1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:04,919 Hello Clippers fans. If you're gonna go for it, if that's what you 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:08,800 want to do, you do. Welcome the Clippers Talk, your first chance 3 00:00:08,839 --> 00:00:13,720 to react to all the action of Clippers basketball doing to hear every episode. 4 00:00:13,759 --> 00:00:19,559 Subscribe to Clippers Talk on iHeartRadio or wherever you podcast Cliper Nation. You hen 5 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,399 me right now, your host on your home for the Clippers, they were 6 00:00:23,399 --> 00:00:29,879 in attack mode. Adam Osley Utah knockdown threes early and they knocked down a 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:36,359 backbreaking game winning three against the Clippers late. It was Jordan Clarkson Clipper Killer 8 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,280 and the Clippers take their first loss of the season. They lose by two 9 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:46,640 final score one twenty to one eighteen is the Jazz get their first win of 10 00:00:46,679 --> 00:00:49,960 the season. Welcome into Clippers Talk. I'm out a Moslin. We'll get 11 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,159 to all your phone calls. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy 12 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,840 eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Got 13 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:02,159 a pair of tickets to give away to Saturday Nights contest where the Clippers are 14 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:08,719 taken on Victor Winbinyama and the San Antonio Spurs from Crypto dot Com Arena. 15 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,480 But there's just a lot to sort through in this game from the Clippers, 16 00:01:15,359 --> 00:01:18,920 and by no means was it a well played ballgame by the Clippers. This 17 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,599 was more the same of what we saw last season, and I gotta say 18 00:01:22,599 --> 00:01:30,280 it's disappointing because they had a chance with their early season schedule, going against 19 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,599 the Magic, going against Utah tonight, the Spurs, in between both those 20 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,439 teams to start the season. Four Now to really get off on the right 21 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:45,200 foot, to erase all that bad taste you'd have in your mouth post game 22 00:01:45,239 --> 00:01:51,359 after so many games last season. Now, Clippers came out, didn't play 23 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,280 the right way in the first quarter. Granted, Utah was hot from the 24 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,319 outside, and there's not much you can do with some of those three pointers. 25 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,359 I'm thinking about Kawhi Leonard all over thh on one in the far side 26 00:02:00,439 --> 00:02:04,040 quarter in the first half that he knocked down right in his face. It 27 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,120 just doesn't matter. I'm thinking about Lori Marknen from thirty feet out knocking one 28 00:02:08,159 --> 00:02:10,800 down in the face of Norman Powell. There's not much you can do. 29 00:02:10,879 --> 00:02:17,479 You tip your cap. But Utah after only taking under thirty I want to 30 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:23,520 say it was twenty nine in three pointer attempts in Game one against Sacramento. 31 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:27,280 We talked about it with Carlo Jomenez, your radio voice of the Clippers. 32 00:02:27,319 --> 00:02:30,400 They would be hell bent on getting up more threes tonight, and they did 33 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:36,960 forty one of them, and they hit sixteen. And it was that sixteenth 34 00:02:37,199 --> 00:02:42,199 that was the difference maker, that was the critical shot of the ball game. 35 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,879 And it was Jordan Clarkson and a game where they were down one he 36 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:53,280 went for three. Could be part of the reason the Clippers weren't prepared for 37 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:57,919 that, and they didn't look that prepared on the other end. They didn't 38 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,039 call time out the official I thought they were going to, and the Clippers 39 00:03:02,039 --> 00:03:07,919 didn't, and it looked a little discombobulated. You're down by two. Kawhi 40 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:12,000 Leonard went for the kill shot three he missed. Russ had an offensive rebound. 41 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,280 It looked like there was enough time for him to kick it out to 42 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,680 Nicholas Patoom on the right wing for an open three pointer, but instead turn 43 00:03:17,719 --> 00:03:23,520 around fade away. Not to be Clippers fall by two in a game they 44 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:28,599 trailed by ten and early in the fourth quarter. I thought it was going 45 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,520 to be a classic Clippers come back. With ten ten left in the fourth 46 00:03:31,719 --> 00:03:35,879 day, they trailed by ten. Easy for me to say a bit of 47 00:03:35,919 --> 00:03:38,479 a tongue twister after marketing a knockdown two at the line. It was ninety 48 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:45,360 seven eighty seven Utah up by ten, I said on Twitter, get Kawhi 49 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:50,000 back into the ballgame. About twenty seconds later he was back in and started 50 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,960 to go to work. Kawhi had nine of his twenty five points, starting 51 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:58,280 with a three pointer in the fourth quarter. Norman Powell got off the snide 52 00:03:58,319 --> 00:04:00,919 if you're looking for