WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:07.280 Dot com. This is a first basketball The game is over if you're gonna 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:11.480 get clippered down and acted. But the time to react has just begun. 3 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:16.839 I'm so happy with Bomber's doing. This is Clippers Talk with your host Adam 4 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:21.519 Osled on air after every game here and on the iHeart Radio app. This 5 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:25.199 is what they have been building towards. All the other pieces were in place 6 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:29.000 all now to get in on the action and let your voice be her now, 7 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:38.520 your host, Adam Osled. You may think it's a little corny, 8 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:42.520 but today marks the nineteenth anniversary of the death of R and B star Aliyah, 9 00:00:43.439 --> 00:00:47.679 and I thought this song was appropriate after what we just saw from PG 10 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:53.439 thirteen Paul George, after having just thirty four points total in his last three 11 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:59.399 games, he shows up with all the pressure on his shoulders and puts up 12 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:03.600 thirty five points in twenty five minutes on twelve of eighteen shooting, and the 13 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:10.079 Clippers win Game five, one fifty four to one eleven over the Dallas Mavericks. 14 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:12.159 Welcome in to Clipper Stock. I'm at a Moslin coming up. We'll 15 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:17.640 get to your phone calls eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven, 16 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:19.519 seven, five, two, zero, eleven fifty or get to me 17 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:26.280 at follow Adam a coming up you'll hear from Doc Rivers and the players. 18 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:32.159 After a record setting game, record setting performance, the Clippers win by forty 19 00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:38.239 three. It's their largest point differential in the postseason by sixteen points. Or 20 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:44.840 excuse me, they outdid their one hundred and thirty eight points scored back in 21 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:48.680 twenty fourteen on the Golden State Warriors by sixteen points. Was scoring one hundred 22 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:53.680 and fifty four points in this game. And that's the third most points scored 23 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:59.239 in a playoff game in NBA history. And now let's talk about the damage 24 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:04.920 they did from three. They go twenty two of thirty five from beyond the 25 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:08.360 arc since the eighty three eighty four season. That is the highest three point 26 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:15.000 percentage with a minimum of thirty attempted in an NBA playoff game period. Nobody's 27 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:20.000 been more efficient from three in a playoff game. Not the Golden State Warriors, 28 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:23.599 not the Houston Rockets when they missed twenty seventh straight. It's your Los 29 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:30.000 Angeles Clippers twenty two to thirty five, and Mons de Trez hit his first 30 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:36.599 three pointer of the season. What a bounce back. What a response. 31 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:42.439 It was the perfect performance at the right time when they needed it, and 32 00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:46.439 I think it's gonna have legs and carry over into Game six and hopefully beyond. 33 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:53.360 But Paul George, for him to play at this level when everybody was 34 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:59.400 talking about him all the playoff, Pea talk, the pandemic piece to Pea 35 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:05.319 talk ridiculous, and he puts up one of his most efficient games of his 36 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:08.280 career, thirty five points in twenty five minutes on just eighteen shots, four 37 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:13.240 of eight from distance. Had nine points in the first quarter, nine in 38 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:15.719 the second, nine in the third, eight in the fourth. If not 39 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:21.280 for being in foul trouble, he likely goes for forty plus he had four 40 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:29.400 fouls early on. He was spectacular. He answered all the criticism and now 41 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:32.439 I'm wondering what is this gonna do for him moving forward? When you get 42 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:38.479 over a mental hurdle like this, when you break through, because it was 43 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:42.960 real. Things were so bad for him the last three games, not since 44 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:47.120 the sixties had anyone in the playoffs had three straight games where they shot twenty 45 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:52.319 five percent or less from the field. Ten for forty seven was where he 46 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:57.280 was at, and it had to be mental. It had to be in 47 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:00.159 his head. We talked about it last show, but Jamichael Greene brought it 48 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:04.960 up yesterday at practice. He said, we're just telling him to get out 49 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:10.159 of your own head. Well, he was out of his mind with his 50 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:15.959 shooting efficiency tonight. But you could see the camaraderie and the chemistry with this 51 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:21.160 Clippers team and guys cheering each other on and creating their own energy, which 52 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:27.879 is what you have to do without a crowd. You saw Patrick Beverly still 53 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:31.839 not playing in this game, and Joe Kim Noah, these six eleven, 54 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:38.560 Patrick Beverly cheering guys on the entire time. Monster Tress, who ended up 55 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:44.920 with a huge game, needed it badly, finally looked like himself knocked off 56 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:50.040 all the rust had all those minutes played in the fourth quarter because the Clippers 57 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:54.240 were up huge, and he stayed out there. And I thought he played 58 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:57.000 well in the first three quarters. I thought he played well in the first 59 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:00.720 half. He just wasn't scoring much. He had one and one play on 60 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:05.800 Bob and Marianovitch and the Clippers were going at Boby early and often. It 61 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:13.079 started with PG. Then it was Monster Tress and Sweet Lou Williams went after 62 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:19.519 devastator as well, but Harold had sixteen of his nineteen points in the fourth 63 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:24.959 quarter, had eleven rebounds. That's a playoff high for him. It was 64 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:32.079 a plus thirty four. You wonder if now we get Monster Trez consistently in 65 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:36.600 the