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The game is over. Paul George
money in the pain, but the postgame

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reaction has just be gone. Kawhi
Leonard is so smooth in the mid range.

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This is Clippers locker Room, a
recap of today's game and a look

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ahead on your home for LA Clippers
basketball at now your host, You,

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sir, are a bad man,
Adam Auslin. Clippers win one thirty six

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to one twenty five over the Portland
Trailblazers in game eighty one from downtown Los

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Angeles. Welcome in to your post
games show. I'm Outam Oslin coming up.

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Second half highlights your post game box
scoring. You'll hear from the head

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coach and the players with first back
out to your voice of the Clippers in

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Noah Eagle, No a great second
half. Clippers dominated and starting to knock

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down threes in that third quarter,
which really gave him that separation. So

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that was the big thing. So
listen to this, Adam. This is

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this is actually pretty interesting stuff.
The Clippers started this game over seven from

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three, then they were twelve for
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between that they went well of fourteen, and then they finished the game oh

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for seven from three. Oh wait, no, let me get this right.

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I got I see what it was. They went over seven, then

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they went twelve for twenty one,
and then they went over seven to finish

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the games. That's pretty impressive,
honestly, but it shows you this sim

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can get hot in a hurry,
and when they do, that's when they're

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at their best. You mentioned that
third quarter, they went eight to fourteen

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from three, and that's what broke
this game open. They scored forty five

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points. They continued to share the
ball at a high rate, and they

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locked in a little bit defensively just
enough. They gave up only twenty six

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points in the third and from that
point on they had this game in hand,

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in control the rest of the way. Yeah, I thought of Visa

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Zoobos ramp things up coming out of
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followed suit. They just looked like
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than Yeah, they did a lot
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handlers. That was the big key
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like they couldn't stop drivel penetration,
and so they did a great job there

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in that second quarter and found a
way through it. So I loved what

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they did to build themselves a little
momentum going into the fourth. But you're

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right, defensively, look in the
first half it just wasn't there. In

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the second half, it what we
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Yes, I think we lost no
ego for them. Gott please back,

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he's back. Robert Covington played twenty
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had that great steal on the inbounds, and took the other way for

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the slam of the fourth. I
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energy in the twenty one minutes he
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one assist, one block, one
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two of two from three. Just
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He did what Robert Covington does,
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it's because he's impacting the game on
both ends. You mentioned that steal.

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That was a nice I would say
microcosm for really his overall day,

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but a plus nine on the day, really the whole bench shoot it performed

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at an extraordinarily impressive rate, as
they have all season. Sixty one bench

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points is nothing to sniff at and
so the Clippers are gonna be thankful for

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what they had coming off as reserves, and Robert Covington as big a part

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of it as anyone. Norman Pala
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bench, seven to fourteen shooting,
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Know, I forget sometimes his injury
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juice there, his ability to get
that Burston to get downhill quickly not a

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problem. Nope, nope. He
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of it. But a combined twenty
one free throw attempts for both Kawhi Leonard

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and Norman Powell in this game,
to me, you want to talk talk

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about recipes for success for this team. You want to talk about offensive recipes

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for success for this team. Kawhi
Leonard and Norman Powell game to the free

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throw line and combined twenty one times
is always it. That's what James Harden

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and Joel Embid do at a high
level. That's what Janis does. That's

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what good teams do. They get
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bit, when they need a little
push, when they need a little boost

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and So the Clippers did that today. They've done it the last couple of

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games, but this one was a
perfect example of those two in particular,

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setting the issue, setting the tone, forcing it inside, making sure that

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they do it, making sure that
they continue to do it, stay on

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it, and just keep doing their
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Norman Powell does, that's what Kawhi
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to me, it should show them
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that they can compete, even with
Paul George sideline, is by doing that,

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putting pressure on a defense, getting
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the free throw line, and more
importantly converting. Because they want to combine

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nineteen of twenty one between the two
of them, Clippers in Phoenix tomorrow to

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close out this regular season in a
possible first round playoff preview it could be

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game zero of that seven game series. Clippers win is no invention of Zeros.

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Clippers win, they will be the
five seed, that'll be the four

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five matchup. They lose, well, things could get chaotic. We don't

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even want to go there right now. But the Clippers get the victory and

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Noah Eagle's final whole regulation game as
your voice of the Clippers. They win

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one thirty six to one twenty five
over the Trailblazers. Great call, Noah

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Eagle, Adam appreciate you. We
will be back here. It's only a

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matter of time as to when we
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But let's say, I say,
let's keep this thing going. Why

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not? But I'm having too much
fun. We can't stop it now,

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so I can't wait for tomorrow.
There we go, There we go?

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All right? Coming up next,
we got second half highlights. Clippers win

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by eleven as they dominate the second
half over the Portland's Trailblazers. One thirty

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six, one twenty five was your
final. And you're listening to the Los

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Angeles Clippers Radio Network, George and
Leonard running. You're listening to LA Clippers

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basketball, but up top Clipper puts
it down plus the foul every game all

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season long. On their official hole. Clippers win one thirty six and one

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twenty five over the Portlands Trailblazers.
From Crypto dot com arena and welcome back

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into your post game show. I'm
Adam Oslin. Still to come on the

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get on early. Eight seven seven
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have second half highlights for you.
Clippers were actually trailing by six at the

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half. Is Portland was shooting fifty
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half. It was seventy to sixty
four Blazers twenty four minutes in. But

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in that third quarter the Clippers found
their shooting stroke from the outside swallowed up

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by Leonard his fifth and he moves
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knocks down the three. Nico batoumb
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within one. Seventy to sixty nine. Patoom a right wing three bullseye.

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Nicobatoomb sticks in and here comes Westbrook, driving middle into the paint. Take

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it out farside corner. Batoomb again, patoum again. A three ball pure

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shooting from Nicobatoomb in the third is
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La subots one rebound shot, another
double double a D three Cordons knocks

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it through from the logo Eric Gordon
a bomb Leonard left the right steps in

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all right wing three co boomb cowy
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Pump pig, chap step pump pig
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the three ball. He'll hit the
three ball. Go why Leonard, he

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said, if you reach I Teach
Covington loads up the three off the back

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arm. Oh the soft touch Rouco
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There also ot a block on the
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the Clippers with eight may three pointers
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quarter where they would outscore the Blazers
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the fourth one oh nine to ninety
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one. It would win by eleven
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over the Portland Trail Blazers in Game
eighty one, final game of the regular

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season coming up tomorrow, Clippers in
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preview coming up next More on that, plus we'll hear from the head coach

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and the players Clippers by eleven over
the Blazers and you're listening to the Los

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blocked by George. This this LA Clippers

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basketball on the home of your LA
Clippers. Clippers win one six, one

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twenty five over the Portland's Trailblazers from
Crypto dot com Arena. Welcome back into

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your post game show. I'm Adam
Oslin. Clippers have one game left in

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this twenty twenty two twenty twenty three
regular season. Believe it or not,

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It'll be tomorrow in Phoenix against the
Suns. So here's the situation in the

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West. Clippers right now in the
five spot, right behind the Suns in

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the fourth spot. But they can't
get that fourth spot because they're two games

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behind them. Suns have that secured
Clippers in a more precarious position. They

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win tomorrow, they'll know they're taking
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They will know they'll be starting that
series off in Phoenix, best of

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seven matchup. If they lose,
though, then it could come down to

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whether or not the Minnesota timber Wolves
beat the New Orleans Pellate Kids, because

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remember the Pells have the tiebreaker over
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and the Golden State Warriors beat the
Blazers as well tomorrow and the Clippers lost,

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they would be back in the seven
eight matchup in the playing tournament.

