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in Carlo Jimenez. Oh, Carlo. As I mentioned earlier, I liked
the fight. This team did not quit late. They made a run by
going small, They got back in it and just came up a little bit
short tonight. Yeah, I mean down seventeen with five and a half to
play, Adam. They held Minnesota a one field goal in the final four
minutes of the ball game. They were excellent on the defensive end. They
continued to fight. And look, if you're the Clippers in this one,
yes you're discouraged. You got down early. But I think there's a lot
of positives to take away from this game when you think about all the things
that didn't go your way. The late scratch drive eats a zubats, the
seventeen point deficit, the off night from Paul George and James Hard. I
mean, how many times are those guys gonna go nine for thirty three.
I'm gonna guess not many times this season. So for the Clippers, when
it seemed like the world was against you, you were within a possession late.
That's a positive in this one. And hey, Adam, if you're
gonna lose anywhere in a place where only two teams of one all year,
you can't hang your head too much. No, no shame in losing to
Minnesota. As they stay atop the Western Conference. We'll update you on the
standings coming up. Also an encouraging sign from Kawhi Leonard to play that well
against the defensive squad like this number one defensive team in the NBA. He
had twenty six. It still looked effortless at times for him and also missed
some gimmes that he normally makes as well. Yeah, one hundred percent.
I mean that three to tie the game straight away. He was right there
in rhythm and just left it a little short. Thirty seven minutes to night
for the Claw nine rebounds, four assists in a couple of steals. I
just I think when the Clippers are this close, Adam, what gives me
so much hope is you got the chiropractor on the other side. I mean,
as no what Eagle calls him, ty Lou is one of the mess
and making adjustments, finding ways to find an advantage. It will be a
whole nother ballgame if Aviatsa Zubots is in the starting lineup next time these two
teams square off. But I think the Clippers gave it their best shot.
They came closed, They didn't come away with a win, but they learned
a lot tonight, and that's what matters if you're the Clippers and without Big
Zoo. I thought Mason Plumbley gave them good minutes, his most meaningful minutes
since coming back off the knee injury being out for almost two months, played
sixteen minutes. They won his misus She was a plus three out there,
had eight points three boards. So that's another thing that the Clippers have in
their back pocket to use moving forward. One hundred percent agree. I mean
he was excellently. I think what Mason Plumley does for this team that Zubos
and even daniel Tyyes don't necessarily do at him is Plumbley will rebound and run
and with the basketball. Mean he pushes the pace for this Clippers team almost
as much as Russell Westbrook with away. He is looking to turn up court
every time he grabs a rebound. It's fun to watch him find a spot
with this team. Give them another rinkll I mean you talked about it.
They found some thing with that smaller lineup. I mean, they found something
they knew they had, but they saw it in action with Mason Plumley out
there for the Clippers. What more can you say about this bench? I
mean they were excellent tonight in all facets. You got thirty six from Westbrook
and Norman Palle, you got eight from Mason Plumbley. They delivered for the
Clippers. No doubt, Clippers come up short in Minnesota, but they will
regroove Tuesday night back home at Crypto. They're taking on SGA and the OKC
Thunder looking for a little get back after they lost. And okay, see
you a couple of weeks ago without Kawhi Leonard tip. Time for that one
is at seven. We'll have your pregame show starting at six. Carlo Jimenez.
Hopefully it's a warm flight back to southern California, my friend, great
calls always. Thank you so much, Adam, appreciate you. And happy
birthday, Katie Newton, Happy birthday, Katie. Coming up next, we
got second half highlights. The Clippers tried to climb that mountain, as Carlo
said, just came up a little bit short late. They lose by four
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You're listening to the LA Clippers on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers lose
one oh nine to one oh five in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It's not hot
in there. We're doing okay here in Burbank, welcome back into your postgame
show. I'm in a Mosland. Clippers dropped their first game out of their
last four. They have still won eight of their last ten and twenty two
of their last twenty nine, including seventeen of their last twenty one since December
first, and without a beats of zoobots in this game. The Clippers,
being down seventeen in the fourth quarter, ended up making a run after Rudy
Gobert made it ninety seven to eighty Minnesota with five point thirty eight left,
the Clippers small ball unit gave the Minnesota Timberwolves a scare. Westbrook collects it
left elbow, kicks it Norm downhill to the ram and slams it home.
Twenty one for Norm Harden at the top. He's open, doesn't shoot,
step back with nine to shoot, A three's in the air. Barri's its
two possession game, two minutes to play. Trimbles left hand, gets by
McDaniels, kims it up Norm left corner pump, fakes a three, Now
tries it out cut x three point game, seventy second left. The clumb
back Clips are backing it here in Minnesota. Westbrook at the top of three
rattles in oh My Russ Russell Westbrook making it a four point game with thirty
five seconds left, but Anthony Edwards would knock down some free throws, Russ
would knock down a couple and the Clippers had to steal down four. On
the inbounds play, it was Kawhi Leonard taking it away. The game,
though, would end with a Russell Westbrook miss layup as the Clippers were slow
to get into their offense. They go on to lose by four. Final
score of Minnesota one oh nine. You're Los Angeles Clippers one five final box
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Clippers lose to the top team in the West, No Big Zoo.