playoffs, and how scary can this Clippers team be because we talked about 66 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:41.399 it postgame with Noah Eagle. When they're playing like this at this level, 67 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:46.040 with all the talent they have, I truly believe they're an underground super team. 68 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:49.600 They're built differently. They don't have three superstars, they have two, 69 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:54.319 but they're two way superstars, play both ends of the court. And then 70 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:58.800 they have the best bench in NBA history that's starting to play like it. 71 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:05.439 Reggie Jackson, who a lot of people pinned the last loss on, responded 72 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:10.720 as well. Three or four from distance, shooting over fifty percent from three 73 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:15.839 in the series. Patrick Patterson comes in and knocks down three three pointers, 74 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:20.319 goes three o three. It was an onslot. It was target practice for 75 00:06:20.360 --> 00:06:27.040 the Clippers. It was nuts to see. You watched history tonight winning by 76 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:30.480 forty three. Had never beaten an opponent down like that before in a playoff 77 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:33.519 game, putting up one hundred and fifty four points. That's an all time 78 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:40.439 franchise high in a playoff game, third in NBA history, third most points 79 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:44.360 scored in a playoff game in NBA history. And then the efficiency from three 80 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:50.480 shooting sixty three percent on thirty five attempts. Oh yeah, I've gone too 81 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:58.480 long without talking about Kawhi Leonard had fifteen points in the first quarter, started 82 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:01.720 six of six. The mid range was on, it was never off. 83 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:06.199 His first misshot was a three pointer. He only went two of four from 84 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:11.800 three. He was under the team average in this game, but he finished 85 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:14.480 with thirty two points, had twenty two at the half, had ten more 86 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:17.439 in the third quarter. I don't believe had to even play in the fourth. 87 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:24.360 But when Paul George is this locked in and you could see it right 88 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:29.040 away, there was some intensity about him. You know that meme everybody uses 89 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:34.639 for Lebron James. In that game six in twenty twelve against the Boston Celtics, 90 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:36.959 when they were down three games to two they had to win, he 91 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:42.279 comes up big, has forty points. I saw that. I don't want 92 00:07:42.279 --> 00:07:45.519 to say, there's a real game face and we're talking about intangibles and things 93 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:49.519 like that, and just guys playing angry doesn't always work, but PG thirteen 94 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:55.680 looked like he was taking out his aggression and frustration from the last few games 95 00:07:56.720 --> 00:08:01.480 on the basket. His first shot was a twelve footer. Hit another mid 96 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:05.759 range shot, and Noah Eagle took note of it. It dropped after clanking 97 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:11.040 around shooters touch we thought, oh, here we go. Then he missed 98 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:15.800 a shot but got his own rebound and got the n one with the layup, 99 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:22.600 and it was off from there. And he was consistently being aggressive looking 100 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.879 for contact. I tweeted out earlier at follow out of May when he's going 101 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:30.879 at the basket like that, when he's taken on someone the giant of the 102 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:35.840 league, the gentle giant, Bobo and Marianovitch, everyone's favorite player, he's 103 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:39.159 just one of mine. When he's attacking him, you know he's feeling good. 104 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:46.519 But now, what's this gonna do for him moving forward? Because I 105 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:50.039 think this is gonna unleash the same Paul George we saw tonight, but also 106 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:54.480 the same guy we've seen since he's been healthy in the bubble. He got 107 00:08:54.519 --> 00:09:01.480 over this mental block, this hurdle, the naysayers, everyone doubting him, 108 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:07.200 and this may be the most significant playoff game he's had so far in his 109 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:15.519 career to be able to answer the call like this with thirty five in twenty 110 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.799 five minutes. Clippers win by forty three. Coming up next, we'll get 111 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:24.000 to your phone calls eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven 112 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:28.759 five two zero eleven fifty. They lead this best of seven series with the 113 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:35.559 Dallas Mavericks three games to two, and I believe that means eighty two point 114 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:41.519 two percent of the time you end up winning the series. You'll hear from 115 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:45.039 PG thirteen post game, as well as Sweet Loew Williams and Doc Rivers. 116 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:48.399 More Clippers dock coming up next right here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty and 117 00:09:48.440 --> 00:10:03.000 the Clippers Radio network here. Los Angeles Clippers win Game five, four to 118 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:09.559 one eleven over the Dallas Mavericks. Game six is Thursday night. Coming up. 119 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:15.600 You'll hear from PG thirteen after he responds with thirty five points in just 120 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:20.279 twenty five minutes and is the first player in the shot clock era to have 121 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:24.919 at least thirty five points and under twenty five minutes played in a postseason game 122 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:31.080 history was made and multiple levels. Tonight for this Clippers franchise. They set 123 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:37.360 the all time mark with three points shooting efficiency in a playoff game. Now, 124 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:39.919 I believe there was a game two years ago. Okay, I know 125 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:46.639 that part. But the Clippers went eighteen of twenty three from distance in the 126 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:52.759 regular season and that was an all time efficient game from distance in NBA history. 