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So Clippers win, they're in the
five spot. They lose, they no

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longer control their destiny. They could
be anywhere from the sixth spot, seven

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or eight spot. Coming up next
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are leaving you until eleven thirty tomorrow
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with just one game in the regular
season remaining, the Clippers looking to blaze

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their trail to the playoffs. After
beating the Trailblazers at home one thirty six

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to one twenty five and down sad
Los Angeles, the Clippers get the victory,

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they dominate the second half. Welcome
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Mockler from Clips and Dip pod will
be here. Not a good first half

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of the Clippers, to say the
least. It looked like your typical lifeless

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slow start on an afternoon contest at
home. The Intuit Dome cannot come soon

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enough, and the Clippers were down
big in the first quarter. They trailed

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after one thirty three to twenty six. Blazers, led by as many as

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nine in the first twelve minutes,
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couldn't hit a shot from the outside. They started oh for seven from three

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until Robert Covington hit one with about
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That was the first shot they would
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team that has been the best squad
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three, just like last season,
and that was with a lot of different

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guys out. But the Clippers are
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that hot shooting post All Star Break. They've been the best team from distance

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in the league. As I'm trying
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believe it's over thirty nine percent from
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There's twenty one post All Star Break. They have one more to play.

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And yeah, thirty nine point nine
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last nineteen. That's a great sign. Problem is the shooting wasn't there to

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start, and while they were getting
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even while down many men, including
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think a week ago. Now.
Sometimes a team can be scary when you

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have a lot of unknowns in terms
of players out there on the court that

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you just haven't seen before. Like
Shaden's Sharp who went off with twenty six.

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Now he's gotten run this season for
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lot of these guys have not,
and they're trying to impress and play their

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best. They just took a game
from the Timberwolves in Minnesota recently. That

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was a huge loss for the t
Wolves. They needed that game and they're

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taking on the Pelicans tomorrow and that
could be a huge game depending on what

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the Clippers do in Phoenix. But
a wounded animals sometimes a dangerous one devily

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you know better than the one you
don't, and the Blazers got to jump

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on him. They were up at
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seventy points in the first half.
At defensive intensity that we saw throughout most

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of the ball game Wednesday night against
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wasn't consistently there in the first twenty
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to trade buckets and they were down
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they went four a fourteen from three
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But that's when things were turned back
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the Clippers just were on a roll
from the outside. Nicholas Batoum,

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after missing his first couple, would
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say, from the outside, and
he was three for three in the third

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quarter. The Clippers as a team
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Kawhi Leonard had thirteen of his twenty
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Gordon, who had a rough one, just one of six from the outside,

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but that one a deep Logo Lillard
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Portland Trailblazers, and Eric Gordon is
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He knocked down shots early against the
Lakers Wednesday night. Couldn't find a

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shot till the s and half,
but it came at the right time,

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and the Clippers outscored the Portland Trailblazers
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third. Things turned back in their
favor in a hurry, and it wasn't

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just the hot shooting. Now,
when you're knocking down shots, you got

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a better chance to set your defense, and defensively, the Clippers were a

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lot better in that third. I
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of force at the rim. He
had a huge block, but just the

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way he was rotating and finding guys
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off the dribble and got by him, a Visa Zubots was then waiting for

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him in the paint patrolling. Visa
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in the league, has been all
season long and finished with fourteen and ten,

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and really early on he was their
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to say he had a quick eight
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and had a big throw down Bones
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at one point that Bones Aaron's Man
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this Clippers team along with Norman Powell, and he followed up as twenty seven

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point outing against the Lakers on Wednesday
at twenty three tonight. Didn't hit a

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three, but twenty three on fourteen
shots. That's good because why he was

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getting to the free throw line.
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against the Lakers nine of eleven,
but still five assists, zero turnovers.

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Norman Powell starting to peak or get
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February before the shoulder injury and before
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turnover on this roster and rolls were
still being carved out and guys were switching

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things up, and normal wasn't the
starting lineup some but just looks much more

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comfortable coming off the bench and Eric
Gordon being the starter right now with Paul

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George out for the Clippers. And
really like the fact that Norman Powell has

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that burst because remember it was a
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injury anything like that, so he
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just continue used to turn the corner
on players, get around them with a

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burst of speed, get to the
hoop with ease, was getting a lot

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of easy layups that way, just
like he was against the Lakers. You

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need a guy with that quickness that
can just get you easy buckets and get

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to the free throw line, because
sometimes when your offense isn't there, shots

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aren't falling, get into the charity
stripe can cure what ails you. You

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can find a rhythm there and build
off of it. And him going nine

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of eleven from the free throw line
was big. He had nine of the

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Clippers made twenty six free throws as
they attempt at thirty. That's a great

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number for them. They shot eighty
seven percent as a team because Kawhi Leonard

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went ten of ten from the charity
stripe. Slow start for him, had

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fourteen points, but wasn't that efficient
in the first half. But in that

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third quarter thirteen of his twenty seven
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You could just tell the defensive energy
and the intensity ratchet it up in the

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second half, and the Clippers knew
they could put that one away in the

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third quarter and let Kauhi rest as
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He was just under that So I
would think and we'll hear from the head

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coaching a little bit, but he
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Clippers still need it right now.
The games of consequence next to them in

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the Western Conference, Warriors taken on
the Blazers tomorrow, Pelicans taken on the

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Minnesota Timberwolves. They're all tipping off
with the Clippers taking on the Phoenix Suns

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at the same time. So any
funny business, any shenanigans out there where

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we're trying to lose, to manipulate
your place in the standings and maybe try

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to get the Sacramento Kings instead of
the Phoenix Suns in the first round by

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dropping into the six spot. It's
gonna be tough to maneuver because the other

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teams are playing at the exact same
time. So if you're trying to lose

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late and we don't know what Phoenix
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gonna play their starters, I would
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half tomorrow, just because they haven't
had a ton of time with Kevin Durant

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out there. They are undefeated with
him, but they just rested everybody against

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the Lakers last night. I think
with one more game and then five days

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off before the first round starts.
For the Suns, they'll play their starters

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sum my guests early on, but
they might only play the first half.

