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Time for a postgame. Look,
it's your LA Clippers. This is Clippers

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the pre and post game voice. If

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you're LA Clippers, they're locking in
every game every night. Adam Osland Clippers

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fall in the preseason finale one O
three to ninety to the Denver Nuggets.

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Without Kawhi, without Paul George,
without Russell Westbrook, they were more than

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competitive. It was the tie ballgame
at the half bones Highland finished with twenty

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five points, but left the game
in the third quarter. Looked to be

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a left ankle that was turned,
but all reports so far as saying not

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serious. Why so serious? We're
glad it's not serious. That's what we're

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hearing. LA Murray's posted that and
Andrew Griefe of the La Times. So

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the Clippers go too and two in
the preseason. The regular season starts next

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Wednesday, right back here at Crypto
dot Com Arena, where the Clippers will

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be hosting the Portland Trail Blazers.
More on that and much more with Carlojmenez

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postgame next right here on the Clippers
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two one three Era continues. You're
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their preseason finale to the Denver Nuggets the

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regular season less than a week away. They're right back here at Crypto dot

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Com Arena. Taken on the Portland
Trailblazers in the home opener. Welcome back

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into your postgame show. I'm Adam
Oslin. Still to come your final box

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score and will Updike from Clips and
Dip will be here, but first rejoined

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the show. He's your radio voice
up the Clippers in Carlojmenez. Carlo,

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I know it ended on a sour
note with Bones Highland because of that left

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ankle that was turned, but it
doesn't sound or doesn't seem to be too

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serious. And he was phenomenal in
his twenty four minutes. He scored twenty

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five points efficiently, was also getting
the others involved around him. He was

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the catalyst. He was their offense
tonight without their big three. He was

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unstoppable. And this Denver defense,
which is very good around the rim,

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looked like it had every hole against
it. I mean, Bones Highland had

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no issue not only getting to the
rim but finishing around the rim like you

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said among a flurry of dark blue
uniforms all day. He was excellent for

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the Clippers, and all you can
do is hope that he's ready to go.

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But man, that Sankey unit with
Highland kJ Martin also played well today.

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Nine points off the bench for him. This is a group that's very,

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very dangerous, and you just the
Clipper was once again at him as

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we begin in the regular seat and
you say this is a deep, deep

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team. Yeah, depth not at
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obvious to everyone that they are one
of the deepest teams in the league.

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So if there is a chance Bones
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don't know that to be the case
yet, but they have more than enough

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to make up for that loss.
I thought there was some good performance otherwise.

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Iviza Zuba's defensive patrolling the paint.
He and Mason Plumley were very good.

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We talked about that moat they were
building around the basket early on the

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first half, and you could just
tell the difference when those two were out

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of the game late in the fourth
quarter, the Nuggets felt like there was

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blood in the water and they started
feasting on the interior but it just shined

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a light more on just how well
the Clippers were with that interior defense early

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on the ballgame. Yeah, Mason
Plumley had two blocks and ran the break

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a couple of times today, which
was impressive. I think you're right,

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and it felt like once Plumbley went
out of the games, Ike Nagee had

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four dunks where no one was around
him and he was right at the rim.

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So you like what you see from
Plumbley from each Zubots something Kawhi Leonard

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has talked about openly, the fact
that you have a guy like Plumbley,

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who would start on a lot of
other NBA teams, is your backup big.

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Not only does that alleviate stuff for
Zubots, but what it gives you

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on the offensive and defensive end is
huge. And Mason Plumley, you mentioned

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Adam a guy who wants to be
there, he said when he signed with

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the Clippers for that one year deal. In his ten plus years in the

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league, he's only had two teams
that have talked about championship in the preseason.

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That is an honor to be able
to be in that conversation, and

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he brings that veteran presence to this
team that you love to see underneath the

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rint and look defensively, only giving
up one zero three in a game in

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today's NBA, that's not a bad
number at all, and that's with a

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twenty five point fourth quarter from the
Denver Nuggets, but holding Jamal Murray in

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check. And I know it's the
preseason, but the effort we saw,

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and we talk about Bones Highland and
what he was able to do before turning

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that inkle on the offensive end,
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talked about in the pregame with that
effort defensively, he needs to give out

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there, regardless of him being slight
of frame. If he just plays hard

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on the defensive end, he's capable. And I thought he did a very

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good job on Jamal Murray on a
few different possessions. Yeah, he was.

