WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:06.639 Time for a postgame look. It's your La Clippers. This is Clippers Locker 2 00:00:06.719 --> 00:00:10.080 Road, brought to you by Cedars Sinai, the official health partner of the 3 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:15.080 La Clippers, and by Patschonga, official travel casino of the La Clippers. 4 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:19.640 Breaking down today's action with the pre and post game voice. If you're La 5 00:00:19.719 --> 00:00:24.839 Clippers, they're locking in every game every night, Adam Osland. After the 6 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:28.079 Clippers lock in the fourth season the West, they come up just short tonight 7 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:31.399 against the Utah Jazz here at Crypto dot com Areno with a final score of 8 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:35.159 one ten to one oh nine in favor of the Jazz. Welcome into your 9 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:39.200 postgame locker room show. I'm at a Oslein. Coming up, we will 10 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:44.359 have Clippers Talk on AM eleven fifty eight seven seven five to zero eleven fifty 11 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:48.759 eight seven seven five to two zero eleven fifty is the phone number if you 12 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:52.000 would like to get on early. But let's get back to your radio voice 13 00:00:52.039 --> 00:00:55.880 of the Clippers here in Carlo Jimenez. So, Carlo, we talked about 14 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:59.240 it frequently throughout the broadcast, but we were looking for more good process out 15 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:02.520 there by this clip team, and I think we got that tonight in a 16 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:04.280 highly competitive game late, by the way, Yeah, you know what, 17 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:08.920 Adam, We were wondering if the Clippers could execute and get it done down 18 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:14.040 the stretch, and I felt like they did that. They were able to 19 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:19.200 be effective, they were able to knock down shots. It was impressive by 20 00:01:19.239 --> 00:01:23.079 this Clipper team to fight to the end. Defense really showed out when they 21 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:26.719 needed to, and look, they had a chance down the stretch to come 22 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.120 away with a win. Just could not finish a fun one for sure here 23 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:32.400 in O way. Yeah, Xavier Moon with a good look at a three 24 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:34.359 poorner. That is a shot he has knocked down time and time again in 25 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:38.040 the G League. He's had multiple game winners for this Clippers team. Couldn't 26 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:41.599 get it to go tonight. But I like the fight we saw from the 27 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:46.840 Clippers late and just that competitive integrity that held up for this Clippers ball club. 28 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:51.439 And once again Bones highlight showing out. Busy Bones playing well for this 29 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:56.519 Clipper squad. Seven ver seventeen Adams six assists to go along with his twenty 30 00:01:56.519 --> 00:01:59.920 points and five rebounds. It was fun to watch Bone tailand get it done 31 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:02.680 with this unit. Really feels like they rely on him heavily to get the 32 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:07.400 offense going at him, and that's what he did in this game. I 33 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:12.759 feel like for bones Hyland, he could be someone who can get a punch 34 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:15.599 late in the season into the playoffs and be an extra motor off the bench 35 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:19.680 somebody gets in found trouble. We know how playoffs go, you can't really 36 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:24.039 predict much. But for the Clippers, the opportunity to have another scoring option 37 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:29.840 off the bench just a cornacopia of availability for the Clippers. He could be 38 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.759 a game breaker at time for this team's this team because the way you can 39 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:38.159 stretch the floor with this three point shooting and how unafraid he is a willing 40 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.400 shooter out there no matter to the moment. We saw it last year in 41 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:45.039 that series against the Phoenix Suns in the first round. So, Carlo, 42 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:46.639 we talked about a little bit during the broadcast. But we know the Clippers 43 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:50.360 opponent. We've known for about forty eight hours now. Now we know the 44 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:54.080 Clippers have home court against the Dallas Mavericks in that four to five matchup. 45 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:59.039 What have you seen from Dallas over the last month or so when they've been 46 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:00.639 the hottest team in the league. Yeah, I think that Adam, if 47 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:04.960 you want to stop Dallas. You're gonna stop their pick and roll action because 48 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:08.960 with Luka Doncic, they love to get downhill and find gafferd or Lively back 49 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:13.080 door for Lobbs. That's their bread and butter. I think what I'm encouraged 50 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:15.560 by for this Slipper team is you look at the Doncic and Murray pick and 51 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:19.919 roll. The Clippers were able to shut that down for the most purcuse me, 52 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:23.159 Jokic and Murray pick and roll. The Clippers were able to shut that 53 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:25.080 down for the most part. It's gonna be the lob threat. Then I'm 54 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:30.159 encouraged to see how they can take care of because Doncic loves to get underneath 55 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:34.039 the Gafford, who at one point made thirty three straight shots and almost all 56 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:37.719 of them were dunk So the Clippers cannot allow that to be a threat. 57 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:42.800 I think you gotta make Luca do it himself. The best opportunity for the 58 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:46.719 Clippers. If Luca is feeling like he's got the team on his back, 59 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:50.560 yeah, he's gonna have forty six fifty in a game, probably, but 60 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:52.960 everyone else is cold. No one else has touched the ball, right, 61 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:55.680 You got to think about the team as a whole. You don't want to 62 00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:59.159 make it make someone else beat you, but that might not be a bad 63 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:01.039 option for the Clippers, and Adam must be honest, Cobers have made that 64 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:04.599 an option throughout the season. They've started to beat to zubants on Luka Doncic 65 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:08.360 and just said, hey, Whordon, it's not gonna let anybody else beat 66 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:11.280 you. That has found success. No, I think that has been the 67 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:14.120 key in the past. You try to make them as one dimensional as possible, 68 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:16.680 especially Luka Doncic. Of course, now he has Kyrie Irving as a 69 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:20.399 safety valve, a second option, something he didn't have against the Clippers in 70 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:24.680 twenty twenty in the Bubble or in twenty twenty one in that first round series. 71 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:27.759 But this Dallas Mavericks team, as you mentioned, they got a lot 72 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:30.920 of high flyers. That lob thread is a problem. They just have a 73 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:33.519 lot of weapons now in a lot of different ways to beat you. That 74 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:36.439 I think is different from what we've seen in the past. It's not just 75 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:41.079 the Luka Doncic show anymore. No. I mean Tim Hardaway Junior on the 76 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:44.480 outside has been excellent for them this season. They got a lot of three 77 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:47.600 point shooters who can spread the floor. I think PJ. Washington their addition 78 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:51.040 for a lengthy big who can attack down hill, that's a good pickup for 79 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:55.360 them. I mean, I'm interested to see. I'm interested to see. 80 00:04:55.399 --> 00:04:58.480 I think the first game, probably the first two games, are gonna be 81 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:00.519 a big time feeling out process. I feel like one team or the other 82 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:04.040 might have a huge advantage that another coach wasn't ready for it, just because 83 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:09.279 they haven't seen each other since after Christmas, and so once you get to 84 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:11.800 game three and four, once you get to Dallas, we're gonna see a 85 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:14.560 lot more nitty gritty in this game, a lot slower, a lot of 86 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:17.120 the same movements. But I don't be surprised if one of those first two 87 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:21.560 games is super lopsided, just because there's not that much familiarity, especially with 88 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:26.120 this Dallas team. I mean, the Clippers took on Dallas with Grant Williams 89 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:30.199 starting for them. Still Grant Williams is now in Charlotte, and it's very 90 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:32.120 different than the last time they saw. That's a great point. They have 91 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:35.800 had a huge makeover on that end and really in the front court, and 92 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:40.120 it's led to a much better defensive team for this, Dallas Mavericks. We 93 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:43.040 talked about it during the broadcast, but they've been a top ten defense their 94 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:46.519 last thirty five games now, so we know the matchup. We're looking forward 