The game is over. Paul George money in the pain, but the postgame
reaction has just begot Kawhi Leonard is so smooth in the mid range. This
is Clippers Locker Room, a recap of today's game and a look ahead on
your hope for LA Clippers basketball. And now your host, you sir,
or a bad man Adam Ousley. Well, at first, take down the
best team in the league. They win one, thirteen to ninety three over
the Boston Celtics here in downtown Los Angeles. Welcome into your postgame show.
Coming up, we got second half highlights, your post game box scoring.
You'll hear from Coach Lewin the players after this one. But first back to
your voice of the Clippers and Noah Eagle. Noah, is it a an
understatement to say best win of the season for nos No, not an understatement
at all. And it's not because of the way they won or anything like
that, because you could easily argue that then that Cleveland Cavaliers come back was
the best one of the season. They had that big win over the Utah
Jazz at one point they've had and then come back to Portland, yeah,
the port and come back with Norman Powell. But the reason I say this
is the biggest one of the season is because of the way Kawhi Leonard looked
the first time we saw Kawhi Leonard look like he did before the acl terriss
and that more than anything else. Obviously, the win is most important in
getting a win on the in the W column, that's huge, but seeing
Kawhi Leonard play like this reminding people just how dominant he can be when he
is in rhythm. There was nothing that it was. Picture perfect defense by
Jaylen Brown, by Grant Williams, who is heavily considered one of the best
defenders in the NBA. By Malcolm Brogden, who was an excellent defensive player,
was acc Defensive Player of the Year in college. Doesn't matter. When
Kawhi Leonard's in rhythm, there's zero defense that can defend him. And tonight
he was ten of twelve and in just twenty nine minutes poured in twenty five
points, nine rebounds, six assists. That's why this was the most important
and biggest win of the season for the Clippers. And if he plays like
this game over, Marcus Smart got a fade away in his face too,
Paul George and this one for the Clippers. He had twenty six on twenty
two shots. He wasn't that efficient out there, but he was aggressive and
I love to see it. Even with Kawhi having the game he had,
Paul George, you know, he didn't sit back and be the number two.
He still wanted to be a number one option himself. So I just
saw something recently. It was CJ McCollum. I think maybe it was either
a press conference or who was on a podcast and he was talking about when
he first got to New Orleans. You know what. He was on a
podcast. He was on Andre Goodala and Evan Turns podcast and CJ McCollum was
when he was talking about when he first got to New Orleans, he brought
Brandon Ingram aside and he said, listen to me, don't ever worry about
me getting my shots. I always find a way to eat. You eat
first. You're the guy you go and try to score every time you have
the ball, and then let me figure out myself. That's what Paul George's
mentality has to be as well. He has to still say to Kawhi,
you're the guy, you score every time. But he has to find times
to eat and tonight I thought he did a great job with that's your point.
It wasn't as a fishing is maybe what he has been doing. He
had the thirty six points where he was just awesome against Washington, but the
way that he played tonight on both ends of the floor and when they made
their runs, it was PG who was really powering them getting to the line
getting to the basket. Twenty six six and three overall, thirty five minutes
of excellence on both ends of the floor from a two way superstar. Terrence
Man may hit the dagger three out of the time out, but before that
he had the block on Jason Tatum leading to a three pointer from Luke Kennard.
That was a special play defensively and on offense for the Clippers. It's
incredible and that's what Terrence Man does. It's the little extra push, right
I just the one I just said that. I immediately thought of the joker
saying just need a little extra see madness alright, p Heath Fletcher, Terrence
Man, it's that we talk about it all the time. Of that block
is more than a block, steals more than a steal, dunk is more
than a dunk. A three is more than three. That one felt like
it right. It was a open run to the rim, Tatum and he
just swats it, swats it off the window. Canard cashes in on the
other side, and those were momentum, just killers for an opposing team,
and Boston felt like that maybe they could build something, maybe they would have
something roll at No. When Terrence Man does something like that, that ignites
the rest of the Clipper team. The bench was up, the coaching staff
was up, and the rest of the team response accordingly. That's what he
brings to your roster. And coach lu had been saying all season long,
even before the season, preseason training camp. It starts on defense. You
have to have that mentality. You got to bring that defensive intensity. And
the Clippers were up big early on in this one because they locked in on
that end very much so. And that's what Nico Patoum just told us post
game. It was the defensive mentality. And you go back to the Washington
game, as he said, three straight halves holding a team under fifty points.
