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Clippers, they're locking in every game, every night, adam Ousland. You
won't see many better playoff games than that. As you heard here with Carlo
Jmenez. The Clippers were up by thirty one, they were down in the
second half, just to pull through late thanks to fifteen and the fourth from
James Harden. In an insane step back shot of the season three made by
PG thirteen Paul George, they win without Kawhi Leonard in Game four one,
sixteen to one to eleven in Dallas, and this series is tied up at
two games a piece. Welcome into your Clippers Locker room show, and I'm
Oslin coming up on the Patriot Am eleven fifty. We'll have Clippers top for
you eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five to two
zero eleven fifty. But first back out to American Airlines center with Carlo Jimenez.
Carlo, we knew Dallas would make a run. I did not know
they would run it all the way back to being up in this ball game
and making the Clippers have to show that heart late, and boy did they.
James Harden coming through and Paul George, after struggling in the second half
with one of the biggest shots of his life, I mean a possession at
him in which the Clippers almost turn it over, the Bonn goes out of
bounce. George has in the right corner. Thing, all right, he's
got a chance. Eight on the shot clock, he can size up.
He doesn't wait till the shot clock drips down. He just says, oh,
a corner three with a negative angle to the rim. Yeah, I'll
throw this into the air and down the well. Oh my goodness, what
a shot from Paul George and the Clippers guarantee you game five and six with
a gritty, gritty win. And it was just impressive because the mental fortitude
of this team, Adam, it's second to none. I mean, think
about the things they have gone through this season. Down twenty six late against
Cleveland. Also didn't have Kawhi Leonard. You come into today. Leonard's not
playing. After you get beaten in game three, your backs are against the
wall, your up thirty one, life is good. And then Kyrie Irving
can't miss and he has one of the greatest performances down the stretch, plus
ten points in the second, the third, and the fourth quarter. He
finishes with forty. But the Clippers never got phased, they never looked worried,
and they got it done. Man, what a game by the Clippers.
They executed while on the offensive end down the stretch. Playoffs are about
superstars making plays, and the superstars for the Clippers made plays today. And
I got to shout out some of the role players too, because Mason Plumbley,
I certainly wasn't sure if he was even going to play in this ballgame
after his performances in game two and three, and he finished with a team
high plus twelve in this ballgame and made huge plays early in the fourth quarter,
first catching a lob and then finding Russell Westbrook for an easy one.
The others did their part as well, but as you mentioned, James Harden,
the Bearded Wonder fifteen of his thirty three on just seventeen shots in the
fourth quarter. Just float floater after floater after floater. This is an area
where he had struggled all season long. He had been shooting about thirty five
percent from five to nine feet out. But when he needed it most,
it was there for him. Carlo. I mean the James Harden floater at
him kept the Clippers afloat in this series. It was heroics from him down
the stretch. They just went to him. I sat up late, But
is the system. This was the system and the Clippers couldn't be happier to
have the system on their side. He was the guy down the stretch for
the Clips. It was easy. It was over the top of the Dallas
defense and it got it done late fifteen in the fourth for the Beard.
So good for this Clippers team. They just they did everything right today on
that offensive end, and it shows in the box score. You shoot over
fifty percent, you get eighteen threes, you knock down twelve of your eighteen
free throws, twenty nine reven You got me, they got I'll remind it
by thirteen in this game, Adham. But you still come away with a
five point win, and all that matters is you're heading home to Game five
with the series. Even that's what we said coming into this two game stretch
man Clippers come back series, even you're feeling good. They check that off.
Now it's best of three times for the Clips, best of three and
they could possibly have two of those games in downtown Los Angeles. Game five
is coming up on Wednesday night back at Crypto dot com arena. Tip off
is that seven. We'll have your pregame shows starting at six as this series
is tied up at two games apiece. Kyla men is great call, fantastic
call, beautiful call, wonderful call. Never heard a call like it.
We'll see at Crypto on Wednesday. My friend Adam as in Happy birthday and
let's go see you Wednesday. You know, I didn't say my wish because
that's bad luck. But I think at this point it's okay. A Clippers
victory. They got it, They come through, they hold on after being
up thirty one to get the victory one sixteen to one eleven in Dallas over
the Mavericks in game four. And you're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers Audio
Network, let's go back to more of the NBA playoffs on the LA Clippers
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appo. Let me wipe the sweat for my brow. As the Clippers,
led by thirty one, were down in the second half but pulled through late
with a one to sixteen to one to eleven victory, and this best of
seven first round series against the Dallas Mavericks is tied up at two games apiece.