95 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:50.839 to it. We still got about a week, make it eight days most 96 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:56.079 likely before tip off round one, the four or five matchup, your Clippers 97 00:05:56.120 --> 00:06:00.199 being the four seed taken on the Dallas Mavericks. This we know, but 98 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:02.720 we still got a game eighty two to play. Right back here at Crypto 99 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:09.040 on Sunday. It's the Clippers closing things out against the Houston Rock Is hope 100 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:12.120 to see Jalen Green in that one. He's had a surge the last couple 101 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:15.639 of months. Tiptime will be at twelve thirty. Right back here, we'll 102 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:18.439 have your pregame show starting at eleven thirty. Carlo Jimenez, my friend, 103 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:23.000 great call is always boomshack laca back in effect. We'll talk to you on 104 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:26.319 Sunday. Yeah, hopefully Bones Highland can continue to get it hot and we 105 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:30.439 could say he's on fire, let's go, let's go. Coming up next, 106 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:33.600 some second half highlights, Clippers fall late one ten to one oh nine 107 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:38.519 here at Crypto to the Utah Jazz in Game eighty one, but the four 108 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:42.360 spot is secure. They will have home court in the opening round against the 109 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:46.920 Dallas Mavericks. You're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. Every Clipper 110 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:51.160 game all season long. They didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to the 111 00:06:51.279 --> 00:07:00.079 LA Clippers Audio Network streaming on the iHeartRadio Wipps. Clippers lose by one at 112 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.079 home to the Utah Jazz. Here at crypto dot com areno with the final 113 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:06.959 score of one ten to one oh nine. Welcome back into your postgame locker 114 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:12.160 room show. I'm at a Maslin coming up. We'll get to your final 115 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:15.639 box score. But first second half highlights. Clippers were down by one at 116 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:19.639 the half. It was sixty one to sixty in the third quarter, though 117 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:23.839 Kobe Brown got some run and made the most of his minutes. Today is 118 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:28.199 Kobe Brown with the interception the other way, reverse done, Cooby Brown, 119 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:33.839 Boom shot out, locker time out Utah as the fog goes off in front 120 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:39.560 of two oh seven. All right, Kobe to a mere copy, shake 121 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:43.439 it his way back into the right corner. Here's Kobe Brown for three oh 122 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:48.439 yeah. Kobe Brown from Downtown and the lead chopped in half for Utah eighty 123 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:54.240 four eighty one minutes a blade, You're in the third. Kobe Brown was 124 00:07:54.279 --> 00:08:00.480 seven points in the third quarter after three. Was the Clippers Steel trailing one 125 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:05.360 at eighty six to eighty five. Utah. Bones Highland once again did his 126 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:07.800 best in the fourth quarter to try to will the Clippers of victory. Late 127 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:13.319 twenty came to the first half. Here's Pyland the right wing three yacht see 128 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:18.399 Bones Island makes it one O four, one o three and the Clippers within 129 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:24.079 one two A mere coffee shaking his way back into the right corner. Here's 130 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:28.759 Kobe Brown for three. Oh, get yeah, Kobe Brown from Town Town 131 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:33.679 and the lead chopped in half for Utah eighty four eighty one minutes to plade, 132 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:37.759 You're in the third, Joe, it would be Kobe Brown and Brandon 133 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:41.840 excuse me, Brandon Boston with a huge dunk late but also Bones Highland, 134 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:45.679 of course, with five points in that fourth quarter. Finished with twenty, 135 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:50.000 but Xavier Moon had to look at a three pointer on the left wing, 136 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:52.279 couldn't get it to go. Was Brandon Boston fighting for the rebound with Kenny 137 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:56.039 lofton junior. I thought there was a foul committed late, but no whistle 138 00:08:56.240 --> 00:09:01.120 was blown, and the Clippers would fall by one final score, one ten 139 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:03.679 to one oh nine in favor of the Utah Jazz. Coming up next, 140 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:09.519 we'll get to your final box score and start to preview the Clippers Dallas Mavericks 141 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:13.559 four or five matchup in the first round. I'm Ouda Moslind and you are 142 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:18.919 listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Audio Network. LA Clippers basketball is on the 143 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:22.559 two one three Era continues. You're listening to the LA Clippers on the LA 144 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:31.360 Clippers Audio Network. Clippers lose one ten to one oh nine. Here at 145 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:37.000 Crypto dot com arena is the backups just came up a little bit shortly. 146 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:41.279 They fall to the Utah Jazz in Game eighty one Game eighty two. I 147 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:45.879 don't came to the regular season. Coming up on Sunday, right back here 148 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:50.039 in downtown Los Angeles Clippers taken on the Houston Rockets. Tiptime is at twelve 149 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:54.639 thirty. We'll have your pregame show live here at Crypto dot com Maria starting 150 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:58.399 at eleven thirty. Clippers fin us off shooting just forty five percent from the 151 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:03.840 field. Just really the three point shooting was troublesome tonight for Voll squads. 152 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:07.279 Ten of thirty nine for the Clippers from the outside, six of thirty five 153 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:11.720 for the Utah Jazz. Clippers fans with thirteen turnovers Utah with eighteen Clippers turned 154 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:16.639 that into twenty points. The Jazz squeezed out sixty four points in the paints 155 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:20.840 the Clippers sixty two second chance points in favor of the Clippers twenty two to 156 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:24.559 seventeen. Your Clippers were led by who else my player to watch? Busy 157 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:30.879 Bones with twenty in this one. Does that tell you his last two games? 158 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:35.799 It had fifty seven points combined. Bones islands seven of seventeen from the 159 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:39.120 floor, just three of eleven from distance, but did knock down a big 160 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:43.759 one in the fourth quarter, and the Clippers were making their push fun entertaining 161 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:48.799 ball game down the stretch thanks to Boneshighland also had six assists in one turnover. 162 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:52.039 Like what we saw from Brandon, Boston started to find his offense a 163 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:58.039 little bit late to in a huge throwdown over Kenny lofton Junior. He would 164 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:03.519 lead the Utah Jazz with teven points on ten of sixteen shooting. Big body 165 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:07.679 out there reminded me a little bit of Glenn Big Baby Davis Clippers starters Paul 166 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:11.320 George only playing eight minutes. Remember they secured that four seed before they tipped 167 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:16.519 off. Here is Dallas loss of the Detroit Pistons beats a Zubas ten points. 168 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:20.600 Also in ten minutes, Clip Clippers lose though one ten to one oh 169 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:24.919 nine here at home to the Utah Jazz. And while we have a moment, 170 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:28.759 let's pause ten seconds for station identification. Here in the Los Angeles Clippers 171 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:33.799 Audio Network, this is La Clippers Basketball AM eleven fifty k EiV, Los 172 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:41.639 Angeles, about an iHeartRadio station. Game eighty two coming up on Sunday. 173 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:48.480 The Clippers close out the season the regular season against the Houston Rockets again tiptime 174 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:50.519 at twelve thirty pre game an eleven thirty outside of Los Angeles. We are 175 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:54.279 leaving you until then, but coming up next here on the Patriot A eleven 176 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:58.480 fifty, we will have Clippers talk for you. This has been La Clippers 177 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:03.879 basket really good on multitude of levels. Don't miss a moment all season long 178 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:09.080 on their official home. Join us next time on the LA Clippers Audio Network. 179 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:13.879 Hello Clippers fans if you're gonna go for it. If that's what you 180 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:18.759 want to do, you do. Welcome the Clippers Talk, your first chance 181 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:22.679 to react to all the action of Clippers basketball. Doing to hear every episode, 182 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:28.919 Subscribe to Clippers Talk on iHeartRadio, war wherever you podcast. Henry right 183 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:33.279 now your host on your home for the Clippers. They were in attack mode. 184 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:37.840 Adam Osley, Well, in some ways the Clippers lost the battle, 185 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:39.960 but they won the war. They lose tonight to Utah one ten to one 186 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:45.159 oh nine after they found out Dallas lost to Detroit at home, which means 187 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:48.279 your Los Angeles Clippers will be opening up the first round of the playoffs here 188 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:52.559 at Crypto dot com arena in the four or five matchup against the Dallas Mavericks. 