offense is
really really hard to stop. Yeah,

559
00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:54.079
that was just great to see tonight
in a game that the Clippers never trailed

560
00:43:54.079 --> 00:44:00.320
in. So yeah, all around, pretty good vibes despite a rough second

561
00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:06.719
half from the fun shooting lines.
But hey on would we go? Yeah,

562
00:44:06.719 --> 00:44:09.440
it's a good point because Phoenix was
top five and free throws attempted,

563
00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:13.920
they get up twenty six, a
good number. The Clippers were at thirty

564
00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:17.280
two, and that's because PG thirteen
got to the line and went twelve of

565
00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:22.199
fourteen. When the guy who is
leading the league like he's damn Mark Price

566
00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:25.440
and free throw percentage at around ninety
three percent is getting that many attempts,

567
00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:30.360
good things will happen for your ball
club. Good things have been happened for

568
00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:32.719
a long time since they brought in
James Harden. Now, those five straight

569
00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:37.880
losses, it feels like an eternity. You go, it feels like a

570
00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:43.559
season ago. This Clippers team,
the system, a system, whatever you

571
00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:47.199
want to say about James Harden.
Everybody is just kind of finding their spot

572
00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:52.760
in his orbit right now. Chuck. Yeah, I mean the game is

573
00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:57.079
kind of slowing down. I guess
we have Kawhi Leonard, who when he's

574
00:44:57.079 --> 00:45:00.960
playing really well, he's in Kawhi
speed and James Harden able to match that

575
00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:04.719
speed, and yet everyone else kind
of in tune with it as well.

576
00:45:05.079 --> 00:45:08.639
Just with the ball in his hands
and initiating the offense. We see Zoo

577
00:45:08.719 --> 00:45:12.920
looking a lot better in the pick
and roll. He hit Paul George with

578
00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:16.159
a pass out of the short role
in the corner at one point tonight.

579
00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:20.480
That was just a play that he
doesn't make that quickly. Earlier in the

580
00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:23.079
season when we had James Harden,
you know, we heard about them working

581
00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:28.280
out and whatnot after practice and all
of it's paying off. Everyone, like

582
00:45:28.360 --> 00:45:32.480
you said, is orbiting perfectly around
James Harden and he's making good decisions with

583
00:45:32.519 --> 00:45:36.880
the ball. There was some slippage
tonight a little bit, but for the

584
00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:40.039
most part, the assistant turnover ratio
has been awesome to see. And yeah,

585
00:45:40.199 --> 00:45:45.239
I just think everyone being able to
play at Kawhi speed while James Harden

586
00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:50.239
dictates kind of the other things when
Kawhi isn't you know, dominating, you

587
00:45:50.239 --> 00:45:52.480
know, with the ball in his
hands. Is just again. They have

588
00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:57.239
two of the best top ten lineups
in that rating right now with the starters

589
00:45:57.280 --> 00:46:00.000
and then the starters with Norm instead
of Terrence, and James Tartan is a

590
00:46:00.039 --> 00:46:05.480
huge part of that. So it's
going really, really well, especially you

591
00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:09.480
know in this young four eighteen and
five, since they made the shift and

592
00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:15.000
the starting lineup to bring Russell Westbrook
off the bench. He elected to do

593
00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:21.199
that, and now we hear Mason
Plumley is asking to you know, take

594
00:46:21.239 --> 00:46:23.440
a back seat, and when they
need him, they'll need him. But

595
00:46:23.599 --> 00:46:27.440
right now he sees how well they're
playing. He doesn't want to rock the

596
00:46:27.440 --> 00:46:32.239
boat. And he's sacrificing too and
making sure that Daniel Tice continues to get

597
00:46:32.239 --> 00:46:37.079
minutes out there because he's been awesome. Quite frankly, he had six points

598
00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:40.360
in twenty minutes but three boards.
He can test everything at the rim.

599
00:46:40.440 --> 00:46:45.840
He's a great hustle guy and I
just love seeing another Clipper. As we

600
00:46:45.880 --> 00:46:50.280
talked about recently on the podcast,
Clippers culture has been underrated, the amount

601
00:46:50.320 --> 00:46:52.480
of guys sacrificing, the guys that
they have brought in that were either left

602
00:46:52.519 --> 00:46:57.239
for dead or given up on that
the Clippers have rejuveni over the years.