Welcome back into your Clippers postgame locker room show. I'm Adam Oslin coming
up on the Patriot AM eleven fifty. We'll have Clippers stock for you.
Eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty. Eight seven seven five to two
zero eleven fifty is the phone number the Clippers at the half after leading by
well as many as thirty one, as I said, it was down to
just seventeen points as Kyrie Irving had a perfect second quarter where he had twenty
points and didn't miss a shot, and from the research we saw nobody had
ever done that before Kyrie Irving got scorching hot. Luka Dancic hasn't looked right.
He's been dealing with a knee injury too. And Irving ended up with
forty points, but the Clippers. They got their scare. That run that
we expected to happen eventually did. The Dallas Mavericks are just too talented.
They were gonna make a push, and by the end of the third quarter
it was eighty two to seventy eight. Is the Clippers outscored twenty nine to
sixteen in those twelve minutes coming out of the half. But in the fourth
to start things off and throughout the entire quarter, it was James Harden going
straight, float, goat with it. Harden on the right wing, defensive
chance exploding, James dancing, euroing, floating, finishing, Clippers back up
to hardened deep on the left side. Shot clock reads ten four O eight
to go, tied at one hundred. Harden on Tanci flies by left the
floater off the window. James Harden with four in a row. James at
the logo dribbles to the right hand hip high. He's got the last four
switched on my Cleva with four seconds attacks the paint on another lefty lamp and
he puts it down. James Horden taking Dallas to school on a Sunday afternoon.
James left the logo pounding the leather with a left hand switched on by
Washington, holds the ball at the right hip with twenty six on the night,
dribbles down the right alley the lefty floorter the foul got it hacked in
the act hooping the horm. Horden being the hero for the Clippers, hornon
left wing flies by Washington, another floater. Oh my goodness, James Horden
giving Dallas nightmares. James Bleepin' Harden, what a performance. Finished with thirty
three points, had fifteen of them in the fourth quarter, just continued to
attack and hit a shot he had been struggling with all season long. Speaking
of struggling, after having twenty six points in the first half, Paul George
only had two in the second half until he hit what I think was the
shot of the season, the shot of the playoffs so far. The degree
of difficulty on this three from Paul George. Late, Harden finds George on
the right block, lost it, saves it as he tight ropes the big
sliine in the near corner. Went ten to shoot working on Derek Jones Junior
with seven sight step right corner three hits. Paul George bitou bucket Clippers retake
the lead one o seven to one oh five. The audacity to take that
shot after he was struggling, toughest shot he had all night, and he
knocked it down. I said, it was a legacy game coming into this
one for Paul George. Well, he performed, he met the moment,
and that I believe was the biggest shot of the ball game, the biggest
shot of the season so far for your Los Angeles Clippers. James Harden would
continue to hit floaters down the stretch. The Clippers hit their free throws and
they go on to win after leading by thirty one, one sixteen to one
eleven in Dallas over the Mavericks. The series is tied up at two games
apiece final box Who were coming up next? Here on the Los Angeles Clippers
Audio Network streaming Clippers basketball the first round of the NBA Playoffs continue Sick to
more NBA Playoff basketball right here on the LA Clippers Audio Network. Tied at
two to two, Clippers win Game four by a final score of one sixteen
to one eleven. They led by thirty one. Coincidentally, I think well
we played in Clippers rewind in the pregame show an hour before tip off,
the Clippers thirty one point come back, the biggest in playoff history from twenty
nineteen. And I was sitting here going no way, no way, are
they going full reverse? And it's happening to them now, this kid not
happened, And PG thirteen and James Harden late and even big Plumb, everybody
got into the act. Refuse to lose this one. Without Kawhi Leonard,
they hung on. They hit big shot after big shot, James Harden with
fifteen in the fourth quarter, and they would win by five in Dallas.
In Game four, Paul George had thirty three and the most ridiculous three point
shot of the playoffs so far, considering the situation, considering he only had
two points in the second half at that point, knocked it down from the
corner. James Harden fifteen of his thirty three in the fourth quarter, floater
after floater, seven assists, just two turnovers. The Maps had seventeen,
the Clippers just thirteen. The Clippers ended up with eighteen three pointers. I
thought after Game one they weren't gonna be able to shoot better than that.
