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This is a Clippers first basketball The
game is over if you're gonna get blippered

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down, but the time to react
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they have been building towards. All
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to get in on the action and
let your voice beat her. Now,

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your host Adam osled the Clippers strike
gold in the fourth quarter and they beat

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the Denver Nuggets one thirteen to one
oh seven and a classic Clippers comeback victory.

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Welcome into Clippers Talk. I'm Atam
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periscoping. I hope it's working.
I'll check it during the break. Still

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working out the kinks there. The
Clippers were doing the same in this one.

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They weren't playing great basketball. They
were down by twelve early in the

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second quarter. They were having some
issues staying in front of their man and

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the Denver Nuggets were taking advantage of
it because they had a ton of offensive

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rebounds in the game, eight of
them, and I think four of them

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came from Michael Porter Junior, and
they were all putbacks, second chance points,

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and it looked like that along with
runouts where the Denver Nuggets were sneaking

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behind the Clippers defense. It happened
three different times in the game. We're

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going to be the Clippers undoing.
That was going to be their fate.

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But the Clippers stepped up as they
have done time and time before in the

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fourth quarter when they were down ninety
seven to ninety and played their best basketball

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and their best was required. And
it wasn't just one player taking over either.

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There were four players with five points
in the fourth quarter. Kawhi Leonard,

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yes, was one of them,
So was Sweet Lou Williams with a

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huge three pointer and also a driving
Layoup PG thirteen, who led them with

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thirty two points. He had five
points in the fourth and Monstatrez also had

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five. Three of those came at
the free throw line. They had to

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hit their free throws late. Kawhi
Leonard, of course, stepped up with

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clutch makes at the very end of
the game, even though he struggled,

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still didn't have his a game,
still didn't have his best performance coming off

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the thirteen point game. Though he
had twenty three tonight nine of nineteen coming

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off a four of seventeen performance,
But he started this one off three of

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three. He never really got into
a groove. But what does Doc Rivers

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always say? When what you do
best isn't working, how else can you

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help the team in Kawhi Leonard's defense
was huge in the fourth with the big

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block, but he had five rebounds. He was boxing out. What was

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killing the Clippers with all those offensive
rebounds, Well, he shored that up

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in the fourth quarter. Denver wasn't
getting those boards. It was Kawhi Leonard

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ended up with fourteen rebounds in the
game and six assists, and he was

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finding the big men out there.
He set up of Visa Zoobots multiple times.

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He set up Monster Trez in the
fourth, he set up Marcus Morris.

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Kawhi finished with six assists, So
he did a little bit of everything

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to help this team. Wasn't just
a thirty five point game, and that's

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what did it. They had to
grind it out. They had to have

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this gritty performance, and I think
there were some championship like tendencies in this

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game that you saw from them.
First of all, just coming back down

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multiple times. But the way they
won this game is they had to face

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a lot of adversity and they had
to overcome it. They couldn't get over

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the hump last game. Remember they
were down five with eight minutes and thirty

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six seconds in game two. They
were down by seven in this one even

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more and early in the fourth quarter, and I want to say it was

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with I'll get the exact time,
with eight twenty nine left, so right

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where they were a last game which
they couldn't pull off the comeback with they

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were tonight. It was a Marcus
Moore's jump shot and eleven footer. Then

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PG thirteen hit a three. Then
Sweet Lou Williams, off of a steal,

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was able to hit a three pointer, and Patrick Beverly of course made

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big plays down the stretch. He
had a steal and a block early on

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in the fourth quarter that helped swing
the game. But they held Nikola Yokich,

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who was fantastic. He had fourteen
points in the third quarter to just

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four points in the fourth. He
still finished with thirty two twelve eight assists

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on thirteen of twenty four shooting.
He was unbelievable. Didn't matter a visa.

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Zubos was in foul trouble the entire
game. Fouled out with about five

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minutes left after a huge throw down
where he caught the n one and that

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six foul. That was tough.
It was debatable. I didn't think it

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was a foul. I thought he
played him straight up. So the Clippers

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had to overcome that too. I
mean, he had two fouls in the

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first three minutes of the game,
and that's what I think threw off their

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defense. Initially because Big Zoo was
out of the game three minutes in,

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and then Monster Tress, who hasn't
been quite right since he returned hadn't played

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much basketball and got back into the
bubble and this was just his eighth game.

