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and their nine game a winning streak is over. They fall one thirty four
to one fifteen in OKC to the Thunder. Welcome into your postgame show.
I'm Madame Oslin, coming up your final box score. You'll hear from the
head coach and the players, and we'll have Clippers talk for you on AM
five to seventy LA Sports. But first, back out to Oklahoma City with
your radio voice. Up the Clippers in, Carlo Jimenez. Carlo to me,
it came down to that stretch in the third quarter where Paul George hit
that big three pointer. The Clippers were up by one, but then they
went about three minutes scoreless and the OKC Thunder got it rolling and the Levy
broke on the Clippers. Yeah, it felt like they were playing They were
playing from behind all night. That three from Paul George was their first lead
and it was short lived at him. And when you're have tired legs,
when you've been on a long road trip where you've played a lot and you
haven't had much time to rest, coming from behind, it takes double the
energy as holding a lead, and the Clippers just didn't have it tonight.
It looked like they got tired legs. Tylu recognized that with about nine minutes
to go in the fourth quarter as he took his starters out of the ball
game. You mentioned it, this felt like a scheduled loss. But I
still think there's a lot of positives to take away from this one because the
Clippers fought for most of this game, despite being down early in the first
quarter, down early in the second quarter, down big in the third quarter.
They really didn't lay down at any point in this game until they couldn't
find a bucket for three straight minutes. That is a great sign to me,
because, honestly, Adam, I feel like if this game got the
way it ran away from them early in that first quarter, if they had
laid down, then nobody would have batted an eye. Everybody would have understand.
But they continued to fight, and I think that shows a lot about
the mentality of this team, about the heart of this team. Back into
a back to back, a nine game winning streak without their best player,
they're still not satisfying. Yeah, I think earlier in the season, had
the Levy broke against the Clippers like it did in the second half, we
would have saw a more lopsided contest. But to your point, this team
kept competing. James Harden started one for eleven, would hit six of his
next seven shots in the ballgame. I thought Russell Westbrook had his moments,
especially in that first quarter with a quick eight. He brought the energy.
And then you know, Paul George in his first game back, twenty two
points in twenty nine minutes, seven of fourteen. I would have liked to
see him get up a few more shots because he was five of eight from
distance and had it going, but good enough. I think of a performance
from Paul George to say he can build off this against the Boston Celtics coming
up on Saturday, in his first game back off the flu. Yeah,
he had finally eight from three. He was excellent on the defensive end.
You gotta give a lot of credit to lou Dort. I mean, he
stays in front of guys. He makes it tough, and we saw it
tonight. Both George ann Harden's strugled at times with Dort matching up one on
one with them. This was a game where we talked about you need a
excellent performance from Harden and George and they just couldn't string together enough shots at
once, and the Oklahoma City Thunder hit timely three after timely three. They
didn't really stop missing until the end of the ball game. They were fourteen
for twenty eight, proceeded to go one for their next eight, but the
game was already over at that point. There's a lot to learn for this
Clippers team. I feel like you've won nine in a row. There's a
whole lot of room to grow. You came into this Oklahoma City team that
was rested. Now can you pass the test in the Celtics because there's no
there's now a lot of excuses coming up on the next one. You got
a good Boston team. Yes they're on two days of rest, but they
they've been vulnerable on the road. They've been excellent at home, but the
road they've shown some signs of some flaws. We'll see if the Clippers can
take advantage and come away with a win over a twenty one and six Celtic
team that's currently a top the Eastern Conference and to your point, fourteen and
zero at home but seven and six on the road. It will be a
measuring stick like contest for the Clippers to see where they're at at this point
of the season. Is Boston is the best in the East, and over
the last three weeks, nobody has been better than the Clippers in the NBA.
They fall tonight in OKC one thirty four till one point fifteen, but
they got to get right back after it and start a new winning streak.
Tip time for that ballgame back at Crypto dot com Arena on Saturday is at
twelve thirty. Well if your pregame show starting at eleven thirty Carlo Jimenez,
great call. As always, We'll see you back in SoCal on Saturday.
My friend can't wait to be home. See you Saturday and the Clippers.
When some things come to an end, that means new things can start.
Let's start another winning streak. Huh, hat's turn the face here? Coming
up next year at your postgame show, we'll have your final box score.
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The Clippers winning streak comes to an end at the hand of the OKC
Thunder. They lose an OKC one thirty four till one point fifteen. The
nine game winning streak is over. Clippers back home on Saturday, taking on
the Boston Celtics. Clippers ended up shooting forty eight percent from the floor as
they started to be a little bit better from the outside and actually finished at
forty percent from distance as the game went along. The problem was OKAC never
really cooled off. They went sixteen to thirty four from three, that's forty
seven percent, and they shot fifty nine percent from the floor. Had just
twelve turnover to sixteen for the Clippers. A bit of a bugaboo the last
couple of games after being best in the league over a sixteen game stretch where
the Clippers were only turning it over eleven and a half times, fourteen turnovers
and seven of them coming in the third quarter in Dallas yesterday Today, sixteen
lead to twenty points for the Oklahoma City Thunder. They were led by Shay
gild Of Alexander with thirty one. Did a little bit of a stat Padden
down the stretch a little bit, just eleven and twenty five from the field,
but got some easy ones. He's fantastic, don't get me wrong.