They made it a game late but come up four point shy in this one.
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LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers losing many one oh nine t one oh five
to the Minnesota Timberwolves. They'll be back in Cali Tuesday night taking on the
OKC thunder Clippers ended up shooting just forty three percent from the field, almost
ten percent lower than they have over the last sixteen games. They've been shooting
fifty two percent from the floor. They do end up going seventeen of thirty
nine from the outside, so they shot better from three than from two.
That's forty four percent. A lot of those three pointers coming when they made
that run late, taking it from seventeen to a three point game. But
Paul George and James Harden both struggled to a degree where it's going to be
very difficult to overcome. They combine to go nine of thirty three, that
is twenty seven percent from the field, Paul George five of nineteen with sixteen
points, James Harden four or fourteen with fourteen points. Kawhi Leonard had his
twenty six nine of nineteen, plus led them in the rebounding category with nine
four assists two steals for the Claw as well. Daniel Tyes game some good
minutes early, filling in admirably for Viats Zubots who was out a late scratch.
Ever so late as in they were about to jump it up and then
it was a no go cash strained for Big Zoo. Hopefully he's okay on
Tuesday. Terrence Man just eighteen minutes off the bench in this one. Russell
Westbrook played twenty nine, had twelve points, thirteen assists, just three turnovers.
You like that, just three of eight from the field, though missed
some layups in this one. Mayson Plum lee Big Plumb, thought you'd get
run against Minnesota. Didn't know you get this much because no Big Zoo.
In fifteen minutes he had eight and four went at Ruy Gobert a couple of
times four or five from the field. Overall, good to see Mayson Plumb
getting reintegrated back into this lineup with some meaningful minutes. Clippers ultimately lose though
to Anthony Edwards, who had thirty three on ten of sixteen shooting, did
a lot of damage to the free throw line. Attempted twelve, hit eleven
of them. Minnesota did have nineteen turnovers the Clippers turned into twenty three points
that helped keep them in it. Also late Clippers just eleven turnovers, leading
to eleven points for Minnesota. Clippers next ballgame coming up Tuesday night. I'm
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right now your host on your home. For the Clippers, they were in
attack mode. Adam Osley, Oh sticking with the theme in Minnesota, Clippers
were cold also from the floor. They shoot just forty three percent against the
number one defense in the league, and they lose by four without Big Zoo
one O nine to one O five to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Welcome into your
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from coach Lou and the players. Well Updyke will join me for a little
clips in double dip here on Clippers Talk. This game is pretty easy to
summarize, unfortunately, if you're a Clipper fan. Paul George can't go five
for nineteen, James Harden can't go four for fourteen. It's that simple.
They lose a game by four when those two combined to go nine for thirty
three. That's twenty seven percent from the field and missed a lot of good
looks. Credit Minnesota to a degree, like a minus two degree, But
Paul George makes those shots in his sleep, a lot of them. I
don't think it was all great defense by the Minnesota Timberwolves on him. Maybe
he was due for a cold chili freezing Jack Nicholson at the end of the
shining like performance because he had been so ridiculously hot recently. If you've see
the numbers, if you follow me on X, I tend to post all
the numbers afterwards and let you know where guys are at shooting wise, and
uh, Paul George had been ridiculously hot over the last six games coming into
this one. I want to say he was shooting somewhere in the range of
sixty percent from the floor and fifty five percent from three. So was it
in an off night? Was it Minnesota? Combination of both little column a
little calum b Possibly. I just think a lot of those shots he typically
makes because he's that good. His last seven games coming into this one,
Paul George was at fifty five fifty one ninety shooting split and tonight he goes
five of nineteen and in Minnesota had a defensive issue, meaning who's gonna guard
the third guy of the big three with the Clippers when you have Paul George,
Kawhi, Leonard, and James Harden out there? Uh, we know.
Jadon McDaniels is amazing. He was on Kawhi for the most part,
didn't really matter. For the most part, the claw was good nine of
nineteen twenty six points, nine boards for assists, two steals. He was
keeping them in it. But then you got, Okay, Anthony Edwards,
your next best defender, He's like that, who's guarding the third guy,
Mike Conley. He's undersized. He didn't even have his usual Clipper killer type
of game two of seven, So I think a lot of this is the
Clippers not taking advantage of some good looks and not having a Vitza Zubos to
start off the game. We didn't know till I don't know ten seconds before
tip off. We knew about ten minutes before. All of a sudden,
he was listed as questionable with I think it was called calf tightness calf strain.
Hopefully he's okay to go against chet Holmgren on Tuesday in the OKC Thunder.
You know, it's rare for Vitza Zubas to miss a ball game.
He's, at worst, the fourth most important player on this Clippers team.
At worst, he's only behind the Big three and Kawhi PG and James Harden.