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So we'll see what the Clippers do. I would expect them to come out

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guns of blazing, trying to play
sound basketball, building good habits. That's

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what you want to do as the
playoffs come around. They got one game

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left, but good signs out there. Russell Westbrook also had seven points in

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that third quarter. Nicholas Batoum had
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three point line and him finding his
stroke in the third quarter, and that's

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where the Clippers pulled away and they
would end up winning by eleven in a

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game they had to have against the
team that obviously as an eye on next

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season. They're playing out the string
right now. The Portland Trailblazers, they've

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shut everyone down. Now, they
weren't a game out of the play in

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like the Dallas Mavericks and shutting everyone
down. They were thirty three to forty

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seven coming into today's ball game,
so they already were well out of the

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postseason picks. And to be honest, it's a smart move. Get the

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highest draft pick you can and keep
Damian Lillard healthy, and we'll see what

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happens with that situation come in this
summer, because I don't know if at

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some point as much as Dame doesn't
want to run from the grind or go

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anywhere else, and he's a Portland
Trailblazer for life, if they're going to

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be rebuilding, he talked about it
before, but he may not want to

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stay around for something like that.
You just never know if he becomes available,

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so you gotta keep them in bubble
wrap. So perhaps to the Portland

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Trailblazers, they played hard, they
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they put up seventy on the Clippers, but the Clippers outscored them by seventeen

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in the second half and did what
they had to do, and guys who

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had been in rhythm overall stayed there. Good game for Mason Plumley once again.

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I thought he'd had one of his
better games than the Clippers uniform Wednesday

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night against the Lakers. He had
eleven and four and a couple of assists,

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four or four shooting. But that's
someone who you're gonna need at times

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in the playoffs. If the Clippers
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Suns on that first round, it's
not just gonna be a Vista Zoo bots

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on him. Mason Plumbly a big
body, but the Clippers did go small

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a few different times. We saw
a lineup with Kawai Roco Terrence Man in

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the front court with then Norman Bones
out there, and that's kind of when

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they made that second half push to
close out things at the end of the

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third quarter or to have a double
digit lead heading into the fourth. So

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coach Lew I think starting to tip
his head a little bit because these games

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are pivotal just to be a top
six seed and stay out of the play

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and you got to win these ones. The only way to ensure yourself that

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is by winning tomorrow against the Suns. There is a scenario where they lose

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and they only drop to the sixth
spot. If the Minnesota Timberwolves end up

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beating the New Orleans Pelicans and the
Golden State Warriors win over the Blazers,

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that's how it could happen, and
then all of a sudden you're in a

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bracket taking on the Kings in the
first round. Be careful what you wish

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for. Sacramento has been the best
offense in the league, but then they

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would have that side of the bracket
where you're looking at maybe a second round

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matchup should you get past the first
round against a team like the Memphis Grizzlies,

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and depending on who they're playing in
the first round and that two seven

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matchup. So there's still so many
unknowns. But the important thing is for

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the Clippers to continue to get ready
for the playoffs by playing good basketball and

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just doing what they need to do
out there in terms of playing good defense,

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and hopefully they put it together for
longer than just a second half tomorrow

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or a first half, because this
is still a team that has been up

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and down defensively for quite some time
now since November first, nineteenth. Best

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defense, the potential is there,
Yes, we've seen it in spurts,

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but the consistency hasn't been so any
more minutes they can get, any more

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run they can get out there in
tomorrow's game against the Phoenix Suns is still

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valuable for them. It's still a
time where they can build up continuity and

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chemistry and have that discipline on the
defensive end. Because shots are gonna come

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and go. You have to rely
on your defense. Teams that win championships.

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Yes, it's an old cliche defense
wins championships, but it's true.

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You have to play some You typically
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I'm pretty sure every team has ever
won has been top ten in that category

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in the modern era. Javier and
Lahabra Heights start things off today on Clipper

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Stock after they win one thirty six
to one twenty five over the Blazers.

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Javier, what's up? They Wan's
stock at him again again, thank you

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for taking my call real quick.
I didn't actually didn't see the game.

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I forgot it was. The game
started at one, so I just watched

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the last to be four or five
minutes and I'm looking at the stats and

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they had twelve turnovers, but I
believe the last four or five minutes they

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had three or three or four.
So at the end of you know,

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those are for the turnovers. Definitely
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So yeah, that's the way you
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You gotta protect the ball. You
cannot turn the ball over. Value possessions

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because they become much more important in
the playoffs, which is typically why the

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game slows down a little bit.
Correct, And also, like pat Riley

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used to say when he was with
the Lakers, rebounding wins rings. So

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they had I'm looking at it,
fifty one rebounds and twenty a half thirty

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four, So they got to keep
it up with the rebounding. So that's

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that's also another thing that I looked
at it. Yeah, another things.

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Nothing had a question. I already
know the scenario. Clippers win tomorrow,

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they have the five seeds, they
lose, and then let's say the Warriors

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win, and then the Palatians win, they're they'll be a seventh seed.

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Is that correct? I believe they'd
be in the seventh spot then because they'd

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have the tiebreaker over the Lakers,
and that would be the seven eight matchup

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in the playing got it? Okay, that happens and they're in the seventh

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teams that scenario and they win that
playing in tournament whatever. Who My question

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is, who did he plan the
first round? If they won the game

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in the seven eighth matchup against the
Lakers, they would become the seventh seed

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and take on the Memphis Grizzlies in
the first round. If they lost to

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the Lakers, then they would play
the winner of the nine ten game winner

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of that becomes the A seed,
got it. So I mean it just

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it's risky because, like you said
earlier, I didn't know they're offering at

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the same time tomorrow. But of
course you want the sixth seed. You

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don't want to play Seenix. I
mean, if you have to, you

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have to, of course, but
I mean you rather play Sacramento. They're

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younger and Kemeron Durant. I don't
know if he says something in the media

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that whoever it plays, he's gonna
be ready. So it just scary thoughts.

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But I mean, it just it's
hard to you know, see what

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do you do? But they likely
don't have a choice, all right,

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They likely, you know, they
need to win that game tomorrow to secure

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a spot the top six, which
is much more important even if you're having

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a take on the Phoenix Suns on
the first round, to get a top

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six seed, to get that time
off before the first round instead of being

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in a play in tournament where you
don't know what could happen. Just look

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back to last season with the Clippers. They lost the first game in Minnesota,

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then they didn't have Paul George in
the second game. He was out

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because of COVID, and they lost
to the Pelicans and didn't even make the

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playoffs. Oh, you're right,
I forgot about the you're you're right.

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You know the time off? Just
yeah, they come, what a five

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or sixteen to get to get a
week off, So yeah, I guess

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it's better, especially because we're talking
about them trying to get Paul George back.

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Javier and I appreciate the phone call. They need all the rest they

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can get. You just can't leave
things to chance and put yourself in the

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tournament, especially another showdown with the
Lakers. You would think at some point

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they're due to beat the Clippers,
but yeah, you'll lose that first game.