He was All First Team NBA last reason last season, four a reason this
season. He's gonna be in the MVP conversation. He's been that good for
them. But they're starting five. Everybody was in double digits. Lou dors
Dort had twenty one points three three pointers, Jalen Williams were thirteen, even
with a rolled ankle in the first half. Chet Holmgren had one, t
three and seven assists. He would knock down a couple of three pointers.
Josh Giddy went three of three in the first quarter from distance, really setting
the tone in this one. He would leave the game with what looked to
be an ankle injury in the first half himself. He did not return,
but still finished four or five, three of three from distance, had eleven
points and four assists in fourteen minutes. Made a big impact for them.
Isaiah Joe off the bench, also had three three pointers for OKC. As
for the Clippers, they were led by James Harden, my player to watch.
He had twenty three started one for eleven, would go six for his
next seven, four of nine from the outside, just six assists, though
tonight to three turnovers. Paul George, in his first game back and twenty
eight minutes, had twenty two points, seven to fourteen, shooting five of
eight from the outside. Would have liked to see him get up a few
more, but didn't end up coming back in the fourth quarter as OKC would
run away with this one. Russell Westbrook off the bench with fifteen back in
his old stomping grounds, he led the Clippers with thirteen boards. Just love
the effort from Russ in this one. He brought the energy as well,
and also Norman Powell. He had sixteen points, continues to stay on a
heater, six of eleven, four of eight from the outside. The Clippers
lose one thirty four to one. Fifteen in ok C to the Thunder.
Clippers will get back after it back home at Crypto twelve thirty, Tip,
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No Kawhi Leonard. Clippers lose big on the second nine of a back
to back. Not easy three games in four nights, but going two and
three on this road trip, that is a successful road trip against quality competition
Indiana Dallas, Oksee. All three teams were over five hundred. Clippers still
seventeen and eleven, six and eight on the road, though, They'll be
back home and they're safe haven at Crypto dot Com Arena on Saturday, last
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We got postgame audio from coach Lou and the players will get to your
phone calls. I see him percolating and Lenny Morris, jose hold on if
I throw you on hold, stay there on hold. You know, without
Kawhi Leonard. I'm encouraged by a few things in this ballgame. You never
want to lose, but you also don't want to lose your principles, your
energy, your effort. And I thought for the most part, the Clippers
played hard. They didn't know his execute. They couldn't stop Okac from knocking
down all those three pointers, and Josh Giddy, who's a thirty one percent
three point shooter, hitting three of them in the first quarter, going three
of three before he rolled his ankle. And left the ball game. Stuff
like that's on the Fluke shot variants not a lot. You can say they
were gonna live with him taking those threes as they tried to stop other guys.
It's a good game plan, just didn't work out. He was zero
four from distance his last two games, and he starts three to three and
the Clippers were down I want to say twelve early on in the first quarter.
Okay See got the jump on them. But I didn't see this team
quit. I didn't see this team pack it in. Okay See was up
thirteen in the first quarter, actually, and then the Clippers made a run.
Coach lou was looking for energy off the bench. Of course Russell Westbrook
would supply it. He came in around the six thirty mark. They get
six to fifty one mark four Vitza zubats in that first quarter as they went
small multiple times and Russ was getting some layups, some downhill attack. James
Harden hit a three pointer, still started one of eleven. I'm gonna say
it again, if I put you on hold, Lenny, stay on hold,
don't drop, and then keep calling back like I'm gonna screen the call.
I am screening the call live on the air. If I put you
on hold, stay there. But in that first quarter, Russ came in
back in okay See immediately had a couple of buckets. Then Paul George would
get to the free throw line. Sga started off hot. I think he
had eleven points in the first quarter, but Russ had eight and everything was
at the rim. And then a mere coffee made an impact, got the
start. No Kawhi Leonard he hit. I want to say it was a
jumper of the two to eight mark. Norman Powell also got one to go.
Brandon Boston off his own miss got the putback, and after being down
by thirteen with thirteen seconds left in the first quarter, Russ had a tipin'
and it was thirty two twenty nine. The problem was there was still a
few seconds left and Isaiah Joe would knock down a three pointer. But still
you can say the Clippers weathered the thunderstorm to a point. They ended the
final three minutes and two seconds in that first quarter on a ten to three
run. The same thing ended up happening in the second quarter. Okase he
got up big once again. They looked like they were gonna run away with
it. They ended up leading by fourteen points in the second, but the
Clippers closed strong end of the second quarter, nine to two run in the
last two minutes and seven seconds. And it was just a five point game
of the half. So how'd the game get away from them? It didn't
happen in the first half. It could have. It could have snowballed badly,
but the Clippers stayed competing. When the levee broke. When the levee
breaks, he's the led zeppel music. It was in the third quarter.