Turns out eighteen of twenty nine from three. That's sixty two percent. They
shot better from three than from two. The Dallas Mavericks fought. They had
Kyrie Irving drop in forty. He was missing nothing after the first quarter,
and the Clippers withstood it. And now they have an opportunity to go back
home for a best of three with possibly two games at Crypto dot Com Arena.
Tip time for Game five on Wednesday is at seven. We'll have your
pregame show starting at six outside of Los Angeles. We'll talk to you then
in LA. It's Clippers Talk next year on the Patriot Ambulum fifty. Hello
Clippers fans, if you're gonna go for it, if that's what you want
to do, you do welcome the Clippers Talk, your first chance to react
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your host on your home for the Clippers, they were in attack mode.
Adam Ostley never make the Clippers taste their own blood or taste their own thirty
one point come back in a playoff game. My god, I thought it
was about to happen to them. I thought the Dallas Mavericks We're gonna do
what the Clippers did in twenty nineteen, the biggest playoff come back ever when
they came back down thirty one against the Golden State Warriors. It is almost
going to happen to them. But late they came through James Harden with fifteen
of his thirty three points in the fourth quarter and Paul George with one of
the most clutch three pointers I have seen, the biggest shot of the season
when he was struggling after avage twenty six in the first half, and look
gast and the Clippers win Game four without Kawhi Leonard won sixteen to one eleven.
Yeah, that was a dodgeball reference to start things off. Welcome into
Clippers Stock. I about a Moslin to eight seven seven five to two zero
eleven fifty eight seven seven, five to two zero eleven fifty is the phone
number. Get to me. I follow out of may On X coming up.
I believe we'll have will updike on because the Clippers won. Postgame,
you'll hear from James Harden, You'll hear from Coach Lou couldn't be more proud
of this Clippers team. That resilient nature is still intact. One of the
best victories in franchise history, the best of the two one three era.
Unfortunately, we found out about an hour before the game Kawhi Leonard wasn't gonna
be able to go. I think it was the right move, as I
rewatched some individual clips from him from Game three, you just can't put him
out there. I know he wanted to play. You have to protect players
from themselves. With how hobbled he was, with the way he was grimacing,
holding onto the rim, afraid to land after an alley oup because his
right knee was so inflamed, There's just no way. And the Clippers came
out shot out of a cannon, led thirty nine to sixteen in the first
quarter. They hit eight three pointers in the first quarter. They had eight
three pointers total in Game three, and they were hitting tough shot after tough
shot. I knew it wasn't sustainable. I knew Dallas was going to make
a run, but I was still awe of how this Clippers team came out
ready to go, like we've seen many times before when they're down one of
the two one three connection, that first quarter was a thing of beauty.
In fact, up twenty three after the first quarter. That's a franchise record.
Had never happened before. You hit eight threes. In fact, they
ended up going eight for eleven from three in the first That's how it happens.
They didn't score in the first three minutes. It was around the eight
point fifty mark where they hit their first bucket, and they went on to
score thirty nine points in less than nine minutes while holding Dallas to sixteen.
Paul George had sixteen points by himself with that first quarter. My god,
I said it was a legacy game coming in and PG thirteen is out there
clowning PJ. Washington with his arms crossed after Washington was doing the I guess
standing on business pose after he got into it with Russell Westbrook and they were
both ejected in Game three, and Paul George starts taunting the crowd. But
there was one issue. Luka Doncers had ten points in the first okay,
but Kyrie Irving was oh for three. He would hit eight of his next
nine shots. I believe he cleared the second quarter, did not miss a
shot in the second quarter. Kyrie Irving, I don't know if that's accurate
or not, because I'm seeing the first half box score at one point.
He went eight for nine from the second spanning into the third quarter. Again,
in that first quarter, Kyrie Irving was oh for three with zero points
and he finished with a forty ball. The Glippers have to had to withstand
that, and that is how a team can come back down thirty one.
Kyrie Irving just gets and goes nuclear, gets hotter than the center of the
sun. And the Clippers looked a little bit gassed after the first half early
in the third quarter, and in fact they were down in this ballgame in
the fourth. I'm almost glad it happened. I think you learn more in
situations like this to win a game and come through after you're down one oh
five, one oh four at the two fifteen mark of the first quarter,
when the fourth quarter, excuse me, after being up by thirty one early
on in the first half, and you pull that game out still and right
after that, out of a time out, Paul George hits that three pointer
to put him back up by two. They never look back. Insane,
Insane. One of the wildest games playoff games, not just for the Clippers
anyone, for team to come all the way back down thirty one to have
a lead and then for the Clippers to respond late with a big shot after
big shot from James Harden, floater after floater and not blow it and not
fold and shows some real toughness and mental toughness and fortitude out there and will
James Harden was willing them to victory in that fourth quarter at times fifteen of
US thirty three points. Just kept going back to the floater. He couldn't
miss. Just go to it. They can't stop it, keep going there.
