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hot in Phoenix and finish off the Suns with a one thirty one to one
twenty two victory. They've won eighteen of their last twenty three ball games and
they're thirteen and two since December. First, welcome into your postgame show.
I'm at a Oslin. Coming up, we got second half highlight, your
postgame box score. We'll have Clippers Talk on AM five to seventy. But
first back out to Phoenix and back to your radio voice of the Clippers in
Carlo Jimenez. Carlo is started with PG thirteen with that big first quarter,
and he really led them in this one tonight. Yeah, he did.
Every time the Clippers needed a big bucket, Paul was there to get to
the freak tow line, to get to the rim. Had a couple of
steals in this one team high thirty three points. He set the tone.
Feels like Adam every single game. We have a new player for this Clippers
team. Set the tone early and the Clippers were able to do that tonight,
and Terrence Man talked to it. I mean, he was on there.
He told us, look, that's who we are when we meet him
and PG going early and then Kawhi and Harden have it scored. You're sitting
here saying, you know, it is never too much gold. But man,
the Clippers have a treasure chest worth of weapons. Embarrassment of riches.
Terrence Man, also with twelve points in that first quarter, played great defense
against Devin Booker, especially in that first half where Booker only had seven points.
Came alive in the third, ended with thirty five. But the Clippers
did just enough defensively holding them to fifty one points in the first half to
hold on. Yeah, they did. And Phoenix went on the run.
And what you'd expect, right, I mean, this is a Phoenix team
with championship inspirations. You didn't expect them to lay down. After the Clippers
wrung up one hundred and seven through the first three quarters of this game,
but they made the run the most important thing. I think. The Clippers
fought back, they took the punch to the chin, they got right back
up and finished this Phoenix team. And boy, this is gonna be a
fun four game series between these two teams and maybe more of the playoffs out
of Mouslin because these two teams get up for this game. The intensity was
there. I mean Paul George getting into the rim, getting found by Booker
pointing to Devin Booker right after the fact, and then you have Booker going
for thirty five with twenty eight of those coming in the second half. He
started to turn it on. The Clippers got big contributions from everywhere. The
Phoenix Suns fought the whole game. It was a fun one to be at
and it's so much more fun when you can come home with a sweet,
sweet victory. Clippers win by nine in an emotionally charged environment in Phoenix,
one thirty one to one twenty two was your final. Clippers will be in
New Orleans coming up on Friday for that game is at five. We'll have
your pregame shows starting at four. Carlo Jimenez, great call, as always,
safe travels, my friend We'll talk to you on Friday. Talk to
you Friday Animals. So let's keep this thing rolling. Come on, man.
Clippers making four straight thirteen and two since December one, and eleven straight
victories with Kawhi Leonard in the lineup and then fully healthy Clippers doing damage in
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Clippers win one thirty one, so one twenty two in Phoenix over the
Suns. Welcome into your postgame show. I'm a Moslin in the struggle that
head cold that's going around. Pick me up tonight on Clippers Talk please eight
six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six ninety eight seven two five
seventy if you can tell the naasliness in my voice. But the Clippers so
hot right now, not cold at all, especially in that first half.
They were up seventy to fifty one at the half, even with James Harden
only had nine points through the first twenty four minutes. But in that third,
oh he woke up and outdid those nine points. Harden at the top
of the ark, Goobo's the right hand booker in his face pulls the string
on a three. Yes, that was from twosons hardened pump fakes, flying
by his ment to eighteen foot of rainbows, inter rentals through coming up with
his zubats left aingle harding three a found of money, the Clippers picking up
off the tech. James Harden with ten points in the third quarter alone,
but the Clippers didn't close the third the right way. I believe it was
a nine to one run by the Phoenix Suns. Entering the fourth it was
one oh seven ninety one Clippers, but they would hold on down the stretch
and it was a lot from Kawhi Leonard bringing them home. Leonard neer Wing
crosses over the right hand bull bull in his shadow. Leonard will try over
the lengthy full ball, damn put it in the claw is unphased. One
eleven ninety three, three seconds to shoo. Leonard's gotta go check the clock,
double team, hass to hoist those of my prayer and it's answered from
the right elbow, spinning, twirling and hitting one thirteen ninety six. The
Clipper lead Leonard left angle pump fakes Allen, the close out spins right shoulder,
gets by Allen, right block, Lamb is home. The Claus got
thirty welcome back Hate of his thirty points in the fourth quarter, and the
Clippers hold on to win in Phoenix, even with Devin Booker having thirty five
twenty eight of those coming in the second half. Clippers win one thirty one
to one twenty two and Phoenix over the Suns. Coming up next to your
final box score, and we'll have Clippers Talk eight six six nine eighty seven
two five seventy eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy. I'm Meda
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Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio Network. I've been a good day, good
week, good month and a half for the Clippers. They're eighteen and five
in their last twenty three games, thirteen and two since December first. They're
twenty one and twelve now on the season. Even with that six game losing
streak after they win one thirty one to one twenty two in Phoenix over the
Suns. I met a Moslin This is your Clippers postgame locker room show.
Clippers were led by PG thirteen, had seventeen points in the first quarter,
finished with thirty three on just fourteen attempts, five of ten from the outside,
twelve of fourteen from the free throw line. Paul George got up fourteen
attempts at the charity stripe, getting calls all of a sudden. Kawhi Leonard
usual Effish himself nine of sixteen for his thirty points. All of those points
came in the final three quarters, same with James Harden in his twenty two.
Didn't score in the first quarter. All his twenty two points come in
the final three quarters. Did have five assists to start things off. Finished
with eleven to four turnovers. Norman Powell with eleven points off the bench,
a lot of that coming in the fourth when the Clippers needed them most.