You hold a team under fifty points and a half. In the NBA
nowadays, that's hard forty seven points in the first half, forty six points
in the second half for a Boston Celtics team that was number one in the
history of the be An offensive rating coming in one hundred and twenty point three
points per game they were third. And field goal percentage they were first,
and three point percentage they were first, and free throw percentage they were first.
And made threes they were fifth. In few as turnovers they were eighth.
And assists per game. Yeah, but how many of those games were
against the Clippers. But my point is this, though, so they hold
them in a ninety three points but more impressively, forty three percent from the
field, twenty three percent from the three, and for whatever reason, the
Clippers free throw defense is very good sixty nine percent from the free throw line.
Nice in every category for the Clippers tonight. They did a really nice
job defensively locking in from the very start. And when they have that mentality
and then they get a Kawhi Leonard locked in like this offensively, that's when
this really starts to click and all the puzzle pieces start to fit. This
was as comprehensive a win as you're going to find for the Clippers in every
phase of the game and only ten turnovers. Once again, Clippers win by
twenty over the Boston Celtics here in downtown Los Angeles to open up this five
game stand is it seems of Sura four five five nineteen plus five. Okay,
beatsa Zubos, but the Clippers win by twenty in this one over Boston.
They're back here on Wednesday. They're taken on the Minnesota Timberwolves and then
the Phoenix Suns on Thursday. Noah Eagle, great call. We'll see you
right back here in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, Adam, how do you think
I feel right now? Pretty good? Can't wait coming up next second half
highlights. Clippers win one thirteenth to ninety three over the Boston Celtics and Kawhi
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seventy is the phone number. Clippers become the first team this season to hold
the Boston Celtics under one hundred points in this one. Let's get to your
second half highlights. Clippers led by nine at the half. In that third
quarter, oh a site for sore eyes. Kawhi Leonard taken over five the
third Leonard Zubos is third rebound even for Leonard left to right them on the
your thought ten forty to go old the third Leonard al right wing three,
He's got it. Kwhi Leonard with thirteen and the Clippers lead by thirteen.
They're larger, so then sixty one forty eight ninety seconds into the third Harry
gumps left the right Leonard behind his back, driving down the right alley,
gets all the way to the rim, lobs it up in hand with the
right hand. Kawhi Leonard with fifteen. He and Peche have combined for thirty
and the two one three connection at power the Clippers to a sixty three forty
eight lead. Two minutes into the third we set on the screen from Reggie.
Now he got Griffin down the right alley, folls up from twelve and
Leonard kans another Kawhi Leonard. The machine is back the terminator looking for more.
With seventeen and the Clippers lead sixty eight fifty two. Tris now to
Leonard on the right, elboat driving down the right alley. Fate from twelve.
Oh, Kawhi Leonard, splash twenty for the claw. Clippers up seventy
three fifty seven Kawhi Leonard with ten of his twenty five points. In that
third quarter, Clippers led eighty eight to seventy two after three. How about
some defense leading to offense. In the fourth, George walks across from left
to right, gets a screen to his right, hook canar crossing back and
forth, double team comes. He's looking for the outlet, bounces at to
Kennard who just lost it back forth and all they're gonna say was the flights
of Canard steps and one straight away, three and ten s in chaotic sequence,
and with three for the Clips. It was tipped by Boston. Canard
goes into the back court to get it. Does Celtics stopped playing and Cannard
takes full advantage. Nine points for the Nard Dog Clippers up ninety seven eighty.