Get Luka, Donci john Ya go after him. He doesn't look right
either with a knee. Twenty nine points, but twenty four shots to get
there. James Harden had thirty three on seventeen shots. And how about a
guy was critical on Mayson Plumley for his last two games, led them in
the plus minus category a plus twelve, and played big minutes into the third,
into the fourth, caught a lob, found Russell Westbrook for an easy
layup. Russe was just two of eight knocked down a three early and that
layup off the feed from Mason Plumbley after Russ found him for a lob.
Proud of big plumb fourteen minutes your plus twelve, huge, huge Terrence Man
three of six from the outside, and the defense he has played in this
series on Luka Doncics is just spectacular. Lucas definitely dinged up, but Terrence
Man has never looked better with this point of attack defense. Ever. They're
right now. Clippers just won Game four without Kawhi Leonard. They win by
five. They had led by thirty one. They almost gave it up.
And while we have a moment, let's pause tense econds for station identification.
Here on the Los Angeles Clippers Audio network, this is LA Clippers Basketball AM
eleven fifty k e ID Los Angeles and iHeartRadio station k Newton for the reminder
once again, boys, you have to get some highlights in the fourth quarter
of this one. So what else do you want? All of them?
I need them all. I have to get them all, like collect them
all. It's too incredible. It's too incredible. The shot making in the
fourth quarter, the high degree of difficulty shot making by your Los Angeles Clippers,
countering everything Dallas was throwing at them, with Kyrie Irving just making insane
layups with three defenders around him. There's nothing you can do about that stuff.
Kyrie was due for a game like this. He had it, and
the Clippers was stood it and won. Anyways, forty points in three quarters,
My god, James Harden wouldn't let it happen. Paul George and that
three after being down one, when they were up thirty one, wouldn't let
it happen. Paul George was seven to ten from three eight assists, two
four steals, the rear view contest and the block he had on Kyrie Irving
in the fourth, What a block. I'm damn proud of this team.
It is not easy to overcome the loss of your superstar again and Kawhi Leonard.
I don't know when they found out, obviously earlier than we did,
I'm sure, but it was official an hour before. It can be deflating,
demoralizing. Here we go again. Why I can't stay healthy? And
then to give up a thirty one point lead and to not fold, to
not let Dallas complete the comeback. That is incredible. Heart. We'll take
a quick time out. We'll get to your phone calls here on the Patriot
A eleven fifty eight seven seven five to two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven
five two zero eleven fifty is the phone number. I really thought it was
gonna be reversal fortunes from twenty nineteen where the Clippers had the biggest comeback and
playoff history down thirty one. Dallas almost did it to them, but no
Clippers coming back home tied up at two games apiece. They got the split
in Dallas Game five Wednesday night back of Crypto. I'm at a Maslin and
you're listening to the Patriot A eleven fifty, the Mavericks and the Clippers.
This is the NBA Playoffs on the LA Clippers Audio Network, stream us anywhere
you go on the iHeartRadio app. Clippers. Can't be losing my birthday now.
Can't be giving up a thirty one point lead after we played the thirty
one point comeback they had against the Warriors in twenty nineteen. Wo Yeah,
I was sweating it a little bit on Tilt, was texting Brian Seaman.
Had to let him know postgame that I thought I had the jinks in during
the ball game playing the Clippers rewind of them in the thirty one point comeback
with that Landry Shammitt three pointer in Game two against the Golden State Warriors back
in twenty nineteen, and it almost happened to the Clippers, but no.
James Harden came through six made buckets in the fourth quarter fifteen US thirty three
in the fourth Paul George biggest shot of the season. They're down one after
giving up a thirty one point lead, and he hits a three pointer tightly
contested after tiptoeing the baseline and somehow not stepping out of bounce. Now that's
the muscle memory to just get right back into his shooting form and get that
to go out of a timeout. Insane shot. Welcome back in to the
Clipperstock. I'm out a Masland eight seven seven five to two zero eleven fifty
eight seven seven, five to two zero eleven fifty when the Dodgers are on
a five to SEVENYLA La Sports will be here on the Patriot AM eleven fifty.