A couple of big three pointers to bookend a five and a half minute stretch
where the Clippers didn't score. Clippers ended up shooting fifty five percent from the
field, fifty three percent from the outside. The Suns turned things around though
they caught fire in the second half fifty three percent from the field overall,
forty three percent from the outside as Devin Booker had nineteen of his thirty five
points in that third quarter to bring it so within sixteen. Heading into the
fourth, Clippers led by eight m Kawhi Leonard would help take them home.
He had eight of his thirty in the twelve minutes. Clippers win one thirty
one to one twenty two. Up next, they will be in New Orleans
taking on the Pelicans, who have beaten them nine in the last ten times.
Clippers need some revenge there. Tip off for that one is at five,
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Henry right Now your host on your home for the Clippers. They were in
attack mode. Adam Ostley. The Clippers stay hot in Phoenix. They beat
the Heat and beat the Suns one thirty one till one twenty two. They
make it four in a row, eighteen of their last twenty three. They're
thirteen and two since December first. Is the James Harden experiment working? Huh?
I wonder the Shawn n Ingle was gonna call in tonight. I don't
know. Welcome in to Clipperstock eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy
eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy I'm in I'm Osland. Good
to be with you, guys. You might get extra time tonight. A
little naisily, a little head cold. Clippers Hot though, start it off
hot, scored thirty five points in the first quarter, thirty five points in
the second quarter, led by nineteen at the half. But it was I
think more about their defense and just how suffocating they were playing out there.
How good Terrence Man was to start off against Devin Booker, picking him up
ninety four feet, causing some frustration to boil over Booker with the technical A
lot of technicals in this game. I think it ended up at five or
six emotionally charged atmosphere in Phoenix. Two teams that know each other pretty darn
well, guys that don't like each other. Paul George and Devin Booker PG
pointing at Devin Booker after getting fouled by him, and Paul George has seventeen
in the first started five of five from the field my player to watch.
He and Booker just don't get along. And that's okay because, as Devin
Booker said earlier today, they keep it on the court. It makes it
a more competitive atmosphere, It makes it more interesting, it makes it feel
like more of a rivalry. Phoenix has beaten the Clippers three times in the
playoffs six twenty twenty one, and then last year in the first round.
Of course, the Clippers didn't have Kawhi Leonard after the first two games.
They didn't have Paul George the entire series. Tonight they had Kawhi and even
after not scoring in the first quarter, he still managed to drop thirty on
sixteen shots. I can't say enough about how well he has played. And
this was his twenty ninth game of the season. They've won eleven straight with
him available, and this was the second game back after missing four straight.
But for him to start that slow in a similar fashion to how he did
against Miami, but the difference was well. Paul George had to going tonight
in the first get him the basketball. He hit back to back three's,
had Nan one, another three a step back of the free throw line,
and and one ripped it from Bradley Beal to end the second. Paul George
was hot early on, so Kawhi Leonard took a back seat. He's not
gonna force it, He's gonna let the game come to him. His first
bucket came at the seven minute mark of the second quarter of three, as
the Clippers would knock down three straight after Phoenix made a bit of a run.
I think it was he, James Harden and Norm Powell would hit three
straight three pointers around the midway point of the second quarter. Kind of a
pivotal early moment. Gut check time of the ball game where you needed to
hold back the Phoenix Suns. Let me hold myself back while we have a
moment. Let's pause ten seconds for station identification. Here on A five seven
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Angeles, ninety eight seven KYSR HD two Los Angeles and iHeartRadio station. Kawi's
defense, though, he ends up knocking away from Beal and Bull Bull on
the same possession, then knocks down a jumper, a three to answer a
Booker one in the third quarter, another three pointer in the third that a
little scoop layup to stop a Sun's run in the third, and then he
got a shot over Bull Bull on the fourth just that little fifteen foot fade
away, another turnaround fade away. In the fourth quarter, it was down
to eighteen points, where the Clippers were in complete control. I want to
say, led by twenty two, but the Sons were not going away and
they caught Faya in the second half. They were three of fifteen in the
first half from the outset. After that they would go let's see twelve for
their next twenty from distance. My goodness, they ended up at forty three
percent. Booker was amazing in the third he had nineteen points, finished with
thirty five after having just seven points to the half, but twelve of twenty
from three in the second half is impressive. They couldn't miss. But the
Clippers again enough composure down the stretch of a close game, and I thought
the biggest shot of the game might have been that three pointer from James Harden
to put him back up eleven quiet a layup on Grayson Allen two. That
was impressive. Their matchup hunting. Yeah, they're playing ISO ball. They
got great ISO players. They also ended up with twenty five assists just twelve
turnovers. They hit eighteen threes eighteen of thirty four. That's fifty three percent
s from the outside. They're starting to climb up the ranks of three point
percentage in the NBA. I think there's a good chance they end up being
the best team from distance on the season. After reconfiguring the roster bringing in
James Harden. It's working. It's working any what else is working. Sticking
with Terrence Man and not giving up on him. He has had a rough
start to the season, but came into that first quarter today against Phoenix.
Guarded Devin Booker took the challenge and got hot. He had all twelve of
his points in the first a three pointer to start a Duncan transition off a
great feed from James Harden drew an offensive foul on Devin Booker. Another three
in the first quarter. Russ missed a layup, missed a few of those
in this one. He had a rough night. But Man was there for
a putback and then went a round Booker for a layup. Devin Booker got
called for a technical. Clippers got some two Boones Highland on the bench,
a tech on Bradley Beal, later a tech on Kawhi Leonard in the third.
It was feisty. It was a fun competitive atmosphere. They don't like
each other, their division rivals. They see each other in the playoffs.