Okay, not exactly the playoff was thinking of. Terrence Man had a
big block on Jason Tatum, also leading to a Luke Canard three pointer,
but it was good enough. Clippers win by twenty over the Boston Celtics.
They win the fourth quarter twenty five to twenty one. Coming up next here
in your post game show, you're gonna hear from the head coach. We'll
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Here's Adam Oslin. You're Los Angeles Clippers leave Boston fans green with envy
as they beat up on the Celtics one thirteen to ninety three here in downtown
Los Angeles. Welcome in to Clippers Talk. I'm Adam Oslin. Coming up
on the show. We got postgame audio from Kawhi Leonard and the head coach
and William Updyke of Clips in Dip Fame. We'll be here, Plus we'll
get your phone calls eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight six
six ninety eight seven two five seventies. We're live till the top of the
hour after the Clippers get their best win of the season, best win because
of how they won and who they beat. Don't tell me a win's a
win. Don't tell me who you beat. Doesn't matter. It's just about
a dub. They beat up on the best team in the league, and
the Boston Celtics in this one beat them down by twenty and it was because
of their defensive intensity from the outset. Finally, everything coach lou had been
preaching came together and clam City came back together. Here in downtown Los Angeles,
coming off the four game road trip and the Boston Celtics just losing Saturday
night in Golden State. We didn't know what to make of this one.
I thought, if anything, Boston would come out firing and on fire.
But the Clippers turned off the fawcet real quick. They were up by thirteen
in the first quarter, and there was a different level of intensity and effort
on the defensive end from the opening tip, and they become the first team
this season to hold the Celtics under one hundred points. They scored just ninety
three. They hold the Celtics to forty six points in the second half.
That is not easy to do in this day and age. We're talking about
a historically great offense to start off this season. Celtics have the best offensive
rating in the history of basketball right now, that the best three point shooting
team this season, and they go nine to thirty nine twenty three. Clippers
were swarming them, and oh yeah, that turnover issue looked very different tonight.
Clippers just ten of them. They look locked in and focused and it
felt like a playoff atmosphere early on. We said it when Boston started to
come back end of the first quarter into the second, tied the game up,
you could tell there was more at stake in this one. Boston trying
to get their lick back. Is Patrick Beverly would say when he was a
Clipper after losing badly to the team that took them out in the final Saturday,
to the Golden State Warriors, and the Clippers looked like they came out
to prove hey were We were a favorite and in some people's minds, the
favorite to win it all this season, and we're gonna play like it,
and we're gonna rise to the occasion and meet the Boston Celtics where they've been
playing at that level. They met him there and then cleared it, hurdled
it. Kawhi Leonard with twenty five points on ten of twelve shooting, As
Noah Eagles said, that's the biggest development this one. Kawhi looking like himself
that third quarter with ten of his twenty five, the second three Pete mj
esque fadeaways, unguardable shots that he was hitting. That's Kawhi Leonard. The
quickness was there, the leaping ability contested to Grant Williams three pointer in the
fourth quarter where you could just tell Kai got up for it. And Paul
George, even on a night where he goes eight of twenty two, twenty
two is the most important part. He got shots up, He was still
aggressive, he didn't defer. He had twenty six. Luke Kennard with a
huge three pointer off a block by Terrence Man in the second half on Jason
Tatum. Just great effort on the defensive end, and I thought Terrence Man
was spectacular, and he and Nicholas Batoum did all those little things, those
little plays that make a difference winning place. Clippers scrapped and they showed their
level of talent. They flexed their muscles a little bit tonight. Everything that's
been going on so far this season, and all the calls I've been getting
at age six, six ninety seven, two five seventy with fans being disappointed,
I pre patience. It's a process, not just for them but Kawhi
Leonard. But you saw flashes in big moments from Kawai. The game winner
against Charlotte, the pass and kick out to Batum last game in DC,
the layup he had. He seemed to take his game up as the stakes
raised a little bit. But going up against Boston, it had to start
immediately. Team's too good and Kawhi was laser focused, and you're starting to
see what this Clippers team could become. Because Boston, they were playing great
basketball, and a lot of people were surprised that they were beaten down by
the Golden State Warriors, and a lot of people are gonna raise an eyebrow
that the Clippers just took him out by twenty. This was a special performance,
but you got to build off of it. Game one of a five
game homestand and Kawhi Leonard looks to be back. Hit a couple of three
pointers. The one in transition in the second half I thought was big.