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Then you're in a must win situation
that could just be disastrous. So

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hopefully they just take care of business
tomorrow against the Phoenix Suns, and I'm

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guessing nobody at some point, And
as I mentioned, I think Phoenix plays

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some of their guys early on,
but at some point they're going to hold

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back because they're seeing this as a
first round matchup. You don't want to

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give too much away, keep your
cards close to your vest fear chest and

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not give any game plan assignments away
as you're heading into a seven game series

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against that group. Tomorrow could be
viewed as game zero that seven game series.

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We'll take a quick time out.
We'll come back. Get to your

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phone calls eight seven seven zero eleven
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twenty five over the Portland Trail Players
in Game eighty one, final game of

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this twenty two twenty three regular season
tomorrow in Phoenix. Still a lot on

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the line for the Clippers, it
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fifty, who is blocked by George
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a one man record crawl that he
frets a man on the home of your

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LA Clippers. Hey, my ma's
aerodis boss called. Clippers win over the

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Blazers one thirty six to one twenty
five. You lose though with me singing

404
00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:37.880
this Billy Ray Cyrus Verse. Clippers
have one game left here in the regular

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season tomorrow in Phoenix, which could
be a playoff of a first round series

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against the Suns. Tip off for
that one is at twelve thirty. Will

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have Clippers count Dan your pregame show
starting at eleven thirty. While we have

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a moment, let's pause ten seconds
for station identification. Here on the Patriot

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AM eleven fifty, This is LA
Clippers Basketball AM eleven fifty k d IB,

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Los Angeles, an iHeart radio station. I heard listeners of the Patriot

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EM eleven fifty. Love that song. Let's go with Greg and Newport.

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Greg. What's up, hey,
Adam? What's happening Mary? What's good?

413
00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:22.319
Greg? Listen? Bro I didn't
I didn't get a chance to see

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the game there. I had to
work. But I got a couple of

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00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:29.519
things for you, Adam. First
of all, I want to thank you

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00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:36.079
man for bringing to the attention of
Fred, mister Fred Rogan Friday my comments

417
00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:40.039
on Thursday night. He did a
complete three sixty on Friday? Did I

418
00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:44.000
did I not try to hold him
to it? Though, yes you did.

419
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But you know what, Adam,
he had nowhere else to go,

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so he had to do it three
sixty. But my question today for you,

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00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:56.920
Adam is this, Uh does Phoenix
stand to lose any ground on that

422
00:29:57.039 --> 00:30:03.160
fourth seed if they win and lose
tomorrow. No, they're right there for

423
00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:07.279
see, regardless, right they are. Okay, So my thing is,

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I don't think they're gonna play their
starters tomorrow if they if they're gonna be

425
00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:15.799
seated in the forced by regardless of
whether they win and lose, I don't

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00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:19.440
see them playing their starters tomorrow at
all. I could see them playing the

427
00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:25.839
first quarter, the first half maybe, but no more than that, just

428
00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:29.200
because they haven't gotten a ton of
raps with Kevin Durant and they just rested

429
00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:33.839
everybody last night against the Lakers.
True up, one more thing. I'll

430
00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:37.359
let you go, Adam, what
is the status on my man PG man?

431
00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:41.920
All right, I'll give it to
you. We heard this earlier from

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00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:48.039
Andrew griff of the La Times.
The Clippers did reveal that I want to

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00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:52.640
make sure I'm accurate here, so
I'm pulling up the quote now. Quotes

434
00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:56.559
are coming out post game. We're
gonna hear from the head coach Shron lou

435
00:30:56.839 --> 00:31:03.960
In just a bit here. But
via the Clippers, Paul continues to undergo

436
00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:10.720
exercises and therapies to rehabilitate his sprain
knee. There is no timeline for his

437
00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:15.519
return to play, so kind of
a non update update, but he is

438
00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:22.359
rehabilitating that sprain right knee. We'll
see what happens. I'm still hopeful that

439
00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:26.200
he can come back at some point
in the first round. But the Clippers

440
00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:30.519
still need to get to the first
round. They win tomorrow, they'll be

441
00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:33.480
in the five spot, taking on
the Phoenix Suns in the first round.

442
00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:37.720
They lose, they would need help
to stay a top six seed, and

443
00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:41.920
it would come from the Minnesota Timberwolves
if they can beat the Pelicans. If

444
00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:45.799
the Golden State Warriors then won over
the Blazers, who they have tomorrow,

445
00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:51.279
that would put the Clippers in a
three six matchup against the Sacramento Kings,

446
00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:55.680
starting on the road up at the
Golden One Center here in the playoffs.

447
00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:59.440
Mitch, and in Jersey, Mitch, what's up? You're on? Clippers?

448
00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:04.480
Styckledout on my aw figuring Adams happy
Holidays? Do you film? Do

449
00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:07.559
you and your son? I want
to see better defense and he knocks.

450
00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:13.160
I think he's just playing out the
strings. He's been a buzz but I

451
00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:15.599
think we've got the guys have played
better. Even if we gotta win tomorrow

452
00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:20.480
and you gotta get the rest that's
the most important I want to see playing

453
00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:24.720
this playing games. It's too much
risk there. I didn't see any triple

454
00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:30.119
doubles by Westbrook this with with our
Clippers in them. We do we have

455
00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:35.160
a first round pick who you didn't
what position they'd be looking forward to it

456
00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:37.440
if they do have a first round
pick next year, and thanks for taking

457
00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:40.759
my call, Well, it's gonna
depend on how the season ends before we

458
00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:45.119
know something like that. I do
believe they have this upcoming first round pick.

459
00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:50.119
I'd have to check on that and
confirm. But come on, miss,

460
00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:54.000
we're talking about playoffs here. We're
not that worried yet. We're talking

461
00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:58.240
about the offseason and moves that could
be made. Let's focus on the task

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00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:00.880
at hand. Clippers and Phoenix tomorrow
and they could be slotted for that first

463
00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:07.119
round matchup Damien in La Damian,
what's up? Triple A baby? Another

464
00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:10.920
good win. I was really happy
to see the team come back, bounce

465
00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:15.759
back. You know. Kauai uh, you know, look like he was,

466
00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:20.039
you know, having a little bit
of a little bit of a rough

467
00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:22.920
time, you know, getting started
in that one. But he corrected himself,

468
00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:24.039
so that was good. But I
don't want to spend so much time

469
00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:27.319
on the game because we needed that
win. We knew we were gonna get

470
00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:30.319
it. Looking forward, you know, like I don't want to look past

471
00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:35.279
Phoenix. But assuming that we win
that game, it's very clear. It's

472
00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:38.160
very clear to me what we need
to do to make a deep playoff run.

473
00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:42.880
Everything is just locking in mentally,
you know, you look at the

474
00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:45.519
fundamentals, you see the things tighten
up. Already playing a lot better just

475
00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:49.319
by doing the small thing. So
we just need to keep that going.