Clippers started slow. Yeah, I'm mere coffee knocked down a three pointer and
James Harden had some free throws and Paul George. I shouldn't say they started
slow. They started fast the first three minutes. In fact, they took
a one point lead at seventy three to seventy two at the nine to zho
three mark of the third on a Paul George made three pointer, and they
had the momentum. Then what happened. Chet Holme Grin threw down a Tracy
McGrady like dunk where he was well defended. He picked up his dribble,
so he just threw it off the backboard to himself to throw it down the
lob to himself off the backboard. I'll a Tracey McGrady or Vince Carter.
Kobe Bryant did it before. Lebron's done it multiple times. But seeing a
guy that height pull off that move insane. And sometimes a dunk isn't just
a dunk, it's an energy play. It gets the crowd into it.
Okay sees crowd as loud as anyone's in the league. James Harden has a
turnover, turns into easy points and all of a sudden Oka See goes on
a thirteen to oh run and the Clippers go from being up one at the
nine ozh three mark to then being down by twelve. After a three point
play on a dunk from Sga where he was fouled by James Harden, he
knocks down the free throw, and two and a half minutes later, after
being up by one, the Clippers are down eighty five to seventy three.
That was the ballgame to me. James Harden made a layup right afterwards.
It was a ten point game. But then ok se just kept coming.
Lou Dort Dort three pointer, Kenrish Williams three pointer. It's a sixteen point
game. Paul George answered with one of his own, but SGA never slowed
down. SGA and the OKC thunder. He hit another three, got a
two pointer, and it just started to unravel on the Clippers. Why they
couldn't hit enough shots consistently and the thunder they were getting out in transition.
The Clippers started off this game cold, and if you're gonna be able to
slow down a team like this, you have to be able to set your
defense. But credit OKC, they're third defensively. I knew it would be
tough on the Clippers, who only shot thirty eight percent in that first quarter.
They got better as the game went along offensively. By the half,
they were at forty four percent. End of the third quarter, they're at
forty eight percent. End of the ballgame, they were also at forty eight
percent. They got better, but it was somewhat too late, and those
threes never really stopped. From OKC. They're a good three point shooting team.
Top five. Clippers are right there next to him, okayse He's right
in front of them, just above thirty eight percent from the outside, and
with guys having nights like Josh Giddy in the first quarter, which was reminiscent
of what we saw from Draymond Green when he knocked down those four to three
pointers in the first quarter. You just don't expect that from him. Same
with Josh Giddy. Not a great three point shooter, sometimes that's enough to
swing a ballgame, just out of the ordinary on the margins type of performance
that can swing it. And they went sixteen to thirty four overall from distance.
Clippers were seventeen to forty three forty percent from three. But again they
started slow. First quarter, they were two for ten. James Harden started
one for eleven before he hit six of his next seven. But you have
to score with this team to be able to set your defense to have an
opportunity to slow them down. And even when the Clippers did, they were
off balanced. They had a lot of miscues, poor rotations, too many
wide open threes from Okac. It's one thing to give them up to Josh
Giddy, that's part of the plan. But Dort opened three pointers. Sga
opened three pointers, Isaiah Joe opened three pointers. Chad Holmes, we're in.
I guess he could shoot over the top of you. They're always open.
Amazing, amazing player. The Clippers. They didn't quit, they didn't
necessarily give in. Okay, see, was just better. They were on
three days rest, no excuses. But I did say, yeah, it
looked like a scheduled loss. I said on Rogan and Radley earlier today,
it's gonna be a tough one for the Clippers tonight. I could see the
winning streak being broken and okay, see's just a really tough matchup. I
was asked on Clips and Dip recently with Chuck Mockler and Will Updyke, who
do you fear in the West. I don't know about fear. I'm not
the one out there, but okay, see concerns me. And this is
the reason. Not only are they in the two spot currently in the Western
Conference, they have all the assets to go out there and make a move
in a big upgrade if they want to. Nobody has more first round picks.
We know that nobody has the depth of young talent that they do.
And if they want to upgrade, and I don't know, bring in marketing
from Utah who they can do so and that would be scary. So this
is a team that's got to be on your mind, know your enemy.
Of course, it's been there because of SGA, and I thought he was
solid, but I didn't think it was great. Eleven of twenty five,
and he got a lot of easy ones late when the game was already out
of reach. I think just because they're young and they had three days off,
they were gonna run guys out there for a little longer. And he
ended up think going three of three in the fourth quarter with some easy ones.
But thirty one points on twenty five shots. You could have lived with
that. You can't live with them going sixteen of thirty four from the outside.
And typically they get up more three pointers. They average almost forty.
The Clippers put up forty three and hit seventeen. It's a good number.
Some of them just came a little bit too late. Terrence Man knocking one
down in inconsequential garbage time. That may be a consequential shot for him to
get the monkey off his back, I hope, because guys, right now,
I'm telling you he is in a deep funk. He's turning down shots.
He went one to four from the outside, and the only one he
hit was late in the fourth quarter when the game was out of reach.
He's getting blocked at the rim, that does not happen. He was top
three last season in percentage in the restricted area feel goal percentage two for eight
overall from Terrence Man, a team worse minus thirty one. Am I overly
concern No, because he's been in a shooting funk over the last three weeks
and the Clippers starting lineup win hole has been amazing. I'm wondering what could
happen when he catches a heater. But it needs to happen soon because Terrence
Man's better than this offensively. He's a career thirty eight percent three point shooter.