I saw him early on an hour before the game. He was working on
his shot from the outside, at least twenty minutes, putting in big work.
He had struggled there. I want to say he was something like four
for twenty five and the eight games he had played coming into this one this
season. And I told John Twitter I'd follow out of May. When the
three pointers starts to come, his legs are there for that. You're gonna
see changes quickly from Kauhi. He hadn't scored more than sixteen points in a
game so far this season, and he has twenty five in twenty nine minutes.
And I don't think he wanted to go out late, but the Clippers
were up big and he's still in a minute restriction. Okay, Clippers win
one thirteen to ninety three over the Boston Celtics. Here in downtown Los Angeles.
Let's go to Oh. We got some calls to choose from Seawn and
Englewood. Sean, you're up first here on Clipper Stop tonight. Hey Adam,
Adam, awesome? How are you? My friend? Did this talk
to you? I haven't talked to you in a while, and good to
hear from Clipper Nation. I just have four items to just speak about real
quick. Number one on my agenda is that Marcus Moore's played almost a flawless
game. And oh, Sean, let me highlight that you're so right.
Marcus Moore's the last two games has played great. What's the difference. He's
back to playing next to Kawai and Paul George. He's back in his role
where he's supposed to be playing off of those guys, not shouldering the load,
not having to do everything offensively, and then expected to put in a
lot on the defensive end and the rebounding game. And he's been really efficient
the last two games, and defensively has been much better too. It's a
fantastic point, Sean. Absolutely, he doesn't have to create. And then
the second item I want to say is that they one by over twenty points
without playing a normal Power or Covington. That's really something when you think about
it. Yeah, and Boston doesn't have Robert Williams right now, but they
were still rolling. Yeah. And third point, best defense I've ever seen
them play, seriously. One more point, So why it's good to have
you back, and I've been thinking. I was saying, I'm pat of
these thirteen point games, and Kawai I saw you what she used to be
and let's see more of that. I mean, that was awesome, don't
you think, Adam, that's the Kawhi Leonard we know and love. That's
the guy that's the call, that is a top seventy five player. Sean,
thank you for the phone call. We'll take a quick time out here
on Clippers Talk. We'll come back. You'll hear from Kawhi Leonard. We'll
get back to your phone calls at eight six six nine eight seven two five
seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. Clippers win by twenty
over the team of the best record in the league that's been playing with a
chip on their shoulder because they didn't get the chip last season. They lost
in six games to Golden State, and the Clippers just blew them out.
After Golden State beat them down on Saturday, you knew Boston was gonna come
in and give them their best shot. And they hold Jalen Brown to twenty
one and Jason Tatum to twenty on seven of twenty field goals. We saw
something tonight, hopefully a glimpse of things to come from the Clippers defensively and
from Kawhi Leonard. They're just getting started. Clippers improved his sixteen thirteen This
is Clippers talk here on AM five seventy Yeli Sports, What's whatever holding cut
song? Pops Champagne in the cup song just because some pain? What's the
mole? Cannot say that troup of five was doing miss but you did not
have nothing left to clue nah and he got it. Count it from distance.
The odds on favorite to hoist the Larry O'Brien heavily contested it. And
it doesn't matter on the whole of your la. Clippers. Yes, I
remember, sirup Semich. You think I'm analysis Nissa None. It's gonna be
hard to stay humble after this one with the pernation, but you got to.
Clippers went one thirteen to ninety three over the Boston Celtics, who were
twenty one and six coming into tonight. Clippers improved a sixteen and thirteen on
the season, as Kawhi Leonard goes for a season high at twenty five.