476
00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:52.839
I quit it. What's the Westbrooks
for a lot of that. But my

477
00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:55.000
big thing and the reason why I
wanted to call in this is a called

478
00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:59.359
Clipper Nation. Clipper Nation, let's
go, baby. Seeing a lot of

479
00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:02.880
energy from the guys out there.
I was a little miss that the biggest

480
00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:07.279
pop of the night came from the
chicken sandwich. But I'm gonna let it

481
00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:10.280
fly. This is one. But
we need our fans come playoff time,

482
00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:14.960
baby, No more of this passive
stuff. Get there on time. See

483
00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:17.119
the shoot around. You know these
kids are really into it. I need

484
00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:20.880
the adults to pick up that energy, baby, so we can, you

485
00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:24.599
know, play our part and get
these guys the championship and leave Crypto crumbling,

486
00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:28.880
you know, and the first game
that we have in our new arena.

487
00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:30.840
Hey, wouldn't that be wonderful if
that was the ring ceremony? Adam?

488
00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:37.440
Which you think about that playoff?
Well, they still have one more

489
00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:42.519
season before going into the into It
Dome, so the Clippers have an opportunity

490
00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:49.159
to win a championship this season and
next season before that. But it's not

491
00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:52.760
a bad thought there, Damian in
La. I do think if they're taking

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00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:54.800
on the Phoenix Sells in the first
round, there will be no issue with

493
00:34:54.920 --> 00:35:00.840
Clipper Nation rising up and making their
voices hurt because the Sons took him out

494
00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:02.960
in the Western Conference finals a couple
of years ago when the Clippers did not

495
00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:08.239
have Kawhi Leonard. They also have
Chris Paul, who is an all time

496
00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:14.679
Clipper great of course, but now
he's the enemy. He's on the other

497
00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:19.719
team. So it would be a
ravenous group. I know Clipper Nation would

498
00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:23.400
be all over Phoenix when they are
playing those games, if they are playing

499
00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:28.000
those games at Crypto dot com arena, should that be the first round matchup?

500
00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:30.559
Let's hear from the head coach though. Postgame, Clippers win by eleven

501
00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:36.039
over the Blazers one thirty six to
one twenty five. Here was coach slow

502
00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:42.880
afterwards, I've played speech given before
that second half. Yeah, yeah,

503
00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:49.880
well you guys are getting to win
anyways. Looking ahead, though, you

504
00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:53.280
guys face an opponent tomorrow that you
very well could face a week from now

505
00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:57.440
if you haven't seen that, this
version of this team with Katie, and

506
00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:00.440
just curious what your thoughts on they've
played, how you guys kind of match

507
00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:08.119
up there, but for tomorrow,
for the playoffs tomorrow, of course.

508
00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:13.239
I mean, any team that acquires
Katie, you know, you have a

509
00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:15.280
chance to win it all. And
we understand that. And so I think

510
00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:17.519
since he played, I mean they
wanted they want eight in a row,

511
00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:20.760
and I think, you know,
whatever the record he is with him,

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00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:23.360
it's phenomenal as well. So we
know it's a you know, it's a

513
00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:27.320
tough task. They're a really good
team, and so we just gotta be

514
00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:30.360
prepared and ready to go tomorrow,
which we will be about the playoffs.

515
00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:37.280
I don't know what I'm about.
The playoffs A tie of all the of

516
00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:40.719
all the different variables that contribute to
what your comfort level is off the team

517
00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:45.119
handing of the playoffs, where do
you rank avoiding the play in tournament with

518
00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:52.280
a would our rank? What?
Okay, there's there's so many variables that

519
00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:55.039
can contribute to what your comfort level
is of the group Hayting of the playoffs?

520
00:36:55.159 --> 00:37:00.639
Where do you rank gaining a fifth
or six seed in that whole question?

521
00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:01.599
Uh, I mean I feel good. I just want to get in,

522
00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:04.840
you know, don't matter what's he
you know, I just want to

523
00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:07.880
get in and have a chance to
play in the playoffs again since we missed

524
00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:10.000
him last year, you know.
And so my main focus is doing whatever

525
00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:14.199
we gotta do to make it to
the playoffs, and that's our main focus

526
00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:21.960
to that third quarter. Obviously the
offense click, but uh, you needed

527
00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:24.920
to obviously do a lot more in
the second half defensively. What was better

528
00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:29.920
in the second half on that and
compared to the first half. We made

529
00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:35.039
some changes on putting Zoo on a
different guy and putting Nico on Watford who's

530
00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:37.000
at their playmaker and a guy who
can catch it in the middle and make

531
00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:39.639
plays and he can shoot the three, and so we had to change some

532
00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:44.199
matchups. But just the biggest thing
just o mentality, like you know,

533
00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:47.000
can't come into a game like we
did and played the way we played in

534
00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:50.800
the first half, like we gotta
be more professional and more locked in.

535
00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:52.679
So I thought in the third quarter
we had more of a physicality. I

536
00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:55.480
thought Nico's pressed up the floor of
with Watford just trying to take him out

537
00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:59.559
of you know, easy catches and
picking roles be had to switch. I

538
00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:01.960
thought really helped us out a lot, you know. And so just having

539
00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:06.039
the professional mindset that you know,
we're playing for something and then we're trying

540
00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:09.639
to, you know, do something
special, so you can have first halfs

541
00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:13.800
like that, you know, especially
against you know, I know the young

542
00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:15.760
team, they played hard, they
compete, but we just had to have

543
00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:20.360
a different mindset, which we did
have in that first half. Offensive push,

544
00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:25.320
yes, for sure. Yeah,
just defensively, be able to get

545
00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:28.760
stops, be able to get deflections, you know, rust out in the

546
00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:31.039
open court, getting to the paint
and making the right play. Nico got

547
00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:35.760
a few threes because of that,
you know. So just our mindset and

548
00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:40.599
the defensive presence in that third quarter
was really good. There was coach Lupo's

549
00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:45.400
game after the Clippers would win one
thirty six to one twenty five and turn

550
00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:50.119
things around in that second half.
After giving up seventy points in the first

551
00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:52.599
half, they outscored the Blazers by
seventeen in the second half. And it

552
00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:58.079
was that big third quarter where they
wanted forty five to twenty six and win

553
00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:02.199
eight to fourteen from just Stin Snickols
buttomb with three of those Some adjustments there

554
00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:07.760
from coach lou more of those to
come, but talked about at the very

555
00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:10.800
beginning there that halftime speech, a
lot of swear and he wasn't happy with

556
00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:15.480
the way the Clippers came out and
really slept walked into this one. They

557
00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:17.320
just didn't come out with the right
defensive mindset. They talk about it all

558
00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:23.079
season long, defensive intensity. You
have to have it for forty eight minutes

559
00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:27.400
come playoff time. And even though
it could be a trap game, you

560
00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:30.000
could be looking past the Blazers for
the game tomorrow against the Phoenix Suns.