It's confidence right now with him a lack of it. You can just
see the wheels turning when he's turning down shots. He's overthinking it. He'll
turn down a three, go for the jumper instead, miss that too.
It's just a rough stretch for him. There's no way to sugarcoat it.
You get by because the Clippers are so talented offensively, especially in the starting
lineup, they don't need him to score a lot. It can be a
bonus, but it would be nice if he just got back to his career
averages because against Boston that good. Yeah, you might need Terrence Man to
show up offensively two and to just be a threat from the outside so the
defense doesn't start treating him like Russell Westbrook. They happened so far. Dallas
closed out hard on him. I think it was White Powell in the second
half yesterday on a three pointer that I believe he turned down. So his
reputation precedes him. He's been a good three point shooter. He's known for
getting off to slow starts from distance the beginning of seasons, but this is
getting in deeper into the season. Now we're about thirty percent of the way
in and he's got to shoot his way out of it. That's the only
way. It might just take a game. It might be that simple.
But I hope it comes on Saturday, and I hope Kawhi Leonard is available.
We saw him in pain into the fourth quarter, still knock down the
free throws against Dallas, but it looked like he took a knee to the
hip from Grant Williams and that's what kept him out on the back to back.
You don't want to push him this early in the season. I'm hoping
it's one of those things. If it was a playoff game, yeah,
he would have been out there, but you were getting Paul George back off
the illness. You were hoping there was enough talent. Still, if the
Clippers played a little bit better and just didn't have that stretch of about three
minutes going scoreless in the third quarter where they kept hanging around, they might
have found a way to steal this game. But not to be credit Oklahoma
City. They win went thirty four to one fifteen. Let's go to Lenny
and Inglewood starting things off tonight here on Clippers Talk. Lenny was good,
Adam, I'm sick of this man. One of them was gonna start winning.
Oh you got jokes? Uh jokes? Wait is this Shawn and Inglewood
or Lenny in Inglewood? I can't tell in the basement somewhere anyway, whoa
uh anyway, Uh yeah. I think that I was glad that Tylu gave
Brandon boxing some run and because you know, I don't care if you get
that dude four minutes, three minutes, he's gonna get some buckets. And
we just got to keep him. We got to keep his rhythm, and
we got to keep him engaged. And I think, you know, the
veterans are there, so I'm glad he went to him early, and you
know, Wes had another great game and West said something that just proved to
me that he was you know, he was just relative as role he said.
He said in a quote of to Day, he said, Ain't nobody,
he said, ain't too many people in this league playing that defensive position
is better than me. He said, That's just the truth. And I
love that, man. That's that's swagger. I posted that on x at
follow out of May. And he's not lying. Good the man he's guarding
this season, they're shooting just forty against him. I love it, man,
I love it. And when you got that kind of swagger, and
I think I think he wants to go be on the defensive team. And
good for him, man, why not. I mean, he's just like
I said, you know, he's he's evolving and he's sacrificing and he's you
know, I'm just totally impressed by him. I don't obviously, I don't
think Paul George is one hundred percent. Uh. Now, you could see
he was winded early on. You could see it. Yeah. Yeah,
And you're right because early in the pregame you said, how when Paul George,
when he missed games and he comes back for some reason, do it.
He comes back and he's hit in the bottom of the net. He's
on fire. I mean like a normal if he was I think your full
strength, he could I could saw him easily drop h forty. You know,
because because he's got that You're right, because he's got that kind of
that history. When he when he comes back, he can he can he
can put it. He can put it in there. But you know,
the one thing about Kawhi, it's not just the point, it's not just
the d but it's the way he stops momentum from the other team that people
don't you know. It's that what Jordan did. Man. You know,
it's like, oh, you think you you you know, you think you're
about to you think you're about to run me, And like what Steph does.
He will stop. He will snatch your heart and the momentum from another
team. Man. And you know the other team, these guys come on
the court and they look at these guys, they got four legends they're looking
at and you know it's like that you feel a little bit of that fear
because they know that unless they come out early and start hitting, it's not
enough because you know, we've already proved we can come from behind, and
you know we we put points on the board. Like I said, we
coming to the gym with almost one hundred points on the board. So yeah,
hopefully Kawhi is back on Saturday, and those I looked at the schedule
and those next four games they could easily start another another another stretch, another
another winning street. So those are all winnable games at the Celtics though.