189 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:56.159 Welcome into your postgame show. I'm at a Oslin. Eight seven seven 190 00:12:56.240 --> 00:13:01.039 five two zero eleven fifty is the full number here on Clippers Talk. Eight 191 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:05.679 seven seven five two zero eleven fifty coming up your phone calls, plus I 192 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:09.840 believe we have Will Updyke. Now it'll be Chuck Mockler tonight joining me. 193 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.960 Also looking for postgame audio from the head coach. But the Clippers not only 194 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:18.480 know their opponent, and they know where they will be starting and tipping off 195 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:22.519 at right here at the hardwood at Crypto dot Com Arena. The date not 196 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:30.200 yet set, thinking most likely the twentieth next Saturday, considering these are the 197 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:35.279 only two teams so far that we know at least coming into this night who 198 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:39.720 will be matched up against one another in the NBA playoffs, So we can 199 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:43.919 talk about that once you think about the Dallas Mavericks. I think I've given 200 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:48.799 my thoughts a little bit here. I was in favor of the lesser of 201 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:54.399 two evils, being the New Orleans Pelicans or the Phoenix Suns. But same 202 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:58.519 as it ever was, it's back to take it on Luka Dacic in the 203 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:03.120 Dallas. For the third time in the last five years, Clippers would win 204 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:07.679 the first two matchups, different Clippers team, different Dallas Mavericks team. Here, 205 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:11.360 I do want to talk a little bit about, though, what happened 206 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:15.519 tonight with that news. We thought, okay, the starters might play in 207 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:18.799 the first quarter, and that's about it, and that's what happened. Outside 208 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:22.720 of PJ. Tucker, Paul George beats the Zubos, Terrence Man, James 209 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:28.039 Harden limited minutes and they did not get back into the ballgame posts first quarter, 210 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:33.080 Paul George did look good. Three of five, two of three from 211 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:35.960 the outside, ten points in eight minutes. It beats the Zubos ten points 212 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:39.759 and ten minutes. James Harden a little bit more burst out there. I 213 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:45.879 thought that was a nice development. On one play early on, he attacked 214 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:50.559 down the left side of the lane and kicked it out to Terrence Man for 215 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:54.759 a three pointer. Then he had a blowby for a left handed layup going 216 00:14:54.799 --> 00:15:00.600 to his left, had a couple of lobs to have Eatza Zubots. James 217 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:05.039 Harden looked good. That was the most probably most encouraging thing I saw tonight 218 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:11.879 in this game. Really his movement, the spark he had, the tempo, 219 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:18.279 the quickness. They're gonna need that. James Harden was brought in to 220 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:24.200 help this team win their first ever championship and has I think been turning a 221 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:28.440 corner over the last couple of ballgames he's been in. But he'd been dealing 222 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:35.840 with a foot injury some inflammation there. Didn't play in their last game Wednesday 223 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:39.159 here at Crypto against the Phoenix Suns. Clippers would rely on Bones Island in 224 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:41.879 that one. They relied on him tonight too. He led them in scoring 225 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:46.240 once again, not thirty seven, but twenty points off the bench in twenty 226 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:50.639 nine minutes. I just love the attack mode he goes in, and I've 227 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:54.320 seen it whether or not he's next to Kawhi and Paul George, or whether 228 00:15:54.399 --> 00:16:00.679 or not he's playing next to Amir Coffee and Norman Powell and the backups. 229 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:06.799 He just has this aggressiveness to him that you love from a young player. 230 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:10.799 The green light was on, he knew it. But I felt for the 231 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:14.879 most part he played within himself. You could say that he could have had 232 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:18.559 a heat check like moment coming off score in thirty seven trying to get to 233 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:22.879 forty against the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday, and he could have just been jacking 234 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:26.159 up shots to see if he still had it. I didn't feel like that. 235 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:30.759 In fact, there was a play we took note of against Utah tonight 236 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:33.000 where he and a mere Coffee. He gave up the ball to a mirror 237 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:37.000 on the left wing, who gave it right back to bones and said, 238 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:41.120 get to work. You're being too passive here. It was fun to see 239 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:45.120 and it was a fun fourth quarter, third quarter dragged a little bit, 240 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:52.039 but the Clippers already knowing where they're ending up and where they're starting that first 241 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:56.759 round with that, Okay, how meaningful these minutes there were a ton of 242 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:59.639 fouls in the third quarter of the game did drag. But in the fourth 243 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:02.720 quarter, up and down, back and forth. We got down to clutch 244 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:07.680 time and it was Xavier Moon with a three point shot that was just off 245 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:11.880 the mark. Brandon Boston gave a great effort for the board. I thought 246 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:15.480 he was fouled. I thought it was an obvious foul. And Kenny Lofton 247 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:18.279 Junior, who led everyone with twenty seven of the ballgame for the Utah Jazz 248 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:22.640 and the Clippers would fall by just one here, but you got a little 249 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:26.200 bit of a taste. I'm not saying this was representative of playoff ball here 250 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:30.640 at Crypto with Clipper Nation, but they got into it tonight. There were 251 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:33.799 highlights in that fourth quarter into the third two with Kobe Brown huge throw down, 252 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:40.200 Brandon Boston threw one down over the top of Kenny Lofton Junior. Balls 253 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:42.880 with the Big three. There was excitement, energy, electricity in the building 254 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:48.759 as we get closer to that first playoff game. Here against Luka, doncicch 255 00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:53.480 Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Maverick. So a little bit of a dress rehearsal 256 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:57.880 just now for the starters. And that's what we expected as soon as we 257 00:17:57.920 --> 00:18:04.440 saw and it happened homes before tip off the Dallas Mavericks and that final score 258 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:08.240 coming in that they would lose at home to the Detroit Pistons. The reason 259 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:15.079 they didn't play their stars, No Luca, no Kyrie. It's something I 260 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:18.519 anticipated, talked about it on Clips and Dip yesterday with Chuck Macklin, will 261 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:23.839 Updyke, But I thought maybe the Dallas Mavericks would assume that the Clippers have 262 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:29.119 the four spot wrapped up, so they would start to rest guys with the 263 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:33.359 Clippers last two opponents being Utah and the Houston Rockets. That's exactly what they 264 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:37.839 ended up doing. Probably a smart move on their part. I think if 265 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:41.480 the Clippers had to get tonight's ball game, they would have. We'll see 266 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:45.880 what happens on Sunday. It'll be another stay ready game. I would anticipate 267 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:51.240 You're not gonna see much star power out there. You just can't risk it. 268 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:57.440 Now, it's all about being one hundred percent healthy for Game one, 269 00:18:57.599 --> 00:19:02.480 and we do have an update on Kahilon. Lawrence Frank came on Bally Sports 270 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:07.359 with Brian Seaman and Jim Jackson during the broadcast and talked about the right knee 271 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:12.960 inflammation Kawi has been dealing with. He said, it's no secret he's had 272 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:17.279 a couple of surgeries to that knee, something I've been talking about. That's 273 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:21.839 my concern. Quote. It's not uncommon over the course of it where you 274 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:26.440 deal with inflammation. With inflammation, it limits your ability to make some natural 275 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:30.519 basketball moves. So he's working his tail off, The staff is working their 276 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:36.200 tail off to try to help with the inflammation. So I don't think Kawhi 277 00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:38.359 Learn is going to be available on Sunday, And even if he was fully 278 00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:41.880 healthy and not dealing with this injury, I don't think you'd want to see 279 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:49.119 him out there meaningless contest against the Houston Rockets. The hope is that basically 280 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:56.119 three weeks off from the first game missed against Sacramento up in NorCal to Game 281 00:19:56.200 --> 00:20:02.240 one against the Dallas Mavericks will work wonders and hopefully he'll be ready to go 282 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:07.519 and at the peak of his powers. Because you're gonna need him there against 283 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:12.440 Luka Doncic, now with Kyrie Irving, now with PJ Washington, now with 284 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:17.759 Daniel Gafford, and a team with a lot more depth, especially in the 285 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:23.759 front court, pick and roll options, rim Runners, high flyers, a 286 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:27.279 lot of athleticism. It's not just Luka Doncic anymore. Picking you apart. 