561
00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:35.519
That's how you get beat. Happened
in Minnesota recently against the Portland Trail Blazers

562
00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:38.400
after they shut down Damian Lillard.
You'll let it to let young team get

563
00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:44.760
confidence early and they can burn you. And I thought they played pretty well

564
00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:50.440
and more connected offensively in that first
half than the Clippers, who just were

565
00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:53.480
a step slow on the defensive end
until that third quarter. Good to see

566
00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:57.639
him flip the switch. Hey,
I guess at this point they have to

567
00:39:57.719 --> 00:40:01.119
be a flip the switch team because
if you're best going to be in the

568
00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:07.000
five spot in the West. Well, in the last twenty five thirty years

569
00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:12.119
now, the only team that has
won a championship that's been lower than a

570
00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:16.159
three seed would be the ninety five
Houston Rockets. They were the sixth seed

571
00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:21.119
that went on to win it all
and established Clutch City, winning all those

572
00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:24.920
must win games during their playoff run
with their backs against the wall. For

573
00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:29.679
the Clippers to be able to pull
it off, it's gonna take something that

574
00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:31.840
magical. And if they are taking
on the Phoenix Suns in the first round

575
00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:39.079
talent wise, that feels much more
like a Western Conference finals matchup. I've

576
00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:44.960
brought this comparison up before, but
it's similar to what we saw in twenty

577
00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:49.559
fifteen when the Clippers were taken on
the defending champs the Spurs with Kawhi Leonard

578
00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:52.000
in the first round in the three
six matchup were on the final day of

579
00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:55.760
the regular season. Unfortunately, the
Clippers had the tough draw of taking on

580
00:40:55.880 --> 00:41:00.840
San Antonio. Now, they would
win that series in seven thanks to CP

581
00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:02.960
three and his heroics with that big
shot, but I thought it took a

582
00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:07.039
lot out of them, and part
of the reason they would end up losing

583
00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:09.719
and blowing a three one lead the
second round to the Houston Rockets in twenty

584
00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:15.559
fifteen was because everything they had to
expend energy wise just to win that first

585
00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:21.320
round series against a team coming off
winning a championship over the Miami Heat the

586
00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:27.559
year before in the San Antonio Spurs. So like path of least resistance matters,

587
00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:31.880
but more importantly than anything is staying
out of the play in tournament and

588
00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:37.320
not leaving your fate up to chance
more by turning it into double elimination and

589
00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:42.559
then single elimination if you lose that
first game, just can't risk it.

590
00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:45.760
They got to find a way to
win that game tomorrow and we'll see where

591
00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:49.639
the Chips fall. They win,
they're in the fifth spot. They're taking

592
00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:52.400
on the Phoenix Suns. That's the
situation in the four five. Should they

593
00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:57.960
beat Phoenix tomorrow, who we don't
know how many guys they're gonna play Phoenix

594
00:41:58.039 --> 00:42:02.599
could somewhat side who they want to
play in the first round. If they

595
00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:07.960
beat the Clippers, they would help
their cause and taken on the Golden State

596
00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:12.440
Warriors if they wanted them. If
they lose the Clippers or they're guaranteed the

597
00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:15.719
Clippers in the first round. So
we'll see what happens. It's going to

598
00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:21.519
be interesting. This is par for
the course final couple of days in the

599
00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:24.400
NBA. You see a lot of
this stuff. Team's jockeying for position in

600
00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:28.960
the standings. Sometimes there's a team
out there you want to avoid. A

601
00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:31.400
lot of people are seeing that as
the Phoenix Suns right now. But I

602
00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:37.440
think sneakily the Clippers do match up
pretty well against them, certainly in style

603
00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:42.199
of play. Now, a lot
of this could depend on win or if

604
00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:46.000
Paul George is able to return for
them. But as good as Phoenix could

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be, and they've only played a
handful of games so far with Kevin Durant,

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maybe you'd rather catch them early in
the playoffs then later when they've built

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up more chemistry. So we'll see. Comes down to tomorrow's game in Phoenix

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tipping off a twelve thirty, we'll
have your pregame show here at eleven thirty

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Quick time out coming back with Charles
Mockler of Clips and Dip and back to

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your phone calls eight seven seven five
two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five

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two zero eleven fifty plus you'll hear
from a Vizza Zubots after the Clippers win

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Game eighty one, one thirty six
to one twenty five over the Portland Trailblazers.

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More Clipper stock next right here on
the Patriot em eleven fifty oh,

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Paul George La Clippers Basketball continue pisen
his pains as he carries the three on

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the home of your LA Clippers.
Clippers are victorious. It dominates the second

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half and win one thirty six to
one twenty five over the Portland Trailblazers in

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their final regular season home game.
Tomorrow, they're in Phoenix taking on the

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Suns in Game eighty two, and
this just came down the line. The

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Phoenix Suns will be without Kevin Urant, Chris Paul, Devin Booker, DeAndre

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Aiden, Cameron Payne, and Bismack
beyond Bow. They are all out,

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so it looks like they want the
Clippers in the first round because of the

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Clippers win that game, tomorrow they
will be in the five spot taking on

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the Suns in the four five matchup. Welcome back in this is Clippers Talk

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here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty
coming up. Back to your phone calls

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at eight seven seven five two zero
eleven fifty. Eight seven seven five two

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zero eleven fifty is the phone number
right now. Chuck Montler, though from

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Clips and Dip, is joining us, does the podcast with myself and will

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Updyke okay, Chuck. Process wise, not a great first half from the

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Clippers against the Portland Trail Blazers,
and apparently they heard about it at the

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half from coach lew who got them
fired up and locked in to start to

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play some better defense. In that
third quarter where the Clippers knocked down a

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bunch of three pointers and created that
separation. It was good to see that

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they figured it out eventually, but
it took a half for them to get

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there. Yeah, And I think
Joseph Fryan Award said something funny to me.

635
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He said, you can't judge this
Clippers team before seven pm, which

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I think kind of does hold some
weight to it, But I don't know.

637
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I'm not gonna pretend like I wasn't
disappointed in the first half. I

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think a lot of fam we're wondering, Hey, if you can't get up

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for the eighty first game of the
season against the team you know that we

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were this This Blazer's team wasn't exactly
at full strength, you know, when

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can you get up? But it
was nice to see them, you know,

642
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locking in the second quarter of the
shooting was better, you know,

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fifty seven percent and that, excuse
me, in that second half is pretty

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unbelievable. So you'll take that every
time. But I mean it's I'm disappointed

645
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the Suns are sitting everybody tomorrow because
I still think this Clippers team needs reps

646
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against full strength squads because you know, like that's problem. Yeah, not

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00:45:49.800 --> 00:45:52.320
the Sun problem for sure, But
you know, I hope we see good

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process. I hope that Kawhi doesn't
have to play in the second half tomorrow.