127 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:58.000 They set a regular season record there. They lost that game on a 128 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:03.480 three pointer unfortunately missed by to buy his hairs because they were up at Oracle 129 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:07.639 Arena taking on the Golden State Warriors. They were that good and they still 130 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:11.559 ended up losing that game somehow. But a ten twenty three there twenty two 131 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:16.799 of thirty five tonight, all time playoff record. Nobody's ever been hotter from 132 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:22.679 beyond the yark and Monster Tres even hit his first three point shot of the 133 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:28.039 season and then get a dunk right after that. I joked with Noah Eagle, 134 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:31.399 we were talking about PG. Thirteen struggling with his shot. We'll get 135 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:33.559 to the basket, get to the basket, get some easy ones. See 136 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:37.919 the ball go through the net for Monster Tres. He was missing at the 137 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:43.480 rim and then he got going by hitting a shot from the perimeter. Am 138 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:48.039 I the only one that gives a damn about the rules? It just it 139 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:54.360 felt like the upside down world. I don't know. Denny in La Denny, 140 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:56.720 what's up? You're on Clippers Stop without of Maslin? How are you 141 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:58.960 hey? How's it going? As my first time in in the show. 142 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:03.279 Been listening for about two three years now, I'm excited living a dream. 143 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:09.000 You haven't said first time long time. I'm proud of you for that. 144 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:13.080 That's a radio cliche, Danny, No need to. Yeah, I'm just 145 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:16.960 a lea say I'm just living a dream. Man's been a Clippers fans in 146 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:20.600 ninety seven, and we've got my favorite player on the team, Paul George. 147 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:26.440 I'm excited what he did today. You shut everybody up. It was 148 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:31.440 a special performance. Denny call again on Thursday. Become a regular here on 149 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:37.840 Clippers Talk. But with all the chatter, with every pundit on TV doubting 150 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:43.919 him to come through in this way, not just to play well, to 151 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:48.480 play great, to do something nobody's ever even done in the playoffs. Before 152 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:54.960 thirty five points and in twenty five minutes or less in twelve of eighteen from 153 00:12:54.960 --> 00:13:00.600 the field four of eight from distance, and he was leading them early. 154 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:05.159 He scored the first bucket of the game, and give credit to Doc Rivers 155 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:09.679 who made all the right adjustments and had a set play for Paul George to 156 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:13.759 get to one of his sweet spots to get going, to get in rhythm 157 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:16.879 to start the game, and then again to start the third quarter, Kawhi 158 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:24.559 Leonard hit him for a layup lob. This team is coming together, I 159 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:28.639 think at the right time. Now they can start peaking, but there's still 160 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:33.320 work to be done in this series. They still have a game six, 161 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:37.600 and like Noah Eagles said, they have to carry this over those forty three 162 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:43.360 points that you beat the Dallas Mavericks by. It's not a rollover minutes type 163 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:46.879 thing like with your cell phone and maybe that's from like the early two thousand 164 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:52.519 now and very dated. But you start zero zero in game six, they 165 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:56.720 have to come out with that same intensity, that same focus, and regardless 166 00:13:56.759 --> 00:14:01.840 if shots are falling to this rate, and considering this was a legendary shooting 167 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:05.960 performance, they likely won't be. But rely on your defense, your ball 168 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:11.639 pressure, and not having the same miscues we saw in Game four to let 169 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:18.759 a twenty one point leads slip away. Let's go to Rick in La Rick, 170 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:20.720 what's up? You're on? Clippers? Stop without in Austin, how 171 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:24.320 are you? And what's going on? And finally gonna be positive tonight. 172 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:28.960 Love the way the attitude the Clippers came out just stepped on their next didn't 173 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:35.320 give the lethal offense of the Mavericks to get going there really locked everybody down. 174 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:37.960 Luca had his worst game as serious. Nobody else could get anything going. 175 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:43.159 And while the Clippers everybody across the board from the starters from Kawhi most 176 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:46.000 importantly PG. Thirteen, we were waiting for him to reappear, the bench 177 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:52.360 from Montrese, Reggie Jackson, just complete team efforts. That's what we expect 178 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:54.360 to see with this team in a big game. They finally got it done. 179 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:56.679 Now we got to finish it out. I don't want to have to 180 00:14:56.720 --> 00:15:01.639 see now the Clippers just come out, lack the day's school and give the 181 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:05.639 MAVs hope on Thursday night. Allow him to get because this year's not over. 182 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:09.559 The Stallas team, even without Porzenis, can still manage to steal a 183 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:13.480 game with those guys out with Luca, and then they got the seaters there 184 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:16.519 with Hardaway, Hurry and Burke. So I want to see the Clippers do 185 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:18.600 the same thing and this series. Don't give them another game and have to 186 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:22.759 go to a game seven. So all in all great games. This is 187 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:24.639 the championship fall. We want to see out of the Clippers, and when 188 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:28.039 they're focused on locked in, we know they're the best team in the league. 189 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:31.120 It's just a matter of ben consistent and tonight they showed everybody when they 190 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:35.759 when they're when they're in the mood, they can do that. So game 191 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:39.320 both everybody and to Doc Rivers having these guys focus after the way they lost 192 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:43.000 on Sunday, Rick, thank you for the phone call. Great phone call. 193 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:46.559 As always, Rick is regular, he's calling in after every game. 194 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:50.120 And remember, if the Dodgers are on AM five seventy, we'll be right 195 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:54.159 here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty and that's where we'll be Thursday night for 196 00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:58.759 Game six. Yes, you cannot get complacent, and especially against this Dallas 197 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:04.639 team, because no lead feels safe. They're up by thirty three early in 198 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:08.360 the third quarter and I'm thinking pour it on, keep going, keep pushing. 