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He was excellent against Jamal Murray.
Jamal looked uncomfortable all night and he

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finished one for six from three to
three for eleven from the field. This

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guy he's gonna get it going.
But to get those numbers out of somebody

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who just came off a Finals performance
where he averaged twenty one to ten.

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The only other people to do that
at him are Magic Jordan and Lebron so

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good. See, yeah, that's
good company if you ask me. And

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Terrence Man and Bones Hyland had him
twisted around, had him struggling from outside

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the arc. I think this was
a Clipper team that came in and felt

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the challenge of being a second unit
facing the defending NBA champs with most of

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their starters, and stepped right up
to it. And if they don't shoot

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four for twenty four from the three
point line, we might be talking about

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a different result today. Well,
and shots come and go, and it's

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been an issue so far in the
preseason. We'll see if that has any

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carryover whatsoever to gain one of the
regular season. But I'm just not as

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worried about the shooting. This team
looked to be developing an identity throughout the

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preseason, throughout training camp, and
regardless of who was out there tonight,

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and obviously the big three were missing, it looked like Clippers basketball on how

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they want to play. You mentioned
how they've been getting up and down in

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transition, but also defensively. They
were just so much more active in these

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four games really than what I saw
in consecutive games all of last year where

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they just couldn't figure it out on
that end. Yeah, the points off

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turnovers, the second chance points,
the fast break points, all hustle stats,

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and the Clippers have thrived in all
of those. And Adam, if

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you think this is a fast pace, as we heard in the interview earlier,

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head coach Heron lu said, I
want a little faster. My guys

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are run a little more. And
I'm just excited to see what that looks

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like because clearly, I mean,
it's been working for this Clippers team.

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There were bottom of the NBA and
pace last year, and they see the

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success. Teams like the Sacramento Kings
have, Teams like the Denver Nuggets.

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I mean, Nicolie Ookisch would catch
a rebound and throw a full court football

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pass and they would have a bucket
in the blink of an eye off a

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mad Clipper bucket. When you play
a little faster, it opens everything up.

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You get more rebounds because teams have
to retreat back, they can't send

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all five guys to the glass.
It really makes it easier on offenses.

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So excited to see how things continue
to work with this fast paced Excited that

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this team has for the most part
taking care of the basketball. I mean

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it, Seventeen turnovers today is not
great, but they haven't thrown it away

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too much throughout these first four games, and they'll continue to try to be

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able to take care of the wall
with that fast pace. And five of

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those came late in the fourth quarter. There was some sloppy play. Some

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different lineups out there can lead to
that, just lacking that continuity, But

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I agree with you the overall play
from this Clippers team. They're starting to

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gel, They're starting to figure out
how they want to play in the approach

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they need to enter the regular season
with the word we've been hearing all season

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long, really since the season ended
against the Phoenix Suns last year, but

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a more serious approach to the regular
season is something they need. So full

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sweet ahead Game one Clippers taking on
Scoot Henderson, Anthony Simons and DeAndre Eton

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and the Portland Trailblazers next Wednesday night. Right back here at Crypto dot Com

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Arena tiptime at seven thirty. We
got your Clippers pregame shows starting at six

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point thirty. Carlo Jimenez, great
call throughout these four games, looking forward

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for it being real now and the
box scores tallying up and these stats counting

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for in perportunity for the rest of
time. Then Clippers start things for real

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next Wednesday night. Looking forward to
my friends, We're gonna have some fun.

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Let me tell you, we're gonna
have some fun. I wish Wednesday

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was tomorrow, but it's Friday,
so can't come on. Friday is not

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the worst. Come on there until
next Wednesday, Carlo, talk to you,

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then talk to then Adam coming up
next your final box score. Clippers

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fall one o three to ninety here
at home in their final preseason game to

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the Denver Nuggets. And you're listening
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Clippers fall in the final preseason game one

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O three to ninety without their big
three. More than competitive against this Denver

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Nuggets team, met him at fifty
three points at the half. Things started

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to slip away as the Denver Nuggets
seemed more intent leaving their starters out there,

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getting a little bit of positive vibes
with their starting unit, and it

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was a little bit deflating for this
Clippers team to see Bones Highland, who

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was the star of the ballgame with
twenty five points in under twenty five minutes,

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leave with that left ankle being turned. But it sounds like good news

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on that front. And we're still
waiting from a quote from coach lou but

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multiple reporters saying that it doesn't seem
to be a serious injury for busy Bones

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Highland. Again, he finished with
those twenty five on ten of fifteen shooting,

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but more importantly, the type of
shots he was getting was against the

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starters for the Denver Nuggets. I'm
talking about taking Jamal Murray to the basket,

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going after Aaron Gordon after he had
blocked him earlier in the ballgame.