It feels like every year. And the Clippers right now they're starting to look
more like the hunted than the hunters. A lot of teams are realizing just
how good they are. Frank Vogel talked about a pregame the firepower they have
and so their margin for error has increased. Last game against Miami, they
had more turnovers Miami took I want to say, nine more free throws,
and the Clippers still won big. They didn't play their best, they still
won big tonight. They didn't play their best in the second half. They
gave up a forty point third quarter. They still still scored thirty seven a
thirty one point fourth quarter. They still win by nine. They're twenty one
and twelve. They improved to seven and eight on the road. The scary
thing about this team is I don't think they've peaked at all. I don't
think this is a just hot stretch, an outlier run during a long age
two game season. I think I think they still have a long way to
go, and they're getting there slowly but surely. I stumbled through this stat
on the broadcast. I saw it on Ballely talking with Carlo Jmenez. But
when we talk about Kawhi Leonard getting easier shots, well, last season just
twenty percent of his points were assisted. Now it's at twenty seven percent.
Why is that because James Because James Harden. Believe it or not, they're
playing less ISO ball with him. He and Paul George next to James Harden.
He's getting them easy, easy looks. They're having to work less,
put less stress on their bodies. This is why they have been asking for
that prototypical point guard lo and behold it became available to them. Through whatever
happened in Philly. They end up with James Harden, best point guard they've
had in the two one three era. And it's not just Kawhi and PG
being so efficient out there. James seven of thirteen twenty two points, four
to seven from distance, and as I mentioned, probably the biggest shot of
the game, the dagger to put them up eleven with about three minutes left.
He's got a few of those big shots. Big third quarter with ten
of his twenty two And what you're seeing now is eyes could start slow.
Paul George is cooking first quarter, terrace Man's cooking, but Kawhi hasn't touched
the ball much, James Harden hasn't touch the ball, and they still get
their opportunities and are able to stay in rhythm that wasn't happening early on.
Kawhi Leonard in the second dropped I think thirteen points, James Harden had nine.
So one quarter it's Paul George, another quarter it's Kawhi and James Harden,
How do you slow this team down? How do you stop all these
weapons? Very very difficult to do so? And then down the stretch in
the fourth quarter, how do you stop the Powell Rangers. I didn't see
Rita Repulser lord Z out there, not even golder, the putty patrol and
the Clippers. They went into a bit of a shooting funk about five minutes,
I think, in eighteen seconds without making a field goal. They knocked
down some key free throws, zoobots and Kawhi. The fourth but long stretch
from the nine to eight mark, a Norm Pow three pointer made it one
sixteen ninety six. Clippers are up twenty in the fourth. The next time
they would make a fueld goal, wouldn't you know Norm Powell three p fifty
mark, another another three one twenty one to one ten put him up eleven
big shots. He's shooting over fifty percent from three and fourth quarters, over
sixty percent from the field. Can't say enough about Norman Powell and the efficiency
he's playing with and the confidence he's playing with in fourth quarters. This was
a guy that people are saying, well, you know, he might be
the trade chip they might have too much talent. He might be the odd
man out. No, he's necessary. He's in the best lineup where I
want to say, coming into this one on the Norman Powell Rangers death lineup
with him next to the starters, he's in place of Terrence Man with something
like a plus fifty in about fifty five minutes, just devastatingly difficult to stop
their offense when he's out there. Clippers win one to one twenty two over
the Phoenix Suns. Lenny in Inglewood, Lenny, what's up here on Clippers
stock without a muscle? I want to save Adam, like they say our
real Housewives of Atlanta who don't check me boom because uh, we're coming in
with so much firepile. Once again, I don't know. I'm sure it's
been done, but has there been an NBA squad where three guys get thirty
because they're real close to that. Three guys getting thirty, Yeah, three
guys getting thirty as in like this season, well in recent member, I
just don't remember, I guarantee step and yeah, yeah, yeah, that's
right, that's right, that's right. Okay, cool, that's answered.
But by far Paul George's best game this this this season as a clipper.
He looked locked in from the tip to the tunnel on his way in,
I mean his way out of out of the thing. He just had a
you know, I don't know if he was had the flu before, had
something wrong, but he look locked in. T man looked good. A
lot of credit to Mason Plumbley, who we we need him still, but
he's letting them know, you know, just as you see fit. I
like that attitude. And uh, I just I just look at this team
man and hards never had a chip. Pg's never had a chip, weos
never had a chip, and it's it was in all these these California boys.
Man would just oh they got CHIPS's. Yeah they like that. Yeah,
man, I'm glad. You know, heads up and hot had hats
off to the front office man because they waited. You know, they knew
Harden was was was gonna have to be pop loose because he wanted out and
they waited and without without you know, like I said, we gave up
a bag of chips for him and and some of you know, other pieces.
But has a hats off to the man because Harden has just transformed described
and keep claiming every show at him. Claim it, you called it.
You know you've got a lot of the best version of the Clippers claimant.
So look, I'm not trying to pat myself on the back. I think
it should have been obvious to most people that if you have a chance to
bring in James Harden, you do so he can make you better. Last
year, bro absolutely, And like I said before, you ain't coming out
of the West unless you got a point guard who can create separation and and
knock down that three. All the best teams got it. Shade on ok
C obviously, Steph. Then you got murray on on Denver. These cats
they and now we got and we got hardened and and hardest. The one
who perfected that thing, man, he's the one who brought that thing into
fruition. The step back, the step back three to see him do that
sometimes, man, he looks like Fred Astaire or his footwork is just phenomenal.
Man. So I just want to We gotta get pelicans, though,
man, because the Pelicans have cleaned our clot too many times. And you
know, we we got to get there, man, we really, we
really do. And let's we're going in there full strength. Let's do work
and uh yeah, let's let's let let's put this in the bag. This
next one. Man, all right, keep it up out and get better
baby. Yeah, I love you, Lenny, appreciate the phone call.
Thanks for picking me up tonight. Yeah. I've gone through a little bit
like most people. I got a cold going on right now. No big
deal. Seeing some of the Clippers players play through this illness like Norman Powell
recently in OK see you mentioned the Pelicans there By my account, they've won
nine of the last ten games against the Clippers. Last time the Clippers beat
them April third of twenty twenty two. I don't know who was available of
his ion was there, but yeah, they've owned the Clippers. It's a
bad matchup for them, no doubt. Clippers, though, feel like they're
a bad matchup for anyone right now. Just steamrolling and buzz sawing through the
league thirteen and two since December one, and I'm telling you they have not
hit their stride yet. They can get better. This isn't a fluke.