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I hope, you know a lot
of the starters have to play in

650
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the second half tomorrow against you know, a vet heavy Sun team that will

651
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be faithful. Yeah, Kawhi Leonard
played under thirty minutes in this one,

652
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but it certainly is a statement that
the Suns want the Clippers because, yeah,

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if they played their guys and they
won that ball game, they would

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likely get the Golden State Warriors.
So I wonder what this is gonna do

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for you know, some of that
material. You need to feel a slight

656
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or to have a chip on your
shoulder for the Clippers, because the Phoenix

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Suns, they're saying right now,
we want you. We like that first

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round matchup against the Clippers team that
could be without Paul George throughout the entire

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series. Yeah, and I think
weirdly, you look at how the Suns

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play and it's you know, it's
a lot of long twos. I think

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they're number one in you know,
basically long two attempts in the league since

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they've gotten KD and you know he
hasn't played too many games for him,

663
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but I think we can kind of
see the outlines where their offense is going

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to be. And they don't play
very fast. So if you're the Clippers,

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you can lock in defensively with that
half court defense and make things harder

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series wise, that is a more
favorable matchup than maybe again, you know,

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a team like the Kings, who
they've had I think the best half

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court offense since the All Star Break, and you know some guys who can

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really run after an older Clippers seemed
like this. So of all the teams

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to play, obviously no one wanted
to be on the plane, but the

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Suns stylistically matched up. I'm not
going to say well with the Clippers because

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it still is Kevin Durant, Devin
Booker, Genre eightman, Chris Paul,

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but I think a little better than
some of their other options. Yeah,

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that makes sense to me. I
was talking about it before the break.

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There are advantages to taking on the
Phoenix Suns. That's one of them.

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Just pace of play. I think
it's more in the Clippers comfort zone than

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playing against the Sacrament of Kings and
the way they like to get up and

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down and put up one hundred and
seventy six points on you in a game

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that actually happened when the Clippers lost
one seventy six seventy five. But also,

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the Clippers depth could really coming to
play against a Phoenix Suns team that

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had to give up depth to bring
in Kevin Durant. That's where I think

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the series would have to be one. Should the Clippers get a victory over

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them, should that be the first
round matchup in the four five. The

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Clippers have a huge advantage depth wise, they really do. They have a

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big advantage depthwise. The Suns are
gonna stagger you know those four guys I

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just talked about to try and mitigate, you know, the their depth issues.

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I guess, which I don't think
it's surprised to anybody, but we're

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gonna need some guys to show up. We saw some road code minutes,

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We've seen this nine man rotation,
you know, these last two days.

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No rumblings of Morris coming back,
So I think we're we know what we're

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gonna get for this first round matchup. So we need that depth to be

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you know, if we need a
couple of those guys to be able to

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be as good as one of their
core four or two of their four when

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they're on the floor without the other
two guys. Should Paul George not be

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able to return, who do you
think it would be the second most important

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player on the Clippers behind Kawhi Leonard
against Phoenix. Because of the way that

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this team has decided to go about
the post All Star Break and post trade

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00:49:12.400 --> 00:49:17.760
deadline things, it literally has to
be Russell Westbrook. He's gonna get the

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second most shots up of anybody probably
from the Slippers team going, you know,

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into these playoffs, it needs to
be Russ. You bring Russ in

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to play this many minutes, it
has to be Russell Westbrook. Is it

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shooting gonna hold up? I really
hope. So, I don't know if

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we'll get sixty four percent from him
the whole series like we did today against

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this Blazer's team, But he's got
to be close and other than Russ,

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I mean, picker poison, right, Is it going to be Norm with

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his efficient twenty? Is it gonna
be Bones with you know, kind of

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a flashy out of nowhere, you
know, twelve and a couple of nice

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00:49:53.760 --> 00:49:58.079
assists? Is it gonna be tearing
on both them? After that? It's

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it's kind of a gum bo I
guess and who you want to pick.

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But because of the way that this
team has decided to construct themselves after the

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All Star break, it has to
be Russell Westbrook. I think from a

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more national perspective, or if you're
a Phoenix Suns fan, you would assume

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that DeAndre Aiden has a big advantage
over a Vizza's Zoo Bots, But I

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don't feel like that at all.
If Big Zoo didn't get hurt in that

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series in the Western Conference finals,
people forget that it wasn't just missing Kawhi

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Leonard. You know, it could
have gone seven. Maybe it goes the

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Clippers way. I feel like Vizza
Zubots is matched up very well against DeAndre

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Aden and he's playing well fourteen and
tend today. He's one of or if

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not the longest tenured Clipper and he
wants a little bit of revenge from that

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value, which is an absolutely absurd
play that we had to be on the

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wrong end of. But I think
Zoo's gonna be fired up. Love to

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see him leaned on early today.
Obviously not going to be the same kind

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of roster we play in the Suns
during the playoffs, but if they can

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get zooed, it's low confidence early
that goes a real lee long way to

725
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helping him get stops, which,
as we know, with both the starters

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and the bench, and he's out
there with the bench neket stops, they're

727
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gonna score. And you would definitely
know that he's out there at the starters

728
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stops they're gonna score. You mentioned
him a little bit earlier, but all

729
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we talked about bones Highland on the
cliffs and dip pod, and if he's

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not turning it over, if he's
given good effort defensively, I feel like

731
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there are minutes there to be had
because he offers so much. I know

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he had an off game shooting wise, just three of eleven one of seven

733
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from the outside against the Portland Trail
Blazers, but he could swing a game

734
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in your favor with just his explosive, incendiary scoring and also passing out there.

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He could be a difference maker.
Yeah, the passing is vice.

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I don't think he'll have, you
know, the opportunity to go one for

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seven of the playoffs, I think
from three, I think the least she'll

738
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be a little bit shorter on Bogues. But I really hope him the finishing

739
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is a little more controlled. He's
going to get a shot at the rim.

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We've seen his first step is great. He's really sifty, kind of

741
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Jamal Crawford esque with some of those
moves, So I hope it's finishingly at

742
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the rim is gonna be on point. But when he gets on a hot

743
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you know, when he gets on
a heater, he's hard to slow down.

744
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The Clippers have also had success should
they take on the Phoenix Suns against

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CP three with giving him problems.
I know he had the big game six,

746
00:52:17.840 --> 00:52:22.119
close out game against them, but
I liked when Terrence Man was matched

747
00:52:22.199 --> 00:52:27.199
up against him. Anna Vitza Zubos
played him very well, not letting him

748
00:52:27.239 --> 00:52:31.079
get to some of his sweet spots
on the right elbow. And Chris Paul

749
00:52:31.159 --> 00:52:36.039
obviously an older player now, not
the same guy even he was just two

750
00:52:36.159 --> 00:52:39.239
years ago. But that's another,
you know, key matchup depending on who

751
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the Clippers throw at him. Yeah, I'm a little and that one was

752
00:52:45.199 --> 00:52:49.639
without KD, so we're exact.
Have to watch how the off ball defense

753
00:52:49.800 --> 00:52:52.880
was looking tomorrow when the starters are
playing, who's gonna be engaged in things

754
00:52:52.960 --> 00:52:55.039
like that, because it's a whole
other ball game when Chris Paul and Kevin

755
00:52:55.119 --> 00:52:59.639
Grant are on the floor together.
But you are right, I think he's

756
00:52:59.679 --> 00:53:02.119
gonna be okay. But I'm a
little I'm a little nervous. I'm excited

757
00:53:02.119 --> 00:53:07.280
to see this Clipper's team really lock
in and hopefully, you know, treat

758
00:53:07.760 --> 00:53:12.719
these playoffs kind of the other way
maybe treated this regular season. Clippers win

759
00:53:12.800 --> 00:53:15.880
one thirty six to one twenty five
over the Portland trail Blazers. They're in

760
00:53:16.079 --> 00:53:21.719
Phoenix tomorrow. They win. They
are the five seed and the Sun's arresting.