Let's start things off with Javier and the hobber Heights because he called,
I think before the game was even over. Javier, what's up here on
Clipperstock? Hey? What's up bound? Thank you for taking my call and
have the twenty fifth birthday birthday there? Thank you? How'd you know you've
been saying on the radio, other people, other people keep saying I didn't
even talk about my birthday, but other people kept saying it today. So
I guess I gotta face it head on, right. It ain't It ain't
about me. It's about the Clippers getting this victory. Baby, Yeah,
no, no, no doubt, no doubt. Yeah, check it out.
Remember I told you on Friday. Remember on the call, they said,
you know what, at this point, don't even play Hawaii today's game,
don't even play him. I mean I think they it went without him,
and at this point it's just honestly, he just don't play him the
whole serious, just just keep just keep the same team and see what happens.
Because at this point, man, I just my families. We're done
with Hawaii. I mean, when you need this guy in the playoffs?
Do you need them at him? Javier? You think you think he wants
to be hurt. He played sixty eight games this season and unfortunately somehow he
gets hurt at the very end because he's got bad luck. That's not on
him, Like, what is he supposed to do? What is he supposed
to do? But Adam did try so many things. They tried a load
management and what happened two years ago he got hurt with was it the being
serious? He got hurt? And then this year this is no no,
no, no, no, no, Maager, we're gonna play you.
We're gonna play you and got hurt. So you think you think you're more
frustrated than Kawhi Leonard Is Javier? Do you really think you're more frustrated than
he is? It sucks, we get it. I appreciate the phone call.
I can't believe it's happening again either, But for one of the greatest
playoff performers to be going through this at the wrong time in the season,
I feel bad for him. First, your organization, Clippers, fans,
everybody, but it starts with Kawhi. He wants to be out there.
What is he supposed to do? Scream at his knee, turn into wolverine
and recover faster. I don't I don't know what he's supposed to do about
it. So harping on that doesn't do good, doesn't do my heart good.
It's just pointless. Damien in la Damien. What's up here? On?
Clippers? Suck? Triple a man, Happy birthday, my clip,
But what's going on with you, bro, It's a happy birthday now.
Yeah, man, I know, I know they had your sweating bro Hey,
cardiac clips, right, cardiac clips. I've been saying it for years.
It's the most exciting team in the association. And that doesn't matter whether
you're a Clipper fan or not. If you're a fan of basketball, you're
gonna see some exciting games now going forward. The thing about Kawhi certainly does
suck. And for all of those fans who are you in the know,
we know that this is what it's gonna be. You know, if he
could do anything about his knee, it would have been done already. There's
things that are going on with his knees that are beyond anybody's you know,
realm of possibly helping that, And so we should definitely appreciate him while we
have him, because it's it's a blessing. If you knew anything about what
he was truly going through to get ready, you would know that it's a
blessing to see him now going forward. I was one of the guys that
was saying all along, we don't need to play them because we don't need
him this series. If we can get some continuity if we could get more
offensive output from James Harden, you know, if we could get Russ back
on track anchoring the Binch, we should be all right. I'm only worried
about the Timberwolves and the Nuggets. That's what I think we need Kawi for
any team, not the Timberwolves of the Nuggets. I believe that we have
a chance to take them in a seven game series. All we need is
a continuity. I'm happy to see it today. Appreciate the phone call,
Damien, you drop there right at the end. Look, I agree with
you to a point. But this Dallas Mavericks team with Luca and Kyrie.
You saw what it took today just to survive after being up thirty one.
They have just as good of a shot to win this series. It's a
coin flip. I don't know what the odds are going to say now,
because two of the next three could be a Crypto dot Com best of three,
and the Clippers would have game five in game seven, possibly they would
have it back home. That's big. The way they showed up today,
huge Russ had a big steal in the fourth quarter playing free safety. Love
seeing that shots not fallen. Still taking some ill advised jumpers that I don't
think are necessary. But he's done exactly what I expected on the defensive end
in this series. I told everybody, including Mavericks fans that laughed at me,
I said, he can guard Luca, he can guard Kyrie. Now.
Nobody could guard Kyrie tonight, nobody, but Russell Westbrook has done enough
on the defensive end to make up for some of those shots we've seen on
the other end. And I thought that steal he had in the fourth quarter,
the lob he had to make plumbly plumbly going back to him a few
possessions later for a layup, that was a really big shot. Yeah.