This is how it should be. When you bring in James Harden next to
two to one to three. Rus didn't even have a good game tonight,
doesn't matter. Clippers win by nine in Phoenix over the Suns, one thirty
one to one twenty two. Quick time out back to your phone calls.
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You're listening to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio Network. You know
those Clippers look good and as Brian Seman would say, at Kawhi Leonard,
pretty good at basketball. Last thirteen games. Now, Clippers are twelve and
one with him, They've won eleven straight and over that time period, he's
at sixty one percent from the field, fifty three percent from three, at
ninety one percent of the pre throw line at thirteen games. Show me a
better run in thirteen games. It's not easy to find. Clippers win tonight
in Phoenix over the Sun's final score one thirty one, one twenty two.
No Kevin Durant, but the Clippers were dominant in that first half. Defense
let up a little bit in the second half. They weren't as tight.
They weren't as connected. They weren't as suffocating, smothering, I thought the
first half, holding them to fifty one points. The defense fueled the offense.
It generated those seventy points for the Clippers. They let up a little
bit. Suns also just got ridiculously hot, as they can twelve twenty from
three in the second half after going three to fifteen from three in the first
half. Kawhi Leonardo doesn't score in the first quarter, still ends up with
thirty nine or sixteen shooting. Paul George had seventeen in the first quarter,
ended up with thirty three. James Harden didn't score in the first quarter,
twenty two in the last three and eleven assists. Pretty pretty good, Jose
and Downey, you're a Clipper stop without a maus And what's up, Hose?
Hey Adam, how you doing? Man? I hope you feel better
brother going around here in this house too, man. But man, what
a good game, brother, good game. I really enjoyed that first half.
I like to see that everybody shot well, you know, the big
three shot Well, that was really good to see. And like you said,
I normally I would probably complain about that second half, like come on,
man. But I did like how they recouped and how they were able
to handle their business and pick up that lead again to like eleven twelve points
and then just being able to finish it off. You know, that was
a good win. I agree with you. There's something too having to dig
it out late in how that can give you confidence in those close games later
on in the season. Sometimes where it's too easy, it doesn't prepare you
well enough for those tough situations where a team inevitably comes back because gamer runs
right right, you know. And I'm gonna take a page off your book
here. I know they didn't start feeding a zoo buck and then go away
from him, but I could have. I kind of felt like in that
second half to kind of mug it up. There was nobody big enough for
the for the uh what I can I think for I can I think for
the Suns that can guard Zoo under I would have wish they would have fed
him and mug it up a little bit, collect them fouls, you know,
get us into the free throw a lot faster. I think I would
have really liked to see Zoo get fed in that second half. I agree
with you, that's a great point. Actually, Jose I was gonna bring
that up. But there were times where they didn't look Zoo Bots's way enough.
In twenty seven minutes, just six points, three boards, a lot
of shots for being made. There's none of rebounds out there, but we
had seen them recently when they go through stretches of not being able to score.
Just give it to Big Zoo. He had a great spin move to
was left on Yusuf Nurkis in the first quarter. He had a dunk in
the third off a hard and pass around a double team that was beautiful.
But you're right, there were three points there. There was an easier way
to score, and they didn't exploit Big Zoo enough. So lessons to be
learned in victories too. When you go five and a half minutes almost without
making a point in that fourth quarter, maybe get avitza Zubats involved a little
bit more. Tagus walnut, my guy, what's up? What's up?
At great win. Other than a late the pointer by James Harden, I
thought the other play of the game was Kwhi on a late twenty four second
shot clock threw it up one handed, falling away like a twenty footer.
I don't know how he got that in, but it was a big shot.
They took that away, that turnaround fade away over a double team.
You're talking about that one from Kawhi quarter. Yeah, Oh, they took
it away. Okay, they took it away. That score was changed.
I think they went from being up fifteen to all of a sudden up thirteen
because they took that shot away. Kauhi was bickering with the official right after
sinking it. It was an absurd end of shot clock bucket, but didn't
actually count it. They reviewed it later on. You know, they take
those two points away. It's kind of a weird thing in the NBA where
you don't review it that very moment, but then later on, all of
a sudden, you're missing two points, and like, hey, the game
could have played out a little bit differently if you already knew you were missing
those two points. But whatever. Yeah. No, And we're talking about
his great run offensively, but I mean his great run defensively. It's no
coincidence that it's been happening, more so when Harden's been when once Harden's got
traded to the Clippers, because it seems like, you know, Kuai has
a little bit more energy, having to do a lot less from the offensive
and so we're seeing him on a defensive and thrive early on in the season,
which is great. And I felt like today Paul George, he just
he took the easy shots, didn't work too hard. In the first quarter,
he had wide open threes, and I think that stem from last game.
In the Miami game the third quarter, Harden fed him twice for wide
open threes, and they just carried over today. In the first quarter,
He's not having to do too much, which which is great. I mean,
he just got wide open looks. And throughout the game it seemed like
the Clippers were getting wide open looks. Like there were some possessions where hard
And had wide open looks he would pass and Kawhi had a wide open look.
I mean, it's just it's great to see and it's really hard for
the other team to kind of predict how to guard the Clippers right now.
So I think that's what it comes down to. They have so many different
ways to beat. You said this with Carla Jmenez earlier, who do you
focus in on? Who do you load up against teams consistently? By the
way, with Kawhi Leonard putting up these ridiculous shooting splits where he's at sixty
one percent from the field and fifty three percent from the outside over his last
thirteen games. All that is with them coming over to double consistently, and
he makes them pay. It's not that, you know, leave it in
one on one is a problem. Doubling him is a problem. I don't
know what you do. Pick your poison, right And Adam before I said
about the Pelicans, it's funny because everyone kept saying early on, you know,
Harden is a third option. I said it before. I don't think
he's a third option they I mean, all these guys could be a first
option at any moment, given who's hot and who's not. I mean,
James Harden right now could easily average thirty if he wanted to. I mean,
he's just not doing it. But that doesn't mean he's not a first
option. He's the one creating. So I think that there's a lot of
narrative like that, and just labeling him at the third option isn't being honest.