287 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:33.160 He's gonna be looking for his teammates. He has a legit number two now 288 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:36.200 in Kyrie Irving, an NBA champion, the guy who hit one of the 289 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:38.960 biggest shots in NBA history, and they're three one comeback in Cleveland next to 290 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:45.079 Lebron James and twenty sixteen against the seventy three win Golden State Warriors. He 291 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:51.200 hasn't had as much playoff success since then. Still was good in Cleveland, 292 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:56.480 they were overmatched with the KD Golden State Warriors, but in Boston struggled as 293 00:20:56.519 --> 00:21:03.319 being the number one option. In Brooklyn, they're big three with him and 294 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:07.680 KD and James Harden struggled to stay on the floor next to one another. 295 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:11.960 I think they played less than twenty games together. They would be swept he 296 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:18.319 and KAD by Boston in twenty twenty two out of the first round. But 297 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:22.640 I wouldn't bet against Kyrie Irving getting back to where he had been in the 298 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:30.319 past with his playoff prowess and showing off the talent that he is on the 299 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:36.480 biggest stage once again. So you know, I wasn't looking for this matchup. 300 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:38.200 But this is what is the cards the Clippers have been dealt, this 301 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:41.000 is what they have to deal with, and there is a lot of familiarities 302 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:48.079 still even though this Dallas team is different, they have had every opportunity to 303 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:51.839 prepare for Luca Doncic over the years and knowing his game about as well as 304 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:56.720 anyone else. Luca's twelve and nineteen against the Clippers in his career. While 305 00:21:56.799 --> 00:22:00.880 Charles Barkley says he owns the Clippers, he has the most losses to the 306 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:06.119 Clippers of any opposition or any ball club in the league and has lost to 307 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:11.920 them twice and back to back playoff first round series back in twenty twenty in 308 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:15.880 the Bubble and then in twenty twenty one, after taking a two to zero 309 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:19.039 lead, the Clippers would fight back and eventually win in seven. Here at 310 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:23.279 the time it was called Staples Center. It was an epic first round series. 311 00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:30.319 I expect nothing less this time around, but the Clippers obviously need Kawhi 312 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:36.880 Leonard to be healthy. That story and that storyline remains the same. We 313 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:41.440 are concerned about Kawhi Leonard in his health right now, yes, but a 314 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:45.160 healthy Clippers team, I do think they can beat anyone that includes the Denver 315 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:51.440 Nuggets. I want to see that rematch because we know what happened up three 316 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:55.000 to one in the bubble against them. Love to see it now with coach 317 00:22:55.079 --> 00:23:00.359 Lose the head coach, I think more minutes for a beats the Zubats well 318 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:03.119 earned. He's been one of the better defenders against Nikola Jokic. But like 319 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:08.680 we can't get ahead of ourselves, Dallas is formidable. It could be a 320 00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:15.200 coin flip of a series even with Kawhi if he's fully healthy. They're that 321 00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:18.680 good. They're the hottest team in the league. And by the way, 322 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:22.920 defensively they've turned things around last thirty five games, they're eighth defensively while being 323 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:27.559 a top three offense. That's what scares you. They are trending in the 324 00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:32.160 right direction. You can see the vibes. The chemistry is built up now 325 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:37.079 between Luka and Kyrie. They had one of the most notable victories of the 326 00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:41.559 season, with Kyrie hitting that left handed push shot from fifteen feet out over 327 00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:47.240 Nikola Jokic in a dramatic victory for the Dallas Mavericks. And I don't know, 328 00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:52.039 they might feel like they're a team of destiny right now, but the 329 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:56.240 Clippers have the talent. They have James Harden, now, they have Russell 330 00:23:56.240 --> 00:24:03.160 Westbrook. Now, Paul George is certainly back to playing his best basketball the 331 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:07.480 season tonight. A quick ten points in just eight minutes before he was pulled. 332 00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:12.480 Looked good, looked in a rhythm, The timing was there. So 333 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:18.119 a lot of things trending in the right direction for the Clippers. It just 334 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:22.680 comes down to Kawhi Leonard if they can get him healthy and ready to go 335 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:29.359 for Game one, likely eight days from now eight seven seven five to two 336 00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:33.799 zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five to two zero eleven fifty. Let's start 337 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:37.279 things off with Mark and Hunton Beach here on Clipper stop without a Maslin on 338 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:41.400 the Patriot Ame eleven fifty. Mark, what's up? Hey? Refresh me. 339 00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:44.000 I don't know if I asked you this or not. Say we beat 340 00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:47.559 Dallas and now we're gonna play. I think it's what the number one seed 341 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:52.359 in the second round. Well, as long as number one beats number eight, 342 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:56.160 yes, they're in the bracket of the one to eight matchup. And 343 00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:59.519 that's where my question comes from. If the eight beats some one, because 344 00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:03.200 it's happened before, then do we have home field advantage playing the eight in 345 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:07.720 the second round. Well, they don't recede, the Clippers would have home 346 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:12.039 court advantage. Okay. Well, like I said, I hope we're just 347 00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:15.880 pool. It was an interesting game. Too bad we couldn't want it. 348 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:21.160 But like I said, I'm looking forward to the playoffs. I might even 349 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:26.440 have to go to a game mark it is a site to behold. I 350 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:32.279 was here for those games against the Dallas Mavericks in twenty twenty one. That 351 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:37.880 Game seven, Marcus Moore is hitting seven to three pointers. Crowd was going 352 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:41.960 nuts. Clipper Nation brought it. I don't think they win that series without 353 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:45.680 home court advantage. We talked about it earlier during the broadcast with Carlojmenez, 354 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:49.720 how big it could be. Well, neither team had won at home until 355 00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:56.359 Game seven in twenty twenty one, unbelievably, so it was the deciding factor 356 00:25:57.319 --> 00:26:02.960 Clipper Nation help them across the finish line. You could say, Ryan and 357 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:06.599 Santa Anita, you're on Clippers stop without a Mason? What's up Brian? 358 00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:11.000 Santa Anna? Hey, what's up? Adam? All right? From Santa 359 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:18.079 Ana? My bad? Ah your producer every time. That's three out of 360 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:19.680 four. No, no, no, he was right. I was wrong. 361 00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:25.400 I misread it in the text Santa Anna. Okay, Ryan, you 362 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:30.079 better represent because apparently you want to be known from there always Ah the producer 363 00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:34.240 on match. Okay, so what are we doing? Uh? Yes, 364 00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:38.000 that's game. It doesn't matter. It's fine, I think. Uh, 365 00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:41.640 I'm gonna guarantee you right now. Kyrie's not going to do a left kind 366 00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:48.599 of shotover Zoo. Everything looks good, honestly, like if everything goes right, 367 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:55.119 if the Thunder end up being number one seed, everything is in place 368 00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:59.960 for the Clippers to win it all. I don't hate your line of things. 