199 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:15.320 But that is the beauty of now having Monster Trez back in rhythm offensively. 200 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:18.080 I think things clicked in for him in the fourth quarter because he finally 201 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:23.440 got more on court reps. He played twenty three minutes and had sixteen points 202 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:26.679 in the fourth quarter early in the season, even going back to last year, 203 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:33.200 whenever there was a blowout and the Clippers were up big and the opposition 204 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:37.120 is still having to deal with Monster Trez and Sweet Lew Williams out there, 205 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:41.320 the best bench duo in NBA history. It's not even fair. Those guys 206 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:45.600 are always going hard. Those guys are playing hard for forty eight minutes and 207 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:51.320 then some they leave it all out there. Monster Trez is that energy guy 208 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:56.080 they've needed him without Patrick Beverley. Still think about that they didn't have Patrick 209 00:16:56.159 --> 00:17:02.799 Beverly, somebody who's been shooting forty five percent from three since December, and 210 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:06.720 the heart and hoole, the heart and hustle, heart and soul player for 211 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:14.480 this team. And I think the way that the bench and starters and guys 212 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:18.279 who were out were cheering each other on that's also huge. That's gonna pay 213 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:22.319 dividends. That just brings this team even closer together. And Patrick Beverley was 214 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:26.759 leading that with his smack talk of course with Luca don Chis. They were 215 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:32.000 chirping back and forth. But on the court, Marcus Morris, who went 216 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:37.440 four of six from distance, started three of three from three. He's played 217 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:41.599 with that edge, that nasty. He's been an agitator, a pest, 218 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:48.400 and I mean that affectionately. The Clippers have needed that. Without Patrick Beverley 219 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:52.079 out there on the court, Marcus Morris has been playoff Marcus been shooting about 220 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:56.279 fifty percent himself from three in the playoffs and hit that huge three. Didn't 221 00:17:56.359 --> 00:18:00.160 end up being the game winner. There were still nine more seconds left in 222 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:03.880 Game four, but still good to see they have another clutch player late in 223 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:06.960 the game who's likely going to play a lot of crunch time minutes in. 224 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:10.200 Marcus Morris Senior. All right, we'll take a quick break. We'll get 225 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:14.119 back to your phone calls. You'll hear from Paul George next after he has 226 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:19.000 thirty five points and the Clippers win by forty three, put up a franchise 227 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:25.880 best one hundred and fifty four points in a playoff game. With their backs 228 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:32.119 against the wall, with everyone's starting to doubt them, and especially Paul George, 229 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:34.519 we'll come back we'll have tomare Azarrely on from clutch points. You'll hear 230 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:37.680 from PG. Thirteen, and we'll get to your phone calls at eight seven 231 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:44.799 seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty. 232 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:48.240 This is Clipper Stock. I'm atam Oslin and here listening to the Patriot am 233 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:52.880 eleven fifty. George, I'd open for eighteen, buttering cans it from the 234 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:56.319 near side. Paul George's six foot ten and the Clippers late fifteen to thirty 235 00:18:56.359 --> 00:19:03.640 one PG. Thirteen with thirteen Paul George heard the noise and then made some 236 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:11.480 of his own with thirty five points in just twenty five minutes. Nobody has 237 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:15.319 ever scored at that high a rate and that few of minutes in the playoffs 238 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:18.200 before and the Clippers win by forty three with the final score one fifty four 239 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:22.720 to one to eleven in Game five over the Dallas Mavericks. Coming up, 240 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:26.279 we'll get back to your phone calls, and you'll hear from PG. Thirteen 241 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:30.720 post game eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five two 242 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:34.519 zero eleven fifty. But I do want to bring him my friend Tomair Azarrely 243 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:42.079 from Clutch Points Tomaer, I'm not sure I've seen a performance this good, 244 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:49.279 a response this powerful from a player who was in such a bad place shooting 245 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:56.119 wise, than what I saw tonight from PG thirteen. Yeah, we saw 246 00:19:56.160 --> 00:20:00.240 a very candid Paul George post game on the t podcast talking about how he 247 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:04.160 was in a in a dark place. You know, he talked to a 248 00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:10.440 couple the team therapists about the anxiety and the expression that he was going through. 249 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:15.799 He admitted to us post game that he underestimated mental health and being in 250 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:18.759 the bubble for about fifty fifty days now or forty days now, whatever it 251 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:22.559 is, they've been there over a month, and it's it's it's it's taken 252 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:26.279 the toll on some guys, and Paul George is no exception. And I 253 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:30.000 think that, you know, when you consider social media and everything else that 254 00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:32.880 goes on in the world, all the all the access these people are fans 255 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:34.400 up to players, it's sort of hard to get that out of your head 256 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:37.319 sometimes, you know. Again, tags away from his family's two kids for 257 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:42.880 over a month. So this is the Paul George we expected to see throughout 258 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:45.240 the bubble that we stopped about the bubble and the one we expected to see 259 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:49.359 in the playoffs. We saw it in game one, game two. You 260 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:52.000 could tell almost in game three or four, when he wasn't even being as 261 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:56.519 aggressive anymore, that it was just a confidence issue. You know. I 262 00:20:56.640 --> 00:21:00.359 posted a couple of clips that I'm sure you've seen them of him just sort 263 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:03.880 of passing up, passing up open shots and just looking headitant in his decisions. 