positives and so over linings in a game where the Clippers 53 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:08,000 lost. Norman Powell finding a shooting stroke after a tough opening night, after 54 00:04:08,039 --> 00:04:13,439 a tough preseason and the reputation of getting off the slow starts well, Norm 55 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,680 had just six points entering the fourth. He would finish with twenty. Had 56 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:21,160 fourteen points in the fourth quarter, big shot after big shot. A few 57 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:26,360 really nice assists found Mason Plumley for an easy one early in the fourth after 58 00:04:26,439 --> 00:04:30,639 Norm turned the corner multiple times on his defenders and got to the rim. 59 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:36,160 But the Clippers come up short in a winnable game even with all the self 60 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:43,519 inflicted wounds. I see fourteen turnovers on one box score. I see sixteen 61 00:04:43,639 --> 00:04:47,439 on another and that one says official box score. We'll go with it for 62 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:55,399 now, But too many sloppy turnovers early on the game. At the half 63 00:04:55,439 --> 00:05:01,480 the Clippers had ten of them. Make it eleven. Just inexcuseable after a 64 00:05:01,519 --> 00:05:06,839 game where you had seventeen Wednesday night against the Portland Trailblazers. You're making it 65 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:12,839 tougher than it needs to be. Utah is talented last season, they were 66 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:15,720 at the top of the West for a couple weeks early on, and I 67 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,680 knew they would give the Clippers their best shot tonight after losing to Sacramento. 68 00:05:20,639 --> 00:05:26,199 But you can't give them extra opportunities. What happened to winning the possession battle? 69 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,519 That was a key talking point throughout the preseason, and at the half, 70 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:39,279 Utah had already attempted eleven more shots than the Clippers. By the end 71 00:05:39,439 --> 00:05:46,000 of the ballgame, Utah attempted ninety six shots the Clippers seventy seven, a 72 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:53,319 nineteen shot difference that's almost impossible to overcome. For the Clippers to be in 73 00:05:53,399 --> 00:05:59,959 that game and be leading late before that shot from Jordan Clarkson is almost from 74 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,160 remarkable. They were up one with forty one seconds left. When Utah got 75 00:06:03,199 --> 00:06:06,560 the ball, drove down there, set it up and Jordan Clarson hit that 76 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:14,240 straight away three. They battled back. But I don't like seeing bad habits 77 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:17,279 like getting down and waiting to have a sense of urgency instead of hitting first. 78 00:06:18,079 --> 00:06:20,920 I have to be honest about that. I know it's a new season, 79 00:06:21,319 --> 00:06:29,000 but there were similarities and some of the same errors, miscusing problems and 80 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:33,560 issues we saw last season too often that we saw into night's Clippers game. 81 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:38,480 It wasn't a back to back. They had a day off in between the 82 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:43,000 victory where they were up by as many as thirty on Portland Wednesday night. 83 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,000 They had time to regroup. They had Bones Hyland, who was questionable earlier 84 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:54,000 dealing with that ankle injury, look pretty damn good in this one. Bones 85 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,560 had I want to say, ten points in the first half. Let me 86 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:03,199 double check this. He had twelve twelve points in eleven minutes in scendiary. 87 00:07:04,319 --> 00:07:10,079 He just is able because when you're running the show, it's not like anyone 88 00:07:10,079 --> 00:07:14,319 else needs to find him for him to get shots up. Bones brings the 89 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,879 ball up to court and he's looking to score, and I'm good with it. 90 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:21,560 I don't care if Kawhi's out there, Paul George. There are times 91 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:26,600 where those two need breaks and somebody else has to step up. Norm was 92 00:07:26,639 --> 00:07:30,079 great in the fourth quarter and coach schlu rode the hot hand, but bones 93 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:34,800 especially in the first half where he was five for five and knocked down two 94 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:40,199 three pointers to get those twelve points. He was helping keep the Clippers in 95 00:07:40,279 --> 00:07:46,600 it. There were some tough performances though by their front court Aviza Zubots and 96 00:07:46,639 --> 00:07:49,279 Mason Plumbley were not good enough tonight. Big Zoo is my player to watch. 97 00:07:50,399 --> 00:07:59,480 Finished with six points and two rebounds in nineteen minutes. That can't happen 98 00:07:59,519 --> 00:08:05,040 in a game you're getting dominated on the glass. Mason Plumbley really struggled. 99 00:08:05,199 --> 00:08:11,199 Was a minus eleven out there, just three points in twelve minutes for boards. 