Hadn't scored board in sixteen. Who was my player to watch felt like Boston
would bring out the best in him, and it did. And something else
of note here on Clippers Talk, our friend Law Murray of The Athletic I
was listening to the podcast The Lab, The Jam the Pod earlier today and
he brought up how you have to think of Kawhi almost as a point guard
at times, and that's the truth because so much of the offense has run
through him. He's the focal point. And he finished with six assists again,
had a couple of turnovers, but that's all right, six to two
ratio. You'll take that every time. And the doubles had been coming his
way, even though he hasn't played even close to his best basketball so far
this season. But the twenty five on ten of twelve shooting, yes,
his best game of the year, two of three from distance. But teams
know Kawhi, they know his reputation, one of the nicknames he's been getting,
his ghost, and it looked like Boston saw one tonight. Kawai defensively
was also great. He had a deflection in the second half, i want
to say, early in the fourth quarter where he was playing free safety.
Like ed read out here, it went out of bounds afterwards, So a
lot of people probably missed the highlight. But if each Zubots was out of
the game with foul trouble, Clippers were going small and Kawhi Leonard cleaned up
a pass and swatted out of bounds when Boston was trying to get into the
interior. Just an absolute superstar level performance. Even got a superstar call on
this one. A late whistle or Kawhi Leonard after he missed a layup driving
towards the basket. That's when you know you're fully back. Eight six nine
eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
the phone number here on Clippers Talk. Let's go to I know we got
a couple of different Sean Lenny in Inglewood, Lenny, what's up Adams?
You need me on that wall? You want me on that wall? Don't
you have him on that wall? On that wall, like Jack Nicholson said,
because let me tell you what the last time I call him, I
told you two things. I'm talking about the Celtics all year and and Clippers
stepped up and whooped that trick on them. And easy now hustle and flow
at Memphis. Let's check him out. Uh this defensively, man, just
stunning. I mean that first half that they must have they must I don't
know, Humpy uh the flicker to stolen balls, but that first half,
man, they stepped the tone that they would just just so. So I
was that's the most That's That's what jumped out of me immediately was the fact
I turned my son and I said, that's a good that's a good word.
They had eight of their ten steals in the first halfway. Yeah,
yeah, it was the Boston could not settle in, they couldn't penetrate they
they were in Jason Tatum shadow. It just just a great game, man,
because for a minute there, you know, my sites were set off
Boston. But in the West, you know, the West is still rough
out here too, man. I mean we we still got New Orleans.
It was eighth last year and then all the way to first and I was
like, yeah, oh, Zion's been getting thirty nine and five I think
the last week or so. He's phenomenal. Man. I hope he stays
healthy. Just ID like to see a young man go up like that and
get his talents together. But yeah, Clipper, just an outstanding win.
And you right, man, you've been teaching patients and you you you you're
fighting this fight. So just uh staying the helmet the ship man to keep
the runner in the in the water and stirit right, because we gotta we
we gotta rattle off. We gotta ratle off for eight or nine wins.
Now, we gotta as a championship team in the championship season has to go
on and run when they can run off at least two or three different times,
eight or nine wins. And that's what we need. So Kee wouldn't
rattle and then just just an awesome win night though. Man. All right,
Letty, I appreciate the phone call, great phone call ahead of the
ship, but I'm not going to be Leo and Titanic King of the World.
It ain't that type of party. Let's go to Morris and Inglewood.
Morris, your unclipper stopp without of Boston. Ingle what and let me tell
you something, my friends. This thing started in the Washington game, the
third quarter of the Washington game. I know we paid Boston to night.
It didn't start tonight. It started in the third quarter of the Washington game
when the boys was down by thirteen points in the third quarter, okay,
and they turned that thing around real quick. And it's just transient into this
game. And I would have a calculator with me. I'm I'm gonna be
quick with this, but well, what is what is the percentage? Was
you shoot twelve times and you make ten? What is that? What is
that number? Twelve O eight? I know that exact eighty three percent foo
for us calculations. I like what Portuon said. He was smiling when he
would have been interviewed. You know, when you got Batman and Robin back,
it makes the game really easy. It's really easy for everybody. I
mean, you know you got to and another guy I was talking about,
Morris Morrison's back in his role. Now, no problem. He's not gonna
he's not supposed to be carrying this team. Batman and Robin carrying this team.