264 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:07.359 And today it looked like he was back to his normal self, you 265 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:12.319 know, aggressive, quick first step, going to the rim, getting drawings. 266 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:15.720 You know, he said he was going to go to the post and 267 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:17.960 work his way from there, and he drew a couple of fouls early, 268 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:21.440 got a post a fadeaway today and that opened up the three point game for 269 00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:23.319 him. So this is Apaul dry to expect, and hopefully this is the 270 00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:26.200 one we get moving forward, because he's a really fun version to watch. 271 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:30.359 Like you said, historic numbers to night thirty five points in under twenty five 272 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:33.880 minutes, first there to ever do that in playoff history. Is this also 273 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:40.359 the type of game where the Clippers work out the chemistry kinks because defensively they 274 00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:44.119 were obviously much better, and they stayed that way. They kept that same 275 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:48.599 intensity, and I feel like what happened in Game four could be a blessing 276 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:53.400 in disguise because now they've learned that lesson of how you cannot get comfortable at 277 00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:57.680 any point even when you're up twenty one, especially against a team like these 278 00:21:57.759 --> 00:22:03.640 Dallas Mavericks and Luca don But going forward, are there things they can learn 279 00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:07.599 from this being a more difficult first round series than what I think a lot 280 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:14.359 of people anticipated going in. I think absolutely. You know, it's funny 281 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.880 when you look at I looked at sort of in the first half, it 282 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:19.839 was almost an identical score to the to the Game four in terms of the 283 00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:22.480 biggest lead. The Clippers had a twenty one point leader, was a twenty 284 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:25.960 two point leader with about the same score this time, and you know, 285 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:27.400 the Mass rushed back and made it an eight point game and a half time. 286 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:30.960 We know what happened in the third quarter. This time, the Clippers 287 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:33.400 kept their foot on the gas and leading up that lead to twenty five thirty 288 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:37.519 thirty three I think was the highest at some point, but they just really 289 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:40.319 stepped on the Mass throat and didn't let them come back. And I think, 290 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:42.559 look, I think a lot of us maybe expected this to be a 291 00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:48.480 lot easier for the Clippers because of the you know, the two seven matchup 292 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:52.680 Towardzingis has been out, Donche's has been dealing with an injury. But we 293 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:56.519 have to remember this is the this is the most prolific scoring team in NBA 294 00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:59.799 history, best opens in NBA history in the Mavericks, they scored a high 295 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:03.359 level and the Clippers held them down to eighty six or three quarters is pretty 296 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:07.000 good before the reserves came in. It's a challenge because this is a great 297 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:11.480 offensive team and when it looks things going to be the Utah Jazz next, 298 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:15.720 right, if the Clippers can get out, that's gonna be the defensive minded 299 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:18.880 game. The Jazz are a good offensive team, but they're getting get done 300 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:22.359 defensively as well. So this is the great first round for the Clippers, 301 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:26.640 just in terms of the adversity they need to face, the challenges, the 302 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:30.039 game plan, the schemes that they need to execute. And I think that's 303 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:33.400 been the biggest word that's been thrown around by Doctorphers and the players executing their 304 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:38.079 plays, executing their game plan in terms of defensively switching on guys, switching 305 00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:41.000 correctly, and I think, yeah, you mentioned this is just a great 306 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:45.640 first round for them. Hopefully they can win on Thursday night and advanced in 307 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:49.599 the second round. Adversity builds character, and I thought the Clippers showed their 308 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:55.599 character and identity. It's shine through in this game where nothing is given, 309 00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:59.319 everything is earned and you have to play hard for forty eight minutes and we 310 00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:03.480 hadn't seen maybe all season long, but definitely with the stakes this high, 311 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:08.079 then play this complete of a ball game where even in the fourth quarter they 312 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:12.000 were not letting go. The backups came in and they put it on Dallas 313 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:17.599 as well. You could tell Roddy McGruder, Patrick Patterson. They were itching 314 00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:19.759 for minutes and they made the most of them. But Mons de Trez, 315 00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:26.079 who had struggled in this series, understandably because he just got back into the 316 00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:29.519 bubble before this series started, he got a lot of run in that fourth 317 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:33.680 quarter. He had sixteen points in that fourth quarter. Do you think for 318 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:40.240 him this is going to jump start that engine that he has to where he's 319 00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:44.880 back to being himself now. Well, I think there's been a combination of 320 00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:47.759 things in terms of why he's been struggling. For one, obviously, he 321 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:51.960 had to deal with things away from the team for a month. He was 322 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:56.039 obviously away from basketball for five months, and so you know, his first 323 00:24:56.480 --> 00:25:00.960 first game for his game action run five on five game one, that was 324 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:03.319 about a little over a week ago, so you know, you don't get 325 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:07.119 into game shape right away. And I think the second thing that's contributed to 326 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:11.519 it is we know about him best. Mount Bobon is very hard to go 327 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:14.920 up against when he's defending. Thermy can block shots with that jumping. He's 328 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:17.960 just a big body, and so I think tread has really tried to figure 329 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:22.480 out his way to play against Boban. And you know, Doc said, 330 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:26.359 the best post game he tries is still young. He gave he gave Tres 331 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:30.039 a hug after the game because it was just good to see Tress finally get 332 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:33.359 going, get back to the sixth Man of the Year candidate that we've seen 333 00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:37.440 every single game this year, whatever it was, sixty sixty four games. 