But yeah, man, they they really did that thing because once again the
media they're finally like dog Clippers. I saw some of they were said that
Clippers are the biggest threat to the Nuggets in the West. Yeah you know
who said that? The same guy who a month before said how the hell
are they going to make this work with James Harden. That would be Stephen
A. Smith. I posted that in my report. He just completely flipped
one pint eighty zero accountability, zero self awareness, just didn't even act like
he was talking all that mess about the Clippers and saying Kawhi Leonard should retire
last season after he tore his meniscus because he was challenging basically his competitive spirit,
his heart. After the guy tore Meniscus when he was dogging KD in
the first two games against Phoenix. Disgusting, honestly disgusting. Yeah, he
has no credibility. No, all right, make you do your thing out,
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Clippers Basketball on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers lose for the first time
since November thirtieth, when twenty one days between losses. They lose in Oklahoma
City, one thirty four to one fifteen. The nine game winning streak is
over. Still winners of fourteen of the last eighteen games. They'll be at
home against the Boston Celtics on Saturday, tip off at twelve thirty. We'll
have your pregame show starting at eleven thirty. Did want to shout out Russell
Westbrook thought he played really hard on this one back home in OKC on the
second night of a back to back. He missed a couple of layups early
on one was contested by chet just the threat of him after I think he
had eight or nine blocks against the Denver Nuggets recently. He's probably gonna end
up Rookie of the Year over Victor Women Yama because team's success. That doesn't
matter. But Russ with a tough and one end of the third quarter a
putback Norman Powell in this game, also for the Clippers, he hit a
three when they were down eleven in the second quarter and really helped get some
momentum back on their side, also missed one, got his own board,
put it up, and in followed his shot another three. At the end
of the second Clippers were down by as many as fourteen in the second quarter,
cut it to five. A lot of that due to Norman Powell.
I didn't see a team that just laid down and said, okay, we'll
get ready for Boston. I saw a team that eventually ran out of gas,
a team that went about three minutes scoreless, and it was a thirteen
to oh run in that third quarter by OKC that eventually did them in.
But I like a couple of things in this one from the Clippers. Attitude
wise, it was there, The mentality was there. They were still hungry,
they were still looking to get greedy and to try to sweep this road
trip and one of us. What else I liked was bones Higland got run
at the end of the game. He was aggressive on't you guess two of
two, knocked down a three pointer. I know, points wise or in
terms of impact on the game, it didn't mean much, but he's been
dealing with a right knee issue and was able to go. Brandon Boston got
more consequential minutes was playing. In the first half, he was on the
floor for a steal. God it's norm for a layup. He had a
put back on his own miss, and then down twenty in the fourth when
they pretty much waved the white flag, he did knock down a three pointer.
So some of the young guys getting out there and Bones has sacrificed a
ton. Before James Harden came, he was completely in the rotation. He
was really doing things for this Clippers team. I call him the skeleton Key.
I still think he's gonna have a lot to say about how this season
goes for the Clippers, especially in March when they got seventeen ball games.
They're gonna need some backups the Cavalry to arrive. Morris in Long Beach here
on Clippers stock with a a mouslin after they fall for the first time in
twenty one days, they lose an OKC. Morris, what's up? You
know? Adam? Is about runs. Everybody makes the run in the NBA.
Whoever makes the most runs wins the game. And let me share something
with you. Go back with me, remember back when we lost to Denver
and Denver was not in full strength. As full string, and the media
was just over. It was just jumping up and down on how bad the
Clippers were. Fast forward to when the Clippers played Denver again, and Denver
was at full speed and the Clippers beat them. Okay, what I've noticed
since that game, since that time and today, whoever the best player is
for the opposing team, the Clipper could do something with that guy. Tonight
they ran into a team tired Lakes. The Clipper had tired Lakes. But
whoever the best player is the number one score, the Clipper can do some
with that guy. The Joker didn't have great games. Curry didn't have great
games. Now they ran in the SGA First Team All Pro. But you
know he was ready. He was ready, and the strategy didn't work tonight.
Take not their best player. He didn't have a great game. Twenty
five shots. Okay, but they shouldn't hang their hats down, hold their
hands down. They're going to be pretty good. They're going to be there
at the end, and I'm gonna take you it. I probably it probably
had a uniform on because coach played everybody. He'd have played the general manager
if he suited up. If probably had had a uniform he would have played.
Okay, they've got a deep team at him. They're not gonna beat
everybody, and I wasn't gonna call you until they lost. I haven't called
you in a while because they've been winning so much. But I tell you,
that's a big game on Saturday. Now. I hope the call man
plays because we gotta let everybody know when we beat Boston. Now we're for
real. Okay, you based yourself. Take him to the call, Bye
bye, Morris. I appreciate the phone call. I don't know if he
was superstitious and that's why he wasn't calling in because the Clippers kept winning.
Can understand that. I think regardless, the Clippers are for real. I've
seen enough to know that whether or not they beat Boston, it's gonna depend
on having Kawhi Leonard. Of course, Boston has struggled on the road.
They just got a victory over Sacramento. They'll have two days off, Clippers
with one day off before that game, and we know about those early weekend
starts. The matinee or monster that seems to get him. Don't like that,
but no excuses. Got to get up for it, with or without
Kawhi Leonard. They still have enough talent now because of James Harden to take
on a fully loaded Boston team at home and have a great shot to win.
Demetrius in Manhattan Beach, you're on Clipper stop with that, Amazen.
How you doing, Adam. You know we just spoke last night and we're
looking at the same game, the same players, and I will say this
that will make it pretty quick. I will say how important Kawhi is.