And I'm gonna tell you something right now, after that third quarter in
Washington, I knew they were back. Everybody had to wait for this game.
I didn't have to wait for this game. I knew if they were
on the road in the third quarter down by thirteen and they were up against
cal Kutan, who couldn't miss. He was throwing everything into a keyhole,
and they came back and lead him. I think that's what Conard hit a
big shot. And listen, they're ready to go. Now they're back Batman
and Roberts go ahead, behave youselbat him? All right, Morris. I
appreciate the phone call, even a Brian Seaman reference there. Throw a key
into a lock. I like it. Let's hear from Batman the dark night
as he goes for twenty five. I'm talking about Kawhi Leonard his season high,
but he's just getting started. You could feel it, though, you
could feel a performance like this coming. It's just his ninth game Clippers seven
and two now in the nine games he's played in and he hadn't scored more
than sixteen in the ball game, hadn't really looked like himself. Ends up
being a plus twenty three out there tonight, ridiculous. The defense was good
too, had six assists. Here was Kawhi post game, was Christina pink
on Valley Sports, Kawai, this is a team coming in that was playing
some of the best offense that the NBA has seen, and you guys holding
them the ninety three, stifling them throughout the night. What did it take
to swarm them defensively? A group effort about everybody being locked into their place,
making sure that you know Tatum is getting double team and Brown and seeing
a lot of hands when they shoot the basketball. And uh, yeah,
that's what it took. You had a season high twenty five points. He
had nine boards, six assists. Uh, since you've been back, is
this some of the best you've felt on the floor. No, I've been
from a good all season. Just about a game reps and repetition and gotta
keep staying healthy, all right, Kauhi. With the health and even with
just giving the opponents to night when you guys are able to lock in,
what does this win tell you about what this team has been able to do
so far? It was good to have almost everybody back. Still weighing on
norm but it's a good win coming off a long road trip. We's able
to have the legs to shoot the basketball well to night, and you know
it's mort to komb so we gotta just keep fighting each and every day,
all right. Thanks a lot, Kwai Brian an emotional Kawhi Leonards, you
wish I wish too. Adam here Kauai being blunt and honest. They're not
the best he has felt, but it is the best he has played.
The rhythm, the timing, and a big game against the Boston Celtics.
Before we break, here, Josh and san Clemente, Josh, you're on
Clipper stock without Amslin, Josh, quit Josh and around Josh, what's up.
Let's go Kis, Let's go clips, short and sweet like Kawai,
We'll take a quick time out here eight six six nine eight seven two five
seventy eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy Clippers clip gang or don't
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on next right here on five seventy alight sports, hen he got it,
count it from distance, The odds on favorite to hoist the Larry O'Brien heavily
contested, and it doesn't matter on the home of your LA Clippers. Last
time that I check check it was five chains on my neck. It was
no smile on my bred last time that I checked the set and the second
quarter now down my family after or Los Angeles Clippers tweets of Boston Celtics one
thirteen to ninety three. I'm out of Oslins. I'm coming up. You're
gonna hear from coach lou Do you know the song? You know what intro
this show is for? Now gets a little clips and double dip on Clipper's
talk with our friend William Updyke from Cliffs and dip with myself and Charles Mockler.
We'll put this victory in perspective here because we're saying the biggest win of
the season and it's not even close. Oh man, I wish I had
something more interesting to say. Then. What am I supposed to say to
that that it's not the best point of the Clipper's eve, but it's not
the most impressive win. I don't want you to lie, NBA. You
ain't got to lie. Best victory in the NBA all season, Okay,
let's take it up a notch best victory by any team. I mean,
it's gotta be up there, smoking the top team by twenty points, cleaning
up like that and the way they did it too. You had Kawai and
Paul George finally hitting their stride together. You've been saying this all season,
but like you know, a lot of people being impressed with Boston, I
think they forgot about, you know, where they tried to get their game,
their game plan from, and the knockoff brand just was not the same
as the name brans up. Tonight, Oh Clippers had that Jiffy and Boston
had Safeway peanut butter talking about, Hey, Boston's great, but Kawhi Leonard
and Paul George I still believe it can be the best duo in the league.