Given what he provides defensively and now what he's been doing offensively next to
James Harden with the pick and roll. He's too critical, he's too vital
to this ball club to lose him right before tip off against Minnesota with their
size, with Gobert and Towns in the starting lineup, that's brutal, and
it was felt. The loss was felt, especially early. They're down ten
after the first quarter. I thought Daniel Tice played admirably getting the start,
he hit a three pointer. He had a great save in the second quarter
running out of bounds. But then something I thought may happen in this game,
even with Aviatza, Zubots would be playing Mason Plumley, so he got
more run without Zoo sixteen minutes, four or five. He did have four
personals, but eight points and they won his minutes, he was a plus
three out there. I'll take that all day from Big Plumb. His first
meaningful basketball outside of garbage time minutes since the left knees spring. He had
a dunk right after he entered it, had a nice reverse layup, went
at Gobert in the second quarter for a layup and then a dunk off.
I believe it was a pass from James Harden in the fourth. But the
Clippers got down seventeen in that fourth quarter, and that's when they made an
interesting move that almost pulled out the ballgame. It was coach Lou going small
with the big three Kawhi PG, James hard next to Russell Westbrook and Norman
Powell. They cut it down to a three point lead for Minnesota. You
want to talk about giving him a scare. It got Dicey. There after
Norman Powell hit that three pointer with one ten left. It was one oh
three to one hundred t Wolves. Russ would foul Gobert. Was the right
play. He just started making them after missing a couple that played him off
the floors. They were intentionally fouling Gobert. It got him off the floor.
He would make four straight when they went back to hacker Gobert late there
that game a six point lead, Russ knocked down a three four point game
one O seven to one to oh three, but Ant would knock down two
free throws. Russ would then get fouled after an offensive rebound and trying to
dunk on Rudy Cobert for the second time, and I misspoke earlier on the
broadcast. He did convert that amazing dunk a couple of seasons ago as a
Laker on Gobert and all Timer, a turn back the clock type of dunk
from Russell Westbrook tried two in this game. I think he was fouled or
they called a foul on both, but after he sunk both free throws with
fifteen seconds left in this one, trying to dunk on Gobert was one O
nine, one oh five four point game, and the Clippers defensively. They
made the Tea Wolves call a time out before there was a five second call
in the inbounds pass, and then stole it. Kawhi Leonard took it away
from Anthony Edwards, but they didn't get into their offense fast enough and the
game would end with an inconsequential mislayup by Russell Westbrook. They lose by four.
Now, I think that five out they put out there was down.
They were down twelve, so that means they would have been a plus eight
by the time they lost by four at one oh nine to one oh five.
It worked. They played Rudy Gobert off the floor again. I saw
this in the second round with the Clippers in twenty twenty one, granted with
Nicholas Batoum doing a lot of the dirty work, but I'm interested to see
this small ball lineup a little bit more because Russ is basically there. While
he knocked down a couple of three pointers this time, he's not a great
shooter. We know that he's there as the rebounder and dunker spot guy.
Norm he can shoot from the perimeter. The other four guys they're all beyond
the three point line ready to put him up. So when you're down big
like that, yeah, it feels like you're trading defense for more offense.
But they actually were getting stops because they were playing the foul game against Rudy
Gobert. And they also generated a couple of turnovers on Minnesota. As they
continued to turn it over in this game, I want to say they ended
up with nineteen. That was their bugaboo, my key to victory or keys.
You got to create turnovers on Minnesota, and they did. It was
nineteen because they averaged about fifteen per game. That's their issue, one of
their weaknesses. Clippers top five and steals. It played out how you thought
it would. They end up generating nineteen turnovers. They get twenty three points
off that. That kept them in the ballgame on a cold shooting night from
two of the Big three and Paul George and James Harden. If just one
of those guys doesn't have not even an off night, just like a mediocre
night, if they just weren't miserable from the floor shooting wise, then Paul
George came around a little bit after I think starting off one for ten at
the half. He knocked down three three pointers in the second half. Harden
hit a big one in the fourth still out of eight assists, did have
four turnovers, but the Clippers eleven as a team. He'll take that all
day. They fought, they battled, they didn't give up. They didn't
give up when Big Zoo wasn't available. They didn't have their big man against
Minnesota, no less, and they didn't give up. Down seventeen. It
was almost another classic Clippers comeback down seventeen with five minutes left, and then
coach Lou unleashed a small ball lineup that made things close. It was a
three point game with a minute left. Credit Rudy Gobert for knocking down those
free throws because he wasn't earlier and it looked like that might be their demise.
They went twenty of thirty one at the charity stripe Minnesota. Now thirty
one is a big number. Of course, when you're intentionally fouling, you're
gonna get there a little bit more often. But the Clipper is sixteen of
eighteen at the charity stripe, so they were good there. They got hot.
Eventually from three, they ended up seventeen of thirty nine. That's forty
four percent. They shot better from three than they did from two. They
only after averaging fifty eight points in the paint the last three games, the
Clippers only had thirty six. Minnesota had forty four. They didn't destroy them
though. There The Clippers defense was not terrible whatsoever. I know Minnesota.