And it shows his greatness because again I think one of your callers put on
emphasis that when he's on the floor, he stopped runs, but not only
the run stop him. He motivated his other player. He plays at such
a high level to where he can make up himself the next thir ten to
fifteen point runs extra eight point runs himself. And so when you got a
guy like Kawhi Leonard on your team, when you're playing a back to the
back of your playing a very good, talented thunder team who's been giving us
some problems the last couple of years. I think there are two and I
want to say fifteen in OKC now over the past I don't know, four
or five years now, Yeah, absolutely, I mean they've been they've been
giving us some problems. But I say this to say this give Tyleru all
the credit in the world. When I spoke to you last night, I
was a little bit nervous. Like I told you, I didn't think that
Kawhi Leonard would play today, and again we was right about that. But
you know, I would like to Guy Greedy today because I thought if Kawhi
Leonard would have played that they would have raised the intensity. I love Paul
George, I love the rest of the team, but without Kawhi Leonard,
this team have no shot. I don't mean to sound the way I'm sounding,
it's just evidence that back it up. I don't think they have no
shot. They're not going to win the title without him. Of course,
that's what that's that's what we're talking about. Adam Well, I mean,
you can say that for every single team, if you take away their number
one option, they're not going to win the title. You can say that
for everyone that's not unique to the Clippers. You're not winning the title.
Yeah. Well no, well exactly. But the point I'm making we we
understand that from the last previous season, going back to the Utah Series,
when we could when we had the best shot to go, I think we
would have won that year, no doubt about it. Would have beat Milwaukee.
Uh. I agree. I'm listen at him. I'm very excited.
I'm like you, they going in the Boston rather Kawhi play or not.
This Clipper team have shown us enough. They're very potent, they're playing with
a chip on their shoulder, and they can beat anybody on any night when
they're healthy. And I told you the only problem is is availability. And
when they are available, lookout. We've talked about this, Adam. When
they're available, lookout. And that's my only problem with issue with the Clippers.
Not talent, not shooting, not defense, not anything, but availability
and when they are available, look out. That's just where we're at now,
Adam. And I think we'll get back on the run. I still
believe we will capture the number one seed. Providing we are available, we
are available, we'll steal it. Here's the only problem to meet yours.
I'll that I'll point out, and I agree with you. They're definitely in
the running for the number one seed. But Kawhi played the first twenty seven
games and they went seventeen and ten. It could have been. You know,
they go through that six game losing streak, they could have padded up
a few more wins in there. They had some really bad losses. I
hope it doesn't come back to haunt them. They've righted the ship by winning
nine to a row. They've gotten some of those back, definitely. But
my point would be this Kawhi we knew wasn't gonna play eighty two games now
at max he could play eighty one. It's more realistic that he plays sixty
five somewhere in there if you just look at his track record. So it's
hard to know how many of these guys are going to be available the rest
of the way. I'm not trying to be an alarmist here, but I'm
just a realist, and so am I Adam. I think they understand it
will take the season very serious. I think the number one seed is definitely
as you know, it's right there for the taking. I don't see no
reason why I think that when they go back into the room and they examine
the game and examine who they are, they believe that's they believe they know
they can capture the number one seat. They're not afraid of nobody in the
West, including Denver. When they are available to me, they are understanding
no disrespect to Denver. I know we got a long way to go,
but again from what I've seen out of them, and what I've seen the
stifling defense, when they raised their intensity and Kawhi now have that burst of
speed. Now he starts a little bit more weight, added on some pounds
with the muscle, and he's explosive. He's a three level player. I
mean, he can do it all in on the defensive end. Like I
said again now and like you mentioned in clutch play, we raised up our
points in the clutch and I'm telling you right now, we figured out the
pick and roll with Denver. We got Zubak and James Harden. Credit to
James Harden in that and I mean Zubak and Kawhi Leonard, I mean credit
that ty Lu has figured out how to slow down Denver in the pick and
roll and put the best in that pick and roll with Zubak, who's playing
the inspired ball. We got to give this guy a ton of credit.
I mean, you know I have, Yes, yes, Adam, you
have. You've given this guy a ton of credit. And guess what Adam.
He's going to get better. He's never had a direction to just be
able to say, you know what, I'm gonna be the best big man
tonight. I'm gonna be the big best big man. I'm gonna guard you.
Rather it's Nikola Nicolo the joker, Rather it's mb Now. I know
we're going over to the top, but he's gonna make it tough for everybody.
He's not a slouch. I said this the other night. They didn't
just get James Harden. Because they got James Harden, they got an upgrade
at the center position. It's brought out the best in a Viza Zubos.
This is the best basketball he has played today, notwithstanding over the last eighteen
games. And you're right that what point, that was the perfect point you
made night that it made him better. And so when I look at him
getting better, when I look at the team overall, I look at Russ
coming off the bench, I look at him playing extremely tough defense. I
love what he's doing. Listen, there's no reason to hit our heads against
the wall or sow you know, stick glue against the refrigerator, seeing what's
gonna stick. This guy is not a shooter. We got to accept his
game. I love his game. He's gonna continue to bring it every night.
I wish, you know, he would get in the gym a little
bit more and just you know, I think he's shooting what twenty percent from
the field? If that uh, if he can just give us thirty Russell
Westbrook from the outside, is he at twenty five percent something like? Oh?