And it was early in that third quarter where they started to take over.
First Paul George hit a jumper, then Kawuhi that transition three pointer,
then he had I think the fade away over Marcus Smart, then a Paul
George three pointer, then another jumper from Kawhi Leonard. So they come in
there and just started things off hot, and the two one three connection was
back. We talked about building chemistry and how long it's gonna take, but
against the toughest opponent they've seen so far this season, the Clippers just made
it look easy. They clicked in. Yeah. I mean we talked about
this a little bit right, like the Clippers have a brutal stretch coming up
in December. But there is something about this team where iron does tend to
sharp and Iron and I love the way Kawhi both got to his spot in
this one, and it seemed like with simultaneously try to stretch the reins,
trying to get that confidence back. In the three point shot, he didn't
attempt at three until the final seconds of that second quarter. He missed it.
He thought that it might have been touched. It was, you know,
just did not hit anything, just to bed outside. If he seemed
visibly frustrated, he seems like more frustrated, like more emotional, I guess
if that's the right word. And we've seen him on the court all season.
He comes out his first shot, his first made field goal coming out
of that half was a three point shot, and he just continues to dominate
on top of the things that we already know he can do. We already
we saw the turnaround, We saw the tough elbow jumpers, you know,
we saw the little driving hook. It was everything. It was everything that
Kawai does This was hands down the best he has looked all game, or
the best he has list off season. And it wasn't just the scoring.
He added nine boards, an aspect that we've talked about has been so sorely
missed for this Clipper team. He added six to sists and a steel like.
He was all over this game. His huge hands printed all over the
darn thing, and it was just great to see. It was great to
see. I wasn't personally questioning whether he had it left at all. It
was more a question of, Okay, how long is it gonna take for
us to be able to get there? How long is it gonna take for
him to be able to feel confident? And having a game like this under
your belt has gotta jump start that train, right. Kauai almost had just
the second triple double of his career. I know he was four assists shy
of it, but if he played more minutes, if they needed him more,
and I think his minislamit was still going to be at thirty and he
played twenty nine. He didn't want to come out of the ball game,
it looked like, but a lot of people did question whether or not not
only could Kauai still flip the switch. But could the Clippers as a team,
And we've talked about this too, they do get up for bigger games.
They beat in Cleveland, they beat the Jazz when they were at the
top of the West. They seem to do this. They beat Portland on
the road and that big comeback. But this was something where the formula for
how they won tonight is how you win in the playoffs two. That's what
I like most about this. What they did tonight can translate into big moments.
Oh one hundred percent, one hundred percent, and it was across the
board. But I think the biggest thing was it just came down to that
execution, right, only nine turnovers in this game against you know, a
solid defense and a very pesky one with a lot of lengthy wings in the
Celtics, and just the way they were able to hold it together and keep
it together was incredible. A guy who I think is going to go under
celebrated but really stood out to me in securing this win was Batum. In
that second quarter, he had that put back on the Terrence Man miss a
tip in just effort plays all over the place. He and Terrence Man were
just cleaning things up. He had seven points and four boards in a stretch
where it seemed like the Clippers could really let their hands off the wheel and
in it. You know, in what has been throughout the season a difficult
time for the Clippers when those reserves come in, but he was able to
kind of hold things together. And I think that, you know, guys
are in a place again where they're trusting one another. They're certainly back up
to game speed conditioning. Why after a you know, a longer break than
they've had in a couple of seasons. And I think we're just finally I
hope, you know, we can continue this ruin, but it seems like
we're finally starting to see it all coalesced. I mean, this was the
best victory in the give No Quarters era. Darren's man by the way out
almost half of their offensive rebounds they had eleven, He had five of them.