603
00:46:57.360 --> 00:47:00.880
It doesn't get talked about enough,
but another guy sacrificing for this squad as

604
00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:06.920
well speaks well of the locker room. Yeah, the Plumbly story was really

605
00:47:06.920 --> 00:47:09.679
cool to see. I'm also cool. It's just great that he's that close

606
00:47:09.719 --> 00:47:14.880
to being able to come back.
That injury was super just kind of scary

607
00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:17.760
looking when Randall rolled into him.
So it's great that Mason Plumby's gonna be

608
00:47:17.760 --> 00:47:22.199
back healthy. But yeah, it
really they do have a culture now.

609
00:47:22.280 --> 00:47:27.039
You know, we talked earlier in
the season kind of wondering what it was,

610
00:47:27.280 --> 00:47:29.639
not questioning if it was bad.
I don't think that was ever the

611
00:47:29.719 --> 00:47:34.840
issue, just kind of wondering what
it was. And the Clippers have this

612
00:47:34.920 --> 00:47:38.400
new kind of more fun version of
the two win three basketball we're used to,

613
00:47:38.400 --> 00:47:40.840
if that makes sense. It's not
like they were ever, you know,

614
00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:45.039
not super good at basketball, But
now James Pardon has added this a

615
00:47:45.039 --> 00:47:50.360
little bit of an offensive identity to
just you know, making things work smoother,

616
00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:55.800
and that's settling everybody. Like it's
just the culture gelling with the offense.

617
00:47:55.840 --> 00:48:00.000
Specifically has been really cool to see. Then, Yeah, shout out

618
00:48:00.039 --> 00:48:05.400
to Daniel Tights. He's been a
lot better than I thought he was going

619
00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:07.320
to be. So we'll see how
this plays out, and if they have

620
00:48:07.400 --> 00:48:10.480
to make the switch, it's nice
that it won't be, you know,

621
00:48:10.519 --> 00:48:15.880
an any feathers ruffled or anything like
that. He's exceeded I think everyone's expectations.

622
00:48:15.960 --> 00:48:21.360
I sure wasn't, you know,
aware of where he was at exactly

623
00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:25.280
physically at this stage of his career. But the way he plays out there,

624
00:48:27.039 --> 00:48:32.679
he's fit in with this group.
He's helped kind of crystallize their identity

625
00:48:32.719 --> 00:48:37.960
with the intensity that he brings out
there. But he got that gold medal

626
00:48:37.119 --> 00:48:39.840
in the summer, you know,
like he was really proud of that,

627
00:48:39.960 --> 00:48:43.360
and then he you know, he
didn't get time in Indiana, which also

628
00:48:43.440 --> 00:48:45.400
makes sense given the kind of air
conjecture and what they had going. But

629
00:48:45.559 --> 00:48:47.760
so yeah, he's got that chip
on his shoulder as well too, which

630
00:48:47.800 --> 00:48:51.920
is helping. I think. Yeah, like the only thing that I picked

631
00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:53.920
up on. I remember I was
watching his highlights from the summer while we

632
00:48:53.920 --> 00:48:57.039
were doing cliffs and Dip, and
I was like, God, he can

633
00:48:57.119 --> 00:49:00.960
test everything at the rim like he
is not a He tries and he's been

634
00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:06.360
done on a season, but he
tries. But that's what I like.

635
00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:08.679
Like whether or not it always works
is one thing, but you know he's

636
00:49:08.719 --> 00:49:13.519
gonna be there at least, you
know. I think that says something that

637
00:49:13.639 --> 00:49:15.280
speaks to where he's at in his
career. A lot of these guys,

638
00:49:15.320 --> 00:49:19.880
they just want to win. They're
not about the individual anymore. They've moved

639
00:49:19.880 --> 00:49:23.159
on from that. Kawhi Leonard spoke
about this recently where they brought up the

640
00:49:23.199 --> 00:49:27.400
stretch he's been on how good he's
been, and he said, yeah,

641
00:49:27.440 --> 00:49:30.280
I guess numbers wise, if you
want to say that, it's the best

642
00:49:30.280 --> 00:49:34.079
regular season stretch of his career.
But he said something to the effect of,

643
00:49:34.880 --> 00:49:39.280
I'm looking at something much bigger than
just a stretch. I'm working towards

644
00:49:39.280 --> 00:49:45.039
something much bigger. And for him
to miss four games and to come back

645
00:49:45.400 --> 00:49:49.920
and be just as efficient as he
was and not to have to kind of

646
00:49:49.960 --> 00:49:53.039
readjust to where he was playing next
to James Harden and Paul George in the

647
00:49:53.079 --> 00:49:58.079
starting lineup A right, My goodness, he had all thirty of his points

648
00:49:58.119 --> 00:50:00.599
in the last three quarters tonight.
He took like two shots in the first

649
00:50:00.679 --> 00:50:05.599
quarter, didn't throw him at a
rhythm. Everything's just working right now.