I don't know if they win this game without Russell Westbrook. And it was
a big response from him, considering what happened in Game three with the ejection,
considering Stephen A. Smith just going after him to a degree that I
think was over the top. But I guess that tracks. That's what he
does. Uh, Marvin in Downtown Los Angeles, Marvin, you're on Clippers
soft for that Amazon, Yeah, and that was epic, you know,
having that win under a belt. So now are you becoming a Clippers believer?
Now? I mean because Marvin, know what's possible is the guys who
have put in the work. I've said, I've said that, I've said
that the entire time. Look, I'm a realist. They're not winning a
championship withou Kawhi Leonard. They could possibly get out of this series. They
could possibly get out of this series without him, yes, And the two
X factors are James Harden and also Zubox. We didn't which we didn't have
hardened last year and then with our Kawhi, he's getting more touches, more
freedom to be able to contribute and definitely that's helping out in the interior.
So definitely we want Kawhi back. It's not his fault the team, like
Tyler said, we got to protect him from himself. We got a new
arena next year. He's under contract, so definitely we want to have him
speedy recovery. So we wish the best for Kawhi. But it was a
great game, And thank you for taking my call, Adam. He's doing
a great jobs as well as Carlos as well too, and Katie, thank
you all right, Marvin, we appreciate it, right and burbreak what's up
here? Glippersacked Adam Persley, Happy birthday. Happy birthday to you, good
sir, thank you for always putting up with all of our craziness as Clipper
fans, and leading a great postgame, pre game all of that stuff.
So happy birthday to you. Guys put up with me too, so I
appreciate it. I do want to say this, Adam, just I mean,
firstly, the shooting displayed in the first half was shut, I mean
poetry. It was just the ball was moving, find me the open guy.
That's great offensive process right there. That's exactly the type of offense that
the Clippers should be running against. The team averager. You want to put
every single one of them on defense. You want to say, I want
all of you to work, and you could saw it. Guys were just
getting wide open shots. Who whoa, whoa. They hit like five threes
where they had zero airspace as well in the first half, my friends,
those were not a bunch of wide open shots. What Paul George was doing
was well defended. The Norman pal three he hit falling away like this was
crazy stuff, just high degree of difficulty shot making. Well we were oh,
Clippers were owed that, Adam for how bad the shooting was I'm fine
with that. Well, let's call it what it is. Those weren't wide
open shots that I was well defended stuff, and you know the Clippers,
they just hit them, and that happens sometimes. I'm gonna say this though,
you you talked about Westbrook a little bit, but I think that the
key moment in the game, Mavericks make their run. They're there in the
in the early bit of the fourth quarter that give and go play with Westbrook,
Hardon and plumb Le. They could you could all they were moving all
together. They didn't allow Russell just to sit on the three point line.
He was moving without the ball, and they were getting great looks and they
pushed that lead. I think it was what four I think at the time
to eleven. So I think that was really the crux of the game.
Right there was the bench just playing really well, giving them some breathing room.
Mavericks obviously make another run and then Harden in just that fourth quarter.
I mean, just cook it, just absolutely cook it. And I just
I love the Clippers in the series, Adam. I think they win this
thing in six. I just think that all of the cards have been out
on the table now for Jason Kidd, There's no doubt that Luca and Kyrie
will hit some shot in the next two games. I've all the expectations of
that. But the Clippers have more scorers on their team than the Mavericks too.
They have more guys that can create their own shots. They have better
offensive process than just my turn, your turn, which is what the Mavericks
are doing with this team right now. I like him in six and I
just I'm praying at him. I really am that kwhy it's gonna be okay.
I know this's no structural damas, which is great, but God,
we need him back. I want him back for the next series. So
that's where we're at. I'm with you. I think it's possible. Because
also Luca doesn't look right. He was one for nine. You have to
take advantage of that. He hasn't had a crazy shooting game in this series
and all so far where you just can't miss. Kyrie had one after the
first quarter today, Luka doncas still the only three point hit was to tie
the game. Of course, he would hit that clutch one at the five
minute mark, tying it up at ninety eight. Step back over a Visa
Zubots, but he's not moving right. You want to see everybody healthy.