100 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:18,480 People are asking me on Twitter because Marketen had multiple offensive rebounds on that 101 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:24,199 tip in late That was a huge possession with forty six seconds left that put 102 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,759 him up one seventeen to one sixteen before Paul George knocked down a couple of 103 00:08:28,759 --> 00:08:31,399 free throws to put the Clippers back up one eighteen to one seventeen. People 104 00:08:31,399 --> 00:08:35,200 were saying, well, why is it zooing there. Why is it Mason 105 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:39,399 Plumbley, Well, rewind what I just said twenty seconds ago. They didn't 106 00:08:39,399 --> 00:08:43,600 play well enough. They didn't earn those minutes late. They put coach Luna 107 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:48,440 position where you had to just lean into offense because if we're not getting boards 108 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:54,840 anyways with our bigs, then we're just gonna try to go full force offense. 109 00:08:54,960 --> 00:09:01,000 Catch back up in this game by playing five out with wing and guards 110 00:09:01,039 --> 00:09:05,399 and scores, and it worked, but they couldn't get to that ball. 111 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:11,399 I know Paul George was there battling Marketing who had a great game thirty five 112 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:15,679 points. I think he was Zach chick On. This was he most improved 113 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:20,399 player of the year. Last year when Utah was thriving, market In was 114 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:24,000 an absolute beast. He had a career year. He was that good and 115 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:28,240 he was the most improved player. Its gonna be hard for him to do 116 00:09:28,279 --> 00:09:31,440 that two years in a row because he set the bar so high and just 117 00:09:31,519 --> 00:09:35,600 came out and knocked down five three pointers and finished with thirty five and twelve. 118 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:43,000 Walker Kessler, who worries me, he only had four boards. John 119 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:50,039 Collins, though, also had twelve and five offensive rebounds, just like marketing. 120 00:09:50,759 --> 00:09:54,600 That's the area. When you look at field goal attempts ninety six to 121 00:09:54,639 --> 00:10:01,240 seventy seven in favor of the Utah Jazz, well, they had two less 122 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:07,279 turnovers, and they had eleven more offensive rebounds than the Clippers. Eleven. 123 00:10:09,639 --> 00:10:13,879 Just brutal. I don't know how you overcome that disparity of seventeen to six 124 00:10:13,039 --> 00:10:20,200 in the offensive rebounding category. Clippers almost did, but they looked like they 125 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:24,399 were trying to get by on talent alone tonight, if I'm being honest, 126 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:31,360 and that's not a great sign. That's what we dealt with last season too 127 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,120 often. And while Russ, I thought had some really good moments and was 128 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:39,320 a part of that fourth quarter and was crashing boards and as a small you 129 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,200 give him credit. He had a big block too, was making the effort 130 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:48,200 there. He had five turnovers, all five came in the first half. 131 00:10:50,279 --> 00:10:54,519 But he's the floor general. He played thirty seven minutes. He played as 132 00:10:54,559 --> 00:11:00,840 many minutes as Kawhi and Paul George. Paul George I had just two turnovers. 133 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:05,360 Kawhi had just won. Russ is your traditional point guard now setting to 134 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:09,639 the table. He can't have five turnovers to forress it's gonna be tough to 135 00:11:09,639 --> 00:11:13,799 win on nights like that. Just four points. By the way, I 136 00:11:13,799 --> 00:11:18,360 thought he showed some heart and some hustle and I need to see that play 137 00:11:18,399 --> 00:11:22,600 again. By no means, am I putting it on one guy, but 138 00:11:22,879 --> 00:11:26,080 it looked like Nicholas Patum was calling for the ball on that offensive rebound. 139 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:31,360 Give him credit for that, Russ's it's not even arguable he's the greatest rebounding 140 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:39,360 guard I think ever. But but toom, the first thing I thought was 141 00:11:39,399 --> 00:11:43,039 the three pointer he hit to tie the game at Madison Square Garden last season, 142 00:11:43,039 --> 00:11:48,440 where the Clippers eventually won in ot He's got that quick trigger release from 143 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:52,039 distance. And I'm not sure if there was enough time or if Russ knew 144 00:11:52,039 --> 00:11:56,840 if there was enough time late, but it would have been interesting to see 145 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:01,519 if Nicholas Patum got that shot attempt as he was wide open from The Clippers 146 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:05,919 lose by two in Utah to the Jazz eleventh straight loss in the regular season. 147 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,840 In Utah told you the free game tough place to play, no matter 148 00:12:11,279 --> 00:12:15,879 how talented they are. If you're talking Stockton or Malone or Darren Williams and 149 00:12:15,919 --> 00:12:22,279 Carlos Boozer or Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert or guys like Marketing and Jordan Clarkson 150 00:12:22,279 --> 00:12:26,720 and THHT Tonight always a tough place to play. More Clippers Talking, a 151 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:31,080 pair of tickets to give away to Crypto dot Com Arena Sunday Night, Clippers 152 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:37,440 Back Home taking on the San Antonio Spurs, and Viktor Winbnyama Best Call. 153 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:41,960 When's the pair? I've met a Maslin. You're listening to Clipperstock, You're 154 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:46,919 already in a buve seventy la sports. 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