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Bones Highland, fearless, went right
back after a man a move got to

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lay up on him, went around
Jamal Murray again and put a floater over

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the top of Nikola Jokich. This
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play in this preseason. You want
to talk about a player developing and seeing

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some tangible growth in real time,
I feel like Bones Highland has been that

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for the Clippers here in preseason and
in the training camp. He is starting

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to show some things that really make
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backup point guard, and he is
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out there. He also had six
assists just one turnover, was making the

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game easier for everyone else. When
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isolation players that can create for themselves, you kind of have to develop

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a new offense. And the Clippers
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looking for the big men diving towards
the basket and a Vista Zubats and Mason

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Plumley, but also bones Highland would
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happen on offense and the way he
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by him. We've talked about this
team need to get younger and infusion of

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talent, athleticism, juice bones Hiland
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heals up and he's back sooner than
later. Again, the report from Andrew

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Grivet said he may not miss any
games at least has some days off now

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until game one of the regular season
next Wednesday. Right back here against the

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Portland Trail Blazers. Rotco Robert Coverington
nice outing as well, seven points,

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three of six shooting, knocked down
a three pointer, one of the few

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to do so for the Clippers in
this one is there were just four twenty

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four from the outside. Terrence Man
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I want to say, fall away
step back jumpers, just like we saw

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him hit four of those last time
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game, expanding his bag of tricks. Loved seeing that. I thought this

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was Kenny Martin Junior's best ball game, especially in that second half. I

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think he played all of his minutes. Keny Martin Junior had two huge throwdowns.

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He showed off the athleticism the springs, and Mason Plumbley found him for

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one of those with just a point
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stuff from a seven footer. We
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and I thought in his seventeen minutes
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Also going up against his former team, two of three shooting for him.

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Kobe Brown hit a three pointer or
light, was aggressive out there and

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had three steals, and some of
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due to him starting things off,
creating turnovers on the other end, and

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one more four you here, Norman
Powell my player to watch, just four

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thirteen, but signs of life with
the jumper. He got a three pointer

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to go. He got to the
basket early for his first bucket in transition,

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then miss four straight, then gotta
jump her, then got a three

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pointer. It's starting to come around. It's not gonna take long. He

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just has been a little bit off
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but not very concerned about it.
We know how good Norman Powell has been

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in a Clippers uniform. As for
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twenty eight minutes, twenty five points, fourteen boards, and eight assists to

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just one turnover. Outstanding performance.
When we talked about it earlier with Carlo

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Jimenez, your radio voice of the
Clippers, Jamal Murray's just three of eleven

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and it was Terrence man on him
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three of eleven in just eight points, and he was trying to figure it

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out and get off the snide.
It just didn't matter. But there was

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a little bit more of a competitive
edge out there. I think from Bones

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Highland going up against his former team
and a GM who just made the comments

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he did about him and his lack
of defense. Well, Bone showed him

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something and we're hoping again for a
speedy recovery. Clippers fall tonight without their

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big three one O three to ninety
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Clippers finished off the preseason with unfortunately a

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loss to the Denver Nuggets one O
three to ninety but no Paul George,

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no Kawhi Leonard, no Russell Westbrook. The Clippers had it tied at fifty

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three at the half and they were
down by seven before Denver called off the

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dog to Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray
and Aaron Gordon out of the ball game.

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Welcome back into your postgame show.
This is Clippers' locker room. I'm

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out of Moslin. You heard the
music. We got a little clips and

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double dip for you. Will Updyke
is joining us here tonight. Will,

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I'm gonna start with this, and
I know a lot of people are saying,

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Oh, the Clippers just can't have
nice things on a night where bones

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Hyland drops twenty five points in less
than twenty five minutes. He turns the

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ankle, but it sounds like it's
not serious, and he was absolutely electric

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out there. This is someone who's
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mean, I'm assuming this, but
they're back up point guard, right.

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He has played that well in the
preseason. Will, where are you all

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right? We'll try to reconnect with
Will Updike here. But the Clippers fall

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by thirteen in a game where I
felt like they were starting to establish DNA.

