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me right now, your host on your home for the Clippers, they were
in attack mode. Adam Osley Utah knockdown threes early and they knocked down a
backbreaking game winning three against the Clippers late. It was Jordan Clarkson Clipper Killer
and the Clippers take their first loss of the season. They lose by two
final score one twenty to one eighteen is the Jazz get their first win of
the season. Welcome into Clippers Talk. I'm out a Moslin. We'll get
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But there's just a lot to sort through in this game from the Clippers,
and by no means was it a well played ballgame by the Clippers. This
was more the same of what we saw last season, and I gotta say
it's disappointing because they had a chance with their early season schedule, going against
the Magic, going against Utah tonight, the Spurs, in between both those
teams to start the season. Four Now to really get off on the right
foot, to erase all that bad taste you'd have in your mouth post game
after so many games last season. Now, Clippers came out, didn't play
the right way in the first quarter. Granted, Utah was hot from the
outside, and there's not much you can do with some of those three pointers.
I'm thinking about Kawhi Leonard all over thh on one in the far side
quarter in the first half that he knocked down right in his face. It
just doesn't matter. I'm thinking about Lori Marknen from thirty feet out knocking one
down in the face of Norman Powell. There's not much you can do.
You tip your cap. But Utah after only taking under thirty I want to
say it was twenty nine in three pointer attempts in Game one against Sacramento.
We talked about it with Carlo Jomenez, your radio voice of the Clippers.
They would be hell bent on getting up more threes tonight, and they did
forty one of them, and they hit sixteen. And it was that sixteenth
that was the difference maker, that was the critical shot of the ball game.
And it was Jordan Clarkson and a game where they were down one he
went for three. Could be part of the reason the Clippers weren't prepared for
that, and they didn't look that prepared on the other end. They didn't
call time out the official I thought they were going to, and the Clippers
didn't, and it looked a little discombobulated. You're down by two. Kawhi
Leonard went for the kill shot three he missed. Russ had an offensive rebound.
It looked like there was enough time for him to kick it out to
Nicholas Patoom on the right wing for an open three pointer, but instead turn
around fade away. Not to be Clippers fall by two in a game they
trailed by ten and early in the fourth quarter. I thought it was going
to be a classic Clippers come back. With ten ten left in the fourth
day, they trailed by ten. Easy for me to say a bit of
a tongue twister after marketing a knockdown two at the line. It was ninety
seven eighty seven Utah up by ten, I said on Twitter, get Kawhi
back into the ballgame. About twenty seconds later he was back in and started
to go to work. Kawhi had nine of his twenty five points, starting
with a three pointer in the fourth quarter. Norman Powell got off the snide
if you're looking for positives and so over linings in a game where the Clippers
lost. Norman Powell finding a shooting stroke after a tough opening night, after
a tough preseason and the reputation of getting off the slow starts well, Norm
had just six points entering the fourth. He would finish with twenty. Had
fourteen points in the fourth quarter, big shot after big shot. A few
really nice assists found Mason Plumley for an easy one early in the fourth after
Norm turned the corner multiple times on his defenders and got to the rim.
But the Clippers come up short in a winnable game even with all the self
inflicted wounds. I see fourteen turnovers on one box score. I see sixteen
on another and that one says official box score. We'll go with it for
now, But too many sloppy turnovers early on the game. At the half
the Clippers had ten of them. Make it eleven. Just inexcuseable after a
game where you had seventeen Wednesday night against the Portland Trailblazers. You're making it
tougher than it needs to be. Utah is talented last season, they were
at the top of the West for a couple weeks early on, and I
knew they would give the Clippers their best shot tonight after losing to Sacramento.
But you can't give them extra opportunities. What happened to winning the possession battle?
That was a key talking point throughout the preseason, and at the half,
Utah had already attempted eleven more shots than the Clippers. By the end
of the ballgame, Utah attempted ninety six shots the Clippers seventy seven, a
nineteen shot difference that's almost impossible to overcome. For the Clippers to be in
that game and be leading late before that shot from Jordan Clarkson is almost from
remarkable. They were up one with forty one seconds left. When Utah got
the ball, drove down there, set it up and Jordan Clarson hit that
straight away three. They battled back. But I don't like seeing bad habits
like getting down and waiting to have a sense of urgency instead of hitting first.