650
00:50:05.679 --> 00:50:08.760
But it probably starts with James Harden
to some degree because the balls in his

651
00:50:08.800 --> 00:50:14.320
hands a lot, but also Kawhi
Leonard and his mentality out there. When

652
00:50:14.360 --> 00:50:17.400
he goes hard, everybody else raises
their level of play. And by the

653
00:50:17.400 --> 00:50:22.199
way, he's always going hard.
Yeah, well, I like what you

654
00:50:22.239 --> 00:50:24.320
said about rhythm. It doesn't feel
like, you know, he looked a

655
00:50:24.320 --> 00:50:29.719
little you know, rusty ish in
that first you know quarter, I guess

656
00:50:29.920 --> 00:50:32.159
when he came back after that absence, But other than that, it doesn't

657
00:50:32.159 --> 00:50:37.519
look like he's missed any time at
all. You know. From an offensive

658
00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:42.039
perspective, he was insane from behind
the line tonight, behind the three point

659
00:50:42.039 --> 00:50:46.599
line, excuse me, which,
yeah, the Clippers offense are is giving

660
00:50:46.920 --> 00:50:52.119
other teams defenses a lot of things
to take into account right now, which

661
00:50:52.159 --> 00:50:55.840
is always good for the Clippers offense
and Kawhi. You know, you watched

662
00:50:55.880 --> 00:51:01.599
him the other day again and he
just kind of took it to him a

663
00:51:01.639 --> 00:51:07.159
couple of times, one of the
best defenders in the league. Like unorthodox

664
00:51:07.199 --> 00:51:10.440
stuff happening to vam on of Bio
getting taken off the dribble like that and

665
00:51:10.519 --> 00:51:15.119
dumped on. You just don't see
stuff like that. Yeah, and that's

666
00:51:15.119 --> 00:51:19.639
trickling down, you know. It's
leading by example. Kawhi. Obviously he's

667
00:51:19.679 --> 00:51:22.480
vocal with his teammates and stuff,
but he also is a bit of a

668
00:51:22.559 --> 00:51:25.599
lead by example guy. So he's
leading by example. You have, you

669
00:51:25.639 --> 00:51:29.719
know, Russ being a solid glue
guy right now. Maybe not the best

670
00:51:29.800 --> 00:51:35.000
night from Russ tonight, but overall
he's been a key part, you know,

671
00:51:35.239 --> 00:51:38.400
vibe wise for the Clippers and everyone's
gelling everyone, you know, his

672
00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:44.519
kind of coalesced and yeah, other
than James Harden, Kawhi has been is

673
00:51:44.599 --> 00:51:46.880
the biggest reason and for this especially
on the defensive side of the ball,

674
00:51:46.920 --> 00:51:51.000
because we all saw what happened when
he was gone for those four games.

675
00:51:51.079 --> 00:51:53.559
And his offense has been great,
but his defense, I think, in

676
00:51:53.639 --> 00:51:59.039
terms of importance to the team is
you know, maybe bigger. And even

677
00:51:59.039 --> 00:52:02.440
though Russ was too seven six points, a couple of turnovers and missed three

678
00:52:02.519 --> 00:52:07.119
or four layups at the rim,
I give him a ton of credit for

679
00:52:07.239 --> 00:52:13.920
the ViBe's part of this component of
this with him on the bench or standing

680
00:52:13.960 --> 00:52:19.320
at least near the bench because he's
up and cheering guys on and he's just

681
00:52:19.400 --> 00:52:23.960
bringing this great positive energy and aura
to this team, whether he's on the

682
00:52:24.039 --> 00:52:29.159
quarter or not. Now I think
he is making an impact with the bench.

683
00:52:29.239 --> 00:52:32.079
And then bones Hyland gets a technical
for guys cheering and too hard.