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But I thought he played okay,
had a couple of steals, He

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was better at contesting and then also
was more aggressive offensively at the basket.

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Took it at Nicola Yokich on a
play in the second half to Michael Green,

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though they needed more from him because
of Viza Zubots was out, and

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even Marcus Morris had nice position when
guarding Nikola Yokis late in the game and

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caused him to miss like a three
footer. It took everybody in this one,

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the old saying for the Clippers it
takes everyone, or it takes everything.

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You could attribute that to this win. A lot of guys had to

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play above themselves. But for the
most part, if you want to go

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player of the Game PG thirteen,
Paul George I see playoff P is trending

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for the right reasons. He finished
with thirty two points. He had seventeen

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in the first half, had ten
more in the third quarter. Without those,

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they probably lose by ten because Nikola
Yokis was going off in that quarter

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and PG kept them steady. We
talked about this before when it was Kawhi

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Leonard picking him up those first four
games against the Dallas Mavericks. That would

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reverse with the other two way superstar
on this team and he would help out

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Kauai. That's what he did offensively, leading them and scoring with thirty two

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and was consistent, consistently aggressive throughout
all four quarters. He had ten points

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in the first quarter when Nikola Yokich
also had ten. He was basically countering

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whatever Denver was doing to keep the
Clippers within striking distance, and they would

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strike hard in that fourth quarter.
They won it by ten. After giving

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up thirty two points on the first
quarter, twenty seven in the second,

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and twenty nine in the third quarter. They held Denver to nineteen points in

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the fourth and Denver went just one
of nine from distance when their defense had

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to show up and it looked like
they were just going to trade baskets with

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Denver for most of the game.
They finally did in the final twelve minutes,

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and I thought Kawhi Leonard was spectacular
on that end for the most part.

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The block he had two of them
in the game, but impact plays

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from Patrick Beverley and Sweet Lou Williams
in the first half. When the Clippers

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were down by twelve. In that
second quarter, they cut it to two

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within two minutes. They went on
a ten oh run and it was a

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couple of steals by PG thirteen and
two steals from Sweet Lou Williams. That

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was big, just being down two, when they were down by as many

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as twelve and that second quarter going
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two, they had to have that, and I thought they fed off of

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Lou Williams and his energy and the
way he was playing, and the plus

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minus category backs it up. He
led them was a plus twenty even though

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he only had ten points. This
wasn't a thirty five point performance from Lou

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Williams. He did the little things, had three assists, five boards,

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but the two steals that helped swing
the momentum early in that well late in

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the second quarter, but in that
first half, I don't know if they

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win this game without Lou doing the
little things. Everybody had to just chip

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in a little bit here and there, just dig in a little bit more

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to find a way to win.
You don't want to go down two games

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to one against the Denver Nuggets.
Noah Eagle had the stat I think it

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is seventy four percent of the time
the team that wins when tied up at

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a game of piece in game three
goes on to win the series. But

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there was something about this victory,
the way they had to pull it out,

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the things they had to do,
the focus they had to show late,

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that sense of urgency that came in
in the fourth quarter. There was

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a championship mindset there. There was
a refuse to lose attitude where we will

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not be denied. Nikola Yokich going
for thirty two points, a thirty two

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point triple DOUBLEI be damned. Michael
Porter Junior trying to get his revenge game

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on on the Clippers with eighteen points
off the bench, and I mean half

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of his makes, his eight makes
were just put backs at the basket.

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Denver wasn't even turning the ball over. They didn't have their first turnover.

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This is how good they were playing
early on. They didn't have their first

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turnover in the game till I think
the seven minute mark of the second quarter.

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They only finished with twelve. That's
good. The Clippers had seventeen.

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Again, they have to do a
better job taking care of the basketball.