I have to be honest about that. I know it's a new season,
but there were similarities and some of the same errors, miscusing problems and
issues we saw last season too often that we saw into night's Clippers game.
It wasn't a back to back. They had a day off in between the
victory where they were up by as many as thirty on Portland Wednesday night.
They had time to regroup. They had Bones Hyland, who was questionable earlier
dealing with that ankle injury, look pretty damn good in this one. Bones
had I want to say, ten points in the first half. Let me
double check this. He had twelve twelve points in eleven minutes in scendiary.
He just is able because when you're running the show, it's not like anyone
else needs to find him for him to get shots up. Bones brings the
ball up to court and he's looking to score, and I'm good with it.
I don't care if Kawhi's out there, Paul George. There are times
where those two need breaks and somebody else has to step up. Norm was
great in the fourth quarter and coach schlu rode the hot hand, but bones
especially in the first half where he was five for five and knocked down two
three pointers to get those twelve points. He was helping keep the Clippers in
it. There were some tough performances though by their front court Aviza Zubots and
Mason Plumbley were not good enough tonight. Big Zoo is my player to watch.
Finished with six points and two rebounds in nineteen minutes. That can't happen
in a game you're getting dominated on the glass. Mason Plumbley really struggled.
Was a minus eleven out there, just three points in twelve minutes for boards.
People are asking me on Twitter because Marketen had multiple offensive rebounds on that
tip in late That was a huge possession with forty six seconds left that put
him up one seventeen to one sixteen before Paul George knocked down a couple of
free throws to put the Clippers back up one eighteen to one seventeen. People
were saying, well, why is it zooing there. Why is it Mason
Plumbley, Well, rewind what I just said twenty seconds ago. They didn't
play well enough. They didn't earn those minutes late. They put coach Luna
position where you had to just lean into offense because if we're not getting boards
anyways with our bigs, then we're just gonna try to go full force offense.
Catch back up in this game by playing five out with wing and guards
and scores, and it worked, but they couldn't get to that ball.
I know Paul George was there battling Marketing who had a great game thirty five
points. I think he was Zach chick On. This was he most improved
player of the year. Last year when Utah was thriving, market In was
an absolute beast. He had a career year. He was that good and
he was the most improved player. Its gonna be hard for him to do
that two years in a row because he set the bar so high and just
came out and knocked down five three pointers and finished with thirty five and twelve.
Walker Kessler, who worries me, he only had four boards. John
Collins, though, also had twelve and five offensive rebounds, just like marketing.
That's the area. When you look at field goal attempts ninety six to
seventy seven in favor of the Utah Jazz, well, they had two less
turnovers, and they had eleven more offensive rebounds than the Clippers. Eleven.
Just brutal. I don't know how you overcome that disparity of seventeen to six
in the offensive rebounding category. Clippers almost did, but they looked like they
were trying to get by on talent alone tonight, if I'm being honest,
and that's not a great sign. That's what we dealt with last season too
often. And while Russ, I thought had some really good moments and was
a part of that fourth quarter and was crashing boards and as a small you
give him credit. He had a big block too, was making the effort
there. He had five turnovers, all five came in the first half.
But he's the floor general. He played thirty seven minutes. He played as
many minutes as Kawhi and Paul George. Paul George I had just two turnovers.
Kawhi had just won. Russ is your traditional point guard now setting to
the table. He can't have five turnovers to forress it's gonna be tough to
win on nights like that. Just four points. By the way, I
thought he showed some heart and some hustle and I need to see that play
again. By no means, am I putting it on one guy, but
it looked like Nicholas Patum was calling for the ball on that offensive rebound.
Give him credit for that, Russ's it's not even arguable he's the greatest rebounding
guard I think ever. But but toom, the first thing I thought was
the three pointer he hit to tie the game at Madison Square Garden last season,
where the Clippers eventually won in ot He's got that quick trigger release from
distance. And I'm not sure if there was enough time or if Russ knew
if there was enough time late, but it would have been interesting to see
if Nicholas Patum got that shot attempt as he was wide open from The Clippers
lose by two in Utah to the Jazz eleventh straight loss in the regular season.
In Utah told you the free game tough place to play, no matter
how talented they are. If you're talking Stockton or Malone or Darren Williams and
Carlos Boozer or Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert or guys like Marketing and Jordan Clarkson
and THHT Tonight always a tough place to play. More Clippers Talking, a
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