684
00:52:32.119 --> 00:52:36.239
I guess I don't know what the
issue was. I'm sure there was some

685
00:52:36.320 --> 00:52:38.559
junk being talked out there with the
Phoenix Suns, as there were a lot

686
00:52:38.599 --> 00:52:43.199
of technicals, But Russ still had
a big dunk to start off the fourth

687
00:52:43.280 --> 00:52:45.119
quarter off a nice feed from Norman
Powell. But last one for you here,

688
00:52:45.199 --> 00:52:51.599
Chuck Terrence Man. Terrence Man.
In that first quarter, he had

689
00:52:51.639 --> 00:52:55.880
all twelve of his points a couple
of three pointers. After missing thirteen straight

690
00:52:55.920 --> 00:53:00.519
threes over three games, he hit
his first three last game against the Miami

691
00:53:00.599 --> 00:53:06.559
Heat that he took and then tonight
comes out firing and was getting some easy

692
00:53:06.599 --> 00:53:10.079
ones a Duncan transition. But the
way he picked up Booker full court and

693
00:53:10.239 --> 00:53:15.440
was punking him and stealing the ball
and taking it away from him, that's

694
00:53:15.519 --> 00:53:17.719
exactly to me why he needs to
be in the starting lineup. That point

695
00:53:17.760 --> 00:53:22.280
of attack, defense and the way
he can disrupt things right then and there.

696
00:53:22.679 --> 00:53:25.159
That changes everything and I think help
this Clippers team lock in on that

697
00:53:25.320 --> 00:53:30.320
end. Yeah, I mean,
Terrence Man was plus seventeen and twenty three

698
00:53:30.360 --> 00:53:32.800
minutes today. He had the best
plus minus on the team, which I

699
00:53:32.800 --> 00:53:37.000
know isn't always indicative of an individual
player's performance, but if you watch this

700
00:53:37.159 --> 00:53:40.159
game, and like you just mentioned, the defensive side of the ball,

701
00:53:40.519 --> 00:53:46.000
that plus minus I think is very
well representative about Teren's Man played. He

702
00:53:46.199 --> 00:53:49.760
was hot early. He did kind
of cool off of it, obviously,

703
00:53:50.079 --> 00:53:54.760
but that early stretch, you know, forced the Sun to you know,

704
00:53:54.840 --> 00:53:58.760
spread their defense out a little bit, which helped the Clippers out. He

705
00:53:58.800 --> 00:54:02.400
made good decisions for the most part. This could have been maybe the turning

706
00:54:02.400 --> 00:54:09.280
point for Terrence Man. We've all
most Clippers fans don't imagine that the previous

707
00:54:09.280 --> 00:54:14.639
shooting situation was going to keep up
the whole season. So this whole this

708
00:54:14.719 --> 00:54:20.000
is another kind of step in Terrence
Man being fully back shooting wise to where

709
00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:23.360
he usually is. Because everything else
has been phenomenal from Terrence Man, which

710
00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:27.960
is keeping him in the starting lineup, so that we do need to acknowledge

711
00:54:27.960 --> 00:54:30.639
that everything else for the most part, isn't great from Terrence, but the

712
00:54:30.679 --> 00:54:34.360
shooting might be coming back. And
it's just another guy who's playing at a

713
00:54:34.440 --> 00:54:37.440
very high level for the Clippers.
If you go down this roster, it's

714
00:54:37.480 --> 00:54:42.159
really hard to find the guy who's
playing even just okay right now or average

715
00:54:42.159 --> 00:54:45.639
for their career or whatnot. Everyone's
playing at a plus level right now.

716
00:54:46.280 --> 00:54:51.519
Another step for Terrence Man, one
small step for Man, one giant leap.

717
00:54:51.679 --> 00:54:54.360
There we go. It is development
this season. You know, last

718
00:54:54.440 --> 00:54:58.360
year I thought his best game was
in Phoenix right before the All Star break

719
00:54:58.360 --> 00:55:01.039
pill. So maybe there's something about
just going up against the Suns and getting

720
00:55:01.039 --> 00:55:05.679
the competitive juices flowing in it bringing
out the best to him. Paul George

721
00:55:05.679 --> 00:55:08.960
alive the Clippers tonight they win one
thirty one to one twenty two over the

722
00:55:09.039 --> 00:55:14.559
Suns. Granted no Kevin Durant.
Hopefully he's available Monday night back at Crypto

723
00:55:14.599 --> 00:55:17.280
when these two teams run it back. Jack my friend, thanks for doing