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But even with all of that being
out rebounded well on the offensive side,

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in all the extra possessions that were
created for the Denver Nuggets where they ended

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up attempting nineteen more shots and the
Clippers still won by six, it was

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just a remarkable effort late to flip
the switch. And I like the fact

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that it wasn't just one guy,
wasn't just two guys. It took everybody

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to find a way to win this
game. Eight six six nine eight seven

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two five seventy eight six six nine
eight seven two five seventy is the phone

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number or get to me at follow
Adam A. This is the type of

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win you can build upon though,
that you can keep in your back pocket,

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kind of like what they did in
Game six to close out the Dallas

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Mavericks. They didn't want to take
that to a seventh game, and they

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made sure they closed that out the
right way. And you're seeing it again

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in tonight where they didn't want to
go down two games to one. They

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made the plays they had to in
the fourth quarter. They played the defense

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that they had to finally in that
fourth quarter. All right, coming up

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here on Clipper Stock, you'll hear
from Doc Rivers post game. We'll get

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to your phone calls eight six six
nine eight seven two five seventy eight six

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six nine eight seven two five seventy. Clippers come back down seven with eight

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minutes left, they win by six
at a score of one thirteen to one

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oh seven. In Game three over
the Denver Nuggets. They're up two games

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to one in this best of seven
second round series. We'll talk about Game

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four as well, coming up on
Wednesday night. You're listening to Clipper Stock

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here on AM five seventy L sports
a clutch Clippers performance down the stretch.

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They forced Denver into five turnovers in
the fourth quarter and the Clippers come back

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down seven to win one thirteen to
one oh seven in Game three of the

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second round best of seven series with
Denver. Welcome back into Clipper Stock.

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I'm at a maslin to eight six
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six six nine eight seven two five
seventy is the phone number. Let's go

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to Clipper Joe in La. Hello, Clipper Joe. What do you know,

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Clipper Joe? Grab that phone?
Oh Clipper Joe letting me down?

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How are you gonna go with Clipper
Joe and not show up like the Clippers

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just did in the fourth quarter?
Was that him at the end? Do

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I dare Clipper Joe? You're on? Hello? That's you? Come on,

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Clipper Joe. Yes, Oh man, I literally just put my phone

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on speaker. What Clipper Joe,
what'd you like about the game tonight?

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My man? You kill me?
Oh man, okay, I'm back on.

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Well, I'll tell you this much, man, Paul freaking George,

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I mean, that's why you traded
for him right there, because as much

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as we loved Say, as much
as we loved Nilo, as much as

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we wanted those draft picks, man, I don't think two could have had

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the impact on the game on both
ends that he had. That was sensational,

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And I'm so happy for him personally
because we know he's been struggling.

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He admitted that. Even before he
admitted he was mentally struggling, people were

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ragging on him, and it was
just still sensational to see him do well.

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There were a million other things that
I loved about the game, but

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you pretty much stayed on them all
out of us. You always do.

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And I just wanted to say,
go Clipper Nation, baby la R way,

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I love it all right, Clipper
Joe clutch performance there after having some

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phone issues at first, good phone
call. PG thirteen, by the way,

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now since game four, remember those
first four games, well, Game

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one he played well against Dallas,
but games two, games three, games

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four he really struggled obviously Since then
though, the last five playoff games for

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PG thirteen twenty five points per game, six boards, four assists, fifty

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percent shooting from the field, forty
three percent shooting from distance, he's turned

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it around and he kept the Clippers
in the game when Denver could have gone

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up fifteen, could have gone up
twenty points. It was really the long

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ball from PG thirteen and how aggressive
he was at the basket. Goes five

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of seven from distance. And one
of the other stats was the Clippers well

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they attacked, unlike last game where
they struggled at times getting into the paint

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and finishing well. This time they
got to the free throw line and they

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went twenty of twenty six. The
difference there is huge because Denver would just

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get to the line for ten attempts. They made eight of them. Before

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we get back to your phone calls
here at eight six six ninety seven two

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two five seventy let's hear from Doc Rivers

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post game after this Clippers Game three
comeback. Obviously, Paul had thirty two

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points tonight, but what can you
say about his effort on the defensive end.