I think the second option right now is kind of up for grabs.
Even first option at times is because Kawhi is not going to force bad shots.
That's not who he is. He's not Kobe or Michael in that way
where if he's not feeling it or if they're defending him, well, he's
gonna take bad shots. He only takes high efficiency shots out there. So
there's an opportunity for Paul George or James Harden to be the guy that night
some nights, right and just looking for the next game. I know the
Pelicans had our number. And when I'm looking at the Pelicans, it seems
like they're very They have a good player at almost every position where they could
score with Zion from the inside and Valentinus from the outside, and then they
got the I as a wing, and then they got CJ. So they
had scores on pretty much all on the court all time, and they're very
athletic. So for the Clippers, they got to match their physicality and be
very active and not give up those offensive board It's because I think that's been
our our detriment against against the Pelantans. But I feel like we got a
we undefeated with this lineup with Kawhi. I think we're ten and oh,
so let's make it eleven and oh, all right, I appreciate it.
Tage's and Walnut they have one eleven straight with Kawhi Leonard. Now, last
time they lost with him was up North the second night of a back to
back, where first they beat the Kings, and that was kind of Kawhi's
turning point, where the game before they had lost to Denver Reggie Jackson DeAndre
Jordan, Kawhi had I want to say thirty but on twenty five shots,
and ever since then he's just taken off. The game against Sacramento he was
extremely uber efficient, and then the very next game he was good again against
Golden State, but that was the last time they lost with him. It's
it's incredible watching what Kawhi Leonard's able to do right now and how people wrote
him off and people like Steve even A Smith I posted this earlier today.
I fall out of May said after he got hurt with the meniscus injury in
the playoffs against Phoenix last year, that he should retire. Kawhi Leonard's playing
the best basketball in in the regular season of his career. You want him
to retire, you better own that, you better apologize and make it as
loud as the disrespect was Morrison, Long Beach? What's up here? On
Clipper stop without a Maslin Clippers beat the Phoenix, says they beat him down
in Phoenix. No Mo, Clippers beat the Phoenix. Then they beat him
down in Phoenix. No Mo beat the Phoenie, so they beat him down
in Phoenix. He yo, behavior job Adam. We're on a roll,
baby Morris in Long Beach with the song parodies Clippers Rolling James in Utah's we
roll along here on Clippers Talk James, what's up? James? Are you?
You know what? That's on me? James? We got you now,
James, He's got you know what, James, hold on. We'll
try to fix that. We'll come back. You know what, Suke in
Fullarton, your line sounds clear, Suk, what's up? Heys me?
Hey man, this is a great game. I hope you're feeling well.
I don't want to pay too much attention to the other teams, but Thunder
lost and the Tea Wolves lost today, and that makes it an even better
day. Even though I know you're not feeling well. I'm feeling great.
Hey, I'm feeling a lot better since the Clippers got this victory and somebody
else just lost a team that has been imploding since the d season tournament.
That would be the Los Angeles Lakers. They just lost to the Miami Heat
in the in season tournament champions. Yeah, that might be the new John
Madden curse, you know, the mad Cover curse. It's it's brutal right
now for them. I think they've only won twice since then. There's something
like two and eight or two and nine. But Sue, what about the
Clippers? Oh, man, just a great game. I called in on
Monday and I was talking about ty Lou, the impact he's making on all
the players with Westbrook giving a team man a path on the offensive end,
and you see what it's done. Tea man just feels so much more comfortable
on the offensive side. The first quarter, I looked at the score and
I think for a while it was this PG and him had scored no one
else. I think Zoo eventually ended up getting two more points, and I
was like, this is team man, who's really, you know, our
defensive anchor at the beginning of games, and here he is on the offensive.
And then just hearing about plumb Lee again, a little ty Lou,
you know, kind of Jedi trick of getting plumbly to just agree to kind
of phase in when it's appropriate, loses to doing such a great job coaching
preach. But today, yeah, man, I know it ain't Sunday,
but I want to hear it for coach lou because he had been under fire
at times over the last year and a half with the squad. Yeah,
you know, I think even on Monday I mentioned last year. I think
he just felt like a different coach. But he did mention he had some
personal things going on, but all the pieces seem to be fitting right now.
A pivotal moment for me today in the second quarter, PG came out
to meet Bradley Beal, he got his hand on the ball and then Paul
George got fouled. We were up by eighteen at that point, and for
us to still remain aggressive defensively, like we weren't doing that at the beginning
of this season, and it's just a different mindset that, hey, if
we're going to be up big, we're going to stay up big. You're
right. Bradley Buell was on the left wing and Paul George just ripped it
from him, and Bradley Beal had to foul him that aggressiveness, the two
ways player superstar that is Paul George. He just looks so much more engaged
on both ends tonight. Dude. We were up by eighteen at that point,
and you know, beginning part of the season, we probably wouldn't have
been that aggressive. I was just so nice to see that we're going to
keep our foot on the gas even when we're up big. Yeah, but
you know another, you know, great team effort. Everyone did well.
I know Westbrook kind of had a quiet night, but that's okay. Great
to see Kawhi Leonard get a technical foul. You know, he's so engaged
and so like his mindset is so like into the game. Now. One
of the stats that I've been following is is how many assists does Kawhi get.
I think he averaged like three point seven a game. His average assist
I think is a lot lower now, which means that he can just get
in this spot and shoot. And I love it. Everyone's doing great.
I hope you feel better, man, Thank you, Suke. I appreciate
it. No one has to warn me. It's a stupid head call.