You look at the numbers. They shot, yeah, fifty six percent from
the floor, fifty percent from the outside, but they didn't get up that
many shots because of all those turnovers. They only attempted in free throws sixty
seven shots to the Clippers eighty three, sixteen shot difference. So yeah,
they were effective when they could get them up. But the Clippers had quick
hands. Kawhi with two steals, James Harden with two steals, Daniels Ye
had won, Russell Westbrook a couple a mere coffee, and Norman Powell.
You never want to lose. But I am intrigued with a small ball lineup
and the heart and the fight. The Clippers did show down the stretch and
not giving in where I think in past year I shouldn't even say that.
Maybe last year there were too many times where it felt like they would wave
the white flag early, you're down seventeen five minutes left. Lead looks insurmountable.
No, they went after it and they almost pulled it out. So
can't wait till these teams match up again. Clippers lose by four, though
a Minnesota to the best team in the West with the best home record in
the West. They've only lost there twice, and the Clippers made it interesting
without a Beats Zubas. Before we break here, let's start things off Mike
and La Mike hereon Clipper stopped with that. I'm also hey, Adam,
My question is whether you think the lack of size and really athleticism outside of
the center spot is something that we need to be concerned about. Well,
there was lack of size today because they didn't have a Visa Zubos. So
this is kind of an outlier performance. It doesn't it's not representative of who
they've been. A Vita Zubats rarely ever misses games. So no, I'm
not that concerned about it. When you have Daniel Tye and Mason Plumbley,
now that's not that's not a team that is devoid of having enough big men.
They actually might have one too many now because I don't know how you
figure out the minutes with Daniel Tye and Mason Plumbley. I'm saying it should
be more matchup dependent, but Daniel Tys has played his way into having a
consistent role here with how good he's been as a Clipper, So not really
sure what you mean, Mike. Well, I mean I'm referring more to
you know, the lack of the size of the power forward spot and you
know the non center positions. Okay, So my question with that is,
yeah, I'm talking. My question with that is can Tys play the foursome?
If he can shoot like he has he can, his defense out on
the perimeter has been good enough, that would mean you could play him next
to Zubats or Mason Plumley. We'll see if they try that at some point.
That is the big unknown. I tend to think, you know,
it may work here and there, but overall could end up being a negative.
So I get what you're saying. With an upgrade of having a bigger
wing u, more switchable guy the three at the four, that's more athletic,
But right now, whose minutes is he taking? I'm just wondering,
Mike, I get that, No, I mean, obviously with the results
to they've been over the last you know, I don't know how well whenever
it was, you know, Terrence Man came into the starting lineup. They're
twenty two and seven their last twenty nine games. Argue with it. It
is tough to argue with it. That was just the point, especially when
you play face a bigger team like like Minnesota. Well, I don't think
they lost necessarily. Look, if they had of east of Zobots, maybe
they win this game. Maybe they don't. I don't know if the size
was as big of an issue as you would have thought without having of east
of Zubots in this game. Is that fair to say? Yeah, I
think that that's definitely fair to say. Okay, I think that absolutely.
Well, we'll see what happens. I do agree that there could be an
upgrade at the four spot for just a little bit more bounce, a little
bit more juice, a little bit more of a vertical threat. But Daniel
Tice has played well. Uh and if he got an opportunity to play some
of the four next with EATSA Zubots, I'd be interested to see it more.
We'll see. We saw some small ball late that got him into it,
couldn't get him quite over the humped though. Down seventeen with five minutes
left, Clippers end up losing by four one nine one five in favor of
Minnesota. Was your final coming up next? More of your phone calls?
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shoot nine of thirty three. Clippers were within four points of the best team
in the West. Some silver lining there, something encouraging there. We'll see
what happens against OKC on Tuesday, a team they have seen by the song
without Kawhi slight difference. More Clippers stock next year in NFI seventy LA Sports.
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LA Clippers Basketball on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers were down seventeen with
five minutes left in Minnesota. Got it down to a three point lead at
the one minute mark, but Rudy Gobert would knock down some free throws,
something he was being clowned for early on in the first half by the Clippers
on the bench. And the Clippers lose by four in Minnesota without Big Zoo
to the Timberwolves, best team record wise in the West. Welcome back into
Clippers talk. I'm met a moslin eight six six nine eight seven two five
seventy eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy. Clippers started this game
two for twelve, then they'd hit their next four. Then they had a
run entering the second where Minnesota went almost five and a half minutes scoreless.
Clippers went on a twelve oh run. Problem was and they went about three
minutes scoreless themselves, bookended by two Kawhi Leonnard three pointers. He was very
good the Clippers, though, after being down one at the half by a
score I think it was forty six forty five, low scoring affair, good
defense being played and some shots being missed. But that six to ozho run
in the third was tough. Tough to overcome. Minnesota going on that quick
run to start things off. A Paul George foul on Anthony Edwards three wasn't
great. Not great, Bob, and then Terrence Man and Rudy Gobert got
into it with some chirping. Eventually it turned into just a foul on Terrence
Man and Gobert missed both free throws, but those two have a history going
back to the playoffs where Man dunked on him in that game. Five Clippers
backs against the wall after Kawhi Leonard was out and Kawhi PG and Harden I
believe scored all of their twenty three points on the third quarter. Problem was
they gave up thirty five. A lot of free throws were being taken,
and Anthony Edwards had twenty of his thirty three points in that third quarter,
But the Clippers were down big and they made a run in the fourth.