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Yeah, it's it's funny. Two
guys, you know we we we

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talked about after the game. PG
thirty two was huge, but his defense

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was was far more impressive for us. And then Lou I mean Lou made

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two or three stills and got involved. No. I told Lou like he

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was four for eleven, you know, not a great offensive game, but

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he was a plus twenty when he
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a playmaker and he did little things
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tough game. Both teams I thought
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than us, you know, and
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Doc when Jamal Murray tries to dunk
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with his middle finger, I guess, first of all, have you ever

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seen a block with a middle finger
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for your team? Just all our
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the game came down to one of
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basically scoring uh and then in the
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I thought that that played by Kawhi
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one finger. I thought he just
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I didn't even know where he came
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also to end of the second quarter. Yeah, I guess where was that

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lapses. I think we gave up
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three quart of court where they threw
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those are just those are hard to
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had our lapses, there's no doubt
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when we locked in, we're really
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in the bubble. Yeah, it's
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us. It's it's been in spurked. You know, it's frustrating, but

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it's not in the in the I
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realized we haven't been together. We
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H So I get it. But
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really fresh. We had a lot
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we got away with it. But
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do that every night. Next we're
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on the other feet, said that
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game. They want didn't want to
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Do you feel that? Yeah?
Do you do you feel that moment

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or that switch like when they get
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like, it's good that the players
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that way as well though, Marin
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made tougher defensive players down the stretch. Next one go to Thomas Hey.

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Coach, last game, you spoke
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starters having to set the table for
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they did a better job but that's
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thought, at least offensively, we
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ball. I mean, I think
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seven h So I thought, offensively, we're so much more efficient, uh

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than we were the other night.
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really set the tone in there.
A few more. We'll go to camp

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Hey. The Kauhi had fourteen rebounds
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the plus minus I'm not a big
stat guy, but when you see Pat

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bev with a negative thirteen and the
effects he had in the game, what

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do you think about that? I
ignore it. You know that was a

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plus for us. You know,
he was just happening to be on the

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floor. You know the thing.
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there's times when you're just on the
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run. Uh and sometimes that's just
bad law. Sometimes this is what you're

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doing tonight. Down the stretch,
Pat was huge, back to back turn

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steel scores, big rebounds. He
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It's amazing. There was Doc Rivers
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It depends who's on the floor with
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the other team. The plus minus
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its flaws. Let's go to Tagius
in Walnuts Tags. What's up? You're

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on Clippers talk? After they win
one thirteen to one oh seven in Game

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three, they adam glad that we
got to win. I was on pins

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and needles all game, but you
know it seemed like PG. You know,

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when we talk about a two way
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He's playing well on Murray pretty much
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and he shot the ball well,
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we didn't have that, I don't
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Uh. I'm trying to make sense
of these numbers. It's pretty crazy that

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we ended up actually winning because they
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They shot nineteen more times. That's
the crazy stat if you think about

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it. They shot the ball in
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the victory. The Clippers were a
little bit more efficient from three tags,

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and they were a plus twelve in
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didn't going forward. I think when
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Clippers, it means that maybe they
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have a higher number of assists,
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So hopefully they can get that going. And it's good to see Luke

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come through in the fourth. He's
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they can run some more high screen
and rolls. Like I think towards the

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end of the game, he got
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roll, and I think when he's
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apart pretty well. So hopefully he
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just thank you for the phone call. Sweet Lou Williams. Remember two years

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ago he led the league in fourth
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Clippers this year in fourth quarter scoring. Played more games than some other guys,

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but he was efficient too, at
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a game within five points, those
clutch minutes. But we've seen this in

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the bubble. He looks a little
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did did him some good, and
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His three pointers haven't been falling as
much. He was over six last game,

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but hit two big ones in this
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in the fourth quarter was critical.
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one oh seven. We'll take a
quick break, we'll come back. We'll

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Kawhi Leonard had the middle finger block in

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the Ford. What he blocked the
ball with just his middle finger. Now

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that's normally the size of someone else's
hand. But he did all the little

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things. Even though his shot was
not falling just nine of nineteen from the

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field, still had fourteen boards and
six assists with those twenty three points,

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and the Clippers would win one thirteen
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the Denver Nuggets. They had to
have it, and they got it late,

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and it took a big effort from
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happen. Let's go to Rick in
La. Rick, what's up? You're

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on Clippers stuck with Adam Moslin.
How are you? Yeah? What's up?