761
00:53:21.760 --> 00:53:25.480
Everyone is Chuck Mockler from Clips and
dip pod does it with myself and

762
00:53:25.519 --> 00:53:30.519
William Updyke. Will either have a
tripod for you tomorrow night when we know

763
00:53:30.639 --> 00:53:35.639
definitively the Clippers path or on Monday
night. Charles, thanks for doing this,

764
00:53:36.719 --> 00:53:39.840
Thanks for having me. Talks to
coming up next postgame audio from Avisa

765
00:53:39.920 --> 00:53:45.159
Zubos will close things out. Final
thoughts. Clippers win by eleven over the

766
00:53:45.199 --> 00:53:49.920
Portland Trailblazers at Crypto dot com arena
and you're listening to Clipper's talk here on

767
00:53:49.960 --> 00:53:55.679
the Patriot AM eleven fifty, who
was blocked by George this LA Clippers basketball.

768
00:53:55.920 --> 00:54:02.480
He is a one man on the
home of your LA Clippers. Clippers

769
00:54:02.559 --> 00:54:07.920
win one thirty six to one twenty
five over the Portland Trailblazers from Downsound,

770
00:54:07.039 --> 00:54:15.000
Los Angeles. This is Clipperstock.
I'm Adam Oslin on the Patriot AM eleven

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00:54:15.280 --> 00:54:21.280
fifty. Clippers in Phoenix tomorrow to
close out the regular season against a team

772
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that is resting all of their main
guys because it looks like they want the

773
00:54:25.199 --> 00:54:29.719
Clippers in the first round. Clippers
win that game over the Suns tomorrow,

774
00:54:30.079 --> 00:54:34.320
they'll be the five seed. Suns
in that four spot, they may just

775
00:54:34.519 --> 00:54:37.719
stay in Phoenix. I doubt it, though, with five days off before

776
00:54:37.800 --> 00:54:43.199
the start of the first round.
Should things end up that way, and

777
00:54:43.320 --> 00:54:46.280
you know what, Clipper Nation,
things have never come easy for the Clippers

778
00:54:46.400 --> 00:54:49.920
this regular season, where we thought, hey, they may flirt with winning

779
00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:52.719
sixty for the first time in franchise
history. They're at forty three wins,

780
00:54:53.599 --> 00:54:59.199
and should they take on the Suns
in the first round, that would mean

781
00:54:59.639 --> 00:55:02.679
they are not only in the Sun's
bracket, but in the Denver Nuggets bracket

782
00:55:04.840 --> 00:55:08.119
and would take on the winner if
they could beat Phoenix of the one eight

783
00:55:08.280 --> 00:55:12.920
matchup, likely the Denver Nuggets,
who have won ninth straight against the Clippers

784
00:55:13.440 --> 00:55:15.840
and have their number and came back
on them down three one in the Bubble

785
00:55:16.239 --> 00:55:21.280
in twenty twenty. Sorry to bring
it up, could just be apropos.

786
00:55:21.800 --> 00:55:25.280
The Clippers need the toughest challenge,
the road less traveled. It's always been

787
00:55:25.360 --> 00:55:30.800
that way for them. Well,
I started anything different now and be careful

788
00:55:30.840 --> 00:55:34.400
what you wish for. If you
took on Sacramento in the first round the

789
00:55:34.480 --> 00:55:37.800
three six matchup, King's playing with
a lot of house money. They weren't

790
00:55:37.800 --> 00:55:44.440
even supposed to be in this position
this season. Morris in Inglewood, you're

791
00:55:44.480 --> 00:55:49.400
on Clipper stock without amsl and closing
things out. Morris Middle was a party.

792
00:55:49.480 --> 00:55:52.960
It was a party at the Adam
Middle of the party. It was

793
00:55:52.000 --> 00:55:58.239
the Clippers got this, Norman Powell
of Kawaii Westbrook. They got a team.

794
00:55:58.320 --> 00:56:00.480
The thing that I noticed today,
though, Adam, was the coaches

795
00:56:00.480 --> 00:56:02.440
don't sit down anymore. Remember John
Winton. I never saw understand it up,

796
00:56:02.519 --> 00:56:06.559
but it seemed like Tywoo and Billis
was up for every dribble. Let

797
00:56:06.639 --> 00:56:08.480
him be played for every symble.
But there was a party that took place

798
00:56:09.280 --> 00:56:14.119
today at the Crypto Place. It
was unbelievable. If you have never been

799
00:56:14.199 --> 00:56:16.480
to one of them games, you
have got to go to take your kids

800
00:56:16.519 --> 00:56:20.079
to one of them games. I
even like the mascots that they got.

801
00:56:20.079 --> 00:56:22.679
I know I'm an adult and everything, but I like the mascots. It

802
00:56:22.840 --> 00:56:24.280
was beautiful and Adam, I love
you, man. I don't owe that

803
00:56:24.400 --> 00:56:28.880
way, but I love you and
go Clippers. Thank you, Morris.

804
00:56:29.679 --> 00:56:34.320
I appreciate the phone call, Love
you too. Clippers win one thirty six

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to one twenty five over the Portland
trail Blazers. Tomorrow we'll seal their fate.

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They're taking on the Suns in Phoenix, whether or not they're a top

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six seed or they have to come
out of the play in tournament just to

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get in a seven game series.
Tip time against the Suns Tomorrow Clippers closed

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things out on the road is at
twelve thirty. We'll have your pregame show

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starting at eleven thirty. Before we
get out of here. I do want

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to thank the Clippers organization. Should
Noah Eagle, Brian Semen, Ralph Flawler,

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Big Brother, Jake Corner, Katie
Newton back in the bank, Dennis

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Dagastinho, the callers, the listeners. I'm at a Maslin will join you

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tomorrow for Game eighty two of the
regular seasons. The Clippers close things out

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on the road in Phoenix against the
Suns and a possible first round playoff preview

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who that we'll do it all?
Then I'll be here. This has been

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Clippers Talk. A postgame conversation about
your LA Clippers with Adam Oslaft. If

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you like the show, subscribe to
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or wherever you podcast the best.
This team has those championship ingredients. They

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have some of that DNA. You
can see it. This is Clippers Basketball.

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