They ended up out scoring Minnesota thirty seven to twenty eight in the fourth quarter.
Too little, too late, yes, But did they find something with
that small ball lineup that could be useful later on? Possibly? Valley Clips
hit me up on x at follow out of May saying, I've heard you
mentioned how losses confuel wins. Not sure if you meant that sometimes losing a
game is better than winning it in the long run. I don't know if
I'd go that far, but tonight's lost in Minnesota feels like that if we'd
won without Zoo, we might have gotten cocky now we know we have work
to do. I think they know either way, they still have an eye
on the playoffs and thinking about not just what works now, but what is
going to work in the playoffs. But yes, there was an adjustment down
the stretch that could have legs that could have carryover, that could have some
long reaching repercussions in this matchup. Should they face off in a seven game
series, you never know. Let's go to Mark huyneson beach. You're on
Clippers stock without a maslin I Mark, Hey, you know for a few
of those callers that come in and say, well, I don't think Zubo's
all that greater. He's not a top five. Tonight proved the point.
Without Zuboch we didn't have as much of a chance to even keep even,
and in fact, if he had been in the regular starting lineup, I
think we would have won this game by six to ten points. The only
thing good out of this whole game was, like you said, when we
were down seventeen points and Tylerud tried that new lineup. We now have another
lineup that possibly can be used in future games when say zubox in foul trouble
and we don't want to go to plumb Lee or or Tye so, but
yeah, we would have won this game. I think this proves all the
doubters that you know, in my opinion that we need Zubachi, you know,
just because you don't think he's that effective. Tonight it would have shown
if there's any doubters left on a beatsa zoobots after the run he has had
next to James Harden during this run with the Clippers have won what is it,
twenty two of their last twenty nine games, don't I don't know if
they'll ever be convinced. I don't know if they'll ever come around because it's
plain and obvious how good this guy is. With the touch he has showed
around the rim recently, with how they're getting him more involved on the offensive
end, and then oh yeah, he's been an elite rim protector since he's
been a Clipper, since he's been a Clipper. I ran the numbers the
other day. Within six feet of the rim, teams are shooting just fifty
two against him since his first full season as a Clipper. For a reference
point, this season, teams are shooting just fifty percent within six feet of
the rim against Big Zoo. He's third in the NBA in that category amongst
cenators, number one Rudy Gobert, the stifle Tower. Guys are only shooting
forty seven percent against him within six feet of the rim. Zoo is elite
and has been on the defensive end. Now they're getting him involved on offense
and I love that. And a great phone call Mark giving Big Zoo his
flowers there. Appreciate you, Lenny and Inglewood. Lenny's up here on for
that, masl Hey, what's up man? It's not a Dallas Cowboys beat
whooping, but it's it's it's it's a defeat and we could have had that
one. PG. Really, he's he stumped up the spot tonight and I
hope that he gets back on track because we need that game against OKC.
It's just it's just no we that that's a big, big game for us.
Man. We all know the chatter that goes back and forth about,
you know, the presumpt presumptuous trade between PG and Shy. We we listened,
PG is, We got PG shape. Shade's doing his thing there,
but PG is, PG has been what he's been for us, and you
know, we we just need to go in there, and we need we
I hope zoos better. But the fact that we kept it within a bucket
in the fourth quarter and Powell came through just says it just says a lot.
Man. You know, I doubt very seriously if we're you know,
if Harden and TG will be we'll shoot that bad again for a while.
But that was a tough loss, man, because like I said that,
I think that would have really showed something too to Timberwolves that you know.