724
00:55:17.280 --> 00:55:22.320
this. We got the YouTube coming
up tomorrow at Clippers Podcast with myself and

725
00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:25.239
Will Updyke. We'll talk to you
then, yes, we will. Let's

726
00:55:25.239 --> 00:55:29.960
go clip, Let's go clips.
More phone calls coming up. Plus you'll

727
00:55:29.960 --> 00:55:34.239
hear from Paul George postgame. Clippers
win by nine in Phoenix. Mark Jose

728
00:55:34.440 --> 00:55:37.599
hold on, we'll get to you
right here on Clippers Stock on a five

729
00:55:37.599 --> 00:55:43.599
seventy LA Sports LA Clippers Basketball is
on the two one three Era continues.

730
00:55:43.880 --> 00:55:49.360
You're listening to the LA Clippers on
the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers win

731
00:55:50.159 --> 00:55:55.039
in Phoenix one thirty one to one
twenty two over the Suns. Amudam Oslin.

732
00:55:55.320 --> 00:55:59.639
Welcome back into Clippers Talk. Thanks
again to Chuck moclipp for coming on.

733
00:56:00.400 --> 00:56:07.519
Search Clippers Talk on your iHeart app
or Spotify or iTunes. If you

734
00:56:07.599 --> 00:56:14.000
miss some of this show, let's
go to Mark and Hayton Beach. Mark,

735
00:56:14.039 --> 00:56:16.920
what's up? Hey? Ed?
I'm sorry to hear you under the

736
00:56:16.960 --> 00:56:21.400
weather, so I had to call
in and give you my own home remedy

737
00:56:21.440 --> 00:56:23.119
to get you feeling better. Are
you ready for it? Is it another

738
00:56:23.159 --> 00:56:29.440
Clippers win? Well that too,
but don't have the immediate thing. It's

739
00:56:29.480 --> 00:56:32.079
your favorite type of favorite type of
chicken noodle soup, and have at least

740
00:56:32.079 --> 00:56:37.000
one bowl, if not two,
and then also get some extra vitamin C

741
00:56:37.119 --> 00:56:39.639
in you, whether it's vitamin C
tablets or orange juice, or both,

742
00:56:40.000 --> 00:56:44.440
and I guarantee you it'll knock that
cold off. It always works for me,

743
00:56:44.920 --> 00:56:46.519
and that's why I called in just
to give you that remedy chicken noodle

744
00:56:46.559 --> 00:56:51.199
soup and vitamin C. All right, Mark, I appreciate that, my

745
00:56:51.360 --> 00:56:53.880
friend. Good look it out.
Mark. What a guy calling in just

746
00:56:53.880 --> 00:56:58.800
to help me out tonight. That
give me some of the most basic information

747
00:56:58.920 --> 00:57:00.239
you could give when you have someone
has a cold. But no, no,

748
00:57:00.239 --> 00:57:05.599
no, Mark's right. Mark's right. I'm sticking with the hot chicken

749
00:57:05.679 --> 00:57:09.079
soup and a little bit of extra
vitamin C. Kaye Newton may be saying

750
00:57:09.199 --> 00:57:14.599
something else. Oh, she says, no ice cream for me? What

751
00:57:14.599 --> 00:57:19.679
do you the ice cream? Bouncy? No ice cream for you? Marvin

752
00:57:19.960 --> 00:57:22.800
in Downtown La, Marvin, what's
up? You're on Clipper softa that I'm

753
00:57:22.800 --> 00:57:29.639
awesome? Heyn good to hear you. I was at the Clipper game the

754
00:57:29.719 --> 00:57:36.639
other night for New Year's and one
thing I can see is that Russell Westbrook

755
00:57:36.760 --> 00:57:40.400
and Harding can play together because I
noticed a change in Westbrook where now he's

756
00:57:40.519 --> 00:57:49.039
manufacturing his offense by playing that defensive
transition basketball with fast breaks, ambishing the

757
00:57:49.119 --> 00:57:53.840
ball to his teammates and doing so
in second. Once we get Plumbley,

758
00:57:53.880 --> 00:58:00.960
we'll have the three headed monster with
Plumbery thighs and Zubac to compete against the

759
00:58:01.039 --> 00:58:06.559
Denbor Nugget, especially against joke kick. Thank you, Adam, All right,

760
00:58:06.559 --> 00:58:09.039
Marvin appreciate the phone call well.
Coming into this game. Over the