369 00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:06.000 I've been standings watching for over a month now. It's a sick disease 370 00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:11.240 of mine. I can't help myself scoreboard watching update in the standings every night. 371 00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:14.680 Yeah. OKC currently in a three way tie with Minnesota and the Denver 372 00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:17.720 Nuggets, and they would be the one seed in that scenario. That's what 373 00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:23.359 they are currently. Their final game will be against the Dallas Mavericks, who 374 00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:26.000 have already tipped their hand. They're not gonna be playing for anything. They're 375 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:30.640 not gonna be playing their guys, most likely on Sunday, so they have 376 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:36.279 a great chance to end up in that one spot. Then it comes down 377 00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:41.960 to Minnesota in their final game taken on the Phoenix Suns, and the Denver 378 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:47.359 Nuggets in their last contest. They will be in Memphis on Sunday, so 379 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:52.640 we'll see how things shake out. But I was extremely excited earlier when I 380 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:57.680 saw Minnesota win at home and the Denver Nuggets somehow lose that game while playing 381 00:27:57.680 --> 00:28:04.279 their starters. Again, it's the San Antonio Spurs ride. Here you go. 382 00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:08.640 But he did represent because that is something I wanted to hit on. 383 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:11.640 We'll get some more of your phone calls coming up. Eight seven seven five 384 00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:15.359 to two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five to two zero eleven fifty. 385 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:22.680 Yeah, let's start to unpack this series. Clippers taking on the Dallas Mavericks 386 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:30.119 again. But I would argue both teams very different roster wise, playing style 387 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:36.559 wise too. Clippers lose tonight one ten to one O nine at home in 388 00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:41.359 a pretty inconsequential contest against the Utah Jazz. But I still like the way 389 00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:45.039 the Clippers played overall. More Clippers start coming up here on the Patriot AM 390 00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:49.720 eleven fifty. Next. Every Clipper game all season, law, they didn't 391 00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:56.440 stop playing hard. You're listening to the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming on the 392 00:28:56.480 --> 00:29:00.720 iHeartRadio WAP. Clippers lose one ten to one O nine at home in Game 393 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:03.440 eighty one to the Utah Jazz. But more importantly, they have locked up 394 00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:07.319 the four spot. They will have home court in that four or five matchup 395 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:11.079 in the first round against the Dallas Mavericks. Welcome back in I'm Madame Osland. 396 00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:15.480 This is Clippers Talk here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty programming Reminder. 397 00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:18.960 When the Dodgers are on a five to seventy LA Sports, this is where 398 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:22.119 we will be. Eight seven seven five to zero eleven fifty eight seven seven 399 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:26.119 five to two zero eleven fifty is the phone number coming up. We got 400 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:30.759 Chuck Mockler from Clips and Dip looking for postgame audio from coach Lou as well. 401 00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:34.880 But first let's get back out to the Carls man Marvin in downtown Los 402 00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:38.359 Angeles. Marvin here on Clippers stop for that, Amawsen, I'm Marvin, 403 00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:44.519 Hey, Adam hey, I'm good to be back and on Clippers talk and 404 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:48.359 hope everybody's doing well. Not to water it down the opposing team, which 405 00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:53.480 is the Dallas Mavericks, but as far as Kawhi Leonnar and the inflammation, 406 00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:57.720 I think the Clippers should be cautiously and careful as far as him playing, 407 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:03.400 possibly in the first round. Keep in mind that the main reason Steve Bomber 408 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:08.839 went all in was to acquire James Harden for that reason alone. And I 409 00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:11.799 don't think they in the first round if they don't have Kawhi Leonard. I 410 00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:17.039 don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but the Dallas Mavericks are 411 00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:22.119 talented enough that if you don't have Kawhi, you're in deep trouble. Well, 412 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:26.000 then you're gonna put Kawhi into trouble too, because this this is gonna 413 00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:30.559 require both speed and defense, and Kawhi does not have the speed for him 414 00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:33.559 to play defense, and that's gonna wear him out. And that's what happened 415 00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:37.079 with the Phoenix Suns game. And keep in mind last year they didn't have 416 00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:41.319 James Harden, so you gotta keep all that happened against the Phoenix Suns was 417 00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:45.200 he torres meniscus. He played on it in game two and still drop thirty. 418 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:48.880 So I'm not sure where you're going with this. What happened in the 419 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:53.400 second what happened in the second game, and then he dropped thirty in game 420 00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:56.920 two on the torn meniscus, and then he couldn't play anymore as and he 421 00:30:57.000 --> 00:31:03.720 swelled up. Okay, so when he was out there, it wasn't limiting 422 00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:07.920 him or making him as much poorer player as you say. He couldn't hang 423 00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:11.160 with them, he didn't have the speed he did. He at least played 424 00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:17.079 through it enough. I'm not saying you risk you know, a career altering 425 00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:19.200 type of injury or anything like that. It's gonna come down to the doctors 426 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:23.119 and Kawhi Leonard making this decision. So I don't want to speculate too much 427 00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:26.440 on what they should do or shouldn't do. With Kawhi Leonard, We're just 428 00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:32.759 along for the journey and we'll see what happens. Understood, I just say 429 00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:37.039 they say, hypothetically, did let it play out in the first two games, 430 00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:41.200 or playing in the at home kipper crowd and get a feel for it, 431 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:45.000 get a sense for the field for it. We we got Harding, 432 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:49.039 we got Paul George, we got Terrence Mandek and the sink carry Urban Paul 433 00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:56.400 George, Luka doncik uh and we got Highland and Coffee and and and the 434 00:31:56.480 --> 00:32:04.480 backups with a tight uh tye and I forgot the Marvin. Do you think 435 00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:08.319 they could win a series if Kawhi Leonard doesn't play against Dallas? I think 436 00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:15.079 they can because if only Kyrie Irving and Donte lukik No, it's not PJ. 437 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:17.759 Washington's there now, Daniel Gafford, have you heard they've been dominating. 438 00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:22.880 They made a big trades at the deadline, understood, But our players are 439 00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:28.759 I know for you. We got Russell Westbrook. Our players can can beat 440 00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:30.759 them without Kawhi. I'm pretty sure they can at least I think they can 441 00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:37.559 definitely be competitive in a series even without Kawhi Leonard. But I don't know 442 00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:40.519 if you're going to be able to beat this Luka Doncics team without him. 443 00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:45.759 Let's let's review how good Kawhi was and they had to still go to seven 444 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:51.640 games in twenty twenty one with one of the greatest playoff performances I've ever seen. 445 00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:54.839 Kawhi Leonard shot sixty percent from the field on while scoring thirty points per 446 00:32:54.880 --> 00:33:00.759 game. Only Shaq had done that over a seven game series. That level 447 00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:04.440 of scoring with that much efficiency, that's what Kawhi Leonard did. He had 448 00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:07.920 forty five in Game six in a must win situation in Dallas, and their 449 00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:14.680 fans were back. So I think it's a little bit hard to make the 450 00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:19.039 argument that without him they would have a chance to win. But I do 451 00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:22.319 think it would be competitive still. But I don't know. I have a 452 00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:24.079 lot of respect for this Dallas Mavericks team. I appreciate the phone call, 453 00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:28.759 Marvin. I do think there are a lot of advantages the Clippers have, 454 00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:34.359 but there's a bit of a fear of the unknown, as much as they 455 00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:38.799 are aware of Luka Doncic, and of course they've had some regular season battles 456 00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:45.960 against Kyrie irving those two players known commodities, but they just haven't faced this 457 00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:51.559 Dallas team with the rim runners they have now, which open up a lot 458 00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:54.480 of different options for Luca, not just being you know, a step back 459 00:33:54.559 --> 00:34:00.920 three point guy in the pick and roll, but also looking for guys on 460 00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:06.799 the run to the