It's it's that that experience that we have between Kawhi and the vett It's just
it. Look, man, the whole le knows it. The whole le
knows it now, and I just we just I didn't. I'm happy if
we go one in one, but we could have had that tonight. But
you know, like you said this week, any good thing about the NBA,
you you play again. So hopefully, like I said, PG goes
back, doesn't need to do, gets his shocked or everything together, and
we go we gotta get them when it gets to go. Okay, see
that's we gotta get it. We gotta get it. Yeah, man,
I'm saying I agree with you. They gotta go one on one of these
two games. You can't go z and two because you're still chasing these teams
in the West. They're two and a half games behind OKCE currently now they're
two games behind Denver, who won earlier at home over the Pacers. So
the Clippers are in that four spot. They're a game and a half up
on the New Orleans Pelicans, but a precarious position. You're trying to break
into the top three. So yeah, okay, see on the second night
of a back to back, by the way against the Clippers, because they
got the Lakers tomorrow at kryptel h We'll take a quick time out. We'll
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late in Minnesota after their comeback comes up short one O nine one oh five
was the final with the t Wolves. Get in the w welcome back into
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phone calls, but first a little Clips in Double Dip with Will Updyke,
one of the hosts on Clips and Dip. It's a podcast, it's also
a YouTube live sometimes. Will. Thanks for doing this tonight. Yeah,
absolutely, thanks for having me. Were you encouraged, dismayed, concerned about
Zoo? Where do you come out after a loss like this with the Clipper
did kind of show a wrinkle with that small ball lineup late that almost got
him a victory. So I'll put it like this. If you had told
me before this game coming in that there would be no Zoo, I would
say, ooh, that's a pretty tough game to win. You would say,
no Zoo, Hardin and Paul George combined to go nine of thirty three
or whatever. I would say, that's probably a game the Clippers lose in
an ugly fashion. So I think for them to make that late rally,
it definitely showed a lot about this Clippers team. I also got to say,
this game to me kind of said a lot about where the Timberwolves are
at. Their defense is really solid. I thought they did a great job,
especially early, getting the Clippers out of rhythm. But the Timberwolves team
offensively has a lot of issues. The turnovers are going to be an issue
having a center who can't make free throws, I guess unless it's clutch time,
I think it's going to be massively difficult for the Timberwolves to make a
deep run with the small ball lineup. I wasn't feeling it. I gotta
be honest. I don't understand the point of going with a small ball lineup
if that lineup also can't face the floor. I think that rusted a lot
of incredible things in this game. I think some of his decision making,
especially late, was a little bit questionable. And I don't know, maybe
it would look different if Zoo or I know, I mean, if you're
keeping it small, I don't. I don't really see that as a winning
formula though, so you're not buying it. Even though they took that seventeen
point lead down to three points, you still think it's a one off type
thing that doesn't have a lot of meaning moving forward. I mean, what
did you think of the final possession of the game, like what like what
you know, what did you think of the like the erroneous A couple of
erroneous fouls that put Rudy Gobert back to the line when and he finally got
in a rhythm. I mean, I agree with you. And there was
something that like they were able to pick up some momentum, and I just
thought that there were I just thought there was a lot of inconsistencies from the
Clippers in this one, which makes it hard to take away a lot.
Like, like I said, overall positive, this is an encouraging loss,
but I thought some of the defensive effort at the start of the at the
start of the game and to start the second half, I thought that that's
actually really where they fell behind. I mean, the shot making was tough.
It's really hard to have, you know, to be down a start
and then have two other starters who are you know, massive parts of your
offensive games have the games that they have. So I think it says a
lot about the Clippers that they were still in this one, right they were
still able to almost grip one out. But I just think there the margin
of error was a little slimmer than normal, and I didn't really think that
they were putting the clamps on him, like we know this team can do
for the full to the full forty eight. Yeah, I hear you.
It's tough to say what the takeaways could be or how some of this stuff
could look moving forward. And Russ definitely had his up and down mixed bag
type of game. I'll give him credit though. The thirteen assists to three
turnovers will definitely take that. It's just I wish I wish you would never
try to lay it up again at this point. I wish you would just
dunk it because he still has the springs. Just go up and dunk it
each and every time. You might even draw more in ones that way.
What do you think, Well, yeah, absolutely, I mean he's right
there. I just I don't see why not. And the thing is,
like, look, I think that Russ did a lot of good. I
think that he does a lot of good on this Clippers team. But those
like blown opportunities at the rim, I just don't get how that's so much
of your shot diet right, it has been for his entire career. Yeah,
if you still at this point somehow don't have the touch around the rim,
you better throw that thing down, buddy, Like, I don't know
what else to tell you. Yeah, and he had another miss layup where
it's basically a turnover led to a three the other way. It's just when
you're when you smoke a layup going that fast, the other team's gonna have
numbers, and they seem to always capitalize in those situations. But I like
the aggressiveness overall. I like the intent at least, but just pretend everybody's
ready. Gobert like the two dunks he tried on him in this game,
Yeah, that was. I love effort. I think that it's important.
I think that it's important for this team that you know, has finally found
a rhythm and identity. But you know what I like more than effort is
result. Yeah. Uh, And I think that we've I think that there's
a decent sample size about some of these results that we've seen throughout the season.
And I just I don't know that going small with a guy who I
mean, at least you look at the Timberwolves defense already a very strong defense,
have one guy who's essentially a non factor out there for them, You're
making it too easy. I'm sorry, Like you're just you're making it too
easy for the best defense in the league already. I think you'll have to
make their job any easier. They're already really good. I think the more
interesting lineup to me because of Russ's deficiencies from distance, even though he did
knock down to big three pointers in the fourth if Terrence Man was next to
that four with two Pine, three Harden and Norman Powell, because I'm assuming
you keep Russ in because of his rebounding acumen. Well, Terrence Man brings
that too, but he also cuts the basket, sets more screens, and
has shot it much better from the outside for his career. Like that might
have been the small ball five I would have tried, but look they had
it to within three week minute left. Oh sorry to jump over you.
I'm just like the terrace minutes him being sub twenty, I mean didn't necessarily
fill out the box score, but I thought he looked productive out there.