761
00:58:09.119 --> 00:58:14.320
last two hundred minutes since making the
starting lineup change with Russ coming off the

762
00:58:14.360 --> 00:58:20.039
bench, he and James Harden together
were about a plus twenty, so not

763
00:58:20.119 --> 00:58:27.840
great, but it's a positive rating
overall. It's it's not nothing. Zoriana

764
00:58:27.960 --> 00:58:31.840
in La. You're on clipper stock
without Amazon. What's up? You know

765
00:58:31.880 --> 00:58:39.159
what? I did it again.
I can hear you, I can hear

766
00:58:39.199 --> 00:58:45.239
you. I can hear you.
No, it's it's it's awful. I'm

767
00:58:45.280 --> 00:58:52.639
sorry. Sorry. Entering the void, grand Candy of echoes. There Jose

768
00:58:52.800 --> 00:58:58.519
and Southgate, Jose, what's up? Hello? Hello, Hello? What's

769
00:58:58.559 --> 00:59:00.480
up? At him? And let's
clippers. Let's go Clippers, Let's go

770
00:59:00.519 --> 00:59:06.400
Clippers. Let's go. Yeah,
you cannot, you cannot forget the rest,

771
00:59:06.679 --> 00:59:09.119
so let me go ahead and make
it short at him. But Terrence

772
00:59:09.199 --> 00:59:15.559
Man Pg. Twenty nine of the
thirty five Harden and Quiet didn't scoring in

773
00:59:15.599 --> 00:59:19.840
the first quarter just before the game, I could feel that this was the

774
00:59:19.920 --> 00:59:22.440
first I was excited about this game, and yeah, it was the first

775
00:59:22.480 --> 00:59:29.480
game since since that playoff run.
But just a little side note. During

776
00:59:29.519 --> 00:59:32.639
the time out, you know,
the mascot brought out some sweet bread that

777
00:59:32.719 --> 00:59:36.840
was gonna give him out to the
fans. So everyone's all excited and he

778
00:59:37.039 --> 00:59:39.039
so have it. Yeah yeah,
he so happens to drop it on the

779
00:59:39.079 --> 00:59:44.280
floor, right and and so he
picks it up, and oh, well

780
00:59:44.280 --> 00:59:46.599
who look who? Look who he
gives it to it the Clipper fan who

781
00:59:46.599 --> 00:59:50.880
didn't so who didn't see him drop
it? So he so you get into

782
00:59:50.920 --> 00:59:52.920
the Clipper fan. The clipp fan
goes, go ahead, he started eating

783
00:59:52.960 --> 00:59:59.199
it exactly so so so if so, if you can fill it through this,

784
00:59:59.719 --> 01:00:02.679
you can of the intensity you're going
to imagine. But the Clippers are

785
01:00:02.719 --> 01:00:06.519
balling right now, Like you said, we haven't even we ain't even hit

786
01:00:06.519 --> 01:00:09.239
our peak yet, but we're figuring
it out while winning. And you can

787
01:00:09.360 --> 01:00:15.159
just see different like you could just
see moments going into like the different years

788
01:00:15.159 --> 01:00:19.079
that we have and we're just adding
on to it. Clem, He's gonna

789
01:00:19.079 --> 01:00:23.280
come back. Can we tell both
gets back on the court. Pow has

790
01:00:23.320 --> 01:00:27.280
been consistent. I love it,
Ad, I'm going to get well.

791
01:00:27.280 --> 01:00:31.280
We need to come in in hot
for Sunday. Let's go Clippers, Jose

792
01:00:31.679 --> 01:00:37.159
in south Gate. There you all
are cheering me up tonight. Zorianna is

793
01:00:37.199 --> 01:00:42.400
back in La and I believe Zoriana. You can hear me now, Yes,

794
01:00:42.440 --> 01:00:45.199
I can hear you. Well and
good evening and happy in a year

795
01:00:45.239 --> 01:00:50.599
to you. And I'm the one
who's fixing clippers when they're getting six.

796
01:00:50.760 --> 01:00:55.559
So I do give IV vitamins in
IV in a vein, and I'm serious.