334 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:41.359 We saw the three point artists Tres as well. Yes, yes, first 335 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:45.799 career postseason three pointer, and when when that went down, you sort of 336 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:48.680 knew that it was just that kind of night for them. So good to 337 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:51.279 see Tred's get back into it. He's going to be important for the Clippers 338 00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:55.480 in the following rounds if they can get there. But just all around terrific 339 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:59.759 efforts from everyone today. He is tomare Azarrely. He covers the Clippers for 340 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:03.440 points. Follow him on Twitter at t O M E R A Z A 341 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:07.559 r l Y. One of the reasons he's such a good follow is because 342 00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:12.759 he posts all the clips post game and then I believe even sometimes pregame. 343 00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:17.680 He has that type of access and that type of skill with final cut pro 344 00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:21.000 or something. But Temara, thanks so much for doing this tonight. Man. 345 00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:23.000 Great work is always of course, of course, thank you, Vera. 346 00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:26.680 I just want to say, did you guys haven't checked out doctors postgame 347 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:29.200 press conference? Please do? He had a very moving press conference. To 348 00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:33.319 check it out. Thanks Adam, thank you Temara. Coming up next. 349 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:36.720 I don't know if we're gonna have enough time because we're out at ten, 350 00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:42.799 but I concur I encourage everyone to listen to the message from Doc Rivers tonight, 351 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:47.720 only because I've seen some quotes from it, some excerpts. It's powerful, 352 00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:53.880 it's profound, it's needed right now. Clippers were looking for a big 353 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:57.960 win. They got it in game five, Paul George was looking to turn 354 00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:03.160 around his playing the series. We saw that as well, and you'll hear 355 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:07.599 from PG thirteen next right here on Clippers talk on the Patriot Amlem fifty. 356 00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:14.119 Everything's bigger, not just in Dallas, but against Dallas, and the Clippers 357 00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:18.559 take them out and win by forty three points in Game five with a one 358 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:23.880 fifty four to one to eleven final score. And Paul George comes back after 359 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:27.480 all those struggles the last three games, last three games, he scored thirty 360 00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:33.000 four points total. Tonight he had thirty five and just twenty five minutes hadn't 361 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:37.079 been done in the shot clock era before. And here he was postgame speaking 362 00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:41.799 with the media. Hey, Paul, obviously you had a breakout game today 363 00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:45.480 with thirty five points. What were kind of the mentality difference for you today 364 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:53.359 versus the last three games. I just got into a different places. I 365 00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:57.519 just locked into a different point of details. But I just I got into 366 00:27:57.519 --> 00:28:10.119 a different place of different mentality, said Max's own. Hey, Paul, 367 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:14.319 you were incredibly candid in the postgame interview with TMT, and one of the 368 00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:17.960 things you said was that you were in a dark place and you really kind 369 00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:19.920 of struggled with that in the bubble, and also the environment of having no 370 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:25.640 fans, no staple center to really energize. You can you can you talk 371 00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:29.160 about what you meant by being in a dark place and how how difficult these 372 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:33.799 last three games were for you. It was just a little bit of everything. 373 00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:41.039 You know. I underestimated mental health. Honestly, I had anxiety, 374 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:48.359 a little bit of depression just being locked in here, and you know, 375 00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:52.839 just I just wasn't there. I checked out. It was you know, 376 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:57.079 games two, three, four, I wasn't there. I felt like I 377 00:28:57.119 --> 00:29:02.880 wasn't there, you know. Shout out to the people that was in my 378 00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:12.759 corner, from people that gave me the words big time right back experience. 379 00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:23.119 I can't think them enough. There was PG thirteen postgame the Clippers win by 380 00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:26.359 forty three. We weren't able to get to Doc Rivers. But here's what 381 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:30.319 I'm gonna do, because I didn't want to cut out and just take snippets 382 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:33.960 from that interview. It's too important and I know it's about eight minutes long, 383 00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:37.079 so in the podcast, I will make sure to attach it at the 384 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:41.440 end. So if you're listening to the podcast right now, stick around. 385 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:45.039 You're going to hear from Doc Rivers and his important message on the situation going 386 00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:52.359 on in Wisconsin and the social justice issues that the NBA is trying to address. 