Was there anything that you saw that maybe like led to an indication of why
you think we didn't see as many minutes from him, especially late in this
one. I don't know if they just wanted to ride the hot hand because
they started making that run with Russ and he just decided to stay with that
and go small. But I thought he was chasing around Aunt early and got
that turnover when they were trying to find Anthony Edwards. I think it was
Carl Anthony Towns that threw it over his head and out of bounds. He
got into it with Rudy Gobert. I don't know if he was being a
punished for that, even though Gobert missed those free throws or what. I
think it was just, you know, odd man out in this particular game.
Hopefully not too much to read into their as Terrence Man has been.
They're thirty three and what twelve now in the last forty five games that Terrence
Man has started. That is over half a season's worth of data. Aside
from the numbers, and as you mentioned, you look at the box score,
it's not that impressive. But typically Terrence Man is always a plus.
He always ends up blending in with stars and being a really good connector out
there somebody else. I felt like, you know, we talked about him
on the podcast with Chuck Monckler yesterday, and I thought, Mason Plumbley,
this may be a game for him, but I didn't know if Itatza Zubots
would be out, and therefore he definitely was going to get minutes. He
played sixteen, he had eight points. They won his minutes. He was
a plus three out there. I like what we saw from big plumb in
some of those meaningful minutes. Finally here will Yeah, I mean that was
really reassuring, and he was part after that, like after a rough first
quarter of getting this team back in it, and really overall, you know,
you have to like the bench effort against against what the Timberwolves have.
It goes to speak to the depth overall. But seeing Mason Plumbley where he
was, I think he finished four or five, uh from the s field
really really good to see. Uh. You know, it's such a it's
such a jump from what we had seen previously, right like strictly garbage time
minutes and you know, kind of kind of up and down. It's about
what you would expect from a player coming back from from missing so many games
and just trying to slowly work his way into game speed. So that was
super That was super super reassuring, especially because I I didn't love Tyson's game
in this one, so I was glad that we had another seventh Twitter.
I guess maybe that led to some of the small ball things as well.
Is you know, you have to keep Plumbley's minutes and check Tys wasn't super
effective like we you know, we have seen him in other games. This
just wasn't his back up, so I wonder if that sort of went into
that too. But having having Plumbly back and ready for some real rotation minutes,
I mean, that could be major, especially if it's Vita Zubos cast.
Thing is anything more serious than you know, a single game or two.
Yeah, I saw an update from La Murray, who joined me pregame
on Clippers Countdown. Apparently the calf started to bother Big Zoo on Friday.
He tried to go, couldn't get it to work. But it's the same
one that gave him issues last February in Phoenix for a ballgame, so it's
worth monitoring. It's a little bit concerning, I guess. I mean,
kind to me is always injuring. It is always a worrysomeone right, and
you start to think of Kevin Durant and what happened with Golden State Warriors and
all that, and yeah, so I don't mind him. Yeah it was
a big game. Yeah, it would have been a big game for Vitza
Zubots. You still aren't even at the midway point of the season, and
with all the wins they have been banking recently, I think it's okay to
not push it too much with a guy that I think he's one of their
top foremost important players at work. To me, oh, easily, easily.
And I mean, you know, like I said, this isn't like
a this isn't a bad this isn't a bad loss. I mean, I
think Minnesota has only lost two or three times at home all season. Yeah,
two times at home. They're fifteen and two. We're hoping to see
or the sixty and two now, I guess after beating the Clippers, uh
one more for you here will How big is that game looming on Tuesday against
SGA and the OKC thunder who the Clippers have seen before, but they didn't
have Kawi Leonard obviously in Oka. See. I mean, it's it's absolutely
massive. I think, like of these teams that are you know this year
having their resurgence, their you know, their surge to the top of your
Okac's and your Minnesota timberwolve to me, okay, see now seems like definitely
the more real of the two teams, especially we've talked about previously, like
they have all the ammunition in the world to go out and get something else
if that's something that they want to do. That's the only bummer to me
about the about the late game surge is it kind of felt like even in
that surge that we didn't quite have enough to get over the hump. So
you you know, I don't know, it's it's a tough call, right,
Like, I think it would have been nice to maybe get the get
Kawi and some of the other guys a little bit more rest. But I
understand fighting it out too, and Nail, I think that that's winning process.
But this game, this game is huge. This game is huge,
and like these tests, you know, you're not gonna you're not gonna pass
one hundred percent of the time, but you would like to see out of
this, uh, out of this brutal kind of to two games, the
Clippers get one out of them two, right, Like they need to make
up some sort of ground to I mean, if they want to ascend anymore
in the in the standings, and certainly if they want to stay pass uh,
they you know, they gotta keep they got to keep things going.
They got to keep in this rhythm that they've been in. I just wonder
if it's a big enough game to get big Will Updyke at Crypto on Tuesday
night. I just wonder these things. I don't know, and we'll see.
Oh, I'll be there. Let's go Cliffs and attendance for that one.
Clippers lose tonight by four in Minnesota to the Timberwolves. Will Updyke has
been our guests here with the little clips and double dip on Clippers Talk.