It sucks, But if a player on their side doesn't look right, you
have to attack them. You have to go after them. You have to
make them work defensively. And James Harden was relentless. Luca Dantis right now
he's banged up. Clippers don't have Kawhi Leonard brand new series two to two,
best of three. We'll take you a quick time out. We'll get
back to your phone calls eight seven seven five to two zero eleven fifty eight
seven seven five to two zero eleven fifty. I'm out of oslind and you're
listening to the Patriot AM eleven fifty Fack to more of the NBA playoffs on
the LA Clippers Audio Network. Clippers Mavericks continues now stream us anywhere you go
on the iHeartRadio app. Oh Kayne Newton playing one of my favorites. It's
not about me. It's not just because it's my birthday and the Clippers won,
and Ricky chew on X just put up a little shot. Banner of
Clippers had a May birthday. Champions twenty twenty four. Ah, the still
could use more Zoo. It's all about Zoo. But you know what,
I'm not complaining. Mason Plumbley was great. James Harden was extraordinary down the
stretch. Paul George it one of the biggest shots of his life. Prove
it type of legacy performance. After scoring just seven and being in foul trouble
in the first three games of the series, but only scoring seven points Friday
night, in Game three, Paul George had twenty six of his thirty three
in the first half. The Clippers were up by thirty one. It got
dicey, it got scary. I thought it might be my fault because I
played the thirty one point come back against the Golden State Warriors and the Clippers
rewind. But no, the Clippers hold on late, fifteen of his thirty
three points coming from James Harden in that fourth quarter floater after floater. If
it ain't broke, spam it. Speaking of, we have some postgame audio
from James Harden speaking with the Evil four letter after the Clippers win one sixteen
to one to eleven in Game four against the Dallas Mavericks and the series is
tied up at two games apiece. Here was James Harden post game because of
James harden Beece with Lisa, I dreamed the fifteen fourth quarter points from you.
So just how did you guys get this done? How did you were
you able to get into the paint so much? That's the way they guard
me. Are back against the wall. You can't go home out through one
one to tight his back. Titus serious, I'm going back home. So
it was odd enoughing for us since saw ted to score a basketball and make
it difficult for Kyrie and look at Yeah. Mike Green said that Paul George
was just brilliant in the first half. Just describe the impact that he had.
It was aggressive, man, yes, facing you know, he didn't
have a good game last game, so we wanted to come out of me
aggressive square of basketball. Yeah, what we need from him? And how
he did that? What were you guys thinking when you looked up and saw
your thirty one point leave go on sick, keep our composure. We're a
veteran squad, I mean, so we knew how great they were, especially
at home. They didn't want to go back to LA with the serious time
two sou so they gave it all they had in the second half. We
just kept our composure, you know, kept pushing away, getting buckets and
deficially just engaging against ups. Well, that is exactly what has happened.
When you're going back to LA series tied at two games apiece. How do
you carry this momentum over the game? Podcast? Jim, I forgot where
we can get better at see what they were doing offensively and and try to
get it a home work, get some rest. Oh my goodness. James
Harden there with Lisa Salters on ABC post game after he dropped fifteen of his
thirty three in the fourth quarter and the Clippers are now thirty eight and five
when leading through three quarters. After James Harden and Paul George, we had
forty four points combined the first half, only had two in the third.
It was scary. I was getting sweets saying people were turning off the TV.
They didn't want to look. They were afraid the Clippers are going to
blow that lead. Have a melt down until will collapse. But no.
James Harden there talked about it, didn't want to go down three to one,
veteran ball club and he had to do the hard stuff late in the
fourth quarter, get to the paint or die trying. His coach Louke would
say, well, take a quick time out, we'll come back. We'll
get back to your phone calls eight seven seven five to two zero eleven fifty
eight seven seven five two zero eleven fifty. I'm Adam Moslins. After the
Clippers win one sixteen to one eleven in a game four series, tied up
at two games apiece. Game five back at Crypto on Wednesday night, two
days off. Yeah they need them. You're listening to the Patriot AM eleven
fifty streaming Clippers basketball the first round of the NBA Playoffs continues. Back to
more NBA Playoff basketball right here on the LA Clippers Audio network Xhale Clipper Nation.
This series is tied up at two games apiece. Just protect home court
and you'll win the series. Clippers back at Crypto for Game five Wednesday night.
Welcome back in This is Clippers Talk on the Patriot AM eleven fifty eight
seven seven five two zero eleven fifty eight seven seven five to two zero eleven
fifty. After one of the wildest ball games you will ever see. The
Clippers led by thirty one, they were down by one late and Paul George
hit one of the biggest shots of his career and insane three is he was
losing the basketball, had the balance, beam the sideline, the base lines
and not go out of bounds, just to stick a big three pointer and
to put them back up by two. They would never look back. James
Harden hit six buckets in the fourth, a plethora of floaters when he had
been shooting I think thirty seven percent from five feet to nine feet on the
season, and he couldn't miss in the fourth against Dallas. Just kept going
back to it over and over again. Tagous and Walnut, you're on clipper
stock with that. I'm awesome. What's uptagious? What's up at a great
game? Man? I'm at a family event. I had to escape for
a minute and wish, you know, Adam a happy birthday. Man.