387 00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:56.799 That's part of this mission going on right now in the bubble. Game 388 00:29:56.880 --> 00:30:03.160 six for the Clippers is coming up on Thursday. We'll have Clippers campdown starting 389 00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:07.200 here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty at five pm, tip off at six. 390 00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:10.119 Before we get out of here, I do want to thank Noah Eagle, 391 00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:14.400 Brian Seman, Ralph Lawler, and back here in Burbank the fantastic sam 392 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:21.160 Zia. Until Thursday for Game six between your Clippers and Dallas Mavericks. I'm 393 00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:25.920 at a Maslin. We will talk to you then. Hey, Doc, 394 00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:29.880 I wanted to ask you about the defensive adjustments against Luca tonight. You guys 395 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:33.599 did a bit of trapping on the sidelines and above the arc. Wanted to 396 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:37.440 ask what went into that decision and how you thought that went well. I 397 00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:42.839 mean, we we it's just overall the intensity defensively, it was so much 398 00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:48.960 more attentive, you know, through the series, like we've made just a 399 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:52.680 lot of game play miss things, when our switching, when our trapping, 400 00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:56.599 we actually did travel and gained previous and it's just so poor it was hard 401 00:30:56.640 --> 00:31:02.680 to notice. I thought Kson and Tie lou both of him, just did 402 00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:06.839 a terrific job just game playing and mixing it up. We didn't we didn't 403 00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:10.880 just have one coverage, which I thought was important. Yeah. I just 404 00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:18.279 thought we played harder and we played right and played with a great severe NeXT's 405 00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:23.200 own the doc Paul just said in the postgame interview that he was in a 406 00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:29.119 pretty dark place his last three games and having trouble adjusting to the environment of 407 00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:30.920 no fans in the game. I was won't did you notice that that you 408 00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:34.400 see any of that? And also you said you would h comment about the 409 00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:38.960 Jacob Blake situation, how you truly felt about it after the game. Yeah, 410 00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:44.599 you know this is not a normal environment. Okay, it just is 411 00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:48.119 it. Uh, but it's it's good like didnb has done a terrific job. 412 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:52.319 But Loue made a great point, like, you know, you lose 413 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:56.319 a lot of games and the game that the night was tough. Usually you 414 00:31:56.400 --> 00:32:00.839 go home to your family, you go home, or you go back to 415 00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:05.240 your rooms and you're you're with each other and then you actually see the other 416 00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:09.319 teams. Uh, It's just a strange thing, man, I tell you, 417 00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:15.680 it's just different. And I thought it was a guys are great though, 418 00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:21.200 Like you know, PG and I said in the room in my room 419 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:27.359 after the game and we just had a long talk ut all about basketball really 420 00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:32.200 and you know, several players did it. Guys were knocking on his door. 421 00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:37.559 Now this team is, you know, we're growing still, you can 422 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:43.440 see it. We've not had the normal time together like most things, and 423 00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:49.200 so like things like that, they happened. And I thought our guys at 424 00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:55.720 all the players spurs the spurs the other situation. It's just so sad. 425 00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:07.279 You know. What stands out to me is just just watching the Republican revengetion 426 00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:15.880 y'all convention and this this viewing this fear right right all you hear Donald Trump 427 00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:20.519 and all of them talking about fear. We're the ones getting killed, we're 428 00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:25.480 the ones getting shot. We're the ones that we're denied to live in certain 429 00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:37.160 communities. We've been home, we've been shot, and all you do is 430 00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:50.000 keep hearing a fear. It's it's amazing why we keep loving this country and 431 00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:58.279 this country doesn't not left his back. And it's just it's really so sad, 432 00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:07.559 like I should just be a coach, and it's so often reminded of 433 00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:13.800 my color. You know, it's just really sad. We got to do 434 00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:16.239 better, but we gotta demand better like we got. You know, it's 435 00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:22.360 funny. We protest and they send riot guards, right, they send people 436 00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:30.119 in riot outfits. They go to Michigan with guns and they're spinning on cops 437 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:38.360 and nothing happens. The training has to change in the police force. The 438 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:44.639 unions have to be taken down in the police force. My dad was a 439 00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:52.119 cop. I believe in good cops. We're not trying to defund the police 440 00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:54.920 and take all their money away. We're trying to get them to protect us, 441 00:34:57.840 --> 00:35:01.360 just like they protect everybody else. I didn't want to talk about it 442 00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:07.840 before the game because it's so hard, like to just keep watching that that 443 00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:12.760 video. If you watch that video, you don't need to be black to 444 00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:19.840 be outrage. You don't you need to be American and outrage. And how 445 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:27.320 dare the Republicans talk about fear. We're the ones that need to be scared. 446 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:34.679 We're the ones having to talk every to every black child. What white 447 00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:38.840 father has to give his son a talk about being careful if you get pulled 448 00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:46.480 over. It's it's just ridiculous. And it just keeps getting it keeps going 449 00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:52.800 out. There's no charges, Brianna Taylor, no charges, nothing. All 450 00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:59.800 we're asking is you live up to the constitution. That's all we're asking for 451 00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:08.239 everybody, for everyone, Thank you. I want to go back to basketball 452 00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:13.519 real quick. I mean there's been players in the rafters in the Celtic sort 453 00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:15.480 of way. Do you playing? How play? You said? How? 454 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:20.039 I think one thing I said, I think you always play. You know 455 00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:24.079 what, We can fight for justice, but we still should do our jobs. 456 00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:30.199 I really believe that because during our jobs, people are seeing excellence from 457 00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:37.199 from Americans, Black Americans and white Americans. So I don't I would still 458 00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:39.719 do my job. That's just my opinion. But if my players told me 459 00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:45.360 no, would it would be no. I can tell you that. It's 460 00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:50.280 when you watch that video, it's sickny, it's signal. You know, 461 00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:53.199 it's kids were in the card. How do they ever get that out of 462 00:36:53.199 --> 00:37:02.000 their mind? How are those kids ever normal? You have decided bott not 463 00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:07.079 boycott. What would your message be to players who are in this situation weighing 464 00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:09.119 these kinds of questions? You're like my messages go out to your dreams. 