Will thanks for doing this is always my friend. Absolutely thanks for having me
go clip quick time out here. We'll come back get your phone calls eight
six six nine eight seven two five seventy. We'll also hear from coach Lou
postgame. In our final segment, Clippers lose one O nine to one O
five in Minnesota to the t Wolves. And you're listening to the Los Angeles
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Clippers Audio Network. Clippers lose in Minnesota one O nine to one O five
to the Timberwolves. Welcome back into your post game show. I'm at a
Moslin. This is Clippers Talk coming up. We'll hear from Coach Low and
just a moment final call the night. Morris in Long Beach, Morris,
what's good. Hey, I'm going to tell you something I'm not worried about
too much. Adam Bor, George and uh you boy. The stairs to
cut their hard and they're not gonna shoot the bad again. And I'm gonna
tell you the number one play the Pippers got. The number one play is
that pick. It's not just that they're running a pick with they're running a
pick withal to loosen up that middle when the ball goes down in the middle.
Now we're hitting those curves. Plus Dubac is a gangster in the paint.
When the game first started, Entice hit that three, I was feeling
good. We got a five that could hit a three. But it's more
than just hitting the three. You gotta be a gangster in that paint and
we missed him tonight. And again George and Hardy, they're not gonna shoot
that bad no more. We're gonna be all right, And let's give us
some good luck and some shoutouts on and that. Okay, see game,
and this coming in an important game, just like the previous callers said,
it's a playoff game. No, okay, I'll beg yourself all right.
Morrison Long Beach Well Dune is always one of my favorite callers here there.
They were missing Big Zoo. I don't know if he said Tupac or Zoo
Pac is a gangster of the faint Doug live. Yeah, without him.
Look, I expected them to get down big in this game, but I
was happy to see them battle even without their main man in the post,
who is a made man now with the way they have been involving him on
the offensive end. So it's not just the defense you missed anymore of the
vitz Zubos. Guy's been giving them thirteen to ten on almost seventy seventy percent
shooting over the last twenty eight games coming into this one. Let's hear from
coach lou postgame. Clippers lose by four in Minnesota, to the two Wolves.
How do you how do you take how this this game went overall?
I mean and had a huge third quarter. You got down seventeen, but
you also were able to make this a one possession game inside of about a
minute ago. Yeah, I feel good, you know what. Guys kept
fighting, kept competing, just into had the smartest you know game today.
I thought we made some passes we wouldn't normally make, some rotations and defensive
players we wouldn't normally make, you know, and so so just wasn't a
good mental game for us, I didn't think. But like I said,
get them, get those guys credit. You know, Ant was a monster,
you know, Rudy was was huge for him, and you know,
I said, they played well, you know, but our guys did a
good job of fighting back, going small and just trying to, you know,
change the game a little bit. Coach Lou encouraged all the music cut
off my guy a lot of murray there. He was about to ask another
one. Clippers lose one O nine to one to five in Minnesota, but
certainly made it a game late, did not give in down seventeen with five
minutes left, made Minnesota earn it before we get out of here. We
got to go to casual Katie's corner. It's producer Katie Newton on her birthday.
No less coming into work. Had probably hurt this morning after what I
saw last night. Wow, you behaved yourself. You were fine. I
had like three beers. I was the sober, annoying person there. But
as always popcorn chicken. So like a kid again, it was great,
the popcorn chicken. We went to Golden Road Brewery last night across the train
train tracks. That didn't take down Katie this time. Not this time.
She overcame them. All Right, Katie, what do you got for me?
What's the question? Right? So, as I've entered my mid thirties,
who's the oldest player currently playing in the NBA? And then who's the
oldest that's ever played? Wow? Okay, okay, okay. Lebron's thirty
nine. He's the oldest player currently in the NBA. It is a young
man's game. I want to guess there's probably some guy from the fifties or
sixties that may have played up till forty five. But I want to say
Robert Parrish might have played till forty five and ended his career, either with
Chicago or on the bench with the Charlotte Hornets. So it is a good
question. And yeah, when you got one foot in the grave like you
do now in your mid thirties, I mean you start pondering these things.
I think you're gonna be exiting your mid thirty he's an entering late thirty.
Soon, step off, Katie, We're getting out of here. I don't
need that impending doom talk. Get behind me, Satan, not you just
oh yeah, yeah kind of. Clippers lose in Minnesota one O nine to
one O five. They're taking on OKC Tuesday Night, Big one. As
everyone has said, tip off at seven, pregame at six. Before we
get out of here, I do want to thank Ralph Lawler, Brian Seaman,
Noah Eagle, see you soon, Bro, Carlo and Minezu soon two
Bro TM big Brother, Jake Warner, see you the KURP on Tuesday,
Katie Newton, our producer here who have me, has me in existential crisis
mode to bring up my age. Terrible, but it's your birthday. You
can get away with that. Happy birthday, Katie. We love you until
six on Tuesday at the Crypt Clippers taking on the thunder. I'm meta Maslam.
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