basket for you know, high level lobs. So we'll 461 00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:10.960 see. I'm hoping Kawhi Leonard will be available for Game one. Jose and 462 00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:15.360 Downey, you're a Clipper staff with out a malls in Hi Jose, Hey, 463 00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:20.599 anam how you doing? Man? It's been a while. I have 464 00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:23.639 to agree with you, man, I do have a high level of respect 465 00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:29.400 for this Dallas team is the whole different team. The Rim rocker and Gaffard 466 00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:35.880 rim protector as well. The guy has had five blocks four times just since 467 00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:40.079 he came over from Washington to Dallas. Yeah, yeah, And I think 468 00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:45.679 that's one of the places where as much as I like Zoo and you know 469 00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:50.039 how much I like him, that's one of the places he's had trouble with 470 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:53.639 with mobile centers. I mean, it's just hard to guard him, you 471 00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:58.639 know, when they're moving around so much under there. But also to the 472 00:34:58.679 --> 00:35:04.079 other thing in terms it does as a fan again, long time fan, 473 00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:08.079 doesn't annoy me. Not knowing what is really going on with him. The 474 00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:14.239 other thing too, that doesn't really sit right with me. I'm a big 475 00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:19.559 PG guy. Knowing that you're going into the playoffs without having a contract. 476 00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:24.719 If you lose in the first round, I'm not too sure we're gonna keep 477 00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:30.360 pg Man. He might sign somewhere else. I think it depends a lot 478 00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:35.920 on having a full squad. So it's a big year in a big series. 479 00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:37.880 Uh. Look, we knew the stakes coming into this season, my 480 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:43.079 friends. We knew this could be a last dance situation. But Kawhi got 481 00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:46.800 the extension, and he said postgame on that day when he got it, 482 00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:52.639 he's pretty sure the rest of the guys are coming with him. Now. 483 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:57.760 That could change, of course, but the stakes are very high right now. 484 00:35:57.800 --> 00:36:01.079 It's year five of this two and three experiment and they've yet to grab 485 00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:07.599 the Larry O b mostly do because of injuries going on. I fully believe 486 00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:09.719 they would have won in twenty twenty one if Kawhi Leonon didn't go down, 487 00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:14.840 they were definitely better than Phoenix, and I think from what I saw against 488 00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:19.079 him and Giannis in the Eastern Conference Finals in twenty nineteen, more of the 489 00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:23.199 same would have happened with Kawhi locking him up some so I understand the concern. 490 00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:28.679 It's a lot of pressure for Paul George but these guys have been used 491 00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:30.559 to that for a very long time. It just comes with the occupation. 492 00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:36.440 Eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven 493 00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:39.960 fifty And you mentioned you won more transparency. Well, I read the quote 494 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:43.280 from Lawrence Frank earlier. I don't know what else he's supposed to say. 495 00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:47.039 He said he's dealing with inflammation. That's what it is. He said, 496 00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:53.320 it's not uncommon over the course of it where you deal with inflammation. With 497 00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:58.639 inflammation limits your ability to make some natural basketball moves. So he's working his 498 00:36:58.679 --> 00:37:00.719 tail off. The staff is working tail off to try to help with the 499 00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:07.320 inflammation. And he said it it's no secret he's had a couple of surgeries 500 00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:13.320 to that knee. That is what raised red flags to me initially when I 501 00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:17.000 heard it was his right knee, I said, uh, oh, that's 502 00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:21.960 the acl that's the meniscus, the tenetonopathy that was on his right side. 503 00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:29.039 And I never assumed it was just load management. They're just resting Kawhi Leonard 504 00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:32.920 for the playoffs. That never made sense to me. They hadn't been doing 505 00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:39.400 it, and he missed a pretty big contest with big implications against the Denver 506 00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:43.800 Nuggets, and I thought, if you missed that game, it's not nothing. 507 00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:49.599 So people trying to compare it to well, Jamal Murray had inflammation and 508 00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:52.239 it missed two weeks and came back. Okay, it's a different player, 509 00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:55.039 it's a different knee. He's five or six years younger, and I don't 510 00:37:55.079 --> 00:38:00.119 believe it was on his surgically repaired ACL torn knee where he had the information. 511 00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:05.880 I don't know how you can draw those parallels between players and their specific 512 00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:09.000 injuries like that. Everybody's different. We're hoping for the best from Kawhi Leonard. 513 00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:14.320 Let's hear from coach Lou post game after the Clippers lose one ten to 514 00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:17.039 one O nine here in Game eighty one to the Utah Jazz, but they 515 00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:20.760 have the four spot locked up, which means home court in the first round 516 00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:22.519 against the Dallas Mavericks. Here was Coach Lou post game. Hey, coach, 517 00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:27.280 you know you guys are able to clinch the fourth seed. And when 518 00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:30.760 you just look at just the total seasons, it's all the things that you 519 00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:34.679 guys went through and things like that. Just do you ever look at yourself 520 00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:37.400 and the job that you were able to do? You and your staff, 521 00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:40.000 and you know say, like man, we were able to put something together 522 00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:44.000 great, and now we're going to have to make this push. Yeah, 523 00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:45.679 I mean especially for our coaching staff. Like I said, our coach has 524 00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:49.559 done a great job, you know, all year just figuring out ways to 525 00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:52.360 get better, keeping guys engage that weren't playing so they can stay ready as 526 00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:55.920 well. But just you know, whatever our team needs to be successful when 527 00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:59.400 our coaching staff has done that. And so I want to get those guys 528 00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:00.679 a lot of credit, you know, for just staying with it even think 529 00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:04.559 when things were tough, you know, just staying through all the tough times. 530 00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:07.079 And like I said, getting the four seed in a tough conference, 531 00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:09.679 you know, the Western Conference. I think you got four teams that won 532 00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:13.880 fifty games, you know, and so it means a lot. Like I 533 00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:16.880 say, have a home court advantage, the first first round, winning fifty 534 00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:22.039 games, winning out a Vision for the first time, and ten years ten 535 00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:27.199 years, you know, So you know, it says a lot about just 536 00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:29.840 you know, staying with it, sticking with it even through tough times. 537 00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:31.840 And so I give our guys credit, our players, you know, as 538 00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:37.280 well as our coaching staff that twenty twenty one Conference Final one, it was 539 00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:42.440 I've never heard this building as loud. You guys have home court events obviously 540 00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:46.760 for this first round. How much energy do you feel in this place doing 541 00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:51.360 how much is it amped up doing the playoffs? You yeah, very amped 542 00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:54.159 up. And like I said, when we won that game against Utah, 543 00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:58.960 you know, to go to the conference finals just to hear the crowd, 544 00:39:59.119 --> 00:40:01.199 just to you know, see how lengthy stayed after the game and all the 545 00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:06.039 support, you know, and so I know it's tough because Kawhi went down, 546 00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:07.559 but just you know, to win two games against the number one seed, 547 00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:12.159 you know, on your home floor in game six meant a lot, 548 00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:15.039 and the crowd was played a big part of it. There was coach Lou 549 00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:21.360 post game. Yeah, there's gonna be some pandemonium type of moments. I'll 550 00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:25.599 never forget Game six and then breaking the curse or breaking through the ceiling, 551 00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:29.719 whatever you want to say about them. Finally games the Western Conference Finals in 552 00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:35.960 the manner they did, coming back down twenty five against the Utah Jazz in 553 00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:40.360 the second half just insane and Clipper Nation showed up. So there were some 554 00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:44.119 people saying, you know, they're a better road team, this season than 555 00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:49.880 they've been at home. Please, you want home court advantage whenever you can 556 00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:52.639 get it, and I think in this series it's going to be imperative. 