465 00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:14.119 You don't allow anything to take you away from your dreams. Uh. Doing 466 00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:17.320 the Donald Sterling thing, you know, were Matt Barnes and Chris Paul, 467 00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:22.159 DJ and Blake and all those guys, JJ Reddick, they all pooled together 468 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:25.360 and at the end of the day, the one thing we decided when we 469 00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:29.280 were little kids, and we're in the backyard by ourselves, and we have 470 00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:32.599 these dreams if I winning the championship. Donald Sterling was not in our dreams, 471 00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:37.000 and neither were these cops. And so they're not going to take anybody. 472 00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:40.280 They're not taking our dreams away, all right, And so that would 473 00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:45.960 be my message. I have a few questions here left on Zoom. We're 474 00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:51.760 gonna go to tomare Doc. It feels a bit wrong to go back to 475 00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:54.079 basketball, but you know, it's what we do. Like I should be 476 00:37:54.079 --> 00:38:00.119 talking about basketball, and so it's what we do. Just did you feel 477 00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:04.079 like the team, I mean connected more emotionally. You talked about it being 478 00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:07.159 emotionally the week last game. Uh, did you feel like the team really 479 00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:09.639 connected on that level? Today? Yeah? We did. We did all 480 00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:15.039 things well today. Tomorrow we just played together. We played hard, we're 481 00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:20.920 aggressive and more importantly, like it is a human game and you make mistakes, 482 00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:25.000 but we just had so few game plan the states, Uh that I 483 00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:30.480 thought it was. It was awesome. Next is Maria sorry? Next is 484 00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:37.400 Mariam? Hey? Doc, thanks for sharing your thoughts and congrats on the 485 00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:40.559 wind. Obviously you say you want to play and and obviously excellence. There 486 00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:44.159 was a lot of excellence today. But how hard is it for you to 487 00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:46.800 like focus on game planning and the playoffs when when you're you know, this 488 00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:51.760 troubling stuff is happening. You know, it's because we have to, like 489 00:38:53.639 --> 00:39:02.440 our jobs are we are basketball players, we're fathers, we're businessmen, and 490 00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:07.920 we should still be able to do our jobs. But it's hard sometimes like 491 00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:15.599 today it was hard. It really was for everybody, every team. But 492 00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:20.880 I still think, like when we can't stop doing our jobs because it's what 493 00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:27.840 we do and and it allows us honestly three hours of solitude, like you 494 00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:30.480 know it does once we're on stage, we can kind of get in our 495 00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:38.159 jobs and forget what's going on. Oh, you know, so I think 496 00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:47.639 that's it. Next is Dank kind of along the solitude lines. I think 497 00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:52.519 Treads played five minutes in the first quarter or something like that. He might 498 00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:54.559 have only had two points, but the way you greeted him when he came 499 00:39:54.559 --> 00:40:00.280 off the court was a genuine like you seem really happy with that stratch. 500 00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:04.880 What did you like so much about that? And did you feel like he 501 00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:08.760 kind of finally looked a little bit sort of like himself. Yeah, I 502 00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:13.519 told him I was proud of him because I think he had two points, 503 00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:16.719 right, but he made a difference. And I think you know, Tress 504 00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:21.599 is steal y'all right, and so when you when you come back, you're 505 00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:25.000 not in great shape. I think you put so much pressure on scoring that 506 00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:31.239 you forget who you are. And Tress is energy player that can score points, 507 00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:36.239 that can do everything, and you know, he just needed that. 508 00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:40.079 So I was just happy that he he helped our team without scoring. And 509 00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:46.559 that's what I was selling. Can hey, coach, I appreciate that passion, 510 00:40:46.719 --> 00:40:51.119 that energy that you you just conveyed there, and I think that's what 511 00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:53.760 deplete your players played with tonight. That helped you guys to get that big 512 00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:58.079 win. I would like to ask you, Duck, if you could expound 513 00:40:58.199 --> 00:41:02.639 on when you had the first have that conversation with your son about driving and 514 00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:07.679 being safe and kind of his dealing with the law that, as you mentioned, 515 00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:09.719 some other people don't have to have that conversation. Can you touch on 516 00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:14.039 that for a moment. Basically when they get the driver's license, all of 517 00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:20.880 them, you know, you know, and you know I have an adopted 518 00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:25.599 child, you know, you just you just share with them. Be careful, 519 00:41:28.280 --> 00:41:35.039 show your hands, be respectful. You know. It's funny though even 520 00:41:35.239 --> 00:41:43.119 through that, sometimes you still get shot. So I don't know, it's 521 00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:45.840 just it's just really tough. All right, Doc, Thank you so much. 522 00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:46.840 That's all the questions.