I need to buck up, I said, Buck, Uncle Buck. I
mean, yeah, I'm fine, everything's fine. How are you. Clippers
win one thirty one to one twenty two over the Phoenix Suns. That's all
the night, Quill. I need to sleep good tonight. Coming up next,
Chuck Mockler will relieve my voice for a little bit. He'll probably sound
better on a cell phone line than I do right now with my daysly Clippers
win by nine in Phoenix over the Suns, four straight thirteen and two Since
December first, eighteen of their last twenty three games they have won. We'll
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post game on Ballely Sports coming on the show right now is the man from
the four H six. That's a Montana area code and another Clippers big victory
to match the wide open state. I know that's not what the nickname for
it is, like we're the Golden State. But whatever, Chuck, I
don't feel good tonight. Would you just pick me up here and talk about
the Clippers greatness over the past month and a half? Now, damn it,
tonight was great. Also, one quick note, it is the area
code from Montana. There is not another one, but no tonight, this
game was great, I kind of I'm sure you've already talked about it.
I want to talk about all George in this game. We know he was
fantastic. He was great on both ends. I thought that first half he
played was maybe his best first half of the year. But he's also getting
to the free throw line. We haven't talked about this on the the pod,
but the amount of free throw at times he's gotten the last three games
is as many as the last fifteen or sixteen combined for Paul George. That's
it really helps out in the Clippers offense. When he gets the whistle that
he deserves, things go well. It's just another thing that the other team
has to contend against with the space and that the Clippers are functioning with right
now, and how James Harden is seeing the floor. If Paul George is
getting a whistle, this offense is really really hard to stop. Yeah,
that was just great to see tonight in a game that the Clippers never trailed
in. So yeah, all around, pretty good vibes despite a rough second
half from the fun shooting lines. But hey on would we go? Yeah,
it's a good point because Phoenix was top five and free throws attempted,
they get up twenty six, a good number. The Clippers were at thirty
two, and that's because PG thirteen got to the line and went twelve of
fourteen. When the guy who is leading the league like he's damn Mark Price
and free throw percentage at around ninety three percent is getting that many attempts,
good things will happen for your ball club. Good things have been happened for
a long time since they brought in James Harden. Now, those five straight
losses, it feels like an eternity. You go, it feels like a
season ago. This Clippers team, the system, a system, whatever you
want to say about James Harden. Everybody is just kind of finding their spot
in his orbit right now. Chuck. Yeah, I mean the game is
kind of slowing down. I guess we have Kawhi Leonard, who when he's
playing really well, he's in Kawhi speed and James Harden able to match that
speed, and yet everyone else kind of in tune with it as well.
Just with the ball in his hands and initiating the offense. We see Zoo
looking a lot better in the pick and roll. He hit Paul George with
a pass out of the short role in the corner at one point tonight.
That was just a play that he doesn't make that quickly. Earlier in the
season when we had James Harden, you know, we heard about them working
out and whatnot after practice and all of it's paying off. Everyone, like
you said, is orbiting perfectly around James Harden and he's making good decisions with
the ball. There was some slippage tonight a little bit, but for the
most part, the assistant turnover ratio has been awesome to see. And yeah,
I just think everyone being able to play at Kawhi speed while James Harden
dictates kind of the other things when Kawhi isn't you know, dominating, you
know, with the ball in his hands. Is just again. They have
two of the best top ten lineups in that rating right now with the starters
and then the starters with Norm instead of Terrence, and James Tartan is a
huge part of that. So it's going really, really well, especially you
know in this young four eighteen and five, since they made the shift and
the starting lineup to bring Russell Westbrook off the bench. He elected to do
that, and now we hear Mason Plumley is asking to you know, take
a back seat, and when they need him, they'll need him. But
right now he sees how well they're playing. He doesn't want to rock the
boat. And he's sacrificing too and making sure that Daniel Tice continues to get
minutes out there because he's been awesome. Quite frankly, he had six points
in twenty minutes but three boards. He can test everything at the rim.
He's a great hustle guy and I just love seeing another Clipper. As we
talked about recently on the podcast, Clippers culture has been underrated, the amount
of guys sacrificing, the guys that they have brought in that were either left
for dead or given up on that the Clippers have rejuveni over the years.
It doesn't get talked about enough, but another guy sacrificing for this squad as
well speaks well of the locker room. Yeah, the Plumbly story was really
cool to see. I'm also cool. It's just great that he's that close
to being able to come back. That injury was super just kind of scary
looking when Randall rolled into him. So it's great that Mason Plumby's gonna be
back healthy. But yeah, it really they do have a culture now.
You know, we talked earlier in the season kind of wondering what it was,
not questioning if it was bad. I don't think that was ever the
issue, just kind of wondering what it was. And the Clippers have this
new kind of more fun version of the two win three basketball we're used to,
if that makes sense. It's not like they were ever, you know,
not super good at basketball, But now James Pardon has added this a
little bit of an offensive identity to just you know, making things work smoother,
and that's settling everybody. Like it's just the culture gelling with the offense.
Specifically has been really cool to see. Then, Yeah, shout out
to Daniel Tights. He's been a lot better than I thought he was going
to be. So we'll see how this plays out, and if they have
to make the switch, it's nice that it won't be, you know,
an any feathers ruffled or anything like that. He's exceeded I think everyone's expectations.
I sure wasn't, you know, aware of where he was at exactly
physically at this stage of his career. But the way he plays out there,
he's fit in with this group. He's helped kind of crystallize their identity
with the intensity that he brings out there. But he got that gold medal
in the summer, you know, like he was really proud of that,
and then he you know, he didn't get time in Indiana, which also
makes sense given the kind of air conjecture and what they had going. But
so yeah, he's got that chip on his shoulder as well too, which
is helping. I think. Yeah, like the only thing that I picked
up on. I remember I was watching his highlights from the summer while we
were doing cliffs and Dip, and I was like, God, he can
test everything at the rim like he is not a He tries and he's been
done on a season, but he tries. But that's what I like.