557 00:40:53.239 --> 00:40:57.639 Really do I want to see them star faster too. I don't want to 558 00:40:57.679 --> 00:41:00.800 see them get down oh two having to go to the owls once again, 559 00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:04.960 where then they were down thirty to eleven in Game three and battled back and 560 00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:07.639 would eventually win the series. We'll take a quick time out, we'll come 561 00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:10.239 back. We'll get back to your phone calls. Eight seven seven five two 562 00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:15.880 zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty is the phone number 563 00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:22.239 as we are previewing the Clippers first round matchup against the Dallas Mavericks and Luke 564 00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:28.280 at the dawn Round three. I'm at a mazled. You're listening to clipperstock 565 00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:32.920 here on the Patriot Amile in fifty every Clipper game all season low, they 566 00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:38.679 didn't stop playing hard. You're listening to the LA Clippers Audio Network streaming on 567 00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:44.360 the iHeartRadio wave. Clippers lose one ten to one oh nine. Then a 568 00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:49.800 game that turned out to be inconsequential because they clinched the four seed right before 569 00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:52.239 they tipped off. They'll be taking on the Dallas Mavericks. We knew that 570 00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:58.159 they'll also have home court in the four to five matchup. Crypto dot Com 571 00:41:58.199 --> 00:42:02.280 Arena is the venue where live I Meta Moslin. This is the Patriot Am 572 00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:06.280 eleven fifty coming up. Back to your phone calls at eight seven seventy five 573 00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:08.199 to zero eleven fifty plus. We'll hear from big Brother Jake Warner. But 574 00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:13.960 first Big Chuck Mockler is on the line from Clips and Dip for some double 575 00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:20.880 dip here on Clippers talk. So Charles h has somebody speculated the Dallas Mavericks 576 00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:23.679 decided to rest guys today and they kind of headed it over to the Clippers 577 00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:27.760 because they felt like it would be inevitable to the Clippers would clinch, so 578 00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:30.719 why not get a little rest And that's a nice strategic move on their part. 579 00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:36.519 But any new thoughts or feelings on this matchup between the Clippers and Dallas 580 00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:40.280 Mavericks. Now the Clippers have home court secured, I don't know if I 581 00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:46.960 have any new thoughts. I am very happy for Clippers fans just to we 582 00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:52.000 get a full Crypto flash Staples against the Maps for the first time through this 583 00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:57.239 whole saga. So I'm really looking forward to see what kind of Clippers fans 584 00:42:57.239 --> 00:42:59.440 do and how they show out, because we know they're going to show out 585 00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:01.880 this first round. But my thoughts are still kind of the same. This 586 00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:05.880 is going to be a blood bath, you know, I know, you 587 00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:08.320 know, we can point too who's gonna guard Kawhi was the best player in 588 00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:13.119 the series the last time these two teams played. Let's not forget that. 589 00:43:13.239 --> 00:43:15.639 Lucas very good, but he doesn't do what Kawhi does on the other end. 590 00:43:16.760 --> 00:43:19.960 So yeah, I don't know if there's any new thoughts, but I'm 591 00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:22.639 excited to drill down into it over the next week or so to really kind 592 00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:25.960 of figure out what wrinkles the Clippers can throw out in the Bats, who 593 00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:31.599 are playing their best basketball maybe of the Luca era. So, speaking of 594 00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:36.079 Kawhi Leonard, we got a little bit more clarity on what's going on with 595 00:43:36.239 --> 00:43:38.880 him, and I think anyone who thought it was just load management or he 596 00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:43.719 was just resting before the playoffs, well you can put that to rest now. 597 00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:46.760 Because Lawrence Frank came on Ballely Sports with Brian Semen and Jim Jackson and 598 00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:51.639 talked about the inflammation mentioned now, it's no secret he's had a couple of 599 00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:54.559 surgeries to that knee. It's his right knee, and with inflammation, quote, 600 00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:59.480 it limits your ability to make some natural basketball moves. So he's working 601 00:43:59.480 --> 00:44:01.639 his tail off. The staff is working their tail off to try to help 602 00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:07.440 with the inflammation. And I just saw this. Brad Turner speaking with coach 603 00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:12.639 Lou postgame, pressed him on it, asked him twice about if Kawhi Leonard 604 00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:15.519 will be ready for Game one. His first response was, that is what 605 00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:19.760 we want to see. His second was hopefully he will be playing. Uh, 606 00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:25.960 feeling better or worse on the situation right now, John, I don't 607 00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:30.360 know. I've described this situation, you know, this year and kind of 608 00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:36.760 how the Clippers have handled historically, even kind of pre Kawhi. The injury 609 00:44:36.800 --> 00:44:39.199 news is we're all just kind of floating, right, We're kind of floating 610 00:44:39.280 --> 00:44:44.440 waiting for Game one. We're waiting for the injury report, we're waiting for 611 00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:46.960 you know, he wasn't shoot around today, which is good, but we're 612 00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:52.400 all just kind of bobbing up and down here wait waiting the versa sack of 613 00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:57.480 the knee. Yeah, I'm pretty I mean yeah, hopefully there's not that 614 00:44:57.559 --> 00:45:00.079 much fluid that we can all sit there around there, having had a swollen 615 00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:05.400 bee before it had to be drained. But I you know, I'm kind 616 00:45:05.400 --> 00:45:07.880 of going with the Lawberry philosophy. I think no one on the team seems 617 00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:12.679 super concerned, at least publicly while there every day at practice and things like 618 00:45:12.719 --> 00:45:16.159 that. The vibes don't seem you know, truncated or tense or anything like 619 00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:22.519 that. So I'm choosing to float and kick my feet and my arm, 620 00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:28.360 floating towards the positivity channel. Because A we're not gonna get any more updates. 621 00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:30.880 The update we got from Laurence Frank tonight was the most we're going to 622 00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:37.599 get until we see the injury report, and B, yeah there's other things 623 00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:42.039 to stress about, I guess. But I don't feel better or worse, 624 00:45:42.280 --> 00:45:45.760 which if you were already feeling bad about it, probably makes you feel worse, 625 00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:50.079 and if you are feeling good about it probably doesn't matter. So I'm 626 00:45:50.199 --> 00:45:52.840 kind of on the fence, and I'm just I'm going with the thought I'm 627 00:45:52.880 --> 00:45:57.480 paddling myself towards the positivity channel that we're gonna get, you know, some 628 00:45:57.559 --> 00:46:01.000 practice footage or some news like that the upcoming week, because if he hasn't 629 00:46:01.039 --> 00:46:05.079 played, if he doesn't play on Sunday, which I don't think he should 630 00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:08.280 given you know, the time and everything, you know, with the standings, 631 00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:15.239 having the seed locked up. Yeah, we we just got to wait. 632 00:46:15.840 --> 00:46:17.760 I wish it were easier, but that's where we're at. I can 633 00:46:17.800 --> 00:46:22.079 see you with the ray bands on on an alligator floating right now. Yeah, 634 00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:28.679 exactly, the picturing in maybe a noodle. Uh pause. Uh So 635 00:46:28.800 --> 00:46:35.039 Clippers tonight lose by one to the Utah Jazz here at Crypto dot Com Arena, 636 00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:39.639 and once again Bones Highland showed out with twenty points seven of seventeen. 637 00:46:39.719 --> 00:46:43.880 Shooting was a spark for them as they tried to pull this one off late, 638 00:46:43.880 --> 00:46:45.280 couldn't get to go. Xavier Moon had a look at a three pointer. 639 00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:51.199 Do you feel like Bones is building a case for you know, some 640 00:46:51.239 --> 00:46:54.920 real playoff minutes at some point, some real utility in the playoffs coming off 641 00:46:54.920 --> 00:47:00.079 the bench in a certain spot. Yeah, I think it a certain but 642 00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:02.320 he does have utility, right. I think the way to look at, 643 00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:07.800 you know, Bones's utility is kind of similar to what PJ. Tucker's usage 644 00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:10.599 is going to be you know what I'm saying. Obviously very different utility, 645 00:47:10.920 --> 00:47:15.800 but I think the usage case for both these guys is the statement's going to 646 00:47:15.880 --> 00:47:19.599 be limited, you know, spurts in Bones case, maybe the Clippers eat 647 00:47:19.639 --> 00:47:22.159 a bucket. Maybe they just need a little extra juice and transition if those 648 00:47:22.159 --> 00:47:28.000 opportunities are open or something like that. Where he absolutely is he's we know 649 00:47:28.079 --> 00:47:30.920 he's not afraid of taking a shot, right, we know if it's there, 650 00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:34.039 he's gonna go ahead and take it. So if the offensive stagnant, 651 00:47:34.519 --> 00:47:38.719 I can see Tye kind of pulling the emergency handle for Bones, just like 652 00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:43.880 how I think we're going to see some PJ. Tucker in the emergency situation. 