797
01:00:55.719 --> 01:01:00.480
The vitamin C is one of the
best, but one of the best

798
01:01:00.519 --> 01:01:06.239
vitamins even it goes into your vein, you know, not only like orally

799
01:01:06.840 --> 01:01:09.360
intravenous. So yeah, you get
it in the bloodstream right away. I'm

800
01:01:09.400 --> 01:01:14.760
with you. But also when you're
gonna come home, you're gonna eat a

801
01:01:14.800 --> 01:01:17.920
piece of ginger and that's the key, or you're gonna you're gonna feel right

802
01:01:17.920 --> 01:01:22.440
away not so much congested. But
if you need me, you can always

803
01:01:22.440 --> 01:01:28.079
call me and I can help you. Because I love I love clippers.

804
01:01:28.239 --> 01:01:34.960
I love I love Clippers. I
love this phone call. And I'm Ukrainian

805
01:01:35.320 --> 01:01:40.199
and I'm told I'm watching Clippers since
Beverly Pat Beverly and Lou Williams was playing

806
01:01:40.239 --> 01:01:45.400
there, so I love them both. But now I love Kawhi Leonards.

807
01:01:45.400 --> 01:01:49.639
He's one of the best, and
I'm always telling him we need to make

808
01:01:49.679 --> 01:01:53.840
a statue of his body, you
know, like a daddy like Michelanangelo.

809
01:01:54.519 --> 01:01:58.480
I mean, the statue is just
him in real life. I guess sorry,

810
01:01:58.480 --> 01:02:04.760
Anna, he's he's chiseled, he's
perfect. I mean, you know

811
01:02:04.840 --> 01:02:12.559
whatever, he's amazing. Workout goals
before we get out of here, quickly,

812
01:02:14.119 --> 01:02:17.760
casual Katie's corner. Another female voice
here, We welcome it. It's

813
01:02:17.800 --> 01:02:22.119
me. Let's hope I don't get
sick. Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

814
01:02:22.119 --> 01:02:24.239
That's all right. Oh man,
you caught me off guard here.

815
01:02:24.239 --> 01:02:27.920
I thought we were gonna be done. Okay, easy one. What gets

816
01:02:28.000 --> 01:02:31.760
you three free throws? Getting fouled
on a three pointer? Oh okay,

817
01:02:32.119 --> 01:02:36.360
if it was like, if it
was super bad, like you have to

818
01:02:36.360 --> 01:02:39.400
punch some one or something, all
right, well that might get you kicked

819
01:02:39.400 --> 01:02:45.679
out of the game. A flagrant
shot in the basketball Yeah, all right,

820
01:02:45.719 --> 01:02:50.159
I'm gonna go home and inject myself
with vitamin C. I'm going to

821
01:02:50.360 --> 01:02:55.559
ground up a flintstone vitamin and snort
it. I think that's what Zrianna said.

822
01:02:55.760 --> 01:03:00.199
No, okay, yeah, kids
don't do that at home. I'll

823
01:03:00.199 --> 01:03:05.719
try that. Clippers though, Yeah, they're they're uh, they're doing well.

824
01:03:06.000 --> 01:03:08.159
Things are good for them. As
cold as I am, they are

825
01:03:08.159 --> 01:03:12.800
that hot one thirty one twenty two
they win in Phoenix over the Suns.

826
01:03:12.840 --> 01:03:15.360
Before we get out of here,
I do want to think the Clippers organization.

827
01:03:15.159 --> 01:03:19.320
Ralph Lauler, Brian Seeman, Noah
Igor, Carlo him and is on

828
01:03:19.360 --> 01:03:22.480
the call, big brother, Jake
Warner, Katie Newton, our producer back

829
01:03:22.480 --> 01:03:23.599
in the bank. She's the one
who needs that. I've mis see now.

830
01:03:24.400 --> 01:03:28.800
Uh, I'm out of Ozable'll talk
to you at Friday at four,

831
01:03:29.760 --> 01:03:32.679
Love you guys. Me and by
night so WHI was doing his thing.

832
01:03:34.000 --> 01:03:37.000
All they want to do is win
in La. I win. I thought

833
01:03:37.000 --> 01:03:39.039
they gave everything they had. I'm
very proud of them. This has been

834
01:03:39.119 --> 01:03:45.400
Clippers Talk, the official postgame reaction
of the La Clippers. God Bless Paul

835
01:03:45.440 --> 01:03:49.719
George. Are you not it changed? Don't miss an episode all season law.

836
01:03:49.760 --> 01:03:52.039
Go to wherever you podcast and subscribe
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837
01:03:52.079 --> 01:03:54.599
I got you on the IHET Radio. You guys are great. Thank you

838
01:03:54.679 --> 01:04:00.159
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