Like whether or not it always works is one thing, but you know he's
gonna be there at least, you know. I think that says something that
speaks to where he's at in his career. A lot of these guys,
they just want to win. They're not about the individual anymore. They've moved
on from that. Kawhi Leonard spoke about this recently where they brought up the
stretch he's been on how good he's been, and he said, yeah,
I guess numbers wise, if you want to say that, it's the best
regular season stretch of his career. But he said something to the effect of,
I'm looking at something much bigger than just a stretch. I'm working towards
something much bigger. And for him to miss four games and to come back
and be just as efficient as he was and not to have to kind of
readjust to where he was playing next to James Harden and Paul George in the
starting lineup A right, My goodness, he had all thirty of his points
in the last three quarters tonight. He took like two shots in the first
quarter, didn't throw him at a rhythm. Everything's just working right now.
But it probably starts with James Harden to some degree because the balls in his
hands a lot, but also Kawhi Leonard and his mentality out there. When
he goes hard, everybody else raises their level of play. And by the
way, he's always going hard. Yeah, well, I like what you
said about rhythm. It doesn't feel like, you know, he looked a
little you know, rusty ish in that first you know quarter, I guess
when he came back after that absence, But other than that, it doesn't
look like he's missed any time at all. You know. From an offensive
perspective, he was insane from behind the line tonight, behind the three point
line, excuse me, which, yeah, the Clippers offense are is giving
other teams defenses a lot of things to take into account right now, which
is always good for the Clippers offense and Kawhi. You know, you watched
him the other day again and he just kind of took it to him a
couple of times, one of the best defenders in the league. Like unorthodox
stuff happening to vam on of Bio getting taken off the dribble like that and
dumped on. You just don't see stuff like that. Yeah, and that's
trickling down, you know. It's leading by example. Kawhi. Obviously he's
vocal with his teammates and stuff, but he also is a bit of a
lead by example guy. So he's leading by example. You have, you
know, Russ being a solid glue guy right now. Maybe not the best
night from Russ tonight, but overall he's been a key part, you know,
vibe wise for the Clippers and everyone's gelling everyone, you know, his
kind of coalesced and yeah, other than James Harden, Kawhi has been is
the biggest reason and for this especially on the defensive side of the ball,
because we all saw what happened when he was gone for those four games.
And his offense has been great, but his defense, I think, in
terms of importance to the team is you know, maybe bigger. And even
though Russ was too seven six points, a couple of turnovers and missed three
or four layups at the rim, I give him a ton of credit for
the ViBe's part of this component of this with him on the bench or standing
at least near the bench because he's up and cheering guys on and he's just
bringing this great positive energy and aura to this team, whether he's on the
quarter or not. Now I think he is making an impact with the bench.
And then bones Hyland gets a technical for guys cheering and too hard.
I guess I don't know what the issue was. I'm sure there was some
junk being talked out there with the Phoenix Suns, as there were a lot
of technicals, But Russ still had a big dunk to start off the fourth
quarter off a nice feed from Norman Powell. But last one for you here,
Chuck Terrence Man. Terrence Man. In that first quarter, he had
all twelve of his points a couple of three pointers. After missing thirteen straight
threes over three games, he hit his first three last game against the Miami
Heat that he took and then tonight comes out firing and was getting some easy
ones a Duncan transition. But the way he picked up Booker full court and
was punking him and stealing the ball and taking it away from him, that's
exactly to me why he needs to be in the starting lineup. That point
of attack, defense and the way he can disrupt things right then and there.
That changes everything and I think help this Clippers team lock in on that
end. Yeah, I mean, Terrence Man was plus seventeen and twenty three
minutes today. He had the best plus minus on the team, which I
know isn't always indicative of an individual player's performance, but if you watch this
game, and like you just mentioned, the defensive side of the ball,
that plus minus I think is very well representative about Teren's Man played. He
was hot early. He did kind of cool off of it, obviously,
but that early stretch, you know, forced the Sun to you know,
spread their defense out a little bit, which helped the Clippers out. He
made good decisions for the most part. This could have been maybe the turning
point for Terrence Man. We've all most Clippers fans don't imagine that the previous
shooting situation was going to keep up the whole season. So this whole this
is another kind of step in Terrence Man being fully back shooting wise to where
he usually is. Because everything else has been phenomenal from Terrence Man, which
is keeping him in the starting lineup, so that we do need to acknowledge
that everything else for the most part, isn't great from Terrence, but the
shooting might be coming back. And it's just another guy who's playing at a
very high level for the Clippers. If you go down this roster, it's
really hard to find the guy who's playing even just okay right now or average
for their career or whatnot. Everyone's playing at a plus level right now.
Another step for Terrence Man, one small step for Man, one giant leap.
There we go. It is development this season. You know, last
year I thought his best game was in Phoenix right before the All Star break
pill. So maybe there's something about just going up against the Suns and getting
the competitive juices flowing in it bringing out the best to him. Paul George
alive the Clippers tonight they win one thirty one to one twenty two over the
Suns. Granted no Kevin Durant. Hopefully he's available Monday night back at Crypto
when these two teams run it back. Jack my friend, thanks for doing
this. We got the YouTube coming up tomorrow at Clippers Podcast with myself and
Will Updyke. We'll talk to you then, yes, we will. Let's
go clip, Let's go clips. More phone calls coming up. Plus you'll
hear from Paul George postgame. Clippers win by nine in Phoenix. Mark Jose
hold on, we'll get to you right here on Clippers Stock on a five
seventy LA Sports LA Clippers Basketball is on the two one three Era continues.
You're listening to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers win
in Phoenix one thirty one to one twenty two over the Suns. Amudam Oslin.
Welcome back into Clippers Talk. Thanks again to Chuck moclipp for coming on.