From three? Yeah, he's at twenty seven percent. You're right on,
yes, yeah, so so so again. I mean, you know,
hey, I don't I don't need him taking any threes. I understand
if he's wide open in the corner, because he has shot better there.
He's been about forty percent there the past three or four years. In the
corners, he's got to take it. But outside of that, he can
just go to the basket. That's what I need from Russ. I listened,
Adam. I hate to disagree with you. I know he has to
take it. I mean, you know, he's the NBA basketball player.
It looks philly to be out on the island by itself and not take it.
But I mean, listen, you know, crossing our fingers when he
shoot the ball, you know it's you know, but on those corner threes,
he's been shooting about forty percent. That's why I say on those particular
threes, I'm okay with him taking those when the wide open, Yeah,
I am too. He's he's right around thirty nine percent around in a corner
and it's now. But listen, give credit and kudos to him not taking
nothing from Wessell. I love Wessell, I mean Wes I love Russell Westbrook.
And I'm telling you there's no alarming. There's no alarm that's set off
at this point. They are legit. They are for real, and you
have one caller at it. You know, I have to bring this up.
You have one caller that called in any a longtime Laker fan, and
he just had to just he had to let you know. You know,
they did us pretty bad at him. They did us bad, the Laker
fans, the Lakers media. I mean, they was talking about the Clippers.
Perkins, Sam, I mean, Perkins was talking about the Clippers won't
make the playoffs. You're right about steven A. All of these guys is
just you know, hey, you know I'm the receipt keeper, not the
crypt keeper, well maybe a crypto, but the receipt keeper, and I'm
keeping track of all these guys that have made a lot of noise and have
made a lot of money off this noise. That now, if it goes
the other way and this Clippers team proves them wrong, I better hear that
same energy when the apollo he comes from. Then, Oh it's coming,
It's coming, and it's coming pretty fast too. I don't think we have
to wait till All Star weekend before it comes. That that cheddar is already
out there that they know that the Clippers are for real. And again we
know we need Like I said again, our major problem is availability, and
that's always been our problem. We got the best team, We got the
best three scores right now that can do what they do. James Harden's facilitate,
he can you know, he can open it up. He plays point
guard. He's a true point guard. Paul George, you know now he
don't have to put so much pressure on him. You know, he can
create his own shots. You got. I mean, I just love the
whole you know, I need a little bit more, and I know we're
gonna get it. I'm gonna stay patient with Terrence Man. I need him
to uh not hesitate, stop worrying about if his shot going down. Okay,
get into the zone like he was into that Utah seat. He's in
the playoff. That's the terrace, man. Once we see look out,
Okay Adams, all right, all right in Utah, that's the one we
want to see. And I think you agree with me on Now, who
the hell is gonna agree disagree with that? I mean, he had thirty
nine points in the twenty five point comeback, historic game for them to advance
to the Western Conference Finals for the first time ever. I appreciate the phone
call Demetrious in Manhattan Beach cut from the same cloth, calling out those same
hot take artists. Clippers fall tonight for the first time in twenty one days.
They lose one thirty four to one fifteen in Oklahoma City to the Thunder
coming back. Looking for postgame quotes, Oh, I got one from PG
thirteen here. Oh, some insight into what he's been dealing with. This
should be good. Uh oh, Shawn and Ingo was calling into more Clippers
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Cali on Saturday. Well the chance to start a new winning streak. As
the Clippers fall one thirty four to one fifteen in ok C, Paul George
finished with twenty two points. And I saw this from Andrew Gray for the
La Times. You joined me pregame, Paul George said postgame, the groin
injury that sidelined him recently isn't bothering him anymore. Thy good Jesus. It
was being sick that was the issue last two days, he said, quote,
I've been hell felt good enough to give it a go tonight tonight and
five of eight from distance. No, I'm over my sickness. I know
I had to clear my throat there for a second, but that was weeks
ago. Lingering cough though. Still, if you guys have caught this thing,
you know what's going around? Uh Sean and Inglewood speaking of sickness,
Sean, what's up? Listen, great effort. I'm not upset whatsoever.
I mean, the guys had a long road trip and we gotta get used
to the fact that we're gonna have maybe four or five losses a year based
on scheduling, and that's why we're getting the new stadium. So hey,
that preach, preach Sean. I hear the Lakers complaining about their schedule recently,
and I laughed, finally, ridiculous the Clippers. Meanwhile, I have
twenty five instances of three games in four nights. They got five to five
and sevens. Nobody's got a worse schedule than them, and they still have
been achieving anyways. So I like your points tonight, Sean, one of
your best in weeks. Oh, thank you, thank you very much.
Well, basically, I saw effort. I saw them trying to fight back,
and that's did you get out of a good team. So hey,
uh, let's get going for Boston. And do you know, kuh,
I be ready for Boston. We don't know yet. I'm looking for postgame
audio. I'm assuming. Uh. They said he's day to day earlier,
so they don't know yet either. It's gonna come down to how he responds
and getting some rest back home and hopefully, you know, he heals up
quick here. Well you know, hey, nobody else in the league is
one nine in a row, so hey, be proud of our boys.