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Man? Yeah? This was a
this was a great game back and

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forth. Credit the Nuggets there,
but the experience he saw down the stretch

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there of the Clippers really took off
and great to see Lou finally getting going

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on. He's been slumping badly.
PG was really effective. Love to see

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him. And then obviously Kawhi.
He's the best player going right now,

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just on both ends of the four. Yeah you mentioned that block the man,

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that thing was a thing of beauty. I just felt like the Clippers

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down the stretch really took advantage of
it. I don't know they taking Murray

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was a huge factor of the game. You want Jeremy Grant shoot, and

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he will shot them out of that
game there, out of that stretch there

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where he missed like what fourth straight
shots or something like that. So if

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you can really keep him in checking
Murray like they have when, I think

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that's gonna be because you see,
as great as Jokeag is, I just

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don't think he has a stamina to
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I just don't think he has that
body type or shakee to really get going

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like that. So that quarter kids
pretty impressive too, but he's just young

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them. I don't know why Malone
has a play those guys, but I

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really think of help assisted the Clippers
there to have a stretch and get them

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and penalty, get to the free
tow line, and you know, the

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Clippers are money closing out these games. So you see that the Nuggets,

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man, theyn't really count the game. But I just think they're young,

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ineffective group down a stretch and they
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I think that's the difference in it
between them the Clippers is these are gonna

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be tight games. So I'm gonna
expect going forward. I can Game one

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was a one off coming off that
seven game series against Utah. What are

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your thoughts like that? Do you
just expect you to be grinded out games

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because the talent exposed to at the
megatath. I'll take yourself on that great

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win and close them out on Wednesday? Thanks Rick, good phone call as

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always. Yeah, the Clippers won
game won by twenty three points, and

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we wondered how much was taken out
of the Denver Nuggets because they had to

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come back down three one in that
first round series against the Utah Jazz.

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Their legs weren't there, they didn't
have them. They were better than that

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performance. Although the Clippers were really
good in that game. It depends on

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when they lock in defensively. They
still have to be better than this for

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forty eight minutes. If they're gonna
win a championship, they just do.

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They won the first quarter just trading
baskets back and forth, and they only

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won the first quarter by one at
thirty three to thirty two. Now,

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it's not easy to slow a team
down like the Denver Nuggets. But once

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again, the Clippers were much better
in the second half, just like they

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were in Game two where they held
I think in Game two, after Denver

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shot seventy something percent in the first
quarter, they only shot thirty five percent

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the rest of the way. The
Clippers held them to nineteen points in the

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fourth quarter. And yes, we
haven't talked enough about PG thirteen on defense.

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Doc Rivers made sure to highlight that
because he thought he was even better

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on that end than he was on
offense, which is saying something. But

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Jamal Murray five of seventeen for fourteen
points. I think he had just twelve

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points in Game one. That was
also a lot of PG thirteen on him,

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and he was on him in the
second half a ton last game where

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Jamal Murray only had seven points in
the second half of Game two, and

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Jeremy Grant you brought him up as
well. Rick five of fourteen, one

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of six from distance. The Nuggets
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three in that fourth quarter. They
settled for long threes instead of going to

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the basket enough. And I think
that's kind of the trade off with three

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pointers. When you're not being as
aggressive in the paint, you're not going

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to get to the free throw line. And they only attempted ten free throws

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in the game. Clippers end up
winning by six at a score of one

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thirteen to one oh seven. One
more break here, We'll come back.

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We'll get to your phone calls eight
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Oh, Jeff and Tarzannazon on line
eight six six nine eight seven two

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five seventy is the phone number.
PG thirteen leads them with thirty two on

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twelve of eighteen, shooting five of
seven from three. But there were a

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whole lot of winning plays made late, and I do agree that their experience

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came into play. Denver's still very
young. Michael Porters Junior can have that

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dunk on monster trays. The Clippers
are going to take the win. More

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The Clippers survived their own miscues with
seventeen turnovers to just twelve for the Denver

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Nuggets. Kawhi Leonard came up big
late with five rebounds on the fourth quarter.

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The Clippers did all the little things
to scratch out a huge win in

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Game three with a one thirteen to
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Before we get out of here,
Jeff in Tarzana, Jeff Yard,

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Clippers stop with autam Maslin, what's
up? Jeff? I always say,

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I'm never a doubt, never a
doubt. Down seven with eight minutes left.