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And the reason I say that is
because your identity stays regardless of who

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is available. And tonight was really
that first test without Paul George, without

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Kawhi Leonard and look, we know
there are going to be times guys get

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banged up throughout a long regular season
where those players will be missing games.

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We hope it's not often, but
when they do, the Clippers have to

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play the same way. They have
to execute, They have to find a

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way and to just figure out ways
to play great defense every night. Shots

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come and go. Clippers have not
shot it well overall, especially from distance

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in the preseason. I'm not that
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There just four of twenty four from
the outside tonight, As Carlo Jimenez said,

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well, hey, get it out
of your system now in the preseason

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and hopefully those shots start to fall
in the regular season. But if you

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develop a defensive identity, you just
find ways to dig your heels in.

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Play five guys on a string,
no matter who is out there, you

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got a chance to win every night. And I think the Clippers are starting

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to get that back. It's been
missing for some time. Sure, two

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years ago it was expected there would
be slippage on the defensive end. No

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Kawhi that entire year. Paul George
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with Kawhi, and I think fifty
one games, the Clippers were seventeenth defensively.

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The majority of the season, they
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than that. That can't happen,
That cannot continue. So coach Lewis stressed

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it throughout the preseason, throughout training
camp. This team is going to get

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back to being a top five defense. And that is music to Clippers fans

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years because I'm telling you the shots
will come and go, but they have

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the personnel to put up points.
If you look at the offensive ratings from

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their stars during the preseason, they're
off the charts. They're elite. When

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they've been out there, they've been
able to generate offense and get easy buckets.

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Kawhi Paul George Russell, Westbrook.
I love the way he's been setting

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the table, just emphasizing playmaking,
not worrying about getting his own did knock

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down a three pointer last game,
good to see, did have a burst

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in transition and got a layup to
go to see you look like the fastest

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player in the world once again.
Great. But the way he can generate

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open looks for others, I think
is what really makes him special. As

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we're trying to connect with Will Updyke, and it doesn't look like we're gonna

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be able to do that. Phones
aren't working. It's the preseason for everyone,

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including the Gnomes and the Grimlins trying
to take us down. We'll succeed

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anyways. Next week Clippers back here
at Crypto dot Com Arena for Game one

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of the regular season against the Portland
Trail Blazers. Interested to see Scoot Henderson

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for the first time in an NBA
game. DeAndre Ayton could be eaten now

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away from the Phoenix Suns because he
wanted more touches. He wanted to get

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the ball in his hands. He's
got that opportunity now with the Portland Trail

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Blazers, and Anthony Simons is somebody
that can light you up at any given

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moment. When he catches fire,
he looks like one of the best offensive

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players in the NBA. The Clippers
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before, so it should be a
good one. But I'm mostly excited because

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I think this Clippers team has figured
something out on the defensive end, and

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whether it's the positive vibes we've seen
guys just genuinely enjoying playing next to one

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another. The locker room is close. Kawhi and Bones Highland. They've become

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close. Looks like there's a friendship
there. I had no idea Kawhi was

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as close to Russell Westbrook as he
expressed during training camp. So a lot

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of things, even on a night
like tonight where they lose by thirteen to

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the Denver Nuggets without their big three, to look at and say, hey,

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there's some positives, there's some momentum
heading into next week. I think

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that's the most important thing. Clippers
lose tonight one o three to ninety before

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we get out of here. I
do want to get to Big Brother Jake

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Warner, the man, the myth, the legend, the fake philosopher as

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some like to call him. And
I don't even know if he knew I

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was coming to him tonight, Sir, they stay ready. You ain't got

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to get ready, damn right,
what's up, prof It's positive moments with

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Big Brother Jake Warner. You already
know positive moment of the evening. You'll

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never find peace in an environment you're
not supposed to be in. Okay,

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there's a lot of ways to take
that, but we're supposed to be here,

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and it's positive always. Adam that's
how we bring it. The vibes

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are so immaculate, you know it. Yeah, Peace inharmony here at Crypto

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dot com arena tonight, hoping for
the best from Bowles Highland and that turned

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Ankle. We'll see follow me at
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which means I'll be retweeting people who
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will be there before we get out
of here tonight. I do want to

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thank the Clippers organization, Ralph Wahler, Brian Seaman, Noah Ego, Carlo

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and men as great call Pigrlther,
Jake Warners, our head engineer here at

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back in Burbank until next Wednesday for game

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one of the regular seasons, starting
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Clippers Countdown. I'm Adam Austland.
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