They're still figuring out. I still think they're only about seventy to seventy five
percent maybe eighty at the most of what their their potential is gonna be.
Yes, you forget you were still missing Plumby, So I agree it's gonna
be okay. You know, uh, there's freaked games in the NBA all
the time. So hey, I'm not gonna call it a freak game,
though, I'm not gonna disrespect. Okay, see you like that. I
mean, they're second in the West. They're good, they're eighteen eight.
Their defense is legit suffocating. No, but actually, if you look at
it, the Clippers are shooting more than about thirty six percent and a half
quarters of the game, they were still in the game. I mean,
really, they could beat these guys. Oh no, I'm not saying they
can't beat them. Of course they can beat them. I'm just saying,
Okay, see tonight, when they're that hot from the outside, Josh Getty's
going three of three from distance, it's more than just a scheduled loss.
It's just wrong place, wrong time, you know. Yeah, And you
know what, there was a part in that third quarter where the Clippers played
excellent defense and got a deflection and the ball came right back to oksee about
four or five times in a row. And if that hadn't happened at the
lead at the end of the fourth quarter would have been about six point.
Only I know the player talking about, Sean. I think it was the
Clippers had three guys there, they got the deflection and nobody was able to
get to it in time. Speaking of time, great phone call, Sean,
but I gotta take a quick time out here, because Katie is absolutely
gonna torture me if I don't get out on time. Tonight. That's how
it works here. Clippers fall one thirty four to one fifteen, and okay,
see to the thunder a lot of rational, sensible truth to what Sean
was just saying, and we're gonna win forever. There's gonna be losses here
and there. They're still in pointed in the right direction and trending the right
way takes all us in that even on nights like tonight, and hopefully Kawhi
Leonard his back Saturday, more Clippers stock next year. On the M five
to seven LA Sports, the LA Clippers continue their hunt for a LARRYO.
B they still want to get that. Lario bea don't miss a moment all
season long. This is the LA Clippers Audio Network. Okay See snaps the
Clippers nine game winning streak. They lose one thirty four to one fifteen,
second most points Clippers have allowed this season. The Thunder ended up shooting fifty
eight point six percent from the field. The previous high fuel goal percentage against
the Clippers was when Denver made fifty three point four percent against them in November.
Okay See was six of ten in the MIDI sixteen to thirty four from
the outside. That's forty seven percent from three. That's coming from La Murray
of the Athletic Clippers lose. Finally, I'll bring you more good news though
they only play OKAC two more times in the regular season. But I'm telling
you right now outside of Denver, because you got to give him that respect.
And I think they've won twelve of the last fourteen games or something like
that against the Clippers. The Okase Thunder scare me the most they do.
Sga just doesn't slow down. He plays at his own pace. But it's
the start stop hesitation moves that are so difficult to guard and he can break
down your defense from there. I don't think anybody thought, I know,
nobody thought he'd get to this level, especially this quickly in his career.
He's been amazing. But I don't want to hear any oh, they shouldn't
have traded for Paul George. You traded for Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.
Kawhi came because they traded for Paul George. That was the move. They've
had some bad luck, Yes, it's rough. Do they win in twenty
twenty one if Kawhi doesn't tear his ACL I believe so. I believe Kawhi
Leonard would have done the same thing to Giannis Denna Kumpo, just like he
did in twenty nineteen the Eastern Conference Finals. Had they gotten past Phoenix,
and if they take Phoenix to six games without Kawhi, yeah, they're beating
Phoenix with him. It's been bad luck, but hopefully the worm has turned
for the Clippers. They've won fourteen of eighteen and prayers for Kawhi Leonard hopefully
returning on Saturday. Before we get out of here. I do want to
bring in Katie Newton. It's Katie's casual corner as she plays herself out with
the photo ops music. I always do it so I don't have to go
on too long. It makes it sound even better. What's up? I
do? Control your microphone? You're gonna strangle me with my microphone? Is
the wedding singer the microphone? Oh okay, all right, sounds being threatened.
Do you does anyone on the team ever play a full forty eight or
is that just like really rare, not just our team but any team?
Is it just in a playoff game? God? I think in Game seven
Lebron James in twenty sixteen played all forty eight minutes against the Golden State Warriors.
It could happen in a playoff game. It will never happen in a
regular season game. And yeah, Wilt Chamberlain used to do that back in
the day. It's a very different game now. Decent question. I'll give
you a passing grade today. Yay, either pass or fails, so you
get a star. Clippers back at Crypto. They'll try to start a new
winning streak. They'll be taking on the Boston Celtics, who haven't been a
good road team. Tip Off is at twelve thirty on Saturday, at Crypto
pregame at eleven thirty. Before we get out of here, I do want
to thank the Clippers organization, Ralph Lawler, Brian Seeman, Noah Eagle,
Carlo and Menez on the call in this one. Great job. Carlo,
the callers, the listeners, big brother, Jay Warner, our producer here
in the bank, Katie Newton Till Saturday at eleven thirty with their pregame show
Clippers Countdown. I'm Adam Moslem. We will talk to you then. Oh,
the Lakers lost. The White was doing his thing. All they want
to do is win in La. I win. I thought they gave everything
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