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Never, Okay, you know what, the Clippers should just stop playing

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in the first quarter and making a
three point game because you know, after

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the Nuggets scored thirty two points in
the first quarter, they only scored seventy

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five for the rest of the game. That only average is one hundred.

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And I think if the Clippers are
playing anywhere near their optensive potential, don't

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they aren't they averaging over one hundred
points in the bubble? Oh? Yes,

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okay? And you know what I
don't know understand if you're getting killed

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on the boards and Zuboff is al, would you not play Noah for maybe

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three minutes a game? You want
to see Joe Kim out there pretty bad.

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I've noticed this trend with you in
the last couple of calls there,

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Jeff Party, I've noticed you brought
up Jokim Noah the last couple of calls.

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Now, well, I think he
deserves to play a little bit.

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He has enough experience. I mean, when you're figuring that how much did

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joke has scored a night, and
how many rebounds did he have? He

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had thirty two points and twelve boards, all right, and what he call

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it didn't even score in double figures
and had what six rebounds? Are Vita

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Zubots? Yeah, he had eight
points, three boards in twenty two minutes.

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Okay, but you gotta understand a
little a little often. I'm not

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telling playing twenty minutes a game.
But I mean the guys got a lot

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of experience. He was on winning
team. We'll see that, Jeff,

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We'll see if it happens. I
appreciate the phone call. Okay, after

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Wednesday's victory, All right, sounds
good, look a Visa Zubats. The

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reason he didn't have that many boards
is because he was on the perimeter most

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of the time defending nikolok That's where
he did a lot of his damage.

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Hit three three pointers. The arc
on his shot is to the level of

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Dirk Navinski and what we used to
see from him. It's unbelievable. It

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almost goes out of the TV screen. You don't even know what you're looking

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at with the mortar fire that Nikoli
Yokitch is putting down from distance. And

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he's that good of a player.
It's not on a visa zubats I thought.

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Overall he played really well. Also
hit his free throws, went six

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of seven. He is a good
free throw shooter for a big man.

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But was a plus ten out there
and had a huge throwdown in the fourth

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quarter that I thought. You know, a dunk can be more more than

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just two points. Sometimes Actually it
was then too because he got the end

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one and hit the free throw.
But sometimes it can be a momentum play

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in a spark. Gilbert and west
Covina. Before we get out of here,

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Gilbert, what's up? Final call
of the night? Hey Adam,

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great listening to you man, I
love the show. Listen. So what

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is Joe Kim Noah gonna play at
all in this series or is this still

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Jeff and Tarzana? This is a
play at call though the last caller said

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that asked the same thing, Gilbert. You gotta understand he's not the defensive

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Player of the Year version of Joe
Kim Noah from twenty fourteen anymore. And

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they have Jamichael Green in there who
they like to go to, who plays

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who has played Nikola Yokich? Doc
Rivers said better than anyone really in this

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series because of his mobility. So
you got ja, Michael Green, and

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Marcus Moore's actually dead him up well
at the end too. Think about this,

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Nikola Yokich, he had twenty eight
points going into the fourth. He

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only scored four points. He only
made one field goal. The other two

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points worth the free throw line.
They did a good job on him in

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the fourth, Right, what about
Patrick Patterson? Is he gonna see some

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minutes in the series? Do you
think we'll see with Pat pat But obviously

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your rotations are going to be shortened, and Gilbert, I appreciate the phone

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call. We're up against it here, we gotta get out of here.

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Patrick Patterson has been great from three
all season long, shooting about forty percent

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from there and looked even better in
the bubble. But guys are and starters

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are going to be playing heavier minutes
now. It's the playoffs, so we'll

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see. Doc Rivers has always been
very good at pushing the right button,

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at getting the right guy in to
bring that energy. Trust and Doc Rivers

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in this coaching staff. Clippers make
the adjustments in the fourth quarter, they

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hold Denver to just nineteen points in
the final twelve minutes, and they win

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one thirteen to one oh seven.
Before we get out of here, I

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do want to thank the Clippers organization, Noah Eagle, Brian Seaman, Ralph

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Lawler, my radio POTTNA back here
in Burbank, Kevin figures until Wednesday with

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your Clippers pregame shows starting at five. We're Game four. I'm at a

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Oslin. We will talk to you
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