653 00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:45.679 Maybe he tries to make things hard for Luca for a couple of minutes 654 00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:51.280 or something like that. But he does have a case. He wants the 655 00:47:51.280 --> 00:47:54.360 moment, which I think is something that Tyleru probably looks for too. And 656 00:47:54.440 --> 00:47:59.039 a guy, especially when it comes to playoff basketball. Yeah, Glilling shooter 657 00:47:59.360 --> 00:48:01.519 a guy who does not shy away from the moment. As you mentioned there, 658 00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:06.079 he saw it. He got run against the Phoenix Suns. Obviously the 659 00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:09.360 Clippers were very much decimated in that series, but I think there were a 660 00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:14.159 lot of encouraging signs from bones Highland. Just when he knows he has the 661 00:48:14.199 --> 00:48:17.079 green light, when he knows he can get up ten or fifteen shots. 662 00:48:17.079 --> 00:48:20.880 And I'm not saying that would happen in a playoff series, but just when 663 00:48:20.880 --> 00:48:24.440 he knows you have confidence in him. I think it makes a big difference 664 00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:29.719 obviously with young players, but especially bones Highland with kind of the up and 665 00:48:30.119 --> 00:48:32.960 very much down season, not from his point of view, I guess from 666 00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:37.199 a playing standpoint, just the fact that he wasn't out there on the court 667 00:48:37.239 --> 00:48:39.679 afterwards, you bring in Russe, you bring in James Harden and Russell Westbrooks 668 00:48:39.719 --> 00:48:43.440 in front of him in the pecking order too, it's just going to be 669 00:48:43.440 --> 00:48:47.760 difficult to get minutes. That's very much understandable, Chuck. I had a 670 00:48:47.840 --> 00:48:52.960 question earlier from a caller, and I want to throw this hypothetical your way, 671 00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:57.320 and I guess he was making more of a statement and I kind of 672 00:48:57.360 --> 00:49:00.360 said, you know, I'm not so sure about that. To see what 673 00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:02.639 you think about this, you know, I want to double source it a 674 00:49:02.679 --> 00:49:07.519 little bit. But how competitive If Kawhi Leonard is not available for Game one 675 00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:13.440 or some of the series. How competitive could this Clippers team be? Because, 676 00:49:13.480 --> 00:49:15.079 as the Collar brought up, that is one of the reasons they brought 677 00:49:15.119 --> 00:49:20.559 in James Harden for a situation like this, If somebody's out in a big 678 00:49:20.599 --> 00:49:23.400 moment, do they have enough talent to overcome it? Could you see that 679 00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:30.199 happening against Dallas O. Well, if you just look at what Kawhi Leonard 680 00:49:30.280 --> 00:49:35.760 did last time they played the MAVs, which was, you know, sometimes 681 00:49:35.800 --> 00:49:40.000 score forty five points in the game while also locking up or not locking up, 682 00:49:40.039 --> 00:49:44.079 I should say I don't mean to playoff locking up. Let's say, 683 00:49:44.079 --> 00:49:47.280 you know what I mean, taking the assignment in moments that matter is kind 684 00:49:47.280 --> 00:49:53.480 of you know, playoff locking up. There's not one guy who does what 685 00:49:53.599 --> 00:49:59.559 Kawhi does on this team at all, and that's no disrespect to the other 686 00:49:59.599 --> 00:50:04.679 guys. How good Kawi Letard is. Again on both ends, I'm going 687 00:50:04.760 --> 00:50:07.639 to go, I'm going to take your question the optimistic way, and we're 688 00:50:07.639 --> 00:50:09.239 just going to pretend, you know, like maybe Kawi, let's say he's 689 00:50:09.239 --> 00:50:15.440 not available for Game one, that makes things incredibly difficult for the Clippers. 690 00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:19.039 I love James Harden, I love Paul George, Terrence Man hitting a peak 691 00:50:19.719 --> 00:50:22.519 that is going to be needed if Kawhi Letterard can't go. But it would 692 00:50:22.559 --> 00:50:25.519 not surprise me for the Clippers to not be favored in Game one if Kawhi 693 00:50:25.559 --> 00:50:30.000 letter can't go. He's very important for this team. Yes, this is 694 00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:32.119 why we got James Harden, but the large part of why we got James 695 00:50:32.159 --> 00:50:37.239 Harden is also regular season, you know time, you know, things for 696 00:50:37.320 --> 00:50:40.719 him to make things happen with the regular season. So because Kawhi is so 697 00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:45.760 good on both ends, it would be very difficult I think for the Clippers 698 00:50:45.760 --> 00:50:50.280 to win Game one without Kawhi. I would love to hear logical arguments as 699 00:50:50.280 --> 00:50:54.800 to why that's not the case. But it's tough for me to see someone 700 00:50:55.679 --> 00:51:01.159 filling in the gaps that Kawhi Leonard's absence would I have. Yeah, I 701 00:51:01.159 --> 00:51:05.400 don't really know else what to say that he does. He's the best defensive 702 00:51:05.400 --> 00:51:07.960 player on the team and also the best offensive player on the team when it 703 00:51:07.960 --> 00:51:15.840 comes to the playoffs. So right, like, replacing that seems difficult for 704 00:51:15.920 --> 00:51:19.599 the Clippers. Yeah. The pushback I got was, well, they just 705 00:51:19.679 --> 00:51:23.920 have Luca and Kyrie. It's like, well, just having that mic enough 706 00:51:24.320 --> 00:51:31.559 and they don't just have nothing. They got a much deeper team now too. 707 00:51:32.239 --> 00:51:37.599 I thought there was some encouraging signs tonight from James Harden with Burst attacking 708 00:51:37.639 --> 00:51:39.719 the basket, like some real quickness here. Did you see that too, 709 00:51:39.800 --> 00:51:45.800 Chuck? Yeah, I so, I you know, James wants to play. 710 00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:49.800 I think that's kind of what we've heard from law especially La Burry, 711 00:51:49.920 --> 00:51:52.559 you know, like he's been on their report. But James wants to play. 712 00:51:52.039 --> 00:51:55.400 And if James wants to play and he's showing this burst, that's perfect. 713 00:51:55.519 --> 00:52:01.239 Again, rest everybody on Sunday. I want to see the G League 714 00:52:01.280 --> 00:52:04.800 guys on Sunday. I would love to see that. None of our main 715 00:52:04.840 --> 00:52:08.039 guys have to play. But I agree there was some encouraging stuff from James 716 00:52:08.079 --> 00:52:12.840 Harden. This is an older team. He's gonna need some time to know, 717 00:52:13.199 --> 00:52:15.360 you know, to get that burst back up and stuff like that. 718 00:52:15.480 --> 00:52:20.199 So James Harden touching the pate is a very you know, key thing for 719 00:52:20.280 --> 00:52:22.679 the Clippers in this series. And he looks good. All the pick and 720 00:52:22.760 --> 00:52:23.639 roll with the new early right, we didn't see a bunch of it, 721 00:52:23.679 --> 00:52:27.239 and again just the nature of this game tonight, but we saw the lobbed 722 00:52:27.360 --> 00:52:30.519 Zoo. Terrence Man has been playing so well off of Harden. He's learned 723 00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:35.320 how to play great kind of next to him as a complimentary piece. So 724 00:52:36.119 --> 00:52:39.320 very encouraged by James Harden. Hope the injury isn't you know, the right 725 00:52:39.360 --> 00:52:45.079 foot inflammation isn't something that you know continues to be an issue in the playoffs. 726 00:52:45.079 --> 00:52:47.039 I'm sure he's gonna be on the report. I wouldn't be surprised about 727 00:52:47.039 --> 00:52:51.400 that, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's held out of games. Yeah. 728 00:52:51.440 --> 00:52:53.960 The fact that he played tonight and they knew before tip off that they 729 00:52:53.960 --> 00:52:58.840 had clipped the four spot, I think that speaks to how he's feeling out 730 00:52:58.840 --> 00:53:00.599 there. I know he always wants to play, but I don't think they 731 00:53:00.599 --> 00:53:07.599 would have risked anything in a game of very little consequence if he was at 732 00:53:07.599 --> 00:53:12.719 all hurting or could exacerbate the injury anyway. He is Chuck Mockler of clips 733 00:53:12.800 --> 00:53:16.079 in dip fame. I believe we'll have a utube at some point soon, 734 00:53:16.280 --> 00:53:21.039 maybe even tomorrow. Yeah, with Will Updike too. Yeah, is that 735 00:53:21.079 --> 00:53:25.159 we'll put now Chuck before we get out of here? Oh, I do 736 00:53:25.239 --> 00:53:30.039 think we have a third keyword to give away. It is now the time. 737 00:53:31.280 --> 00:53:35.840 Yes, now is the time for the third keyword. The third keyword 738 00:53:36.559 --> 00:53:43.639 for those dedicated listeners who want to win a James Harden with Cobe Bibblehead. 739 00:53:44.000 --> 00:53:52.159 The third keyword is do doo. That is the third keyword. I'm not 740 00:53:52.199 --> 00:53:55.280 giving you the first two. The third keyword is do do happy. I 741 00:53:55.280 --> 00:53:59.679 got to say that on a five seventy excuse me the Patriot, So sorry, 742 00:54:00.000 --> 00:54:01.400 I'm glad I didn't have to say it. He is Chuck Mockler, 743 00:54:01.519 --> 00:54:05.039 Charles. Thanks for coming on to that. I appreciate it, my friend. 744 00:54:05.880 --> 00:54:07.920 Hey, thanks for having me. Let's go clips before we get out 745 00:54:07.920 --> 00:54:10.519 of here. We got big brother Jake Warner in the building, our head 746 00:54:10.559 --> 00:54:17.239 engineer as always for game eighty one. Yes, sir, quickly, let 747 00:54:17.239 --> 00:54:22.239 me ask you something different, okay, because you're the only one that's qualified 748 00:54:22.239 --> 00:54:27.719 to answer. How loud it was here at Crypto during the twenty twenty one 749 00:54:27.800 --> 00:54:30.320 playoff run by the Clippers. You compared it to something, and I think 750 00:54:30.320 --> 00:54:37.440 this is special. It was second to Kobe Bryant getting his sixty point game 751 00:54:37.480 --> 00:54:42.880 in this last game. It was that comparable, and that's it. Second 752 00:54:42.960 --> 00:54:45.639 only to that second only to the sixth victory over the Jazz. That was 753 00:54:45.960 --> 00:54:51.280 the loudest I've ever heard. His place next to that. Personally, Hell 754 00:54:51.360 --> 00:54:54.280 yeah, big bro, thanks for all you do. We'll see on something. 755 00:54:54.440 --> 00:54:57.280 Oh I'll be here before we get out of here. I do want 756 00:54:57.280 --> 00:55:00.000 to thank the Clippers organization. Ralph la'l O'Brian seeming no ego. Carlohman is 757 00:55:00.039 --> 00:55:02.880 on the call. The callers listeners, zach O call the zach attack back 758 00:55:02.880 --> 00:55:09.280 at Burbreak our producer talk to you at eleven thirty on Sunday. So why 759 00:55:09.320 --> 00:55:13.400 he was doing his thing. All they want to do is win in La. 760 00:55:13.519 --> 00:55:15.320 Oh wait. I thought they gave everything they had. I'm very proud 761 00:55:15.360 --> 00:55:20.880 of them. This has been Clippers Talk, the official postgame reaction of the 762 00:55:21.039 --> 00:55:23.880 LA Clippers. God bless Paul George. Are you not? It's just change. 763 00:55:23.960 --> 00:55:29.519 Don't miss an episode all season law go to wherever you podcast and subscribe 764 00:55:29.559 --> 00:55:30.960 today. Well up the show I got you on the iHeart Radio. You 765 00:55:31.039 --> 00:55:36.280 guys are great. Thank you for joining us for another exciting broadcast of LA 766 00:55:36.400 --> 00:55:38.679 Clippers basketball. K EIB Los Angeles,