You got your wish come true. We all did so. I just blew
my kazoo. Thank you. I appreciate its pause. Yeah, an awesome
game, man, And like you said, I felt like turning the TV
off after they got the big lead. I'm like, man, can we
just get a thirty point lead in the third quarter or fourth quarter? That
would be much better than getting it early. On, but man, they
it was. It was a crazy game. And I thought in the second
half, although Paul George didn't score a lot, he also didn't force it
too much and he was reading the place, so he just kind of creating
that hockey assist type of play where you get double and he was reading it.
So in that sense, he did well even though the numbers won't pop
out in the second half, I agree, and he looked gassed. You
scored twenty six points and a half, that's that's going to happen. But
he still had enough. Well, he had the pose on the PJ polls
back, so him too. I hope it took something out of the Dallas
Mavericks losing a game like that at home, knowing you could be up three
games to one. Now the pressure really is going to be on them.
With the Clippers not having Kawhi Leonard, it looks like he's out indefinitely.
I wouldn't expect him back game five, No, And you know, it
looked like in the last few minutes the Dallas defenders were just waiting for a
hard and three, and to his credit, he kept driving in and finishing.
So I hope we keep seeing more of that. Even if he doesn't
shoot, he gets into the paint and then he can spray. We get
some more open shots. Although we had some good shots we didn't hit in
the second half. I thought the process was good and it's a little hard
when Kyrie goes off. It's a little bit of kind of snatches your heart.
But they day with it. PG had that incredible shot and the role
players played well, especially defensively. Let's treat game five like Game seven and
we can we can get another one at him. Do you win game five?
You just gotta win one of two with one game being at home to
end the series. It's right there, it's right there for the taking.
And then who knows what happens with Kawhi Leonard. And we're hoping for the
best. We're hoping for a speedy recovery. But obviously it's been a month
now, it's been a month since the knee inflammation, and it just hasn't
been able to bin Krrald. They haven't been able to get it to subside
significantly enough. Game three, he looked much worse than he did in Game
two in his first game back. That was always my concern. I always
thought he was gonna play in this series, but my question was always how
does he respond after that first game back. I've been telling everybody this like
it's it's about how he responds after that first game. If it swells back
up at the infa Mason comes back, that's what you got to worry about.
I don't know if I should go to him, Harold and North Hollywood,
Harold, you're on clipper stop with that. I'm awesl kill me.
I never call after a win. Are you happy birthday? Is that what
it is? Harold? No? No, just a a little controversy to
the show. Okay, okay, fair enough, okay, And I told
you and you disagree with me. Actually they should shut down. Uh no
matter, he's not responding. The team doesn't respond to him. He's always
has his head hanging his head. I think they can do better without him.
I don't know if you believe it or not, but I think this
looks Harold. I think they can win the series without him. They can't
win a championship without him. Well, I was what I was only the
other night. I think they can win this, but I don't think they're
gonna win a championship. I think the Nuggets and the Celtics will be in
the Championship Round. Well, that's what I can do. With Kawhi.
All things are possible. But right now, yes, when he's that ineffective
in Game three, you gotta sit him playing through too much pain, ineffective
out there, just not himself. Clippers are up thirty one. They hold
on. They win one sixteen to one eleven in Dallas over the Mavericks.
Big buckets late from PG thirteen and James Harden Go and float goat Game five
right back at Crypto on Wednesday night. Tip Off is at seven. We'll
have a pregame show starting at six before we get out of here. I
do want to thank the Clippers organization, Ralph Lawler, Ryan Seman, Carlo
Jimenez, Noah Eagle, Carlo and the call in this one. We were
chatting with no Eagle during the ball game as well. Great call, Carlo,
the callers, the listeners. Shout out big brother Jay Warner, shout
out our producer Katie Newton getting all these crazy highlights and a wild affair.
We'll see what happens in Game five could be more the same. Looking forward
to it, and madam Osa will talk to you Wednesday night. Why was
doing his thing? All they want to do is win in La. I
win. I thought they gave everything they had. I'm very proud of them.
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