It just felt like he was flying around making those energy plays, being
a spark out there. And yeah, Nicholas Batum the same thing, having
a couple of those guys, having multiple guys like that that can fill in
the cracks in embrace doing the little stuff, dirty work that helps you win
games. That's so huge for the Clippers, and so is this Marcus Morris.
The last two games now, we've been big Marcus Morris defenders on the
clips and dip pod and him back next to Kawai and Paul George where he's
supposed to be. He's not supposed to be the number one or number two
option, but when he's playing off of those guys, he makes quick decisions,
he doesn't have to use the best energy on offense, and he looks
better everywhere else too. Oh, absolutely absolutely. I thought this was a
market improvement from Marcus on the defensive end too. With both those guys out
there, he's just asked. He's being asked to do a little less.
He did get blown by by Tatum. I think he was Tatum's first bucket
of the night in that first quarter, But other than that, we saw
him really like doing his best to stay in front of guys, hassle guys,
and then just being hyper efficient when he doesn't have to do as much,
when he doesn't have to create as much off the path. Obviously,
that efficiency is going to get better, and I think that that's something that
we can continue to see as these guys get more time back together and we
I mean, who even knows gonna what's gonna happen for Morris when Norm is
back out there too. I mean we could be talking about you pick your
three of like of which Clippers guys are going to be able to go off
in a substantial way on a night tonight basis the gravity of Paul George and
Kawhi Leonard out there together and being staggered in this one too. I thought
Coach Low maybe the most underrated person tonight because whatever he said to them in
the locker room, whatever the game plan was, and I think this is
stuff he's been preaching all season long. He's been talking about bringing that defensive
intensity. It has to start on that end of the court. Everything else
will go from there. It happened against the best team in the league tonight.
You're right, Will, It just came together all at once. He's
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out the Clips and Dip pod a little clips and double Dip tonight here on
Clippers Talk. Will, thanks for doing this absolutely, Thanks for having me
enjoy this one. Clipper Nation, you deserve it. Kevin, I'm next
back to Clipper Nation eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy will close
things out with a little rapid fire phone calls next Ram five seventy sports Leonards
normal grantsound is a baby and not a pH private school Nick Kiss METAPHOROBIASA I
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stay down? Oh, Paul George LA Clippers basketball continue. I seen his
pains as he carries the three on the home of your LA Clippers. Clippers
win one thirteen to ninety three over the Boston Celtics in towntown Los Angeles.
Before we get out of here to close things out, tagus and Walnut stags
thirty seconds. Okay, I'm trying to go quick. I being nut being
more tomorrowizing to another team than a Luke Nard three, especially after a Terence
Man block on Jason Tatum and then yeah, that was the best sea Quin
for the game. So quick. Adam is as much your thought last position,
if there was a final position in the game, you need his core
bath which five are you going to roll out? I got Kauie pg Norm
Luke Tnard, and then I look one between Morrison Batoum both starters. You
know, big game players than last touch fot Nakers. So who do you
got in your left pot? Stags? Thank you for the phone call.
Of course you got Kawai out there. Of course you got Paul George out
there. I want Nicholas Batoum out there. He's hit so many big shots
for this team. I think Norman Palell's going to be one of those guys
to be out there in those big situations. Roco might be out there at
times. The fifth guy could be interchangeable some nights. Marcus Morse he can
hit big shots. He shows up in big games like he did thirteen points,
six of eight shooting. Clippers win one thirteen to ninety three over the
Boston Celtics. Their next game coming up Wednesday night, they are taking on
the Minnesota Timberwolves. Tip time is that seven Wolf Clippers countdown at six before
we get out of here. I do want to thank the Clippers organization.
Noah Eagle, Brian Seena, Ralph Waller, Big Brothers, Jake Warner or
head engineer out here in downtown Los Angeles producer Katie Newton, Carlo Jimenez,
boys of the Chargers, one of the voices at least until Wednesday at six.
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