Search Clippers Talk on your iHeart app or Spotify or iTunes. If you
miss some of this show, let's go to Mark and Hayton Beach. Mark,
what's up? Hey? Ed? I'm sorry to hear you under the
weather, so I had to call in and give you my own home remedy
to get you feeling better. Are you ready for it? Is it another
Clippers win? Well that too, but don't have the immediate thing. It's
your favorite type of favorite type of chicken noodle soup, and have at least
one bowl, if not two, and then also get some extra vitamin C
in you, whether it's vitamin C tablets or orange juice, or both,
and I guarantee you it'll knock that cold off. It always works for me,
and that's why I called in just to give you that remedy chicken noodle
soup and vitamin C. All right, Mark, I appreciate that, my
friend. Good look it out. Mark. What a guy calling in just
to help me out tonight. That give me some of the most basic information
you could give when you have someone has a cold. But no, no,
no, Mark's right. Mark's right. I'm sticking with the hot chicken
soup and a little bit of extra vitamin C. Kaye Newton may be saying
something else. Oh, she says, no ice cream for me? What
do you the ice cream? Bouncy? No ice cream for you? Marvin
in Downtown La, Marvin, what's up? You're on Clipper softa that I'm
awesome? Heyn good to hear you. I was at the Clipper game the
other night for New Year's and one thing I can see is that Russell Westbrook
and Harding can play together because I noticed a change in Westbrook where now he's
manufacturing his offense by playing that defensive transition basketball with fast breaks, ambishing the
ball to his teammates and doing so in second. Once we get Plumbley,
we'll have the three headed monster with Plumbery thighs and Zubac to compete against the
Denbor Nugget, especially against joke kick. Thank you, Adam, All right,
Marvin appreciate the phone call well. Coming into this game. Over the
last two hundred minutes since making the starting lineup change with Russ coming off the
bench, he and James Harden together were about a plus twenty, so not
great, but it's a positive rating overall. It's it's not nothing. Zoriana
in La. You're on clipper stock without Amazon. What's up? You know
what? I did it again. I can hear you, I can hear
you. I can hear you. No, it's it's it's awful. I'm
sorry. Sorry. Entering the void, grand Candy of echoes. There Jose
and Southgate, Jose, what's up? Hello? Hello, Hello? What's
up? At him? And let's clippers. Let's go Clippers, Let's go
Clippers. Let's go. Yeah, you cannot, you cannot forget the rest,
so let me go ahead and make it short at him. But Terrence
Man Pg. Twenty nine of the thirty five Harden and Quiet didn't scoring in
the first quarter just before the game, I could feel that this was the
first I was excited about this game, and yeah, it was the first
game since since that playoff run. But just a little side note. During
the time out, you know, the mascot brought out some sweet bread that
was gonna give him out to the fans. So everyone's all excited and he
so have it. Yeah yeah, he so happens to drop it on the
floor, right and and so he picks it up, and oh, well
who look who? Look who he gives it to it the Clipper fan who
didn't so who didn't see him drop it? So he so you get into
the Clipper fan. The clipp fan goes, go ahead, he started eating
it exactly so so so if so, if you can fill it through this,
you can of the intensity you're going to imagine. But the Clippers are
balling right now, Like you said, we haven't even we ain't even hit
our peak yet, but we're figuring it out while winning. And you can
just see different like you could just see moments going into like the different years
that we have and we're just adding on to it. Clem, He's gonna
come back. Can we tell both gets back on the court. Pow has
been consistent. I love it, Ad, I'm going to get well.
We need to come in in hot for Sunday. Let's go Clippers, Jose
in south Gate. There you all are cheering me up tonight. Zorianna is
back in La and I believe Zoriana. You can hear me now, Yes,
I can hear you. Well and good evening and happy in a year
to you. And I'm the one who's fixing clippers when they're getting six.
So I do give IV vitamins in IV in a vein, and I'm serious.
The vitamin C is one of the best, but one of the best
vitamins even it goes into your vein, you know, not only like orally
intravenous. So yeah, you get it in the bloodstream right away. I'm
with you. But also when you're gonna come home, you're gonna eat a
piece of ginger and that's the key, or you're gonna you're gonna feel right
away not so much congested. But if you need me, you can always
call me and I can help you. Because I love I love clippers.
I love I love Clippers. I love this phone call. And I'm Ukrainian
and I'm told I'm watching Clippers since Beverly Pat Beverly and Lou Williams was playing
there, so I love them both. But now I love Kawhi Leonards.
He's one of the best, and I'm always telling him we need to make
a statue of his body, you know, like a daddy like Michelanangelo.
I mean, the statue is just him in real life. I guess sorry,
Anna, he's he's chiseled, he's perfect. I mean, you know
whatever, he's amazing. Workout goals before we get out of here, quickly,
casual Katie's corner. Another female voice here, We welcome it. It's
me. Let's hope I don't get sick. Yeah, I'm sorry about that.
That's all right. Oh man, you caught me off guard here.
I thought we were gonna be done. Okay, easy one. What gets
you three free throws? Getting fouled on a three pointer? Oh okay,
if it was like, if it was super bad, like you have to
punch some one or something, all right, well that might get you kicked
out of the game. A flagrant shot in the basketball Yeah, all right,
I'm gonna go home and inject myself with vitamin C. I'm going to
ground up a flintstone vitamin and snort it. I think that's what Zrianna said.
No, okay, yeah, kids don't do that at home. I'll
try that. Clippers though, Yeah, they're they're uh, they're doing well.
Things are good for them. As cold as I am, they are
that hot one thirty one twenty two they win in Phoenix over the Suns.
Before we get out of here, I do want to think the Clippers organization.
Ralph Lauler, Brian Seeman, Noah Igor, Carlo him and is on
the call, big brother, Jake Warner, Katie Newton, our producer back
in the bank. She's the one who needs that. I've mis see now.
Uh, I'm out of Ozable'll talk to you at Friday at four,
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